Coenen to Retire From Duty at Post Office
Joseph E. Coenen a 58 year old register clerk at the Cedar Rapids post office for twenty years and treasurer of the Cedar Rapids Postal Employes Credit Union will retire on June 30 under the emergency act allowing early retirement for long service. He began as a substitute carrier in 1901 and has held several posts before becoming register clerk. He will resign from the Credit Union post but stay active in the Iowa Credit Union League. The Coenens own a home at 193 Seventeenth Avenue SW and plan to devote retirement to leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Coenen
Post Office
Cedar Rapids
Postal Service
Coenen
Former Cedar Rapids police aide Charles McKernan dies in California
Charles McKernan 83 a 32 year Cedar Rapids police veteran died Thursday at his Alhambra California home after a brief illness His service record spanned patrolman night captain detective and desk sergeant with retirement in 1920 He was born in Tyrone Mayo Ireland February 2 1852 and came to the United States in 1882 He is survived by his widow a son three daughters and seven grandchildren. His body will be brought to Cedar Rapids for burial at a date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McKernan
Cedar Rapids
Alhambra
Calif
McKernan
California
Police Department
Tyrone
Mayo
Ireland
United States
Elizabeth
C. L. McKernan
William Stewart
Eighth Avenue
L. N. McFarlane
Boyd Kern
Charles Stewart
Waterloo
W. J. Stewart
Fifth Avenue
P. J. Stewart
Tulare
Robert H. McFarlane
Des Moines
Sara McFarlane
David and
Jo D. Kern
Hoover decries boycott as un American by NRA critics
Former President Herbert Hoover called the use of boycott and bureaucratic coercion to enforce the NRA un American. He praised parts of the act that abolish sweating and child labor but urged non fascist methods and stated he would deliver a commencement address at Drake University in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
NRA
Hoover
Des Moines
Drake University
Paler mo farmer’s farm hand jailed for drunk driving
Grundy Center. Bill Michel, farm hand for Clarence Bockes of southwest Palermo township, was sentenced to five days in jail on a drunk driving charge heard by Mayor H. K. Wilson. Complainant George Diehl testified Michel’s car rammed his parked truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
Bill Michel
Clarence Bockes
Palermo
H. K. Wilson
George Diehl
Frederik Marries Princess Ingrid in Stockholm Ceremony
Sweden's 24 year old Princess Ingrid wed Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark in a grand Stockholm ceremony attended by European royalty. The event capped a week of royal festivities with a Danish Swedish alliance noted by crowds and diplomats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veds
Gustav of
Sweden
Stockholm
Ins
Ingrid
Frederik
Denmark
Europe
Astrid
Belgium
Leopold
St. Nicholas Church
Erling Eidem
Lord High Steward
Gustav
Louise
Sibylla
Gustaf Adolf
Carl Johan
Wilhelm
Carl
Ingaborg
Olaf
Norway
Martha
Arthur of
Margaretha
Royal Palace
Margaret of Connaught
Duke of Connaught
Victoria
Prince Frederik
Christian X of
Social Workers Hear City Library Report
Social workers heard a library report at a council meeting led by S R Hawkins. Miss E Joanna Hagey outlined library activity from her annual report while Miss Ruby Taylor and Miss Marcella Klein spoke on extension and juvenile work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traffire
Taylor
Miss Klein
Public Library
E. Joanna Hagey
Council of Social Agencies
R. Hawkins
George Bryant
Coe College
Ruby Taylor
Marcella Klein
Robertson mobilizes new bonus army to start by Saturday
In Los Angeles a fresh veteran march coalition formed as 200 veterans met to plan a Washington trek. Robertson, linked to the 1932 march, urged recruiting to reach 2,000 and unite with Mike Barbara’s San Diego contingent for a Sacramento assembly led by Paul Cunningham and Lew Hendrickson. The California force could total about 5,000, with travel by freight trains and overseas service caps issued to marchers. Police observed the setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Washington
Roys] Robertson
Mike Barbara
San Diego
Sacramento
California
Paul Cunningham
Lew Hendrickson
San Francisco
Robertson
Robert
Highway Employee Wins $6100 Judgment in Personal Injury Suit
W. M. Willis a 58 year old state highway employee was awarded $6100 in district court by Judge A B Clark in a case against Oswald Berg Tilmar C Berg and Melvin Foss. The verdict includes $5600 actual and $500 exemplary damages for injuries from a January 16 incident on Highway 30 west of Mount Vernon. Willis was shovelling sand from a highway truck when struck on icy pavement, suffering a concussion and spinal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Willis
