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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1942

Page

3

Yank Who Got U-Boat Gives Crew Credit

In Honolulu AP report Secretary of the Navy Knox commends First Lieut. James V. Edmundson of Santa Monica for his crew’s destruction of a Japanese submarine off Oahu. Edmundson, wounded on Dec 7, led dawn patrols and praised crew coordination that yielded multiple bombs hitting the sub and an explosive end.

Honolulu United States Army Secretary of the Navy Knox James V. Edmundson Santa Monica Calif Santa Monica Junior College Australia Edmundson Oahu

Terry Carpenter Seeks Air Corps Ground Post

Former Nebraska congressman Terry Carpenter applies for a commission with the army air corps ground forces. Carpenter is noted as a former Cedar Rapids resident and the move was confirmed on Thursday.

Terry Carpenter Air Corps Washington Nebraska Army Air Corps Ground Forces Carpenter Cedar Rapids

West Side Draft Board Sends 66 Men in Two Day Call

Linn county draft figures show 149 men leaving for military service in two days. West side call produced 66 selectees the largest single draft in 18 months, following 44 from the east side. Names listed include John T Bell Lumir Serovy U V Rahn and many others with addresses across Linn county. An automatic bird perching lock mechanism is noted.

West Side Draft Board Linn East Side Draft Board Army West Side Board Linn County Marion West Side John T. Bell F Avenue Lumir J. Serovy Seventeenth Avenue U. V Rahn Fifth Street William J. Miller Eighth Avenue Charles Dvorak Elizabeth Avenue John T. Breslin Fourth Avenue John D. Taylor Third Street Lucius F. Croffer Fourteenth Avenue Allen L. Nelson Eighth Street Elwood D Geesaman Ninth Avenue Charles E Willits Mallory Street Harold L. Pearce B Avenue Cleo H McMann Lumir F. Felter C Street Wendl J Kopecky K Street Tony Vyhnanek L Street Arthur R. Wise Fifth Avenue James R. Brady G Avenue John B Hunter Paul E Brooks A Avenue Hulbert M. Gallagher Verne R. van Cura J Street DeForest S Butterfield Arthur E McMahon Mike Kovacik Francis L. Gabel Ralph C. Sikora Leroy E. Babcock Ninth Street Robert C Gable Garland W. Sparks Second Street Roy T Buck Rudy L. Fayman Bowling Street Sylvan F Hasley Twelfth Street Steward R. Peyton Sixth Street Alfred L. Proskovec Carl E. Huston Fourth Street Floyd A Sell Marvin R. Kazebier Leo E. Phelps Wilson Avenue Russell D. Smith C Avenue Howard E. White Seventh Avenue Charles W. Schwarz Leonard A Lindquist Bernard L. Gallaher N Street Verl D Richard W. Mackey Theodore Neuenswander Ernest L. Andrie Fred Jackson Edwin V. Noble Milwaukee Wis

City Hall Notes on spring improvements and council actions

The public improvements department won council approval for curb and gutter work on Thirty eighth street NE from First to C avenues and on C avenue NE from Thirty seventh to Thirty eighth streets. March police court fines and fees totaled 996.50. Cedar Rapids February fire loss was 630.91, with 380 recoverable by insurance. The council authorized 30 000 in 1929 serial waterworks bonds and renewed two Class C beer permits. Waterworks was authorized to buy a carload of pipe, and Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co. received approval to extend mains 439 feet on Twenty second street east from C avenue NE.

Public Improvements Department City Council Thirty Eighth Street First C Avenues C Avenue Thirty-seventh Thirty-eighth Streets Cedar Rapids E. P. Kohout A. G. Smid Center Point Road Edward A. Scolaro Second Street Iowa I Illinois Gas and Electric Company Twenty-second Street

Wallace Aide Accused of Wording Nazi White Paper Foreword

Rep. Voorhis charges on the floor that C Hartley Gratan an economic adviser on Vice President Wallace Board of Economic Warfare wrote the foreword to a 1940 German white paper blaming American diplomats for Poland’s invasion. He read an excerpt as evidence.

