Local residents hit with speeding fines and license action
Fines issued to H G Futschel John Engeldow Roy Maddock and Ed Shimek for speeding with varied penalties. Mrs Arthur Nesset Francis Kendall cited for failing to yield right of way. Roy Maddock surrendered license eight days. Births announced at St Luke's and Mercy hospitals including Mary Frances Wilson born Sept 26.
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H. G. Futschel
Thirty-second Street
John Engeldow
D Avenue NE
Roy Maddock
First Avenue E
Ed Shimek
Zika Avenue NW
Arthur Nesset
Eighteenth Avenue
Francis Kendall
St. Luke's Hospital
Arnold Kimm
Twelfth Street
DeWitt A. Winne
Favenue NW
Harold A. Lillie
Ely
Mercy Hospital
William A. Holmlund
Eighteenth Street
John Baker
Fifth Avenue
Robert A. Wilson
Cleveland, O
Cedar Rapids
Mary Frances
Court Orders Alimony and Debt Support in Suit
Ruth H. Suits from Glen R. Suits must pay Mrs. Suits 35 dollars monthly for three children and 30 dollars monthly toward existing debt. Payments to continue for one year, after which Judge C. J. Haas will decide on further alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth H
Glen R
C. J. Haas
Cedar Rapids Residents Named in Notices
John L. Thompson and Ruth Tilson of Cedar Rapids alongside Gladys Linkenback and Fred Lenway of Cedar Rapids are identified in the notice.
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John L. Thompson
Ruth Tilson
Cedar Rapids
Gladys Linkenback
Fred Lenway
Cedar Rapids Leaders, Students Noted In 1931 Roundup
D I Roland of Cedar Rapids elected to grand lodge nominating committee at Knights of Pythias district convention in Mount Vernon. L W Womochil injured eye at Quaker Oats plant. Edward B Blazek suffers severe foot injury from fall near Hamilton Seed and Coal box car. Anna Marcella Robbins leaves for Emma Willard School Troy New York with aunt Anna Larrabee. Nicholas Milas reelected Cosmopolitan club president at Coe College. Capt J B Harvey and Sgt John Seay join Coe College staff. Robert Palmer family returns from five months in Europe. Miss Sadie Cowden with them. The Cow and the Moon shown at Greene’s Opera House. Phillip O Parmalee arrives with the Wright Brothers.
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D. I. Roland
Cedar Rapids
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Mount Vernon
L. W. Womochil
Edward B. Blazek
Ely
Hamilton Seed and Coal Company
Anna Marcella Robbins
C. B. Robbins
Troy
N. Y
Emma Willard School
Anna Larrabee
Nicholas Milas
Coe
Cosmopolitan Club
J. B. Harvey
38Th Infantry U. S. A
John Seay
Shattuck Military Academy
Coe College
Robert Palmer
John
Sarah Palmer
Sadie Cowden
Clergy Changes Touch Central Iowa Churches
The Rev. J. C. H. Light will lead the United Brethren church at Cedar Rapids, succeeding Rev. B. J. Clark who moves to Des Moines. In Muscatine, Light has served six years at the United Brethren church. The Rev. Jay Jasper Jones resigned from the Marion Congregational church to join the Anamosa Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. H. Light
United Brethren Church
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
B. J. Clark
Des Moines
Jay Jasper Jones
Marion
Anamosa
F D R Delays Conference on Neutrality Act
President Roosevelt postponed a conference with congressional leaders and continued talks with Secretary Hull on revising the Neutrality Act. He hinted a decision may move to next week, while House leaders gauge votes to arm merchant ships and repeal combat zone limits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
House
Hamilton Fish
N. Y
Sharp Ivy
Citizens’ Army
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Congress
Moscow
Knox Sees Anglo American World Policing Urgency
In a continuation discussion, Knox envisions a global policing role for the United States and Britain. He argues leadership and major force are necessary to prevent another world war, noting history has shown the world is now interconnected and cannot be escaped. He warns against reluctance to participate in global security efforts.
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Equator
Knox
Seven Seas
Inter regnum to enforce peaceful aims for lasting security
The speaker warns that nations must seize and retain power to prevent another world war. They reject utopian dreams of a millennium and insist on a period where peace is pursued but backed by essential might to compel compliant states to seek peaceful ends.
Flynn and Fidler clash in Beverly Hills court over nightclub brawl
Errol Flynn called Jimmy Fidler a contemptible liar and promised the judge he would not slap him again. Fidler, a film commentator, vowed not to print cracks about Flynn. Judge Cecil D. Holland closed the case after Flynn admitted to slapping Fidler, noting the incident at the Mocambo.
