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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1941
Page
18
Robert Peck Sentenced for Fishing Without License
Robert Peck aged 23 of 821 Second Avenue SE was jailed for 10 days after a fishing license violation. Conservation Officer W Beckman arrested him on the F Avenue Bridge and Justice H R Churchill presided over the sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Peck
Second Avenue SE
W. Beckman
F Avenue Bridge
H. R. Churchill
Local Notices and Births Highlight Sioux City Records
Rhoda Nissen married April 4 1925 in Sioux City to Walter Nissen under Judge H C Ring. A son was born April 5 at home to Mr and Mrs Harold Silker 321 Eighth Street NE. Mercy Hospital reports a son born April 10 to Mr and Mrs Guerin Cronkhite 1049 Twelfth Street NE. A daughter was born April 9 to Mr and Mrs Richard Ericson of Chicago, the mother Mrs Gertrude Yeager daughter of Mrs Eva V Yeager 1643 Second Avenue SE. Mrs Martha Martin 82 died at 1108 First Avenue W at 2 55 a m Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoda Nissen
Walter Nissen
Sioux City
H. C. Ring
Harold Silker
Eighth Street
Mercy Hospital
Guerin Cronkhite
Twelfth Street
Richard Ericson
Chicago
Ericson
Gertrude Yeager
Eva V. Yeager
Second Avenue SE
Martha Martin
First Avenue W
Iowa Senate Passes Coalition Beer Bill in Bid to End Session
Iowa lawmakers moved major bills through both chambers on Thursday and Friday, including a $300,000 central library unit for the University of Iowa and limits on hauling new cars on double deck transports. The session neared final adjournment as the House finished its calendar and prepared for a Friday gavel, with enrollment of measures to the governor expected by Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
University of Iowa
Iowa
Assembly
House
Senate
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Public Safety Commissioner
Allamakee
Clayton
United States
General Assembly
Employment Security Commission
Fire Department
Dubuque
Evangelist S J Lane to Lead 2 Week Meetings at Church of God
The Rev S J Lane a Lincoln Illinois singing evangelist will start a two week series at the Church of God Avenue at Eighth Street NW Monday night April 14 at 730 He will speak each evening sing and accompany himself on guitar Lane a former Clinton Town pastor has 24 years in ministerial work Cottage prayer meetings have been held this week as the congregation prepares the spring meetings The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Lane
Lincoln, Ill
Church of God
L Avenue
Eighth Street NW
Lane
Clinton
Town
Iowa House Approves Library Construction Vote Split
The Iowa House backed a $300 000 library construction appropriation after trimming from $500 000 amid a 53 41 vote. Opposition from Rep Leo Hoegh cited rural libraries. Support from Rep Elmer Johnson highlighted vast books in danger on campus and tax impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Leo Hoegh
Chariton
Driving Tests And Local Option Die In Legislature
Iowa Forty-ninth General Assembly left no final action on issues including local option on liquor stores and beer sales. Pending items span unemployment benefits timing, school aid, high school athletic association regulation, barber price rules, county reorganization, and rural library service expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Forty-ninth
Iowa General Assembly
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Iowa House to Die on Dependent Child Aid Bill
Des Moines AP The last minute bill for 395000 a year to aid dependent children seems doomed after the senate passed it. Rep Kuester Griswold says the house will not meet again. The measure would fund a 1200000 annual program with federal and county contributions as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Senate
G. T. Kuester
Griswold
House Appropriations Committee
Measure clarifying land purchase for Cedar Rapids golf course
A special legislative measure clarifying existing law to permit Cedar Rapids to acquire an 80 acre addition to Ellis Park golf course passed and goes to Gov. George A. Wilson for signature. The plan would expand the nine hole course to 18 holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
George A. Wilson
Liberty Bell cracked in 1935 during Marshall death report
The article notes the Liberty Bell cracked in 1935 while describing the death of Chief Justice John Marshall of the U S Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marshall
U. S. Supreme Court
British Move To Hold Greek Defenses As Nazi Push Advances
German forces drive from Bitolj toward Florina and threaten the Greek border while RAF air attacks target tanks along roads from Prilep to Florina. British and Greek troops brace along a line from Florina to the Gulf of Salonika as Yugoslav resistance collapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Yugoslavia
Salonika
Gianitsa
Florina
Bitolj
Monastir
Edessa
Mount Olympus
Fiorina
Albania
Royal Air Force
Prilep
Skoplje
Serbia
Kenali
Gulf of
Larissa
Yanina
Parley Fails to End Wilson Cedar Rapids Labor Dispute
A 16 day stoppage at Wilson Cedar Rapids plant continues as a federal official may file contempt proceedings against Wilson and firm. The union proposes to end the lockout by delaying union shop demands and accepting current wage and hours until competitors decide changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Kampfert
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Wilson and Company
National Labor Relations Board
Clack
Cofer
John W. Cofer
United States Department of Labor
Wilson Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for Vincenc Jandl Sunday
Vincenc Jandl 79 retired tailor died Thursday at his home 1626 J street SW. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Janeba funeral home conducted by Theodore B. Hlubacek. Burial is set for Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincenc Jandl
