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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1942
Page
8
Weather listings show highs and lows for cities including Cedar Rapids Miami and Chicago. Obituaries note multiple deaths and births in Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns with names and addresses, plus hospital and date details.
FCC Chairman James L. Fly said AT and T should not raise rates to keep its $9 a share dividend, noting Congress may need to consider the issue. He cited increased war taxes as a potential cause and questioned the military necessity of earning the dividend this year. Fly also criticized Iowa for being first to raise rates, noting the state has no rate regulation.
The Golden Gate and the San Francisco Oakland bridges were designed and built to resist air attack, reflecting wartime security considerations and structural resilience in the Bay Area.
The court ruled 7 to 1 that FBI use of a listening device to amplify conversations in an adjoining room may be used in federal trials. The decision, cited for national defense, involved three New York attorneys Goldman Shulman and Goldman, convicted in 1940 of conspiring to fraudulently file and withdraw a bankruptcy petition for $400.
President Roosevelt and about 13 million Americans aged 45 to 65 were urged to register on Monday to inventory manpower for war needs. The 45 to 65 group will not face military duty but will be classified by occupation for war production. Local boards assign serial numbers and later registrants receive occupational questionnaires.
Justices of the Peace W A Rail and Howard R Churchill lead ten contenders filing with the county auditor to seek nomination in the June 1 primary. Republicans include Rail and Churchill along with John Taylor and William Cerveny. Other filings cover assesor posts and township trustees across Bertram, Brown, Maine, Monroe, and Spring Grove townships with diverse party affiliations.
New York AP reports Artie Shaw the 31 year old bandleader, joined the United States Naval Reserve as a first class seaman. He enlisted in class M-2 for local defense with his bride Betty Kern as a witness. He said he did not apply for a commission because he did not think he was entitled to it.
Great Western Sugar company reported Monday for the fiscal year ended Feb. 28 a net profit of 5,285,424 dollars, equal to 2.35 dollars per share on common stock, compared with 3,539,379 dollars or 1. of a share in the preceding year.
Roosevelt sends Maynard B. Barnes of Iowa to the Senate for appointment as consul general. Barnes, a foreign service officer and secretary in the diplomatic service, is Grinnell College graduate and former aide to Ambassador William Bullitt in Paris. He specializes in Near East affairs.
City Briefs note Townsend club No 4 will meet at 7 30 p m Monday in Memorial coliseum. Also an adult education event and local notices follow including a cooking school in Glow Room at 2 15 p m Tuesday and various community updates.
Patricia Bys 11 daughter of Mr and Mrs Lumb Bys of 804 Nineteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids fell while picking violets in nearby woods Sunday. She was treated for a fracture of the left arm at St Luke's hospital.
Services at the Church of Christ 716 Eighth Avenue SW end this week with Evangelist William Hensley delivering themed sermons. The schedule runs Monday to Friday at 8 p.m. with topics including Gods Score Card Danger Are All Churches Right Will the Axis Powers Rule the World What Is Your Goal.
Window stickers reading This is a Marine Corps Family are available at the marine recruiting office in the federal building for parents of men enlisted in the marines, it was announced Monday.
In Northern Ireland, Corporal Vernon Johnson and Sergeant Jack Steele are identified by home addresses 342 Third Avenue SW and 1742 Sixth Avenue SE, respectively, listing their parent names as Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Steele.
The War Department reports artillery from besieged Corregidor split a Japanese troop concentration near the Bataan peninsula and set fire to enemy trucks. Corregidor and Fort Hughes endured four hours of heavy shelling from Bataan and Manila Bay positions as air raids continued. US forces on New Caledonia were led by Major General Alexander M. Patch Jr.
Dr Gertrude Broeksmit 82 lifelong Cedar Rapids physician died at 827 Sixth Street SE Sunday after a brief illness. Born July 21 1859 in Zierikzee Holland she studied in New York Zurich and Vienna and began practicing medicine in 1883 retiring in 1935. Survived by sister Mrs Leda Prentiss funeral Tuesday at 9am Brady mortuary and 9 30 at St Wencelaus church burial in St John's cemetery.
