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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1939

Page

3

Halt Labor Parley To Pray For Peace

Labor leaders in Des Moines urged unity and prayers for democracy in Europe during a Friday night mass meeting. They endorsed a one day demonstration at Younker Brothers department store where 33 building service workers have been on strike since August 2. John Connolly Jr spoke alongside A A Couch and J C Lewis on the need to focus beyond local troubles amid looming war threats.

DES Moines American Federation of Labor Unions Europe Younker Brothers Department Store Building Service John Connolly Connolly A. A. Couch Iowa State Federation of Labor J. C. Lewis Couch CIO

Mount Auburn Man Fined And Jailed For Drunk Driving

Earl Wheeler of Mount Auburn pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated before Judge L. J. Kirkland. He was fined 300 dollars and sentenced to 180 days in jail. Wheeler, father of five, was denied parole and has remained in jail since arrest on August 22.

Vinton

Cook Changes Piles On Witness Stand

De Witt Clinton Cook, 20, refused to repeat on the witness stand his account of killing Anya Sosoyeva and bludgeoning two other young women. Judge Clarence L. Kincaid set aside previous guilty pleas, entered innocent pleas, and set a trial for Oct. 4. Cook formerly lived at Waterloo, Iowa.

Los Angeles DeWitt Clinton Cook Anya Sosoyeva Clarence L. Kincaid Cook Waterloo

Kansas Man Buys Walker Newspaper

Walker News publisher R. E. Lee Aldrich has sold the paper to Alan B. Adamson of Beloit. Ira A. Beecher, previously business manager, will relocate to Cedar Rapids to work. Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich return to Los Angeles. The Adamsons move to the Mary Woodfin home vacated by the Beecher family.

Gazette Walker R. E. Lee Aldrich The Walker News Alan B. Adamson Beloit Kan Ira A. Beecher Cedar Rapids

Hall Manufacturing Company Amends Articles of Incorporation

A special meeting at Cedar Rapids Iowa on July 18 1939 approved Article IV reductions and reclassification of stock. Authorized capital becomes 100000 dollars divided into 5000 shares of common stock par 20. Preferred shares convert to common and holders gain rights or lose special preferences. Board may issue treasury stock in place of preferred shares. All common stock to be fully paid and equal, with one vote per share. no stock issued until full payment received.

Hall Manufacturing Company Cedar Rapids Iowa Treasury D. M. Hall Trewin, Simmons and Trewin Eerwtaetwe Helen Bray Relief Department Virginia Sigmund Beeson Seevell Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company Ed Schuknecht Court of Justice W. A. Ball Stirm Stirm and Andrews Alvin Pie Seeee Adams Burns Willard Boston Butterfield Dr Blue Valley Butterfield Broulck Marvin L Briney W P Ry Co Cabbage Anna Coreys City Fuel Co Solrel Cady Mrs Geo R Gas Co Drew Davenport Ellen George Derby Duster Dicks Coal Yard Dewees Bros And Whitney Davenport Ellen Edwards Joe Etzel Floyd Economy Lumber Co Fry Dairy Fry Geo W First Ave Griffin P Gazette Co Goodridge Eva Hach Bros Co Hruska Mfg Co Ia Mfg Co Kerns LaVelle Anna Mercy Hosp Moravec Dr E L Merose Dairy Poor Me Too Groc Melrose Dairy Mrech Groc Chas Mitralisky Jos J May John Hawkeye Maric Sentinel Mickel Jennie H Miller Malloy McKeeby McMahon Owen C E Philipson É A Patterson James Smith James H Criminal Invest Star Printing Co Ofc St Luke's Virginia Jamek Josephine S Mary Shelton J C Sol Travnicek Stanley Ton Ag Bank Walbrang Bammert Barrett

Brooklyn voters weigh municipal electric plant and franchise

Brooklyn residents will vote September 22 on whether to build a municipal electric plant and September 29 on renewing the town franchise with Iowa Southern Utilities. Notices also warn of lower rates to Brooklyn customers.

