No pheasant season in Iowa this fall with quail season set
Iowa conservation commissioners announced no pheasant hunting this fall due to severe winter and summer losses. An open season on quail is set for Nov 15 to Dec 15 in southern counties east of Ringgold and Union, with limits of eight quail per day and no more than that in possession. Ducks open Nov 1 to 30 under federal waterfowl rules.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Ringgold
Union
Washington
Louisa
Muscatine
Jones
Jackson
Clarke
Decatur
Lucas
Wayne
Monroe
Appanoose
Wapello
Davis
Jefferson
van Buren
Henry
Lee
I'll Cost Govt. 500 To Transport Man In 40 Embezzlement Case
Frank Morrison, 54, of Pittsburgh, Pa., arrested in Cedar county, left for San Francisco at 2 45 a m Wednesday to face embezzlement charges. He used the name Frank Cotton and was guarded by U S Deputy Marshal Joseph A Petrus with Charles M Chadima. Morrison, held in the county jail, was identified from sheriff records as a wanted man by the federal investigation service. He allegedly appropriated $40 of government money while acting as an informer for federal narcotics agents. Additional charges are said to be pending in several localities. Taking Morrison back to California under guard is expected to cost nearly $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Morrison
Pittsburgh
Cedar County
San Francisco
Calif
United States
Joseph A. Petrus
Charles M. Chadima
Frank Cotton
Mount Vernon
Sheriff's Office
Federal Department of Investigation
Edward J. McPartland
Morrison
California
Man Sought For Bad Checks Tries To Barter For Gasoline
E. S. Parks an oil station attendant at 1006 Sixth Street SW reported a man matching a Rochester Minn sheriff description visited his station at 10 a.m. Tuesday and offered articles in exchange for gasoline. He refused and left. The man drove a Chevrolet coach with Wisconsin plate A162-343, about five feet seven, 190 pounds, dark complexion, wearing dark suit and gray hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Parks
Sixth Street
Parks
Rochester
Minn
Wisconsin
Registration Of New Voters Draws Keen Interest
City Clerk L. J. Storey and staff report a surge in voter registration with 94 new registrations and 62 address changes on Tuesday. Many first time voters and movers are joining, driven by election interest and party registration drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Storey
Storey
Hearing Concluded On Foster Bus Line Petition
A joint Iowa Missouri board, appointed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, completed hearings on Foster bus line to continue the Cedar Rapids to St. Louis route via Muscatine Keokuk Burlington Quincy and Hannibal. The service has operated under an Iowa certificate since last spring but required the hearing since not active before July 1, 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster Bus Line
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
Muscatine
Keokuk
Burlington
Quincy
Hannibal
Federal Building
Iowa-Missouri
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa Board
Joint Board
Funeral for Bert Minehart Held at Turner Chapel
Bert Hershel Minehart 26 of 216 Sixth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Tuesday after falling into the Cedar River dam lock while fishing. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. Turner chapel with Rev. James E. Waery officiating. Burial Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include wife Frances Anna Sell daughter Barbara parents L W and Mrs L W Minehart sister Charlotte Minehart and grandmother Mrs Hattie Greer. Pythian Sisters to attend service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Herschel Minehart
Sixth Avenue
Cedar River
Turner Chapel
James E. Waery
Bethany Congregational Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Mr. Minehart
Las Animas
Colo
Cedar Rapids
Frances Anna Sell
Barbara Minehart
L. W. Minehart
Charlotte Minehart
Hattie Greer
Chicago
Pythian Sisters
Turner’s Chapel
Deaths John A. Randall 66 Lifelong City Resident
John A. Randall died at 1644 C avenue NE at 10 p.m. Tuesday after a brief illness. Born March 11, 1870 in Cedar Rapids, he worked 28 years with the Insurance Service Bureau after a career as a civil engineer and was a Spanish War veteran. Survived by widow Edna Parker Randall, son Parker Randall, grandsons Jack and George Randall, a sister Lulu Richardson of Mason City, and affiliated with multiple fraternal orders and St. John's church. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Turner chapel. calling hours at the chapel.
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John Asher Randall
C Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Insurance Service Bureau
Edna Parker Randall
Parker Randall
Jack
George Randall
Lulu Richardson
Mason City
Randall
Blue Lodge
Chapter Council
Knights Templar
Shrine and Ambar Grotto
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Washington High School
Iowa State College
Ames
Turner Chapel
Mrs. Clara Hollenbeck Dies In Hollywood
Clara Hollenbeck 85 formerly Cedar Rapids and long time Hollywood resident died Oct 3 at her California home. She was the widow of Harlen Hollenbeck and survived by son Dr. Hubert Hollenbeck of Hollywood. Funeral services were held in the Little Church of the Flowers with burial at Riverside Cemetery Anamosa at 10 30 a m Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Hollenbeck
Hollywood
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Harlen Hollenbeck
B Avenue NE
California
Hubert Hollenbeck
Little Church of the Flowers
Anamosa
Riverside Cemetery
Jeremiah Crowley 83 Dies After Short Illness in Cedar Rapids
Jeremiah Crowley 83 of Cedar Rapids died at his home 1507 Fourth avenue SE at 11 20 a m Wednesday after a short illness. Born in New York in 1854 he moved to Jackson county Iowa at age four and married Elizabeth Mahoney in 1876. Survived by eight children and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren, he would have celebrated sixty years of marriage with Mrs Crowley if he had lived to January 14.
