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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1937

Page

4

State reveals 484 employee salaries in Iowa liquor report

Iowa liquor control commission releases annual report to Gov Kraschel showing salaries for 484 employees and net income of 1 782 141 on sales of 8 680 931. Central store Des Moines No 1 posted 193 148 profit, Cedar Rapids 99 298, and four others over 50 000. Bourbons led sales at 45 77 percent, gins 12 09 percent, wine 10 percent. Liquid totals 1 415 069 gallons.

DES Moines Iowa Liquor Control Commission Nelson G. Kraschel State Department Bernard E Manley Dick R Lane Andrew Stewart F J Hoppe W H Millhaem Commission Henry J Roelofs Liquor Commission Toe Joseph M. Christy Des Moines No. 1 Cedar Rapids East Des Moines Sioux City Davenport Fort Dodge

Sixteen Events On Iowa U Homecoming Program

Special to The Gazette Iowa City plans the twenty sixth annual homecoming November 4 to 7 with sixteen events on the program Highlighted by the Iowa Minnesota football game on November 6 Also noted are novelty and social events along with related campus activities including a ceremony and parade and plans for alumni participation A farm obituary and a nearby death are mentioned in unrelated local notices.

Iowa City University of Iowa Iowa Minnesota Fontneir the Gophers Reg Hawke George TY Wenel Corp Ty Cret Feawoory

Stomach Ailments Highlighted By Local Drug Store Test

Local drug store advertises a stomach relief test targeting pain gas bloating and acid. It promotes a product named Nata and claims fast relief with minimal side effects. The notice mentions eye and headache relief as additional benefits and is attributed to Flora Park and Mays Cul.

Mays

W T Thompson 83 Urbana Pioneer Dies After Stroke

William Thomas Thompson 83 a Polk township pioneer and longtime Urbana resident died Monday following a paralytic stroke. He was born December 23 1853 near Loudenville Ohio and moved to Town with his parents at age two. He married Dora C Hoglan in 1881 and lived on a farm near Center Point before retiring to Urbana in 1917. Surviving are his wife Vernon Thompson and daughter Ed Moore both of Urbana and Vinton. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at Urbana Church with burial atlibana cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday evening and Wednesday.

Urbana William Thomas Thompson Polk Township Mr . Thompson Lowdenville Ohio James Thompson Dora C Hoglan Center Point Benton County Dora C. Thompson Ur~ Banayag San A. Vernon Thompson Ed Moore Vinton Thompson Vir Thompson Wall Tereef Urbana Church of Rex Wits S Ro Wall Vineton Libana Cemetery Winthrop Ann Ready Chicago University Charles Powell Northwestern University Ruth Bauman University of Dubuque Dorothy Powell David Hamilton Iowa State College Shirley Peck Business College Waterloo Catharine Nielsen Mary Brickley Robert Brubaker Ted Wenholz Willis Merrill Junior College Independence Riverside Gus Hahn Hahn Tyrus Hahn Fort Dodge Mario Hahn Chicago Dessie Carson Iowa City Glenn Hahn Valley Junction Elizabeth Davis Cedar Rapids Onslow Royal W Chatterton Re Ti Law Masene Indre Oofs Weome Henry A Tm

Keota Youth Field Incident Report

An unclear local notice describes a youth field event in Keota with references to a girl involved and mentions names like Whit, Pine, and Wil. The fragmented OCR shows no clear actions, dates, or organizations beyond Keota and a youth event.

Cornell Parents Day Attendance Set by Cornell

A fragment notes Cornell Parents' Day with attendance details and mentions students and staff. Under Tarald Bale direction, the article references faculty including a Mr Ree and players in a golf or farm club context.

WINTHROP YOUTH COLLEGE ATTENDANCE RISES

Iowa brief notes show Winthrop young people attending colleges including Chicago and Northwestern with several named institutions and students. The piece lists Ann Ready, Dorothy Powell, Ruth Bauman, and others across multiple colleges in the region.

Mystery Deepens in Death at Hotel Clinton

State Bureau of Investigation probes the death of Lucy Marvin 45 Minneapolis found in a Clinton hotel room. Coroner's jury cites undetermined cause. earlier morphine theory rejected. Inquiry seeks two visitors who registered with Mrs Marvin as Mrs J Stewart and W A Casey.

Clinton State Bureau of Investigation Lucy Marvin Minneapolis L. O. Riggert Clinton County J J Burk Bureau of Investigation Marvin J. Stewart Des Moines W A. Casey

Large Strawberry Point Birthday Celebration With Baumgartners

Mrs. Anna Baumgartner, aged 81, celebrated at home with fourteen children, forty-five grandchildren, and fourteen great grandchildren. Numerous Baumgartner relatives and friends from Strawberry Point and nearby towns attended the event.

Strawberry Point Anna Baumgartner Baumgartner Sigmund Otdoefer Lauie Baumgartner Martin Baumgartner Will Baumgartner Charles Baumgartner Edna Neue

Fines and jail for Toledo Checker Board raid victims

About thirty five of the over sixty people in the Checker Board raid appeared in Justice Hufford s court by Monday afternoon. Those pled guilty to unlawful assembly were fined ten dollars plus costs, with five dollars remitted in each case, totaling seven hundred eighty five dollars. Some received three day jail terms for non payment or intoxication charges in a scene that drew officials from multiple towns and the mayor of Toledo. The proprietor Kubik faced possible charges, with officials saying action would come soon.

