Tribute to Cedar Rapids pioneer John B. Turner
John B. Turner longtime Cedar Rapids citizen and founder of the Turner mortuary died Friday. Services conducted by Rev. Robert Little praised his lifelong humor philanthropy and integrity followed by a Masonic service and burial at Oak Hill cemetery with Turner staff pallbearers and relatives from Illinois Indiana and California in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Turner
Cedar Rapids
Robert Little
Turner Mortuary
Turner
Dr. Little
Mr. Turner
Paul N. Clark
Mount Hermon Lodge No. 263
Masonic Order
Odd Fellows, Elks and Kiwanians
A. M. Turner
Hammond
Ind
David Turner Emery
Annie T. Morgan
Chicago
Clarence Bigelow
Des Moines
National Selected Morticians
LeRoy C. Dunn
Hollywood
Calif
Turner Chapel
John McNabney
Robert McNabney
Joe Carberry
O. E. Anderson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Driver Involved In Accident Fined for Intoxication
James A. Smith aged 26 of 372 Sixteenth Street SE received 25 dollars and costs in police court for intoxication after his car collided with William Sanborn at First avenue and First street W. Sanborn assisted Smith to the station where Smith collapsed. Other intoxication fines were imposed on August Hultgren 59 of 1407 Third Street NW Frank Slavik 57 of 1810 Eighth Street SW and J C Wilson 53 of Kansas City Mo all with costs and 25 dollar penalties.
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James A. Smith
Sixteenth Street
Smith
William Sanborn
Fourth Street
First Avenue
First Street
Sanborn
August Hultgren
Third Street
Hultgren
Frank Slavik
Eighth Street
J. C. Wilson
Kansas City
Urges Neighborliness Between The Americas
J. C. Field of Peru a YMCA worker with over 30 years in the country urged better relations between North and South America. Speaking before the Rotary Club at the Roosevelt hotel he highlighted Latin American life from living conditions to travel, noting two imperial legacies from European and Indian roots.
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J. C. Field
Peru
South America
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Field
Alice in Blunderland on Soviet Spain and non intervention
Alice Longworth comments on Soviet aims in Spain amid fascist support and non intervention. Moscow allegedly pressures Portugal and others to block arms shipments while warning of possible intervention. The piece casts doubt on the seriousness of the non intervention pact signed by major powers.
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Incinnati
Moscow
Germany
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Alice Longworth
Maine Lodge To Confer Initiatory Degree At I O O F Meeting
The Maine lodge No. 643 Odd Fellows travel to Burlington for the Iowa state grand lodge initiatory ceremony at 7 45 p m in Burlington high school. Degree captain George C Smith leads a large team including Norman D Smith Ed Dose Frank Talbott H L Moody A E Miller L V Gordon and others. A Cedar Rapids Theta Rho auxiliary degree team will also go to Burlington for the Theta Rho degree Wednesday evening.
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Maine Lodge No
Odd Fellows
Burlington
Iowa State Grand Lodge
George C. Smith
Norman D. Smith
Ed Dose
Frank Talbott
H. L. Moody
A. E. Miller
L. V. Gordon
W. F. Jepson
Charles Vantalge
J. H. Woodside
R. H. Chiverton
A. G. Charter
Amad Hamad
Charles Kuhn
J. G. Farley
George Gianopulos
Carroll T. Briggs
Henry Carter
C. H. Bachman
Charles Wright
George Chiverton
Dan L. Castle
Alva L. Dare
J. L. Hemminger
Joe Prucha
Tony Krejci
W. F. Hunt
H. L. Bailey
J. M. Geist
Maine Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Theta Rho Girls
Rebekahs
Theta Rho
It’s Misdemeanor Now To Let Motors Run When Trucks Parked
City council approved a new ordinance making it a misdemeanor to leave truck motors running on private or public property. Offense disturbs the peace with a maximum $100 fine and up to thirty days in jail. The rule targets trucks left idling in winter to keep engines warm, disturbing residents.
Ordinance Moves Harper Addition Toward Nonconforming Permit
The city council read an ordinance to allow J. G. Harper Automobile Refinishing to add to its non conforming plant under zoning rules. The measure would let Harper obtain a special permit after a 15 day filing period and a public hearing before final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Harper Automobile Refinishing Company
Harper
New Ordinance On Taxi Fares Is Introduced
The Cedar Rapids city council introduced a new taxi fare ordinance after consulting other Iowa cities. The proposed scale charges 25 cents for the first two miles and 10 cents for each additional mile, up from the current 15 cents for the first mile and 10 cents for each extra mile. The ordinance was filed for seven days and will be read again next Monday, with Dubuque the only city at a similar low rate.
