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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1939
Page
2
Iowa City voters approved 15 year franchises for light and gas services by about 400 votes each. Final tallies showed 2 763 to 2 331 for light and 2 701 to 2 291 for gas. The decision ends a seven year battle between private utility supporters and municipal ownership advocates.
About 100 women registered for the Women's Relief Corps district convention in Tipton. Activities included a welcome by William Beaver post, invocations by Rev H N Poston, and a speech by Daisy Morden. The meeting featured flag ceremonies, songs, talks on wartime service, junior girls club reports, and a vote to hold the 1940 district convention in Dubuque.
Cascade reports the Moore grocery owned by C. J. Moore was sold on Monday to Frank Wolfe. The shop will be renamed Wolfe grocery and run by O. D. Penns, Wolfe’s son in law.
Grover H. Nix of Cedar Rapids was appointed chief auditor of the state safety division by the Iowa Public Safety Commission under a reorganization after a $2,000 shortage was found in driver license fees. He will remain at 1971 B Avenue NE Cedar Rapids and has 11 years with an accounting firm.
Dr George W Bryant of Cedar Rapids pastor of Wheatland Presbyterian Church for 25 years will be honored at a Friday 6 30 dinner at Wheatland Church. He also serves as a Coe College professor. A program follows with numerous local participants and a committee headed by Mrs A E Mcllvain and others.
DES MOINES AP Iowa state liquor store managers were ordered to curb large Scotch whisky sales to suspected hoarders to prevent runs and price spikes. Liquor Commissioner Dick R Lane said the move aims to deter out of state retailers and ensure store discretion in questionable sales amid rising wholesale prices.
Funeral services for Olof Johnson aged 60 will be held at Parker's Grove church Friday at 2 p.m. He died at his home near here on Tuesday.
Walter H. Dusty Rhodes, Iowa City quarry worker, seeks a new trial or life sentence after the Iowa Supreme Court accepts written arguments on his 1937 murder conviction. Rhodes was originally scheduled for execution in 1938. an appeal cited juror prejudice by J A Zenishek. The case, backed by Attorney General Fred Everett, remains under review.
Attorneys for three CIO officials in the Maytag strike argued before the Iowa supreme court for a rehearing of a contempt citation. James B. Carey William Sentner and Hollis Hall were sentenced to six months in jail and fined $500 each for violating an injunction against mass picketing at the Newton factory. The high court upheld the fines but suspended the jail terms.
A Tama three story brick residence owned by Robert Blythe suffered about $12,000 in damage after a late Monday fire, likely started by a chimney spark. The blaze destroyed second and third floors, damaged the first floor, and required water flooding the basement. No injuries reported. Blythe intends not to rebuild.
A 5 month old, Elizabeth Bowman, completed a 1700 mile journey by air and rail to stay with her aunt and uncle in What Cheer. Her mother, Mrs. Francis Bowman of Walla Walla Washington, is seriously ill, prompting the trip. Her father Prof. Francis Bowman teaches at the University of Southern California. Elizabeth flew from Walla Walla to Omaha where she was met by her relatives and will remain until her mother improves.
Eastern Iowa update reports Rev. P. A. Johnson of Grinnell named interim pastor at First Congregational Church to fill the vacancy created by Rev. Robert Inglis departing after seven years. Johnson will serve until a new pastor is chosen.
Iowa unemployment commission reports 32,344 benefit checks worth 294,497.04 for August a seven percent drop in checks and 8.4 percent in benefits from July New claims totaled 6,278 down 12.6 percent from July and 42.2 percent from August 1938 The state employment service placed 7,754 persons in August down from July with private industry at 4,810 and public employment at 2,944 reflecting midsummer slowdown and fewer public construction projects.
Des Moines AP reports the six member state insurance commission cuts force to 170 with four deputies released to begin October 1. Named to depart are J. E. Johnson Burlington Stanley Swaim Muscatine C J Callahan Dubuque and George W Baker Council Bluffs. The agency had 209 employees last year, 39 more than now.
Ralph Kearney, 24, of near Clutier, was found unconscious on a dirt road between Toledo and Tama early Sunday. Dr. K E Fee reports a basal skull fracture. Five young men rode in a car later found abandoned near a power plant. Brick was fined $25 for intoxication. investigators plan to question Kearney when able.
Supt. O. J. Rhodes of Shueyville was elected president of the Johnson County Schoolmasters club at a meeting in Iowa City Monday evening.
Dr Archibald Fulton of Morningside was elected moderator at the eightieth annual Iowa synod meeting. He succeeds Dr A L Davidson of Lenox. Other officers include Rev W H Hemphill of Ainsworth as vice moderator and Rev William Thompson of Garner as press secretary.
Ottumwa AP report says Adah Connelly, former Union Bank teller, is free on $10,000 bond after being indicted for embezzling $188,125. She had been confined at Mount Pleasant state hospital since Dec. 3, 1938, following a court-ordered assessment and was released upon doctors and state board approval. She arrived at the court from the hospital with federal authorities Tuesday, accompanied by family members.
Mrs Myron Sieman has accepted the librarian position at the local library succeeding Joyce Preston who departs the first of the month for Kenosha Wisconsin. Sieman will take over duties October 1.
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