Ambulance service fate unsettled in Cedar Rapids
City council and county officials debate who should run emergency ambulances and how costs will be shared after John B Turner and Son announce they will quit service after May 15. Mayor Hahn backs city contract with a fixed monthly sum while awaiting bureau decisions and supervisor input.
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Cedar Rapids
John B. Turner and Son
Dave Turner
Turner
Hahn
Skinner
Fred Stirm
Board of Supervisors
Stirm
Suffers Leg Injury As Bike Collides With Car
Len Klingaman age 14 of 629 A avenue NW sustained a leg injury when his bicycle hit a car driven by John Van Velkinburgh of 703 F avenue NW at Third avenue and Eighth street SW.
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Len Klingaman
A Avenue NW
John van Velkinburgh
F Avenue NW
Third Avenue
Eighth Street
Zioncheck Names Ideal Drink With A Wallop On Honeymoon
In St Thomas Zioncheck toasts a so called ideal drink a wallop of Virgin Island rum with quinine hair tonic and crushed ice. He serves it to reporters and a taxidermist at the governor’s palace insisting it will be tasted in every bar in the United States.
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NEA
Marion A. Zioncheck
Seattle
Miami
Mr. Zioncheck
Zioncheck
Virgin Island
United States
ST. Thomas
V. S
Marion Zioncheck
Adolph Gereau
Achille Lindersay
Zioncheck Bride May Drive Roadster After Puerto Rico Incident
President Roosevelt signed a bill empowering Washington DC commissioners to suspend out of town driving permits issued by states. The measure follows congressman Marion A Zioncheck being convicted of speeding in Washington and his bride Marion A Zioncheck taking a more active role in driving while he concentrates on official duties.
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Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington State
Puerto Rico
Roosevelt
Zioncheck
Appointed To State Position On Friday Killed On Saturday
E A Mc Goey 43 of Williams Iowa was named a state agriculture food inspector Friday and died Saturday in a head on collision on highway 65 north of Des Moines. The truck driver Domenic M Lamberti 33 of Ankeny Indiana was not seriously injured. Lamberti said McGoey was driving fast and could not pull over.
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DES Moines
E. A. McGoey
Williams
State Department of Agriculture
Highway 65
Domenic M. Lamberti
Ankeny
McGoey
Agriculture
Ray Murray
Lamberti
Device enables blind to read print by shocks
Evanston Illinois United Press report describes Northwestern student Emil Ranseen’s shock reader. A photo electric cell converts light from printed pages to energy that drives coils in a glove mounted bead array. After training, users interpret shock patterns as letters. device still experimental.
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Evanston, Ill
Emil Ranseen
Northwestern University
Ranseen
University Physics Laboratory
Helen Keller
Blanchaine Longtime La Porte City Druggist Dies
Henry J. Blanchaine 67, pioneer La Porte City druggist, died Saturday night after a year of ill health. Born in Littleport, he opened and ran his own drug store in the same building for decades. Survived by sons Norman H. and Raymond, funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at the Blanchaine residence.
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LA Porte City
Henry J. Blanchaine
Blanchaine
Littleport
Margaret Schmidt
Elkader
Knights of Pythias
The
Presbyterian Church
Norman H
Raymond
Officers Named for Iowa Artists Co-Operative
Des Moines AP report states Cedar Rapids leader Robert White announced the new cooperative's officers. Elected executive board: White, Harry D. Jones, Louise McBroom of Des Moines, Arnold Pyle of Cedar Rapids, and Tom Savage of Fort Dodge. Advisory board includes Criss Glasell of Dubuque and Howard Johnson of Cedar Rapids. Glasell named treasurer. Exhibit committee features Robert Tabor and William Perkins. Howard Johnson also serves on the membership committee.
