La Porte City Progress-Review (Newspaper) - November 7, 1940, La Porte City, Iowa MEMBER LA PORTE CITY AND COUNTY NEWSPAPER AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 7 1940 I tf 43 Iowa A jhool Safe Robbed ol Tuesday Talent Believed sponsible for Looting nt's Office early Tuesday looted the vault in thc Sol of approximately most of it representing various student funds the man or men has not yet been tut Deputy Sheriff Pete -a investigated lite opinion that the job was of local talent tiny to the was obtained through a coal on the south side of the In passing through the JB room and janitor's room in thc is to have picked up a bar hammer and pipe carried these tools to where the Liar and hammer to 1 through Uv Armistice Day Nov 11 1940 Program Band Music Tribute to War School Band Invocation Taps Pledge of W D- Sixth Address the Beautiful Sextette y Waterloo la Christ in Stephens Band Clark God Bless Berlin Benediction Key F M Garrett Mrs J W Lehman Half Century Resident Dies A and tier of Jaris which L through the lock and ints of tlie drawers in the were scattered over the floor office and all cash was except 11 cents found on floor and a dollar which I caught in the back of the robbery was discovered a r minutes before G a m by school janitor tools used in thc ing still covered with from tlie fireproof lining i safe had been returned to I proper places in the ami apparently the thief by releasing the lock on de of the boiler room door door carried jimmy is but apparently had not I forced from the outside from many indications the job was done by someone with the school and with the basement t of it there was some evidence in tho work in the absence of US and in the manner in which safe was opened Most rs start by prying off the knob wr than by cutting through tlie r itself Jensen however said 1 thc crime literature and magazines on sale TC provide many young men a rather complete course in e and that it is not to find rank amateurs the most approved 1 methods which they have d outlined for them in some it more sensational Funeral Services Held Wednesday for Woman Who Came Here in 1891 J W Lehman who had been a resident here lor thc past forty-nine passed away at her home Monday night at after being in poor health for many years Nora Vern Phillips was born February 9 at Volga City Iowa thc daughter of Burnson and Charlotte Phillips She was ried to J W Lehman on Oct 30 1887 at Volga City and they ed housekeeping immediately in Iowa the home of Mr man In December of 1891 they moved to La Porte City where they lived since spending their winters for several years in the south She Wiis an active member of the convincing evidence that Jit was done by someone from Ports City was the fact that Wls used were obtained after w had entered the school A professional would have tu have brought his own SBO of the money stolen 1 by school authorities to ECU proceeds from the dass play held last week lance was credited to a minor school activity ae Patrolmen Harold Poyner 38 of La Porte involved in a highway crash injury of two Saturday evening faced Monday on a drunken MUSI I men S Portion fan after arrest patrolmen by his bed by officers Sating the accident Poyner tn 4 L Kind jail here to be freed under Hoff a test definitely in- his car Kie s car a- irt and crowded thc automobile Willard 9 of 516 Vermont cd a broken right Iterations when Turned three n day hospital mile and corn up Methodist church the Pythian lodge the Star the Tourist club and the White Shrine Surviving her is her husband and and one daughter Bessie of ward and a brother Arthur lips of Wadena One daughter Eva preceded her in death as did two sisters and two brothers Funeral services for Mrs man were held Wednesday after- noon at in the Methodist church with Rev F M Garrett officiating assisted by Rev G D Gaide of Geneva Iowa Burial was at the Elgin cemetery Pallbearers were Dr W F Christopher C A Brust Wm Bahr Weldon Betts John Bolte and C A Fultz Out-of-town guests were Dr and Mrs C V Lehman and Mrs Elizabeth Dillon of Cedar Rapids Mr and Mrs J H Williams of Fairbanks Mr and Mrs Arthur Phillips and family of Wadena Rev find Mrs G D Gaide of Geneva and Mr and Mrs R T Sheldon Mrs Ed Anderson Mrs Blanch Wiggan Mrs L J Farb Mrs W 3 and Mr and Mrs F T Sheldon all of loo MEET AT Members of the American Legion ami thc Legion have been asked to meet at their hall at a m Monday to attend Ar- Day services in a body Cage Squad Is Selected Sixteen Players Selected to Represent School in Competition This Winter Shroyer Rites Held 0 Elderly Local Man Takes Own Life Friday After- noon Apparent despondency over poor health was believed to be the tive of Isaac Cornelius who took his life Friday after- noon in the home of his daughter Mrs Merle Walker Sometime around three o'clock Mr Walker from having some grain ground and found him sitting on the floor with a 22 calibre