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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1934

Page

4

Greater care urged to cut maternal mortality nationwide

Dr Fred L. Adair urged mobilizing all community resources to ensure decent obstetrical care. He cited rising birth rate declines and rising Caesarean sections as factors in maternal deaths, noting urban rates exceed rural ones and calling for saner obstetric practices.

Fred L. Adair Department of United States Adair Adair Saport U.rranp Iowa E D Plass

City Briefs and Personal News Highlights

Members of Maine lodge 643 IO OF will meet at the Rohn chapel at 2 pm Saturday to attend the funeral of Ralph Kershaw. A downtown intoxication arrest on Friday led to a court hearing. the defendant, RJ Blashnik, pled not guilty and faces trial Monday.

Maine Lodge 643 Ioof Rohn Chapel Ralph Kershaw Fred Parrish RJ. Blashnik M Avenue NW Bakery Union Bakery Workers Union Labor Temple Union 6 Bakers Workers Mathe Aes

Youth Baseball Injury and Minor Car Collision Report

A 13 year old sustained a fractured ring finger and facial lacerations while playing baseball and was released after treatment. Another 13 year old, Don Buck of 519 Fourth Avenue SE, received first aid for chest bruises after a car hitting a telephone pole, was treated and released. Police did not file a report on the accident.

Don Buck Fourth Avenue SE

Police nabbed deaf mute who claimed to be Dillinger

Chicago police chased a man who looked like John Dillinger to the South Side. At the station the detainee wrote I am a mute but I am not Dillinger and revealed he was Leo Weiner 24 of Brooklyn New York. He said he came to Chicago for work as the Dillinger hunt continued.

University of Iowa Adair John Hamilton Cedar Rapids Chicago INS John Dillinger Priday Dillinger Desperado Norton Leo Weiner Chester Street Brooklyn Chione Air

Quinine Turns To Rat Poison Killing Family in Sapulpa

In Sapulpa Oklahoma Chester Barrett gave doses from an old quinine container that had been used for rat poison. Three family members died and six, including Barrett, were severely ill after consuming the powder. Deputy Lee Snider said Barrett bought the poison two years earlier to kill rats and the original container had broken.

Sapulpa, Okla Chester Barrett Barrett Lee Snider Here

Light Company Enters Open Diamondball League

The last minute entry of a diamondball team from Tawa Electric Light and Power signals the Open league start. Alberts Armstrongs Bennett Bee sons and the heht company team face Nash-Finch as games begin at 6 pm. TA PORTE CIVY reports eighteen men employed in the Hawkeye quarry at Glory with Kermit Gravenhorst as foreman.

Tawa Electric Light and Power Company Playground Association Alberts Armstrongs Bennett Beesons Heht Company Nash-Finch TA Porte Civy Hawkeye Glory Kermit Gravenhorst la Porte

Popularity Starts With Breakfast Shredded Wheat Ad

A 1930s style promotional piece extols Shredded Wheat with milk and fruit as a daily meal for popularity. It touts whole wheat nutrition from carbohydrates and protein to minerals and vitamins, plus bran for regularity, and claims Shredded Wheat is economical.

Parking Fine Roll Grows With Lights Off Violations

Twenty five motorists are fined in police court for parking without lights, plus C Myers and Blaine Hyten face higher penalties for improper parking. The list names E McDonald Lee Robinson Earl Lintz Zack McArthur Mrs George Van Deusen and many others across NE SE NW and SW districts.

C. Myers Fourth Avenue Blaine Hyten Bever Avenue E. McDonald Lincoln Avenue Lee Robinson Fourteenth Street Earl Lintz L Street Zack McArthur Eighth Street George van Deusen A Nilsson G Avenue W. C. Radeke T. E. Mayer A Avenue Ada G. Moore Twentieth Street Jack Kotlinek Second Avenue

Recommends Judgment Be Given Texas Bank Against Collins

Federal judge heard a recommendation that Commonwealth Bank and Trust of San Antonio be awarded judgment against Collins Mortgage Company of Cedar Rapids. The bank seeks either $8,000 or reinstatement of a trust deed on Iowa real estate securing a $10,700 loan from 1930. The Whalens later arranged an $8,000 loan through Collins via Equitable Life.

DES Moines Commonwealth Bank and Trust Company of San Antonio Tex Collins Mortgage Company Cedar Rapids Charles A. Dewey Faville Greene County Iowa Mary Whalen

Bank Claims $8000 Missing After Trust Deed Release

A bank alleges it did not receive an $8,000 payment promised in exchange for releasing a trust deed. The release was issued, but the funds allegedly never reached the bank, creating a dispute over the missing amount.

Auditor's Office Extends Hours for Candidacy Filings

The County Auditor's Office will stay open until 5 p m Saturday to accept candidacy filings for the June 4 primaries. Three more candidates filed for justice of the peace in Rapids township on Friday. Sam K Clark of 719 Seventh Avenue SW and J W Hammill of 942 Twentieth Avenue SW seek Republican nomination, while A E Ackerman of 317 Twelfth Avenue SE is the Democratic candidate.

Robert M. Vesely Justice of the Peace of

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