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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1936
Page
2
Ten year old Gus Kostas dies in Los Angeles after a 70 000 volt X-ray exam. He climbed into a fluoroscopic chair for a broken arm, the machine arced via a dusty tube, and the charge touched his chest and knee. Doctors attempted resuscitation but Gus died.
Vinton Trounges Manchester opened the home season with a 21 to 0 win. Britt threw a 20 yard TD pass to Jack and ran for a second score. Beaver added a late one yard plunge. McIntosh led Manchester ground gains while Darey and Smith starred on defense.
Cleveland outlet AP reports Robert E. Neff of the University of Iowa was elected president of the American Hospital Association during a joint session with the American X-ray Society.
The four classes at Wyoming High School elected officers. Seniors: Dorothy Redwedder president Vera Tompkins vice president Dora Carstensen secretary treasurer Jeanne Gabriel sponsor. Juniors Reynold Fishwild president Dollie Greer vice president Louise Nowachek secretary treasurer Rachel Front sponsor. Sophomores Leona Busch president Eleanor Herzberger vice president Doris Ingwersen secretary treasurer Jordan Johnson sponsor. Freshmen Roy Tompkins president June Thomson vice president Stuart Marshall secretary treasurer R. A. Peters sponsor.
Miss Lorraine E. Timson and Frederick E. Peck wed at the Little Brown church in Nashua on September 24 with Rev. William Kent officiating. The groom’s sister and brother in law Mr. and Mrs. Arthur De Grief attended. The couple will reside on the groom’s mother’s farm northeast of Winthrop.
A list includes Gery Masters Arnold Johnson Merril Butts Claude Welch Carol Carter Lucile Whitely June Pierce Juanita McLeese Roger Sewell Kenneth Mangold Harry Schneider Joyce Lund Frances Wood Eugene Johnson.
The Fayette high school junior class presented a play Friday night in the school auditorium directed by Mrs. Don Eyssen. The cast included Mar- and other students.
A federal restraining order blocks Alabama's 1 percent payroll tax for unemployment insurance. U S District Judge C B Kennamer scheduled Oct 9 for a hearing on making the order permanent. The case may reach the Supreme Court, testing the new social security program.
Governor Alfred M. Landon outlined a major campaign itinerary targeting Illinois Indiana Ohio and Michigan. He will speak in Chicago Cleveland and Detroit and visit his Marietta boyhood home after attending the Ohio State University Pittsburgh game.
Pratt Dutton a 60 year old farmer in West Chester Pennsylvania faced a gun battle after barricading in a hillside barn with two shotguns and a rifle he supposedly killed one man and wounded three others to stop a public sale over a $75 debt. A neighbor Alice Jackson aged 75 was killed during the confrontation.
The Yankees hold a tense lead as Mancuso singles and Jackson advances to third. Gehrig fields a force at second and Whitehead is caught stealing. Giants reply with Bartell foul, Terry long fly, Ott single, and Ripple strikeout, leaving scoring unchanged through an innings.
Early innings saw lifted catches and hustling fielding with Whitehead making a standout running pickup. In the eighth, Crosetti drove in the lone run after Fitzsimmons misplayed a grounder, setting the stage for a 1-0 lead as workmen gathered debris from the right field stands.
Pat Malone pitched for the Yankees as White head fanned and Koenig batted for Jackson. Koenig singled then was out, Sam Leslie doubled in for Fitzsimmons and was replaced by George Davis who scored later. No runs, one hit, one left.
Blizzard of McGregor Iowa conservation commission chairman will preside at a meeting of the Midwest American Wild Life Institute at Lake Keomah Park Oskaloosa Sunday J N Darling will be principal speaker Representatives from Missouri Iowa and Nebraska expected to attend
Honolulu voters cast a Hawaii territory primary with no presidential vote. Delegates to congress and territorial officials were chosen amid native entertainment by hula dancers and Hawaiian singers. Campaigns featured multilingual speeches by Isaac H. Harbottle and others.
Dale McCon nell, head of the Monticello public schools music department, lists the members of the Girls' club and the Boys' club. Girls include Eileen Appleby Frances Bone Doris Beard Ruth Clark Kathleen Carlsen Margaret Deischer Antonette Coxsee Phoebe Miller Grace Hutton Eunice Howland Ruth Long Fern Lightfoot Mary McLaughlin Virginia Matthies sen Jo McNeill Elmeree Nichols Loretta Oaken Freda Prult Jean Royden Josephine Rickiefs Betty Ritchie Wanda Porhaski Mary Schoon Rosella Siebers Leona Taylor Frances Taylor Betty Thomas Mary Yount Ruth Zubbler. Boys include Wyland Bone Leslie Balster Edward Brokens Paul Behrends Lyle Burrichter Eugene Burrichter Kenneth Cox Lewis Cox Wilbur Coxsee Warren Durst Dick Hearn Charles Field Maynard Kuhns LaVern Kuhns Glenn Lambert Irvin Lubben Dean Morey Rudolph Monk Dick Naylor Tom Eden John Nagel Max Palmer Royal Rodman Mark Rodman Robert Stutt Ray Stott Warren Studer Don Schoon Dewaine Rynerson Dean Tedrow Gordon York Earl Rynerson.
