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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1937
Page
5
The city council introduced and read twice an amendment to allow passenger vehicles on parkings on streets whose paving is under twenty five feet wide. Officials said the current ban is unwise as cars on narrow paving hinder traffic. Final passage is planned for next Thursday.
City council received a protest against a 4171 curb and gutter assessment filed by Robert A Hass of 1767 Mallory street SW A request by Sinclair Refining to lower and setback a sidewalk west of Fourth Street SE along Fifth Avenue was denied pending block-wide agreement Transfer of beer permits from 217 Eleventh Avenue SE to 111 113 Third Street NE was approved A 23550 transfer from park to public improvements funded oiling of streets near Sinclair Bever Van Vechten Riverside and Daniels parks A 13000 waterworks bond and interest payment was honored on Thursday
City council discussed providing water and sewer outlets to vacant lots and homes without connections along Sixteenth SW from K to Twelfth streets as the state highway commission plans a twenty foot paving slab. State official said paving would be free but extensions must be funded by property owners via assessments. council took no action leaving it to City Engineer Young and the legal department.
Prof Day kin discussed The Labor Question Shannon Little of Coggan named delegate to Iowa State Teachers Association meeting Kenneth Wilson of Alburnett club president presided.
Lloyd C. Grover, manager of the Cedar Rapids office of the Iowa State Employment service, spoke at a Waltoanians luncheon Thursday in the YMCA cafeteria. He described the office expansion, how unemployed persons are listed, and the rules governing the procuration of positions.
Firemen responded to Mrs Harriett Pitt at 1125 Ellis boulevard NW at 5 16 a m for a rubbish basement blaze that set the casement ceiling alight. The blaze was blamed on spontaneous combustion and crews remained on scene about twenty five minutes. Later at 8 14 a m five men were dispatched to 2055 Fourth avenue SE for a short circuit that caused a fire in an automobile owned by L K Sherman.
Seth Van Netter, 44, of South Wayne, Wisconsin, was fined 25 dollars plus costs in police court for intoxication and peddling without a license. Arrested at 4:45 pm after complaints of an intoxicated man abusing housewives who refused to buy his wares, including razor blades, pencils, shoe strings and thread. Fine suspended if he leaves the city.
Mrs. W. T. Cunningham reports a break in at her 1718 Maple drive NW residence. $6.50 was taken from a purse. The theft occurred Tuesday night, not between 9 and 10 a.m. Wednesday as first reported. She only missed the purse at 10 a.m. and recalls it was not seen since the previous night.
Seventy five thousand purple 3 cent commemorative stamps arrive at the Cedar Rapids post office as the first in a territorial series. The central design reproduces the statue of King Kamehameha I before a likeness of Iolani Palace in Honolulu, marking Hawaii under a single sovereignty.
John Krause formerly of 856 Oakland Avenue was chosen president of the senior class at Seattle Pacific College. He has led physical education for men there for two years and is a graduate of the American College of Physical Education. An inheritance tax of 49536 30 was paid by Edith J. Passmore estate in Cedar Rapids. No definite records confirm Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-on-Avon.
Mrs Elizabeth Chocholka 58 wife of Michael died at home 1507 K street SW Cedar Rapids after a long illness Born May 18 1879 in Mlinec Bohemia came to Cedar Rapids in 1898 Survived by husband two daughters a son a grandson and siblings in Czechoslovakia Funeral services planned at Barta chapel Sunday Details follow Daniel D Leatherman former Cedar Rapids resident died at work in Bethlehem Pa He is survived by wife two children and a sister Burial in Troy Mills cemetery with services at the Christian church at Troy Mills Saturday
Robert Thompson Kells died at his home at 2 20 a.m. Thursday after a long illness. He was born May 4, 1860 in Binghamton New York and lived in this city fifteen years. He married Sarah A Coleman on January 1 1898 at Ripon Wisconsin and they have a daughter Leona. Funeral services will be in Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday with burial at Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs H J Koechig of St Louis dropped dead on Rock Island No 19 near Traer about 3 am Thursday while traveling alone to Emmetsburg. Body removed at Dinsdale per Rock Island office report. Mrs Joe Emma Milligan funeral set for Bethel A M E church Friday at 2 30 pm with Rev W R Stewart. burial Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call Johnson funeral home.
Police puzzled in Long Beach as a prowler removed a window screen and left a $100 watch in Mrs. Ralph Brierly’s bed, a watch that had been stolen five months earlier. Rummage sale listings and watch repair ads appear nearby in classifieds.
T A Kelley a service station owner on Fifth Avenue at Tenth Street issued hand bills in form of police traffic tickets to advertise his station. The cards exacted offenses with X marks and were handed on automobiles. Kelley pleaded guilty in police court and paid $5 plus costs.
Two motorists L J Cook and M A Leoni were fined 25 dollars and costs each for reckless driving over alleged failures to yield to pedestrians with the green light. Both cases involved pedestrians crossing with a green signal at First street and Third street, with witnesses claiming the drivers impeded their right of way. Cook’s fines were largely suspended for good behavior, while Leoni pled guilty after initially pleading not guilty.
William Kinney, 16, of 825 avenue NW, suffered a wrenched back and knee when his bicycle collided with a car driven by J. W. Housman at Third avenue and Third street SW. Kinney, riding east across the intersection, was thrown against the car and examined by a physician.
On Wednesday evening 280 people filled Calvary Baptist Church to hear Evangelist Carl Bassett of Los Angeles in a two week revival. He described conversion as two deaths, one at Calvary and another to self daily. Chalk art and slide pictures accompanied the sermon.
The Rev. Mr. Bassett delivers a message titled Nail-pierced Hands. Services start 7 30 each evening except Saturday and close at 8 45. Meetings run through October 31. A colored chalk picture is given away at every service.
The Cedar Rapids area Scout council held the third annual Good Will dinner Wednesday at Roosevelt High School cafeteria with sixty nine attending. B J New burger, area vice president, presided as attendees introduced themselves and described their Scouting roles. Miss Laurene Goodrow prepared the meal for Camp Waubeck and Scouts of Troop 13 served.
Features of the Washington Scout Jamboree were shown. Dr. H. M. Gage, area president and president of Coe College, spoke on the service of scoutmasters and cubmasters and its significance in the community.
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