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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1939

Page

50

HALT LABOR PARLEY TO PRAY FOR PEACE DES MOINES

Members of AFL unions at a mass meeting in Des Moines joined in a silent prayer for democracy in Europe. The gathering endorsed a one day mass demonstration at Younker Brothers store where 33 building service employees have been on strike since August 2. John Connolly Jr. urged the prayer noting that war threats abroad overshadow domestic troubles. Also speaking were A A Couch, president of the Iowa State Federation of Labor, and J C Lewis, Couch’s predecessor now an organizer for the CIO.

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

Mount Auburn Man Fined And Jailed For Drunk Driving

Mount Auburn resident Wheeler pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated before Judge L. J Kirkland in district court. He was fined 300 dollars and sentenced to 180 days in jail. Wheeler, father of five, sought parole but was denied and has remained jailed since his Aug. 22 arrest in Vinton.

Vinton Earl (Shorts) Wheeler Mount Auburn L. J Kirkland Wheeler

Cook Changes Plea On Witness Stand

De W it t Clinton Cook 20 refused to repeat his account of killing Anya Sosoyeva and bludgeoning two other young women on the witness stand. Judge Clarence L Kincaid set aside prior guilty pleas and entered innocent pleas with a trial scheduled for October. Cook formerly lived at Waterloo Ta.

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

Walker News Sold to Alan Adamson of Beloit Kansas

Publisher Lee Aldrich of the Walker News sells the paper to Alan Adamson son of Beloit Kan. Beech er, long time business manager, moves to Cedar Rapids to work. Aldrich couple return to Los Angeles. Adamson couple to move into Mary Woodfin home vacated by Beechers.

Gazette Walker R_ FE Lee Aldrich Walker News Alan B. Adamson Beloit Kan Tra A. Beecher Cedar Rapids Aldrich Los Angeles Adamson Mary Woodfin the Beechers

Hall Manufacturing Company Amends Articles of Incorporation

Notice of a July 18 1939 special meeting of all stockholders Cedar Rapids Iowa for Hall Manufacturing Company reports Article IV amended to reduce authorized capital stock to 100000 divided into 4000 common shares and to reclassify 1000 preferred shares into common stock with par value 20.00. New rights, certificates, and treasury stock provisions are outlined along with voting and transfer rules.

Hall Manufacturing Company Cedar Rapids Iowa TV J Treasury Board of Directors Code of Iowa of and Acts Ise of Town TNS 1S Manufacturing Company D M. Hall In, Summons and

Brooklyn to vote on municipal electric plant plan

Brooklyn residents will vote Sept 22 on building a municipal electric plant followed by a Sept 29 vote on renewing the town franchise with Iowa Southern Utilities company. Special notices urged rate reductions for Brooklyn customers.

Brooklyn Iowa Southern Utilities Company Town Southern Utilities Company

New Paved Route 261 Opens to Hawkeye Fans

Iowa City prepares for Hawkeye football crowds as the final section of highway 261 from Newport to Solon is slated to open. The short cut will ease travel for Northeast Iowa fans. District court business in Town City will be handled by Judge James P. Gaffney in place of Judge Harold D. Evans next Tuesday and Thursday while Evans is on vacation. Lone Tree marks its annual Johnson County employee picnic on Sept. 10 with chairmen Ella Kelly Fay Musser Roy Mulford and Mrs Ed Sulek coordinating committees.

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 Bede Hilda Dondelinger Howard Ellson Marion Anna Hoffner Alfred L. Hoffner Clarence Winifred Dice Kenneth Dice TRAER John Elmer Saunders Reinbeck Thomas Anderson Lenox Rae Fleming Dinsdale Iowa City Iowa Hawkeye Newport Solon District Court Town City James P. Gaffney Harold D. Evans Lone Tree Johnson County Ella Kelly Fay Musser Roy Mulford Ed Sulek

Notice of Probate Hearing for Sor Wehrend Will

In Lins County Iowa District Court notice is given that on September 1 1939 at 9:00 A M an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Sor Wehrend late of the county will be presented for proof and admission to probate before the District Court. Dated Cedar Rapids September 1939. Clerk Edwin W Lihdoulst Don Hines attorney.

