Holiday accident toll tops 70 with fires and crashes
More than seventy people died in fires or on highways during the Thanksgiving period. The toll includes six dead and eleven injured in a Fort Worth apartment fire, several fatal crashes nationwide, a mother and son killed in a Wisconsin crossing incident, and multiple other fatalities across Iowa, Texas, Mass, Tenn, Missouri, and Salt Lake City.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Iowa
Wisconsin
Medford
Mass
Texas
San Antonio
Dresden, Tenn
St. Louis
Millersville
Salt Lake City
Flashes of Life: Raisins Burst Window and Carving Mishap
In Pittsburgh Jacob Schwartz aimed for a grand window display with 100 pounds of raisins. Moisture swelled the fruit until it shattered a $200 storefront window. In St Louis Fred Peters, a brewer, was taught turkey carving by his wife who seized the knife and cut his hand, sending him to the hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Jacob ‘Schwartz
ST. Louis
Fred Peters
Peters
Niagara jail or lodging house debated by police
Niagara Falls police question whether the local facility is a jail or lodging house as inmates complain of darkness in a cell headaches requests for medicine and a mattress for a hard cot.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Avthird
Miles Man Crushed To Death In Truck Crash
Carl Lorenzen aged 42 of Miles Iowa was crushed under a hog hauling truck to the Chicago stock yards. The truck overturned when driver Robert Knunu swerved to avoid a parked vehicle. Lorenzen's sister-in-law Ann Mommsen escaped with bruises. Clarence Boyer of Lena Illinois faces an inquest.
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Sycamore
Carl Lorenzen
Miles
Chicago
Robert Knunu
Knunu
Ann Mommsen
Lorenzen
Quake Kills Nine in Nayarit State
Nine persons were killed and hundreds were left homeless after an earthquake struck the state of Nayarit late Thursday night. Reports from Hermosillo, Sonora indicate extensive damage and displacement.
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Hermosillo
Sonora
Mex
INS
State of
Nayarit
Word Puzzle Clue Leads to Police Court Notes
A police court Friday installment notes penalties for an illegal oil burner installation with a suspended fine tied to paving. Bowers must remove the burner within seven days. Clyde Perrigo 23 of 104% First Avenue W is jailed 30 days for disturbing the peace after a downtown beer parlor argument and alleged assault on Officer Carstens.
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Bowers
Clyde Perrigo
First Avenue W
Perrigo
Fred Carstens
City Briefs and Personals
Company C 133d infantry Iowa national guard will hold a special drill at 7 30 tonight in the Memorial armory. Harrison Shipe 67 818 Tenth street SW reported scratches from a collision Wednesday afternoon with a machine driven by Edwin Selk of Keystone at Seventh street and Second avenue SW. No other injuries. Mr and Mrs Ralph Young of Tema their son George and Mr and Mrs Ned Parker of Elma spent Thanksgiving with Rev Mr and Mrs Fred Young 953 Center Point road NE. Ralph Young is a Tama News Herald staffer. Mrs Leona Nemec 19 of 2010 Second street SW fell Thursday and fractured her right ankle near where she was injured in a prior auto crash. She was treated at Mercy hospital but discharged.
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133D Infantry
Iowa National Guard
Memorial Armory
Harrison Shipe
Tenth Street
Edwin Selk
Keystone
Seventh Street
Second Avenue
Ralph Young
Tema
George
Ned Parker
Elma
Young
Fred Young
Center Point Road
Tama News Herald
Leona Nemec
Second Street
Seaman Paul Saylor Visits Parents for Three Months
Paul Saylor on leave from Coco Solo Canal Zone visits his parents Mr and Mrs Stewart Saylor at 109 Fourth Avenue Southwest. The first class seaman plans a stay of about three months.
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Paul Saylor
Coco Solo
Canal Zone
Stewart Saylor
Fourth Avenue
Mr. Saylor
Beaten Man Found Near Fifth Avenue Seeks Aid
C. H. Freeze, 32, of Marengo, was found by police at 1 45 a m Friday near Fifth avenue and Fifth street SE with a broken nose and swollen eyes. He received first aid then lodging at the station and refused to name his attacker.
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C. H. Freeze
Marengo
Polee
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Street
Freeze
Temple Judah Oneg Shabbat Program
The Jewish Young People's League will host tonight at 8 at Temple Judah with Maurice Rosenbaum speaking on The World Jewish Congress Sonia Rosenbaum reading Jewish plays Herbert Levin presenting current events and Ruth Kushner coordinating the social hour.
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Temple Judah
People’s League
World Jewish Congress
Maurice Rosenbaum
Sonia Rosenbaum
Herbert Levin
Ruth Kushner
Hamblin sisters depart for Chicago for weekend
The Misses Maurine and Jeanne Hamblin of 617 Seventeenth Street SE left Friday morning for Chicago to spend the weekend. In a separate note, Jerry Tauber of 1630 Thirteenth Avenue SE told police that his Eskimo Spitz was poisoned Wednesday night. He said the dog was at large only a few minutes but died shortly after returning.
