Cedar Rapids official Cap Hedges recalls vast sports career
Horace Hedges, vice president of the Hedges company, reflects on his long officiating life from Washington high in 1902 to Notre Dame games with Rockne. He recalls 1915 Michigan-Chicago clashes, Ohio Michigan 1924, and pivotal moments in football and basketball, stressing a quarterback's tough decisions before large crowds.
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Horace
Cap” Hedes
Hedges Company
Mr. Hedges
Washington
Cap
Hedges
Washington High
Cyril Slapnicka
Buck Wettstein
Battery
Marshalltown
Independence
Littlejohn
Slapnicka
Coe
Grinnell
Nebraska Wesleyan
Tigers
Shattuck ‘Military Academy
Ilinois
Dartmouth
Arthur Poe
Coe-Cornell
Frank Birch
Notre Dame
Carnegie Tech
Knute Rockne
Steffan
Rockne
Carnegie
Irish
Ramblers
Southern California
Pittsburgh
Cedar Rapids
Columbus
Michigan
Ohio
Kipke
Uterite
Dave
Frank Baker
Northwestern
Baker
Softball season delayed by weather in Cedar Rapids
Inclement weather and poor field conditions led Cedar Rapids Softball association president Ralph Macnamara to postpone the opening games at Ellis park for a week. No games this week. schedule shifts to next week with two Open league matchups Armstrongs versus Culvers and Parksons versus Wilsons.
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Ralph Macnamara
Cedar Rapids Softball Association
Ellis Park
Armstrongs
Culvers
Parksons
Wilsons
Local Cigar Store Hosts Cedar Rapids Baseball Club Night
Jim Curry proprietor of Curry's cigar store entertained the Cedar Rapids baseball club Sunday by offering free access to ping pong snooker and pool tables for the evening. Refreshments were served.
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Jim Curry
Curry
Cedar Rapids Baseball Club
Body of missing Chicago broker recovered from Lake Michigan
The body of Joseph Retz Ramser a 35 year old former economics professor at the University of Illinois and president of Banning & Co. Chicago investment brokers was taken from Lake Michigan near Navy Pier after he vanished March 17 following a dinner with a young woman friend. A billfold with business cards and papers was found near Navy Pier on March 19. The attendants said the body bore no obvious signs of violence and had been in the water about a month.
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Chicago
Chicago Avenue
Joseph Retz Ramser
University of Illinois
Lake Michigan
Navy Pier
Ramser
Oscar Glenore
Banning & Co
Crabbe and Kitterman Named to Playground Commission
Thomas L. Crabbe and Jess A. Kitterman were appointed by the city council to fill vacancies on the playground commission left by resignations of Charles Schoen and Joe Carberry. They will serve until May 9, 1940, with a new chairman to be elected at the next meeting. Carberry, treasurer of the softball group, plans to continue his softball work.
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Thomas L. Crabbe
Grande Avenue
Jess A. Kitterman
First Avenue
Charles Schoen
Joe Carberry
Schoen
Carberry
Crabbe
Kitterman
Cedar Rapids Softball Association
Center of United States Located in Smith County Kansas
The geographical center of the United States lies in the eastern part of Smith County Kansas.
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The
United States
Smith County
Kansas
April Building Boom in Cedar Rapids Reported
Building Inspector O L Leefers cites April activity at Cedar Rapids with 641 total permits and receipts of 976.40. The month shows 265 permits including 21 new residences, with total permit value 162,904 and activity surpassing April 1936 figures of 441 permits and 665.95 in receipts.
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Cedar Rapids
O. L. Leefers
Leeters
Court action seeks 100 percent stock assessment at Cedar Rapids State
D W Bates as receiver of the Cedar Rapids State bank filed in district court to collect a 100 percent assessment from about eighty five stockholders. The bank's liquidation with assets of 960 161 16 under three trustees follows a 1927 trust where Peoples Savings absorbed the deposit liability of 879 843 74. The suit cites a deficit of 103 875 04 after deposits were paid and states the assessment is necessary to cover the shortfall. The bank was capitalized at 50 000.
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D. W. Bates
Cedar Rapids
John Burianek
Raul H. Huston
Peoples Savings
Final Arguments Begun In Bank Report Hearing
Final arguments opened before Judge John T. Moffit in district court over the trustees third report of the old State Bank of Central City. Trustees L S Hamilton F G Omera and D F Barrows led by A H Sargent faced objectors E E Henderson and State Treasurer L J Wegman as a certificate holder. Claassen to open objectors’ case, Spangler to close for trustees as twenty six days of evidence concluded last week. Ample amendments to conform to proof were allowed. case to be submitted on written briefs.
