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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1937
Page
12
Consumers read Thrifty Ann's advice on value on the Certified Value Page. The column discusses stock market concerns, capital, and taxation impacts on business development, noting declines in stocks and bonds and the Treasury’s undistributed earnings tax.
Judge H C Ring in district court ordered six divorce cases be decreed within 44 days or risk dismissal. Attorneys must file decrees with the court promptly to avoid procedural penalties. The actions follow instructions given to expedite preparation and filing of decrees.
A deputy nabbed a man on Fifth Street NE after finding him with a bundle of cigars and other items. He claimed the goods were taken from an unlocked nearby automobile.
District court led by Judge C og Saturday restructured equity case assignments. New hearing schedule runs Monday through October 1 with cases including Stolkomber 27 Stottela vs Sto dda, Davis vs Davis, Pieper vs Cherry, Hoo Jensen vs Jensen, and more. Divorces granted for Mable Hayden, Ruth Johnson, and Sullivan B Kephart on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment.
The council plans to reopen debates on the proposed bus franchise ordinance Monday at its regular session. Major Frank Ko Hahn said the meeting could be lengthy with earlier Friday sessions leaving the matter unsettled.
Rumors claim police uncovered Nazism and Mussolini danger as two ring leaders remain at large in Bavaria after four accomplices are arrested. The plotters are said to disapprove of Japan’s bombings in Nanking and Canton despite joining an anti Soviet bloc with Tokyo Berlin and Rome.
Rome reports four Italian workers were executed at the scene of an attack that killed five Ethiopians on a road near Asmara. Officials say capital punishment may be used against nationals. the incident echoes a massacre at Moikote.
Marshal Warren S Letts of Columbus Junction collapsed and died while listening to a Washington Iowa football game broadcast at Hankins garage. He was 63, a longtime local marshal and farmer, survived by his wife and son. a funeral is pending with arranging family details.
The Young Men’s Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce sent invitations to all senior members for its fifth annual Days of Forty-Nine blowout. The event starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday at a Hawkeye Downs dairy barn with a cowboy band, casinos, a chuck wagon, and costume prize for the best Forty-Niner. Members may bring friends and pay at the door.
A roundup of social notices and civic events includes convalescence news for Mrs Henry Brazier 523 Second Avenue SW the Optimists club meeting a Saturday program by Attorney B L Wick a Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club gathering a church chicken dinner at St Wenceslaus Parish and weekend travel for Mrs Lula M Reeves 1341 B Avenue NE. Also listed are Cedar Rapids Saengerbund meeting plans Maine Lodge No 643 Third Degree work and a Town Navy recruitment quota update plus Rotarian Charles Day Palmer of Omaha addressing the Cedar Rapids Rotary Club with a businesslike view of US governance and reorganization.
In Moscow an INS report notes thirteen more alleged wreckers were sentenced to death. Seven were condemned at Severnoye and six at Feodosia in the sweeping purge.
Japanese air attacks devastate Nanking and Canton with heavy civilian tolls. Hospitals including the Central Hospital are struck. Mme Chiang Kai Shek visits the damaged site as the embassy and nearby water works are hit in the third raid.
Chinese Ambassador C T Wang charges Japan with willful disregard for war rules and international law. He cites use of poison gas at Nankou Pass, bombing of civilians, and attacks on Red Cross units, doctors, nurses, and hospitals behind Chinese lines.
DES MOINES AP Town farmers join with colleagues from six other states to launch a good will tour of the south. Last minute reservations were noted from Mr and Mrs James Green of Vinton. Vining Frank Vitek aged about 90 died Saturday at St Francis hospital Waterloo after an operation two weeks earlier. He was a lifelong farmer and is survived by his wife and three children Joseph of Minnesota, Frank on a farm west of here and Mrs Joseph Eze man two miles west of Vining. He also leaves three sisters Mrs Frances Apgar Mrs Mary Dudek of Belle Plaine and Mrs Victoria Benda of Dubuque.
The piece explains that new reporting and a $7 per $1,000 tax on securities may force revealing concealed assets. It notes Iowa's six mill levy on money and credits and suggests taxpayers shift holdings to avoid taxes. The discussion mentions transfers to other states and fake income reporting to evade taxes.
The article outlines alleged market manipulation around a corn corner led by MacMillan. Traders say long holders pressured prices while noting typical methods used in the trade. Some call for private hearings before the Washington based commodities exchange board and a potential damages suit.
Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Delta Theta led with most of the 244 pledges at the University of Iowa. Pledges come from Cedar Rapids and nearby areas including Beta Theta Pi George O Bren Delta Chi Jim McFaddin Phi Gamma Delta Bob McCune Garth Hite Pi Kappa Alpha Lewis Cullman Phi Kappa Sigma Woodrow Bockhaus Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sam Johnson Sigma Chi Richard Marnette Sigma Nu Quentin De Nio Bill Kifner.
Evening classes in education English and the social and physical sciences start at Coe College Monday. Open to mature students seeking credit toward a degree, with no entrance exams. Extension committee includes Professors Yothers Henry and Robbie.
Thomas Malone 73 of 510 C Avenue NE collapsed in Ira Rapaport garage 137 First Street NE at 425 PM Saturday. Deputy coroner Dr J J Terrall suspects heart attack. Malone, born in Freeport Illinois June 7 1864, lived here 15 years and leaves five sisters. Funeral details pending. Also Mary Reeves 34 of 1126 Ninth Street NW died Saturday after long illness. She is survived by two sons and eight relatives. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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