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Jeremiah Crowley
Fourth Avenue SE
New York
Jackson County
Iowa
Elizabeth Mahoney
Cedar Rapids
D. J. Crowley
Bernard
J. B. O’connor
Oelwein
Catherine Davis
Ottumwa
George Strong
George Kaiser
Marion
J. M
A. B. Crowley
L. E. Crowley
Des Moines
Crowley
Obituary Notice Pending Funeral Arrangements
The deceased body rests at Monahan Mortuary awaiting funeral arrangements. The family requests no flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahan Mortuary
Mrs Barbara Kun Dies in Cedar Rapids at 86
Barbara Kun widow of Louis Kun died at 1 23 a m Wednesday at her daughter Mrs John Gamble s home 65 Twentieth avenue SW after a brief illness Born in Vining June 16 1862 she lived in Cedar Rapids fifty years Survived by six children including Mrs Jerry Ulch and Mrs John Gamble ten grandchildren two brothers and three sisters Funeral was set for 2 pm Friday at Polansky chapel with Theodore B Hlubacek officiating Burial followed in Bohemian National Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Thursday evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Kun
Louis Kun
B Street
John Gamble
Twentieth Avenue
Vining
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Ulch
Rudolph Vorishek
Frank Horak
Polansky
Theodore B. Hlubacek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Mrs Barbara Musil of Washington dies after short illness
Mrs Barbara Musil of Washington Iowa died in a Washington hospital after a short illness. Widow of Alois Musil she was born in Bohemia July 18 1887 and is survived by eleven children. Funeral services will be at Jones Funeral Home Washington at 11 am Thursday with burial at Bohemian National Cemetery Cedar Rapids at 1 pm Thursday conducted by Theodore B Hlubucek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Musil
Washington
Alois Musil
Bohemia
Lloyd Anderson
Sylvia
Georgia
Emily
Libbie
Mildred
Alois, Jr
Barbara
Vlasta
Ella
Elsie
Anna Marie
Zora Lodge
Jones Funeral Home
Cedar Rapids
Bohemian National Cemetery
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Funeral services for George M. Vaughn
Funeral services for George M. Vaughn will be held in Beatty chapel Thursday at 1 p.m. with extended services in the Methodist church at Marengo at 2 30 p.m. The Rev H L Sunderman will officiate and Masonic services will be held at the grave in the Marengo cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Vaughn
Beatty Chapel
Marengo
H. L. Sunderman
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Metelak
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Metelak will be held in the Polansky chapel at 8 30 a m Thursday and at 9 in the St Wenceslaus church conducted by the Rev Father August Vojacek Burial will be in St John s cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metelak
Mary Metelak
Polansky
St. Wenceslaus
August Vojacek
St. John’s Cemetery
Death of F J Cross of Stuttgart Ark
F J Cross of Stuttgart Arkansas and formerly of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday. He is survived by his widow and one son Cecil. Funeral services will be held in Stuttgart Thursday at 2 p.m.
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F. J. Cross
Stuttgart
Ark
Cedar Rapids
Cecil
Local notices feature church dinners and civic events
Community calendar items include a county story hour at Northwest library station, various church dinners and chicken suppers, a Lions club luncheon with Rabbi Polish, Masons preparing funeral services for John Randall, and Borschel Motor sales team traveling to Chicago for a sales meeting. Kenneth Benesh and Evelyn Voracek wed in Cedar Rapids.
WPA Pay in Iowa Drawn From Relief to High Salaries
The speaker cites WPA figures showing relief workers average $30 monthly in Iowa while total Iowa WPA salaries run $43,286.61 per month. Executives reportedly earn up to $375 monthly, office staff $80 to $150, and 10 percent of workers can be non relief. The tone critiques the disparity between relief and non relief roles.
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WPA
Iowa
Nash Motors at introduction of 1937 Nash and Lafayette models
In the Nash Motors display group were W. E. Dyson Ray Cole and Louis Kalinsky. An advertisement notes 25 percent per day for 3-day Want Ads and 40 percent per day for 7-day ads from the regular one day price by dialing 2-1121. Mrs. J L Berger recently had surgery at St Luke’s hospital and has returned home to 1407 Sixth Avenue SE. Lee Culver Brooks, son of the Rev and Mrs Arthur A Brooks, 1328 Third Avenue SE, returned to Iowa State College Ames after a ten day illness.
