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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1937

Page

3

Music Meet Schedule At Maquoketa Announced

Nineteen high schools will compete Friday and Saturday in Maquoketa for a sub district music contest with about 1000 students. Friday covers instrumental events, Saturday vocal events, piano contests at 2 pm with three piano judges from Charles City.

Harding Dubuque Franklin and McKinley Cedar Rapids Monticello Anamosa Marion Maquoketa Wyoming Springville Monmouth Preston Central City Bellevue Sabula Coggon Hopkinton Buck Creek Miles Andrew E van Doren Town University Frederick E. Engel Des Moines Walter Pfieffer Rock Island Henry Weld Samual Ham Mount Pleasant Amelia Gobble Davenport Charles City

Local High School Sports Schedule and Names

The fragment lists a slate of events and participants including Sahuli Montterlio Angrer and Giese B-HantheeDd among others. Mentions a Saturday date and class designations such as Clase C and Sprinevile with references to locations like Marion and Osage.

Sahuli Montterlio Angrer Anhmds Mesion Sprinenlie Giese B

Governor Vetoes Nevada Bill To Broaden Divorce Causes

Governor Richard Kirman vetoed a bill that would add incompatibility as a legal cause for divorce in Nevada. He said it would give judges excessive discretionary power and would gain scant endorsement in states where Nevada divorces are frequently reviewed.

Carson City New INS Richard Kirman Nevada

Architect J Riley Gordon Dies At 73 In Pelham

J Riley Gordon a prominent architect who designed many public buildings across the United States died Tuesday at his Pelham New York home after a brief illness. He was 73 and had contributed to numerous civic structures nationwide. He studied at respected schools and left a lasting imprint on public architecture.

New York J. Riley Gordon Pelham N. Y

Widow Files $10,000 Claim Over Grasshopper Poison Death

Lydia Riesland sues the state of Iowa claiming Anson Riesland, a Dunlap farmer, died after drinking grasshopper poison misrepresented as beer. The widow asserts proper labeling would have prevented the fatal mistake and seeks $10,000.

Sues Des Moines Anson Riesland State House Lydia Riesland Iowa

Clothes Snatching Suspect Captured After Cedar County Chase

Victor Herbert of New Orleans was captured at Grand Mound after a pursuit across fields by townsfolk from Grand Mound and London. He had snatched a suit from Henry Freese in London, used a freight to escape, changed into his own overalls, and was turned over to Tipton police for investigation after a brief chase. The stolen clothes were recovered.

Gazette Tipton Victor Herbert New Orleans Grand Mound London Herbert Henry Freese

Convicted Killer Seeks Lie Detector With State Help

Lifer Jack Gaskill at Fort Madison plans to use his WWII war bonus to fund a lie detector test in an effort to prove innocence in the 1923 shooting of railroad detective James Griffin. Governor Kraschel reportedly authorized financing with a state investigator present, but no guaranteed commute. Cecil Mickle, an accomplice, was also sentenced to life and implicated Gaskill.

Des Moines Jack Gaskill Fort Madison Nels G. Kraschel Gaskill State Penitentiary State Bureau of Investigation Polk County James Griffin State Board of Parole Griffin Frank Miles Iowa Legionaire France Miles Criminology Laboratories Northwestern University Chicago Cecil Mickle Mickle Parole Board

Edwin Ford Piper Honored by American Prefaces Magazine

Iowa City professor Edwin Ford Piper of the English department, known for frontier poems, is honored in the March issue of the national literary magazine American Prefaces published at the State University. Seventeen poems by Piper are included.

Iowa City University of Iowa Edwin Ford Piper American Prefaces National State University

New Poems, Essays, and Portrait by Piper Era

The collection features poems including Barbed Wire and Paintrack Road, plus new works. It adds a reminiscence by John T. Frederick and a short autobiography by Professor Piper, accompanied by an oil portrait reproduction.

Soybean Meal Boosts Egg Production in Hens

Soybean meal ranks high as a protein source for increasing egg production in laying hens, highlighting its effectiveness in poultry nutrition strategies and barn performance.

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