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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1934
Page
3
W C Rahke pwood and Glenn Gray of Grundy Center named to head Iowa Legion nominating committee. The sixteenth annual Iowa department convention accepted officers including vice commander candidate from Grundy Center, Elkader and Ida Grove, with pastors named for chaplain roles. Discussion favored a real draft policy to avoid Legion political entanglement.
Dr. H er Cornell president and Mrs Burgstahler with their daughter Faith return to Mount Vernon from Sioux City after convalescing since August 22 following an auto accident near Lyons Nebraska. They were on a trip to Colorado when the wreck occurred.
Oakley Neubauer of Walcott a 16 year old high school junior plans to take private pilot and later transport pilot exams in Davenport and Cedar Rapids after logging 55 hours in the air and soloing July 5 He expects to qualify as Iowa's youngest pilot upon reaching 18 in 2020. his father Leo Neubauer is a railroad section foreman.
One hundred Eldora businessmen forbid shaving until Sept 27 and plan a competition to honor the merchants with the largest whisker crop. Prizes will go to those with artistic sideburns and goatees. a $1 offense fine is set for shaving.
Iowa Nebraska district of the Vasa lodge of America closes a three day session in Des Moines. Elected officers include Chairman Marie Carlson of Omaha and Vice-Chairman August Peterson of Cedar Rapids. Other posts go to Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Cherokee residents with Sioux City and Omaha as executive board members. Past chair C Wesson named delegate to Winnipeg grand lodge in June.
Burglars gained access by knocking off the combination and forcing the front door. They hid in the building after closing Monday night and escaped with about $1,000 in cash from the Dorsey Bottling company safe, per GC. M. Bridge man, manager.
Public Works Administrator Ickes announced approval of a loan and grant totaling 285000 for a three story city hall and auditorium in Waterloo Ta. The project costs about 260610 in labor and materials with a 30 percent grant and the rest as a loan backed by 4 percent bonds. It will employ 72 workers for 14 months.
Safe blowers cut a three foot hole in a wall to loot a safe in a dress shop here Monday night. They also robbed the Eagles lodge for $100 and stole a cash register and radio from the Elks club. An attempt to enter the American Legion rooms failed. the 5 and 10 store was untouched.
The twelfth annual Sunday school convention of the Martelle Morley district was held at the Morley Methodist church. Program included musical selections, solos, readings, and addresses by Rev. A. J. Kindred and Rev. John Brunn. Officers elected include Gail Peet district secretary and divisions led by Sammie Weaver and others.
Sheriff J M Robinson says three youths Robert W Cline 21 John Cogil 20 and Harry El 17 confessed to a chain of August 20 robberies near Mason City including Robert Stewart of Clear Lake and two Osage filling stations where victims were stripped of trousers and shoes. Other August robberies in the region were not linked to them.
Dr William Horatio Phelps, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church of Des Moines, announces his resignation. Born in Cedar Rapids, he is the son of the Rev Stephen Phelps, first president of Coe College.
DES MOINES INS reports two serious Labor Day injuries in Iowa. Vernon Bane 4 Bagley suffered a mild brain concussion and arm injury after a car struck him near Adel driven by E R Anderson of Seer Tl. Gertrude Adreon 17 Sibley had her left leg amputated below the knee after a crash.
In Independence district court seven lots a grain elevator and two buildings forming almost all of Doris sold at public auction to Independence Mill Company for $1,260. The property owned by Buchanan County National Bank. Bertram Clymer family reunion and three birthdays held at Mina Clymer home with relatives from Pasadena Robins Minneapolis Cedar Rapids and other areas attending.
Funeral services were held for Frank M. Webb 90 at his daughter’s home in Stanwood. Born December 5 1843 in Fulton IL he and Louie Knight married February 5 1868 and moved in 1870 to Sac County to pioneer life. Surviving are his wife four children and five grandchildren.
In Sacramento the 17 year old Civerino Paiva confessed mistreating his sisters Mary six and Mareana seven after the two were found suffocated in an ice box. Deputies questioned him hours and he denied locking the box. The bodies were discovered by parents returning from the fields. An autopsy indicated mistreatment and he is held by juvenile authorities pending a district attorney conference.
Mrs. Margaret Skeels 92 oldest woman in Fayette died Friday at her daughter Mrs Edward Duffield’s home. Born November 19 1841 in Tiffin Ohio she married Lyman Skeels in 1864 a Civil War veteran. Surviving are son Mott Marengo Ill daughter Edward Duffield Fayette brother J A Sohn Wichita Kan and half brother Converse Sohn Anthony Kan.
Subsoil reservoirs, crucial during drought, refill across Iowa after the heaviest rain of the year. Towns like Creston, Greston, and Dubuque report significant totals, with western warmup and eastern deluges shifting rain bands. Forecasts expect temperatures to rise after rain, aiding relief in drought towns and marking the first substantial water surge since the drought began.
In San Diego a 33 foot fishing boat named Francisco exploded moored at the embarcadero early Tuesday after a gas line rupture. One man Frank Princapale died. Pasquel Crorras and brother Charles burned and injured. Two others missing presumed drowned. Fire and police probe ongoing.
Glen Haines an 11 year old boy from Mount Pleasant died in a hospital after being kicked in the face by a grazing horse while herding cattle He was riding a pony when the incident occurred and was found unconscious in a field dying after not regaining consciousness
Cleveland pilot Doug Davis predicted the Thompson trophy race course was too short and warned of possible fatalities days before he died in the crash. North Olmstead resident William Reeve, below the pylon, described the dangerous turns and Davis’s high speed piloting style.
A group led by Johnson resigns from supervising an industrial code board accusing the NRA of delays and policy vacillation. They fault the administration for lack of authority, uneven enforcement, and chiselers. Resignees include Erick Stevens New York and Clarence Beck St Louis among others.
American manufacturers spent about 1.5 billion dollars on all fuels in 1929 and purchased electrical energy worth nearly 0.5 billion dollars, reflecting the era’s industrial energy demand and growth.
Mr and Mrs Joe Smolik of Clutier observe their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a Sunday home gathering. Married in Chicago on August 30 1884 the couple now reside in Tama county. They have nine surviving children and both were born in Bohemia.
Des Moines AP reports Lew Wallace of the motor vehicle department announced the final refund of 765,910.50 to nearly 200,000 motorists who paid the 1934 license fee. Most refunds were about 3 dollars. some reached 155 dollars for owners with multiple cars. County totals list Polk at 42,147 and Linn at 23,476 among others.
Six weeks after a blaze at the William Davis residence next to Fred Lake, heat scorched cherry trees. Now the trees on the Lake property show green leaves and bloom on branches that survived the flames, signaling a return of blossoms.
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