Fugitives Believed Hiding In Chicago After Wild Flight
Desperado Benny Dickson and wife Esther, wounded in a Monday gun duel with Michigan officers, were said to be hiding near Chicago after eluding state police blockades across Illinois Indiana and three state line runs. Federal agents joined the search as authorities warned the pair armed with dynamite rifles and pistols would shoot to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Benny Dickson
Kansas
Esther
Hammond
Ind
Chicago Heights
Louis H. Karr
South Bend
Karr
Cedar Rapids Man Sentenced for DUI After Signal Crash
Jack Wood, 48, of Cedar Rapids, was sentenced to three months in county jail by Judge C J Haas after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Wood was arrested June 11 following a collision with a traffic signal on First Street SW and posted a $500 bond. He pled guilty Tuesday and may begin serving the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wood
Cedar Rapids
C J Haas
Wood
First Street
Dee
New Equity Case Assignments Plus Trial in Brooks Suit
Judge John T Moffit set a new equity case calendar through Dec 12 listing cases by date. The Brooks family suit alleges a contractor caused a May bicycle accident with a pro jecting conduit pipe. Paulson denies fault and a new trial motion was filed by the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T Moffit
Equity
Scharfenberger
Linn County
Hutton
Boyd
Suanda
Luanda
Ramey
Hook
Haegg
Stedman
Claassen
Davis
Mentzer Estate
Barnes
Cedar Rapids
Higley
Robert H. Brooks
H C Ring
Nellie M Brooks
Conrad R. Paulson
The
Paulson Electric Construction Company
Homer H. Brooks
Brooks
Paulson
Third Avenue SE
Fifth and
Sixth Streets
Kidney flushing cure advertised in 1920s almanac tone
An advertisement urges readers to ask for Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to flush kidneys and relieve bladder irritation. It claims quick, safe relief from nocturia, pain, and restless nights, noting the product originates from Haarlem in Holland and costs 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Grabin Convicted of Second Degree Murder in Ely Case
Charles Grabin a 60 year old Ely farm hand was found guilty by a jury of second degree murder in the Sept 28 shooting of employer Ed Skalsky at the Agnes Skalsky farm near Ely He claimed self defense saying Skalsky approached with an axe A new trial plea hearing is set for Dec 1 If denied the sentence could range from ten years to life and would be imposed immediately The motion challenges the state for cause rulings during juror questioning who voiced opposition to the death penalty
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Grabin
Ely Farm
C. J. Haas
Grabin
Ed Skalsky
Agnes Skalsky
Ely
Skalsky
Judge Sets Aside Default Judgment in Attachment Case
Edward B. Rowan of Washington DC, formerly of Cedar Rapids, had a $400 default judgment as counterclaimant against George H. Currie set aside on Rowan’s motion. Currie dismissed his petition filed June 27, 1934 claiming damage to leased property. Rowan denied damage and asserted counterclaim for wrongful attachment. Dismissals were with prejudice before Judge I L Ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Rowan
Washington
Two Suspects Freed On Dismissed Charges In Iowa County Jail
William A Holub 45 Cedar Rapids formerly Prairieburg released after preliminary information charging chentating by false pretenses dismissed. H C Newman 43 Des Moines released after false uttering of a check charge dropped. Dorothy L Gorup seeks divorce from Frank Gorup on cruel and inhuman grounds and restore maiden name Doane. Bertha M Smiley sues John D Smiley for cruel and inhuman treatment seeking custody of two children. Barbara Reilly seeks 801 dollars in a lease note and landlord’s attachment against Clarence F Schmit and Francis J Schmit and Mrs Francis J Schmit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A Holub
Cedar Rapids
Prairieburg
H. R Churchill
Holub
Blairstown
H. C. Newman
Des Moines
Newman
Jim Smyth
Dorothy L. Gorup
Frank Gorup
Dorothy L Doane
Bertha M Smiley
John D Smiley
Ring
Barbara Reilly
Clarence F. Schmit
Francis J. Schmit
Double weddings and community notices in Marion and Edgewood
Marion match Mary Reynolds wed Almon Fensterman and Blanche Reynolds wed George Perrinjacquet in Edgewood in a quiet Sunday ceremony. Relatives and friends attended at the Reynolds home and the couples will reside in Marion and Edgewood respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Reynolds