Brooklyn Iowa Southern Utilities Company Montezuma P. J. Siegers Iowa Light and Power Company Elmer Hicks Friday

New paved highway eases Hawkeye fans trip to Iowa City

Northeast Iowa football fans will access a new paved final stretch on Highway 261 from Newport to Solon, opening soon to traffic. District court in Iowa City will be handled by Judge James P. Gaffney next Tuesday and Thursday in Judge Harold Evans’s absence. Lone Tree park hosts the Johnson County employee picnic on Sept 10 with chairs and committees named. Notice of Will hearings for John Wehrend’s estate set for Sept 18 in Linn County District Court, with Edwin W. Lundquist and Don Hines listed.

Newhall Franklin Thompson Robert Curtis Greene Merle Anderson Hawarden Ruth Barnes Marcus Elizabeth Nicholas Williamsburg Bernita Brundage Waterloo Helen Gilroy Lost Nation Agnes Boddicker Hazel Wheeler Naomi Erickson Manly Wanda Knudtson Bode Hilda Dondelinger Howard Ellson Marion Cedar County Anna Hoffner Alfred L. Hoffner Clarence Winifred Dice Kenneth Dice TRAER John Elmer Saunders Reinbeck Thomas Anderson Lenox Rae Fleming Dinsdale Saunders Iowa City Iowa Hawkeye Newport Solon James P. Gaffney Harold D. Evans Lone Tree Johnson County Ella Kelly Fay Musser Roy Mulford Ed Sulek State of Linn County District Court John Wehrend Said County Cedar Rapids Towa

Linn County Board of Supervisors Proceedings 1939

Linn County Iowa August 22 1939 agenda approves salaries for Social Welfare staff and coal purchases for the Linn County Home and poor in Cedar Rapids. Bids rejected and new specs drawn for coal. contract awarded for steam coal. claims and warrants authorized. various relief vouchers listed. adjourned to Aug 29 1939.

Board OF Supervisors Linn County Iowa State of Iowa Linn Cedar Rapids Seeveil Linn County Social Welfare Board Joseph J. Roeder Edwin J. Hurley Eloise E. Bittner Beeson Stirm Seevell Kutchera Sodding and Fuel Company Alfred Gage Emma Gage Widows’ Pension Fund Ruth Bain Gladys Hayes Thomas B. Powell Ave Strm Ave. Groc Arthurs Radio Co Alburnett Baldwin Frank B. Oseer Blue Valley Dairy Blauls Sons Co John Benesh L E Borschel Brown Realty Co Baker Paper Co Beatty Mortuary Butters Groc Buehler Bros Groc Sol Rel Biderman Adolph Burge Anson Black Co W G Bokerneys Rprs Bunting H I Peenes Robert C R Gas Co Crescent Macaroni and Cracker ‘Co Lillian Coover Annabelle Castle E B Cooper Dairy Coreys Groc Cach Glass Co M. Dt Carpenter-Johnson Co Drahos Joe Darden H G Brushba Flec Motors Co Evane Foughty Ona Feiereisen L. Sol First Ave Fravners Cafe Family Fisher Drug Co Pris Exp Faltis Wm Jail Houser Dr J D Harris Laura E Hines Mary Heverly O Jay Hunte Ralph Hladky Mary Helmich Daniel Hedges Co Sol Homes Oil & Gas Co Kero- Woo Ieee oSee Duster, Bros. Jati Drake Dwyer Dudek Helman Hruska E E Holden-Rehier Co Hannahs Sine Lives & Sense Co Ceey Peimtee Eos Ives-Frana Coal Co Elec Light & Power Bae Light Jonas Stanley Kresge Ruble Howe Co Rubias Howe Co Kopecky Ee Kacena Co Kennedy S M LeGuire Amos Kreici Bros Groce Lefebvre Corp Bi. Light & Power

Monticello Couple Wed in Dubuque Ceremony

Helen Heiken daughter of Mr and Mrs G J Heiken and Raymond Hoag son of Mr and Mrs R C Hoag both of Monticello were married Friday at the First Presbyterian church in Dubuque. Rev Arnold Buol officiated and the couple plans a post wedding trip through the southern states before settling in Monticello where Hoag works with his father in the Hoag Duster company.

