Girls Take Part in G A A Play Day at Roosevelt
One hundred eleven girls joined the G A A Play Day at Roosevelt school with Independence Iowa City Monticello and Marion clubs as guests. Eight teams competed in basketball volleyball deck tennis box hockey ping pong and shuffleboard. First place went to the lavender team led by Janette Kuns and others. Second and third places went to the red and orange teams with listed players. Teachers from Independence Monticello Marion Iowa City and Cedar Rapids supervised the event at Roosevelt and City high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt School
Independence
Iowa City
Monticello
Marion
Janette Kuns
Marguerite Petrasek
Sarah Jane Peal
Airhawks Plan April 8 Outdoor Model Aircraft Contest
Cedar Rapids Airhawks organized by the playground commission invite all city youths to enter the April 8 model aircraft event at the Cedar Rapids airport on Highway 161. Contest starts 2 p.m. rubber powered hand launched planes. other classes possible. Prizes awarded for each event winner. trophy for top aggregate score. Spectators free. picnic to follow at the airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Airhawks
Playground Commission
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Airways, Inc
Airhawks
Prairie Fire Threatens Homes in Scottsbluff Nebraska
A prairie fire driven by strong winds menaced several small homes and a few business buildings in the southeast part of Scottsbluff. Firefighters battled the blaze for about 90 minutes before extinguishing it. The origin remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsbluff, Neb
Scottsbluff
State Income Tax Returns Must Be Filed By Tuesday
G. J. Bondurant warned that Tuesday is the deadline for filing state income tax returns. Delinquent returns incur penalties, but individuals should still file even if unable to pay. Returns may be filed at the city hall third floor or mailed to Des Moines by Wednesday. Local office hours are 8 to 5 Monday and Tuesday, including the noon hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Bondurant
State Income Tax Department
Bondurant
Income Tax
Income Tax Department
Des Moines
Hitler Winds Up Whirlwind Drive in Rhineland Parade
Fueled nationwide enthusiasm, Hitler’s Cologne entry and rally features 67 million Germans backing a pledge to sign treaties only freely and equally. He meets Ribbentrop and military chiefs to discuss counter proposals as Rhineland crisis moves toward a Tuesday delivery to Britain, France, Belgium and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rhineland
Britain
France
Belgium
Italy
Werner von Blomberg
General Fritsch
Admiral Raeder
General Goering
Cologne
Guerzenich
Frederic III
Dom
Graf
von Hindenburg
Berlin
Reichstag
Germany
Hitler Seeks Reichstag Election As Plea For Succession
In a plebiscite style vote German voters are asked to approve Hitler’s acts as he contests the Reichstag election set for Sunday. Hitler is listed as a candidate for the first time since rising to power, with 1 033 candidates overall and about 650 to be chosen for the new body. No negative or opposition choices exist on ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul von Hindenburg
Germany
Reichstag
Hitler
Rhineland
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
Clayton County Farmer Dies After Crash
Simon Willmes 56, Boardman township farmer, died Saturday at a Rochester hospital after an auto accident on highway 128 between here and Clayton Center Friday evening. His backbone was broken and he was paralyzed from the neck down, though he remained conscious until shortly before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleader
Simon Willmes
Boardman Township
Rochester Hospital
Courthouse Parade Marks First 1936 Hunting Fishing Licenses
John W. Cook of 2317 D avenue NE presented the county’s first combination hunting and fishing license for 1936 as Dempsy Jones’s office processed a rush of license blank books. The season’s first fishing license went to George Vavra of 1674 Ellis boulevard NW, with red and green cards seen as tells for anglers and story tellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Cook
D Avenue
Dempsy Jones
George Vavra
Ellis Boulevard
Dempsy
Inmates Pass Time With Cards and Games at Linn Jail
Linn county jail inmates spend leisure time playing pinochle cribbage and rummy and enjoying indoor horseshoes in the jail dining room during the winter season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Chess at County Jail and Odd Courtroom Exhibits
County Jailer Frank J. Chiamosta says no inmates play chess, while Paris sidewalk cafes host ardent players. Linn County courthouse displays a jumble of exhibits including auto parts, a leg plaster cast, a leg bone, a woman's slipper, and a bank robbery portfolio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Chiamosta
Paris
Chramosta
Linn County
Youngster Seeks Old Man for Bridge Crew Term
A county bridge crew tale explains how a novice, sent to fetch "the old man" from the blacksmith shop, returns empty handed after a search. The seasoned term refers to a ratchet drill brace in bridge jargon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Himrod
Newark Bridge Approach Studied for Marsh Crossing
County Engineer Bill Behrens recalls his role as instrument man on a survey crew in the Newark salt marshes. The Newark bridge approach, extending several miles, was designed to traverse the marshes and connect with the planned span in the San Francisco Bay area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Oakland
