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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1932
Page
6
The Cedar Rapids Bird club voted to protest indiscriminate duck shooting within city limits after reports of shooting at Cedar Lake at daybreak. Members cite risks to ducks and local residents and note large migratory gatherings at the lake during fall and spring.
Elizabeth Kingsley was knocked to the paving by a car driven by George Little near First avenue on Monday evening. Little said bright lights blinded him as he stopped at Sixth street and First avenue W. Kingsley was examined by a physician and found uninjured.
Ruskin Sandbourne, pianist, and Jean Kelly Westinghouse will perform a church recital Tuesday at 8 15 pm in the Westminster Presbyterian church auditorium. Westinghouse will sing works by Sandbourne while his Liszt Schlummerlied closes the program. No admission charge. offerings fund choir equipment.
Dr. J Norman Bickert reported a Fairfax woman struck Herman Dolly 60 and left him at his home with two broken ribs. Dolly was crossing First Street SE at Second Avenue when hit during a left turn. The driver did not return or provide her name.
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana predicts that Congress will modify the Volstead act and legalize beer next winter. He cites broad western support and desire to raise revenue as factors while a dry-state official doubts rapid change. Wheeler links outcome to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s election and the lame duck session.
The three reel sound film depicts how automobiles aided U S industrial leadership and shows mines fields forests and factories. It will be shown at noon for Kiwanis at Montrose hotel at 3 p m at Coe college and at 7 30 p m at Rapids Chevrolet company 601 Second avenue SE public invited.
The Linn County Humane Society offers a standing $25 reward for information leading to the conviction of any dog poisoner. Cedar Rapids has seen three valuable dogs poisoned in the past week. Don Seeger also posts a $25 reward for evidence to convict the killer of his dog.
A two person and a woman visited the Chambers and Chiverton bicycle shop Monday evening. They bought five cents of fish hooks and paid with a five dollar bill. The woman received a five cent piece in change and the couple left with two dollars of the shop’s change.
A large crowd attended the Dixie Jubilee Minstrels presented by the Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodges at McKinley junior high auditorium to fund the state convention in Cedar Rapids. The 60 member cast performed The Chocolate Cream Wedding with songs, dances, and comedic sketches including a Topsy and Eva duet and an Irish washerwoman dance.
Cedar Rapids council No. 909 of the Knights of Columbus will award honorary degrees Tuesday night to seven longtime members aged 65 and older. The honorary degree, a new honor from the supreme board, recognizes 25 years of membership. Frank J. Hutchinson John A. Limback Charles Klingler Charles Murray P T McCook James F. Whelan and George Gorman of Waterloo are named. Murray Whelan and Gorman will also receive the honorary life degree for ages 75 and up, with lapel buttons for 25 plus years of service.
Two thefts were reported to police Tuesday morning. L Shultz of 1823 Hamilton street SW said a rain coat and gasoline cap were stolen from his garage and seven gallons of gasoline siphoned from his car. Joseph Vicko of 1011 Eighth street SE reported three dozen work socks and twelve clothes pins stolen between 6 pm and 8 pm Monday.
H. L. Beach pled guilty to killing pheasants out of season before Justice G. L. Lightner. Beach paid a $50 fine and costs. Joe Bidwell received a 30 day suspended sentence for intoxication on condition he depart the city when brought before the court.
LeRoy Remington 88 longtime Waverly area resident and Civil War veteran died Saturday at 12 30 p m at his son Frank G Remingtons home 1817 Ellis Boulevard Funeral and burial were held at 2 p m Monday at Waverly He was a G A R member and a Knights of Pythias lodge honorary American Legion member The Waverly Legion post provided the military funeral He was born in Lincoln County Illinois moved to Wisconsin at age seven served three and a half years in the Civil War married Alvena Sheldon and moved to Bremer County later settling near Waverly and then Cedar Rapids Survived by his son one sister Mrs Jennie Patee of Spencer one brother Rodney Remington of Anamosa and three granddaughters His wife died ten years ago.
Mrs C H Cheng formerly Amy Chen, a Coe College graduate class of 1930, died in Foochow China from peritonitis August 12. Burial August 27. A Cedar Rapids figure, she spoke at churches and missionary meetings and belonged to Cosmopolitan and Home Economics clubs.
Max E Miller 48 of Cedar Rapids died at his home after a long illness. He moved from Johnson county to Cedar Rapids eleven years ago and worked for Cherry Burrell for ten years. Survived by wife Ada GC Miller seven sisters and six brothers. Funeral at First Christian church 11 am Thursday and Iowa City church 2 30 pm burial in Iowa City. Annie D Schultz 59 of Victor died at a local hospital after ill health. Survived by husband William A Schultz daughter and son and two more children, brother L E Dahling Los Angeles and sister Ada Fetterman Uba City. Services in Barta chapel with time to be announced.
Edwin C. Waskow, 51, died at his home Tuesday around 11 am after a lingering illness. He is survived by his widow Charlotte, five children Cecil Lawrence Donald Marile Adeline all at home, his mother Mrs. Herman Waskow, sister Mrs. Henry Taake, and brother Robert Waskow of Winona. Funeral arrangements have not been made. Friends may call at the Pioneer chapel.
