Rapids official cleared in ouster suit over stag party charges
Cedar Rapids officials and critics battled in district court as Judge S A Clock denied the ouster petition against Commissioner Kruidenier. The court found no wilful misconduct or maladministration and noted the plaintiffs pursued the case to wield the law as a sword, ordering Linn county costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
W. F. Hupp
S. A. Clock
Hampton
Supreme Court
Kruidenier
Hupp
William Hupp
Linn County
Elmer Johnson
Clock
Three Boys Killed by Hit Run Driver Near Martinsville
Three boys aged 12 to 15 were killed and a fourth was seriously injured when an unknown driver ran over them while they slept by the highway near Martinsville Virginia. The victims were James Hammond Howard Hammon and Arch Purdy. Archer Dillon survived with injuries. The youths had been walking home from Stuart and stopped to rest along the road.
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Martinsville
Here
James Hammond
Howard Hammon
Arch Purdy
Archer Dillon
Stuart
Dillon
Wiley Post Turns New York to Seek Funds for Flights
Wiley Post, famed globe circling flier, will appear for one week at a Rockefeller Center theater to discuss his world flight and future plans. He recently returned from Washington where President Roosevelt congratulated him on his latest record.
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New York
Wiley Post
Winnie Mae
Rockefeller Center
Post
Washington
Roosevelt
Tragedy Prompts Military Board In Pana Illinois
A military board of inquiry investigates a bus fire involving Illinois national guardsmen in Pana. One guard, Maurice Harper of Mount Vernon, died after arrival at a hospital. Three others are critically injured, with rescue efforts described as crews and officers aiding bystanders and evacuating the burning bus. A second bus and an automobile crew aided in the rescue. The report mentions the Great Geyser of Iceland with a 70 foot basin and 200 foot spouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pana
Ill
Illinois National Guardsmen
Maurice Harper
Mount Vernon
Marlo Case
Iceland
Post Praised By President Wiley Post Visits Washington
Wiley Post, famed globe girdler, lands in Washington after a two hour flight to the capital. He calls the airport rotten and says with weather delaying flying he will take a train back to New York after signing the guest book at the National Press Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wiley Post
Globe Girdler
National Press Club
Winnie Mae
New York
Baby eye color and tear development notes
The text states that all babies are born with blue eyes and that permanent color appears in the first weeks. It also notes that babies typically do not shed tears until about three months old.
Mormons Unveil Nauvoo Memorial
Delegations from two branches of the Mormon church traveled home after ceremonies in Nauvoo Illinois. They dedicated a monument at the building where the female relief society began on March seventeenth, 1842 near Prophet Joseph Smiths home. Participants included Bertha Hulmes Frederick M Smith George Albert Smith Meg Chennery and Gov. Horners representative. Attendees praised Prophet Smiths push for women’s roles. Many visited Carthage jail where Joseph and Hyrum Smith were killed.
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Nauvoo
Ill
Mormon Church
Female Relief Society
Joseph Smith
Bertha A. Hulmes
Frederick M. Smith
Independence
George Albert Smith
Salt Lake City
Council of Twelve Apostles of the Original Church
Meg H. Chennery
Springfield
Horner
Prophet Smith
Carthage
Hyrum
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Court Upholds Rapids
Stoner
Florsheims
White House
Nauvoo Memorial
Aan
Eurther Risk
Montgomery
Jay Ma
Toney Ny
Seve Ot
Sele Price
Axminsters
Beemart
Sele
Montgomery Ward
Nadi
Saed Carving
Cherse
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