Dated births and deaths noted in city records
Mrs Viola Kierses age 77 formerly of 1305 Sixth Street NW died at 3 30 am Sunday. Mrs Lila B Smith died at home 1407 Mount Vernon Avenue SE at 12 10 pm Monday. Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Eugene G Cook Van Horne on April 28 and a son to Mr and Mrs G Arnold Partridge 827 Second Avenue SW on April 28. Mercy hospital reports a daughter to Mr and Mrs William J Redmond 1558 Bever Avenue SE on April 28 and a son to Mr and Mrs RS Johnston 2120 Greenwood Drive NE on April 29. A son to Mr and Mrs Joseph Svoboda 1209 C Street SW on April 28 and a son to Mr and Mrs Milo B Pospieil 136 Bowling Street SW on April 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Kierses
Sixth Street NW
Lila B Smith
Mount Vernon Avenue
St Luke's Hospital
Eugene G Cook
van Horne
G Arnold Partridge
Second Avenue
RS. Johnston
Greenwood Drive
Mercy Hospital
William J Redmond
Bever Avenue
Joseph Svoboda
C Street
Milo B Pospieil
Bowling Street
Local youths charged with drunkenness and disorder
Milo Webb 20 of 163 Twenty month street SE pleaded not guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace. case continued to May 6. Jerry Thorington 19 of Marton fined 25 dollars and costs for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Van Parsons 24 of 720 Third street SW fined 25 dollars and costs for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Neal Weaver 4400 First avenue E fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding 42. Wayne Stewart 25 Fourth avenue SW fined 5 dollars and costs for operating a car with faulty brakes. Howard McNults 24 of 2086 avenue NW fined 10 dollars and costs for drunkenness.
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Milo Webb
Twentymonth Street
Jerry Thorington
Marton
van Parsons
Third Street
Neal Weaver
First Avenue E
Wayne Stewart
Fourth Avenue
Howard McNults
Avenue NW
Nazi Press Claims British France Insecure In Norway Crisis
German sources insist Allied plans against Norway trigger a united Axis response. They cite Von Ribbentrop’s April 9 invasion claim and report 50 000 tons of British shipping hit by German bombers off Norway. Denmark’s omission noted as a separate accord.
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Germany
von Ribbentrop
Norway
High Command
Norwegian
DNB
Denmark
Business Leaders Urge Defense Against Collectivism at Chamber Meet
Washington business chiefs at the U S Chamber of Commerce annual meeting warned that collectivism and heavy regulation threaten free enterprise and representative government. Chairman John W. O Leary urged practical legislation to cut government waste, balance the budget, strengthen defense, boost productivity, and create jobs by freeing enterprise and capital flow.
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Washington
U S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
National Council
John W. O'Leary
United States
Two Brothers to Be Awarded Eagle Rank in Scouting
Norman Dake and Charles Dake along with Wayne Schreckengast of Cedar Rapids will earn Eagle Scout rank at a Franklin school court of honor tonight at 7 30. They are members of Troop 21, sponsored by the Knights of Pythias, with Burt H Watkins as scoutmaster.
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Cedar Rapids
Franklin School
Norman Dake
Charles Dake
Helen S$. Dake
Caves
Wayne Schreckengast
BL. Schreckengast
Thirty-fourth Street
Burt H Watkins
Knights of Pythias
Franklin
Schreckengast
Franklin Post
Paul Sidlinger
Merton Green
Lee S. Coy
Harold Eggleston
James C. Manville
Stanley Reeder
Charles L. Gunn
Four Of Tehel's Strikers Return To Work At Bottling Plant
Four of eight Tehel Bottling Company employees who had been on strike since April 10 resumed work Monday. They will keep prior hours and pay, returning voluntarily without threats or promises, Tehel said. The four are tick drivers, while three truckers and a plant worker remain on strike. J. D White, union business agent, was in Ames and unavailable for comment. Police sought leads Monday in the Saturday assault on Tehel truck helper Carl Proescholdt after he left a Kenwood bus.
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Tehel Bottling Company
William Tehel
Tehel
J. D White
Ames
Carl Proescholdt
Thirty-fifth Street
Techel
Proescholdt
Kenwood
General Motors Posts Higher First Quarter Earnings
General Motors reported first quarter 1940 net earnings of 64.7 million dollars, about 150 dollars per share, up from 50.9 million dollars or 118 dollars per share in the same period of 1939. Chairman Alfred P. Sloan Jr. disclosed the figures in a stockholders report.
