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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1938
Page
3
Michigan coach Fritz Crisler drills the Wolverines for a pivotal Saturday clash with Chicago after a cautious preps session. Chicago under Clark Shaughnessy mulls lineup changes as Big Ten teams tune up with drills across the slate.
Clarence high school crushed Wheatland 16 to 2 on Tuesday to close their season. The team totaled seventeen hits in the win.
Leo Lucas notes plans for a distinctive press box at Monmouth football with fieldside view from a top story, using the gymnasium as a press facility. The move replaces the old Coe field platform and promises weatherproof comfort.
Coe College previews a big home game against Monmouth with coach Fritz Crisler praising the team's heads up play. Lloyd Patterson shines in scrimmage, while Monmouth relies on sophomore Ray Scapecchi and passer Dick Sapp to challenge the Crimson. The Scots expect a heavy, swift backfield led by Reinstein and Kauzlarich.
A Canadian National conductor on an eastbound train found a passenger with a Canadian Pacific ticket bound for Vancouver, B C in the opposite direction, showing Corrigan’s enduring legend in St John New Brunswick.
Keene New Hampshire UPI reports a toad sat on three eggs in a bird nest as a would be foster parent. After days of failed setting the toad left the nest. Two eggs were broken during the incident revealing the toad's inexperience.
In Peterborough Ontario Louis Yeates owner of Cupid's Favorite Cafe reports 17 waitresses left in five years to marry after Cupid love darts supposedly targeting new staff. He jokes about running a marriage bureau as a result.
The piece recalls Cubs manager Joe McCarthy headlining World Series memories from 1929 to 1930, noting his teams' mixed success and a controversial seventh inning collapse against Philadelphia Athletics. It mentions Charlie Grimm's Chicago radio role, Landis blocking him, and McCarthy's later career shift to New York.
Czechoslovak troops begin evacuating Sudetenland forts and remove all movable weapons and gear with British liaison Major Strong approving. No objections noted from Major Strong or the German army as details of the withdrawal are arranged.
Frank A. Mullan known as Pop to UTampa students died suddenly at age 69 during the freshmen Beat Miami parade. He wore a fireman's hat and blue pajamas as horns blared and crowds cheered. the cause of death was not disclosed.
New York AP reports 68 year old Congressman John J. Boylan of New York died after a prolonged illness. He had been rescued from his summer home at Lido Beach Long Island when the hurricane struck the coast two weeks earlier.
In a Linn county district court decision Judge John T. Moffit said he sustained both defendant and plaintiff motions for directed verdict in a $800 personal injury and car damage case. He ruled neither party could recover, directing verdict for the defendant on the petition and for the plaintiff on the counterclaim. The crash occurred January 11, 1935, on highway No. 11 near Walker when Crippen and Shive collided. Crippen testified he signaled a left turn. Shive said no left turn warning was given. Also, Joe Dripps challenged an attachment dissolution filed by heirs of Fred Safford in a note action regarding $705.99 in realty partition proceeds, claiming Safford is an absentee decedent with interest.
Linn county supervisors approved third quarterly 1938 reports of county and township officers. Highlights include district court clerk W LundQuist reporting fees of 6124.46 for the quarter ended Sept 30 and county recorder Dempsy Jones tallying 2538.35 with 5740 instruments recorded.
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