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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1933
Page
15
A Soviet spokesman said Russia is notably strengthening its Far Eastern defenses in case of war with Japan. He cited reports of three Russian airplanes reconnoitering Jebol for three hours and warned of offensive and defensive surprises, especially in aviation and Vladivostok area land and sea defenses.
Crawford J. Campbell a 19 year old Yale student climbed 340 feet up East Rock and was rescued from a ledge near the top. He and two fellow Yale students James Freet Jr and James Ferguson were arrested for park rule violations after summoning firemen for the rescue.
Minneapolis mayor Bainbridge suggests in a letter to C. C. Minty that the teachers union conduct a house-to-house canvass of delinquent taxpayers to replenish depleted city funds.
The Young Women's Guild of Kenwood Presbyterian church will meet Wednesday at 8 pm at the Community House, Fourteenth Avenue and Tenth Street SE. Members needing a ride should contact Mrs. Rubert Hersom at phone 7448.
The Social circle of the Peoples church will meet in the social rooms of the church Tuesday at 2 30 p m. Hostesses will be Mrs Henry Montillon and Mrs Mary Dickson. Women of the congregation are invited.
A humorous comic note recounts a minor incident ending with the character returning to his office and then home. no injuries reported.
Don Graham a Cedar Rapids native and Coe College graduate and his brother in law John Locke of Seattle spent Sunday night with James Yuill in Cedar Rapids before continuing to Seattle. They were prize winners in a Liberty magazine Sportsmen's Treasure Hunt with amateur aviators flying from St. Louis to New York, visiting Chicago Cincinnati Columbus Cleveland Buffalo and New York in coded stopouts. Graham served as World War I aviator and later pursued amateur aviation interests.
Pioneer Council 163, National Union Assurance society, meet Tuesday 8 p.m. in Sokol hall. A card tournament and refreshments follow. Merle Mikulka was fined $25 in police court for reckless driving. Co. F Groff was examined at St Luke's hospital after injuring his left foot at work. no fractures found. Cedar Rapids Stamp club meets tonight at Roosevelt hotel with auction and trade. Mirror fire damages a stove mirror at G D Pitts home. Reuben Wyatt fined $25 for disturbing the peace. Miss Kay Mullin returned from Chicago after two weeks with Miss Louise Bouligny. Frank K Hahn, Cedar Rapids postmaster, attends Iowa Association of Postmasters convention in Des Moines. Irene McKimmey reports $25 stolen from purse in Magnus hotel room. Mrs Godfrey Stolba sustains a cut in a two car collision at Third avenue and Third street SW.
Ex Cel Sis dealers and families held a Saturday night party for the first anniversary of the Cedar Rapids operation and for Mrs Jessie Smith birthday. Mrs Smith received a pen and pencil set from the local organization as about thirty people attended.
Louis D. Burgus won city council authorization to accept a 6000 dollar deposit certificate and four thousand dollar trustee certificates as part of a ten thousand dollar city deposit in United State bank under a waiver plan. M. L. Healey will attend federal court with Jeff Sunday for Sioux City. Dr and Mrs David M Fellows called to Riceville for the illness of John Fellows who died Saturday night. Wheel Comes Off Girl Hurt reports a 17 year old with a front wheel failure and facial cuts in a car trip with her father William Griess. she was hospitalized while her father was uninjured.
The city council accepted the resignation of Fireman C Russell Jameson of Station 6 following Fire Chief Emil Kohouts recommendation. Joseph Regan was appointed to fill the vacancy from the civil service eligible list. Regan joined the department in 1926.
W. O. Schultz of the S. and W. service station on Second Avenue and Tenth Street SE returns from Chicago with a week’s trip to a Century of Progress exposition as a Firestone sales contest winner. He is congratulated by Harvey S. Firestone and company officials.
Mrs. Efe Drew of 2320 Upland Driver SE died at 5 45 P M Sunday from burns suffered in an accident while camping near Hartford Wisconsin on August 20 She was the wife of F E Drew of Frank H Drew Sporting Goods Co Her local activities included Cedar Rapids Woman's Club health education Walto mians Cedar Rapids Hiking Club and Red Cross work She belonged to the First Church of Christ Scientist and was flown home from Hartford by The Gazette plane piloted by Dan Hunter
A Cedar Rapids widow with ties to Ohio and Dixon died after gradual improvement. Surviving husband and one son Edward B. Drew are joined by sister Mrs A P Lucas of Des Moines and four Bonner brothers in Canada and British Columbia. Funeral services set at Gaffney Moore chapel with burial in Linwood. Michael Francis Moore of DeWitt dies at 75 after a stroke. formerly of Providence R I and Davenport, he worked fifty years at the Rock Island arsenal. He married Elizabeth Kelly in 1882.
Fragmentary obituary noting a Davenport resident who leaves surviving children Mrs. Harry Melike and Mira. also lists Mrs. Bert Davenport of Rock Island, Thomas and George Davenport of Davenport, three sisters Mrs. M. W. Martin of DeWitt, Mrs. J. Ames of Cheldwis, Margaret Moore of Davenport, and brother John of Davenport.
Funeral services for George Moorcroft aged 58 were conducted Sunday at the Toledo Methodist church with Rev. Glen Hartong and Rev. Oliver Stevenson in charge. Music was provided by James J. Fitzgerald, Helen Brewer, Alma Keemer, Roger Fee, and Mrs Nellie J Lamb. Pallbearers were Floyd Blake, James Brown, George Whalen, George McCreary, George W Kuhner and Amos Weat. Moorcroft, born September 30, 1875 in Toledo, retired from farming in 1919 due to ill health and was survived by his wife Jessie Hartley and a son, pick H., who resides on the home farm.
China’s exports to the United States in a recent month rose 46 percent over the same period in 1932. The data highlights a sharp upturn in trade between the two nations amid ongoing economic shifts.
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