Town shippers forecast and local notices April 18 1941
Town shippers forecast issued at 9 am covers next 24 to 36 hours with temperatures listed. A Thursday lightning strike at Nineteenth Avenue and Second Street SW triggered a general alarm. Local births: twins a son and a daughter at St Luke's Hospital and three more newborns at Mercy Hospital. Several minor offenses: fines for disturbing the peace and assault with suspended costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Luke's Hospital
W. Clark
Nineteenth Street
al Kane
Twenty-fourth Street
H. J. Taylor
B Avenue NW
LaMotte L. Anderson
Mercy Hospital
Alex Kalliel
Second Avenue
Edward Kocina
Storm Leaves Death and Damage Across Norway Benton County
A devastating storm caused one death and many injuries as roofs were torn off and houses swept away. In Norway four inches of rain fell in an hour with hail up to 1.5 inches. A twister damaged four mules, barns, and outbuildings on three farms, including Jake Lee and Frank Bys farms, with windows smashed and structures demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Benton County
Jake Lee
Frank Bys
See Place
Walford
Henry Schmuecher
Jake Rosdall
August Bennett
Charles Janko
Drapert Inn
Anamosa
Langworthy
Monticello
Manchester
Belle Plaine
Independence
Decorah
Dubuque
Waterloo
Tornado Toll and Strike End at Cedar Rapids Plant
A severe Iowa tornado damaged farms near Marengo and Ladora, smashed greenhouse panes, killed livestock, and injured a woman near Walford. In Cedar Rapids, the Wilson & Co. packing plant strike ended after a three page pact restoring operations and outlining union recognition, no discrimination, and reinstatement for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Feller
Marengo
Friedericksen
Swift Packing Plant
Ladora
Clarence
Big Bear Creek
Walford
M <A. Prowell
Washington, D. C
National Labor Relations Board
Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
James D. Cooney
Chicago
J. T. McMillan
Sam Sponselier
PWOC
Hopkins
Harry Palmer
Owen Elliott
Wilson & Co
Iowa
Tornado Rips Victor Area Causing Wide Damage
A tornado plowed through Victor and nearby areas ripping roofs from homes and sheds, tossing debris, and injuring Mrs. Murray. The Murray filling station, two damaged garages, and several residents' homes suffered extensive destruction while two nurses aided injured locals. Telegraph lines failed and isolation persisted into Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weisskopfs
Murrays
Agnes O'Leary
Des Moines
State Health Department
Victor Keal
University Hospital
Iowa City
Murray Filling Station
Victor
Twister damages homes and billboards near Brooklyn Iowa
Cedar Rapids salesman LeRoy Kling reported a tornado hitting Victor area, debris on the road and three large billboards toppled. The storm spared six miles north of Brooklyn but wrecked a farmer’s home windows and killed 100 chickens five miles north. Fields were littered with wreckage and crops as torrential rain swept debris away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Barta
Draport Inn
Cedar Rapids
Barta
LeRoy Kling
Twenty- Third Street
Victor
Brooklyn
Pete DeMueleneare
Motorists Caught in Highway Flood Across County Roads
A storm caused spotty heavy rain with Independence reporting only a half inch. Ten miles south the cloudburst lasted over an hour leaving the highway littered with cornstalks debris and a large log. Southbound traffic diverted back to Independence and detoured via Manchester and Quasqueton to bypass a bridge washout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
No. 11
Manchester
Quasqueton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Record
Shippers Forecast
Nneteenth Avenue
Second Stree
H. I. Baldwin
Lowell Harkness
C Street
Thomas Calhoun
Seventh Avenue
Justice OF Peace Court
Russell Burgess
Second Street NW
H. R. Churchill
New York
Town Falls
St Washington
Boston
Mount Ayr
Tampa
Sioux City
New Orleans
Omaha
Galveston
Charles City
Bismarck
Crosse
Chicaro
OAL
Fies
Che Gedlar Rapids Gazette
Gazette
Arthur Kuen
van Horne
Wilson
Atiows
Cofer
Sam) Sponselier
Frank Hahn
Jim Bailey
Gordon Hughes
George McEowen
A Avenue NW
McEowen
Harold Shaner
English Street
Shaner
Fied
McBowen
Evelyn Trachta
Joseph Zacek
Sixth Street
Godfrey Tefer
Victor 15
Murray
August Bloome
Mes
Keul
Weisskopf
Charles Stowell
Jess Mercer
Charles Timmerman
Timmerman
Wahl Lumber Yard
Martha Sourwine
Richard Hull
Hull
Milton Smith
Mission Orange Beverage
Mission Orange
Life Beverage CO
Towa
Blove
2Nd Avenue
Craemer's
Craemer
Robint Hood
Sala
Vicetor
Kossta
Craemer’s
Ist
2Nd Avenues
Anterandina Ualia
Britain
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