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DES Moines
Robert White
Cedar Rapids
Operative Artists of
Iowa
White
Middle West
Harry D. Jones
Louise McBroom
Arnold Pyle
Tom Savage
Fort Dodge
Criss Glasell
Dubuque
Howard Johnson
Glasell
Robert Tabor
Independence
William Perkins
Council Bluffs
Fort Des Moines Citizens Military Training Camp Dates
Maj. Gen. F C Bolles announced that the citizens military training camp at Fort Des Moines will run from July 8 to August 6.
Undernourished Tots Await Camp Health Aid
Paragraph outlines need for Camp Good Health Fund support to feed and care for undernourished children. Five dollars funds one week for a handicapped child. eighty four weeks covered by current gifts. Prompts readers to contribute via The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Camp Health
Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Wisconsin scientists seek cancer treatment with high voltage gun
A 12 foot porcelain proton gun, 2,500,000 volt electrostatic generator, and 20 foot high pressure tank are described by Dr. Raymond G. Herb, David B. Parkinson, and Donald W. Kerst at the University of Wisconsin as tools to produce high velocity protons and powerful X rays. They claim potential value in treating deep seated cancer and advancing atomic nucleus understanding.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Raymond G. Herb
David B. Parkinson
Donald W. Kerst
Wisconsin
Seven Wedding Guests Die in Auto Train Crash
In Youngstown Ohio a borrowed car carrying seven wedding guests collided with a train at a grade crossing. Four died at the scene and three more died later in hospital. Victims include Dominick Pachell 10 John Carrozzino 12 Peter Pachell 28 Patrick Pachell 24 Sam Carrozzino 18 Guy Patrons 25 and Carl Pachell 24. They attended a wedding at St Dominick's church for Augustine Patrous and Marjorie Carrozzino and reportedly went for a drive after the ceremony.
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Youngstown
Here
Dominick Pachell
John Carrozzino
Peter Pachell
Patrick Pachell
Sam Carrozzino
Guy Patrons
Carl Pachell
Augustine Patrous
Marjorie Carrozzino
St. Dominick’s Church
Chief Of Detectives Shows How To Land Em
The big haul on the Palo bridge Friday ends with Earl Stanley wrestling a carp ashore after Bill Morgan failed to land a catfish. Stanley, a detective chief, takes breaks from crime work to fish, and the tale centers on their stubborn catch near the river.
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Palo Bridge
Bill Morgan
Earl Stanley
Stanley
Morgan
Medics Return Home From AMA Convention
Six thousand physicians and surgeons were en route to their homes after a review of the year’s progress in medical science presented at the American Medical Association convention in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
American Medical Association
The Gazette Claims Peak Daily Circulation Record
The Gazette reports record daily circulation in Cedar Rapids surpassing local homes and reaching over 40 000 subscribers. It notes high market reach in Linn County and ACA region with extensive advertising totals and top journalism honors for 1935. The paper highlights 17 feature columns and 18 comic strips daily.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Audit Bureau of
The
Iowa
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Meetings
Star of the West lodge No 1 Knights of Pythias to hold regular meeting Monday night in the K P hall with the rank of esquire to be conferred Modern Woodmen carnival set for Tuesday night at 109 2nd Ave SE all welcome Dr and Mrs F G Murray and daughter Winifred return from Kansas City where Dr Murray attended the American Medical Association meeting
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Star of the West Lodge
Knights of Pythias
K. P. Hall
2Nd Ave
F. G. Murray
Winifred Murray
B Avenue NE
Kansas City
Murray
American Medical Association
Maine Lodge
Maine Lodge of the Odd Fellows
First Avenue E
Cathatte Sokols Schedule Monthly Meeting and Card Party
The Cathatte Sokols will hold their regular monthly meeting Monday evening and host a card party in St. Wenceslaus hall on Wednesday evening.
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Cathatte Sokols
St. Wenceslaus Hall
Schedule of playground garden meetings this week
Mrs. L. J. Smith director announces garden meeting times this week at multiple sites. Harrison garden 4 p.m. Monday Kenwood 4 p.m. Tuesday Lincoln 4 p.m. Wednesday Cleveland 4 p.m. Thursday Hayes 4 p.m. Friday Holland Furnace garden 9 a.m. Saturday.