State Highway Commission
A. B. Clark
Oswald Berg
Tilmar’c. Berg
Melvin Foss
Willis
Bergs
Foss
Judge Grants Divorce for Aliie Culp from Martha Culp
Judge H C Ring grants divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. Aliie Culp and Martha Culp married July 18 1931. Previous decree from November 24 was set aside December 15 on defendant's motion. Judge Ring also grants Richard Leslie Corporon divorce from Jennie Louise Corporon with custody of a minor daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Ring
Aliie Culp
Martha Culp
Culp
Judge Ring
Ring
Richard Leslie Corporon
Jennie Louise Corporon
Funeral services for Wesley J. Vondracek
Wesley J. Vondracek is honored with funeral services at Janeba and Brosh chapel on Saturday at 2 p.m. led by Theodore B. Hlubacek. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Park with Jan Huslodge I O O F conducting graveside rites. Friends may visit Friday 7 to 9 p.m. at the chapel. pallbearers listed include Chadi ma Klinger Ripka Urban Straka Barta and Tlusty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley J. Vondracek
Janeba and Brosh
Theodore B. Hlubacek
Cedar Memorial Park
Jan Huslodge
Joseph Chadima
Wes Klinger
Anton Ripka
Joseph Urban
Louis Straka
Fred Barta
Joseph Tlusty
Funeral services for Francis E. Farnum in Hudson Iowa
Funeral services for Francis Eli Farnum will be held at 10 30 a m Saturday in the Beatty chapel in Hudson conducted by Rev J E Waery. Burial will be in Shiloh cemetery. The Gazette had earlier misprinted the death time as 10 30 pm Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Eli Farnum
Hudson
Beatty Chapel
J. E. Waery
Shiloh
Funeral services set for Nasi Had dad at St George Syrian church
Funeral services for Nasi Had dad will be held Saturday at 2 p m in St George Syrian church instead of Sunday as first arranged. Burial follows at Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at Barta chapel Friday from 7 to 9 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George Syrian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Barta Chapel
Earl Smith Rites Planned at Beatty Chapel
Funeral services for Earl Smith set for 2 30 p m Saturday at Beatty chapel with Rev I E Linkletter officiating. Burial in Linwood Cemetery. Visitation scheduled 7 to 9 p m Friday at the chapel.
Marriage Licenses for Begley and Sizer Registered
Robert L. Begley of Springville and Thames J. Sizer of Mount Vernon have been issued marriage licenses in the latest city records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Begley
Springville
Thames J. Sizer
Mount Vernon
Standard Oil Withdraws From Iowa Retail Service Stations
Standard Oil withdraws from the Iowa retail service station field due to the new chain store tax and plans to lease nine company owned stations in Council Bluffs to individuals. Nine remaining stations will be leased to former managers, with about 30 percent fewer jobs. The company will keep bulk stations in operation and shift emphasis to wholesale. The chain store tax, effective July 1, imposes occupational and gross revenue taxes based on station count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Standard Oil Company
Iowa
Council Bluffs
T. V. Warren
Standard Oil
Cance
Perry H. Headley
NRA
No Cedar Rapids Oil Stations Leased This Month
No company operated stations in Cedar Rapids have been leased to individuals recently and none are expected this month. A statement of policy is anticipated within a few days from Standard Oil company offices here. The company operates ten stations in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Standard Oil Company
Police Stage War On Garden Vandals
Police Chief Ray Tapper issued a blanket order to all officers to watch for vandals damaging tulip beds and gardens. Anyone caught will be prosecuted to the limit of the law, with cruising patrols ordered to monitor neighborhoods where vandalism has been reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Tapper
Police Department
Chief Tapper
Senior Recital At Immaculate Conception School
A senior recital by pupils of Immaculate Conception School will be held Friday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Performers include Bonnie Mae Diebold Virginia Richter Louise Buck J Raher Fred Fleming Jeanne Raher Mary Evelyn Wenke Mary Ethel Hurych Karl Schmidt George Tilson Dorothy Fifer Josephine Scolaro Dorothy Morehead Marie Petersmith Maxine Wenke Gus Pusateri Bernice Biederman and glee club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immaculate Conception
