Spring Warmth Continues in Cedar Rapids with Fifth Straight Day
A bright sun broke through gray clouds as Cedar Rapids logged a fifth day of warm spring weather. Temperatures rose from 50 at 7:30 a.m. to 72 by 2 p.m. with Friday’s high reaching 76 and a low of 50 earlier. Mercy hospital reports a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Louis Tow of Fairfax on March 24 and another birth to Mr and Mrs Virgil Andrew of 1356 Hinkley Ave NW on March 25.
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Mercy Hospital
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Fairfax
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Hinkley Avenue
Obituaries and Friday Grass Fire Log Sightings
Mrs. Rose Charipar aged 57 dies at her daughter’s home in Council Bluffs Iowa. Martin P. Beck aged 70 dies at his home. Friday grass fires reported at multiple locations including Meadowbrook Court SE and D Avenue NE with several alarms and fire company responses. Saturday saw a grass fire at Dairy Dale school and another on Twenty-seventh Street SE with general alarm status.
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Rose Charipar
First Street
Fred A. Cook
C Avenue
Martin P. Beck
First Avenue
Meadowbrook Court
D Avenue
Reid Parks
Sixteenth Street NW
Third Avenue
Thirty-eighth Street
First
B Avenues
Thirty-second Street
Second
Third Avenues
Oakland Road
Dairy Dale
Twenty-seventh Street
Local motorists fined for speeding and reckless driving
George P. Dumphy of 700 Second Avenue SE and Nick Clark of 1002 First Street SW were fined $10 and costs for speeding. Ira Franks of 1517 Fourth Street NW pled guilty to reckless driving. the case was continued until April 8 for sentencing.
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George P. Dumphy
Second Avenue SE
Nick Clark
First Street
Ira Franks
Fourth Street NW
Name Changes and Marriages Granted by Judge Ring
Multiple divorce and marriage records show changes of names and remarriage actions in 1935 and earlier. Viola Gould to Galla gher, Ray Martin from Helen Martin, Allen Stein from Sylvia Stein, Lara Guynn from James Guynn, and Luta Harris restored, all under Judge H C Ring in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri courts.
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Viola H. Gould
William H. Gould
H C. Ring
Elizabeth, Ill
Viola H. Gallagher
Ray Martin
Helen Marie Martin
Judge Ring
Iowa City
Allen Stein
Sylvia Stein
H. C. Ring
Monticello
Sylvia Williams
Lara E. Guynn
James D. Guynn
Marion
Luta E. Harris
Marriage Licenses Listed for Central City and Cedar Rapids
Duane Simmons and Wilma Nie tert of Central City wed, and William Marvin Allen and Jewell Myrna Richards of Cedar Rapids obtained licenses.
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Duane Simmons
Wilma Nietert
Central City
William Marvin Allen
Jewell Myrna Richards
Cedar Rapids
Lawmakers Debate Court Procedure Reforms and Costs
Iowa lawmakers clash over proposed changes to court rules citing high litigation costs and slow processes. Representative Persen says reforms are necessary to aid the underprivileged while others blame attorneys and judges for delays and argue fundamental fixes are beyond legislation.
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Towa
Dean Persen
Eldora
Robert D. Blue
Eagle Grove
House
H. B. Claypool
Williamsburg
Rock Island Reports February Operating Loss Narrower Than Last Year
The Rock Island railroad reported a February deficit of 201 471 in net railway operating income down from 300 984 a year earlier. January and February combined show a 66 877 surplus versus a 459 527 deficit in the prior year.
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Rock Island Railroad
Notice of Probate of Will and Codicil Iowa Linn County
Notice to all concerned that on March 29 1939 at a.m. the Last Will and Testament and Codicil of R T White late of Linn County will come for hearing in the District Court Cedar Rapids Iowa for proof and admission to probate. Edwin W Lundquist Clerk District Court Donnelly Lynch Anderson and Lynch Attorneys announce the hearing date and filing.