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Iowa
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Birth Announcement for Coralee Gayle Younker
Mr and Mrs E T Younker of 505 Center Point read NE report the birth of a daughter Coralee Gayle born October 19 at Presbyterian Hospital Waterloo.
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E. T. Younker
Center Point Read NE
Coralee Gayle
Presbyterian Hospital, Waterloo
Flying campaigners for Roosevelt here
Arriving at Cedar Rapids airport at noon in a Fairchild plane piloted by Mrs Phoebe Omlie they campaign for Franklin D Roosevelt. Mrs Izetta Jewel Miller of West Virginia praised Roosevelt as world peace champion and national security defender at a Democratic women luncheon.
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Cedar Rapids
Fairchild
Phoebe Omlie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Izetta Jewel Miller
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Miller
Otis Skinner
James K. Hackett
Omlie
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Ann Lawther
Dubuque
State Board of Education
Dan Lenihan
Kate Lenihan
Robert Benson
R. B. McConlogue
Lisbon
Floy Hyde
Walker
John McHugh
Marley Clark
Mary Hollingsworth
Marion
Mary McEvoy
Central City
Anna Kendall
Coggan
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Philip Palmer
Vandenberg Denies Radio Chain Claim
After a speech was partly cut off on Saturday night observers cited five protests from individuals. Sykes said the commission would not comment until the investigation is complete.
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Employes
Vandenberg
Sykes
Commission
CBS Defends Policy After Roosevelt Voice Debated On Air
CBS officials deny GOP claim that free speech was jeopardized and say policy blocked rebroadcast of Roosevelt voice. Executive VP Klauber cites a sudden Chicago decision as western stations carried the fragment while eastern ones were cut. Hill Blackett of the RNC demanded a free rebroadcast and no charges are to be made due to confusion and lack of value received.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Columbia Broadcasting System
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Roosevelt
Edward Klauber
President Roosevelt
Hill Blackett
Klauber
Blackett
City Briefs And Personals
Cedar Rapids chapter No. 194 of the Order of Ahepa will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Moose hall. The Homecrafters club will meet Tuesday night at the home workshop of H. H. Kemper on Fairfax road. A car reported stolen Sunday at 1 35 a.m. by J. P. Dempsey of Marshalltown was found by Patrolmen Simon and Stusak on Second Street NE near the Quaker Oats plant at 8 50 p.m. Sunday. Dempsey was notified. William L. Blazek of Tama, held on a wild desertion charge, was released after the charge was dismissed on motion of Blazek's ex-wife. George Swore was fined $10 and costs for speeding. fine suspended on payment of costs. Alvin Womachil was fined $1 and costs for double parking. L. V. Schmidt was fined $1 and costs for parking in an alley.
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Cedar Rapids
Order of Ahepa
Moose Hall
H. H. Kemper
Fairfax Road
Edgewood School No. 2
J. P. Dempsey
Marshalltown
Simon and Stusak
Second Street
Dempsey
William L. Blazek
Tama
John Taylor
A. S. Reed
Blazek
George Swore
Fourteenth Avenue
Alvin Womachil
Hamilton Street
L. V. Schmidt
Sixth Avenue
Eleven Mushrooms Grow From One Stalk on Palisades Farm
George Marsh reported eleven mushrooms growing from a single stalk at the Wiley Kuber farm near the Palisades. A twelfth mushroom was just beginning to sprout. Three mushrooms are large while the rest are small, all attached to the same stalk.
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George Marsh
Tenth Street SE
Wiley Kuber
Palisades
Accused of Assault in City Street Incident
Bill Rowden of 1018 Fifth street SE was arrested Sunday on an assault and battery warrant and released Monday on 500 bond. He allegedly struck neighbor Berry Hill of 1016 Fifth street SE over the head with an empty whisky bottle after an argument. Hill is hospital bound with a bruised head. hearing date depends on his condition.
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Bill Rowden
Fifth Street SE
A. S. Reed
Justice Reed
Rowden
Berry
Hill
Deaths Emma J. Ripper Rites Planned in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Emma J Ripper wife of Frank A Ripper died at 913 Fifteenth Street SE after a long illness. Born September 28 1867 in Wapello Iowa she lived in Cedar Rapids sixteen years. Survived by husband two sons Louis Hartley Homer Hile and daughter Mrs Ben Stern. another daughter Mrs Cora Carper preceded in death. Four grandchildren also listed. A Rebekahs member funeral 2 PM Tuesday Turner chapel Reverend August Cramer officiating burial Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at chapel.
