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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1934

Page

17

Federal Housing Loans Promoted By Local Banks

Federal Housing Administration loans are advertised as low cost mortgage credit with monthly payments and a 5 percent annual charge on the note. The article explains how a $200 loan would involve a $15.38 finance charge over 18 months and compares it to private financing, noting extensions are possible for delinquent borrowers and prepayment rebates apply.

James A Moffett Federal Housing Administration United States Abstracts Finance Handline Financial Institution Federal Housing Administraion

Checks For Grocers Who Filled Relief Orders Here

County relief office has received twelve hundred twenty five dollars in checks totaling from grocers who filled relief orders. Ben Tait, county relief chairman, announced on Wednesday.

Ben Tait

Shadle Pioneer and Cedar Rapids Park Custodian Dies at 98

Shadle, longtime Cedar Rapids resident and Plains scout who helped build Shaver Park, died at age 98. He began westward wagon driving at 13, mentored by famed scouts, and later served 13 years as park custodian overseeing road work. He is survived by two children, William Shadie and Lena Varney. Funeral services are set for 10 am Saturday at Beatty chapel with Oak Hill cemetery burial.

Denver Omaha Plains Shadle Cedar Rapids Shade Shaver Park Shadie William Shadie Lena Varney Beatty Chapel Oak Hill Cemetery

Linn County Iowa 1934 Supervisors Hear Budget Proposals

Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors met in September 1934 to hear the draft budget estimate. The board confirmed publication of the hearing notice in Cedar Rapids Gazette Mount Vernon News Ledger and Central City News Letter. No objections were filed and the final estimate was approved for certification and filing with the County Auditor. Names list of accounts and payments followed including poor relief and library expenses.

Cedar Rapids State of Town Linn Board of Supervisors Ton County Iowa Mount Vernon Bens Tully Busby Kennedy

Marie Conforti Pleads Guilty in Dillinger Gang Case

In Chicago Marie Conforti pleaded guilty in federal court to harboring John Dillinger and Homer Van Meter. The plea marks another federal strike against the Dillinger gang as indictments widen to St Paul and Minnesota sheltering sites.

Miss Conforti Chicago Marie Confort John Dillinger Dillinger Homer van Meter van Meter Marie Jonathan P. Barnes William Finerty Finertys Finerty Louis P. Piquett Piquett ST. Paul William Gray Harry Sawyer Department of Justice Marie Consort Frank Kirwin Marie McCarthy Walker Minn

Protestant Churches Refuse Reich Bishop Edict in Germany

The Bavarian and Württemberg Protestant churches refuse incorporation by the Reichsbishop Ludwig Mueller, deeming his order illegal and clinging to the July 11, 1933 church constitution. Bishop Wurm of Württemberg calls for unity under Hitler while doubting the current leadership.

Berlin INS Wurtemberg Hitler

Counterfeit Operation Found At Poor Farm Field

Federal agents traced the source of new money at the Ghester poorhouse to a corn field on the county poor farm. A crude furnace and molds produced bogus nickels, quarters and half dollars, authorities said. Luella E. Douglas is listed in the parcel records as part of the property on Goldsberry's addition with a note of $1 and valuable consideration dated 8-27-31.

West Chester Ghester Luella E. Douglas Lucile Douglas Goldsberry Marion

Three men held in murder of 13 year old boy

Indianapolis police questioned three men including Gilbert Jacobs 37 and two Jackson brothers 30 and 20 after the 13 year old Donald Dillon was found in a south side sewer. A rifle matching bullets found in the boy’s brain was traced to Jacobs. The boy’s mother Mrs Dimmie Dillon was employed by Jacobs as a housekeeper.

Indianapolis Donald Edward Dillon Gilbert Jacobs Dimmie Dillon Jacobs House Donald Dillon South Side William Jackson Addison Jackson Jacksons Shelby Street Dilson Donald Newby Tire Harold Hess

Meeting On Cedar Rapids Federal Housing Modernization Plan

A Thursday 7:30 p.m. gathering at the Chamber of Commerce will outline Cedar Rapids cooperation with the Federal Housing Administration program for building modernization and repair. Contractors, material dealers, bankers, and fire insurance men are invited. government pamphlets on federal repair loans will be distributed. The plans are led by a committee chaired by William C. Crawford.

