Relief Office Staff Salaries Set for Balance of 1937
After an hour of discussion Linn county supervisors finalised salaries for seventeen relief office employees drawn from a combined state and county payroll. State aid ended Sept. 20, leaving the county to fund the salaries with its budget through Jan. 1. Ronald Kelly, newly appointed case supervisor, earns 135 dollars monthly. others on the payroll include Evelyne Brown 125, Graeme Linkletter 125, Helen Bray 100, Mary Halpin 100, Peter Meci 100, Linda Bastron 87, Jean Grout 87, Helen Jayne 90, Elizabeth Meerdink 87, Martha Walker 80, Otto Hanzlik 108, and five stenographers at 60 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Seewell
Elmer M. Seevell
Fred Stirm
Third
Ronald Kelly
Kelly
Stirm
Evelyne Brown
Graeme Linkletter
Helen Bray
Mary Halpin
Peter Meci
Linda Bastron
Jean Grout
Helen Jayne
Elizabeth Meerdink
Martha Walker
Otto Hanzlik
Bertha Dempsey
Esther Flitsch
Elsie Lahr
Marie Michel
Evelyn Randall
Woman Hangs by Arm From Fence 12 Hours
Mrs. Bonifida Garcia, 68, remained trapped for a half day after her arm wedged between fence pickets. Her son Martiano, 40, was chained to a bed for alleged wandering, awaiting a sanity examination as rescuers freed her.
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San Antonio
Tex
Bonifida Garcia
Martiano
One Less Report This Year For Iowa Employers
Iowa employers face one fewer federal form this year as the Internal Revenue Service changes reduce the number of informational reports on wages paid to employees under the Social Security program. Charles D Huston said about 40 000 Iowa employers will be affected by the change.
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DES Moines
Charles D. Huston
Internal Revenue Collector
Iowa
Uncle Sam
Marriage Licenses and Apple Varieties
Norman Earl Henderson and Charlotte Lockwood of Central City along with George Lakaff of Savanna and Mable V Pollock of Sabula are listed for licenses. The article notes about 8 000 selected and cataloged varieties of apples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Earl Henderson
Charlotte Lockwood
Central City
George Lakaff
Savanna, Til
Mable V. Pollock
Sabula
Government report schedule shifts for employer inputs
Employers had filed a six month report for the first half of the year and were told the next would be due October 31 covering July to September. A Washington telegram informed Huston of a plan change requiring a year end report covering the last six months, due January 31.
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Huston
Washington
Featherstonhaugh Captured in Peoria After Prison Escape
Phillip Featherstonhaugh, who fled from Fort Madison prison farm on September 2, was arrested in Peoria Illinois per an Associated Press dispatch. Iowa officers will return him to the penitentiary. He received two 10 year sentences on February 18 1935 for breaking and entering, served concurrently, with ties to Dick Murphy in poultry department and lumber company office safes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Featherstonhaugh
Fort Madison
Peoria
Associated Press
Iowa
Featherstonhaugh
Dick Murphy
Poultry Department
Wilson and Company
Ogden Lumber Company
Young Men's Bureau Blowout At Hawkeye Downs Draws 450 Plus
Over 450 business and professional men attended the Young Men's Bureau annual blowout at Hawkeye Downs. The frontier days themed event ran from 5 p.m. to midnight with phony money games, a 6 p.m. dinner, wild west costumes, specialty dancers, an Indian band led by Fred Erickson, barber shop singing, and a $100 prize won by Milo Mittvalsky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Hawkeye Downs
Milo Mittvalsky
Fred Erickson
Young Men’s Bureau
Wife Seeks Legal Death Declaration for Missing Husband
DETROIT AP Mrs. Paul Redfern widow of a pilot who vanished ten years ago on an air flight to South America says she will ask that her husband be declared legally dead. She has been staying in Detroit with relatives while continuing her search.
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Detroit
Paul Redfern
South America
Georgia Day in Iowa Club Auxiliary Meeting Notice
The Georgia Day in Iowa club auxiliary will meet at 7 30 pm Friday at the home of Mrs John H Sullivan 129 Eleventh street NE All former Georgians are welcome Refreshments will be served. Cafeteria supper St Pauls church Thursday 530 to 7 Ad verdisement Arline Croft returned home after hospital care is improving Gordon Hughes Lions club luncheon speaker at Roosevelt hotel Thursday noon.
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Georgia Day In
Iowa
John H. Sullivan
Eleventh Street
Arline Croft
Sixth Avenue SE
St. Luke's Hospital
Gordon Hughes
Police Department
Lions Club
Roosevelt Hotel
First United Brethren Church
Cram Field
Davenport
Waltonian
Waltonians
Injured Football Player Suffered Eye Laceration
Arnold Conner 32 of 345 Thirty-first Street SE sustained a severe cut to his left eyelid while playing football on Tuesday afternoon. He was taken to St. Luke's Hospital for treatment.
