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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1942
Page
9
Ground beef provides affordable high quality protein minerals iron and vitamins. Nutrition experts urge generous meat in daily meals with recipes like chili con carne and meat sauce for spaghetti. Choose economical cuts neck shank or chuck and slow cook to maximize flavor.
Cedar Rapids Ministerial association sponsors a city wide temperance meeting next Tuesday at 8 pm at Westminster Presbyterian church replacing St Pauls Methodist. Rev Sam Morris of Del Rio Texas, a leading temperance speaker, will headline. He has spoken daily on radio for five years with The Voice of Temperance.
Mare ngo Miss Edrie Cross vocational home making instructor for a year has accepted a similar position in Sparks Nevada. She had been reelected here with a salary increase. Her home is in Carson City Nevada.
A clipped cartoonish quote captures a character's exasperation as the unnamed speaker notes the other man’s constant busyness and restless energy. The remark hints at a comic or dramatic moment with emphasis on tension and humor.
Water enthusiasts join the Linn County Fish and Game Club for a second annual Cedar Rapids to Palisades boat caravan Sunday at 9 am. Boats gather at Riverside Park with Milo Heral in charge and onlookers asked to meet at the Sixteenth Avenue SW bridge to see the group off. Scenic spots along the route will be highlighted and participants may bring lunch.
Funeral services for Frances Mary Pudil who died suddenly at Swisher will be held at Brush chapel at 9 a.m. Saturday and 9:30 at St. Ludmila's church with Rev. Frank R. Hruby officiating. Burial will be in Anderson cemetery near Swisher. Call at the family home Friday evening. Pallbearers are William Rohlena Lumir Rohlena Donald Witousek Ernest Buresh Wallace Castek and James Serbousek.
Verl Duane Fulton is the day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Verl Fulton of 613 Tenth Avenue SE. He died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 4 30 pm Thursday. He is survived by his parents a brother George Gerald and grandparents Mrs Susan Toomer Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs Glenn Fulton of Rowley. The body was moved from Barta chapel to Cedar Memorial cemetery for 2 pm Friday services.
President Roosevelt told reporters at a Friday press conference that his congressional message is not nearly ready and he will work on it over the weekend. He prefers to label it as a message on the cost of living rather than anti inflation.
City Assessor Jim Scolaro says Cedar Rapids may surpass last year’s $58.3 million assessment as inventories rise and new construction adds about a million dollars. No depreciation loss this year supports a higher total with tax rates likely to drop. assessments due by May 1 with hearings, and June 1 for veteran exemptions.
W R Boyd, chairman of the state board of education finance committee, payed tribute to the late Mike Healy at the High Twelve club luncheon. Healy, longtime U S deputy marshal, was praised as brave and wise, with a knack for reform and avoiding law excesses.
In unoccupied Vichy France Marshal Petain turned 86 this Friday, but official ceremonies were minimal. Newspapers did not mention the birthday, and only schoolchildren were asked to send collective greetings. An informal ceremony was planned as the sole official acknowledgment.
CHICAGO AP Three leaders of groups opposing U S entry into war before Pearl Harbor were subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury in a sedition probe. Subpoenas named William J Grace of Citizens U S A, Lyrl Clark van Hyning of We the Mothers Mobilize for America, and Janet Ayer Fairbank formerly with America First.
Washington reports the navy will not comment on Tokyo propaganda claims about a few survivors from the cruiser Houston, which was sunk in the Battle of the Pacific. The terse note leaves unclear the fate of the ship and its crew.
Lacey Smith, 19, of 1544 A Avenue NE, was jailed in Linn County awaiting arraignment on larceny from a motor vehicle after a tire stolen Feb. 19 from Albert Bliss of Central City was found in a Cedar Rapids plant lot. Deputy Whittemore traced the tire by serial number to the vehicle, and Smith admitted placing the tire in his car and tossing the wheel into the Wapsipinicon river. he said he was under a 90 day suspended sentence for larceny of domestic fowl in Buchanan County.
Washington AP The House Banking Committee approved a bill to authorize the Reconstruction Finance Corp to loan to dealers in products restricted by rationing and to buy unsold goods after 18 months. The move targets autos and accessories, with potential extension to other rationed goods, and aims to pay off dealerships with revised rules ensuring disposal within a year. Zenas L. Potter outlined current rationing progress and noted 41,000 cars sold and 359,000 on hand amid earlier program failures. Some 1942 model cars may not appear until 1972 under existing limits.
Cedar Rapids traffic agent R L Turpin announced Interstate Transit Lines will revise schedules to meet population shifts and a 40 mile per hour limit. Effective May 1, two Cedar Rapids to Chicago, two to Omaha, two to Dubuque, one to Davenport and one to Des Moines daily. The changes aim to better serve military personnel and small communities amid wartime industry growth.
Miss Emmy Zweybruk, Viennese designer, teacher, and artist, will lead the Cedar Rapids Art Teachers association conference starting Friday night and continuing Saturday. She will present a slide lecture Friday at the board of education building, another lecture Saturday morning, and conduct a practical demonstration and study group Saturday afternoon for Cedar Rapids teachers.
Architect Charles B. Zalesky, hired in 1936 by Cedar Rapids to draw police station and jail plans, refiled a suit seeking 375.05 after a prior case was dismissed. He claimed six percent of contracts totaling 113,800.20, with 6,452.94 paid and 375.05 remaining. The earlier suit argued plumbing fixtures violated city ordinances and cost more to remove.
Four divorce petitions are listed in district court with Lucille Lake Boyd filing a second suit. Her earlier petition seeking divorce from A S Boyd was set by default, and Boyd's cross petition was dismissed by Judge Haas on March 10. The judge decreed a ruling in that prior action.
Lansing Michigan AP reports that the Midwest must remove transportation bottlenecks to avert extending gasoline rationing. Michigan Petroleum Industries Committee Secretary William Palmer warned on Thursday. The 1940 average motor vehicle used 740 gallons, up 12 from 1939 and 240 from 1930.
Parks prepare for May 1 opening as benches and chairs arrive for picnickers. Laborers ready tennis courts baseball diamonds and other facilities. Ellis park duck pond to be stocked after years dry. Golf course open to public with instruction to protect flower beds and start from tee No. 1.
Mary Jedlicka seeks a divorce from Alois Albert Jedlicka and a $2000 writ of attachment plus an injunction against molestation. She asks title to property at 2214 C street SE and to household goods, alimony of 10 a week, and restoration of her maiden name Mary Landergott. Married June 21 1937.
Sylvia Schmickle and Cloe Lyman filed in district court to compel referee Walter Rech to distribute proceeds from a real estate sale. Decree dated June 1939 gave defendants one quarter interest. sale occurred April 1941 with no distribution. May 6 set for hearing by Judge G K Thompson. Also filing a cross petition in the divorce action by Robert Burrier, Mildred Burrier alleges cruel treatment. marriage date February 21, 1942. An astronomy-style aside notes a car traveling 200 miles per hour would need no air in its tires due to centrifugal force.
Notice is given that on April 30 at 9 o'clock am a will purporting to be the last will and testament of Bertha WN River deceased of Linn County Iowa has come for hearing before the district court in Cedar Rapids for proof and admission to probate. Dated Cedar Rapids Iowa April 23 1942. Edwin W. Lundquist Clerk District Court J. W Albright Attorney.
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