Anamosa John G. Taft Forest Community Forest Chapel Harold Knight Taft Michigan Jones County Fairview Township Jesse R. Taft Arlo Taft Gillette Wyo Ray Taft Washington, D. C Independence Alvin Town Buchanan County Rural Electrification Cooperative Marion Miller Hettie Miller Arnold Nabholz Lewis Nabholz Wesleyan Methodist Parsonage J. A. Treese Miltonville Kan Nabholz Monticello Helen Heiken G. J. Heiken Raymond Hoag R. C. Hoag First Presbyterian Church Dubuque Arnold Buol Leslie Reade

Youth sues coal firm for 4500 dollars over truck accident

Washington 17 year old Donald Bailey of Muscatine county filed suit against C. E. Phillips of Phillips Coal company Washington seeking 4500 dollars for injuries from a truck owned by the defendant and driven by Marion Buckwalter.

Washington Donald Bailey Muscatine County C. E. Phillips Phillips Coal Company Marion Buckwalter

Weather unsettled for holiday weekend in Iowa

Cooler weather with possible local thundershowers is forecast to start the Labor Day weekend in Iowa. Sunday will bring cooler conditions to extreme west portions. Saturday morning averaged nine degrees above normal across the state with highs to 90 at Carroll and a 59 at Decorah. Rain was reported at Estherville Inwood with traces in Dubuque Davenport and light showers at Decorah Sioux City and Fort Dodge.

Des Moines Iowa Carroll Decorah Weather Bureau Estherville Inwood Dubuque Davenport Sioux City Fort Dodge

Tama Indians Repeat Powwow Sunday Monday

For the second time this summer the Mesquakies will present their powwow with tom-toms and colorful costumes. Shows will run in the afternoon and evening on Sunday and Monday, with Monday’s program featuring talks by Governor George Wilson and Secretary of State Earl Miller.

Gazette TAMA George Wilson Earl Miller

Hiawatha Pageant Heads The Afternoon Film Schedule

The Indian courtship and marriage rites will be shown each afternoon and the pageant Hiawatha directed by Mrs Claudine Humble Rolls of Omaha Nebraska will be the main feature each evening. There will be a ball game each afternoon between the Tama Indians and the Capital City Giants a Negro team of Des Moines.

Claudine Humble Rolls Omaha Neb Giants Des Moines

Iowa girl Mary Jones wins Claire Oliphant memorial scholarship

Mary E. Jones of Ira Iowa was named outstanding daughter of an auxiliary member and awarded the $250 Claire Oliphant memorial scholarship by the Past Presidents Parley of the American Legion Auxiliary. The contest honors scholarship leadership Americanism and character among high school graduates. The winner is the daughter of Zenas Jones Ira war veteran.

West pleads guilty in Tama County court for night entry

Floyd West of Gladbrook pled guilty before Judge B O Tankersley in Tama County District Court to attempting to enter a building at night. He received six months in the county jail, suspended for good conduct with a one year parole to Sheriff Harry Sharp. An appeal bond was set at $1000. The offense involved entering the basement of a building owned by Kenneth Hunnicutt in Gladbrook on July 24.

Toledo Floyd West Gladbrook B. O. Tankersley Tama County West Harry Sharp Kenneth Hunnicutt

Wagner Pleads Not Guilty in Drunk Driving Death Case

Kenneth J. Wagner, 31, a Marshalltown undertaker, pled not guilty in district court to charges of driving while intoxicated and manslaughter after a June 8 accident on highway 30 that killed Mrs. John L. Robinson of Trinidad, Colorado. Bond set at 2500 in Belle Plaine justice court was continued. Wagner was arrested after a coroner's jury investigation on June 13 and has remained free on bond.

Vinton Kenneth J. Wagner Marshalltown L. J. Kirkland Justice Court Belle Plaine Kirkland Wagner John L. Robinson Trinidad Colo Robinson

Toledo suits seek judgments for promissory debt and legal services

Frank A. Suchy sues Mike Kess of Elberon for 317.37 on a promissory note dated June 25 1927. Claire M. Walters executrix seeks 1288 from Central Iowa Telephone Co of Toledo for legal services rendered and expenses incurred on behalf of the corporation during C. E. Walters lifetime.

Toledo Frank A. Suchy Mike Kess Elberon Amoan Claire M. Walters C. E. Walters Central Iowa Telephone Company

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