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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1937
Page
12
Roosevelt’s court enlargement plan and Black’s Klan links stirred debate on his future. Critics urge resignation or impeachment, while Black insists he will remain on the bench.
CHICAGO AP Don F Klinkel 40 moved with his family from Waukon Iowa to Chicago two weeks earlier was found dead in a sealed car from carbon monoxide poisoning Police reported his wife Irma said he had health problems An inquest was planned for Monday He formerly worked in the clothing trade in Waukon and is survived by a daughter Anita Z
A boxing figure known as a pugilist and singer plans to defend a titled honor labeled fiancee in a continuing page one feature. The story blends the fighter’s public persona with a personal milestone.
The report recounts claims in a divorce case involving Doyle and Miss Allen with mention of Mrs. Dodge Godde. It cites love letters and telegrams alleging Doyle’s devotion to Allen while plans for divorces and remarriage unfold in London and Paris.
A misread fragment reports a Iowa woman dying from crash injuries after a collision near a location described as New Hampton hospital. The brief mentions a husband injured in the same accident and notes police or emergency responders attending the scene.
In 1936 Linn County paid $65,642,445 in sales and income taxes but received only $341,685.90 as property relief. Proponents urged a fairer split based on owner occupied homesteads, which would have raised Linn’s 1936 share to $508,581.15. This year Linn treasurer shows $458,000 in homestead refunds, about $117,000 more than last year, equal to $23 per $1,000 of value, with Byers and allies credited for progress.
McNinch declares he will not yield to special interests and will prevent unfair trafficking in radio. He pledges a thorough investigation of telephone and telegraph industries and will apply the same public welfare policy to them as to radio.
A 15 year old girl from Rockford who wed in Maquoketa was located and brought home. Police had been seeking her after she disappeared from Rockford following a school day. Ruth Grogan and James Callan were named in connection with the case.
Kansas City flyer Joe Jacobson, famed air racer and stunt pilot, travels to Hanford for a carnival event. He is noted for surviving a dramatic incident when a Ming broke from his aircraft and he escaped death only after dropping to safety from about 600 feet.
San Diego report says Toe Whitney died when his bicycle crashed into a moving automobile while speeding down a hill. The incident occurred Saturday leaving the neighborhood in shock.
Two 14-year-old boys confessed to the sniper slaying of 17-year-old Shirley Kopp as she rode a Forest Park street car. They described firing at trolleys with a stolen 22 caliber rifle while hockey playing in eighth grade.
Cedar Rapids notices report a Diamond 760 club meeting at 1611 K Avenue NE, a Cedar Rapids wedding by Justice Churchill, a Minneapolis guest visiting Lyle and Mrs Jones, travel to Pilger Nebraska for a mother-in-law illness, a bankruptcy filing by Stephen Berry with listed debts and assets, optometry program district meetings in Oelwein, and a local address discrepancy for Don Hadsel amid a jail sentence and revocation.
Iowa Association No 9 of the National Power Engineers will meet Monday in Sokol hall. The ladies auxiliary will join for a special gathering and picnic supper at 430 pm. Friends of both groups are invited. Members of the Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club criticize southwest city routing and plan to discuss with the city council. Jerry Hanus was admitted to membership.
Star of the West lodge No 1 will hold a meeting Monday at 7 45 pm. Plans for the session are not shown in the fragment.
Ben Jansa reports his garage was entered Friday night and eight gallons of gas stolen from his car. District convention at Center Point is set for Wednesday with other matters of interest for members and team members urged to attend.
The Cedar Rapids Rotary Club will gather Monday for the Community Chest luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel. Al Allen's color motion pictures of Mexico, initially planned for the meeting, have been postponed.
Mrs Phoebe Tobin visiting relatives at 2041 Washington Avenue SE suffered a fractured left elbow and a facial laceration from a fall down stairs Saturday night. She was transported by ambulance to St Luke's Hospital for treatment.
In Jerusalem the grand mufti Haj Amin el Husseini barricaded himself inside the Mosque of Omar as British troops impose de facto rule. Arab stores close nationwide amid threats of a general strike in response to arrests of Arab leaders and the murder of British official Lewis Andrews.
Harley Wedgbury 20 of Laurens Iowa was to join the Coe college football squad Saturday in Cedar Rapids but was in St Luke's hospital undergoing an emergency appendectomy. His parents arrived at his bedside and reported his condition as good.
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