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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1934
Page
4
Burglars struck twice in the business district on Wednesday night. They forced entry at Duster’s Grocery and Makibben Motor, stealing about $10 from cash registers and a four door Plymouth sedan from Makibben’s. Police collected glass fragments for fingerprints.
Police said burglars in New Orleans accessed a garage with a cardboard sign for Madsen Lines printed on one side. Employees reported the sign was not found there, suggesting the sign was in the burglars possession when entering the garage.
Isaac Stewett, 45, Negro, was arrested by police at 30 p.m. Wednesday and charged with maintaining arbour nuisance at 1012 Sixth Street SE where police intervened.
Feel listless and worn out this season. The ad urges a tonic to raise red blood cells and hemo globin, promising improved mood and energy as oxygen-carrying capacity increases. Available at two convenient drugstore sites in Tha The esthermen a somatoed in Tha $5.8. Co.
Police shut down a pay party after confiscating alcohol and three quarts of home brew amid complaints of wild parties. In a second raid, F P McCauley and Mrs Marle Switzer, both charged with disorderly conduct, were fined 25 dollars and costs. Amos Plotz, 51, was jailed 30 days for intoxication as the vacant house drew in the remnants of the canned heat gang.
Coroner John R. Burrows requested a state board of health investigation into the discovery of an embalmed baby reported in a quart fruit jar in a building at Urbana Town. Children found the body in a structure formerly an undertaking establishment now owned by Benton county and used to house indigents.
Charles W. Mathews returns from Chicago Golden Gloves boxing event. Y M C A and Y W C A camp committee to meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. to plan Camp Wapsie at Camp Wapsie July 16 to 23. Public improvements approves two used International trucks purchase. Ahepa No.164 meets at Moose hall Friday. candidates to be initiated. Sons of Pericles meet at 7:30. High Twelve Club to view Boulder Dam and Utah scenery at Hotel Roosevelt. Eva Lois Waters undergoes major operation. condition satisfactory. City signs $371,000 bonds for sewer disposal plant. bond signing formerly by mayor. Lawn mower missing after borrower unknown. description given. Cedar Rapids Men’s Forum Monday at Y M C A discusses public vs private social work. jury panel named. Open to all men.
Billy Soule a ten year old Calmar pupil created a hoax after learning of a kidnapping case. He told a photographer he had been kidnapped and his mother hospitalized in West Union. Authorities later learned the tale was false and the photographer was cleared. The boy confessed and was disciplined.
Decorah Gorge Vine 63 native of Winneshirk county was found unconscious in a field on highway 55 five miles southwest of Decorah late Tuesday and died an hour later of natural causes at the home of his brother John Vine in Decorah He was found by his nephew Hjalmar Vine who operates the farm He is survived by his wife four brothers Bert John and Ben of Decorah Charlie of Canoe township and two sisters Mrs Frank Panik of Silvis Illinois and Mrs Ineri Dunning of Wagner South Dakota Funeral services will be held Friday at the Decorah Lutheran church with Rev O Glesne officiating
CENTRAL CITY The auditorium was filled for the commencement of the largest class in the school’s history. Twenty three girls and eight boys received diplomas with Dr. Lloyd Morris of Coe college as speaker. The program included an orchestra selection, a vocal solo, invocation, and a piano piece. Pauline Norris was valedictorian with 96.4 average. she received a gold key. The faculty was welcomed and roses given to teachers. The class list includes Charlotte Mills, Wilma Mills, Vernon Moore, Doris Mote, Frances O'Meara, Ruth Peet, Norma Reed, Elizabeth Shaffer, William Randall, Billy Sawyer, Gilbert Sellers, Geneva Sigmund, Franklin Sauer, John Stone, Pauline Norris, Dorothy Wilkinson, Leroy McLeod, Rita Mills, Magis Fuller, Persis Hutchins, Dorothy Beasley, Marie Forrest, Madeline Batchelor, Naomi Babbitt, Margaret Ellsworth, Marjorie Falconer, Wilma Price, Edith Burnside, Mary Austin, James Wise, and Wilma Wilmott.
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