Frorste State of Iowa Lins County Cedar Rapids Edwin W. Liandouist Cour Don Hines

Monticello Couple Helen Heiken Weds Raymond Hoag

Miss Helen Heiken daughter of Mr and Mrs G J Heiken and Raymond Hoag son of Mr and Mrs R C Hoag, both of Monticello, wed at First Presbyterian church in Dubuque. Ceremony led by Rev Arnold Buol with Mr and Mrs Leslie Reade as attendants. The couple will live in Monticello where Hoag works with his father in Hoag Duster company.

Monticello Helen Heiken G. J. Heiken Raymond Hoag R. C. Hoag First Presbyterian Church Dubuque Arnold Buol Leslie Reade Hoag Mr Hoag

Washington teen sues coal firm over truck injuries

Donald Bailey aged 17 of Muscatine county sues C. E. Phillips of Phillips Coal Co Washington seeking 4500 dollars for injuries after a truck owned by the defendant and driven by Marion Buckwalter struck him.

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

Unsettled Weather Ahead for Labor Day Weekend

DES MOINES Iowa cooler weather with likely local rain showers marks the start of the Labor Day weekend Cooler conditions are expected Sunday in extreme western areas Statewide on Saturday mornings temperatures averaged nine degrees above normal The highest reading was 90 at Carroll and the low 59 at Decorah Rain was reported in Estherville Inwood Dubuque Davenport had a trace while Decorah Sioux City and Fort Dodge saw small amounts of rain

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

Tama Indians Repeat Powwow Sundays and Mondays

The Mesquakie Tama Indians announce a second summer powwow with afternoon and evening programs on Sunday and Monday. After rainouts in August, the event will feature tom-toems and bright costumes, with Governor George Wilson and Secretary of State Earl Miller delivering talks on Monday.

Gazette George Wilson Earl Miller

Hiawatha Pageant To Headline Omaha Event Each Evening

Afternoon program features Indian courtship and marriage rites. Main event is the Hiawatha pageant directed by Claudine Humble Rolls of Omaha Nebraska. Each afternoon a ball game pairs the Tama Indians against the Capital City Giants Des Moines Negro team.

Claudine Humble Rolls Omaha Neb Giants Des Moines

Iowa Girl Wins Claire Oliphant Memorial Scholarship

Mary E. Jones of Irala won the $240 Claire Oliphant memorial scholarship as outstanding daughter of an auxiliary member in a contest judged on scholarship leadership Americanism and character. The winner is the daughter of Zenas Jones, Ira war veteran YOLEDO-Floyd West. Gladbrook pled guilty to attempting to enter a building in Tama county and was sentenced to six months in jail with probation for good conduct.

Yoledo Floyd West Glaidbrook Bob Tankersley Tama County West Harry Sharp Kenneth Hunnicutt Gladbrook

Wagner Pleads Not Guilty in Drunk Driving Death Case

Kenneth J Wagner 31 Marshalltown undertaker entered a not guilty plea in district court on charges of operating an automobile while intoxicated in a fatal June 8 crash on highway 30 near Belle Plaine. Bond set at 2500 was continued after the plea and court appearance. Mrs. John L. Robinson of Trinidad Colo. died the following day. the coroner's jury investigation preceded the case.

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

Linn County Board Proceedings 1939 Coal Purchases and Audits

The Linn County Board of Supervisors met August 22 1939 to approve welfare board employee salaries and authorize coal purchases for the Linn County Home and Cedar Rapids poor relief. Contracts for 600 tons lump steam coal with a 100 ton option were awarded to the Northern Sodding and Fuel Company at 5 a ton with bids to be reverified. warrants for unsuccessful bidders to be reissued. The board waived rights to claims against the estate of Alfred Gave, set bid notices for culvert pipe and coal purchases, and approved September 11 1939 as bid receipt dates. Several salaries were approved effective September 1 1939 and numerous claims for relief and county services were listed for payment. The meeting adjourned to September 8 1939.

S Fervisors Linn County Lowa State of Iowa Joseph J Roeder Edwin J Hurley Eloise E Bittner Cedar Rapids Beeson Superviss Sttrim Kuthhern Sodding and Fuel Company Sag Per Ton Aye” Thervon Seevell Alfred Lina County Emma Gaye Conny Widows Pension Fund Ruth Bain Gildvs Hayess Juder Thomas B. Powell Stirm Thecen Stupervisor Beeson Cedary Rapids Ierecon Jane Anderson Tovestizator Relief Department Elena Hattzell

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