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Linn County
Diserice Court
R. T. White
District Court
Wet Cedar Rapids
Iowa
EDWIN _W. LUNDQUIST
Clerk District Court
Donnelly, Lynch
Anderson and Lynch
Attorneys
Tarzan Earl Durand Finally Dies After Wild Bank Standoff
A manhunt ends as Earl Durand, alias Tarzan, is killed after a days-long spree in Powell Montana. Durand shootouts escalate from mountain hideouts to a bank siege, with bystanders wounded and a cashier killed during the bank robbery. Durand dies by self-inflicted gunshot after being cornered. Durand’s mother and father recall a once generous man, while the community questions the insanity claim.
Cavalier Crew 15 Given Clean Bill After Ice Carburetor Failure
The British air ministry blamed ice clogging in carburetors for the Cavalier disappearance January 21 near the Bermuda route from New York to Bermuda. The report absolves the crew of blame, notes ten hours afloat, and cites severe sea conditions and proper compliance with British regulations.
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Long Island
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Events
Evangelist William Hensley continues his Why I am a Member of the Church of Christ talk at 7 30 tonight at the Church of Christ 716 eighth avenue southwest. Cedar Rapids Bird club hosts a third study field trip Sunday from Coe College campus at 7 am. Rev Dr William M Evans to speak Sunday at Central Park Presbyterian at 11 am in place of Rev C H Hook. Lois Noble says Bob Hathaway 18 who got 30 days in county jail for larceny does not live at the address given to police. Albert Gillespie, Belden Hill cigar store porter, suffered a heart attack at noon Saturday. taken to St Luke's Hospital, condition not serious. Dr S B Miller returns home to practice after weeks as patient at St Luke's. Merlin Miller and family and Mrs H E Lough have visited during his illness. Merlin is the doctor’s son.
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Eighth Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids
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Fifteenth Avenue SE
the Gazette
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Albert Gillespie
Tenth Street
Belden Hill
St. Luke's Hospital
S. B. Miller
Third Avenue SE
Merlin G. Miller
North
Kansas City, Mo
H. E. Lough
Humboldt
Dr. Miller
Merlin Miller
Spencer Drama Club Wins Class B Play Contest
Iowa City AP report Spencer Drama Club captured the sole superior award in the Class B division at the University of Iowa play production festival on Saturday. Waterloo Civic Theater Davenport Women’s Club and Fairfield Women’s Club earned excellent ratings. Spencer dominated individual acting honors as well.
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Germany Imposes 30 Percent Excess Income Tax
Berlin reports a new excess income tax to fund armaments and the four year plan. Effective May 1, the 30 percent levy applies to 1938 income over 1937, with exemptions up to 1200 and abatements for 1938 salary increases or family changes.
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Berlin
Germany
Subdistrict Music Contest Results Deluge of Solo Winners Named
The Gazette reports Saturday and Friday results from the Vinton subdistrict music contest. Winners include Bruce Erickson, Anna Knipe, Georgiana Amidon, Eldo Mentzer, Elsie Yuski, Harold Windoff, and many others in divisions across violins, saxophones, brass, percussion, and ensembles, with multiple towns listed including Traer, Tama, Iowa School for the Blind, Cedar Rapids, and West Waterloo.
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Vinton
Bruce Erickson
Tracr
Bob Gleim
Dysart
Anna Knipe
Traer
Louise Crumb
Tama
Beiiita Overturf
Charles McKnight
Robert Patton
Jesup
Paul Wach
Norway
Georgiana Amidon
Toledo
Jean Henry
Eva Mae Timberlake
Gladbrook
Janet Sweazey
Eldo Mentzer
Franklin
Cedar Rapids
Leona Wiss
West Waterloo
Elsie Yuski
Robert Wilson
Harold Windoff
Kenneth Baker
Roosevelt
Howard Lynch
Independence
Everett Freese
Euphonium
Clifton Gibbs
William Heneks
Towa
School For the Blind
Paul al Inderwal
Iowa School
M. Dulin
Newhall
Belle Plaine
Winthrop
Atkins
Lavon Hameister
Blairstown
Charles Pribyl
Juanita Olmstead
Iowa
Keither Bowers
Bernice Hultman
Maxine Braginton
Betty Barker
Max Melton
Pale
Donald Prazak
Karl Schmidt
Geraldine Wyckoff
Urbana
Jane Kurtz
Iowa School For the Blind
Paul Brandt
Phillis Leacox
Anamosa Subdistrict Music Contest Winners Named
Results from Saturdays subdistrict music contest list multiple first place finishers across B flat clarinet flute saxophone tuba baritone euphonium mixed small vocal and chorus events with schools such as Marion Mount Vernon Anamosa Maquoketa Bellevue Monticello and Wyoming placing in various categories. Friday events also crown soprano solo and girl and boys ensembles with Marion Anamosa Monticello among top finishers.
