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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1932
Page
7
City council probes repair of old police car as funds tighten. Mayor says repairs may cost about 100 dollars with 25 dollars insured, urging preservation of the vehicle for impending winter while noting department funds are running low. Critics seek advisement before action.
Local items note Penny supper at Peoples church Friday from 5 to 7, coal buyers urged to purchase in fall for best pricing, Dr. Morgan Foster traveling to Kansas City for pediatric society meetings, Harold Lloyd scheduled to appear as a Gazette guest in Movie Crazy, E R Edwards of Cedar Rapids seeks state board hearing Oct 26 on motor freight line to North English, Boy Scouts council meeting Friday noon at Dr H E Hayden residence, Des Moines convention visit by chiropractor, police report on a vehicle theft circa 6:30 to 9 p m on Fifth Avenue, unemployed group to rally council to collect apples and vegetables for free distribution, Louis commissioner to supply a city truck. contractor Henry Haegg offers to help with public works plans.
A defendant appeared before Justice G. S. ae on Thursday morning and pled guilty to larceny of coal with a fine suspended. Bolus Drasustis and Fred Neylon were arraigned on vagrancy charges and waived.
Locals recall a dramatic encounter where two spiders battled a long struggle with a snake near St Charles Cedar Rapids area noted weeks ago drawing regional attention.
A large spider disrupted the Rock Island railroad telephone system this week by crawling over wiring in the relay cabinet and burning out a relay. Wire chief C. E. Gill notes it is the first such insect incident in his long career, though a mouse once caused a short circuit.
Elport resident LeRoy Hansel died in Fort Madison hospital from injuries suffered in a dynamite explosion at West Point Iowa. He is survived by his widow and four children.
Mrs. Annie L. Thorp presents emergency garden prizes to school children as part of a health and fitness program. The event centers on Laughing Allegra, a local figure linked to the effort, with Longfellow noted as the presenting speaker.
Judge D B Jackson granted a temporary restraining order preventing Bellevue officers from interfering with Humke bakery agents of Dubuque. Bellevue officers had recently arrested bakery agents for peddling without a license in an effort to curb the Dubuque operation.
The goods are removed from the town. The case has been appealed from the mayor's court and the injunction will stay in force during the appeal.
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