Insull Million Dollar Fund Under Temp Federal Restraint
A temporary restraining order bars Samuel Insull from withdrawing a private fund alleged to be worth about a million dollars held at Harris Trust Company. The suit by Gus Lowry of Sullivan Indiana seeks to seize the assets for stockholders’ benefit, asserting the funds include securities and gold bullion deposited under an alias to evade capture. The order lasts until a hearing next week for a possible permanent injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Samuel
Insull
Constantine
Samuel Insull
Athens
Greece
Mutual Fire Underwriters Declares Premium Dividend
The Mutual Fire Underwriters board declares a 20 percent premium dividend on policies expiring in October. Checks are prepared to reach policyholders before policy expiration. W. D. Ralston notes Cedar Rapids business shows continued improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Fire Underwriters
Second Avenue SE
W. D. Ralston
Cedar Rapids
Ralston
Two CCC Members Taxi Jaunt Ends in Charges
Leighton Luth age 23 of Mason City and Jake Thorington age 24 of Mount Pleasant, Civilian Conservation Corps at the Palisades, rode a taxi Saturday night for two hours without paying. Taxi driver Henry Mingo took them to police headquarters where they were booked for intoxication as friends in jail arranged fare later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton Luth
Mason City
Jake Thorington
Mount ‘Pleasant
Civilian Conservation Corps
Palisades
Henry Mingo
Mingo
City Briefs City plan commission meets Tuesday evening
The city plan commission will hold its regular meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the council room at city hall. Also noted are Modern Woodmen of America meeting at 8 p m on Second Avenue SE and routine Iowa Grocers Association business at the Hotel Montrose. One item covers a mercy hospital knife wound incident with no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Plan Commission
Woodmen of
America
Second Avenue SE
Iowa Grocers Association
Montrose
Gus Mineck
Orville Jones
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Vernon Ave
G Ave
Hskp
1St Ave
3Rd Ave
Sth
Furn St
Local Families Gather for Week End Visits and Club News
Kans City visitors Mr and Mrs J W Henderson and son Robert spent the weekend with Mrs Louise Henderson and the Hinton family in Manchester. Walter Staves led as president of the First Congregational Christian Endeavor with Dolores Storrs and John Blomquist in key roles. The group plans a candlelighting service with Marion Congregational. Fifty men attended a Bever Park barbecue by the First Presbyterian Men’s club. The Sinclair Memorial male quartet performed and Scout reports from Tom Thompson and Ray Moore recounted the 1933 Jamboree in Hungary and a 1929 event in England. Henry W Rizer was honored on his 82nd birthday at his son J W Rizer’s home near Manchester. Peratives noted with Azer of Ohio present near Elkport in early life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W Henderson
Robert
Harold Davis
Patsy
Kansas City
Kan
Henderson
Louise Henderson
C Avenue
A. &. Hinton
Eleventh Street
Walter Staves
First Congregational Christian Endeavor
Dolores Storrs
John Blomquist
Christian Endeavor
Marion Congregational Christian Endeavor
First Presbyterian Men's Club
Bever Park Pavilion
Sinclair Memorial
George
Tommy” Thompson
Boy” Scouts
Godollo
Hungary
Ray Moore
England
Manchester
Henry W Rizer
J W Rizer
Robinson
Mr Azer
Oho
Elkport
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Adventure Novel Tale
A vivid recall of Buck Rogers waking in the 38th century after five centuries of suspended animation. He describes interplanetary travel and advanced tech including the inertion device and disintegrator rays. Wilma Deering, a 25th century girl soldier, joins in perilous journeys across Earth Mars and Saturn moons. The duo battles arch criminals Killer Kane and Ardala and helps secure peace between Earth and the Asteroids, earning global adulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Deering
Earth
Outer Space
Mars
Saturn
Killer Kane
Ardala
Asterites
Wilma
Will Rogers Says on Aviation and Speed
In Santa Monica Roscoe Turner who held east west records is noted. The piece cites aviators Turner Hawkes Doolittle Post Matern and others as risks taken for money and fame. Will Rogers comments on progress from aviation to railroads and crime in a brisk, opinionated letter dated 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Roscoe Turner
Turner
Hawkes
Doolittle
Post
Mattern
Lindbergh
Russia
Will
School House Firemen And Custodians Training At McKinley
