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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1933
Page
5
In Toledo a jury awarded Anton Guth of Dysart $100 after five hours deliberation over damages of $146.86 from a crash with Jeanette M. Neil of Dinsdale on a graveled road near Dinsdale on Oct 4 1931. Guth alleged Neil drove too fast and failed to keep to her side.
An advertisement promotes Hemroid tablets as the only cure by improving lower bowel circulation. It claims internal use, not salves or suppositories, can end pile suffering and restore health, with a money back guarantee and endorsement from May Drug Co. and pharmacists.
New York AP reports Ernest Torrence a noted motion picture actor died Monday in Lenox Hill hospital after recent gall bladder surgery. He starred in The Covered Wagon The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Ruggles of Red Gap. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at the Church of the Heavenly Rest.
George E. McDonnell 64 longtime Cedar Rapids water works trustee and McDonnell Brothers plumbing partner died at home 216 Sixth Street NW after a long illness. Born in Marion he had lived in Cedar Rapids since 1904 and earlier ran a pump factory in Medicine Hat Canada. Survived by five brothers and a sister. Funeral at St Patrick's Church Tuesday 9 am. Burial Mount Calvary.
John H. Bain head of a failed bank chain totaling 13 million dollars pled guilty to embezzlement in Judge James F. Fardy's court. Bain and his son John Bain Jr and son-in-law Merle Fisher received one to three year sentences in Joliet penitentiary after a special plea in bar.
Richard C. Blackburn, Lamont High School class of 1932, died after a head-on crash on highway 187 north of Lamont Saturday evening. He was riding with an unidentified passenger when the collision occurred in loose gravel. Susie Blackburn, his mother, resides north of Lamont.
A motorcycle rider from Lamont was fatally injured when his bike swerved into the path of a car driven by Merle Cumberland of Lamont. Blackburn died at 3 30 a m at People's hospital Independence from compound leg fractures and a probable skull fracture. Cumberland and his passenger were uninjured.
A dense listing of radio programs across networks NBC CBS and ABC detailing morning to evening airings. Notable acts include Clara Lu n Em singing groups Frances Ive Barien Harrod etch and Betty and Bob plus orchestras led by Jane Frickens and Duke Ellington with stations WEAF WJZ WGN KYW KOIL and others.
The Senate resumes sessions as impeachment court trying Federal Judge Harold Louderback of California on charges related to appointment of receivers and other actions. The proceedings mark a rare use of Senate powers in a judge’s impeachment.
Commencement exercises for Ryan public school are set for June 4. The graduating class has ten members: Patricia M. Gavin, Genevieve L. Crowley, Louise E. Dolphin, Mary M. Flanagan, Lucile M. Ward, Margaret M. McCrea, Cyril J. Dolan, James B. Whalen, James D. McElliott, Raymond P. Crowley.
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