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Cedar Rapids
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Miles
Patricia Mitchell
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Cedar Rapias
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Maquoketa
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Epworth
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Monticello
Lisbon
Elkader Hosts Subdistrict Music Contest Results
Morning events list winners by division in flute saxophone and brass with towns Elkader West Union Dundee Monona Stanley Guttenberg Randalia Strawberry Point Hazleton Arlington Aurora Mc Gregor Maynard and others. Friday results cover mezzo soprano mixed quartet girls and boys ensembles with multiple towns including West Union Monona Fayette Elkader Clermont Postville Stanley and Marquette.
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Garnaville
House Kills Move to Impeach Perkins
Washington The house voted to table a resolution seeking impeachment of Labor Secretary Frances Perkins and two Labor Department aides, Houghteling and Reilly, after the Judiciary Committee reported no basis for impeachment. Ten Republicans signed a report censuring the department over leniency in the Harry Bridges deportation case. Rep. Thomas J. planned a radio address to present his case.
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Labor Department
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Ala
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Five Breakins By 13YearOld Boy Admit In Cedar Rapids
A 13 year old boy admits seven break ins including at W E Jones residence and Bishop's Bar ber shop on March 3 to 19. Loot was cigars from Blatz tavern and small cash from Bramwell's and Wikel residence. The youths fled in a stolen car, spent a night in a field, and headed toward Omaha before arrest. They were returned to Cedar Rapids on juvenile court warrants.
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W. E. Jones
Oakland Avenue NE
Bishop's Barber Shop
Blatz
Grande Avenue SE
Bramwell's
Wikel
Charlotte Klima
Avenue
Iowa City
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
H. R. Churchill
Coe Military Ball Colorful Affair Honors Conferred
The Coe college Memorial Coliseum host Friday night ball featured scarlet blue and gold uniforms with multi colored gowns. Scabbard and Blade sponsored the event. Honorary commissions were awarded during intermission to cadets and a pledging ceremony occurred before the Roosevelt Military Academy drill squad.
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Coe College
Memorial Coliseum
Scabbard
Blade
National Honorary Military Society
Cadet Corps
Coe
Roosevelt Military Academy
Aledo
Wilfreda Hauser
Charles Garberson
Elizabeth Ann Coe
Gertrude Ilen
Elizabeth Buckingham
Margaret Wilson
Jane Huston
Canny Guests Stay with J L Farmer Family in Portland Plan
Mr and Mrs C C Canny of Washington DC visited Friday and Saturday with J LeRoy Farmer and Mrs Farmer at 2179 Blake boulevard SE en route to Portland Oregon where they will establish a new home.
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C. C. Canny
Washington, D. C
Health Education Meeting Draws Cedar Rapids Clubwomen
Thirty members of the Cedar Rapids Woman's club health education department met for a paid luncheon at 1726 Seventh avenue SE hosted by Mrs. Fred Farrell. Assisting hostesses were Mrs. R. Stanley Adams, Mrs. R. B. Burch and Mrs. J. T. Michal. Bridge at six tables awarded prizes to Mesdames Bollen, Eighmy, Benesh, Duttweiler, Menor, McNall, Hruska and Miss Ruth Rydberg.
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Health Education Department
Cedar Rapids
Consistory Dance and Card Party Tonight at Scottish Rite
The spring consistory dancing and card party will be held tonight from 9 to 12 o'clock at the Scottish Rite temple. Prizes for cards will be awarded and refreshments will be served.
Mrs Rutledge Visits W F Sarsets In Columbia
Mrs Paul R Rutledge of Columbia Missouri spends a few days with her parents Mr and Mrs W F Sarset at 1829 Blake Boulevard SE.
