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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1942
Page
1
A springlike weekend and easing tire shortages drew large crowds to Cedar Rapids parks. Temperatures reached 66 degrees by 4:30 p.m. Sunday and again at 12:30 p.m. Monday, with overnight lows near 33. By 7 p.m. Sunday the red line stood at 59 and dipped to 43 by midnight.
Clarence R. Vander Meulen and Elsie Tefer of Cedar Rapids are linked in a marriage notice in the local paper. The couple resides in Cedar Rapids and signifies a standard wedding announcement.
Mrs. Bertha Siver of Lisbon died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 2 40 a m Monday. Funeral plans were not listed in the brief notice.
Arleen M. Phillips from Donald F. Phillips granted after cruel and inhuman treatment. married Oct 29 1938. plaintiff’s maiden name Arleen M. Finney restored. Jane N. Bell from John H. Bell Jr granted after cruel and inhuman treatment. married Oct 12 1941. plaintiff’s maiden name Jane Alexander restored.
Mercy hospital reports births for several families including Schulman Tewart Saioom Walker Schulman and others with daughters and sons born April 18 to 20. St Luke’s notes Frank White Harris Hynek Houts Hackney Davis Bokorney Barbara, with family link to Fred Bokorney of 227 Johnson Avenue NW.
Hobart Clark, 45, a Negro riv ass at 1117 Thirteenth Avenue SE, fined $50 and costs for reckless driving. Marion Gerdes also fined $10 and costs. Winifred Neal of 1029 Third Avenue SE was fined $2 for failing to yield right of way.
R L Rhodes, 34, of 3098 H Avenue NW, fined 25 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace of his family, with 15 dollars of the fine suspended. Address 401 G Avenue NW shows related citation for faulty brakes and court action.
Fire calls reported from Sunda res ae to 806 B avenue NE with 1:57 p.m. grass fire on Rockford road SW and 5:44 p.m. roof fire at 1825 E avenue NW. Additional rubbish fire at 1231 Sixth street NW at 7:20 p.m. and garage fire at 252 Fortieth street NE. Monday 8:44 a.m. structure fire at 806 B avenue NE.
Burgus shifts stance on civilian defense office costs funded from municipal funds. He reverses earlier claim that money should be paid by the city and says he cannot sign vouchers until clarified. The council approved an $18.50 item and other bills, while Burgus later conferred with businessmen before signing. The finance commissioner revealed stationery funds may be drawn from city stock but long distance calls and travel must come from county funds. Burgus said the city would buy defense unit office equipment for later admin use, ending a rift with Mayor Hahn and other officials. The split followed a March 30 vote to pay a 75 dollar monthly rate for a rationing board clerk.
Mrs Bertha Siver born Tipton August 27 1883 lived in Lisbon ten years dies after a three month illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 2 40 am Monday. She leaves husband Bert four daughters all in Cedar Rapids a son Ralph in the service two stepdaughters and three stepsons. Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday at Federated church Lisbon.
Sergt. Richard K. Jenkins, listed with the A. E. F. in Northern Ireland, is identified as formerly of Cedar Rapids. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Jenkins, reside in Cotter, Iowa.
A Cedar Rapids Victory Book committee forwarded 1800 books to Camp Shelby Mississippi on April 9. Miss Alice Story head librarian received the note praising the effort and outlining plans to place branch libraries in remote areas including hospitals and stockades. The shipment lifts Cedar Rapids total to 3300 books for servicemen. a second batch of 528 is prepared for mailing. The drive continues with volunteers inviting further donations at the public library.
