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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1932
Page
11
The Cedar Rapids Bird club voted to protest indiscriminate duck shooting within city limits. Members described dawn gunfire on Cedar Lake as warlike and urged Cedar Rapids to host migratory ducks by placing large food supplies to attract them, while noting risks of lead shot in water and fish.
Elizabeth Kingsley of 605 A Avenue NW escaped injury when knocked to the paving by a car driven by George Little of 606 A Avenue NW shortly after 6 PM Monday. Little told police he stopped for an arterial highway on Sixth Street at First Avenue W when he looked up and was blind. Little took Miss Kingsley to a physician who said she was uninjured.
Ruskin Sandbourne and Mrs Jean Kell Westinghouse appear in a church recital at Westminister Presbyterian. Sandbourne performs Schlummerlied by Liszt. Westinghouse sings and both share selections. No admission fee. offerings fund choir equipment.
Dr J Norman Bickert reported a Fairfax woman struck Herman Dolly 60 as he crossed First Street SE at Second Avenue and left him on the curb before driving away. Dolly was taken to his home. the woman did not report or identify herself to police.
Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana predicts Congress will modify the Volstead act and legalize beer next winter, contingent on Franklin D Roosevelt's election. He notes western dry states are pressing for change and cites revenue concerns as a possible motive. Dr E C Dinwiddie of the prohibition board disagrees, doubting early action.
The three reel sound picture depicts how automobiles boosted U S industry and leadership. It will be shown Wednesday at noon for the Kiwanis club at the Montrose Hotel, at 3 p m at Coe College, and at 7 30 p m at Rapids Chevrolet company 601 Second Avenue SE. The film features 500 scenes of mines fields forests and factories with music and industrial imagery. The Rapids Chevrolet company invites the public to attend.
The Linn County Humane Society maintains a standing $25 reward for information leading to the conviction of any dog poisoner. Authorities aim to gather evidence after three valuable Cedar Rapids dogs were poisoned in the past week. Don Seeger of 1626 N Street SW added a $25 reward for the death of his dog.
A man and a woman visited Chambers and Chiverton bicycle shop Monday evening and bought five cents worth of fish hooks with a $5 bill. The pair received $2 in change after a mistaken five cent piece was handed back, and departed with the money.
An entertaining program by the Dixie Jubilee Minstrels presented by the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs at McKinley junior high auditorium to raise funds for the state convention in Cedar Rapids. A cast of sixty performed a humorous sketch The Chocolate Cream Wedding with soloists and a lively chorus followed by dances and comic interludes.
A Hamilton Street SW resident reported a rain coat and gasoline cap stolen from a garage overnight and seven gallons siphoned from a car. Joseph Vicko of 1011 Eighth Street SE said three dozen work socks and twelve clothes pins were taken from his home between 6 pm and 8 pm Monday.
H. L. Beach pled guilty to killing pheasants out of season and was fined $50 by Justice G. L. Lightner. Joe Idwell received a 30 day suspended sentence for intoxication on condition he leave the city when summoned again before the same court.
The question of how high a fly flies leads to a cost estimate of 26000 dollars for Los Angeles County to equip windows of a new county hospital building with screens above the fourth floor. County supervisors consider the measure as a safety precaution and budget item.
LeRoy Remington 88 died Saturday at 12 30 p m at his son Frank G Remington s home 1817 Ellis Boulevard Funeral service and burial were held at 2 p m Monday at Waverly He was a G A R and Knights of Pythias member and had lived with his son the last two years He served in the Civil War three and one half years and married Alvena Sheldon before moving to Bremer county Survived by son one sister Mrs Jennie Patee Spencer one brother Rodney Remington Anamosa three granddaughters and his wife preceded him in death ten years ago.
Mrs. C. H. Cheng known here as Amy Chen a 1930 Coe graduate died in Foochow China of peritonitis on August 12 with burial on August 27. A Cedar Rapids figure she spoke at church and missionary meetings and was active in Coe College clubs Cosmopolitan and Home Economics. She came to Cedar Rapids from Northfield Massachusetts in 1927 and studied at Coe three years plus a summer term. She also studied at Iowa State College in 1929 and married C H Cheng a biology professor at Fukien Christian University in Foochow China soon after graduation.
Max E Miller 48 of Cedar Rapids died at home Monday 8 30 a m after years of illness. native of Johnson county he moved to Cedar Rapids eleven years ago worked for Cherry Burrell for ten years confined to bed since last Christmas member of First Christian church survived by Ada C Miller wife seven sisters and six brothers with services in First Christian church Cedar Rapids at 11 a m and Iowa City church at 2 30 p m burial in Iowa City
Mrs Annie D Schultz wife of William A Schultz of Victor died at a local hospital at 8 p m Monday after a period of poor health She leaves her husband two daughters Miss Adella and Mrs Arnold Weiss of Cedar Rapids another daughter and a son Henry F both of Victor A brother L E Dahling of Los Angeles and a sister Mrs Ada Fetterman of Uba City Calif Also a brother Fred preceded her in death Members of John’s Lutheran church at Victor will attend services in the Barta chapel at a time to be announced.