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Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Jimmy Fidler
Fidler
Flynn
Cecil D. Holland
Beverly Hills Municipal Court
Holland
Judge Holland
Mocambo
New Taxes Hit Public as World War Era Burdens Rise
Washington AP reports the new defense revenue tax act began collecting excise taxes at midnight, with a projected $3 million daily from these levies and upcoming income and excess profits taxes. Comparisons to 1918 show higher rates in lower brackets, plus expanded taxes on radios and appliances, while some items like soft drinks and silk goods lost levies. The changes reflect a steeper national tax burden as the population grows to about 120 million with shifted revenue sources and delayed tax payments ending March 15.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Uncle Sam
Woman Fights Snakes in 12 Hour Gila River Tree Duel
Mrs Chase McReynolds a 40 year old rancher’s wife described spending 12 hours in a tree as floodwaters from the Gila river rose rescuers eventually reached her. She fought rattlesnakes that sought the same refuge breaking branches and striking as they coiled the snakes fell into the water and climbed back before nightfall. The river was receding Wednesday leaving thousands of acres of land damaged.
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Silver City
N. M
Chase McReynolds
Red Rock
Gila River
Mussolini reviews new fascist battalions in Rome
Premier Mussolini inspected four newly formed blackshirt battalions in Rome. Each unit carries his initial M as its emblem and is expected to be deployed to the front.
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Rome
Mussolini
Henderson Orders Aluminum Ceiling Prices
Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced a ceiling on aluminum scrap and ingot prices effective October 1. The plan lowers prices by about two cents per pound, reflecting a reduction that reduces primary aluminum from 17 to 15 cents per pound.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Reserve Board Urged to Expand Power to Raise Reserves
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Marriner Eccles told Congress that the board should gain authority to raise reserve requirements for member banks to curb potential inflation. The proposal aims to strengthen monetary tools during economic pressure.
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Washington
INS
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
British Cruiser Captain Urges Optimism On Atlantic Battle
The British cruiser captain visiting Philadelphia for repairs said Britain’s Battle of the Atlantic is shaping up reasonably well and has favored England so far.
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Philadelphia
Britain
England
Ickes Attacks Senate Report On Oil Scarcity Claims
Defense Petroleum Coordinator Harold L. Ickes charged the Senate panel’s east coast oil report with pandering to alarm. He said the panel relied on testimony from J. J. Pelley of the American Railroads who claimed 20,000 idle tank cars existed, contradicting his office’s surveys of 147,800 cars and reports of 5,192 more possibly available if found. He noted Cities Service Petroleum could secure only 160 additional cars beyond current contracts.
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Washington
Defense
Harold L. Ickes
Senate
Ofice
Ickes
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Cities Service Petroleum Company
W. Lee O'Daniel
Tex
Pelley
Medical General Assembly Lectures On Nervousness and Gall Bladder Disease
The program lists Dr. Harrington presenting on preventing nervousness and Dr. Orr discussing mortality and morbidity of cholecystectomy. Morning courses include Dr. George C. Lee on cardiac edema management, Dr. A. L. Stockwell on prostatic disease, Dr. D A Williams on ulcerative colitis, and Dr. D T Van Del in obstetrics and gynecology at Kansas City General Hospital.
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General Assembly
Harrington
Orr
George C. Lee
Kansas General Hospital
Whoa
A. L. Stockwell
University of Kansas
D. A. Williams
Kansas City General Hospital
D. T. van del
Kansas City General
Medical gathering outlines lectures and dinners
A regional medical meeting schedules a stag buffet at 6 p.m. followed by a 7:30 p.m general assembly with Dr. Gordon F. Harkness presiding. Drs Harrington Orr De Lee Neal Pinson Neal deliver talks on hypertension, chemotherapy, barbiturate analgesics, gastro enterology, and more.
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van del
Williams
Joseph B. de Lee
Chicago
University of Chicago
M. Pinson Neal
Columbia
The
Southern Medical Association
Mississippi Valley Medical Society
Montrose Hotel
October Makes Its Annual Debut With Temperature Rise
Cedar Rapids welcomes October with a warm start amid lingering cloudiness and showers. Temperatures rose from 56 at 9 am to 74 by 2:30 pm as a bright fall day edged toward the 80s, following a wet September. humidity remained low at 20 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Japs Pessimistic On U S Parleys
Shanghai dispatch reports a pessimistic tone from Tokyo about ongoing talks with the United States. Observers expect cabinet instability and potential changes if negotiations stall, with possible effects on war tension in the Pacific.
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Shanghai
Ini
Tokio
United States
Crisia
Buyers Rush to Stores on Eve Of New Taxes
Washington AP reports Tuesday felt like Christmas as shoppers flocked to buy goods before new excise taxes took effect at midnight except for the night club levy. Taxes cover liquor, furs, jewelry, auto tires, sporting goods, radios, phonographs, and more. The treasury delayed the admission tax deadline to 10 am Wednesday for some venues and lifted many exemptions.
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Washington
Treasury
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Wright Brothers
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ARRY
Richard Hudnut
Catherine Brown
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Ceed
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Federal Reserve
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