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Emma J. Ripper
Frank A. Ripper
Fifteenth Street
Wapello
Cedar Rapids
Louis Hartley
Pella
Homer Hile
Los Angeles
Calif
Ben Stern
Cora Carper
Melvin and
Blair Hartley
Gloria Lou Hartley
Verba Carper
Rebekahs
Seymour
Turner Chapel
August Cramer
Sinclair Memorial Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
LeRoy Leeper Dies After Long Illness at 50
LeRoy Leeper 50 of 627 Tenth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died at a local hospital after a long illness. He was born in Iowa and lived in Cedar Rapids thirteen years, employed as a stationary engineer. He is survived by wife Mary four sons Raymond Cheery Roy John Arnold Leeper all of Cedar Rapids a daughter Irene Stewart of Woolstock and a brother Archie Leeper of Pittsfield Illinois. Private funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Beatty chapel conducted by Rev. E. E. Russell. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 p m.
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LeRoy Leeper
Tenth Avenue SE
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Mary
Raymond
St. Louis
Cheery
Roy
John Arnold Leeper
Irene Stewart
Woolstock
Archie Leeper
Pittsfield
Beatty Chapel
E. E. Russell
Linwood Cemetery
Death of Henry Rex Rodriguez at 19 months
Henry Rex Rodriguez died at his home 616 C avenue NE at 7 p.m. Sunday after a short illness. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs John Rodriguez and ten siblings Rose John Mike Rudolph Grace Alfonso Florence Ramona Gloria Robert. an uncle in Cedar Rapids and grandmother in Mexico. Coroner B L Knight ruled death due to natural causes. Burial set for Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Mount Calvary cemetery.
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Henry Rex Rodriguez
John Rodriguez
C Avenue NE
Rose
John
Mike
Rudolph
Grace
Alfonso
Florence
Ramona
Gloria
Robert
Cedar Rapids
Mexico
B. L. Knight
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Death of Mrs Mae Noble in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Mae Noble of 1636 A Avenue NE Cedar Rapids widow of Alexander J Noble died Sunday after a brief illness. She was born July 21 1870 in Linn County and lived in Cedar Rapids over sixty years. Survived by sister Mrs Ellen Liddle Spirit Lake and a nephew and several nieces. Burial Linwood Cemetery. Beatty chapel service at 3 p.m. Wednesday conducted by Rev Nelson Dreier. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Mae Noble
Avenue NE
Alexander J. Noble
Ellen Liddle
Spirit Lake
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
First Congregational Church
Beatty Chapel
Nelson Dreier
Linwood Cemetery
Mrs Marie V Herat Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Marie Veronica Herat died at her home 130 Dawley street NE at 8 15 am Monday after a lingering illness. She was born in Bohemia July 16 1858 and was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Stach. She had resided in this country since 1903.
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Marie V. Herat
Marie Veronica Herat
Dawley Street
Joseph Stach
Bohemia
Widow with Cedar Rapids children and abroad kin dies
A Cedar Rapids area widow, whose husband died ten years ago, leaves six children Emilie Anthony Hermine The resa all of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Frank Klima of Tama. Five children Frank Louis Louise Celia and Mary predeceased her. She also leaves two sisters Veronica and Rose Stach in this country, three sisters in Czechoslovakia, and two brothers Joseph and Andrew Stach in the United States. Funeral arrangements not made. Friends may call at Teahen Funeral home.
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Emilie
Anthony
Hermine
Theresa
Cedar Rapids
Frank Klima
Tama
Frank
Louis
Louise
Celia
Mary
Veronica
Rose Stach
Czechoslovakia
Joseph
Andrew Stach
United States
Teahen
Landon Appeals to FDR and Plans Los Angeles Speech
Governor Alf Landon heads west after bidding his family goodbye in Topeka. He will speak in Los Angeles at the coliseum Tuesday night on topics including The Constitution Broken Promises and Civil Service. Kansas educators protest federal campaign accusations linking state cuts to school closures.
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Topeka
Los Angeles
Landon
Kansas
Lawrence
Kan
Roosevelt
Patch wear harms tires and causes wheel shimmy
A blowout patch may throw a tire out of balance causing wheel shimmy. Patches chafe fabric and long use often ruins tires beyond repair.
