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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1941
Page
2
Iowa shippers forecast issued at 9 am warns protection of shipments over the next 24 to 36 hours as temperatures vary by region. West and north expected 28 to 32 degrees while east and south rise above 32 degrees.
Leo J. Drakos and Shirley Rees ink both of Cedar Rapids. John J. O'Toole and Lauretta Cooper, both of Cedar Rapids.
Mary Anna Sherwood of Cedar Rapids files a suit against C. P. Sherwood alleging cruel and inhuman treatment during marriage begun March 4, 1931. Plaintiff seeks recovery of household furnishings. Judge H. C. Ring presides.
A series of birth notices lists newborns at Mercy Hospital and St Luke's Hospital. Parents include Harold Hill and wife with a 714 pound son born April 17. Charles Bushnell with a daughter born April 18. John on and wife with a daughter born April 19. Reinhold Schamberger with a son born April 19. Roy Holten with a son born April 18. Addresses accompany each couple.
Lyle Huss, 28, 1427 Third Street SE, fined $25 and costs after reckless driving charge. Floyd Robb, 46, 2912 First Avenue E, license suspended for 30 days with fine suspended on payment of costs.
Police arrested Clarence Godfrey and Richard Shinney after another brawl near the Wilson plant following a strike settlement. Godfrey faced a drunkenness charge. Shinney to face later charges. Another man, Lyle Huss, was seized after a confrontation on Fourteenth Avenue. Huss later paid fines, and traffic police were deployed around the plant.
Dr Richard Arthur Bolt outlines accidents as the leading cause of death for children ages 4 to 10 and second for ages 2 to 4, urging simple home precautions such as safe storage of medicines and razors, bathing rules, stair and window guards, road safety, and improved nutrition with milk, eggs, and vegetables to support growth and energy.
The Food dollar is the most important dollar the mother spends because its wise expenditure. Here is one way to spend that dollar.
Julia E Mackenzie, 60, filed for divorce from John Mackenzie, 69, on cruel and inhuman treatment. Married in Cedar Rapids, they separated after four days. she seeks her former name Julia E Odell. Two other cruelty cases filed Friday afternoon include Gladys Ruffier seeking divorce from Emile P Ruffier, married April 1, 1934 at Rock. Also notes wills admitted to probate: Annie Machula, died Dec 18. Beneficiaries include three sons and three daughters. executor George Machula confirmed.
Seven criminal cases are listed for trial Tuesday in a criminal assignment posted Friday by County Attorney W. W. Crissman. M. T. Jeter of Des Moines is charged in five informations with its heads the list along with Shirley Millsap, believed by police to have been his companion in mass raids on Cedar Rapids stores. Mrs. Millsap pled not guilty to a larceny charge Friday. Also assigned for hearing are Joseph A. Pisarik, bootlegging. Donald Craft, maintaining a liquor nuisance. Dale Bernard Wilson, drunk driving. Andrew Canis, sale of liquor. and Lestersey, a reckless driving conviction.
LeRoy Low, whose $20,000 suit against Ford Hopkins Drug was denied April 5 by Judge J. E. Heiserman, filed Friday for a new trial. He claims the verdict contradicted the evidence and cites ten exceptions to the judge's instructions. The case stems from his wife Mary G. Low's death in December 1938 after a fall in the Ford Hopkins store, alleging negligence by the company. In a separate matter, Ina H. Wilson's $2,500 damage suit against Tri-States Theaters was decided April 10 in her favor, with Wilson reportedly filing for a new trial after being allegedly fired when she fell in an aisle of the theater in August.
Mrs Williams the wife of Alfred Williams was ordered held without bond as a court case proceeded. The fragment notes an arrest or indictment related to the Williams family, with no further details available in the readable text.
Lewis Bell of 919 North Southwest Street, a Black man, was jailed Friday night by Sheriff Jack Franklin in Vinton. Bell is wanted in Vinton for failure to appear in justice court on a charge of violating state motor vehicle laws.
Helen Sherman filed suit for divorce from Herbert Sherman citing cruel and inhuman treatment. They wed July 11 1936 at Toddville. She seeks custody of their two children.
Judge H. C. Ring, acting on behalf of D. W. Bates receiver for the Iowa State Savings Bank, approves the sale of a lot at Wood avenue and Thirty-fourth street SE to Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Williams for $1,000.
A notice of tax lien under internal revenue laws against W. L. Gladwin of 1526 Sixth Street NW for an individual income tax of 24.41 delinquent in 1937 has been filed with Bessie G. Engle, clerk of the United States district court.
More than 125 Linn County rural school teachers met Saturday at the courthouse for their annual all day conference. Charles F. Martin and Fred C. Bowersox addressed the morning session in Judge Moffit’s courtroom, with Walton Shupp leading. Topics included curriculum planning, work study skills, wildlife conservation, and the teacher’s tasks. A noon luncheon at the First Church preceded a second afternoon session.
Senate foes of admin policy push for a requirement that convoys receive congressional approval before orders. Tobey cites unnamed sources on navy convoy activity while Barkley cites assurances from Knox and Stark that no convoys have been issued. Nye plans a competing resolution, Norris questions timing, amid pressure for unity.