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Maurine
Jeanne Hamblin
Seventeenth Street SE
Chicago
Jerry Tauber
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Tauber
Royal and Select Masters to Confer Degrees
Royal and Select Masters councils of Muscatine and Iowa City will confer degrees today in a Palestine council No. 27 meeting at Cedar Rapids Masonic hall at 4 pm. Visiting councils will present royal and select masters degrees. A 6 pm dinner precedes the super excellent masters degree by the Palestine council staff.
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Muscatine
Iowa City
Palestine Council
S. M
Cedar Rapids
Masonic Hall
Cranking Cars Feeds Two Wrist Fractures at Mercy
Two patients, Joseph Benda of Mount Vernon and Marvin De Witt of 1619 K Avenue NE, were treated Thursday at Mercy hospital for fractured right wrists sustained while attempting to crank automobiles. Neither stayed overnight.
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Mercy Hospital
Joseph Benda
Mount Vernon
Marvin de Witt
K Avenue
Shuttleworth Named to ABA Junior Conference Panel
Craven Shuttleworth, local attorney, appointed to the membership committee of the junior conference of the American Bar Association. He was one of two Iowans honored. Des Moines attorney Owen Cunningham was named chairman of the committee on bar coordination.
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Shuttleworth
Craven Shuttleworth
American Bar Association
Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Owen Cunningham
Des Moines
Fined On Oil Burner Charge
Norman Bowers of 1943 Johnson Avenue NW was fined 25 dollars on an oil burner charge.
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Norman Bowers
Johnson Avenue NW
County Relief Chairman Urges WPA To Go Ahead With River Levee Work
Linn county relief chief Ben Tait urged the Waterloo WPA office to proceed with completing the east side river levee below Sixteenth avenue bridge. He cited prior CWA and FERA work and said a requisition would be sent to Des Moines. Local officials expect WPA jobs for relief workers once funded.
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WPA
Linn County
Ben Tait
Waterloo
Sixteenth Avenue Bridge
Tait
Des Moines
Santa Leads Cedar Rapids Christmas Parade With Storybook Cast
Thousands of children greet Santa as Cedar Rapids hosts a Christmas parade featuring Popeye Olive Oyl Cinderella Alice in Wonderland and other storybook characters. The event sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce drew an estimated 15000 spectators guided by police and fire trucks delivering toys to needy kids. Santa rode in a float with Miss Mary Christmas and rode his sled to greet youngsters bundled in snow attire.
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Santa Claus
Cedar ‘Rapids
Mercantile Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Bach
Cedar Rapids
Santa
Popeye the Sailor Man
Olive Oyl
Cedar Rapids Boys
Mary Christmas
Cinderella
Prince
Popeye
Olive
Wonderland
Mickey Mouse
Tom the Piper’s Son
Red
Hood
Bo-Peep
Falls Kill Linn Grove Farmer While Cutting Timber
Special to The Gazette Harry Smith a 67 year old farmer living near Linn Grove was killed when a tree fell on him about 11 am Friday on his farm No witnesses but his son Paul on the way to work heard the crash and found him Coroner B L Knight of Cedar Rapids pronounced the death accidental He was born at Waubeck Sept 24 1868 and lived in Waubeck Springville Linn Grove for 35 years He is survived by his wife Lucinda Ellis three children Mrs Leslie Peet Ely Delman Smith Anamosa and Paul at home three grandchildren a brother Burl e in Florida a brother Arthur Central City a sister Mrs Clara Fox St Louis and a sister Mrs Ida Concannon California One sister Jennie Smith preceded him in death.
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Martelle — Harry Smith
Linn Grove
Paul
B. L. Knight
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Smith
Waubeck
Springville
Lucinda Ellis
Waubeek
Leslie Peet
Ely
Delman Smith
Anamosa
Burleigh
Florida
Arthur
Central City
Clara Fox
St. Louis
Ida Concannon
California
Jennie Smith
Five Men Injured as Pickets Halt Minneapolis Trucks
Five men were injured when strike pickets attacked moving trucks leaving the Strutwear Knitting plant in Minneapolis. The scene followed a federal court writ allowing movement of goods as the plant faces a labor dispute over wages and union recognition amid a shutdown since August.
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Minneapolis
Strutwear Knitting Company
John J. Kane
United States
Peacock’ Knitting Company
St. Joseph, Mo
Strutwear Company
City Council Rejects Parking Meters Plan
During a brief session Friday the city council voted unanimously against installing five cent parking meters anywhere in the city. The vote blocks a proposed meter system and reflects opposition from several council members and local residents.
Cedar Rapids Considers Parking Meters Plan
The Cedar Rapids council heard a car parking meter pitch but showed no enthusiasm. A salesman described curb marked spaces with a meter per space and a clock that starts on nickel insertion, triggering overtime tickets after one hour if the vehicle remains.
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