San Francisco Bay
Bill Behrens
Newark
Calif
Newark Bridge
City Briefs And Personals Snapshot Of Local Matters
City notices report a Monday meeting of Townsend club No 1 at city hall. Everett D. Kazbeer was fined for intoxication. Parking fines were issued to Erwin J. Wasta and Louis Bener. NYA recreation leaders institute relocated to Tuesday. DeMolay chapter No 10 to elect officers at Masonic hall. Service certificates awarded to Raymond Churchill, Dale Cripps, and John Hruska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NYA Recreation Leaders Institute
Cedar Rapids
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Hall
Raymond Churchill
Dale Cripps
John Hruska
Embalming college trio arrives for short vacation
William J. Stewart of 824 First avenue E Marvin Smylie of 1514 Second street SW and Lumir Teckosh of Oxford Junction arrived Sunday morning from the Hohenschuh Carpenter College of Embalming St. Louis Mo for a brief visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Stewart
First Avenue
Marvin Smylie
Second Street
Lumir Teckosh
Oxford Junction
Hohenschuh-Carpenter College of Embalming
St. Louis
Martins Attend Funeral of Mrs Jessie Smith
Harry Martin of Omaha and Forrest Martin of Chicago brothers of Mrs. Jessie Smith returned home after the funeral services Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brown of Marshalltown, cousins of Mrs. Smith, were also here for the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Martin
Omaha
Forrest Martin
Chicago
Jessie Smith
Eighth Avenue SE
Carl Brown
Marshalltown
Smith
Mrs Ada Ralston Not Identified With Other Ada Ralston
Ada Ralston of 1630 East Avenue NE states she is not the Mrs Estelle Cook alias Ada Ralston who appeared in police court on intoxication charges. Perle Tewart of 319 Seventh Street SE reports that Othel Gillian, arrested with Mrs Cook, does not live at the address given by Gillian to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Ralston
E Avenue
Estelle Cook
Perle Tewart
Seventh Street
The
Gazette
Othel Gillian
Cook
Gillian
Linden Camp to Meet in Odd Fellows Hall for Regular Business
Linden Camp No. 145 Modern Woodmen of America will meet next Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Odd Fellows hall at 109 Second avenue SE for regular business and initiation. Drill team members are asked to arrive early for practice before the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Camp
Modern Woodmen of America
Odd Fellows Hall
Second Avenue SE
Father seeks missing son Warren Pedersen in city
Eric Pedersen of 1128 Fifteenth Avenue SW reported to police that his 15 year old son Warren Pedersen left home early Saturday and did not return. Warren is five feet four inches tall, 110 pounds with brown hair and wearing a light cap leather coat and striped overalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Pedersen
Fifteenth Avenue
Warren
Miss Gerda Severian Captures County Beauty Title
Miss Gerda Severian formerly of Cedar Rapids and now with her parents in La Belle Mo won first place in the county beauty contest held in La Belle on March 19 She earned a trip to Sedalia to compete in the Missouri state beauty contest at the state fair
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerda Severian
Cedar Rapids
la Belle
Sedalia
Stolen Coat and Keys At Turner Mortuary
Joe Carberry reported to police that his topcoat gloves and car keys were stolen from the Turner mortuary office around noon on Saturday. An employee saw a stranger leaving the office with a topcoat and police received a description of the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Carberry
Twenty Eighth Street Drive
Turner Mortuary
Golden Eagle Girl Scout Meeting at YWCA
The regular Golden Eagle Girl Scout meeting at the Y W C A was led by Captain Hubbard and Lieutenant Maxine Plummer last Tuesday. Margaret Borst read the story War during candle hour. Velma Shimik and Charlotte Plummer organized a treasure hunt for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Eagle Girl Scout
Captain Hubbard
Leutenant Maxine Plummer
Margaret Borst
Velma Shimik
Charlotte Plummer
Portraits in Rochester Photographic Exhibit Highlight
John W. Barry has had two photographs accepted for the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute third annual show. One image, the Frank Davis Betty Moore bridal party, appeared in The Gazette. The other, Into Space, was shot in the South Dakota Black Hills through pine needles at a cloud formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Barry
Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute
Rochester
N. Y
Frank Davis
Betty Moore
Gazette
South Dakota
Black Hills
Freeman Isbell 81 Center Point resident dies
Freeman Isbell 81 a longtime Center Point resident died Saturday afternoon at the county home where he had lived the past two years. Born 1855 in Maquoketa he came to Center Point as a young man and worked as a railroad man and in the nursery business. He is survived by three grandchildren Ray Haines Zanita Haines and Ruth Lehr all of Marion and by relatives in Maquoketa. Funeral services Monday at 10 a.m. at Dennison and Beatty chapel Center Point with burial in Center Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnter Point
Freeman Isbell
Center Point
Mr. Isbell
Maquoketa
Ray Haines
Zanita Haines
Ruth Lehr
Marion
Dennison and
Beatty
Slavers Eager to Enter Prison After Leavenworth Standoff