Bonnie Mae Diebold
Virginia Richter
Louise Buck
J. Raher
Fred Fleming
Jeanne Raher
Mary Evelyn Wenke
Mary Ethel Hurych
Karl Schmidt
George Tilson
Dorothy Fifer
Josephine Scolaro
Dorothy Morehead
Marie Petersmith
Maxine Wenke
Gus Pusateri
Bernice Biederman
Glee Clubs
Second suit contesting Degn will filed in Vinton
Esther Prescott and husband Oscar Prescott filed a district court suit to set aside the November probate of the Degn will in favor of a May 24 1933 will that bequeathed them one third of roughly $50 000. A prior contest by Clara Degn, daughter in law, seeks to set aside the probate will dated April 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Maggie Degn
Esther Prescott
Oscar Prescott
Degn
Clara Degn
City Briefs and Personal News Highlights
Mrs Dan McMullin of Kansas City a graduate nurse has cared for her mother Mrs Anna Yunker at 721 Third Avenue SE during her illness The Jan Hus lodge I O O F will meet at Sohol hall Saturday at 1 15 p m to attend in a body the funeral of Wesley Vondracek Griner Heads Battery E George R Griner was elected president of Battery E association at the annual meeting held Thursday evening at the Elks club John E Denton was chosen secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan McMullin
Kansas City
Anna Yunker
Third Avenue SE
Jan Huslodge
Sohol Hall
Wesley Vondracek
Linn County Medical Society Meets at State Hospital
Members met Thursday night at the state hospital in Independence. Dr. Robert A. Stewart, superintendent, and staff discussed various types of insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Medical Society
State Hospital
Independence
Robert A. Stewart
Piano Recital by Cedar Rapids Pupils at YWCA
Miss Bella Scheer instructor for Cedar Rapids playground commission presents thirteen of her piano pupils in a recital at the YWCA Saturday at 2 30 p m. The Edna K Dieman studios pupils join with dance numbers and replace the previously announced Sunday showtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bella Scheer
Cedar Rapids Playground Commission
Sunshine Mission
the Gazette
Edna K. Dieman
Banquet Marks Walther League Anniversary at Trinity Lutheran
The Walther League National birthday party was celebrated at Trinity Lutheran Church with 160 attendees from local senior and junior members. Nineteen confirmation class members and parents shared honors as 100,000 candles burned across the Missouri Synod event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
First Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Walther League
Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church
Tau Gamma Sigma
P. L. Bornhoeft
C. E. Krog
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Marion
Armand Happel
Paula Bull
John Jaeger
Alice Kulhavy
Edwin Timm
Ted Wichman
Gertrude Ilten
Burga Bornhoeft
Paul Detlefsen
Dairy Dale Students And Parents Picnic
A picnic at Be ver park pavilion drew 150 Dairy Dale students parents and teachers after lunch. The event featured softball races and a prize program run by Edina Donohue Jessie Hahn Minnie Crew and Nevin Nichols supervised the games. Winners included Roy Sorensen Arlene Klepar Ray Ingels Vera Mae Lippert Wayne Sorensen and Ernest Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bever Park Pavilion
Dairy Dale School
Edina Donohue
Jessie E. Hahn
Minnie Crew
Nevin Nichols
Playground Commission
Dairy Dale Parent-Teacher Association
Roy Sorensen
Arlene Klepar
Ray Ingels
Vera Mae Lippert
Wayne Sorensen
Ernest Wood
Youth Confesses Torch Slaying Of Young Ohio Wife
Warren Ohio police said 20 year old Ray Jutila confessed to killing 22 year old Marie Tobin and setting fire to the bed where her burned body was found. He signed the statement after a night of persistent questioning, police Captain George Salena announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Warren
Marie T. Tobin
George Salen
Ray Jutila
Manchester Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding Fifty Years
A Manchester couple, William H. Confare and Nettie W. Hensey, marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary after eloping in May 24. They raised a family of three sons, built a home, and he rebuilt his plumbing business from 1893 onward. Their lives centered in Manchester with community ties and church membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
William H. Confare
Delaware
W. W. Heffner
Dubuque
Confare
Clara Marshall
Sabura
Anamosa
Nettie W. Hensey
John Hensey
Glenwood
