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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1936

Page

17

Four youths charged in brutal gang assault case in Richmond

Police filed charges against James Brooks Oliver Darden Stephen Bohannan and Samuel Overby after a 23 year old woman said she was held captive beaten stripped naked and tortured with fire for hours in a secluded glen. Bohannan admitted part of the charges while the others were present. Two other victims were allegedly involved with Brooks acquaintance Leeewellyn Parsons saying he was beaten and robbed. another unidentified man was reportedly beaten and tied.

Richmond James Brooks Oliver Darden Stephen Bohannan Samuel Overby Dan Duling Bohannan Duling Leewellyn Parsons Brooks Daling

Iowa in Brief Highlights Local Obituaries and Events

Center Point Roscoe Palmer dies at 76 after sixty five years near Toddville his funeral set for Saturday at 2 p.m. in Toddville with Dunkard cemetery burial. O J Elsenbast to open Cedar Rapids law office April 1 after eight and a half years with Swift firm. Knights of Pythias program in Manchester features Bickel Cedar Rapids. junior Federated club organized in Manchester. Funeral services for C G Clark in South English Baptist church with E V Goad officiating. Mabel mixer for mothers and teachers at Wapello High School to be held.

Center Point Roscoe Palmer Toddville Walter Cora Haines Cedar Rapids Dunkard Cemetery Marengo O. J. Elsenbast Swift, Elsenbast and Swift University of Iowa Elsenbast Commercial Club Knights of Columbus Iowa County Bar Association Ingleside Club Manchester Knights of Pythias Lodge Castlehall Robert O. Bickel Paul Hanson H. A. Rundquist Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Edith G. Rann H. Shishmanian Merritt Barger C. G. Clark Baptist Church E. V. Goad Pella Leila Horn Clark South English Baptist Church J. Edd Wiggins Oscar Dobbins R. A. Sloan R. P. McLain J. F. White Charley Moore

Local School Programs and Upcoming Elections Reported

Willie Willis voices a blunt view on relatives as a school program unfolds with typing demos sewing and music led by Alvie Hatvig Miss Foster and Mrs C M Herrick Principal C A Bedford discusses high school aims A spelling contest will send Marengo and 118 entrants compete Judges from Ladora and Marengo oversee The DeWitt high school plans a class play Marry Before Midnight on April 17 The Delhi future farmers present The Wary Ape with Raymond Lanning directing Keswick reports a single ticket ballot for March 30 mayor and council races

Alvie Hatvig Foster C. M. Herrick C. A. Bedford Alice Reed Marengo Marjorie Klein Iowa County Margaret Scott Victor Lee Lowenburg Ladora Bernice Gilmore Arthur Iburg Dewitt DeWitt High School Bess Clark Collins Lucille Moore Gertrude McDonald Lucille King Kathleen Kirkpatrick Esther Pelham William Young Thomas Bowstead Harold Galitz Quentin Joy Milo Randolph Eugene McAllister Vesta Schanze Delhi Delhi High School Raymond Lanning Keswick L. D. Toothman M. S. Bair Loyd Ackley John Keener Ed Fry F. S. Ferree John Blick R. J. Price

Airlines Carry 44 061 Passengers in January 1936

Scheduled airlines in the continental United States moved 44 061 passengers during January 1936. The brief report notes overall passenger volume for the period.

Continental United States

Mushroom Rice Escallop Dinner Menu Card

Mushroom Rice Escallop with buttered spinach biscuits and honey vegetable salad offered for dinner for three or four. Recipe includes butter flour milk boiled rice mushrooms celery green peppers pimentos salt cheese paprika with a creamy sauce.

Lemon Filled Cookies and Rural Choir Organize

Directions describe making lemon filled cookies with a lemon filling and crust work, including mixing ingredients, chilling dough, rolling thin, filling, sealing, and baking. A Washington county rural teachers' choir is organized to perform at the district teachers' program in Oskaloosa on April 4, listing 40 named members.

Washington Washington County Oskaloosa Winnie F. Beller Barbara Brooks Isabelle Combs Grace Ferns Mildred Foster Marjory Godber Lorene Griggs Vera Harvey Edna Hendryx Margaret Ihrig Vera Jarrard Beulah Johnson Frances Kleese Leona Kos

For Hire Trucking Firms Largely Small One-Employee Firms

An estimate indicates that 82 percent of for hire trucking enterprises in the country operate with only a single employee. The statistic highlights the prevalence of very small outfits within the industry.

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