An in-depth look at Vichy France, depicting Petain’s influence and the maze of decrees, judicial actions, and political maneuvering. It notes De Gaulle rivals, Alibert’s rapid edicts, the lack of real assembly power, and the bleak outlook as Axis control tightens. It cites food shortages, censorship, and mass internments of Jews and others.
London AP report says Royal Air Force planes attacked two enemy convoys in separate North Sea operations. One raid occurred near Helgoland while another targeted vessels off the Norwegian coast as eight British planes took part.
In New Haven England the coroner ruled that Virginia Woolf, famed author, took her own life after body was recovered from the River Ouse. She had written a note to her husband saying she felt she would go mad and could not go on. She disappeared three weeks earlier after leaving home for a walk along the river.
Nineteen cars of a Chicago Great Western freight train derailed three miles north of Sumner Iowa, about 11:20 p.m. Thursday after rain softened ballast. The derailment damaged many cars but caused no injuries to trainmen. damage estimates were not available.
Pravda says the Soviet Japanese neutrality treaty was not aimed at Germany and denied it was concluded under German pressure. The article says the agreement chiefly involved Japan, Germany, Britain, and the United States and ridicules the British and American press for fabrications about deteriorating relations.
Stanley Chesmore, a truck driver for Keeshin Motor Express, was fined $5 and costs on an assault and battery charge in justice court Saturday after allegedly striking another truck driver, John B. Vondracek, of 255 Wilson Avenue Southwest, at a location on Friday.
Internal Revenue Service filings list tax liens against Addington Bakery Toledo for 1937 due $126 and penalties, F H Smittkamp Vinton for 1937 tax $76.78, and Belle Plaine Station Belle Plaine for stock tax due June 30 1939 with penalty $16.79.
A humorous column by Arthur Bugs Baer traces a young office worker stepping into a new life, as he leaves the office and returns in uniform, looking sharper and more polished than ever. The piece uses witty local-color framing to reflect on career and persona shifts.
A narrator notes youths nationwide are improving with time and jokes about a New York Stock Exchange president named Martin who faces a salary of twenty one dollars a month. The piece uses casual humor to comment on legality of age and pay.
A narrator notes Martin, at thirty four, is older for army service while praising a young recruit who could enlist simply. The piece mentions the broker's heavy commission and suggests Martin could spare a year away from Wall Street while taking his cigarettes along.
Mrs Cleofas Saldana Lopez aged 60 wife of Benito Lopez and former Cedar Rapids resident died at her Joliet Illinois home Thursday in 1924 Funeral services set for 9 am Monday at Immaculate Conception Church conducted by Msgr John M Molloy burial in Mount Calvary cemetery Survivors include two sons Raymond Rivera and Ralph Lopez both Joliet and two brothers Mercede Saldana and Bias Saldana and a sister Pauline Saldana in Mexico
Mrs. Harold Fiske of Mount Vernon was elected chairman of the Linn County Federation of Women's clubs at a spring convention in Central City. Mrs. Charles Bode of Cedar Rapids was chosen vice-chairman, Miss Sara Nott of Marion reelected secretary, and Mrs. Ivan Gritman of Walker reelected treasurer. The event included reports, health talks, and a program of songs and readings. A separate incident noted a car theft and a runaway incident near Highway No. 6 involving a youth later identified by police.
Norman Thomas head of the socialist party will lecture at the University of Iowa April 23 on the theme of a Just and Lasting Peace. He is a 1940 presidential candidate and will appear under sponsorship of the Socialist League and Peace Ship organization. Thomas has co edited several magazines and authored Socialism Once Defense.
Information charging larceny of a motor vehicle was filed Saturday against Wilton Scott, 19, a Negro, arrested about 1:30 a.m. near his home in south Iowa City after he and an item owned by W. C. Smith were involved in the incident. Scott was one of the El-
Secretary of Labor Perkins on Saturday urged northern coal operators and the United Mine Workers of America to accept immediate resumption of work. She also called for southern operators who left the Appalachian wage conference to continue negotiations with the UMW. Telegrams were sent to Lewis, president of the Appalachian conference, and Charles ONeal, and to L Ebersole Gaines, chairman of the Southern Operators Wage Conference.
The Seventh corps examined seventy five applicants for a flying cadet position on Thursday at the post office building. About 25 percent passed, above the usual 15 percent. Only 41 could be examined within the two and a half hour window. The examining board included Maj. William G. Bowyer and several lieutenants from the air and medical corps.
The Seattle Roman Catholic bishop, Gerald Shaughnessy, criticizes Willkie for campaign pledges he says were just political rhetoric. He cites a senate hearing record and notes Willkie’s remark about war by spring 1941 as part of his rebuke while urging accountability to the party and nation.
Anamosa attorney was renamed conciliation commissioner by Judge Gien. The appointment filed with Bessie Aegle, United States district clerk. Mr. McLaughlin's term runs one year from April 27, serving as conciliator in bankruptcy cases.
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