Octogenarian Gives Hour Long Funeral Oration At His Own Service
In Indiana Wade Millman, an 88 year old farmer, staged his own funeral with humor and talk of a moral life. Hundreds attended the service at a Canaan church while 2,500 more gathered outside. He delivered a rambling life story, declared he had $100,000 in the bank, and emphasized enjoying life and a moral path.
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Coatsville
Ind
Putnam County
Wade Millman
Wade
Little
Canaan Methodist Church
Millman
E. P. Semple
Deaths Of Couple Believed To Be Murder
Gilmore S Bell, GE radio engineer, and his wife Marie were shot dead in Stratford Conn. Their 22 month old daughter slept nearby as police found Bell with a bullet in his temple and Mrs Bell dead. A .45 pistol lay near Bell and a .38 under the bed. Medical examiner Dr Luther S Heidger called the deaths likely murder and death by own action. Neighbors recall Bell saying he had shot his wife.
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Luther S. Heidger
Bell
Homecrafters meet at Bayote Sears home workshop
The Homecrafters club will meet Tuesday May 18 at 7 30 PM at the home workshop of Bayote Sears 724 Third avenue. Mrs Mary E Hemminger 412 Sixth street SE is reported recovering from injuries after a fall last Thursday in her basement sustaining a bruised back and scalp laceration with X rays showing no fractures. J L Metzgar and his son Laurence spent Sunday in the L W Derby home 803 Fifteenth street SE where Mrs Metzgar has stayed with her mother Mrs M Hopkins ill for eight weeks.
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Homecrafters Club
Bayote Sears
Third Avenue
Mary E. Hemminger
Sixth Street
J. L. Metzgar
Laurence
L.W
Child injured by farm equipment near Ely
Robert Gillmore three year old son of Mr and Mrs D E Gillmore of Ely suffered facial lacerations when struck by a double disc on a farm near Ely Sunday. He was brought to St Luke's hospital treated and released.
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Robert Gillmore
D. E. Gillmore
Ely
St Luke's Hospital
Briardale reps attend regional grocers meeting in Des Moines
Seventy five Briardale Food Stores representatives attend a regional meeting of the Grocers Wholesale Cooperative at the warehouse on 407 First Street SE today. Speakers include Jack Morain, assistant manager, and Don Paul, secretary treasurer, both from Des Moines. A banquet is planned at the Roosevelt hotel at 6:30 p.m.
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Briardale Food Stores
Grocers Wholesale Cooperative, Inc
First Street SE
Jack Morain
Don Paul
Des Moines
Roosevelt Hotel
Strawberry shipping peaks reported at Rock Island office
Reports from the Rock Island office say strawberry shipments from the south are near peak. Several special trains, six to eight cars each, have passed Cedar Rapids for northern points. Individual cars appear in almost every incoming Cedar Rapids train. One special train carried an express car load of bees.
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Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Bottle explosion wounds Abrams at parlor
Morris and Sam Abrams of 813 Fifteenth Street SE were injured when a seltzer bottle exploded at Abrams beer parlor, 116 First Street NE, wounding Morris with a forehead cut and Sam a minor arm laceration. Both were treated at St. Luke's hospital and released.
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Morris
Sam Abrams
Fifteenth Street
Notice of guardianship sale hearing for William B Pinney
In Linn County Iowa a guardianship proceeding in probate number 13AA seeks court approval for guardian John Fells to sell the undivided half of the eastern forty feet of lot 11 and the western ten feet of lot 12 in Block 12 Bever Park Addition Cedar Rapids. The May 15 1937 order fixes the hearing for 10:00 a.m. May 29 1937 at Cedar Rapids courthouse. Respondent William Burrell Pinney must appear and show cause why the sale should not be granted. Guardian John Fells represented by A G Bauder attorney.
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Linn County
John W. Allbones
Said
District Court
Cedar Raunds
Iowa
Edwin W Lundquist
Fred W Hann
District Court of
William Burrell Pinney
Buardian
John * Ells
Bever Park
Cedar Rapids
Hc, Ring
16Th Judicial District
John Fells
A G. Bauder
Notice of Final Report in Estate of Samuel Pieper
Notice to heirs creditors and others that the final report of Peoples Savings Bank Cedar Rapids as administrator with will annexed of Samuel Pieper deceased will be heard May 22 1937 at the Linn County Iowa courthouse. If no object appears the final report will be approved and bonds released. Dated May 17 1937. Donald L Hines attorney for administrator.
