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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1937
Page
12
Fragmented report shows Tolley defending sizable claims totaling 310,000 in recent treasury demands. Names such as Pere, Routefelier, and Zachary Leon Reynolds appear amid estate tax suits and large listed debts, with Vatican matters and German relations mentioned in a broader European context.
Contributions to the Camp Good Health Fund support operations at Camp Goed Health for physically handicapped children. The Gazette acknowledges donors and notes a goal of six dollars per child to fund a week of camp and a month for each youngster on the recipients list.
Reported weekend steel industry walkouts crippled mills and idled about 25 000 to 30 000 workers across major plants. Government probes target labor leaders and industry executives amid multi million dollar losses and stalled output.
Velma Zachar died after a seven week illness at her home on Tuesday. She was born May 1 and married June ** to George Zachar who survives. Also surviving are her parents and two brothers Edward and another, all of Cedar Bend. She belonged to St. Wenceslaus parish and Progresive Lodge. Funeral arrangements pending at Polacsiky chapel.
Reported exchange details a Spanish naval attack on a German battleship near the Balserme area amid international mediation efforts. Messages between German and Spanish authorities describe naval maneuvers, warnings, and claimed violations of international law during the engagement.
Confused reports describe Italian and Franco military actions near the Adriatic and Mediterranean with alleged neutral vessels attacked and reprisals threatened. Premier Mossolini pursues cautious diplomacy while press voices warn of peril to peace as hostilities threaten broader conflict.
Entomologist says rains last week slowed hoppers in Sac, Weedbury, and other counties but not enough to stop crop damage. Hatch progress ranges 14 to 23 percent statewide with southern and western Iowa ahead, grasses and grains already affected. Farmers monitor fields as warm spells resume to curb further outbreaks.
Mrs Brice Siewer aged 30 was beaten to death inside her Buckhead home. A Negro chauffeur Miron Jackson was detained for questioning as police investigated the arson linked to the fatal blaze. Officers noted bloody evidence and aroused neighbor concern as firemen found the charred remains in the kitchen pantry.
STASFORD Tex UP Three men posing as Texas rangers held up a rookie shop Saturday and killed the cashier EL Rutledge and escaped with 31000. Rutledge, 16, and FC Hall, 43, arrived with the money after the robbers took cash at gunpoint and Rutledge was shot at the stairway.
Crowds and critics debate King George VI and Mrs Wallis Warfield’s coronation era plans. The London Spectator questions pomp as Clement Attlee calls the court too formal. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor discuss a discreet honeymoon itinerary ending in Vienna with a special train and guarded by reporters.
In Kansas City the sixth and eighth defendants pleaded and were convicted Saturday in a city vote fraud case. Frank Geler James Callahar and Mike Cummings James Carter were convicted, raising total convictions to 44 in the federal inquiry.
Authorities reported a plane crash near a Farmland Indiana airport killing two men from Hagerstown and another passenger. Witnesses said the aircraft appeared to falter after taking fuel from the airport shortly before plunging to a field. Immediate cause not determined.
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