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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1939
Page
9
Reports say Slovakia capitulated to Hungary and ceded about 400 square miles in eastern Slovakia to end two weeks of border fighting. Hungary had demanded the cession and rejected Slovakia’s counter proposals for population exchanges and frontier fortifications.
A jury before Judge J E Heiserman hears a $1 17 25 well drilling case between Charles D Nolan and Armstrong Clothing Co. Dr Leonard R Wilson of Coe College testifies about glacial deposits and underground movement as to water temperature. Armstrong seeks $2076 82 on a counterclaim while Nolan defends that temperature was not part of the contract.
A Cedar Rapids man, Thorwald H. Erickson, 49, had an operating while intoxicated charge dismissed by Judge C. J. Haas after state action. A letter signed by K. E. Robertson and Helen B. Robertson claimed the witnesses could not say Erickson was intoxicated, and noted damages were paid by Erickson’s insurer.
Judge C. J. Haas reduced the Cedar Rapids tax assessment on the old post office realty at Third Street and Second Avenue SE from 152 795 to 120 600 as of January 1 1937. The property was originally valued at 180 000 when exempted as federal property. Witwer Grocer appealed to the board of review for adjustment.
Glen Palmer of near Central City won a $365 verdict in district court after a jury found for Palmer in a sheep replevin case against Mead Bayes and Mead of Carboncliff Illinois. The case was submitted to the jury after arguments and instruction.
Judge John T. Moffit presided as the jury ruled the Illinois co partnership not entitled to possession of sheep held by Palmer under wool and increase sharing contracts. A replevin writ was obtained last June amid claims the care clause was unmet. Palmer argued the care provision was fulfilled and that proper shares from wool sales had been received, seeking $950 for wrongful replevin.
A petition filed by Harry J. Minor on January 18 to reopen a partition case and modify the 1938 decree was dismissed with prejudice at his costs. Minor claimed new evidence to support a one fifth interest along Oakland road NE with Orton Minor holding 46-48ths, but the court denied the motion.
Judge C J Haas approves D W Bates receiver to sell 80 acres of unimproved Oklahoma land for 400. Hearing set April 7 at 9 a m on Bates receiver of Commercial Savings bank Marion to sell Marion realty at 700. Offer listed from H Wallace Leffingwell Olive H Leffingwell. A 715 lease claim intervention petition of Harvey Meyer in a coin account and attachment case of Equitable Life Insurance Co of Iowa against Rice and Gleason co partnership Claude Rice and Guy S Gleason exists.
Emma Thomas sues Owen Thomas for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. The marriage occurred in Anamosa on February 2. She requests restoration of her former name Emma Cooper and asserts claims related to a lease of an elevator at Williamsburg.
Solomon Goldberg’s five thousand dollar personal injury suit against Quentin R. Snider, filed March 12, 1938, was settled and dismissed with prejudice after alleging a collision with Snider’s car. Judge C. J. Haas authorized D. W. Bates to sell Cedar Rapids real estate used as a rooming house at two thousand five hundred dollars. A default judgment of five hundred ninety one dollars and ninety six cents was entered for English Valleys Co-Op Creamery Association, Inc. Thursday by Judge.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted tonic for women. It claims time proven benefits for physical resistance and calming nerves, urging women to try the product for relief from functional disorders and to improve quality of life.
C. J. Haas files an account suit against C. E. Belknap seeking settlement of balances and financial obligations. The case outlines disputed charges and the need for an audit to determine totals.
Washington AP reports Paul V. McNutt plans to resign as high commissioner to the Philippines this summer and return to lead his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Friends say the move aims to boost his bid.
Florence Rice, screen actress and daughter of Grantland Rice, married Thursday night to Robert Wilcox, the leading man in her latest film, in Honolulu Hawaii.
Scientists report sighting of new dragon lizards on a small island off Java. Researchers note unusual size and possible, but unconfirmed, connection to legendary dragon lore. Further field work planned to confirm species and origin.
Members of the High Twelve club gathered at the Roosevelt hotel to hear Prof Theodore H. Bogges of Harvard Law School speak on War. President Earl Delzell called committee reports and miscellaneous business, then announced there would be no talk on war at 1:30 p.m.
Report notes Bogges did not exist as a professor and attendees recalled that Saturday was April 1. The item implies a misidentified lecturer and a mistaken identity linked to an April Fools context.
Richard H. Richards, a former British cook aboard the Aquitania who desert ed his post and later posed as a renowned foreign newspaper correspondent to dupe American socialites, is exposed as lacking culinary skill and journalism ability. He admitted his incompetence after Jim Marshall, owner of the Colorado Springs establishment, confronted him Friday.
Three Boulder cases gave Richards a chance to clear his finances. Marshall proposed paying his bills and posting bond to immigration officials if Richards would lead the Marshall kitchens. Richards declined, noting no cooking experience before joining the Aquitania as a second cook and simply waiting to be noticed by Cunard lines.
The fragment notes someone claiming they persuaded others to hire them, but lacks details on person, place, or context to confirm events or outcomes.
Zanzibar yields the largest share of the world’s cloves, forming the bulk of global supply and shaping the spice market. The island’s harvest drives prices and trade flows for this valued commodity.
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