rifle on chair beside him He had himself through the head He was born Jan 1 at thc son of and Malinda Shroyer and lived around here for the past thirty years The last 15 years he had made his home with the Walkers He had suffered two strokes ing the past year but was able to be about Mr Shroyer had married three times his first wife being Nettie Minton of Rock Rapids whom he married in 1892 and who died two years later His second wife Ethel of Beaver Creek II Minn died in 1901 and Nellie the third wife died in 1925 Surviving are a son Charles and two daughters Mrs Vera Danker and Mrs Walker all of La Porte City Ten grandchildren three great-grandchildren a ter brother and one half-brother also survive Funeral services were Monday at the Ashley and roff funeral home and he was buried in Westview cemetery The basketball squad was sliced to sixteen players Tuesday as thc squad undertook a rigid routine of practice in preparation for its op- ening game with thc strong seo five on Nov 26 Those to the cut ed Kenny Krusc Ted Jim Hampton Lloyd Turner Cecil Christopher Bob Teeter Lloyd Sides Pearson Cup Thomas Kay Rampton Everett Dexter I Wayne Lang Harold Foss Daryl Gilbert Miller and ert Van Fleet Those retired from thc squad will form a fl and will engage in irregular practices nx time will permit Members of this squad include thc best talent from the freshman and sophomore classes They Jim Pearson Marshall Kline Billy Don Robert Johnson Wesley Parker Merle Smith Jim Larsen Lloyd Frush Marvin and Jack Lesh Early season scrimmages re that the squad lacks scor ing punch and a dependable do A open scramble for start ing positions is in sight with an likely combination to turn among Teeter Sides Thomas Turner Christopher Carroll Krusc tht Rampton brothers and Everett Dexter The seniors tripped off with thc football cham Monday they out a game with junior sextette bj a 12 to 6 margin Lloyd Turner raced over On chalk mark for the first touch down as he took Pearson short pass to score The juniors rallied and thc count in the initial half Kay Rampton tossed a long pas to Sides who dashed 20 yards fo the score An attempted pass fail cd as the half ended with the coun 6 to 6 Pearson's 70 yard jaunt in thc opening kickoff of the half provided thc champions with their margin of victory Pearson Teeter Chris Roosevelt Only Democrat To Win in Black Hawk Co Many Attend Rites For Mrs John Out-of-town friends and rela lives who were present last Wed at the funeral services o Mrs John who died las Monday include thc following peo August Clara Hii Mr and Mrs Chas Mr and Mrs Roj Mr and Mrs Vern Mr and Mrs G Martin Mr and Mrs Leslie ter Mr and Mrs Schlit Mr and Mrs Milton A A Mr and Mrs G Mr mnl Mrs Willi Frank Myron Schmitt Hariett Schmitt Mr and Mrs Pau Mr and Mrs Vern Raymond Hupfer Ed Hupfer Geo Baade Mr and Mrs John Schmitt Mr and Mrs Geo Mr and Mrs Harvey Mailing Mrs Wm Bass Mrs Bruce am Mrs Freda Borts all of Monona Iowa Mr and Mrs Ceo St Mrs and family Mr and Mrs John am Mrs Grace Schieb of Vinton Mr and Mrs Strellner Mr ant Mrs Fred Brchm Mr and Mrs Otto Strellner Mr and Mrs Har Koopman Mr and Mrs Louie Mr and Mrs Iner and Mr and Mrs Ivan o Van Home Mr and Mrs Phillip Schieb jr Mr and Mrs Henry Mr and Mrs Hoy Homier Mr and Mrs Lester Drafts Mi and Mrs Geo Mr am Mrs Clarence Wagner and Mrs Walter Bernstorf nil of Keystone Mr und Mrs Walter of Mt Auburn Wagner Waverly Mr and Mrs Vaughn Craft of Hudson Mr and Mrs Gerthard Krug of Cedar Rapids Mr and Mrs Elbert of Mr and Mrs Mike Vavra of Tama and Mrs Lester of Cedar Falls Mrs Pete Steward Mrs Mrs Mr Mrs Donald Craft am Elsie Christian of Waterloo Mrs Walter Reinhold and Mrs Schieb joth of Plymouth Wis Thomas and Turner formed the lineup for the victors The juniors knocked the mores out of the running in a first round game by a to 0 decision Kay Hampton's accurate passes with Lloyd Sides on the receiving end proved too much for the sopho Gassed When automobile backed V to the Anamosa Tower Pel gas truck it broke a spigot spilling about 200 gallons of gasoline onto the street Nearly 100 gallons were saved with baskets It was sary for the ire department to get to work and wash down the streets Sally Rand Laurence ed a Sally Rand stunt last week when his clothes were torn off by a Unlike Sally he badly bruised during the Divorced Clark L Carroll Glenwood and Eunice E Carroll Pacific Junction were married on October 7 Just 11 days after the wedding divorce proceedings were started Evangelical Church Plans Special Meets The Evangelical church is an- nouncing a series of special vices to be held each evening ex- cept Saturday on Nov in- with various ministers as speakers On Wednesday evening the message will be brought by Rev H J Superintendent ol Western Old Peoples Home dar Falls Thursday evening Rev J H Engel of Calvary church Waterloo and Friday Rev 0 M of Cedar Falls will be the speakers On Sunday