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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1935
Page
12
The piece notes mounting chaos in the works relief plan to employ 3,500,000 by November 1 and the rail crossing elimination program stalling due to a funding and responsibility clash. Ohio and Texas progress only after railroads fund part of costs.
Two men including Garrett Garvan a former police officer were arrested in Chicago on kidnapping and assault charges. They forced Marie Rappaport to dress after showing a stolen badge and demanded ransom while robbing her of one dollar. Authorities stopped them as they tried to flee with their hostage.
Probate No 33081 in Linn County Iowa District Court states Cal Johnson executor seeks authority to sell decedent Rome Iver Ford s real estate to pay debts The hearing is set for 9 00 p m October 30 1935 at the Cedar Rapids Court House Iowa You may appear to show cause why authority should not be granted Cal Johnson Executor Gilbert E Mains Attorney for Executor
In New York a hospital fire confined to an outer wall began from a shorted circuit. Nurses moved 37 patients and 10 babies to safety in the east wing, preventing panic as fire crews arrived. One night nurse alerted staff, and twenty nurses led the evacuation while patients in the west wing were moved or flooded.
W Dean Barnhizer reports to County Attorney and Sheriff that he may have struck Mrs Mary Louise Scott who died after a highway collision three miles south of Central City. He says he swerved after seeing an object in the road and found a dent only later.
IOWA NEWS IN BRIEF reports a house party at the Wesley Horak home celebrating the Kubik couple’s fortieth wedding anniversary with a mock wedding staged by Cedar Rapids residents and music. Attendees came from Brandon Vinton Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Ely.
Dr and Mrs J Stuart McQuiston travel to Pittsburgh for their father's illness and will return Friday. Charles Burda l 225 Fourth street SE suffered a dislocated thumb at work and remained in St Luke s hospital. Spence Snyder 48 of Sixteenth street NW fined 25 dollars and costs for intoxication with fine suspended. Mrs J G Steinkopf of Ryan recovering after emergency operation at St Luke s hospital formerly Olive Bushnell of near Cedar Rapids.
The Sunshine Mission reports a demand for heating and cooking stoves for needy families. A wood burning stove is immediately desired. People with stoves to donate should call 2 8632 at the Mission.
In the diamond medal state W C T U contest at Waterloo Friday Woodrow Bontrager Marcia Louise Prather and Earl Youtzy will enter the competition each of the three having won earlier honors.
A dense listing of radio programs across NBC CBS and local networks detailing performers, show titles, and network times from morning through late evening. Notable items include Grace and Eddie, Mary Ells Ames cooking, the Merry Macs, National Farm and Home Hour, Army band, and various orchestras and dramatic sketches.
Willard Goddard reports his daughter Lillian 14 left Sunday to visit grandmother and has been missing since. She is 5 feet 2 inches tall, 120 pounds, with light hair, wearing a yellow sweater and brown skirt. Last seen in Grove Court SE.
A Ford coach without license plates found Monday in the southwest city was identified Tuesday by the Automobile Protective and Information bureau of Chicago as the property of George E. McKenna of Iowa City. The car, reported stolen October 13, had two men seen fleeing the scene after abandonment.
Wayne Kenny, 23, of Manchester, was sentenced to ten years in the Anamosa reformatory on larceny of an automobile. Attorney H J Swift said an appeal to the supreme court would be filed. Kenny was linked to a year-old theft of an auto truck from Lauser Hardware with Glen Franks and Lloyd Smith.
The Canadian department of interior, citing a national defense department recommendation, plans to improve the Fort Smith Northwest Territories landing field. It is currently used only in winter with ski-equipped planes.
Des Moines AP Judge Frank S. Shankland heard new evidence in the Tolerton and Warfield case against the Iowa chain store tax. Walter H. Richter testified the tax would push Council Oak stores into red, noting projected losses for 1932 to 1935 under the law. Nineteen other chain-store companies have filed federal suits seeking to bar tax collection.
Special to The Gazette reports 35 trial jurors summoned for the second full term of Winneshiek County district court in Decorah to appear November 25. Grand jurors reporting November 18 include Calmar, Decorah, Glenwood, Highland, Hesper, Jackson, Lincoln, Military, Washington and other towns with named individuals listed.
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