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Paul R. Rutledge
Columbia, Mo
W. F. Sarset
Blake Boulevard
Hope Circle Women Meet at Mrs Wrights Home
Hope Circle of the King's Daughters held a Thursday gathering at 1609 J Avenue NE. Mrs Edwin McCoy led devotions and the group conducted a business meeting before an afternoon of sewing.
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Hope Circle of the King’s Daughters
Lester Wright
J Avenue NE
Edwin McCoy
Honorary Cadet Colonel Named at Military Ball
Miss Wilfreda Hauser daughter of Mr and Mrs E B Hauser retired president of Chi Omega at Coe college was named honorary cadet colonel at the Scabbard and Blade Military ball Friday evening in Memorial coliseum Charles Garberson cadet commander presented the honor.
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Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hotel
Margaret Victorine
Wayne Hackett
Jean Clemens
Walter Sack
Lois Harris
Glen Daugherty
Elizabeth Ann Coe
Darrel Costello
Marylou Cater
Robert Robbins
Winifred Erbe
Robert Hach
Peggie Bode
Ward Long
Kathryn Show
Hollis Wall
Doris Smith
Donald Martin
Eugenia Kelly
Dale Notestine
Marjorie McCrillus
Robert Frisch
Ruth Truckenmiller
Charles Garberson
Verna Hanold
James Cousin
Ruth Andresen
Cleo Byers
Louise Wente
Leighton Mangels
Dora Jane Hamblin
Edward Hopkins
Betty Nicholas
George Thomas
Mildred Horst
Clifford Soukup
Patricia Okell
Cannon Helscher
Mildred Davidson
Jane Ball
Lawrence Mcleod
Earlene Baum
Robert Schultz
Imogene Christian
Stanley Smith
Valerie Kenecny
Donald Ross
Ellen Sayler
Clifford Hellman
Patricia Salter
Jamison Davis
Wilfreda Hauser
Robert Norris
Jon Jon Perkins
Roy Roughton
Jeanne Cash
Carl Wilson
Wanda Graves
George Makar
Yola Gray
Alfred Pidgeon
Ruth Murray
Melvin Clark
Rachel Austin
Kelly Wodtke
Arthur W. Penrose
DeWitt C. Smith
Harry M. Gage
William V. Burger
L. J. Meyer
A. W. Meyer
E. B. Hauser
Nineteenth Street
Chi Omega Sorority
Coe College
Scabbard and Blade
Memorial Coliseum
King And Queen Named At Bunny Ball At McKinley
Mildred Broulik and Charles Joss were named king and queen at the Bunny Ball senior high school party in the McKinley gym. The event featured Easter bunny decorations, a floor show with tap dancing singing and whistling, and music by an orchestra.
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Mildred~ Broulik
W. L. Broulik
Mount Vernon ‘Avenue
Charles Joss
Second Avenue SE
McKinley Gymnasium
Dick Arnold
Merilyn Ann Paxson
Jerry Staples
Bob Tucker
Don Johnson
Lorraine Hinton
Estelle Bachelder
Bob Long
H. R. Peterson
Bill Biederman
Borg Carstens
Don Lewis
Maurine Hamblin
Marjorie Emerson
Dorothy Mesknes
Betty Davenport
Maxine Sleight
Marjorie Sleight
Margaret Frederikson
Ed Sanders
Dick Brown
Walter Giffee
Frank Guyott
Death of Cyril J. Hrbek funeral set in Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for Cyril J. Hrbek former secretary of Allen and Hazeltine Wall Paper and Paint will be held at Barta Funeral home at 2 p.m. Sunday Rev Melvin Welke and Frank Suchy will conduct burial is Bohemian National cemetery with military honors. Hrbek died of a heart attack in New York City last Monday after a life largely in Cedar Rapids including University of Nebraska studies military service in France and later work in New York and governmental statistics. He was 12 years in New York with his aunt Prof Sarka B. Hrbkova.