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New York
Ins
General Motors Corporation
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Halsey Stuart Wins Judgment Case Appeal
The United States circuit court of appeals reversed a $66,150 judgment against Halsey Stuart and Company Chicago security firm. Equitable Life alleged fraud over $300,000 in securities, seeking $250,157 loss. court said evidence failed to prove essential fraud elements and remanded for retrial.
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Chicago
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
Des Moines
Halsey Stuart and Company, Inc
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Equitable Life
Michael L. Igoe
Wheeler Declines Vice Presidential Bid in Roosevelt Ticket
Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana announced he will not seek the Democratic vice presidential nomination. He said he would not run for vice president on any ticket and preferred to remain a senator, leaving open a potential path to a presidential nomination.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
United States
Wheeler
Mrs Jennie Benton Young 83 Cedar Rapids Widow Dies
Mrs Jennie Benton Young widow of Edwin J Young and Cedar Rapids resident for 53 years died in a local hospital Sunday morning after a lingering illness. Born December 2, 1856 in Belvidere Illinois she moved to Waverly in 1863 and taught in Waverly public schools before marrying in 1882. Surviving are two daughters two sons seven grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Funeral Tuesday at 3 30 p.m. at Moon chapel with burial in Linwood cemetery
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Jennie Benton Young
Edwin J Young
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa Funeral For Eugene Fiedler
Mrs James Mylon of 1346 Fourth avenue SE learned of the accidental death of her nephew Eugene Fiedler in Ottumwa early Sunday. She and her daughters Mrs Warry Concannon and Mrs Herschel R Greer left Monday to attend the funeral Tuesday.
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James Mylon
Fourth Avenue SE
Ottumwa
Eugene Fiedler
Mylon
Warry Concannon
Herschel R Greer
Widow Viola Klersey 77 dies near Marion after long illness
Mrs Viola Klersey former Cedar Rapids resident died at 3 30 am Sunday near Marion after a long illness. She was widow of Joseph Klersey. Surviving children include Charles H Herbert B L J and several daughters all in Cedar Rapids plus relatives in Deer Park Washington Portland Ore Vinton and other states. Funeral at Beatty chapel 2 pm Tuesday with Rev B O Bashore officiating. Burial Linwood cemetery. Friends may call Monday 7 to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Klersey
Sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Joseph Klersey
Charles H. Herbert B
L. J
George Getlin
Esther Heim
L. A. Ling
Deer Park
Wash
Myrtle Meister
Portland
Ore
Alice Smith
Vinton
J.D. Sweeting
South Dakota
Herman Currier
Dolly Perkins
Columbus
Ohio
Maude Baker
Oakland
Calif
Lloyd Metler
Creston
Beatty Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. Harriet Vosburg
Funeral services for Mrs. Harriet Vosburg, who died at her daughter’s home, 384 Twenty-fifth Street SE, after a lingering illness, will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Turner chapel. The Rev Dr. Charles J. Bready will officiate and Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery will be the burial site. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Vosburg
G W. Harwood
Twenty-fifth Street
Turner Chapel
Charles J. Bready
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Mrs Lila B Smith Dies After Illness At Home
Mrs Lila B Smith died at her home 1407 Mount Vernon avenue SE at 12 10 p m Monday after a lingering illness She was the wife of Harry P Smith The body was taken to Brady mortuary Funeral arrangements will be announced Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lila B. Smith
Mount Vernon Avenue
Harry P. Smith
Brady Mortuary
British Imperialism Denounced In Sermon Against US War Entry
The Rev. Dr. Charles J. Bready of St. Pauls Methodist denounces British imperialism in a Sunday sermon and urges the United States to refrain from entering the war to aid England. He argues democracy conflicts with imperial ambitions, cites historical expansion, and warns Americans not to be swayed by propaganda or assume Britain rules the world.
