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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1942
Page
5
In a war clouded season Cedar Rapids churches announce special Easter services. A rehearsal recessional and a 7:39 p.m. Holy Thursday communion are listed among the observances, reflecting the global hope of resurrection amid conflict.
Morning service at 10 55 a m Gent meditation and an evening service at 7 30 pm titled The Power of the Risen Life. Reads like a church bulletin noting hymns and participants including Florence Virginia Renee and Mary.
The First Christian church choir and soloists will sing during Easter morning services. Featured vocalists include Wendl Andrie, Dora Cargin Blake, Ann Hockaday, Leora Frutchey, Ethel Livian, and Mary Irene MacLarin with Edna Barrett Jackson directing. The program includes Christ Triumphant and He Loved Them.
A Holy Fire sunrise service will be held at the Tabernacle 609 First Avenue SW at 5 30 a m Sunday with Trumpeters Tommy Stastny and others. Special music includes Is Not Here But Is Risen and He is Risen by Edward Welch. Hazel F Halsey speaks at 11 am and 7 45 pm with Vera Vanous singing He Liveth and The Veil. The Rev Cline Halsey delivers the sermon with choral and band performances throughout the day.
First Lutheran Church at 1000 Avenue SE plans two Sunday services. A 6:30 a.m. Sunrise service features the Senior Choir with an Easter Cantata including Darkness and Dawn and Easter Dawn. At 11 a.m. Easter service the Senior and Junior Choirs perform special music and the pastor speaks on the risen Christ.
The St Pauls Methodist chapel holds Easter services with a program including Above the Hills by Ruth Sage Melemere Easter Mornings and Christ the Lord is Risen. Dr J Bready leads with assistants Be Takin Palmer and Mareare. The 11 o clock service features a sermon on the risen Christ and related hymns.
Two identical services will be held at Trinity Methodist Church on Route 9 and 11 a.m. Each service includes silent prayer and Word of Assurance. Community members are invited to attend.
Fragmentary note lists Easter music at First Presbyterian Church featuring organ pieces and hymns by Homer and Pratter with titles Thou Art the Rock and lambe. Service details unclear but indicates sacred music program.
John E Wil general superintendent of Swift and Co meat packers said the firm would bargain master agreements for 15 of its 50 plants with two unions named as bargaining agents. The Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee CIO represents six plants and the International Brotherhood of Swift Employees represents nine plants. Swift currently has a plant level contract with PWOC and several with the Brotherhood. Frank McCarty FPWOC district director declined comment.
Mrs. Otto Willumeit of Chicago, wife of a Chicago German American band learner, has been seized as a dangerous alien enemy, officials disclosed Friday night. Justice Department officials would neither confirm nor deny the report.
An estimate shows about six million cars in the United States are over ten years old yet still on the road with roughly one in ten vehicles scrapped annually.
Testimony by W L Bliss that advance sheets cost 12000 dollars yearly faced challenge from William Scarborough and legislators. Critics argued the court overstepped authority suspending sheets and accused favoring West Publishing, sole Iowa advance sheets publisher.
The interim committee approved the code editor's office budget at 134 dollars to balance its after Reichmann's entry into the army. The committee also sells subscriptions to lawyers for seven dollars per year and scheduled the next meeting for a later date.
A defense funding note reports a $20 million contract for an arms depot near Pueblo to Midwest Construction of Chicago. The award follows a broader wartime push authorizing six air force training schools and multiple defense projects across the nation.
A Navy man was robbed and fatally shot on the day he planned to marry. He had a three day furlough ending Saturday and had attended a farewell party for Wilkinson earlier. A tall slender holdup man fled the scene, eluding Wilkinson and others nearby.
In a Reviewing Stand piece Henry McLemore argues bootlegging of tires and rubber was once tolerated as citizens grew complacent. He warns wartime needs demand harsher action against bootleggers, noting the harm to war effort and public safety.
The South tour took travelers through Natchez Vicksburg and Mobile with Gulf coast motoring. Glenn O Fletcher and wife return from a two day visit with his brother Chester R Fletcher in Waukesha Wisconsin. Mrs H Cedric Hahn and her daughters Suzanne and Sandra come back Saturday from a week in Madison Wisconsin with Mrs Hahn’s mother Mrs W J Reynolds.
The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club held a silver tea on Wednesday with guests from Segerenens a music group. Mrs. L. E. MacLaughlin chaired the department and Mrs. Oliver S. Wilson led the club as president. They welcomed Aida, Rigoletto, Mignon, Norma, La Traviata and Romeo and Juliet. Hostesses were Mrs. Warren Hansen, H. F. Spratt, D. M. Fellows and Walter Heabal.
Miss Helen Williams presided at 727 Fifth Street as a food event concluded on Wednesday evening. Prizes were awarded to Don Sears Arlene Allen Chuck Decker and Milford Smith with twenty two attendees present.
Odako Camp Fire honored guardian Mrs Jerry Macha cek at a Wednesday surprise party at Hayes school. Guests included Mrs Roger Sherman Miss Roberta Lubbock Miss Mary Campbell and Miss Hilder Ander son, teachers at Hayes. A penn variety program was presented.
A taxi driver explains paying $100 for four tires, claiming the same tires cost him about $7 each, yet he is quoted $25 each at multiple shops. He notes a flat price of $250 for five tires and alleges a coordinated standard pricing among sellers.
A reader quotes letters from car owners across numerous states praising new tire costs and questioning penalties for bootleggers. A tire rationing board member offers no clear official statement on consequences if caught, as warnings and instructions dominate the discussion.