J Street
Janeba
Theodore B. Hlubacek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Union Proposal Reaches Tentative Settlement at Wilson and Co
The document outlines a proposed one year agreement with the Big Four packing plants. It includes withdrawal of a piece work request and recognition of the union as sole bargaining agent. Negotiations to reopen the plant to proceed under the U.S. conciliator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Relations Board
United States Conciliator
Wilson and Company
Lewis J. Clark
PwWoOc
Henderson Heads Price Control Unit
Henderson takes lead in forming a price administration committee to fix maximum prices and study civilian needs during defense mobilization. The panel includes eight agency heads and will coordinate consumer and industrial price controls with Harriet Elliott previously overseeing consumer prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Loan
Tariff
Trade Commissions
Office of Production Management
National Defense Commission
Harriet Elliott
Gordon's Shift Planned by Yankees Manager
New York Yankee manager Joe McCarthy says he planned shifting Joe Gordon to first base throughout last season. The remark reflects ongoing roster strategy and the aim to better balance infield defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
NBA
Joe McCarthy
The
Yankees
Joe Gordon
Linn Doctors Hear Paper On Research Findings
Dr. Irvine McQuarrie of Minneapolis presented five unusual patient cases at the Linn County Medical Society meeting to discuss how University of Minnesota studies may spark medical discoveries. He described liver calcium storage, fat metabolism questions, salt use in low blood sugar, and a case of hypercortico adrenalism. The talk was debated by Cedar Rapids and Iowa City physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvine McQuarrie
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Linn County Medical Society
Montrose Hotel
Addison
Dr. McQuarrie
McQuarrie
Frederick G. Murray
Jennings Crawford
Cedar Rapids
P. C. Jeans
College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Emergency calls to Cedar Rapids physicians exchange urged
State fire marshal report cites a rescue attempt for a dog as context. Mrs M Edith Hesbacher of the physicians exchange pledges full responsibility for locating a doctor in emergencies and asks callers to provide location patient name preference condition and injuries. A medical society committee recommends calling the exchange in all emergencies and having ambulances take patients to hospitals for prompt care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cording
Medical Society
Society
Linn County Medical Society
Police and Fire Departments
Physicians Exchange
Ellinor Apartments
Cedar Rapids
Mechanicsville Man Severely Burned Fighting Brush Fire
Mechanicsville 80 year old Charles High, a retired farmer, suffered severe first to third degree burns when his clothes ignited while burning brush on an acreage at the town's north edge. He was rushed by ambulance to St. Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids with his son Julius, and his condition was listed as critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsville
Charles High
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Julius
Turkey keeps nonbelligerent stance in treaties with Britain and Greece
London reporting that Turkey will remain neutral within its treaties with Great Britain and Greece. The Vakit newspaper cited an Exchange Telegraph dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Great Britain
Greece
Turkey
Vakit
Ara
Local Sheet Metal Workers Win New Contract Pay Rise
Joe Fiala, union president, announces a completed contract for about 50 sheet metal workers in 14 city shops. The deal retroactive to April 1 includes a 10 cent per hour raise and a 5 cent bump on July 1, bringing wages to 1.20 then 1.25 per hour. Engineers and iron workers still unsettled or locked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheet Metal Workers Union
Joe Fiala
Engineers Union
Iron Workers
Building Trades
Ford Motor Co Strike Settled After Eight Day Work Stoppage
The eight day Ford strike ends with a settlement praised by plant head and Federal Conciliator James F. Dewey. The stoppage cost Ford workers about 8 million in wages and cost the company millions more. Ford normally ships 25,000 vehicles weekly from the production lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Dewey
Ford
GM Warned of UAW Strike Over Contract by April 20
General Motors received notice from the CIO United Auto Workers that it plans strike action if a new contract isn’t reached by April 20. Federal Conciliator James F. Dewey was ordered to avert a work stoppage. UAW seeks wage increases after last year’s labor board election named it exclusive bargaining agent for about 130,000 GM production workers. Negotiations began March 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Motors Corporation
Labor Department
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
James F. Dewey
Labor Board
Jews Welcome Passover Adent Services Tonight
Temple Judah and Beth Jacob announce Seder services marking Passover start Friday night. Temple Judah hosts a 7 pm service at the Roosevelt hotel with prayers and dinner led by Mrs. J. P. Galway coordinating arrangements. April 18 service at 8 pm at the temple features Rabbi Freund speaking on What Will Happen the Day After. Beth Jacob holds Friday and Saturday 8 pm Seder led by Rabbi Klibansky recounting Passover incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Judah
Beth Jacob
Roosevelt Hotel
J. P. Galway
Temple
Hirsch L. Freund
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