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Arnold Conner
Thirty-first Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Mrs Edward Arnold Fractures Ankle After Home Fall
Mrs Edward Arnold of 1600 Seventh Avenue SE suffered a fractured right ankle Tuesday evening when she fell on cellar steps at her home. She was taken to Mercy hospital by ambulance for treatment.
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Edward Arnold
Seventh Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Bankruptcy hearings heard by Judge Scott in district court
Several federal bankruptcy hearings shifted from other divisions were heard by Judge George C. Scott in United States district court Wednesday. Indications suggested the docket would be cleared by late next week.
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George C. Scott
United States District Court
Money Stolen From Purses In Local Thefts
Police report details two separate purse thefts. Mrs. E M Tucker of 353 Thirteenth Street SW had two ten dollar bills missing from a purse kept in a dresser drawer between Saturday and Tuesday. Mae Goss of 94 Third Avenue SE reported ten dollars taken from a purse in an office at that address.
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E. M. Tucker
Thirteenth Street
Pamcey
Mae Goss
Third Avenue SE
Beets case: Margaret Davis given 20 days to file briefs
Debtor Margaret Alice Davis of Peoria Illinois was ordered by Judge George C. Scott in United States district court to file briefs within twenty days in a bankruptcy case. The order bars further litigation on the matter during the current Cedar Rapids term. The transferred case concerns a farm in Jowe.
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Margaret Alice Davis
Peoria
Ill
George C. Scott
United States District Court
Cedar Rapids
Central Division
Jowe
Fined For Speeding In Police Court
Everett Staskal of Route 1 paid a ten dollar fine and costs after pleading guilty to speeding in police court. Several others faced fines for traffic violations including parking and failing to stop for a signal, with Brown’s fine suspended on payment of costs. A stray line notes the sphinx moth’s naming from its curious pose.
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Everett Staskal
Route 1
Builty
Max Burrell
Fifth Avenue SE
Pauline Call
B Avenue NE
John Bush
Maquoketa
F. F. Brown
Second Avenue SE
Brown
City market to be razed for new structure next year
City officials plan to remove ramshackle market structures at season end and build a modern facility with a metal roof. Plans were drawn last spring, meetings held, and W C Benesh filed the formal plan as public safety chief. Tenants will move belongings after the season closes.
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Wi Y
W. C. Benesh
Public Safety
Benesh
Frank K. Hahn
L. D. Burgus
Ed Stefan
Hahn
Merlin Ridgeway Joins Equitable Reserve Alan
Merlin L. Ridgeway former assistant secretary at Cedar Rapids Life Insurance company for sixteen years joins the Equitable Reserve Association.
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Merlin Ridgeway
Equitable Reserve
Alan
Merlin L. Ridgeway
Cedar Rapids Life Insurance Company
Equitable Reserve Association
Ridgeway to Join Equitable Reserve in Neenah
Mr. Ridgeway, a Coe College graduate and World War II veteran, has moved to Neenah Wisconsin, living at 306 Pine Street with his wife and 12 year old daughter Dorothy. He will work in secretarial and actuarial departments of Equitable Reserve, aligning with his prior role at Cedar Rapids Life now merged with United Benefit Life in Omaha.
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Neenah
Wis
Ridgeway
Dorothy
Equitable Reserve
Cedar Rapids Life
United Benefit Life Insurance Company
Omaha
Coe College
C. B. Robbins
Robbins
Cedar Rapids Life Company
Ridgeways
Pine Street
Rock Island Rail Line Protest Over Tax Payment
Linn county supervisors were notified that the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad paid 2015.37 of the 9621.30 second installment of 1938 taxes to County Treasurer Milo J. Sedlacek under protest. Trustees Frank O. Den James E. Gorman and Joseph B. Fleming promise suit for recovery of the excess tax.
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Linn County
Rock Island Railroad
Milo J. Sedlacek
Frank O.den
James E. Gorman
Joseph B. Fleming
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Taxation Objection Targets Several Independent Districts
A filed objection claims excessive taxes by multiple independent school districts failing to comply with the local budget law. It cites income from non tax sources and cash-on-hand balances. Districts named include Ely Cedar Rapids New Buffalo Linn College Township Palo consolidated Monroe Township Washington Center Point Grant Township Walker and Washington Township.
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Rock Island
Ely
Cedar Rapids
New Buffalo
Linn
College Township
Palo Consolidated
Monroe Township
Washington
Center Point
Grant Township
Walker
Washington Township
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Pena Ala
Craemer's
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