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L. J. Smith
Playground Garden
Harrison Garden
Kenwood
Lincoln
Cleveland
Hayes
Holland Furnace Garden
Store Reports Thefts From Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward at 219 Second Street SE notified police that a dress jacket valued at $5.98 was stolen Saturday afternoon. A navy blue dress worth $5.98 was reported stolen Friday, and a coat worth $9.98 disappeared about two weeks earlier from the same store.
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Montgomery Ward and Company
Second Street SE
Dubuque Man Drowns After Creek Fall
Alvin Shea twenty of Dubuque drowned Saturday night after falling into Furnace Creek one and a half miles west of Rockdale Iowa. He and companion John Kerper were removing clothes to swim when he apparently fainted and disappeared beneath the water.
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Dubuque
Alvin Shea
Furnace Creek
Rockdale
Shea
John Kerper
Bad Check Racket Suspect Arrested In Boston Hotels
A Dallas man nicknamed Newton, 38, was arrested by Boston police on charges of passing worthless checks at two top hotels. A briefcase yielded 500 cashier’s checks, bank serials, and letters to an Arkansas lawyer. Police say the suspect used a steady hotel-hopping fraud.
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Boston
Newton
South Station
Birmingham
Ala
Columbia
S. C
Jackson
Miss
San Antonio
Texas
Baton Rouge
Charlotte
N. C
Roanoke
Pulaski Heights Avenue
Little Rock
Ark
Local Woman Named Iowa State Treasurer at CPL Convention
Lena Nelson of Cedar Rapids was named state treasurer of the Iowa Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs at the seventeenth annual convention in Council Bluffs. Six Cedar Rapids women attended. Jessie Young of Shenandoah was named state president, with Doris E. Smith re-elected second vice president and Helen Irwin of Des Moines as first vice president.
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Lena Nelson
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Iowa Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Chieftain
Council Bluffs
Nelson
Imogen Emery
Edna Wilson
Edith Scott
Marie Petras
Viola Hanry
Jessie Young
Shenandoah
Associated Press
Doris E. Smith
Iowa City
Four Drown In Lake When Boat Capsizes
Four men drown when a rowboat capsized on remote Blue Water lake forty miles east of Gallup New Mexico State police drag for the missing men C C Coan 38 L P Shryer 47 and George Golic 35 all of Allison New Mexico Jack Hamilton 31 was recovered from the lake authorities pursue the other three.
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Gallup
N. M
Blue Water Lake
Here
Jack Hamilton
C. C. Coan
L. P. Shryer
George Golick
Allison
The Value and Limits of Money in Daily Life
A 1936 meditation on money by Dr. Newton argues wealth does not guarantee happiness. Three rich friends illustrate varied outcomes: one radiantly happy, one unhappy, and one ruined by wealth. Money grants power and opportunity but cannot buy true contentment.
Mrs Roosevelt Hosts Delinquent Girls At White House Visit
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt hosts sixty delinquent girls from a federally run training school on the White House lawn. The girls wear new dresses, tour cottage units, and view modern kitchen laundry setups while kids from a nearby Negro-dominated group arrive separately.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
League of Women Voters
Hoover Visits Pennsylvania at Culbertson Mountain Home
Former President Herbert Hoover stays with William S. Culbertson at Charmian Manor in Waynesboro Pa over the weekend. A Saturday dinner hosts Republican leaders and publishers while Sunday’s reception is expected to draw Republican congressmen senators and other leaders from Washington.
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Waynesboro
Herbert Hoover
William S. Culbertson
Chile
Charmian Manor
Culbertson Mountain
Palo Alto
Calif
Hoover
Washington
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J. E. Cameron
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DR Newton
Mrs. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
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