A one day course for school custodians janitors and firemen will be held at McKinley junior high Saturday. Cedar Rapids public schools co operate with Iowa State college engineering extension service. About 45 local custodians and a similar number from nearby towns will attend. Leading discussions include D G C Faber and L W Mahone of the extension service and Royal H Holbrook combustion engineer. Topics cover coal firing cleaning supplies window care heat transmission and ventilation and disinfectants and care of facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Junior High
Engineering Extension Service
Iowa State College
Cedar Rapids Public Schools
Cedar Rapids
D. G C. Faber
Iowa State College Engineering Extension Service
L. W. Mahone
Royal H. Holbrook
Mahone
Faber
Lost items and bicycle report from Coe field
Lost monogrammed compact with two keys lipstick and change. reward offered for Gazette return. A bicycle was seen being taken from Coe field Friday night and should be returned to Coe field to avoid prosecution. Found spare wheel and tire awaiting owner identification at 2-801.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heht Sreen
Coe Field
Employment Personal Ads and Local Notices Collide in Gazette Listing
A dense page of want ads and notices from The Gazette includes rewards for reporting immoral use of ads, fare and service deals, cleaning and repair services, dance orchestras, coats, repairs, quilting, oil and feed, and travel notices. It showcases local businesses, entertainment venues, and ride requests with various contact details for Cedar Rapids in a period classified style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Richards College Prim'cy
Scheer
Granby
Dolph
3D &T
Cedar Rapids Knitting Co
2Nd St
Dempsey's
16Th Ave
CRAIN
Vincent
Brabbit Taylor Music Co offers new and used hand instruments
Jewelry and financial ad text mixed with a real estate note. A Phoenix Loan with ample time to repay is advertised alongside a large two family home listing at 614 2nd Ave SE. The wording references a furnace and conveniences and prices, including a $2,100 figure, and mentions Tait & Wagner Co and Brabbit Taylor Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
11Th Ave
Herbel & CO
McKinley
Shaler Lumber Co
Jown Loan Co
Mullin
Cohn & Ron
Brabbit Taylor Music Co
Elizabeth Giblin
City
Gea, Ren
Ith Ave
Max Basemann Named Head of Language Dept at Kansas City
Max Basemann, of Archer avenue SW, appointed head of the modern language department at the newly founded University of Kansas City. He is a 1923 Coe College graduate with an MA from Iowa in 1926 and taught French and Spanish at Coe until 1932. Basemann earned a PhD later at Iowa and will move with his wife Gladys Otterbein Basemann, who taught French at Mount Mercy, to Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Basemann
Archer Avenue
University of Kansas City
Local Beauty Shops Advertise Perms and Hair Care Deals
A collage of ads lists prices for perms, finger waves, and haircuts from multiple beauty shops including Deluxe Beauty Shop, Thomassen's Barber and Beauty Shop, Kennedy's, and SARA PARK. Offers include specials like $6.50 off a perm, $3.95 perms, and various dial telephone contacts. NRA affiliation noted for some shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic
NRA
DIAL
Lillian Suchy
Thomassen
3Rd Ave
Bare Ber
Kennedy's
1St Ave
Sara Park
Peacock
Car linked to Oelwein holdup found in Minnesota
A car believed used by six men in the First National bank holdup at Pipestone Minnesota on Saturday and possibly tied to a Friday Oelwein Iowa robbery was found in a Lambertson Minnesota cornfield. The auto had been stolen in Lincoln Nebraska last Thursday.
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Lambertson
Minn
First National Bank
Pipestone
Oelwein
Lamberts
Lincoln
Neb
No Trace Found Of West Liberty Bandits
West Liberty police found no trace of two bandits who robbed the Watters drug store Saturday night, taking about $300. Howard Watters and Don Bemis, on duty at the store, were bound and gagged with eyes taped. It was the third holdup in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spreint
The
Gazette
West Liberty
Muscatine County
W. L. Watters
Howard Watters
Don Bemis
Atare
Gazette Want Ad Rates for Ads in the Evening and Sunday
Rates listed for two agate lines minimum and per day charges. Minimum charge 44c per day for one or two days. Three to six consecutive days 12c per agate line per day. Seven consecutive days 12c per agate line per day. Thirty consecutive days 1c per agate line per day.