The La Plant Choate auxiliary meets Tuesday at 2 pm at the YWCA. Mrs. Herbeck is homebound with a broken ankle from a Sunday fall. A cooking class meets in the Glow Room of the Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co. Tuesday at 2 15. Teddy the dog now belongs to Paul Wolfman. National Want Ad Week offers four days for the price of three for ads started before April 26. John W. Tubbs gets a Class B beer and cigaret license for The Pine Inn. Police and fire civil service exams are set for April 29 at 7 30 pm at Moyle School. Mrs. L J Smith leads a gardening meeting at Cleveland school site Tuesday 4 pm. St Patrick s Cleveland and Roosevelt students invited to bring seeds tools lines. The Credit Women’s Breakfast Club annual bosses breakfast moves to Montrose hotel Wednesday at 7 15 am with Alice S Warsaw as speaker.
Seven delegates from Wilson high school attended the Iowa Junior Science Club meeting where they received a geology sciences stone Sweepstakes commendation.
U.S. regulators ask courts to bar Jones and Laughlin and Carnegie-Illinois from aiding rivals by ignoring WPB and OPM orders. The suits allege failure to meet military needs and to comply with priority rules, risking WPB program efficiency amid war. H. E. Lewis of Jones and Laughlin defends shipments as serving army and navy needs.
The War Department reports Japan renewed bombardment of Corregidor and Forts Drum and Hughes from Bataan and Manila Bay. Allied gunners silenced at least three batteries and disrupted motor truck and troop concentrations while five dive bombing raids targeted Corregidor. Nearby actions on Mindanao’s Zamboanga area halted two Japanese bus convoys with casualties.
The Vinton strike escalates with a Sunday fire alarm at the plant and about 25 pickets parading, singing flags in front of the workplace. LeRoy Kusick and another man face reckless driving charges and are released on $50 bail as deputies are sworn in for security. The plant operates and workers are urged to use the NLRB route for elections.
Hobart Clark, 45, of 1117 Thirteenth Avenue SE, accused of drinking but not drunk, pled guilty in police court to reckless driving after an accident at 9 15 p m Sunday. He was fined 50 and lost his license. Police said Clark was eastbound on Eighth Avenue SE when his car failed to stay in its lane.
A Red Cross first aid class for men meets at the police station at 7 tonight and will run ten weeks with two hour sessions each Monday. Any man may attend, with future smaller groups possible if enrollment is large.
Reports say Japan plans cabinet talks on damage and rumors after a Tokyo raid. Major General Kenryo Sato is named to replace Muto as military affairs bureau head. Axis radio downplays impact, citing no military objective damage and normal traffic, while reconstruction lags.
Billy Geiseman a 12 year old boy told Sheriff Ray Westfall he shot and killed farm couple Charles Krugjohann 45 and Ada Krugjohann 43 his guardians for three years because they spanked him seven months earlier for hockey with the school team He said he wanted to get even and had planned to kill them before losing his nerve Westfall traced the confession and noted discrepancies in the boy accounts.
Six eastern Iowans enlisted weekend to serve their country. Marines enlist four men Kenneth Dillon 18 Muscatine Keith Dice 20 Frank Sebetka 20 Wilbur Matus 17. Navy picks two Clifford Van Looby 25 Farmersburg and Robert Shaver 26 Iowa City after final exams in Des Moines.
National committee appoints seven member subcommittee to draft war and post war policy resolutions amid Willkie opposition. Chairman Wallace Towns send of Little Rock leads a panel with two Willkie supporters, aiming to frame a strong GOP stance on isolationism and international responsibilities. Taft and Brooks resolutions prompt debate as Weeks urges a vigorous postwar policy. Willkie comments via New York speech urge active world leadership after the war. Gov. Wilson reaffirmed his anti dictation stance, noting his 1940 Garner address.
Ray Anderson farm editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette warned that overlapping agricultural agencies hinder the war effort. Speaking before the Rotary Club, he urged elimination of unnecessary functions and urged farmers in eastern Iowa to meet production quotas despite price restraints. He argued farmers want cooperation but fear redundant services, noting eastern Iowa as key to the war effort.
The state department announced that official representative exchanges between the United States and Axis powers will start on or about May 5.
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