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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1934
Page
16
W R Boyd told the Kiwanis club in Montrose hotel that English towns run graft free elections with taxpayer voters and unpaid officers. He praised English police as friends, not foes, and noted merit based selection and no sickly sentimentality toward criminals. He urged American cities to copy these principles.
Night schools formed from federal and city programs will open Monday at Grant High School. Classes run Monday through Thursday from 6 30 to 9 30 p m for twelve weeks, covering typing shorthand bookkeeping salesmanship advertising business English machine shop woodworking and more.
Federal surplus beef and veal allotments for Linn county relief clients are expected to arrive soon. Miss Cora Jacobs, Linn county director of relief, says the supply should cover a family of four with ten pounds of beef and ten pounds of veal each month.
Lieut Carleton K. Smith was re elected president and Lieut B R Averill secretary treasurer of the Armory board at its annual meeting Tuesday night in the Memorial building armory. The board, comprising all national guard officers in Cedar Rapids, oversees national guard functions and also serves as officers of the Officers club. Plans discussed included social functions for winter and general business conducted before adjournment.
Frank N. Stepanek of 2039 Bever Avenue SE, a World War II veteran with two years service, was nominated without opposition to be commander of the Hanford post. Officers will be elected at the October meeting, with the Legion year beginning October 20.
Cedar Rapids artist Arnold Pyle won the grand prize in art at the Central Iowa fair in Marshalltown for his painting Easter Morning. The fair attracted more than 3 000 visitors on Tuesday according to an International News Service dispatch.
Mrs. Alice Ferber, formerly with the New Orleans relief department, has been appointed to Linn County relief as case supervisor by the state emergency relief committee. A Missouri native and University of Wisconsin graduate, she gained experience in Madison and Dane County, Wisconsin before joining New Orleans.
Evangelist Eugene Palmer leads a Sunshine Mission event titled Mother-in-Law Night. A 7:30 service will be followed by a Mother-in-law club formation and prizes for oldest youngest prettiest mother-in-law and most children. Arthur Morrison and wife won Bible. Music by Cyrus Metcalf and Joseph Ainsworth.
A defendant seeks removal of a $22 800 damage suit by John J Earley against Milwaukee road to the Cedar Rapids federal district court The plaintiff alleges wrongful nonreturn after a department merger while on leave and seeks $7 800 actual and $15 000 exemplary damages He also seeks to recover lost salary and seniority rights A separate chancery action Money Corporation versus Kenneth M Winchell is dismissed without prejudice Theresa Reedy seeks divorce from Earl Reedy on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment Married May 9 1925 the couple separated October 29 1932
Rogers testified he helped fight the blaze aboard the Morro Castle after a radio room mutiny and a chaotic evacuation. He described how he stayed at his post with a towel on his head, sent SOS beacons, and aided passengers while flames and fumes engulfed the ship.
Ottumwa AP delegates at the Iowa State Policemen's association annual convention oppose extending the Beatty Bennett law and seek exemptions for police and fire departments if continued. They also urged a separate state highway traffic patrol ending at city limits with local police, and proposed a patrol under no governor's control. An American firm reports synthetic rubber tires tested but production costs remain higher than natural rubber.
Mercy hospital patient Mrs. George B. Burgert has returned home after an operation. Knights of Columbus plan a Rosary at J F Whelan 312 Sixth St SE at 7 30 p m Wednesday. Glen Robinson in the meat business filed a federal bankruptcy petition with debts of 7495 and assets of 557 with 350 exemption claimed. Fines for intoxication were levied on Harry Miner 1207 Fourth St SW Char Dedek rural route No 4 and Mud Rawlinson Los Angeles. Overtime parkers fined two dollars and costs each: D C Robb H M Soper and Mrs H T Hanson. Charles M Torrance seeks more time to pay debts in a federal court action under section 75. Mike Bethen 38 jailed 30 days for intoxication after complaints of profane language. M S Hughes 45 Mount Vernon pled guilty to assault on J M McLaughlin and was fined 100 and costs after an amended information replacing an original assault with intent charge.
Robert S. Cook as receiver for Cedar Rapids National Bank initiates two new federal actions to collect assessments from stockholders. The cases name John H. Mueller for 4200 dollars and C. H. Swab for 1200 dollars, bringing total suits to eleven. Maine Lodge No. 643 confers initiatory degree work on two candidates in its new 838 First Avenue East quarters. The degree team directs the ceremony with Captain John H. Cai las leading.
Senate munitions inquiry heard that Curtiss-Wright in March 1931 arranged a meeting between President Hoover and Chile’s aviation chief Arturo Merino to counter Prince Velas’s goodwill tour in America. Witnesses said Merino may have met army and navy officials rather than Hoover.
A report states Bolivia requests the United States army to provide propaganda flyers to aid its unofficial war against Paraguay in the Gran Chaco. It also notes a corporation's plan to mislabel shipments of arms bound for Peru.
Wellington resident Mrs May Morris of New Zealand ordered a rain cape from Armstrong Clothing after seeing The Gazette ads. She included the price in American funds and paid 48 cents postage for parcel post shipping from Cedar Rapids. Wellington lies about 14 000 miles from Iowa via New York and sea routes.
Grace Meggitt a 19 year old Fairbanks girl was found exhausted and near collapse and returned home safe Wednesday by trappers and woodsmen. A grizzled prospector known as Doc Cripes located her seven miles from the last sighting in a wolf and bear infested wilderness.
President Roosevelt insists federal bank examiners apply a rule of reason when passing on loans. He cites harsh examiner practices as too restrictive and seeks uniform, workable standards with Morgenthau and federal finance heads. He also notes NRA enforcement may move to the Justice Department.
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