Toledo Checker Board Court of Justice E. M. Hufford Arlo Kern Belle Plaine Richard N. S. Woolman Tama George Medacek Traer Charles Kubik Johnnie Sotyn Leonard Kaloupek Agnes Teslik Elberon Charles Kucera Lola Kriegel Stanley Braye Jean Dalziel Marguerite Mitchum Homer Mitchum Ernest Mundon John Braye, Jr Joseph Vilek, Jr Near Vining Mildred Hinkle Carlo Flowers Violet West Mervin West Jess West Milroy Braye Hollis Rucker Trace R. R. R. Dvorak E. O. Harris L. W. Burns R. RR. Dvorak Lester Kuhner L. N. Thompson Lauren Sadler Henry Anderson Walter S Huyck Marion Spear James Vavra Huyck Nickelodeon Dvorak

Clear Way For Johnson County Rural Power Line

The Iowa City Power and Light company received a 25 year franchise from the Johnson county board of supervisors to erect ten miles of rural electrification lines. Plans include three miles west from Coralville on highway 6 and over two miles east of Iowa City with sections 21 and 22, plus four and a half miles along highway 1 east of the city. A hearing on a transmission line between Town City and Coralville is set for November 1.

Iowa City Iowa City Power and Light Company Johnson County Board of Supervisors Light Company Coralville Johnson County Town City

Grinnell Conference To Hear Talk On Russia

Grinnell hosts the eighth annual student conference on international relations October 22 and 23 with 150 plus college students and teachers from Grinnell and neighboring towns. Wilma Altenbernd chair announces delegates from the Dakotas Nebraska Kansas Missouri Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota. Gif Ford Ernest will discuss Russia after returning from a lengthy stay there as world tensions rise.

Grinnell Wilma Altenbernd Muscatine Asia Europe Dakotas Nebraska Kansas Missouri Ilinois Wisconsin Minnesota Altenbernd Gifford Ernest America Russia

Honor Clarence Minister On His 20th Anniversary

The Rev. Karl Fauth marked twenty years as pastor of St. John's Evangelical church Clarence with a surprise anniversary service. Speakers included the Rev. J. Flottman Bennett and Rev. A B Chamberlin. A mixed choir and boy’s sextet performed, German songs were sung, and gifts were presented to Mrs. Fauth and Mr. Fauth. Approximately three hundred attended.

Clarence Karl Fauth St. John's Evangelical Church F. J. Abele London J. Flottman Bennett A. 2B. Chamberlin Mr. Fauth Walter Gendleman Leonard Schaeffer Paul ‘Hasselbrusch Richard Goldsmith Frederick Getting Norman Bergman Anna Deerberg Henry Horstmann William Rix Ladies Aid Society Fauth

Funeral services for Frank Zeithamel held in Iowa City

Funeral services for Frank J. Zeithamel 75 died at home after brief illness will be held Wednesday at 2 30 pm at the Hohenschuh chapel with Rev C C Garrigues officiating Pall bearers include Antone Soucek Albert Tauber James Albrecht John Kadlec Anton Nerad and Joseph Kanak Burial in Oakland cemetery Zeithamel a Bohemian immigrant was member of Z C B J and CSA Bohemian lodges Surviving are his wife a sister Mrs Josephine Lavina and four stepchildren in Iowa and Kansas Also Scout announcements and police court notes follow.

the Gazette Iowa City Frank J. Zeithamel Hohenschuh Chapel Rev C. C. Garrigues Antone Soucek Albert Tauber James Albrecht John Kadlec Anton Nerad Joseph Kanak Oakland Cemetery Zeithamel Bohemia United States Josephine Lavina Joseph George Turecek Mary Turecek Charles Turecek Kansas E. W. Hills Boy Scouts Charles F. Smith Gordon L. Kent W. H. Bender Burke N. Carson Mary Irving King T. L. Hazard Guy Groff, Jr Marengo Middle Amana Owen B. Thiel C. H. Herman Court of Honor B. H. Grey Alva Hutson H. L. Beye University of Iowa Medical Beye J. A. Edwards

Manchester Jury Hears Acers Case

A Manchester jury is impaneled to try Henry Acers 20 on a charge of attempted murder. Judge George W. Wood presides with County Attorney Harlan J Williamson and M J Yoran. Acers is defended by E H McCoy. The case concerns an attempted arrest at Acers grandmother's home on January 21 by state agent J T O'Neal and Deputy Carl R. Anderson, with a .45 revolver fired during the struggle.

Manchester Henry Acers George W. Wood Waterloo Harlan J Williamson M. J. Yoran Acers E. H. McCoy C. M Dunlap Earl Sandhagen Dundee George Edmonds Strawberry Point Robert McTaggert Edgewood Cecil Ryan Bernard Swanson Chris Rohr Earlville Jay Laity J. E. Kenny William Rossow John L. Clute Cy Huber J. T. O'Neal Clinton Eldora Carl R. Anderson

Stam becomes mayor of West Union again after 50 years

R T Stam was appointed mayor to fill the unexpired term of the late H A Reiners in West Union. Fifty years had passed since his first election to the office. A former merchant, he remains active in business and civic life. In Ryan, Mary McElligott and John Phillips plan to wed at St Patrick's Church on Thursday morning.

West Union T. R. Stam H. A Reiners Mr. Stam Democratic Party Ryan Mary McElligott John E. McElligott John Phillips Joe Phillips St. Patrick's Church Phillips Weiler Company

Acousticon Institute Ad Offers Hearing Aids

Deafened readers urged to get a genuine Acousticon hearing aid with batteries and repairs available. Ad cites Acousticon Institute at 1228 Merchants Bank Cedar Rapids Iowa and provides phone contact 9081.

Acousticon Institute Merchants Bank Cedar Rapids Iowa

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