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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1937

Page

10

Three Ross Kidnappers Named in Letter

Chicago police follow up on a letter naming three suspects in the kidnapping of Charles S Ross. The missive claims two men and a woman arranged the abduction and hints at a ransom demand. investigators say Ross may be alive or dead but stress secrecy about the authors.

Chicago INS D. M. Ledd Acert Charles S Ross Geton Vielm Azzing Edgar Horve Federal Bureau Cnvestigation Rod Brown Ietter Ross Tama Neierbor

Former Local Man Released On Own Bond At LaCrosse

A La Crosse county judge set bail for Lawrence Mohac after a collision incident involving two cars. The hearing noted injuries to Zumer Hermes and Mara Hermen with ongoing investigations into the wreck and related charges.

LaCrosse LA Cross Lawrence Mohac Zumer Hermes Winenz Mara Hermen Nouetites Uae Herman

Man Receives Long Sentence in Daughter’s Suitor Slaying

In Eminence Missouri Jos elt Counts, 49, was convicted Saturday of killing his daughter’s would be husband Miller Crane, 25. Counts was sentenced to serve seventy years in prison for the murder committed last June 2 in the county where the couple allegedly attempted to elope with Nadine, then 15. A motion for a new trial was argued in October.

Joselt Gaveet Miller Crene Ena Crane Nadine

City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Notices

Clermont high school sent twenty students to visit The Cedar Rapids Gazette plant. Troop 12 of Box Scouts will hold a Parents night at Taylor school Monday at 7 30. Dr H J Borgstabler will speak at the Rotary Club on religious education at Mount Verne. Knights of Pythias and other local groups mention meetings and upcoming events at various halls and hotels. Community notices include ads for cooking schools and doctor referrals.

Clermont High School Cedar Rapids Box Scouts Taylor School Bis Scouts H J Borgstabler Corre College Mount Verne Roosevelt Hotel

Crash Report and Local Scouting Class Notice in One Item

A crash on a road near Maales involves vehicles and a listed vehicle owner while a separate university scout session outlines a Cubing program led by Henry Houseman and instructors. The notice names participants, times, locations, and topics for a Tuesday board session and a Coe College administration building venue.

Master Staves Russell Knepp Ocliss University of Scouting Coe College Henry Houseman Wil L. QC Tisdale Robert Glew N. Harold

Dentists and Doctors Debate Dental Focal Infection Tests

A column critiques the clash between dentists and physicians over focal infection from infected teeth. It explains ionization tests proposed by Dr Sherman to diagnose dental origins of systemic illness, contrasts with x ray evidence, and urges cooperative trial by dentists and doctors.

Myer Solis- Cohen Post J W Hahnemann Jacques L. Sherman DMD DDS Denter Sherman N. S Finzi British Medical Journal Sherman

Farmer Near Amana Found Dead in Barn

A farmer near Williamsburg was found dead in a barn on Friday. The county coroner ruled natural causes likely, and services are set for Monday at St Mary’s church in Williamsburg.

Amana Mareng Bachelon Woon Oi White J. A. White P. PW Williamsburg Andres St. Mary’s Church

West and McFann Direct the Handcraft Group

Attendance of 115 at last week's meeting set a new high for the University of Scouting Nearly Misses Dance. James Games at the Parkson tavern almost missed a Friday night dance after losing his trousers and billfold containing $7. another pair at home saved him. Two doctor's kit bags with names of a Waterloo medical partnership were found in a ditch. bags likely lay there six months. Narcotics in one bag suggested theft was not by a drug addict.

Darling E. V E. V. Durling Phivetoian James Games Parkson Tavern Second Avenue SE Waterloo Rer Rosd Joe Drakos Third Street Drahos John E. O' Keefe Water Preece Paul O'Keefe

Mussolini Son Vittorio Returns From U S Visit

Vittorio Mussolini, son of the premier, arrived in Naples aboard the Rex after a U S visit and traveled by car to Rome.

Naples Vittorio Mussolini Rex United States Rome

Airplanes Restart Journey From Los Angeles to the Orient

Nine teen planes halted en route to China resumed travel on Saturday after orders from President Roosevelt paused their voyage. Destination remained unidentified though officials suggested shipping them to the Orient aboard a foreign vessel. The aircraft were loaded onto freight cars, with Southern Pacific officials declining to disclose their destination.

Los Angeles INS Los Angeles Harbor Roosevelt Southern Pacific Company

Internal Revenue Reports Sharp Boost in First Quarter

Washington AP notes treasury data show total collections for the July to September period at 1 450 762 000 with a 440 767 000 rise over the same quarter last year. Fifty two of sixty five tax classifications posted higher receipts.

Washington Internal Revenue The Treasury

Christian Arab In Jerusalem Slain

In Jerusalem Martin Haddad a Christian Arab son of the former director of the German school was shot and wounded at the school gate on Saturday and described his attacker as a Jew.

Jerusalem Martin Haddad

Old Drum and the Trial That Made West’s Fame

The 1869 shooting of Old Drum, a kingville hunting dog, sparked a prolonged suit by Charles Burden against Leonidas Hornsby. In 1870 George Vest, an associate counsel, delivered a moving closing that praised dogs as man’s truest friend, helping Burden win the full $500 damages.

Drum Old Drum Abraham Lincoln Abe Edmund M. C French Old Drum Belonged To Charles Burden Kingsville Burden Leonidas Hornsby Hornsby Dick Ferguson Ferguson Charles Burden Court of Common Pleas John F Phillips Philips Sedalia George Graham Vest Phillips West Vest

Windsors End Visit In Germany Before Returning To Paris

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor wrapped up a Munich visit with a tour of the House of Arts signing in German and meeting Nazi officials. They viewed the temple of honor for 1923 putsch victims, discussed the failed coup with Hitler’s hosts, and then boarded a train to Paris after visiting factory workers and homes in Gem Jaim.

Munich Ins Duchess of Windsor Germany House of Arts Edward Duke of Windsor Herzog von Windsor Paris United States Temple of Honor Adolf Hitler Gem- Jaim Brown House

Cedar Rapids Dealers Offer Bargain Used Cars

Cedar Rapids auto dealers promote large inventories of used cars priced for quick sale to make room for upcoming 1938 model trade ins. Look in the Classified Want Ad section for the bargains.

Cedar Rapids Harper

She Dodged a Finesse in Washington Bridge Game

In a Washington Bridge League duplicate, Mrs. Franklin Van Nuys played North and narrowly avoided losing by a finesse blunder. The hand showed careful card reading and timing, culminating in a successful set of plays and a reminder that finesses carry only a fifty percent success rate.

Oday Washington North Franklin van Nuys Indiana West East Declarer

Mexican Bandits Raid Border Farms

A 3,000-acre border island near El Paso faces nightly raids by Mexican bandits looting cotton. About 100 raiders outgun local farmers who defend the fields. Sheriff Fox says an open assault would be fatal. Two raiders killed. snipers from dunes across the Rio Grande aid the thieves.

EL Paso Tex United States Chris P. Fox

Three Killed as Train Hits Oil Truck in Turlock

In Turlock California a Southern Pacific train crashed into an oil truck carrying USC football fans. Driver Verne Moore, passenger Frank Lopez, and train fireman A L Ford died in the blaze.

Turlock Calif Southern Pacific University of Southern California Berkeley Verne Moore Frank Lopez A. L. Ford

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