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South
Florida
Rens
Gazette
Dial
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Charge Insull
Awe
St. Joseph
Marion
First Congregational Church
Kansas
Buck Rogers
A. D
Akru
Kane
John B Dille
Yieee Chmn
Will Rogers
Editor
Selena Dalla
Educators Association
Iowa City
Ee Dick's
Arrow Inn
tEddy Stone
Allison
PET Ritz
Thornwood
Plaza
Wore Tee High School
Minneapolis
St. Paul Union
New York City
Ganette
Economy Travel Bureau
Allison Hotel
Madison
Wis
Kenwood
Rude
FORD
Ford Tudor
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Studebaker
Rude Auto CO
Ave
DODGE
Secada
BUICK
Chrysler
Willys-Knight
Allen Motor CO
2Nd Ave
10Th St
Automobile
Smulekopff
Standard Tire CO
Radiolab
5Th ST. SE
Midwest Lab
L St
Derr Auto Electric CO
6Th St. SE
HECK
Radio Hospital
Small Payments
Cedar Rapids Loan CO
Merchants National Bank
Marvin
Auto Wrecking CO
Auto Parts
West End
Bridge
Auto Salvane Co
19Th St
Auto Parts Co
Stoll
3Rd St. SE
St. BE
Fox
13Th St
the Home Coal CO
NEW Deal I Fuel Acme Coal & Potato CO
8Th Ave
Roy Gaddis
Royal Kentucky
Brik Hom Coal CO
St. Iw
Dick's Coal Yard
Comaker
Personal Finance CO
We T
Higley
Third Ave
Ewan Loan CO
Cedar Rapids Investment CG
R Ravings Bank Ride
Street Speedway
Morgan Bros
O'Brien
1St St
Minnesota
Bell Coal CO
10Th St. SW
Ohio
Wm. Ceynar
30Th St
Haas Farm
34Th St
L. A. Allen
Walton Keller Co
Hinir
LaVogue
Owl
Morris
Cedar
Hedges Co
Dows
Bulldine
Merveaux
Palisades State Park
Call Playground Commission
Cedar Rapids Produce Co
Epler Walnot
Dresser
Westinghouse Vacuum Cleaner
Davenport
Rowe Electric Ca
Stanley
A Partners Supply CO
Ird ST. SE
Frank Schmitz
Postville
A_ Ave
Mod
A Ave
Bever Ave
8Th St
Priv
Wrson
23Rd St
32Nd St
Phoenix
Phol Nin Finance CO
Weaver
Th &T
Eng
Ee D Ave
Upper Apt
Bever
Mt Vernon
11Th St
16Th St
Lincoln Heights
Barmy Ch
ST SW
Furn
Halton-Hatfield CO
Ing
Larse
Baregain
Henry S. Ely
Cas
Hahtaloth
Blake Bird
L Ave
E Ave
Tatt & Waener Co
Ellis Blvd
Park
Blake Blvd
Meadowbrook
Av. Knapp's
Fred E. Collard & CO
18Th St. Mar
Wee Ee
NY 421
Ind Ave
Springville
East Side
McLeod’s Springs
Bolton's
Walker
Tony Schmitz
Gregor
Merchants
Natl
Becola
A. Mee Grtzer
Nau. Bank
Dist
Jiomes
Lincoln Highway
Carsine
1St Avenue
the Wedges Co
MR. Stookey
Ridgewood
Tait & Wagner Co
Vernon Heights
Knapp's
Memorial Park Cemetery
Childs Real Lty Co
Amer Trust
Fred
Bedell-Nissen
U. of Kansas City
Beauty
Howard, Carton
D. Hawkeye Tin Shop
Rowell Hardware
Lefecure Corporation
Fowler
Powel Roofing Co
Russell
Corey
Iisley Ride
Thrift
Used Car Headquarters
Hierie
WSED
6Th St
Makibben Motor CO
Maribben Motor CO
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