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Bready
U.S
England
Great Britain
Charles J. Bready
St. Paul's Methodist Church
United States
Britain
Europe
Dr Bready
America
Germany
Globe
Beers Served to Minors At Abrams Tavern Under Scrutiny
In Abrams tavern a 14 year old sister was found in a booth with youths after a fight. Thorington admitted buying his own beer while Webb claimed his sister was served beer. Chief Bailey noted repeated minor drinking and planned further questioning of the Abrams brothers who denied selling to minors.
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Jim Bailey
Johnson
Webb
Florence
Thorington
Stanley
Abrams’ Beer
Iowa
Abrams Brothers
Abrams
Bailey
Fire chief questions alarm details after four trucks rush to store
Fire Chief E P Kohout criticized imprecise calls after four units, including the aerial truck, responded to a 10 43 AM alarm at Newman s department store for a non fire auto ignition. The car belonged to Robert H Skinner. Public Safety Commissioner Wes Benesh quipped there goes another 35.
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E P Kohout
Newman's
Newman
Robert H Skinner
Eighteenth Street
Public Safety
Wes Benesh
City Briefs Then and Now Community Notices
The city calendar lists the Monday 7 30 p m Men's Club meeting at First Congregational Church with Clark A Beems as speaker. Various notices include visitors for Mrs Franklin J Smith at St Luke's Hospital, Henrietta Harken traveling to Milwaukee for the National Association for Childbirth Education, and Mrs D R Auman convalescing after a knee injury. Parlor City camp 1799 Royal Neighbors meets Tuesday April 30 in K P hall for convention briefing. June convention noted. A Holy Communion service at St John’s Episcopal is scheduled. Ascension Day observances set. Public Welfare Bureau to meet Tuesday noon at Montrose Hotel to review insurers’ agency reports.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
Parlor City
Royal Neighbors of America
K.P Hall
Insurance advisory committee to be formed for member groups
A plan to form a permanent insurance advisory committee for member groups was announced. In Theater 5 Hours, a patron lost a purse with $10 at the Palace between 815 p m Saturday and 130 a m Sunday. Keith Koehn of 233 Thirteenth Street NW reported his pocket was picked during a five hour 15 minute movie viewing.
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Palace Theater
Keith Koehn
Thirteenth Street NW
Kodin
Three to Address Canopus Club Program
Lloyd C Grover manager of Iowa State Employment Service local office John Donnelly manager of local Social Security Board office and John Kinnemann senior unemployment compensation interviewer will speak on the Canopus club program Tuesday noon at the Roosevelt hotel.
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Canopus
Lloyd C. Grover
Iowa State Employment Service
John Donnelly
Social Security Board
John Kinnemann
State
Roosevelt Hotel
Tampa man jailed after repeated false charity tales
Donald Compton, 29, of Tampa, arrested early Sunday on charges of cheating by false pretenses after soliciting funds from Rev. Vernon L. S. Jones of Grace Episcopal Church. He pled guilty before Judge H. C. Ring and faces sentencing May 6. He admitted posing as an actor out of work and received money through varied stories.
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Donald Compton
Tampa
Fla
Haberle and Wilson
Vernon L. S. Jones
Grace Episcopal Church
H. C. Ring
G K. Thompson
Father Jones
Compton
Information On Food Stamp Plan Goes Out
Packets detailing the food stamp plan to be launched May 9 under the federal surplus commodities corporation will be mailed Monday night to 75 Linn county food wholesalers jobbers manufacturers and banks, senior program organizer W P Oliver announced. The packets include information and instructions.
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Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Linn County
W. P. Oliver
Meeting at Chamber of Commerce on wholesaler plan
At 8 p m a meeting is planned at the Chamber of Commerce to explain the wholesaler setup. The firms act as agents for retailers and will answer questions for them, Mr Oliver said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Oliver
Pedestrian Crossing Tragedy Prompts City Lighting Debate
A fatal First Ave pedestrian incident prompts Hughes to cite jaywalking, hitch hikers, and poor street lighting as factors. Captain Williams notes eight year lighting plans require tax votes, while residents resisted electrolier lights. Funeral plans proceed for Mrs Bennett's brother with survivors in Wisconsin.
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Hughes
Joyce
Fifth
Tenth Street
Fir Avenue
Captain To
Dave Williams
Williams
First Aveenue
M .A. Bennett
Wisconsin
Harvey Graham
Potosi
John Graham
Lancaster
Thompson Stoney
Poetosi
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Clark A Beems
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D R Auman
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