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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1934
Page
22
A 45 year old housewife, Mrs. Nelson, confronted two bandits who beat her and demanded money. She drew a revolver, but the attackers fled with only $2.38 after a tense standoff near her chicken yard. She reported the incident and authorities began a search for the assailants.
National Methodist figures will attend the Iowa Des Moines conference starting Tuesday with Ernest Lynn Waldorf presiding. Laurence True Wilson will speak September 22, as 1500 plus pastoral charges and 450 churches in the state prepare for sessions in Council Bluffs. The program includes memorials for Rev. Truble and addresses by Bishop McDowell and Dr. Wilson, with ordination ceremonies and final reports slated for September 24.
WASHINGTON IOWA Senator mes E Pope’s only Iowa address will be in Washington next Thursday. The Democrat, originally planning speeches in several Iowa cities on a homeward trip from Washington DC, has cut his program to a stop here. He will be guest of Congressman Eddie C Elcher, his college classmate. A senator’s address will be at Central Park Thursday afternoon.
IOWA CITY The University of Iowa announces Ernst Freund as assistant to Dr. Arthur Steindler in orthopedic surgery and Dolph Meyer of St Paul to the engineering faculty. The appointments were approved by the state board of education at Cedar Falls. Freund will succeed Dr. Jenowski on the orthopedic staff and Meyer will assume teaching duties from Prof S M Woodward who has a leave of absence to work on the Tennessee Valley power project.
Federal Agent Orville Brock and three Illinois agents seized a 150 gallon still, 75 gallons of moonshine and 14 barrels of mash in a Gulfport raid. John Litken, held for federal arraignment in Peoria, lived in the cabin where the liquor was found, a location about half a mile north of the highway bridge across the river from Burlington.
Special to The Gazette reports Waterloo pastor Thomas P. Shaffer and Upper Iowa annual conference treasurer announced last week that 157,798 was raised for church investments. World service, pension funds, and hospital maintenance totals are itemized with 31,563 for world service and 10,060 for St Luke's hospital maintenance among others. Dr W W Bowers of Waterloo was favored as successor amid district superintendent prompts and crusade for cleaner movies adopted by the conference.
In Centerville Iowa a faction of small mine operators forming the Independent Coal Operators association rejected a state coal code offer to end price disputes. The proposal set a mine price of 2.65 per ton with a three cent per ton differential for the first five miles, limited to Wayne and Appanoose counties, but was voted down 32 to 15 amid past violence where trucks were overturned and a driver reported being shot at.
Governor Clyde Herring faced campaign jibes at the Democratic state convention as Republicans alleged state employees and equipment were used to prepare a lawn party with beer and watermelon. Herring joked the guest list included as many Republicans as Democrats and noted a similar party in the past.
The Coggon project revives the Manhattan Lake concept to power early mills and now adds recreation for swimmers fishers boaters and campers. A 600 foot dam across Buffalo Creek will back water into a fifty acre lake with a beach bath houses and a 14 foot channel for boats. Funding includes 5000 federal relief grant 1000 local and 2000 to 3000 from conservation and town fish and game boards. About 26 workers labor three days weekly under engineer R W Gerhart. The plan includes a migratory duck refuge and completion is expected next spring.
Des Moines reports the three point tax revision law now produces revenue in all divisions for the first time. Receipts include $302.53 for business corporation tax and $2.90 for personal net income tax, with sales tax estimates around $3,000,000 to date. The board notes the sales tax may exceed $14,000,000, while corporate and personal taxes due Jan 1, 1935, reflect fiscal year reporting ending June 30.
Dr. Carl F. Jordan of the Iowa Department of Public Health plans an inspection trip to Plymouth county after multiple typhoid cases were reported. He noted three cases in one family and said he doubts a serious spread but will seek further reports on the situation.
DES MOINES AP Projects of the 1934 35 emergency relief program in education in Iowa were announced to school superintendents Saturday by Miss Agnes Samuelson State superintendent of public instruction. Adult education and nursing courses are included in the projects. Needy unemployed teachers interested in working should file applications direct to their local school boards.
Drake University in Des Moines announces an upcoming course for radio operators. President D. D. Morehouse said the program will cover dramatic, commercial, and technical instruction for students entering the radio station business this month.
The Iowa state railroad commission granted Interstate Transit Lines of Omaha a passenger and freight motor service franchise linking Grinnell Sheridan and Tama. The move offers a direct Des Moines to Waterloo route without reducing Ames and Marshalltown eastward service. The board also allowed Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific to abandon some Des Moines area passenger and freight routes with 60 day interim service for all points except Grimes.
Special to The Gazette Iowa City thousands of prospective University of Iowa students arrive for rush activities and early registration. President Gilmore predicts a 25 percent freshman increase in liberal arts based on admission card applications as more than 5 000 students are expected in the next six days ahead of classes starting September 24 at 8 am.
E C Watson a former Fort Des Moines soldier will stand trial in Des Moines on a murder charge. He had pleaded guilty but the court will determine degree with witnesses for both sides and no jury. Watson 26 was indicted for the slaying of Charles Marvin 27 a taxi cab driver and former Vinton resident two weeks ago.
Des Moines AP report notes the 43rd annual Iowa Building and Loan League convention in Waterloo September 19 and 20 will center on the Federal Housing Act. About 200 representatives from 70 Iowa associations are expected. Day one features addresses by E. C. Glasson, R. S. Eickelberg, H. R. Hamger, and E. M. Klapka, plus C. J. Burns discuss state auditor relations with associations.
Congressman Ed C. Eicher invites the eight other Iowa lawmakers to attend a September 23 democratic rally in Iowa City where James Roosevelt will be guest speaker. The invitation came at James Roosevelt's request. An afternoon meeting at the University of Iowa fieldhouse is planned by the Johnson County democratic committee.
Iowa City to host Gertrude Stein as the first speaker on the Times club winter program with lectures planned at Columbia University and the University of Chicago. Other scheduled speakers include Kantor, Sterling North editor, Rousseau Voorhees, Tom Yoseloff, and potential guests Handy, Stong, and La Follette from Wisconsin.
National leaders prepare to rally in Iowa as Theodore Roosevelt leads a state event in Des Moines for Constitution Day. James Roosevelt will address Iowa City Democrats next week, while Farley, Turner, and other GOP and Democratic figures plan stops across the state amid tax and public spending debates.
Sioux City police held three youths as suspects in a strip robbery after M. L. Downing of Moville Iowa reported being robbed of his trousers shirt groceries and cash. Arrested were Cecil Mead 20 Walter Cooley 21 and George Gray 25 booked for investigation. The victim lost 9 dollars in groceries 4 dollars cash and his automobile.
The War Department announced candidates designated for West Point entrance exams. Iowa Fourth district names Sidney Ingraham of Mason City Ronald A. Shumway of Mason City and Harold J. Varhanik of Arlington as first and second alternates for Manly, respectively.
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