Edgewood
Mary Reynolds
Marion
Almon Fensterman
Blanche Reynolds
George Perrin- Jacquet
Warren Feller
Edgewood Methodist Church
Reynolds
Fensterman
Perrinjacquet
Marion High School
Tim = Stitzel
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Hanscom Lyceum Guests Attend Mrs Bristol Dinner
In observance of her husband’s birthday Mrs Dick Bristol hosted a dinner Monday evening at their home. Hanscom Lyceum members William Borland Lyndus Henry Dick Orum Elva Bennett and Priscilla Hanscom attended. Priscilla left to rejoin the company after Thanksgiving. Plans for a December 12 Christmas party at Mrs Ralph C Seager’s home were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Bristol
Hanscom Lyceum Company
William Borland
Lyndus Henry
Clay Center
Kan
Dick Orum
Warsaw
Ind
Elva Bennett
Columbus
Priscilla Hanscom
Carolyn Hanscom
John Fosdick
Ivanhoe Club
D B. Storck
Ralph C Seager
Grove City notices and club activities across Marion area
Wednesday events include a Rebekah lodge card party at 8 p.m. in the I O O F hall and a Marionette 4 H club meeting at 7 30 p m at the Misses Jean and Betty Raker home. Community notices cover illness travel, farm bureau meetings, bar ads, and church group gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
I. O. O. F. Hall
Jean
Betty Raker
Pleasant Grove Club No. 11
Farm Bureau
Byron Ambdenstock
Cedar Rapids transit petition seeks new routes and changes
Notice of public hearing on December 12 1938 concerns Cedar Rapids City Lines Inc petition to add Linwood line routes extend lines abandon others and trial periods for Bever Park Mound Farm and Central Park routes with changes in J Avenue and C Avenue lines. City Clerk L Storey announces details and allows objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cedar Rapids City Lines, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linwood
Third Avenue
Second Street
Fourth Avenue
Fourth Street
Eishth Avenue
Sixth Street
Nineteenth Avenue
Ninth Street
Eighth Avenue
First Avenue
Third Street
Thirteenth Street
L Avenue NE
L Avenue
32Nd Street
32Nd NE
Bever Park
Twentysecond Street
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-fifth Street
Twent-fifth Street
Bever Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Mound Farm
Seventeenth Street
Sacred Heart
Mt. Mercy Academy
Central Park Lines
C Avenue
13Th Street
11Th Street
7Th Street
J Avenue
L. Storey
Americans Donate Two Million Dollars For Jewish Relief
Americans Christians and Jews in major cities have contributed at least two million dollars for German refugee relief in just over two weeks. The American Joint Distribution Committee leads the gifts, supporting a network of 24 relief groups through the National Coordinating Committee for Aid of German Refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Joint Distribution Committee
Europe
National Coordinating Committee For Aid
Germany
Mrs Burckhalter Held To Grand Jury
Mrs Marie Burckhalter, who aided her husband Eugene in a death by his own hand, waived examination and was held for the grand jury in White Plains New York. She faces a first degree manslaughter charge with bail set at $10 000 and she said raising bail seemed impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
INS
Marie Burckhalter
Eugene
Burckhalter
Notice of Sale of Bonds for Springville School District
Sealed bids for Seventy Thousand Dollars in school building bonds will be received until 2:00 p.m. December 15, 1938, by the Secretary of the Board in Springville Town Linn County Town. Bonds dated November 15, 1938 bear interest semiannually from May 15, 1939 and mature 1941 to 1954 with four thousand dollars due each year. Bids hoogste par plus accrued interest or better, Chicago attorneys Chapman and Cutler to issue opinion. Right to reject bids reserved. Published November 28, 1938. c L Burroughs Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
Linn
Messrs. Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
Flnois
Board of Directors
C. L. Burroughs
Jewish Refugees Barred From North China Entry
A Japanese announcement from Tientsin via ComJi says Jewish refugees from Germany will be barred from entering North China. Immigration inspectors will be notified immediately. The reason cited is that most escapees are deemed reds and communists and the ban is to maintain peace and order.
