WEATHER AND MARRIAGE LICENSES IN CEDAR RAPIDS AREA
The forecast lists temperatures for several cities including Cedar Rapids and Chicago with highs around the upper 70s to 80s. Marriage licenses were issued to Betty Burke with Harlan W Leichsenring and Margaret Henderson with Melvin K Ferguson, both Cedar Rapids/Cedar Rapids residents. A divorce was granted to Lena Jennings from LeRoy Jennings for cruel and inhuman treatment with custody and household goods awarded, Judge G K Thompson presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Burke
Harlan W. Leichsenring
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Henderson
Melvin K. Ferguson
Lena Jennings
LeRoy Jennings
G. K. Thompson
Police Court Improves Signals and Fines Issued
Rodney Leyland of 1428 Second Street SW surrendered his license for 30 days after failing to signal. C H Cordes and B J Donohoe of Taft hotel were fined $2 and costs for stop signal violations. Wes Svoboda of 167 Sixteenth Avenue SW was fined $2 and costs for failing to yield the right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Leyland
Second Street
C. H. Cordes
Uernsey
B. J. Donohoe
Taft Hotel
Wes Svoboda
Sixteenth Avenue
Local births announced at St Luke's and Mercy hospitals
At St Luke's hospital Mr and Mrs Russell Borgstrom welcomed a daughter on April 23 their address 741 Twenty seventh Street NE. Also at St Luke's Mr and Mrs K L Hastie welcomed a son on April 23 at 1638 Avenue NE. At St Luke's Mr and Mrs Russell Greene welcomed a daughter on April 23 at 735 Fourteenth Street SE. At Mercy hospital Mr and Mrs Ralph Barnard welcomed a daughter on April 23 at 716 Second Street SW. At Mercy hospital Mr and Mrs Melvin Kuba welcomed a son on April 23 at 1718 Hamilton Street SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Russell Borgstrom
Twenty-seventh Street
K. L. Hastie
Avenue NE
Russell Greene
Fourteenth Street
Mercy Hospital
Ralph Barnard
Second Street
Melvin Kuba
Hamilton Street
Verl Duane Fulton dies in Cedar Rapids hospital
Day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Verl Fulton of 613 Tenth Avenue SE died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 4 30 p m Thursday. The brief obituary notes the newborn passed away shortly after birth with no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verl Duane
Verl Fulton
Tenth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapas
Thursays
Civilian Federal Employment Keeps Rising in 1940s Data
The civil service commission reports the executive branch payroll at 1,805,186 as of February 28, with civilian employment up 102,087 that month. The wartime hiring surge already surpasses World War I peaks, though armed forces and legislative bodies are excluded from the tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Service Commission
France
Post Office Department
Free French Admiral Says Darlan Holds Fleet as Trump Card
Admiral Philippe Auboyneau, newly named commander of the Free French naval forces, said in New York that Darlan would not turn over the Vichy fleet to Nazi Germany. He argued the fleet is Darlan’s trump card and warned large defections would occur if ordered to fight for the Germans. He added he would only attack Vichy ships if they served the Nazis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Darlan
Philippe Auboyneau
Free French
Auboyneau
Pierre Laval
Hu‘ier
Vichy
Northeast Iowans Indicted on Liquor Charges by U S Jury
A federal grand jury in the northern half of Iowa reported indictments across divisions eastern western and central with several open and secret cases including Anton Lukon Hopkinton Jess Whitaker Elkader and more. Judge Scott then sentenced five defendants for related crimes including selective service bank robbery white slave act and vehicle theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress D. Pruitt
Sioux City
William W. Tieman
Charles O. Tieman
Vernon G. Studt
Lloyd W. Boomgarden
Rock Rapids
Harold D. Lowry
Scott
Ellsworth A. Bredlow
Merle Bredlow
Britt, Jr
Jehovah's Witnesses
James I. Barnett
Federal
Barnett
City National Bank
South Bend
Ind
Merchants National Bank
Cedar Rapids
DeVere Hanes
Humboldt
Leonard H. Sprimont
Glidden
Syrup Counted in Sugar Quota Determination
L. P. Boudreaux of the Linn county rationing board told the Council of Social Agencies that melted sugar or simple syrup must be counted in determining how much sugar individuals have for ration books next month. He noted only 38 percent of supply is domestic, and while cane and beet growing helps, processing facilities are the major issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Boudreaux
Linn County Rationing Board
Council of Social Agencies
Boudreaux
Two Lips Ask Gov to See the Tulips at Pella Festival
Des Moines report describes 18 year old Jean Van Gorkun presenting Gov George A Wilson with an invitation to the eighth annual tulip festival in Pella from May 7 to 9. The Pella high school senior is festival queen, flanked by 25 Dutch costume-clad youths and several locally dressed businessmen in wooden shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jean van Gorkun