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John T. Moffit
District Court
Old State Bank of Central City
L. S. Hamilton
G. O'Meara
D. F. Barrows
A. H. Sargent
E. E. Henderson
L. J. Wegman
George C. Claassen
Spangler
John Vesper Sues City for Injuries on Ice Crosswalk
District court records show John Vesper seeks 500 dollars in a personal injury suit against Cedar Rapids for a January 31 1936 fall on ice and snow on a crosswalk on Thirty fourth Street NE. Albert B Rathbun seeks 15302 in a note action from 1929 by L C Lemon Clara A Lemon and Kenneth Lemon. An Egbert Kingma contract action of 1000 against Machen Co and R S Vines filed September 5 1935 was dismissed without prejudice. Kathryn Vaverka wins a divorce from George W Vaverka on cruelty and marriage date April 7 1927 with property rights settled and cross petition withdrawn.
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John Vesper
Cedar Rapids
Thirty-fourth Street
Albert B. Rathbun
L. C. Lemon
Clara A. Lemon
Kenneth Lemon
Egbert Kingma
Machen Company
R. S. Vines
C. J. Haas
Kathryn Vaverka
George W. Vaverka
D O K K Stag Party and Local Notices In Cedar Rapids
The D O K K stag party sets for Kingston hall Friday May 7 at 6 30 p m with dinner. Mrs Fred Donisthorpe sr recovering from a major operation at Mercy hospital April 22. Bernard Kelly and C Fuller fined for intoxication. Trowel chapter 49 Royal Arch Masons meets Tuesday 7 30 p m in Masonic hall to work in most excellent master. Fire crews respond to 1200 block First avenue E false alarm. Arde kan temple D O K K meets Wednesday 8 p m in Pythian hall with refreshments after an important business meeting. Cedar Rapids Townsend club hosts picnic supper program and dance Tuesday 6 30 p m in Ben Hur hall bring picnic requirements. Mrs C C Hudnall speaks Wednesday evening before Navy Mothers club at the Y M C A at 7 30 on Marriage of Non Rated Men and its Naval Career. A blue zipper waterproof jacket stolen from William Bys Solon car on Third street at Twelfth avenue SE between 9 and 11 p m Saturday. Rev Henry Scherer Scout merit badge commissioner discusses plan at Optimist club luncheon Montrose hotel. Chester Johnson also on Scout program. Fifty painters invited to Montrose hotel by Wisconsin Lumber. non union painters also to attend. Aetna Life Insurance agents hold sales conference at Roosevelt hotel continuing through Tuesday. Knights of Columbus semi monthly meeting moved to Wednesday night to attend Western league baseball opener Tuesday.
Broken church windows cause damages at Sin clair Memorial
The Sin clair Memorial church suffered property damage last week from broken windows estimated at 15 dollars. Rev. August Cramer of 823 Twelfth avenue SE reported to police on Monday. Also noted was a conference of budget managers from Iowa Goodrich Tire and Rubber at the Roosevelt hotel to discuss policies with speakers QO. A. Olson Des Moines Akron and M. Wahlmann.
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Sinclair Memorial Church
August Cramer
Twelfth Avenue SE
Iowa Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company
Roosevelt Hotel
QO. A. Olson
Des Moines
E. J. Dunlavy
Akron
M. Wahlmann
Brooks Receives DePauw Rector Scholarship
Theodore L. Brooks son of Rev Arthur A Brooks of 1328 Third Avenue SE is a Benjamin Franklin senior and has been awarded a $1,000 DePauw Rector scholarship for four years tuition. Eligibility requires top tenth class rank and an average of at least 90 percent over four high school years.
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Theodore L. Brooks
Arthur A. Brooks
Third Avenue SE
Benjamin Franklin High School
DePauw University
DePauw
Paving Petition Comes In From H Avenue Area
A paving petition with twenty six signatures was received by the city council on Monday and referred to the department of public improvements. It requests paving along H avenue NW from Ellis boulevard to Tenth street.
