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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1937
Page
4
Iowa state officials say several large mail order firms refuse to remit use taxes on goods bought outside the state. State Tax Chairman Louis E. Roddewig notes the board has not decided next steps while stressing the two percent levy must be collected. The use tax was designed to prevent cross border buying to dodge sales tax.
The Iowa university Dad's Day event will mail over 5000 invitations for Oct 22 and 23. AFL senior society president Jack Drees of Eau Claire leads the event committee with a faculty advisory. Committee heads include Crees, Remiley, Cochrane, Brooks, Waples, Christiana, and Crowley with roles from invitations to housing and game intermission plans.
Prof Elizabeth Halsey head of the women’s physical education department says nude photography is not used at the University of Iowa. She defends silhouette graphs as a clinical tool to record spine posture and weight development for students.
In Oxford Junction Catholics plan a fall fundraiser at the high school gymnasium with a chicken and kielbasa dinner hosted by the Women’s Auxiliary. Christine Serm Mary Jacuen and Miss Lilli Kostecka chair the event aided by a list of others including Mrs Ethel Batt and Mrs John Sobutsu.
Mr and Mrs R A Smith of Mechanicsville announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Lucille to Buell C Pieper of Moline son of Mr and Mrs A H Pieper of Mechanicsville Both Pieper and Smith were educated in Mechanicsville and Miss Smith has worked in Cedar Rapids for the past year They will reside in Maine where Pieper is employed.
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Susie J Thompson 74 who died Sunday in Iowa City. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery at Vinton. Surviving are two sisters and a brother.
Marengo trials opened as a $3000 damage suit faced by Mrs. Flyncbeth Quinn against Richard Wroevsy. The case touched on a highway death and included testimony from county officials about records and administration. Nearby, indictments were handed to Judge Harold D. Evans for offenses including waysong while intoxicated and nuisance related to animal pens and odors within city limits.
Monticello Eastern Star Lodge observed the fortieth anniversary of Schreiner chapter founded October 28, 1897. Charter members still alive include Mrs. Morrick, Mrs. Northrop, Mrs. Margaret Pond, and Mrs. Emma Hazlett Mann. Present were Mrs. Ida Perrine and officers honoring charter members and past matron and patron. Guests from Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, and other chapters attended along with district instructresses.
Garrison residents gathered Sunday at the A T Boyer cabin in Troy Mills for the Barkdoll family reunion. Attendees included Mr and Mrs George Hoke of Cedar Rapids, C W Hoke and family of Springville, Ole Hoke and son of Van Horne, Harry Everett of Traer, Jake Hoke of Flandreau SD, John Hoke, Ed Barkdoll and grandchildren Leah Mae and Gerald Barkdoll.
Special to The Gazette reports district court judges in Tama County have intensified penalties for driving while intoxicated. Since 1932 the court handled 22 DWI cases, with rising enforcement 1934 to 1936 and 1935 showing repeat offenders receiving jail terms from three to six months and driving bans, while several cases were dismissed or resulted in fines or altered charges.
Between September 1932 and January 1935 seven of eight sentences were suspended or paroled for good behavior while periods since January 1935 show continued suspensions. The record notes a trend of leniency in the court's handling of sentences during this era.
Marie Eberhart of Toledo files for divorce from Albert G. Eberhart in Tama county district court alleging inhuman treatment endangering life. They wed June 24 1916 and remarried Aug 2 1937 after a prior July 1937 divorce. two children, George and Berchard. She seeks custody and payment of household costs.
In Anamosa the state faces John Watterson on a cattle larceny charge marking the first jury trial in the new Jones county courthouse. Earl Larson, Cass township tenant farmer and cattle owner, testified as the first witness before Judge C. J. Haas with County Attorney J. E. Heiserman for the state and Frazer and Rees for the defendant.
Ida Chamness 70 of West Branch arrives in Des Moines with daughters Jennie and Ina to seek clemency from Gov. Kraschel for John Mercer. Mercer awaits execution at Fort Madison after his conviction for the Tipton slaying of Robert Sproat. Chamness has visited Mercer as his appeal to the state supreme court was denied.
Tama County Activities association elected Harold Hartman Geneseo superintendent president Clark Davis Clutter superintendent vice president and Harry Heitland Toledo county superintendent secretary treasurer. Declamatory contests will be held at Dysart and Garwin with Dysart chosen for the county basketball tournament Montour for the baseball tournament and the State Juvenile Home at Toledo for the county track meet. Officials for the county basketball tournament are Lawrence Whitford Iowa State Teachers College and Joe Duea Washington Ia.
Miss Winifred Smith daughter of Rev and Mrs George H Smith wed Kenneth Witte son of Mr and Mrs Charles Witte of Burlington in a Saturday ceremony at the Methodist parsonage. The service was conducted by the bride’s father and the couple reside in Burlington.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Charlotte Lockwood to Norman E Henderson. The ceremony took place in Cedar Rapids on September 29. The bride, daughter of Mrs. William Storey of Central City, is a Central City high school graduate. The groom, oldest son of Mrs. Madge Henderson, will live on the Henderson farm northwest of Central City.
IOWA CITY Dean E M Mac Ewen of the University of Iowa college of medicine announced 369 students are enrolled in medicine this year. The largest class is 104 freshmen, with 93 sophomores, 88 juniors, and 84 seniors. This is the final fall under current entrance requirements, which now call for at least three years of college work and a 2.2 GPA for admission.
Tama J R Reid receives notice from P H Hopkins showing a grant of slightly more than $64,000 for a new high school building. Architect Thorwald Thorson must submit plans for government approval. project may rise to about $143,000 with 45 percent grant. If approved, voters may be asked to fund a remaining sum after internal transfers. Construction to start within ten weeks and finish in thirteen months on the Brooks school site after demolition.
Wilton Junction notes Frances Kelley has not missed a Sunday school in 37 years. A Presbyterian church member she attends wherever she happens to be when away from her regular church.
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