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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1941
Page
17
Pope Pius XII urged belligerents to shun more murderous warfare and Catholics to pray for peace. He called rulers occupying territories to treat peoples justly and humanely, noting humane conduct toward prisoners and civilians reflects civilization and impacts a nation’s blessing or curse.
A radio report from Oslo heard in Stockholm says a British destroyer raided a small Nazi occupied port in northern Norway. The strike allegedly destroyed a fish oil plant and the home of a pro Nazi leader with Norwegian guides confirming factory targets.
At the theaters in Iowa Jean Arthur and Robert Cummings star in The Devil and Miss Jones while Melody for Three features Jean Hersholt. Paramount presents Men of Boys Town with Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney. Deanna Durbin and Franchot Tone headline Nice Girl with Lloyd Nolan and Lynn Bari in Sleepers West. Palace screens Third Finger Left Hand with Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas plus Three Men From Texas. Marion offers Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr in Comrade X with Frances Langford in Hit Parade of 1941. Rialto features Randolph Scott in When the Daltons Rode and Tug Boat Annie Sails Again with Marjorie Rambeau. Strand has James Stewart in No Time For Comedy and Lew Ayres in Dr Kildare Goes Home.
Census data show New England increased chicken production by about 50 percent over the last decade, reflecting a significant growth in poultry farming across the region.
Gerry Lane uncovers a web of threats around Walter Gregg contractor Worth Durfee. A car crash and a murder plot unfold as investigators find Durfee dead in a canyon wreck. Pauline Dawson Florabelle Mount and Estelle Gregg emerge as key figures amid a tense, fogbound night.
The party reaches the Durfee bungalow after a long foggy trek and finds the house set for a solitary dinner with no one present. A barred laboratory door and noisy Dobermans heighten the eerie atmosphere as the group searches the empty rooms.
In the fog shrouded canyon a wrecking crew retrieves a car and body believed to be Durfee. Lance and Gerry confront fear and guilt as Allen’s crash and a looming investigation unfold, with Durfee’s fate left unresolved until tomorrow.
The Gazette reports King Alfonso of Spain abdicated amid sweeping republican victories. Myrtle Rogers of Iowa City was hospitalized after a collision between her car and a truck on the Iowa City road. A. H. Niles, Cedar Rapids music dealer, died yesterday. The City Baseball League organized with Harry Concannon president, Ralph Blaylock secretary, and Willard Hayes executive secretary.
On April 14, 1921, Harry Campbell a Coe College graduate and Cedar Rapids resident, will graduate from McCormick Theological Seminary and depart for western India to serve as a foreign missionary pastor.
A special Chamber of Commerce committee including A. S. Reed L. H. Stubbs and P. C. Rude will study sites for a proposed tourists park urged by the real estate board. David Morrison, secretary of Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor, received a request from Flint Michigan labor leaders for Cedar Rapids adjustment plan details.
An ordinance introduced by the city council would prohibit ambulance charges above three dollars for day calls and four dollars for night calls within city limits. Joseph Sinco, an employee at the Douglas starch works, suffered fractured ribs and bruises after a fall between two trucks today.
Over the weekend Darryl Zanuck picked the first Hollywood project for Jean Gabin with Moon Tide by William Robertson. Gabin attended Pepe Le Moko despite rain, Cobina Wright Jr and Bob Stack among first-nighters. Linda Darnell is tipped for the femme role with John O’Hara writing the screenplay and Mark Hellinger producing. Gabin may join Marlene Dietrich. Garbo’s outings with Remarque noted. Gloria Swanson at Paramount sparks talk of a two-film deal and a Louisiana Purchase project with Buddy De Sylva.
Two year old Sherril Carter of Peoria Illinois was found on a street corner by Patrolman F C Parrish during a Saturday night in Cedar Rapids. She asked Where have you been when reunited with her mother Mrs Theodore Carter who had called the station for help. The Carters are visiting Cedar Rapids with Mrs Carter's mother Mrs Anna Markham and Mr and Mrs Henry A Carter.
J. D. White, business agent of the Cedar Rapids truckers' union, was injured when his automobile blew a tire and overturned near North Liberty Friday night. He was brought from Mercy hospital in Town City to his home at 344 Seventeenth Street SE Sunday night, and Mrs. White remains in the hospital.
Community notices cover Women of the Moose bingo at Mrs. H O Center 819 Second Avenue SW. May 1 bid date set for two paving projects and a curb and gutter job by city council. Royal Arch Masons Travel Chapter No 49 meets at 7 30 p m. De gree work in Mark and past master degrees. United Commercial Travellers Auxiliary picnic lunch at 1 p m Wednesday at Mrs Clarence W Miller 1423 Wildwood Drive NE. Cedar Rapids K of C Council No 909 meets 7 30 p m and a spelling bee follows at parochial schools. Mr and Mrs George Griner attend funeral in Oswego NY. Syrian Orthodox church Holy week service begins 8 p m Monday and Tuesday at St John.
All Master Masons are asked to attend a simultaneous meeting at seven thirty tonight in the Masonic hall. The program includes music and refreshments.
Bobby Bethel, 4, son of Mr and Mrs A R Bethel of 1549 Sixth is mentioned in a local family notice seeking support or prayers from the community as part of a personal or church outreach.
A boy suffered a head laceration and body bruises when he fell from a moving automobile around 4 15 p m Sunday. His parents reported he tumbled out as the car traveled 20 to 25 miles an hour near Mt Vernon avenue and Seventeenth street SE. He was treated at St Luke's hospital and released.
A delegation from Bus Drivers local 638 traveled to Elgin Jil on Thursday for the funeral of Edward S. Ackerman superintendent of Cedar Rapids City Lines Inc. He died Tuesday after a two week heart ailment. Attending were Arthur Klopp Virgil Andrew Warren Trimble Tom Calhoun Joe Stanek Robert Smith Frank Hembern Darwin McGraw Mrs Leo Walrath Mrs Joe Bonner and Mr and Mrs Herman Werta.
The Christian Endeavor of the Buffalo Evangelical church sponsored an Easter sunrise service with John Luce leading. Eldon Schrimper gave a trumpet solo with his mother Mrs Lawrence Schrimper. Myrtle Blaie read scripture. LeEtta Schrimper sang with Constance Krapf. Arline Quass read. Carl Koehn spoke. Rev E E Penscook gave benediction. A 10:30 am service featured Rev Mr Peacock on The Power of Resurrection and special music by the pastor and LeEtta Schrimper. Breakfast for 35 followed at the O. E. Quass home.
J. W Tubbs operator of a service station at First avenue and First street W was fined 100 dollars and costs in Justice H. R. Churchill court on a charge of failing to post the price of gasoline. Information was signed by L. T. Freese state treasurer's agent who said Tubbs and the employer had been warned about displaying price tax and total per gallon.
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a cure for digestion issues. It claims the product increases bile flow to prevent bloating constipation and sour moods and urges readers to buy the 10 cent package and 364 advertisements.
An ad promotes unsecured loans up to 8300 with no endorsers or guarantors. It highlights monthly payments for a 100 loan such as 12 payments of 9.77 or 20 payments of 6.43, emphasizing character and regular income over collateral and stating no outsiders sign or questions about credit.
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