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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1936
Page
3
In Floyd Horton’s murder trial, defense gains ground as Mrs Anna Johnston testifies again about their affair and the plan to use strychnine. She admits buying the poison to kill rats and Horton taking it from her, while the judge rules that who administered the poison is immaterial if conspiracy is proven.
L L James was elected president of the Townsend club with Mrs. E B McLaughlin as vice president, Mrs J B Walden as secretary, and J B Walden as treasurer. Advisory board includes the Rev Roy M Smith and several community members, with a mix of local clergy and residents.
Floyd Horton’s lover Mrs. Anna Johnston testified she planted an empty capsule in Horton's dead wife’s pocketbook at his request to make it look like the wife poisoned herself. Johnston said Horton urged her to do it and warned there’d be no blame on her.
The Hayesville Savings Bank purchased the building and fixtures of the former Delta Savings Bank, now occupied by the Hayesville bank’s Delta branch. The Delta branch opened last summer with Roy Simpkins serving as manager.
Independence entry notes Lloyd Grover filed for divorce from Louise Grover citing desertion as the grounds in a petition submitted Friday.
Miss Myrtle Butcher of Keokuk won 3600 on a 2 50 ticket in the Irish Free State hospital sweepstakes. Had the horse placed she could have earned up to 150000. A New York speculator offered 3375 for a half interest the day before, which she refused.
Tama Lippert Brothers of Boone won the bid to build a brick sewage disposal plant in Tama. The project price stood at 47,300 dollars with other bidders including S. C. Anderson Adel 47,575 and Hoak Construction Des Moines 49,600. Arthur F. Mathis Valley Junction offered 48,890 while McKee Fencher Oskaloosa priced 50,792.
Des Moines AP reports a new household aid project added to Iowa WPA relief. Director Jessie L. Hawthorn says ninety women will be employed to perform housework in sick or needy homes. The plan is distinct from prior household maid projects rejected by WPA Iowa.
John Harland Albaugh age 74 longtime resident and coal dealer died after a year long illness. Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Monday at the Methodist church. Survived by his wife daughter Nellie Mae two sisters Mrs Martha Guthrie and Mrs James Conner of Mechanicsville and a brother Ed of Clinton.
LADORA The question of issuing $19 000 in bonds to build a new school will be voted on in Ladora on April 30. If approved, an application for a $15 500 PWA grant will be filed. The current building is in bad condition and has served a third of a century. federal aid is uncertain.
Federal Meteorologist Charles D. Reed predicts a warm Saturday night followed by rain on Saturday, then snow in the western, central, and eastern parts of Iowa on Sunday as a low pressure area moves across the state. Temperatures to fall sharply from Saturday night readings.
Iowa City remains without flight service as United Air Lines in Chicago has not yet responded. City, after securing a lease on extra land following Frew Tucker's pole dispute, plans a 600 foot runway extension pending airline approval. Surface work would take about a week after United's word.
Richard Tims of Tama receives the 1936-37 Lydia Roberts travelling fellowship at Columbia University. He graduated from Cornell in 1934 with Phi Beta Kappa honors and has been a Lydia Roberts fellow at Columbia for two years studying German history. Renewal notices also go to James Yates of Lisbon and Arthur Young of Cedar Falls, who will be resident Roberts fellows at Columbia next year. Yates studies chemistry and Young American history.
IOWA CITY AP. Sheriff Don McComas of Johnson County refuses a transfer request from Marengo Sheriff M. Engelbert to move Marengo prisoners to Johnson County Jail while their sheriff recovers from diphtheria. Fears exposure of his own inmates prompted the decision.
Henry Conklin, 68, long time Belle Plaine building contractor and town council member, died suddenly of a stroke at 1 a.m. Saturday after an evening at the Burnham home. Born in Pennsylvania, he spent most of his life here and his first wife died in a fire. Surviving are his second wife and three children, Eva Bell Shenandoah, Ruth Jones Gordon Nebraska, and Glenn Belle Plaine. He was a K P lodge member. Funeral arrangements not yet completed.
In Onawa Iowa farmers armed with leftover Fourth of July fireworks waged a bid to scare thousands of wild geese from wheat crops. County Attorney J F Cooper said shooting was not allowed but lighting fireworks was permitted, and darkness paused the first night of the drive.
Alburnett High School celebrated its boys basketball county and sectional champions, the girls basketball team, and a superior graded clarinet quintet at a Friday night banquet. The event also marked the pending payoff of the final consolidated school bonds. Speakers highlighted loyalty, cooperation, sportsmanship, and school spirit, with performances by the quintet and a cake cutting for honored guests.
At a Brooklyn school board meeting the following teachers were reelected: T R McGeorge superintendent Gay A Orr principal Doris Hoy normal training Florence Benton mathematics Marian Edwards home economics Darlene Russell English Paul Grier science Bob Klenck coach Leo Schuler music Margaret Wilson Dorothy Reimers Hazel Borm Agnes Montgomery Florence Price Agnes Lang Leona Taylor grades. Leona Taylor resigned and Eleanor Yerkes of South Brooklyn was elected to the position.
A roof fire at the Solon residence of Adolph Stransky early Thursday was quickly contained by the Solon fire department, preventing serious damage to the home.
District No 48 unit drove to Mount Pleasant Thursday to present a program for disabled war veterans at the hospital. The program featured Betty Jo Gatens Williamsburg Thelma Share Marengo and Mrs Clement Daniels Ladora. Lunch followed, prepared and served by auxiliary members.
Mrs. Earl Miller wife of a local produce dealer died early Saturday after a lingering illness. Born near Deep River May 12 1894 she came to Belle Plaine nine years ago. Funeral arrangements had not been completed by Saturday noon.
Two hundred southeastern Iowa lumbermen and spouses concluded their 1936 convention in Burlington with key decisions including a $25,000 Iowa advertising campaign to be funded by manufacturers and dealers. Keokuk won the 1937 gathering dates, while the Moonlight club elected officers for Cedar Rapids Muscatine and Davenport.
Police searched for a carload of gypsies after a Friday robbery of John Kennedy who was sawing wood near his home. A Ford halted and a woman spoke to him then left. when Kennedy checked his billfold contained $30 missing. Witness C. C. Becker, at a filling station, alerted Kennedy. Police suspect two gypsy groups passed through with out-of-state licenses. One group even tried to engage Superior Court Judge Jay Cook.
Tama Iowa medical office tragedy ends Dallas county engineer TAMA I Buckman age 38 Adel resident dies of heart attack during Tama city council sewage plant contract letting. He complained of chest pain at meeting, received care, died an hour later. Survived by wife and two children.
M K Hatter of North English announces candidacy for Iowa county treasurer as first Republican in the field. He is a clothier and school board secretary, son of former treasurer L W Hatter. Two Democrats also seek county offices.
Delta Iowa reports from town clerk Wilford Utterback show Delta remaining one of the few towns in the state without debt. The March county financials note the clerk’s son has nearly $1,000 in cash on hand.
Rep Edward C Eicher of Washington Iowa recommended the appointment of August C Sor as postmaster at Victor in a Saturday action. The move highlights local federal staffing and postal service leadership within the region.
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