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Nash Motors Company
Nash
Lafayette
W. E. Dyson
Ray Cole
Louis Kalinsky
J. L. Berger
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sixth Avenue SE
Lee Culver Brooks
Arthur A. Brooks
Third Avenue
Iowa State College
Ames
Easton Suffered Fracture While Falling At Home
Ernest K. Easton 61 examining clerk in the railway mail service office suffered a fractured right wrist after a fall in the basement of his home. He is confined to his residence at 501 Thirtieth street SE.
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Ernest K. Easton
Railway Mail Service
Mr. Easton
Thirtieth Street
Home for the Friendless thanks Cedar Rapids for fruit donations
The board of managers expresses gratitude to Cedar Rapids citizens for their generosity at the annual fruit reception held Tuesday. Donations of fresh or canned fruits and vegetables met an unusually strong response this year, according to board members.
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Board of Managers of the Home For the Friendless
Cedar Rapids
Precinct Meetings Set by Linn County Republicans
Three precinct organization meetings are set for Wednesday at 8 p.m. by the Linn County Republican Committee. Ninth precinct Republicans meet at the fire station corner Fourth Avenue and Seventeenth Street SE. Tenth precinct meets at Arthur Chase home 2225 Grande Avenue SE. Eleventh precinct gathers at Buchanan School.
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Linn County Republican Committee
Ninth Precinct
Fourth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Tenth
Arthur Chase
Grande Avenue
Eleventh
Buchanan School
Broad minded readers critique politics and media balance
A reader letters page argues for balanced coverage across parties and debates the impact of politics on public trust. The writer cites nostalgia for diverse discourse, mentions economic policy, and humor about weather, closing with a signature from C. F. Butler of Springville, Iowa.
Gazette Editorial Outlook on Campaign and Roosevelt
The Gazette’s columns present both sides of the campaign showing coverage of the new deal and Republican opposition. It interprets developments with forthright, plain spoken analysis and a stance aligned with its policy as an outspoken newspaper.
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the Gazette
Roosevelt
Summer Queens Across the Country Parade
The Gazette notes an abundance of queen costumes this summer at country crossroads. The writer contrasts fancy outfits with real sunbonnets and milk pails, recalling only one authentic scene of a woman in rural attire going to milk cows.
Day Before Thanksgiving Is Biggest In Year For Toll Calls
M. H. Morrison of Northwestern Bell told the Kiwanis club at the Montrose hotel that the day before Thanksgiving sees the highest toll call volume of the year in Cedar Rapids. He added that the second busiest day is the day before July 4, aside from post storm or disaster days, and noted the Cedar Rapids all time toll call record was March 18, 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Morrison
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Kiwanis Club
Montrose Hotel
Morrison
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River flood figures cited for business conditions
Morrison cites Cedar River flood data as a gauge of general business conditions. He notes 3,030 calls during the flood, a peak 17,250 telephone outlets in April 1931, and by August 1933 2,600 stations lost with a steady recovery to about 800 still absent.
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Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Morrison
Langfitt and Adams Births Reported in Dallas and Des Moines
Birth notices announce a daughter born Oct. 6 to Mr and Mrs Frank H Langfitt formerly of Cedar Rapids in Dallas Texas. Also a son born Oct. 7 at St Luke s Hospital to Mr and Mrs Harold L Adams of 815 L Street SW weighing seven pounds.
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Frank H. Langfitt
Dallas
Tex
Cedar Rapids
Langfitt
W. G. Langfitt
Nineteenth Street
Harold L. Adams
L Street
St. Luke's Hospital
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Kenneth F. Benesh and
Evelyn Voracek
B.H. Minehart
Berl Minehart
John A. Randall
Dr. Naibert
Chiropractor
Paramount Bldg
Townsend
Superior Court Room
Central Park Church
Lenore Gordon
Northwest Library
F Avenue NW
Prairie Chapel
County Home
David Polish
Temple Judah
Palestine
Lions Club
Roosevelt Hotel
St. George’s Syrian Orthodox Church
Z. C. B. J. Hall
Kenneth F. Benesh
Justice of the Peace
A. S. Reed
Masonic Hall
E. F. Borschel
Borschel Motor Company
Pop
People’s Forum
Gazette
Wallace
O. K
William R. Kelso
Vinton
Spain
Alfonso
Democratic Party
Farmer-Labor
C. F. Butler
Springville
Flattie
Oxfords
Sme
BIG Shoe Store
Second Avenue SE
Town Crier
P. O. Box
Mays
May
Mays Tea Room
Second Street
May’s
CHAIN
Hershey
Vasue Johnson
Miss Smith
Elmo
Fitch
Borax
Beauty Essentials
Miles Alba- Seltzer
KOTEX
Daggett and Ramsdell
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