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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1937
Page
22
Iowa State Tax Chairman Louis E. Roddewig predicts about 1.25 million dollars will remain after homestead refund payments to counties this month, providing funds for the 1939 session. He notes valuations will rise slightly and the full 25 mills can still be paid, with last year's surplus bolstering the 1938 payments.
Des Moines AP says Iowa faces sleeping sickness in horses with extent unknown until after frost. Dr. H A Seidell notes no wholesale slaughter. 850 veterinarians to report cases and fatalities next month. Disease spreads via mosquitoes, not horse-to-horse, and cold weather may curb it. Dr Walter L Bierring agrees no human transmission evidence.
Des Moines AP reports a jurisdictional dispute between the CIO and AFL unions at United Brick and Tile and Des Moines Clay companies is settled. The CIO gains jurisdiction over the clay plant while AFL workers will lay brick produced by CIO members.
Fire of unknown origin partially destroyed the Riverside Floral greenhouse and spread to a nearby residence before being brought under control Saturday. The incident occurred in Humboldt and is being investigated by local authorities.
A. R. Corey, secretary of the Iowa State fair board, projected the eighty third exposition to profit about 54000, near the 1929 high of 55584.97 and well above last year’s 11476.17. Attendance reached 277342, exceeding last year by over 57000, with receipts at 316932.85 and about 12000 more anticipated from remaining revenue. The annual budget stood at 275000.
DES MOINES UP Sale of Guaranty Life Insurance Co Davenport to Occidental Life Insurance Co Los Angeles must gain Iowa insurance board approval Gov Nelson G Kraschel voiced distress at the merger and said the board will protect policy holders during the review led by the governor the attorney general and the insurance commissioner
Burlington AP A drive started to raise 1350 dollars for an iron lung after two local deaths linked to lack of artificial respiration. Several hundred dollars were pledged Saturday afternoon and chambers of commerce plan a mass meeting Tuesday to push the fund to the halfway mark and complete the goal soon.
Mrs James Welborn twenty giving birth to a healthy seven pound son at a Des Moines hospital after an automobile crash. She remained unconscious twelve hours after the accident while the eight hour old baby was active in the obstetrical ward.
E H Birmingham chairman of the Iowa Democratic State Central Committee said leaders will meet informally with Postmaster General James A Farley in Des Moines next Thursday. State officers, central committee members and county leaders will attend after a banquet for Farley. The committee will also meet Thursday afternoon for routine business.
Tom Foster, 28, a Morrell Packing executive from Sioux Falls, drowned while attempting to save his wife when their sailboat capsized on Lake Okoboji. His body was recovered by lake custodian S H Leland about 50 rods from Gull Point, three miles from the capsized site. Mrs Foster survived the incident.
Exposition tents rise as Hawkeye Downs hosts the All Iowa Livestock show September 6 to 10 with exhibitors from across Iowa. Grand Champion Duroc-Poland market barrow arrived from Des Moines, bought by Albert Stuart. Cattle superintendent Floyd Johnston surveys space as workers convert Frontier Park into the new venue.
Governor Nelson G Kraschel announced the Iowa state highway commission finances are in good shape with bond and interest requirements for November 1 met. He noted a comfortable reserve through the first half of 1937 and a substantial year end balance, following talks on contemplated projects and finances.
Newton authorities report Marjorie Johnson a 16 year old of Newton was fatally injured when the automobile she rode in crashed into a culvert north of Newton The party was returning from Marshalltown with driver David Longnecker 19 and Harold Richardson both injured in the accident
Special to The Gazette. Plans to develop the Kleinlein mill vicinity into a beauty spot in Strawberry Point Iowa include a large spring upstream near the old mill. A pond could be created by diverting water, stocked with trout to attract anglers. Landowners Charles Bradley Fred Miller and Carl Steinlein are involved with potential clubhouse grounds. A golf course and bathing beach are also proposed.
Mrs. B H Byers wife of Dr B H Byers city health physician fatally shot herself with a .22 rifle in a bedroom at their 303 North Franklin street home. The body was found at noon by the maid who went to call Mrs Byers to lunch. Motive cited as health and worry over a son. No inquest planned. Survived by husband and two sons Gerald and Donald both of Manchester. Funeral in Adel. arrangements pending.
DES MOINES AP Andrew Stewart secretary of the Iowa liquor control commission announced salary increases for Class A liquor store personnel effective Sept. 1. In Cedar Rapids store 20 clerks and cashiers saw monthly raises from 100 to 110 dollars, and from 100 to 105 for several clerks. In Iowa City store 52 employees including cashiers and clerks saw pay bumps from 100 to 110 dollars and 100 to 105 for others.
Hans Kettlitz, 63, longtime Monticello resident and former drugstore operator, died Saturday after a long illness. Born in Mecklenburg Germany on October 5 1873 he came to the United States at 18 and settled in Monticello. He later worked for Franklin Farm Equipment Co and managed the greenhouse in recent years. He married Rena Heuffler on May 8 1900 and is survived by a daughter Mrs W W Low of Chicago a son William a Coe College student and a sister Mrs Anna Buneruck of Berlin. Funeral plans are not announced.
Des Moines AP reports Sam S. Soprano 28 Mansfield Ohio was arrested by state fair police in a drive against race track bookmakers. He pled guilty in municipal court to gambling and making bets and was fined 75 dollars.
Byron G. Allen says July 1934 avalanche era high 5430 applications filed with state office. August 946 above average. Change in law shifted filings to state office sooner, aided by 11 million dollars annual pension funding and federal matching. 713,000 applications since 1934. 40332 pensioners at month end with $575,000 distributed.
Governor Kraschel issued a proclamation calling Iowa to observe Sept 17, 1937 to April 30, 1939 as the 150th anniversary of the signing and ratification of the U S Constitution. He urged schools to emphasize constitutional history and the constitutional convention and asked religious civic and fraternal groups to observe as they deem appropriate.
Des Moines and across Iowa mark Labor Day double holiday with picnics and state park events. Banks and offices close. major celebration at Union Park Des Moines features baseball races concerts and a speaking program led by U S Senator Guy M Gillette. Cedar Falls hosts the Benson Cooperative Creamery picnic with speakers and the Tri City Labor Congress picnic gathers at Clinton.
A fox terrier woke the Howard Hatcher family causing their escape in night clothes as their house burned down Saturday. The dwelling was destroyed.
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