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North China
TORIO
Germany
North
China
Tientsin
Comci
Britain Demands Immediate Release of Seized British Ships
In London the British government announced that Richard Butler, undersecretary for foreign affairs, told the House of Commons that Britain seeks the immediate release of ships seized or detained by the Spanish insurgents at Burgos during the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Franco
Burgos
Richard Butler
House of Commons
State Board Backs Ames Farm Laboratory Site
The Iowa board of education urged locating one of four Bankhead Jones area laboratories at Iowa State College in Ames. The resolution asks the U S department of agriculture to approve Ames, arguing it would add to facilities while other Iowa cities would gain only another building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa Board of Education
U. S Department of Agriculture
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Kin of Jewish Assassin Sentenced in Paris Court
In Paris a elderly couple Abraham and Chana Grynszpan were jailed for four months and fined 100 francs each for sheltering their nephew Herschel Grynszpan, whose 1938 killing of Ernst vom Rath provoked Nazi anti Jewish fury.
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Paris
Herschel Grynszpan
Ernst Vom Rath
Germany
Abraham
Chana Grynszpan
France
Receive Returns On Red Cross Roll Call
Partial returns from Linn county Red Cross roll call show gains in precincts. The fifteenth precinct raised contributions to 102 dollars this year, led by co captains Mrs Arthur Seabrook and Mrs Joseph A Petrus under Mrs Paul H Huston on the west side. Mrs Metta A Burd asked all workers to submit returns promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
American Red Cross
Arthur Seabrook
Joseph A. Petrus
Paul H Huston
West Side
Metta A. Burd
Births in Iowa City and Mercy Hospital Families
Mr and Mrs Donald Purvis of 810 Market Iowa City welcomed daughter Priscilla Kay born November 23 in Iowa City. Mrs Purvis formerly Theodora Miller of Cedar Rapids is daughter of Mr and Mrs A A Miller now in Iowa City. Also born are daughters to Fred Young of 710 Sixth Street SW at Mercy Hospital November 28, to Clarence Mercer of Springville at Mercy Hospital November 28, and to Claude Blue of 717 First Street SW a son born at Mercy Hospital November 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Purvis
Market Street
Iowa City
Priscilla Kay
Purvis
Theodora Miller
Cedar Rapids
A. A Miller
Fred Young
Sixth Street
Mercy Hospital
Clarence Mercer
Springville
Claude Blue
First Street
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Court House News
Ed Rowan
Marion News
Musical Literary Club
Metta Whitcomb
Iano
Mueller
Mabel Kearns
Christ Child
Combs
C. R. de Jong
Bana Roberts
Richards
E. J. Miller
Louise Crawford
Rose Wilcox
D. D. Cory
Kohlmann
Edna Roberts
Irma Steen
Janet Lothian
Elgin
Gilbert King
United States Navy
Jennie King
San Pedro
Calif
U.S. S. Colorado
Hugh Gordon
Harley W. Erwin
Board of Education
Ella M. Reel
Perry
Mary Kerns
Margaret Leming
Christian Church
Reading Circle
J. J. Ives
Ora Crowner
Mark Shockey
Oskaloosa
Free Methodist Church
Coer
Peel Py
MtVene
Kenneth L. Potter
Will Markle
P. G. Harlan
Harlan
Richard A Wilcox
Margaret Lynn
Cedar Rapids Hospital
Wilcox
RL. Bonar
New London
Ed M. Taylor
Marquette
Don Herron
J. M Woolsoncroft
Vail
F. L. Nickeson
Nickeson
San Antonio
Tex
Leon R. Blinks
Southern
Mr. Blinks
McKesson
Owen's
Dickey's Foods
A E. McConaughy
Irving E Wade
Ca FA
Mable Harland
Anna Flickinger
Sylvester Curtis
Methodist Church
Ninth Avenue
Retta Mae Knapp
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Fred Knapp
Britain
Aei
G. Pusseli
Okinow
Ind Ave
Vedar Rapids, Ja
State Board
Red Cross
Liccert & Myzxs
Topacco Co
United States
Chesterfield
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