George D Shelton, 43, died at 1 30 p m Sunday at his home 2633 Fruitland boulevard SW Cedar Rapids after a heart attack He worked 22 years for the city water works Born Centerville Aug 10 1898 Resided Cedar Rapids 31 years Survived by wife Loretta son Roy grandson David father Charles Shelton brother Clarence sister Olle Johnson all of Cedar Rapids He was a member of Jan Hus lodge 51 1 C C F First Lutheran church Ben Hur lodge Odd Fellows society and City Employes union Burial in Linwood cemetery Services conducted in Beatty chapel Wednesday at 2 p m by Rev F Byers and Jan Hus lodge Friends may call at the chapel All Odd Fellows are asked to meet at Sokol hall at 1 30 p m Wednesday to attend services in a body
Word has been received of the sudden death Saturday of Owen Hoadley at his home 1215 West Commonwealth Alhambra California. He was about 65 and a son of George H and Florence Swett Hoadley pioneers of Fairview district Linn county. He is survived by his widow Carrie Milligan Hoadley six daughters and one son all residing in the west.
Dennis Lee Chamberlin infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Y H Chamberlin of Waterloo died at 6 30 am at Waterloo Hospital. Born Friday April 24 he was mourned by grandparents George E Moore Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs S H Chamberlin Waterloo. Funeral services were Sunday at 9 am at Memorial Park Cemetery Waterloo.
Bernard Allen Ditzler died after a brief illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 8 50 p m Sunday. Born January 21 1905 in Belle Plaine he moved to Cedar Rapids 12 years ago and married Adah Calvert January 30 1931 at Morrison Illinois. Survived by wife two sons Max Ditzler Evan Calvert and daughter Isla Miner plus brother Wilbur Ditzler. Funeral at Turner chapel 2 p m Thursday conducted by Rev George Stauffacher burial in Shiloh cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs Anna I Henning died at 10 43 pm Sunday at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Theodore E Mueller 1531 B avenue NE after a brief illness Born June 20 1865 Fond du Lac Wisconsin she came to Cedar Rapids from Wa
In New Delhi AP dispatch pilots of the American Volunteer Group praise Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault for leadership and credit ground crews for keeping a lean unit airborne. They note concerns over potential loss of autonomy if absorbed into a larger U.S. air force and complain of excessive paperwork.
Mrs. Maria Henning of Charles City died aged about 80 after long residence here since 1925. She was born in 184? and married James C. Henning in 1892 in Charles City. he died in 1918. Survived by daughter Grace Van Nevel of Chelsea. son George William Henning of San Diego. two granddaughters Marianne Clemans and Josephine Henning. great granddaughter Sheryl Clemans. sisters Elizabeth Miller and Kate Ritter. brothers John and William Immel. step-sisters Augusta Van De Walker and Ida Carter. half sister Emma Phillips. Member of Trinity Lutheran Church. burial at Cedar Memorial Park. services at Turner chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. P. L. Bornhoeft. callers welcome.
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Marie Lorenzen widow of Andreas Lorenzen who died Friday at her home 1332 Sixth Street NW will be held in Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday in charge of Rev S E Dooty pastor of the Church of God Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Park chapel
Mrs Anna Helen Svec aged 58 died at 9:30 p.m. Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a short illness. Born in Lytomysl Bohemia on May 21 1883 she came to Cedar Rapids as a baby and had lived there since. Survived by son Charles R in the navy daughter Grace King three sisters two brothers and granddaughter Patricia Ann King. Body at Barta chapel pending funeral arrangements.