Uphoff pleads not guilty to six securities sales charges
William C. Uphoff of Peoria Illinois a 51 year old oil leases salesman appeared in district court before Judge F O Ellison and entered a not guilty plea to six counts of selling securities without state license Bond set at 1000 on each count The charges allege oil lease sales to Simon Gongwer Carl W Krebs and Della J Summers without registration Uphoff was arrested in Cedar Rapids on October 3 A preliminary cheating by false pretenses charge remains unresolved and relates to a $1500 alleged payment from Gongwer Uphoff says he sought a securities license in Des Moines in 1935 but did not secure one.
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William C. Uphoff
Peoria
Ill
New Mexico
F. O. Ellison
G. K. Thompson
Uphoff
Cedar Rapids
Secretary of State
Des Moines
Simon Gongwer
Carl W. Krebs
Della J. Summers
Dick Payn
Ed Fordyce
Denver
Gongwer
St. Louis
State House
Screeno Game Declared Illegal by Iowa Official
Walter Maley assistant attorney general ruled the theater drawing game Screeno illegal. Players must buy a ticket before being eligible, making it a lottery, per the Iowa opinion requested by Waterloo County Attorney C Towne.
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Des Moines
INS
Walter Maley
Screeno
C. Towne
Waterloo
Maley
Radio Schedule Broadens Day With Many NBC CBS Programs
A dense list of radio programs and time slots across NBC and CBS networks. Entries include Amos ’n’ Andy, Lum and Abner, The Geoes Creek Parson, Fibber McGee and Molly, Horace Heidt, and many orchestras and variety acts airing from morning through late night on WEAF WJZ WABC WBBM KMOX WCCO WGST and others.
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Amos ‘N’ Andy
NBC
Weaf Chain
WJZ Chain
William Hard
CBS
WABC
WBBM
Topere, the Sailor
KMOX
WOC
WCCO
Lum
Abner
the Geoes Creek Parson
WGST
Nanos Dare
Weaf da
Charles Stenrose
WJZ
WARBC
WEAF
Salon Musicale
Breakfast Club
KMO
Bill
Ginger
Tim Healy
WE Kmo
Betty Crocker
Sea Armstrong
Patti Chapin
Woco
Ana Cozzi
Ain c
Renfrew of
Husbands and Wives
Rupert Hughes
Hildegard
Singer
Roosevelt Progress
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
WBA
Phil Levant
Election Bet Loser To Get Face Washed With Eggs
Nebraska City reports a light election bet scene. If Roosevelt wins, Joe Phillips will wash Mason Colbert’s face with a dozen eggs at the courthouse square. If Landon wins, Dinty Moore will wash Phillips’s face with eggs at the same location.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Roosevelt
Joe Phillips
Douglas
Court House Square
Mason Colbert
Landon
Dinty Moore
Phillips
Former Nazi prisoner to speak in Iowa City
Gerhart Seger former Nazi prisoner will discuss The Church Struggle In Germany in the senate chamber of Old Capitol Iowa City tonight. Seger once edited a social democrat newspaper and authored Oranienburg later titled A Nation Terrorized in the United States. He was arrested in 1933 spent months in Oranienburg before escaping to Czechoslovakia. His wife and 17 month old child were also seized and held in concentration camps. she was released after four months.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Germany
Senate
Old Capitol
Gerhart Seger
Seger
Social Democrat
Oranienburg
United States
Czechoslovakia
Fourth district union endorses Waukon man for congress
The Fourth district national union for social justice endorsed W. L. Peck of Waukon, a former labor candidate for congress, on Sunday in New Hampton.
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NEW Hampton
National Union For Social Justice Sunday
W. L. Peck
Waukon
Congress
Ben Gay offers quick relief for sudden lumbago pain
The ad promotes Ben Gay, the Dr Jules Bengue formula from Paris, as a fast soothing pain reliever for lumbago. It urges keeping the product on hand for emergencies and claims decades of use and effectiveness.
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Ben-Gay
Jules Bengué
Paris
Ben- Gay
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Maine
CCC
NYA
Radio Chain
NRA
Lawrence Group
Court House News
W. C. Uphoff
Ohare Mentors Orch
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Dan Fialding
Weaf Ain
Merrymakers
Rochester Civic Act
Dr. Joseph E. Maddy
Music Guild
Golden Melodies
Hollow
Pearce
NBS
George Prosthereer Orch
Billy “Mills and Company
Three Marshals Trio
Dog Heroes
Tat Radio
Mid-West
Waukon Man
Ouch
Baume “Ben-Gay
New York
Martin
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