Chinese death by own action squads are attacking Japanese tanks in Burma, according to the Chungking radio heard in San Francisco via CBS. The broadcasts say squads move on tanks and strike vital spots, causing Japanese losses. Japanese sharpshooters atop advancing tanks and from treetops counter the raids, but the trees were left with no gunmen after one reported clash.
In New Sharon Maine Mrs Mary Buzzell mother of Florence Buzzell who was shot to death last June was found dead in her barn Friday with a 22 caliber pistol beside her. Authorities said the death appeared self inflicted and are investigating.
Flying Cadet M. Duvall, 24, was killed in an incident near Victoria Texas. The report provides limited details from AP with no further names or circumstances available.
Miss Angeline Barta attended a Wednesday evening farewell party hosted by Mr and Mrs Ray Roth at 1601 L Street SW. The Gazette’s report did not list Miss Barta’s name among the guests.
A Kala wanak Camp Fire girls council fire occurred Wednesday at guardian Mrs Warren Walters 1121 Eleventh street NW. Miss Joan Busche led the event and spoke. Attendees included Hardy Betty Hickman Betty Novak Betty McCabe Alice McCabe Barbara Champlin Bonnie Stewart Thelma Trimble. Guests were Mrs Champlin Mrs Trimble and Mrs McCabe.
Pattern 40994 is available in women sizes 36 through 50. The dress in size 36 requires 3 yards of 39 inch fabric with some waste. The notice references fabric amounts and a person named Anne Adaeger, amid a 1942 Style Parade context in the Rapids Gazette Pattern Depart.
AUNT HET complains Jeeps ruin tires with their easy riding. The speaker laments bias and wonders about the vehicle's impact, expressing a sharp, humorous critique in regional vernacular.
Mrs J H Fau chier hosted a Thursday evening courtesy honoring Miss Dorothy Hungerford bride elect of Jess Fauchier. About 45 friends attended at the home of Mrs Joseph Belehrad 1001 Oakland Road NE.
At a meeting of the Iowa branch of King’s Daughters members voted to continue sending milk to a needy family. Five thousand dollars worth of defense bonds were purchased and the group spent the afternoon sewing during a dessert lunch hosted by Mrs. J A Burchard and assisted by Mrs. J W Van Orsdol.
Senator Truman said evidence shows American firms and I G Farbenindustrie made agreements that limited U S rubber magnesium and other critical materials. He cited patent hearings on synthetic rubber as the least of the issues and noted Standard Oil resisted but halted sales after a threatened blacklist.
Yellow cab driver Gabe Shada gave up his driver's license in police court after a Reckless driving charge from an accident at Eighth Avenue and Sixth Street SW at 5 p.m. He will be out of service at least 40 days and faced prior charges of rock driving and driving without lights. The collision involved J Haddad of 1014 Sixth Street SE.
Authorities say the June gun battle at Fort Dix between a white military policeman and nine Negro soldiers, with five wounded, was a brief incident described as a mere brawl with no racial motive after a 15 minute exchange on the Plains barracks.
A British report Friday night said continued air raids on the island of Malta have killed 236 people. The casualty figure reflects renewed bombardments with explosions reported across the island.
Mrs Hromek addressed the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club nature garden department luncheon and led a round table on nature and gardening. Introduced by Mrs LJ aae she presented Seeing at Nature in Native Plants and illustrated with oil paintings by Mrs Mildred nee See featuring local wildflowers.
Mrs. Jon H. Williams presided at the business session and introduced Mrs. Robert C. Armstrong who reviewed In China Now. Mrs. W. M. Moravec led devotions. A duet by Ms. John Hockaday and Mrs. G McSkimming with Mrs. Ethel Livingston as accompanist. A violin solo by Miss hie Mercer with Ruth Buresh on piano.
Mr and Mrs J Alfred Witousek entertained at an April Fool party on Wednesday evening in their home. Prizes in cards were won by Bill Dvorak Tena Louvar Agnes Dobrovsky and James Bowersox.
Mrs. Lilita Layer of 408 H Ave NW returned home after visiting her son Private Arnold W. Layer. The pair also spent time in New Orleans and Baton Rouge during their travels.
Court officials dismissed charges of harboring a vicious animal against Anna Gorup of 1004 Seventeenth Street NE after the court approved the motion. The police seized the cat following neighbor complaints about a shelter. authorities fed it a vegetable diet for a week and it became calm. The animal was returned to Gorup after she agreed to stop feeding raw meat.
London reports Prime Minister Arthur W. Fadden of Australia appointed John Curtin and McFadden to the Privy Council as a gesture of solidarity. The move notes dominion statesmen sometimes hold honorary posts advising the king.
Portsmouth man, son of Mrs Ada Gleeson of 611 First Ave, married Jan 24 at Bethel Methodist parsonage in Charleston South Carolina. Bride’s family and groom’s Navy service cited. couple reside at 1117 Greenway Drive Grove Park Portsmouth. Groom formerly a McKinley High School graduate and pharmacist’s mate.
A reader asks about Mary Manners advice on relationships and loneliness. The Miss SPINSTER reply suggests church or Red Cross work to fill idle time and gain purpose, urging the reader to try activities and report back on effects.
Florida high court denied rehearing of Emily King’s bid to set aside a divorce fraud claim over a widow’s share in the $20 million Ringling estate. The suit followed a circuit court loss and a prior supreme court ruling. Jay Tom Wood for the petition. firm Milam, Mecivane and Milam argued against. The case involves half the estate and a codicil directing annual income to Florida.
The La Paz cathedral is described as capable of accommodating 12,000 worshipers, reflecting its large size and significance in the city.
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