evening the local pastor Rev Winter will be er Then each evening Monday through Friday Nov sive Rev J I of State Street Evangelical church will bring the messages The public is invited to these ices The monthly meeting of the young people's Missionary Circle will be held in the church parlors tomorrow Friday evening Church school next Sunday at 10 a m Morning worship at 11 a m Mission band also during the 11 o'clock hour Young people's service at p m Leader Mr Mattfeld Evening worship service at Monthly meeting of the Ladies Aid Wednesday afternoon The annual Ministerial Retreat of the Cedar Falls district will be held at Van Home next Tuesday and Wednesday Nov 12 and Our lay people are invited Cedar Falls and Three Rural Precincts Provide Big Republican Majorities Top-heavy Republican majorities m BiK Creek Spring Creek ange and Cedar Falls precincts in Tuesday's elections carried Black county for state and county Republican candidates but failed to overcome a strong democratic vote in Waterloo and in re- maining rural townships which pave President Franklin velt a majority of 227 in the ty tabulations county vote for all offices President Wendell L R F D Roosevelt Governor Ceo Wilson John Valentine Representatives two S Arch McFarlane M J Morgan Sheriff H- T Wagner Theodore G Treasurer Anna M Decker Frances Brown Coroner Dr Sidney Smith Dr Eugene Smith Attorney Paul Eugene Thorton Pearl Roberts Regina Roberts Clerk of Court Ira W Blough R J Redmond Auditor Bailey Barnes PROVE POPULAR Voters of Big Creek ship had only the highest praise for the three voting used here on trial Tuesday during the al elections Much easier and faster than tho old way was the most frequently heard Members of the election said that use of the avoided the long lines of voters com- mon here in the past under I ho slower method of paper ballots Many voters re- in the machines illy a few seconds nod in- were most of them took just long enough to pull the big party lever for a straight ticket The machines were used here in Cedar Falls and in one ward of Waterloo The county board is expected to vote at some future date on a complete set of the machines for the entire Roy C In IMG Roosevelt led Alfred M Republican nominee by more than votes in Black Hawk county County offices ever were carried largely by Re- publicans even in thai landslide year The county board of supervisors will remain divided amung four Republicans and three Democrats during the next two years as a result of the election Three cratic and one Republican lents were re-elected to the board Republicans were Congressman John W Gwynne of Waterloo was re-elected dily carrying his home county 325 to over Ernest Former Waterloo mayor Total vote for the 10 counties of the district gave Gwynne a to lead Gwynne carried every county in his district Postal Site Not Decided Choice Believed to Lie Between Two Proposed New Locations G 0 P Gains In Big Creek Willkie Gets Biggest Vote Here Since 1928 Hig Creek township which in- cludes all of La Porte City turned in one of Ibis county's heaviest Republican majorities in Tuesday's election Thc Republican vole in ibis precinct was the heaviest since and one of thc biggest in the history of the township Final returns in the precinct For President L Willkie It 500 I1 D D Governor Oo A Wilson 578 John K For Congressman John U K J D State Representative R 570 Arch R IJ M 1 Morgan tw County Gates Bowlers Increase Lead Gates Chevrolet La Porte City hit the groove taking three straight from the La Porte Bears in the Tri-County bowling league Monday Gates hit a new seviea for the Cliff Williams Herb Johannsen and John Duller rolled 535 E10 and respectively Tavern cased three fames from Brown's Transfer putting them up to ond place Leo Motor company came through with two games from Jack Sprat Cotter and Col- lins of Leo Motor rolled 532 and 577 May's Station Jesup won hree by forfeit from the Traer Tigers w Gates 4 810 Traer Tigers -13 6 714 8 619 9 671 May's 8 13 381 Jack 14 333 La Porte 12 333 Leo Motor 11 267 A final decision on location of new quarters for the La City post office is not for GO o 90 days the earned Thursday Now under con- sideration arc two proposed loca ions one in the new building be- ng built by thc American Legion a block north of the Main street and Commercial street intersection nd the other in a building planned on the lot between service station and the Spahn and Kosc lumber company It was slso revealed that La orte City's post office now meets for establishing agc carrier service and that such can probably be obtained ere if street signs and house bers are provided and mail tacles arc placed on homes viding an inspection reveals factory walks along the route to be by a carrier Two business section deliveries and cither one or two residential de- liveries would probably be provided Principal difference between city and village delivery