Miss Ruth Schroeder daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil Schroeder Wilton married Richard Rochholz son of Mr and Mrs Harry Rochholz Tipton Thursday evening at the bride’s parents home The Rev Otis Moore officiated The bride is a Wilton high school graduate The groom a Tipton high school alumnus works for the Wilton Cheese company
Louis C. Rathbun closed his 26 year jewelry business in Oelwein and handed the store to J. N. McFadden. Rathbun plans to move to California with his wife and son Robert to pursue manufacturing and marketing inventions. McFadden, once Rathbun’s employee, has long been with King and Preston Lumber and Coal Co.
The Monona high school glee clubs elect two groups of officers with presidents and secretaries named for each. Boys glee selects Bob Jacobson as president and Ralph Madison as secretary treasurer. Pep club reorganizes with Eileen Drahn as president and sponsor Viola Bohlen.
Topeka Governor Landon attends a football game in Lawrence Kansas on Saturday President Roosevelt takes three days off to rest for the next campaign tour. Rochester New York Col Frank Knox says new dealers preach a gospel of class hate. New York Edward A Filene says re election of President Roosevelt will mean unprecedented prosperity. Grand Forks North Dakota Senator Frazier supports Representative William Lemke union party candidate saying major parties forget promises to common people. New York Earl Browder communist says his arrest will net him 100000 more votes.
A erratic typhoon swept Japanese islands Saturday night causing roughly 70 deaths. Two steamers were distressed and many people injured in the storm as it moved back out to the Pacific Ocean.
Harrison E. Spangler of Iowa the Republican National Committee chair issued a statement praising Al Smith for his New York address supporting Alf Landon. He said Smith showed himself a real American and warned that Roosevelt’s policies threaten the Jefferson Jackson Woodrow Wilson Democratic tradition and favor centralized government under a new deal bureaucracy.
Luis Garcia Quibos, leader of the Young Cuba movement, and two unidentified companions were killed in a gun battle with police during an attempted raid on their headquarters in the Santos Suarez suburb of Havana. Two policemen were wounded in the clash.
Two patient members of the Lost Cord league spoke at the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology meeting. After larynx removal in cancer surgery they learned to speak by gulping air and forcing it back up, a skill learned through long practice.
President Roosevelt plans three days of rest before his first westward campaign invasion from Washington next week. He will likely focus speeches on agriculture reciprocal tariffs and labor with a possible Denver stop. He attended events in New York City Jersey City and Queens ground for the East River vehicular tunnel project before heading to Hyde Park.
Fire of undetermined origin damaged the residence of Charles Reidel in Monona on Thursday. Mrs. Reidel, upstairs tending a sick son Howard, heard crackling. attic flames spread, forcing the son to be moved to neighbor Ben Frese’s home. Firefighters saved structure after roof and second floor suffered extensive damage. The home was insured.
Delta Ida Utterback wife of Lawrence Utterback died at home in Delta after weeks of illness at age 70. Survived by husband a daughter Mrs Fedal Schultheiss of Delta and a son Clark of Deep River. Funeral services set for Sunday afternoon at the Christian church with Rev L Potter of Sigourney church presiding.
Los Angeles reports 13 year old Leslie Howard is near agreeing to play Velvet in National Velvet for Paramount. Lipscomb’s script will be sent for parental consent. negotiations hinge on script satisfactory. Also mentions Alice Brady and Charles Winninger for Universal comedy team and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer buying Night Must Fall rights with Robert Montgomery to star under Clarence Brown directing.
The film adaptation of Anthony Adverse starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland is praised for its faithful character portrayals and expansive settings. Performances by March and De Havilland anchor a two hour twenty minute epic that follows Anthony through romance, odyssey, and historical intrigue amid Napoleon era events.
Carousel of film showings across theaters including Craig's Wife with Rosalind Russell and John Boles at Iowa venues. Paramount presents Anthony Adverse with Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. Bengal Tiger and Kelly the Second at State. Palace features The Prisoner of Shark Island and The Big Noise. Rialto shows serials Frank Merriwell's Adventures Rogue of the Range and Death from a Distance with noted castings.
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