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Allen and Hazeltine Wall Paper and Paint Company
New York City
Barta
Melvin Welke
the Peoples Church
Frank Suchy
Prokop Velky Lodge No
Lorene Stastny
Joseph Sulista, Sr
Frank Suchy R. Hrbek
Cedar Rapids
University of Nebraska
France
U. S. Army
New York
Sarka B. Hrbkova
James Sipe
Lincoln
Neb
The
Peoples Church
Cyril
Nebraska University Hospital
United States
Cedar Rap
Friday Afternoon Memorial With Professor Hrbkova
Friends may call at the Barta chapel Saturday evening following a Friday afternoon service with Professor Hrbkova.
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Hrbkova
Barta Chapel
Death of Harry A. Elson in Los Angeles remembered here
Word reached Saturday of the death in Los Angeles on March 16 of Harry A. Elson a former Cedar Rapids man He and his brothers the late Frank Elson and Edward J Elson who survives were well known here about forty years ago Besides his wife and brother his immediate surviving relatives are his daughters Mrs Margaret Davidson and Mrs Betty Lou MacLeod both of Los Angeles
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Harry A. Elson
Cedar Rapids
Frank Elson
Edward J. Elson
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Margaret Davidson
Betty Lou MacLeod
Mrs Payton Dies at 30 in Independence After Illness
Mrs Alice Payton 30 daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Klump former Cedar Rapids residents died at her home in Independence Thursday after a brief illness. Born in Cedar Rapids she attended local schools. Survived by four children a sister and a brother. Funeral services set for Sunday at the Christian church Troy Mills with burial in Troy Mills.
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Alice Payton
Frank Klump
Cedar Rapids
Independence
Funeral services for Sam C Hoglan at Beatty chapel
Sam C Hoglan died early Friday. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Beatty chapel led by Rev. Frank Ward. Burial will follow in Green's Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel prior to services.
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Sam C. Hoglan
Beatty Chapel
Frank Ward
Green’s Grove Cemetery
Death of Mrs. Serovy Leaves Cedar Rapids Resident Surviving Kin
Mrs. Serovy, mother of Rosann Charipar and Mrs. Fred A. Cook, died after a two week illness. Born December 26, 1881 in Mount Vernon, she lived in Cedar Rapids for years. Survived by daughters Mrs. Cook and Miss Charipar, sons Matthew L. in Chicago and Emil F. in Iowa City, seven sisters and two brothers. Body at Brosh chapel pending funeral arrangements.
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Rose Charipar
First Street
Fred A. Cook
C Avenue
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Cook
Rosann Charipar
Matthew L
Chicago
Emil F
Iowa City
Richard Charipar
Donald Cook
Fred Mally
Joseph Charipar
Frank Kubovec
Edward Cerny
John F. Kuba
Frank Moel
Anna Pavelka
Solon
Frank J. Serovy
Ely
George Serovy
Brosh Chapel
Harold Skinner Elected Head of Local Elks Lodge
Harold E Skinner was elected exalted ruler of the Cedar Rapids Elks lodge at a Friday night meeting. George Corey was named to a new five year board of trustees term. New officers include Don Hines Milo Mitralsky William Whipple G R McKeebey Peter Bailey Guy A Newell and Lynn G Swaney with McKeebey to continue as secretary.
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E. Harold Skinner
Cedar Rapids Elks Lodge
George Corey
Board of Trustees
Don Hines
Milo Mitralsky
William Whipple
G. R. McKeebey
Peter Bailey
Guy A. Newell
Lynn G. Swaney
Corn Loans Total 109 Millions Now
The commodity credit corporation reported it had loaned 109,103,253 dollars on 191,623,417 bushels of corn through Thursday. State totals include Illinois 49,151,044 Iowa 92,809,011 Minnesota 14,125,786 Nebraska 16,630,034 South Dakota 3,831,394 and Wisconsin 8
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Wisconsin
Toledo Girl Wins Tama County Spelling Contest
Esther Emerson, 13, eighth grade student from Toledo Public School, won Tama county spelling contest. Darlene Cherveny, 12, from Otter Creek School No. 1, took second place. Charles Kaloupek, 12, Toledo Public School student, earned third place.
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Lester Emerson
Darlene Cherveny
Otter Creek
James Cherveny
Charles Kaloupek
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