The three men implicated in the Kansas City union station massacre attempt to enter Leavenworth but are refused entry as the documents rest with U S marshal Henry L. Dillingham who brings them to the prison. Mulloy Farmer and Galatas receive two year sentences for conspiring to liberate Frank Nash triggering the deadly attack. Verne Miller and Pretty Boy Floyd have both been killed in separate violent acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Union Station
Leavenworth
Kan
Henry L. Dillingham
United States
Dillingham
Verne Miller
Detroit
Charles “Pretty Boy
Floyd
East Liverpool
Ohio
Girls Rope Skipping Tournament Opens April 6
A district rope skipping tournament for elementary girls begins April 6 with finals set for April 9 on Island plaza. Events include 35 yard forward and 25 yard backward races and multiple rope skills across four district sites Cleveland Fillmore St Patrick's Harrison Taylor Hayes Lincoln Van Buren St Ludmila Polk Big Springs St Matthews Johnson Jackson Buchanan Ty ler Immaculate Conception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Playground Commission
Fillmore School
Cleveland
Fillmore
St. Patrick’s
Harrison
van Buren School
Taylor, Hayes
Lincoln
van Buren
St. Ludmila’s
Polk School
Arthur
Kenwood
Garfield
Polk
Big Springs
St. Matthews
Johnson School
Johnson
Jackson
Buchanan
Tyler
St. Wenceslaus
Immaculate Conception
Island Plaza
Former Baroness Von Hagen Named In Alienation Suit
In New York, Katherine E. Harrison sues former Baroness von Hagen for 500000 claiming alienation of affections. The plaintiff alleges the baroness intended to wed Edward Harrison of Manila, an oil and pineapple magnate, but no public announcement was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baroness von Hagen
New York
INS
von Hagen
Katherine E. Harrison
Edward Harrison
Manila
Jean Tobin
Haverstraw
N. Y
Edward N. Goldey
Jack Dempsey
Goldey
Reno
United States District Court
13 Year-Old Boy Hunts for Missing Mother in Detroit
Dale Hahn, 13, told police he hitchhiked from Rockford Illinois to locate his mother Patricia Smith who last called for mail at Alfred Street post office. He had eaten two meals in two days and was found with a .32 pistol taken from him. he is in juvenile detention care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Dale Hahn
Rockford
Ill
Patricia Smith
Dale
Alfred Street
LeRoy Hahn
Emma
Deaths L. D. Mitchell of Oklahoma City
Mrs. L. E. Branson of Delavan learned Saturday of the death of her nephew L. D. Mitchell a prominent Oklahoma City attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Branson
Delavan Hotel
L. D. Mitchell
Oklahoma City
Mitchell
Funeral Services for Richard H. Gillispie Scheduled
Funeral services will be held in the Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Monday with Rev. H. A. Crumb officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Memorial Park cemetery. Master Masons to meet at 1:50 p.m. Monday at the Turner chapel to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Gillispie
Turner Chapel
H. A. Crumb
Cedar Memorial Park
Dardanelles Forts Favored by Russia and Turkey
Soviet foreign commissar Maxim Litvinoff backed a Turkish plan to fortify the Dardanelles and cancel Lausanne limits if Germany nullifies Versailles. Turkish Foreign Minister Tevfik Rüştü Aras raised the issue with France's Foreign Minister Pierre Etienne Flandin. A Black Sea closure by Turkish and Soviet action was reportedly agreed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
INS
Britain
Black Sea
Germany
France
Constantinople
Maxim Litvinoff
Dardanelles
Tewik Rustu Aras
Pierre- Etienne Flandin
One Hope Left For Sentenced Slayer
SALT LAKE CITY Utah slayer Delbert Green, 26, condemned for six years, still seeks to escape the death sentence as the state supreme court rejects his latest appeal Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Sns
Delbert Green
Utah
State Supreme Court
Pardons Board Weighs Commute For 1930 Slayer
Sanity hearing places Green at a plea for commutation before the state pardons board on April 18. He was sentenced to die January 24 but earned a reprieve from Gov. Henry H. Blood. The case, involving the killing of his wife, uncle and mother in law after a Jan. 30, 1930 domestic quarrel, has appeared before the state supreme court thrice and the pardons board has denied clemency before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Pardons Board
Uad
Green
Henry H. Blood
State Supreme Court
Pardons Board
Here
Munn Wins NYC Trip for Two Months of Sales
J K Munn of 202 Twenty third street SE wins a two month sales record prize in a national contest by Administrative and Research corporation through Smith Burris and Company. He receives a $300 award and will travel to New York City with wife and son Jack. Mrs Munn and Jack visit Miss Frances Munn in Kalamazoo during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Munn
Twenty-third Street Drive
W. D. Hanna and Company
New York City
Administrative and Research Corporation
Smith, Burris and Company of Chicago
Munn
Kalamazoo
Mich
Frances Munn
Miss Munn
Mrs. Munn
Business and Industrial Girls
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Potes
Clayton County
Frank K. Hahn
Vmayor
Bungalow
Townsend Club No. 1
Superior Court
City Hall
Everett D. Kazbeer
Seventh Street SE
Erwin J. Wasta
C Avenue NE
Louis Bener
R. H. Gillispie
U. S
Thomas Neale
Brady
Third Avenue SE
Jergen
Woodbury’s
Johnson’s
Williams Shaw
Crea
Nature
Abbott
Parke-Davis
Alka Seltzer
National Milk
Bull Durham
Fitch’s
Russia
Peerless
Kraft’s
del Montt
Dilip
Ols Lad
del Monte
Enat
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