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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1933
Page
8
Mahaska county Democrats blocked temporarily the appointment of Mrs. Jennie Goode Corlett of Oskaloosa to the state board of education. Her name had been submitted to the senate three weeks ago with other appointees by Governor Clyde L. Herring but was opposed for reasons including alleged refusal to support Al Smith in 1928.
State Senator L. T. Shangle of Ma haska county admitted on Tuesday his home county fights the confirmation and he will not support the appointment on the senate floor. He urged the candidate to make peace with local voters first and noted Mildred Fox Everett as another capable option for the board of education.
Trial of the fifth appeal from the states appraisal on property condemned for the University of Iowa fine arts building began in district court. Joseph and Catherine Corso seek 17500 from a 5500 valuation set last July. Previous verdicts favored property owners with increases. University officials may choose a new site if appeals push values higher.
Harry McClintock, his son Glenn, and Charlotte Peacock maid escaped a blaze at the McClintock residence and garage southwest of Shellsburg about 3 am Tuesday. They slid down a rope from an upstairs window to ground in nightclothes and were exposed while seeking aid from a neighbor half a mile distant. Fire departments from Shellsburg and Newhall saved other buildings. the old garage had been remodeled and insured.
An explosion from a stove destroyed Eugene Carters photograph studio on the second floor of a two story brick building in Sigourney Monday afternoon. The blaze badly damaged the North Side bakery on the first floor, which had just reopened and redecorated. The Sigourney fire department used three hoses to prevent spread to adjacent buildings.
Iowa City man H W Ayres pled not guilty in Cedar Rapids district court to assault with intent to murder. Cedar county officers obtained evidence that Ayres shot John R Miller farmer from ambush March 13. Augustine confessed he took Ayres to the Miller farm. neighbors identified Augustine's car. Ayres arraigned, trial set for Sept 21. rifle allegedly used is held.
Dora Schultz a Benton county pioneer celebrated her 90th birthday in Blairstown with her daughter Mrs Emil Nissen hosting. Six children and nine of her eighteen grandchildren attended a dinner with relatives including the Schultz and Wonrau families and Merle Barnes. She immigrated from Germany at age five and later farmed south of town.
Iowa City professor Norman Foerster, head of the University of Iowa letters school, is appointed lecturer at Bowdoin College's Institute of Modern Literature. He will speak on The Humanitarian Illusion on April 10 and join a round table with Marc Connelly Theodore Dreiser and John Masefield.
A Berlin New Jersey neighbor endorses a vegetable compound for chronic side pains. The testimonial claims the user regained appetite color and energy, allowing daily work without lying down. The note urges readers to ask neighbors or buy from a local druggist.
In Des Moines Iowa Republicans in the senate challenge the constitutionality of a budget trimming bill. The measure would let the governor cut appropriations if tax receipts fall short. House already passed it and the fight centers on executive budget power versus legislative authority.
INDIANAPOLIS UP Miss Florence Ragsdale Sumner Ia died in a hospital from a fractured skull twelve hours after being struck by an automobile driven by F L Maugar Des Moines Ia He and his wife and daughter were returning from Columbus Ohio after attending a funeral Maugar was exonerated by deputy sheriffs.
Cedar Rapids youths swept prizes at the Tenth district Christian Endeavor convention in Cedar Rapids. Awards listed include Sharpshooting Agnes Pilgrim first and Ruth Alice second. Music Class A piano Lois Wooden and vocal Cynthia Roland. Class B solo Pauline Cohen. and more. Central Park Presbyterian Church had the largest mileage representation. Banquet speaker Judge Hubert Utterback. 1934 convention set for Cedar Rapids.
Jacob F Moershel longtime Amana Society trustee and vice president and wholesale department manager died after a chronic heart ailment at 68. His wife Helene Fehr died in 1920 and his son Jacob died in service in 1918. surviving son Fred W Moershel. The labor movement became a political factor in England over a century ago.
Gov Clyde L Herring named defendant in a foreclosure suit filed in Atlantic by Whitney Loan and Trust company trustee for bondholders seeking 24000. The petition says Herring and E E Herring mortgaged property in 1923 to secure bonds for the Atlantic Auto building. Over 25 percent of bonds are in default and taxes since 1932 are unpaid.
During the storm in Greeley a 40 foot pine tree in the Beehm yard was struck by lightning, splitting near the top and leaving a ground hole at the base. Splinters shattered 26 window panes at the Beehm residence and damaged lights two blocks away at the Corell home. Mrs Beehm and her infant escaped injury as rain sleet followed.
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