is in thc pay received by the carrier Thc city carrier is a civil service classified employee and gets relatively good pay A village carrier gets about 50 cento per hour This post of- fice cannot qualify for city carrier service which goes only into towns of more than 2500 population Union Services Nov 28 Union Thanksgiving services were erroneously announced in at least one church bulletin laat week as being planned for November 21 the date set by national tion Since almost all of Iowa will Bailey Barnes K C Treasurer Anna M Decker Mrs Clerk of Court i w R -I Redmond Sheriff II T Wagner Theo G Recorder Pearl Roberts Roberts County Attorney Paul Kildee Thornton Sidney D Smith Justice of Peace Roy Ashley John Nath both elected Constable Carleton Fultz Township Trustee 1941 II A Anton Trustee 1042 Dallas Husman Republican Upsurge Falls Little Short Q One of Strongest Republican States in tion As Party Shows mendous Gains The stale of Iowa Tuesday was ranked the second strongest publican area in the United States after it joined seven other states in giving its electoral votes to ruid trailed of Nebraska in thc of majority it ran up for nominee All Re- and congressional v returned to of- ice by majorities even larger than those civen to ticket returns almost com- plete ii appeared that majority would be approximately forecast by thc last week and that of an 5.000 would fall very little short f predicted by this paper In he nation as a whole 15 per cent of the id- still remained lo be tabulated I morning but it had been early Tuesday evening Mr Willkie had in his bid for the In- cut margin o little more than i third of that piled up by thc standard-bearer in H now appears that Mr velt will wind up with around votes against something iver for Mr Willkie would give him between 54 ind 55 per cent of thc total com- with 02 per cent he amassed n 11130 The Democratic lead however distributed over a number1 of status considering itn and it now is certain that Mr has carried tales and all but between GO and 0 electoral votes The lo the parly which many had had a fighting chance to airy Mr Willkie lo victory was by fact hat the total vole was almost 50 icr IhaL of four years while the Democratic vote only about 10 per cent Clerk Roy 40 Assessor E P Mullen In addition lo these votes for majority candidates were wo voles cast the communist candidate for president but none for the Prohibition and So- Labor candidates For the purpose of comparing rends in elections in this hip here are the votes for resident in Big Creek township ince loose veil 154 Wilson 90 observe instead the traditional November 28 date proclaimed by Governor Wilson the local es will hold their union services November 28 church at the Methodist 348 Wilson 118 4150 Harding 755 Cox total 882 Coolidge 594 Davis 101 total Hoover 814 1932 total 910 623 Smith 191 471 Roosevelt 483 Landon 450 973 SCO Roosevelt 953 Fined Gerard Reekers Sheldon was recently fined on two different driving charges Tho fact that he is a brother-in-law of Chief of Police Mulder did not help in ting him out of the fines Loses Toe Ray Sawvell National dentally shot the second toe of his right foot last week when climbing over a gate while ing iean Crop Large And Quality Good Reports indicate that quality f Iowa's record crop of is good reports M -S Dyns agronomist at Iowa Slate college Obviously the beans are not an Jry as they were a year ago at time Init with good weather Diey should lie in good to combine very Jyas says Corn have been mm 20 lo 30 per cent moisture in and there is a parallel ion as regards Ihc drying of eans the agronomist said eims should be down to 14 or 15 moisture content before ig combined and binned in nny H a good idea to havo the content of the beans i in any areas where there is any their Dyas Use of a combine is the only really satisfactory way and able way to harvest a crop of ture soybeans Where records have been kept there is considerable saving in the expense of ing and a greater if Ihc combine of the right type and properly operated The present Iowa crop of beans is the largest on record and makes this slate the second most important soybean producing area in the United Slates U was mated on Oct 1 that Iowa ers would harvest acres of beans averaging 20 bushels per acre or a total production of bushels This production compares with bushels of last year a average production of bushels Tractor Seat Saves Man From Gun Blast The metal seat of his tractor saved Lawrence fanner living southeast of La Porte City from serious injuries Friday when a shotgun he was on the tractor slipped and exploded Most of the charge was stopped by the metal seat and the damage done by the rest of the pellets was more painful than serious The freak accident occurred when had been laying beside Mr Rathjen ed to slip the tractor and grabbed gun The gun however eluded slipped to the ground and
