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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1936
Page
1
Linn county supervisors spent ninety minutes addressing a shifting watercourse that cuts across a road near Toddville by the Cedar River. No county road record exists and property interests are disputed as residents consider road district petitions amid potential private land takings.
Special to The Gazette recalls Sheriff L. J. Palas for further cross examination in the Albert Cornwell murder trial. The defense probes statements allegedly signed by Cornwell in Manchester Elkader and Waukon with a Waukon exhibit already in court.
Los Angeles reports William Koenig will resign as Universal studio manager due to ill health amid rumored policy disputes. Val Paul named to succeed, with Rogers’ regime described as closely linked to the new leadership. A flurry of film industry items follow with Goldwyn Raft linkage to Dead End and cast notes for Call It A Day and Call It A Day casting changes.
Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas will be guests of honor on the Hollywood Hotel Friday presenting scenes from Theodora Goes Wild. Claudette Colbert’s Maid of Salem airs December 4 due to illness and convalescence.
A telephone pole broke while Ransom Dobbertin 19 a lineman for Iowa Continental Telephone company climbed it. He fell to the ground and died his head crushed between the pole and earth in Nevada on Wednesday.
The statement notes a mole rotating 120 degrees underground using four paw strokes. It presents a compact, fact-like claim about subterranean movement behavior.
In Boverton Wales on a royal tour, King Edward's alert bodyguard quickly hustled away a middle-aged ex-soldier named Thompson who touched the king's arm seeking a chat about wartime France. The king resumed inspecting a Welsh farm as plainclothes officers freed Thompson, who rejoined the cheering crowd. The royal party, including Ernest Brown and Sir Kingsley Wood, had traveled from London to Wales.
Lola Lane former Indianola Iowa screen actress and ex wife of Lew Ayres files suit for divorce from Alexander Hall accusing him of cruel tyrannical conduct profanity and demoniacal rages dating from their Las Vegas Nevada 1934 marriage and September separation with a requested property settlement and court relief.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Callan marked fifty years of marriage with a family dinner in Parnell. They wed at St. Michael's Catholic Church and ran a general store in town. Six children were born, one son Marlin died in infancy. six surviving children attended, including M. J. Callan, T. J. Callan, Mrs. George S. Hardy of Cedar Rapids, and Mrs. Paul Kohl of Des Moines, along with other relatives and friends.
Linn county board of supervisors approved five road surfacing and resurfacing projects set for December 3 at 10 a.m. The work will involve WPA labor and trucks and cover 4.75 miles on Beverly road and 11 miles on the Cedar Rapids to Palo road plus several other segments. Estimated contract costs total about $14,000. Also approved are roadside brush cutting along 175 miles of county trunk roads and similar work on local roads.
The Linn county board approves a creosoted wood pile bridge near Central City with two 20 by 20 foot spans at an estimated cost of 1107.71. It also authorizes a 90 by 40 foot plate culvert with masonry headwalls on the Rob ert Ellis river road west of Cedar Rapids with WPA labor at an estimated cost of 784.48.
Fire at Farmers elevator in Cylinder Iowa at 5 am destroyed the building and nearby sheds. It sent six carloads of coal along a railroad track and threatened a second elevator half a block away. The first elevator held 6000 bushels of oats. Emmetsburg firefighters aided Cylinder and halted the blaze in the second elevator with 8000 bushels of corn. Winds from the northwest helped save the town.
The Iowa Taxpayers Association re-elected all officers at its annual meeting closing session. Francis Johnson Terrill remains president, George E. Pike Waterloo vice president, J. C. Ferguson Des Moines secretary, Horace G. Hedges Cedar Rapids treasurer, Joe L. Long Des Moines executive secretary. Otto J. Reimers Rock Rapids joined the board of directors.
The Iowa theater offers a double feature through Friday. The British production Everything Is Thunder stars Douglass Montgomery and Oscar Homolka with strong photography and music, while Country Gentlemen provides hearty laughs led by Olsen and Johnson and showcases Joyce Compton for comic impact.
In Hopei China officials are planning a province wide canal system to connect all rivers with the Grand Canal to expand cheap transportation and boost trade across the region. Local engineers and provincial leaders advocate rapid construction and funding to realize the network.
Notice to all interested parties in the trust created by the Will of James M Wiley. Merchants National Bank as trustee files a report and application to determine beneficiaries and authorize sale of real estate. Hearing set for December 19, 1934 at 10:00 A M with objections due in writing before that date.
Iowa listings include Constance Bennett and Douglas Montgomery in Everything is Thunder and Oscar Homolka in Country Gentlemen at theaters. Paramount presents Rose Bow with Tom Brown and Eleanore Whitney and Sworn Enemy with Robert Young and Florence Rice. New State features Ladies in Love with Loretta Young and Janet Gaynor and The Man I Marry with Doris Nolan. Palace offers Stage Struck with Dick Powell and Joan Blondell and 3 on the Trail with William Boyd. Rialto debuts Under Sea Kingdom with Ray Crash and William Farnum and Ceiling Zero with Cagney and O Brien plus Society Fever with Lois Wilson.
The Rialto presents the serial Undersea Kingdom opening Wednesday and Thursday led by Ray Crash with co stars William Farnum Monte Blue Louis Wilde Smiley Barrette Lon Chaney and Jack Mulhall. Also playing Ceiling Zero Society Fever and a Stranger Than Fiction sport reel.
A college football romance titled Rose Bowl headlines a Paramount double bill with a light comedy tone. Tom Brown and Benny Baker shine as rivals and teammates with Eleanore Whitney as the love interest. The companion film Sworn Enemy teams Robert Young with Nat Pendleton in a law vs. racketeers melodrama.
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