George A. Wilson
Pella
Miss van Gorkun
Bill Seeks Alkyl Plants From Surplus Crops and Forest
Senator McNary urged Congress to authorize building and running plants to make alcohol from grain surplus crops and forest products for war needs. Senator Gillette reported that 211 million bushels could yield 525 million gallons of alcohol for synthetic rubber, part of a larger plan tied to substantial federal aid to rubber and petroleum industries, with grain interests feeling sidelined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McNary
R-Ore
Congress
Gillette
Iowa
Commerce Department
Carpenter Acquitted of Securities Fraud in Iowa Bank Case
AP reports H M Carpenter cashier of Monti cello Iowa State bank was acquitted by a federal district court jury of securities act violation and mail fraud linked to the Commercial Investment Corp. Horner remains deadlocked. Reed had been acquitted last week. Harvey Burr Hedberg pled or pled guilty or nolo contendere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
H. M. Carpenter
Monticello
State Bank
Federal District Court
Commercial Investment Corporation
Charles A. Dewey
Everett G. Horner
Carpenter
Dewey
M Horner
Melvin B. Reed
Jackson, Mich
Horner
Reed
Floyd A. Harvey
Charles A. Burr
Stanley W Hedberg
Nolo Tontendere Pleas
Milk price fixing indictment in Dubuque dairy case
The indictment charges Kauffmann Banworth Thill and others with conspiring to raise milk prices in the Dubuque area by premium agreements to boost retail price by one cent per quart. Covering June 1 1941 to present, the case cites Beatrice Creamery and Sanitary Dairy as major buyers with 60 percent and 95 percent market shares respectively. The grand jury backed the charges unanimously and the case is slated for the fall term in Dubuque under the eastern division of the Northern District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Dubuque
Sanitary Dairy Company
Beatrice Creamery Company
Beatrice
Co-Operative
Sanitary
Thomas H. Daly
United States Attorney General
Richard B. O'Donnell
Richard D. Kearney
Chicago
Scott
Navy Plane Warns Merchant Ship of Nearing Torpedo
Navy plane warning helped Captain John D. Baldwin of a Brooklyn led cargo ship fend off a torpedo strike after an enemy submarine attacked off the Atlantic coast. The torpedo hit amidships, causing a hole and damage. injuries were minor. Depth charges were later dropped in the attack area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Atlantic
John D. Baldwin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fifth Naval District Public Relations Office
Two Damaged Ships Towed in after Torpedoing
BRUNSWICK Ga AP two merchant vessels torpedoed off the coast on April 8 with the loss of 21 lives were brought into port by salvage boats and will be sent elsewhere for reconditioning. Sixteen bodies were recovered from one ship and two were missing. Two bodies were found aboard the second ship and one was missing. Thirty five men were rescued from the first vessel and nineteen from the second at the time of the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick, Ga
War Cost Slowdown in Shipbuilding Aids and Shortages
President Roosevelt said delays in shipbuilding stem from steel shortages rather than broad loafing, noting shortages of steel shapes and plates amid expanded cargo and warship programs. He cited a year to build a new steel plant and said no major scrap iron or steel bottlenecks exist, with capacity efforts underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
Navy
Snow Saves Denver From Severe Flood Threat
A rapid shift to cold and snow halted the South Platte river flood in Denver after widespread evacuations. About 50 families were moved from Littleton and nearby farm areas. Trinidad, Colorado faced the Purgatoire river flood with two drownings and two bridges swept away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
South Platte
Weather Bureau
Littleton
Trinidad
Colorado
Purgatoire River
Salvage Drive expands metal and rubber salvage efforts
The salvage drive continues with bins for waste paper. a separate salvage program collects metal items such as iron steel brass copper aluminum lead and other usable metals from homes schools and fire stations. Rubber items include discarded tires and boots but tin cans razor blades and license plates are not accepted. Local county organizers led by Marion Lassen and per town include Mount Vernon Ely Alburnett Fairfax Central City and Center Point with various chairmen and committees. The Walker Commercial club runs its own program, Center Point is chaired by J F Newland with Willard Neighbors Andy Hendrick and Fred Hunter on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Marion
P C. Lassen
C. B. Vernon
C V DeJong
C. A. Garrison
Z. N. Lundy
I. L. Ford
C. L. Wiley
Ed Mulalley
Harry Robson
Springville
Ray Stambaugh
Floyd Smith
Dale Graft
Fran Goldsberry
M. Murdock
Walker Commercial Club