Edwin C. Waskow aged 51 dies at home on Fourth Street NW around 11 a.m. Tuesday after a lingering illness. He leaves his widow Charlotte, a sister Mrs Henry Taake, and a brother Robert Waskow, all of Winona. Funeral arrangements pending. Friends may call at the Pioneer chapel.
The Rev. L. R. Magers formerly of Libertyville will supply the Methodist churches at South English Webster and Keswick for the coming year.
Cedar Rapids will host multiple meetings this month totaling about 6300 attendees. The Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association 200 headlined October 11 12, Grand Encampment of the International Order of Odd Fellows 1500, Rebekah state assembly 1000, October 17 18 19 20 21. Iowa Association of Real Estate Boards 200 October 20 21, Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star 2500 October 24 25 26 27, and Iowa Nurses Association October 31 November 1 2.
Judge H. C. Ring told Canopus club members at the Roosevelt hotel that the Crusades were driven by financial and social urges rather than pious purpose. He described European poverty in the 11th and 12th centuries, theChildren's Crusade, and the costly failures of the religious movement, noting the search for paradise as a constant human motive.
City Clerk L. J. Storey announced that the registrar's office will be open daily including noon hours from 8 am to 5 pm for registrations. All voters must be newly registered this fall to vote on November 8, regardless of classification. Some absentee or disabled voters believed no immediate registration was needed.
Hanford American Legion post members plan a nuts hunt to fill Thanksgiving and Christmas relief baskets. They meet at 6:30 a.m. at Rex Emry garage and hunt in the Hollenbeck tract on Marion road under relief committee chair Walter Hopp.
The fifth game between Minneapolis and Newark was postponed in Minneapolis due to cold weather. With two wins each, the teams will resume play Wednesday and continue daily until a team wins four games.
An art instructor from Cornell College sues H Ballard for $8,000 after a crash on highway 161 with a Ballard truck driven by Hess. The court overruled a motion for directed verdict and sustained a motion to withdraw damages claims under a permanent injury allegation. Witnesses from Marion testified on Monday.
A district court jury returned a directed verdict for the defendants in a replevin case brought by John M. Blaine against Charles R. Berry and Olga E. Berry. The court sustained the motion after evidence, regarding a contested bill of sale versus a chattel mortgage, with the property valued at 297.50.
Byron H Batchelder pled guilty to maintaining a liquor nuisance before Judge H Ring in district court. He was fined 300 dollars and costs and sentenced to three months in county jail with jail commitment held at court order. Officers and a search warrant connected to a visit by federal and state officials to 120 First Street NE led to the case.
W. Shadle and C. R. Hanshaw were sentenced to 30 days in the county jail on a petty larceny charge by Justice G. S. Lightner. Fifteen days of the sentences were suspended. The men reside on Cold Stream Avenue NE.
Sheriff investigators Petrus and Condon traced a theft from Snyders’ Inc. at Center Point to Shadle and Hanshaw who allegedly took 12 sacks of apples Sunday night. The fruit’s location was found along the orchard site.
Two hundred sixty chickens on the E. H. Rammelsburg farm seven miles west on highway 30, the George Wearding property, were found missing during Tuesday morning check up. Believed thieves made two visits, with a second on Monday night. Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon is investigating.
Washington AP reports at the twelfth annual safety section convention Aishton outlined railway safety gains. In 1931 four fatalities occurred in train accidents versus seven in 1930 and 76 in 1920, noting railways carried over 150 million passengers per fatality.
Mrs Christie Smejkal says her brother William Drahos 32 disappeared June 23 after leaving 624 Twen po Joseph. He was once a patient at the state hospital at Independence and is described as brown hair blue eyes 140 to 150 pounds. He wore a dark grey shirt patched overalls a light grey hat with no coat. His name was stamped on the clothing.
Adjutants Katherine Davis and Captain Ella Stacy will remain in Cedar Rapids a year longer after word from Colonel George Davis of Chicago. The local Salvation Army workers have served here for three years.
Chief of Police W C Lee warns hunters near Cedar Lake within city limits to stop firing firearms. He stresses the city ordinance bans shooting on shores and water and officers will arrest violators and apprehend offenders.
At a Tuesday noon Chamber meeting the drive for the relief fund was urged to raise larger gifts by ten percent to offset reduced income from the industrial division. Pledges begin November 2 and run to April 30 with donors asked to give one day’s income per month. Plant-based solicitations start Monday, aiming to finish by Saturday night. George Laird called for greater need despite some improvements in certain areas.
Dr. E. B. Prouty a San Benito Texas dentist and veteran traveler to Cedar Rapids with Mrs. Prouty praises the city tourist park as one of the best in the country. They travel in a house car and have crossed the nation twelve times in six years and Alaska is in their travels. They say tourist parks are fading but Cedar Rapids offers the nicest one they have seen in years.
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