Cedar Rapids Federal Housing Administration Chamber of Commerce William C. Crawford

South English rug prize winner at Killian's display

Mrs. Lottie M. Hotchkiss of South English won first second and third prizes for hooked rugs at the Iowa state fair. At Killian's this week she displays forty of her original pieces made from wool silk cotton and yarn. She will teach hooked rug making and stay through Thursday night.

Lottie M. Hotchkiss Killian Killian’s

Drought, Relief Chiefs Debate Santa Claus Rhetoric

Federal relief officials in several midwestern states met in Omaha to propose making relief recipients work for surplus commodities rather than receive gratis aid. The plan aims to shift from broad distributions toward work requirements, with FERA headquarters in Washington to evaluate the policy. The debate frames Uncle Sam as a reluctant Santa, balancing generosity with accountability.

Federal Emergency Relief Administration Minnesota Dakotas Nebraska Iowa Missouri Kansas Omaha FERA Washington Uncle Sam Santa Claus

Store Burglars Get Only 84 Pennies After Break In

Hard working burglars pried open a rear door at Eaton grocery on First avenue East and left with eighty four pennies. Owner William Eaton reported the entry occurred after 10 45 p m Tuesday and was first noticed at 6 10 a m Wednesday. A screen was removed and a night lock unlatch ed. No other items were disturbed. Neighbor Joe Haddad reported seeing two men forcing into his garage and gave general descriptions. Mrs Caldwell reported five chickens stolen from her coop Monday night.

Eaton Grocery First Avenue E William Eaton Joe Haddad Summer Street Haddad E. Caldwell Fifteenth Avenue

Plan for a Pint of Milk a Day per Child Initiative

Washington aims to provide a pint of milk daily for every child. Dr. Fred C. Howe and national women’s groups lead the campaign after a survey of 29,485 families in 59 cities found average milk intake 27 percent below the health threshold.

Washington Fred C. Howe Consumers Counsel The Farm Administration Howe

Ten Carloads Drought Cattle On Way To Cedar Rapids

Ten carloads of drought cattle are on their way to Cedar Rapids to be pastured on farms near here. County relief chairman Ben Tait said he was informed by the State relief office in Des Moines on Wednesday morning. Arrival time isn’t set, but more cattle are expected later. Farmers in the area have requested cattle.

Cedar Rapids Ben Tait State Relief Office Des Moines Tait

Levine Tries Suicide With Gas In Brooklyn Apartment

Charles A. Levine famous as the 1927 transatlantic passenger attempted death by gas in a Brooklyn home. He wrote notes to his host and mother before turning on six gas jets. a friend stopped him and he was rescued, later ruled out of immediate danger.

New York INL Charles A. Levine Clarence Chamberlin Germany Brooklyn Levine A. J. Walters Walters Pulmotor Palmotor A. J Chamberlin Roosevelt Field Columbia Berlin Charles A. Lindbergh Paris Hefts Westphalia Grace Nova Levine Mabel Bell

May Lump Control Of Three Major Crops Of South

The farm administration considers lumping the souths major crops cotton tobacco and peanuts into a unified production control. A unified grains program for corn wheat flax barley rye and grain sorghums is studied. Officials say a single adjustment contract would simplify administration, with true unified programs unlikely before 1935. The aim shifts from price-boosting scraps to soil conservation and efficient land use for best adapted crops.

Washington Farm Administration South Midwest AAA

Riverside family reunion at Ott home

A Riverside family reunion was held Sunday at the William and Alma Ott home. Attendees included Herman Leare and family from West Chester, Roy Snyder and son Allen, William Stevens and daughter Lou Ann, Agnes Rankin from Iowa City, Dudley Allen of Kalona, Fannie Buchwaller, George Allen and sons Joseph and George Jr and Vere Robert, Allan Frost and son Robert and daughter Eleanor, and Alma Ott.

Riverside William and Alma Ott Herman Leare Mary Jean Roberta West Chester Roy Snyder Allen William Steevens Lou Ann Agnes Rankin Iowa City Dudley Allen Kalona Fannie Buchwaller George Allen Joseph George, Jr Vere Robert Allan Frost Eleanor William Alma Ott

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