The Rev. L. R. Magers formerly of Libertyville will serve the Methodist Episcopal churches of South English Webster and Keswick for the coming year.
Cedar Rapids will host roughly 6,300 attendees this month. Hugh Orchard of the Chamber of Commerce cites booked conventions and dates for several groups including the Eastern Iowa Veterinary association with 200 attendees October 11–12 and 21. Grand Encampment of the IOOF with 1,500. Rebekah state assembly with 1,000. Iowa Association of Real Estate Boards with 200. Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star with 2,500. and the Iowa Nurses association with 600 from October 31 to November 2.
Judge H. C. Ring spoke at Roosevelt hotel to Canopus club members on The Crusaders. He argued the Crusades were driven by finance and social aims, not piety, noting looting, bondage of the Children’s Crusade, and the church’s financial strain, while highlighting humanity’s perpetual quest for paradise.
City clerk L. J. Storey announced that the registration office on the third floor of City Hall will be open all week including Saturday and the noon hour from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. all voters must be newly registered this fall to vote on November 8. Absentee or disabled voters are reminded they must register in advance just like others.
Hanford American Legion post members will gather at 6:30 a.m. at the Rex Emry garage to hunt nuts for Thanksgiving and Christmas relief baskets. They will search the Hollenbeck tract on Marion road under the relief committee with Walter Hofp in charge. Commander Henry Haegg urged every eligible member to participate.
The fifth game between Minneapolis and Newark was postponed due to cold weather. Both teams have two wins and will resume play Wednesday, continuing daily until a team reaches four wins.
Final arguments were heard before Judge A B Clark in Nama Lathe s eight thousand damages action against Ballard Motor and Transfer and George Hess. The crash occurred on highway No 161 three quarters of a mile west of Marion on Sept 24 1931. Lathe alleging injury and unconsciousness for twelve hours. Judge overruled motion for directed verdict and sustained withdrawal of permanent injury claim.
A district court jury directed verdict for defendants Charlies R. Berry and Olga E. Berry in a replevin case brought by John M. Blaine. The court sustained the motion after evidence, before Judge H G Ring, with a writ issued Feb 19. The value of the property was listed as 297.50.
Byron Batchelder pled guilty to maintaining a liquor nuisance in district court before Judge H C Ring. He was fined 300 dollars and costs and sentenced to three months in county jail, with jail commitment withheld. A true information was filed after federal agents and a state official visited Batchelder at 120 First Street NE.
W. Shadle aged 42 of Cold Stream Avenue NE and C. R. Hanshaw aged 31 of Cold Stream Avenue NE were sentenced by Justice G S Lightner on a petty larceny charge. Each received 30 days in the county jail with 15 days suspended.
Los Angeles county supervisors say equipping windows of a new county hospital building with screens above the fourth floor would cost 26 000 dollars. Some argued files never soar higher, while Norman R. Martin of the institution asserted they do. Architects will decide.
Sheriff investigators Petrus and Condon traced a theft from Snyders', Inc., Center Point orchard. Shadie and Han Shaw allegedly took 12 sacks of Seeney apples Sunday night with fruit found along the road.
Two hundred sixty chickens on the E. H. Rammelsburg farm seven miles west of here on highway 30, owned by George Wearding, were found missing on Tuesday morning. Investigators believe thieves made two visits, with a second on Monday night. Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon is handling the inquiry.
Washington AP The chances of no railroad passenger being killed were 150000000 to 1, Aishton said president of the American Railway association at the safety section convention. He noted 1931 had four deaths in train accidents versus seven in 1930 and 76 in 1920, adding for each fatality in 1931 railroads carried more than 150 million persons.
Mrs. Christie Smejkal reports her brother William Drahos 32 disappeared June 23. He has blue eyes, brown hair, 140 to 150 pounds, last seen wearing a dark grey shirt, patched overalls and a light grey hat. His parents live in Los Angeles and he had expressed a wish to go there. He was a patient at the state hospital at Independence.
Adjutant Katherine Davis and Captain Ella Stacy will stay in Cedar Rapids for another year after word from Colonel George Davis of Chicago. Local workers have served Cedar Rapids for three years.
Chief of Police W C Benesh warns residents not to shoot firearms within the city limits near Cedar Lake. The lake lies inside the city and the ordinance banning gunfire is in effect, with officers instructed to pick up offenders.
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Tuesday noon the unemployment relief fund was urged to raise large gifts by ten percent to offset reduced income from the industrial division. About fifty preliminary workers attended. Weekly pledges begin Nov 2 and run to Apr 30. Donors will be asked for one day’s income a month as feasible, with plant solicitations starting Monday. George Laird closed by noting the drive’s need is greater than last year despite some improvements.
Dr. E. B. Prouty of San Benito Texas and his wife say Cedar Rapids River side park is one of the best tourist parks in the country. They traveled in a house car, crossed the United States twelve times, and Alaska, noting the park’s location, cleanliness, and caretaker as standout while winter approaches.
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