Mrs Agnes L Stoddard formerly Lundine, 1329 F Avenue NW Cedar Rapids, died Sunday at 2 p m in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. Born June 8 1897 in Delaware Iowa she moved to Cedar Rapids 24 years ago and worked at Merchants Bank for 10 years. Survived by husband John C Stoddard, parents Mr and Mrs Gust Lundine of Cedar Rapids, three sisters Mrs Edith Thom Columbia Missouri Miss Esther Lundine Mrs Ruth McLaughlin, three brothers Harry Herbert Luther Lundine all of Cedar Rapids. She belonged to First United Lutheran church. Services will be at Turner Chapel at 4 p m Tuesday conducted by Rev Max Pinkett Tipton. Burial at unspecified chapel.
Ottawa voters faced a dominion wide plebiscite on whether to end Canada’s boycott on drafting men for overseas service. The nationwide vote under Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King ran for 12 hours beginning Monday across all provinces.
Arthur H. Jacobson chairman of the Young Republicans of Iowa announced the appointment of state convention committee chairmen for the Des Moines gathering on May 18. Named: Organization John Redd Sidney credentials Rosa Lee Snyder Corydon Jules Mrs Arlene Raymond Independence resolutions Ed J. Kelly Ames nominations Boyd Cambridge Atlantic.
Lacey Smith, 19, of 1544 Avenue NE received one year in county jail with three months suspended after pleading guilty to larceny from a motor vehicle. Deputy Whittemore traced the tire by serial numbers to a local company lot. In another item Mamie McGowan filed a district court petition for separate maintenance from Melvin J. McGowan, citing cruel treatment and seeking $80 per month. The May term begins May 18 with filing deadline May 8.
Fred Poyneer, a member of the state conservation commission, spoke at the Montrose hotel luncheon to Optimist Club members about regulatory aims. He cited landowner diplomacy as key to fish and game goals and noted pheasant shooting now possible in 52 Iowa counties with a hens to cocks ratio of 5 to 1. He also described efforts to reclaim southwest areas with 14 artificial lakes to enhance natural beauty beyond northeast Iowa.
The OPA official states sugar rationing applies to individuals who eat 12 or more meals weekly at the same establishment. The policy allows return of the book to the person once meals at that place drop below the threshold, typically after six days a week for two meals per day.
Registration starts at 9 a.m. and runs until 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce for Cedar Rapids businesses, wholesalers, industries, and institutions handling sugar. Linn county firms outside Cedar Rapids register for their areas at the local high school.
Maynard J. Hoye of the fire department was granted a leave of absence to join the army ordnance division. Harold Eggleston добавлен duties as weed commissioner. The sewage disposal plant annual report for the year ending March 31 shows a balance of 25547.48 with receipts of 104460 and bond and interest payments of 41920.
Dr Hubertus J Van Mook lieutenant governor of the Netherlands East Indies arrived in London Monday from Newark AP reports his arrival as part of a diplomatic tour.
RAF bomber and fighter formations crossed the Channel twice bombing Mardyck Le Touquet and targets near Boulogne. Rostock suffered heavy damage with civilian casualties as Berlin claimed raids. British forces claimed several German bombers shot down. Skoda works at Pilsen was hit in a 1500 mile round trip, Eagle Squadron pilots aided operations including a dramatic landing by William O Regan after a cross channel glide from Dunkirk.
The Cedar Rapids city assessor has completed the 1942 assessment for State, County and City purposes. The Cedar Rapids City Council will meet on April 27 1942 to hear complaints and amend assessments, continuing daily until the process concludes. Any person firm or corporation may appear before the Board of Equalization to adjust and equalize their assessment for taxation. Dated April 27 1942. The Cedar Rapids Iowa City Clerk Maude M Krebs. Published April 27 and 28 1942.
The only Nazi Messerschmitt 109 in the United States arrives in Cedar Rapids for a four day tour in Greene's square. Proceeds fund Bundles for America relief work while observers tour the 32 foot craft and learn its combat history including its London downing in 1940.
The speech centers on granting the Fuehrer authority to dismiss or remove anyone not fulfilling duties. Goering underscores the need to empower the leader to ensure victory as Britain notes rising excitement in Hitler’s voice. The Reichstag reportedly rose en masse in support.
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