Center Point
J. F. Newland
Willard Neighbors
Andy Hendrick
Fred Hunter
Checkup of Marie Dionne Shows No Signs of Lesion
Marie Dionne, youngest of the quintuplets, shows definite wasting of the right thigh and calf but no organic nervous lesion. Doctors in Toronto at the Hospital for Sick Children report normal muscle response under electric stimulation and conclude the weakness is not due to nerve damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
INS
Marie Dionne
Little Marie
Ban On Fuel Oil Contracts After June First
An order by Harold Ickes petroleum coordinator bans all contracts for delivery of fuel oil for space heating central heating or hot water after June 1. Consumers may buy fuel without contracts. Pre June 1 contracts may continue to expire May 31. extensions beyond May 31 will be canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Ickes
Washington
Petroleum Industry War Council
City Briefs McHardy in Rochester after sinus operation
G T McHardy of 249 Johnson avenue NW is confined to a Rochester Minnesota hospital after an operation for a sinus infection. His condition is reported good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. McHardy
Johnson Avenue NW
Rochester, Minn
Red Cross Life Saving Classes At Local YMCA Dates Set
Red Cross junior and senior life saving classes will be held at the YMCA on May 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12 and 13. Dawson Grim, Red Cross chairman, announced Friday. Gur ney Day of the Y the CA and Beulah Detwiler of the YWCA will supervise the sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Y.M.C.A
Dawson Grim
Gurney Day
Y. C.A
Beulah Detwiler
Y.W.C.A
Camp Fire girls doughnut sale to deliver 4000 dozen
Camp Fire girls report strong demand for doughnuts and say they cannot deliver all 4000 dozen in one week. Sales will continue for another week and all deliveries will be completed then. Proceeds will fund free horseback riding for all campers at Camp Hiaga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire
Camp Hiaga
Japs Voice Hope of Peace with Russia
Tokio morning papers reviewed Japanese relations with Russia and expressed belief the ties would stay harmonious despite world tensions. Asahi declared there is no reason for Japan and Russia to quarrel, suggesting perhaps influence from a recent US raid incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOKIO
Russia
United States
Japan
Asahi
Dancers Told to Remove Spurs at Fort Devens Service Club
At Fort Devens Massachusetts soldiers posted a notice for the cavalry to remove spurs while dancing after girls complained of scraped ankles during events at the base service club. The posted instruction aims to prevent injuries and maintain safety during dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Devens
Mass
Cavalry
Lull Continues Over Corregidor In Manila Bay Battle
Washington reports a temporary stalemate as Corregidor endures a second day without aerial attacks after twelve days of concentrated bombardment. Desultory exchanges persist between Japanese shore batteries and Gen. Wainwright's heavy guns. Japanese pressure on Panay and Cebu grows, though no decisive action is noted and American Filipino forces remain in grave peril amid overwhelming enemy numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Manila Bay
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Panay
Cebu
Panay Island Falls to Japanese Forces in Philippines
Tokyo dispatch reports Japanese forces have subdued all resistance on Panay island and gained control of key coastal points linking San Jose de Buenavista Iloilo and Capiz. The broadcast, recorded in New York by United Press, confirms strategic victory in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Press
Panay
Philippines
San Jose de Buenavista
Tloilo
Capiz
Army Training Plane With Seven Missing
An Army air corps four motor training plane with seven aboard is missing after last contact near Las Vegas New Mexico. The flight departed Kansas City en route to Albuquerque and unfavorable conditions delay aerial searchers in the mountains between Las Vegas and Albuquerque. Crew listed include pilot Capt Robert O Redding co pilot J G Ruff flight engineer G E Van Hoover and Lts Charles D Reynard Jr and Roland L Jeffries and corporals D M Peterson and Phillip MacComb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Whitelake
Las Vegas
Kansas City
U. S. Army Air Corps
Robert O. Redding
Minatare, Neb
J. G. Ruff
San Jose
Calif
G. E. van Hoover
Charles D. Reynard, Jr
Ohio
Roland L. Jeffries
D. M. Peterson
Salt Lake City
Phillip MacComb
Pendleton
Ore
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Table Mound Township
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Kauffmann and
Banworth
Thill
Wright
Fluetsch
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Second Ave
Corregidor
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ATL Ave
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Craemer
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