Lawrence and Lister
Lippert’s
H. M. Bradley
Finch’s
Conger's
Packer Claims AAA Tax Kills Industry
In Baltimore a meat packer testified that the hog processing tax is “sucking the life blood” from the eastern meat packing industry. The statement was offered in a test case against the AAA levy in United States district court, supporting John A. Gebelein, Inc. in seeking an injunction against collection of tax arrearages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
AAA
United
William .F Schruderberg
John A. Gebelein, Inc
Germany reports sterilizations and applications in 1934
Berlin reports the first official tally since Germany enacted sterilization laws in 1934. From the start of the program to last December 58,244 people were sterilized and 82,525 applications were filed, including 42,903 for men and 3,692 rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Births and obituaries from Masonville area
Birth announcements list a son born May 23 at Mercy Hospital to Mr and Mrs Harvey Lodge of 410 First Avenue W and a daughter born May 24 at St Luie s Hospital to Mr and Mrs Robert McIntyre of 1269 Fourth Avenue SE. a daughter born May 24 at St Luke s Hospital to Mr and Mrs Ralph Allen of Marion. a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Frank Mrkvicka of 1719 C Street SW on a Wednesday. Mrs D H Ryan dies at home south of town Tuesday. funeral at Immaculate Conception church Thursday, Rev Father McCaffery presiding. burial in St Mary s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Lodge
First Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Robert McIntyre
Fourth Avenue
St. Luie’s Hospital
Ralph Allen
Marion
St. Luke's Hospital
Frank Mrkvicka
C Street
Masonville
D. H. Ryan
Immaculate Conception Church
Father McCaffery
St. Mary's Cemetery
Labor Federation Backs Wagner Bill in Cedar Rapids Meeting
About 200 labor members in Cedar Rapids attended a mass meeting with the Federation of Labor to back the Wagner labor disputes bill before Congress and urge representatives to vote for it. They protested wage scales under a new four billion relief program and planned to send protests to Washington. Delegates elected to the state federation convention in Davenport for June 11 include L C Schuknecht Fred Burwinkle and Frank Flaherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Federation of Labor
Congress
Washington
J. C. Lewis
Iowa State Federation of Labor
E. H. Mulock
Des Moines
Iowa
Harry L. Hopkins
FBI
Wagner
Fred Canfield
Department of Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
L. C. Schuknecht
Fred Burwinkle
Frank Flaherty
State Federation of Labor
Davenport
Streamline Train Makes Trial Trip
The new high speed streamline sleeping car train on the North Western and Union Pacific lines will run Chicago to Portland with 40 hour schedule. It will begin service June 6 to June 8 and operate every five days. The seven car train features air conditioning and a diesel power unit with sleeping and dining cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Western
Union Pacific
Chicago
Portland
Ore
U. P. No
Cedar Rapids
Otis
Beverly
Meil
Ageree Sad
Hickenlooper Addresses High Twelve Club Meeting
Hickenlooper spoke to the High Twelve Club at a Roosevelt Hotel gathering. Verne Marshall, Gazette editor, praised his courage and determination in campaigning against critical views amid ongoing investigations and discoveries reported by The Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Hickenlooper
Eign County
Seave
Roosevelt
Gazette
Hickenlooper
Verne Marshall
Local hearing set for contested application in county court
The notice indicates a hearing date for an application with a cash bond of 1000.00 dollars and a legal process. It names the bank or central office as the filing party and mentions attorneys Thos L Woods and an attorney general. The document urges appearance and submission of any evidence or orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inn County
Alank
Central
Oly
Thos. L. Woods
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Ida Keough
Charles Paustin
Lara Woolwine
Ellen Stevens
Police Dept
Lane
Oxfords
Paramount Theater
Princess Ingrid
King
City Library
Court House News
Vondracek
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I. E. Linkletter
Linwood Cemetery
Trinity Lutheran
Dairy Dale
Stepanek’s Is Hardware
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VOSS
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W. H. Stepanek
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Packer
Labor Federation
Streamline
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