Washington INS Rep Voorhis D-Calif C. Hartley Gratan Vicepresident Wallace Board of Economic Warfare Poland Gratan Econ

Charges Target Roosevelt Policy Theorized as Communist Fronts

Rep. Dies charges BEW employees including Gratan with Communist front activities. A witness says some German charges may be authentic and reflect Roosevelt era policy, while the full extent remains disputed.

Omist Gratan BE W. Employes Rep. Dies D-Texas

Plot to kill Papen and Ribbentrop alleged in Turkey trial

Abdurrahama Sayman and three others go on trial in Ankara for conspiring to assassinate German Ambassador Papen and aiming to kill Foreign Minister Ribbentrop. Sayman says he was recruited by Pavelov via Tokat’s bomb plan and converted to communism under Russian influence.

Says Papen Ribbentrop Ankara Turkey Abdurrahama Sayman Franz von Papen Joachim von Ribbentrop Balkans Sayman Istanbul University Suleyman Sadl Leonid Karlinov Istanbul Giorgi Pavlov Saul Yugoslavia Pavlov Russia Omer Tokat Tokat

City Briefs: Local Meetings and Events Tonight

Federal labor union 19147 meets at 7 30 P M in the Labor temple. Kenwood school hosts Thursday night home nursing class. Townsend clubs 1 and 3 cancel Friday dance for Good Friday. Central Park Presbyterian Church holds Lord's Supper services tonight at 7 30. Jan Hus lodge I O O F degree staff meets Friday at 7 30 P M at Z C B J hall. Grace McCurdy club sews for Red Cross Friday 10 A M to 4 P M at Mrs James Taylor 719 First Ave SW. Dr H M Riggle speaks at Church of God tonight at 7 45 on Your Soul on the Auction Block. Tomorrow last chance to sell Easter pets flowers and eats. three day Want Ads offer.

Grace McCurdy Club Red Cross James Taylor First Avenue H M. Riggle Anderson, Ind Church of God L Avenue Eighth Street Satan's Palace

First Lutheran Good Friday Service Set at 2 to 3 PM

At First Lutheran church 1000 Third avenue SE a Good Friday service will run from 2 to 3 PM with the choir performing O Sacred Head Now Wounded and O Come and Mourn with Me Awhile The pastor Rev H G Schwegler will preach It Is Finished The public is invited. Transferred To U S Court The suit of George S Bachelder against Hoosier Casualty Company moved from Linn county district court to the northern Iowa circuit of federal court Thursday The casualty company is sued for 13056 91 by Bachelder arising from a judgment against J H Woodside in a personal injury case Woodside was insured by the defendant.

First Lutheran Third Avenue SE H G. Schwegler U. S. Court George S. Bachelder Hoosier Casualty Company Linn County District Court Iowa Federal Court Casualty Company Bachelder J. H. Woodside Woodside

War Production Board bans homemade trousers cuffs and retail suits

Washington officials announced new controls prohibiting the purchase of suits or trousers at retail, having garments delivered unfinished, or adding cuffs at home or by a local tailor. The order, effective Wednesday, targets improvised modifications to clothing during the wartime period.

Washington War Production Board

Iowa Governor Seeks Extradition for Morley Embezzlement Charge

Gov. George A. Wilson asked California Gov. Culbert Olson to approve Charles A. Morley extradition. Morley, 30, is accused in Cedar Rapids of embezzling 131.85 for Midwest Fruit Co. and faces two bad check charges. Crissman and Det. Connell plan to accompany him from California to Iowa. Esther Helfer’s will was admitted to probate. executrix Olive B. Hartley Se, without bond.

Linn George A. Wilson Iowa Culbert Olson California Charles A. Morley Cedar Rapids Morley Midwest Fruit Company William W. Crissman George Connell Esther Helfer Olive B. Hartley Rae

Wartime forced Yankee Manager named in Petersburg report

A compact notice from the Petersburg file notes that during wartime, a Yankee manager faced forced changes in duties. No further details on dates or outcomes are provided in the readable text.

CT Petersburg Nea

Joe McCarthy Delays Practice Start To 11 30 A.M

The coach will shift workouts to begin at 11 30 in the morning so practice occurs after dew dries. Three fourths of Venezuela crude oil is typically shipped to Aruba and Curaçao for refining.

Joe McCarthy Venezuela Aruba

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