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Department of Public Improvements
H Avenue NW
Ellis Boulevard
Tenth Street
Board Of Health Condemns More Houses As Unfit
The board condemns two more residences as unfit for human use after a Monday session. 820-822 B Avenue NE owned by Johanna Viktor and 1109 Fourteenth Avenue SE registered to D. W. Bates state banking superintendent were found in poor repair with dirty conditions and plaster needs noted by inspectors Otis Leefers and A. Trusty.
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Board ‘of Health
A. Trusty
Otis Leefers
B Avenue
Johanna Viktor
Fourteenth Avenue SE
D. W. Bates
Augustana Male Quartet to Perform at Saron Church
The Augustana College quartet from Rock Island will give a concert May 11 at 8 p.m. at Saron Lutheran Church, sponsored by Luther League. Esteemed by critics in the Midwest and East, the group is acclaimed as one of the finest collegiate quartets and may rise in professional circles soon. The quartet has toured summers and gained radio exposure nationwide.
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Augustana
Augustana College
Rock Island
Saron Lutheran Church
Luther League
Middle West
East
Fourteen Locals Attend State Typographical Meet
Delegates from fourteen Iowa locals ranging from Council Bluffs to Dubuque attended the semi annual conference at the Roosevelt hotel Cedar Rapids host Local No. 192 hosted a luncheon for seventy five guests followed by a business meeting. R J McAnaly secretary of the state federation of labor gave the principal address. Officers attending were Paul Olson Des Moines president C M Rowley Waterloo vice president and Charles Toberg Marshalltown secretary. The next semi annual meeting will be in Des Moines the first Sunday in November.
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Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
R. J. McAnaly
State Federation of Labor
Paul Olson
Des Moines
C. M. Rowley
Waterloo
Charles Toberg
Marshalltown
Mercer Death Penalty Upheld Plea to Iowa Supreme Court
DES MOINES AP Buel Mc Cash assistant attorney general filed two arguments with the Iowa Supreme Court contending district courts acted within their rights in sentencing two men to die on Fort Madison penitentiary gallows. The first seeks upholding the death penalty for John M Mercer sentenced to hang for the slaying.
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DES Moines
Buel McCash
Supreme Court
Fort Madison
John M Mercer
Vigilante Robert G. Sproat and death penalty case notes
The state's arguments insist Mario Heinz, a former Dubuque relief worker, received a fair trial and had access to public aid and compulsory process. They contend no extenuating circumstances justify overturning the death verdict for Heinz, who killed his 6 year old nephew David Fox. Oral arguments are set for next week.
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Robert G. Sproat
Tipton
Mario Heinz
Dubuque
Yacht President Burned Near Clarksville Missouri
The Inland Waterways corporation’s $50,000 inspection yacht President burned near Clarksville as eight aboard escaped. Ten on board included five passengers and five crew. only a deck steward was slightly burned. Fire started from galley stove backfire. captain towed craft ashore and all saved. Fuel oil cargo destroyed.
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Clarksville
Inland Waterways Corporation
St. Paul
Minn
St. Louis
Thomas Ashburn
Ashburn
James Ashburn
Cincinnati
Gale F. Johnson
Briggs A. Hoffman
H. R. Odell
Federal Barge Lines
L. T. Gaggon
New Orleans
Gaggon
Charles Sundby
Prescott
Wis
Mark Twain
President
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Horace G, Hedges
Jess Kitterman
Playground Commission
Court House News
C. R. State Bank
Walter L. Steadman
Effie Lee Steadman
W. R. Cairns
Alma W. Cairns
Alma W. Rath
Kingston Hall
Fred Donisthorpe, Sr
Mercy Hospital
Bernard Kelly
C. Fuller
Central City
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Hall
First Avenue E
Ardekan Temple
Pythian Hall
Townsend Club
Ben Hurnall
C. C. Hudnall
Navy Mothers Club
William Bys
Solon
Third Street
Bys
Henry Scherer
Optimist Club
Montrose Hotel
Chester Johnson
Wisconsin Lumber Company
Montrose
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Home Office
E.H. Snow
N. M. DeNozzo
Hartford, Conn
Knights of Columbus
Goodrich
C. F. Pettit
Fourth Avenue SE
Roy Williams
Oelwein
A. M. Andreas
Twenty-sixth Street
Robert Yates
Seventh Avenue SE
P. A. Tracy
Sixth Avenue SE
Town State
Leland W. Rosenberg
H. E. Rosenberg
Thirty-third Street
Iowa State College
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Iowa State
Rosenberg
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Board of Health
Mercer
Claude Callan
Ben
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George Clare
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the Gazette
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