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District Court of Iowa
Linn County
Samuel Pieper
Iowa
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Samar Pieper
Donald L. Hines
Evening of Physical Culture by Sokol at Woodrow Wilson High
The Sokol gymnas tic association staged its annual Evening of Physical Culture at Woodrow Wilson High School drawing about 150 participants and a near full auditorium. The program featured calisthenics, pyramids, rhythmic games, flying rings, dumbbell drills and a final all student drill set to piano accompaniment, beautifully arranged by instructor Frank Machovsky who was honored with a floral tribute.
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Sokol Gymnastic Association
Woodrow Wilson High School
Chicago
E. Lorenc
E. Volak
Frank Machovsky
Plate Glass Window Is Broken By Tire Blowout
A plate glass window at Krejci Clothing, 92 Sixteenth Avenue SW, was broken at 11 29 a m Sunday when a car tire blew out and a hub cap struck the window. Driver Charles Gabel, 922 Seventeenth Avenue SE, was traveling on Sixteenth Avenue at the time.
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Krejci Clothing
Sixteenth Avenue
Charles Gabel
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Gabel
Petranek Jr Wins Town ROTC Medal at UIowa
Emil Petranek Jr a senior at the University of Town and son of Mr and Mrs Emil Petranek 246 Eighteenth Street SE was awarded a medal Saturday by Governor Nels G Kraschel as the best commander in the engineering division of the ROTC at the University of Iowa. He has been appointed an instructor at Fort Riley Kan where he will go when school closes.
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Emil Petranek, Jr
University of Town
Emil Petranek
Eighteenth Street
Nels G. Kraschel
R.O.T.C
University of Iowa
Petranek
Fort Riley
Kan
Preliminary Driver's License Blanks Arrive in County
A small preliminary supply of driver s license application blanks has reached Sheriff James H Smith s office and will be issued on request until the main shipment arrives from the state motor vehicle department promised for late this week or early next week. The forms will be distributed at county centers, with applications mailed to Des Moines with a fifty cent fee.
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James H. Smith
Smith
State Motor Vehicle Department
Sheriff's Office
State Department
Milo Sedlacek
Des Moines
Blast on Osaka Shosen Kaisha boat kills 50 in Hong Kong
An explosion ripped through an Osaka Shosen Kaisha launch moored at Queen's Pier in Hong Kong, killing at least fifty. Most victims were third class passengers, with many bodies scattered over nearby roofs. cause under investigation and foreign presence unclear.
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Hong Kong
INS
Queen's Pier
Troops Crush Revolt in Albania Officially Declared Failure
Tirana reports a southern Albania revolt as a complete failure though some sources doubt it ended. The royal agency claims the uprising was communist inspired, traced to leaders Ethem Toto and Capt Guyben, with loyal troops retaking Argyro Kastron and Tepelena.
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Tirana
Albania
INS
Zog
Galeazzo Ciano
Argyrokastron
Tepelena
Ethem Toto
Guyben
United States
Dows Calls Life Ins Best Hedge Against Uncertainties Ahead
Cedar Rapids business event marks National Life Insurance Week as Sutherland Dows of Town Electric Light and Power calls life insurance the best hedge against future uncertainties. He notes personal success in preserving value despite economic downturns and frames insurance from a businessman's perspective at the Early Bird breakfast for the Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters Association. Col. O W Mull opens the meeting.
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Life Insurance
Sutherland Dows
Town Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters Association
Montrose Hotel
National Life Insurance Week
Cedar Rapids
Dows
Northwestern Mutual Company
Col. O. W. Mull
Association
Thrift Week Aims to Teach Dignity of Self-Reliance
Welcome Reams, general chairman, saluted speakers and committee heads as the event outlined goals to train people to enjoy old age through thrift rather than government dole. Dows and the committees urged affiliates to join the national association, signaling plans for future contract relations.
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Ing
Welcome Reams
Mr. Dows
John Heide
Tom Termohlen
Henry Files
National Association
Insurance groups seek national body to safeguard life policies
Mr. Files urged a national organization to prevent disruption of life insurance, stating that government actions will shape conditions and stressing the need to protect the industry’s favorable position. He emphasized coordinated efforts to maintain policy stability and public confidence.
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Files
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