Police Court Fine for Disturbing the Peace
Clark Fisher of 510 B avenue NE was fined $10 and costs in police court for disturbing the peace by fighting.
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Clark Fisher
B Avenue NE
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
4
Birth Announcement for Bechcka Daughter at St. Luke's
Mr and Mrs Charles Bechcka of North Liberty welcomed a daughter at St Luke's hospital on July 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's Hospital
Charles Bechcka
North Liberty
Local residents named in Iowa court docket
Loren A. Duffey of Manchester Gloria J. McDonald of Peoria Abe Fout and Ruby Owens of Iowa City Wesley E. Kruse and Mildred Frances Gillen of Cedar Rapids are listed as parties or witnesses in the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren A. Duffey
Manchester
Gloria J. McDonald
Peoria
Abe Fout
Ruby Owens
Iowa City
Wesley E. Kruse
Mildred Frances Gillen
Cedar Rapids
Barker case awarded alimony and fees in Tucson divorce
Jennie F Barker sued by Jay B Barker for cruel and inhuman treatment. Marital dispute in Tucson Arizona with May 18 1931 marriage. Judge Charles J Haas orders defendant pay plaintiff 100 now 50 August 10 75 monthly for 18 months 59 monthly thereafter and 100 attorney fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie F. Barker
Jay B Barker
Tucson
Ariz
Charles J. Haas
Local Court Fines and a Jail Term Reported
Robert Johnson and Fred Smith were fined 25 dollars plus costs with 15 dollars of the fine suspended for intoxication. Clarence W Doerr was fined 25 dollars with costs and suspended on leaving town. Edward Zimmerman received four days in county jail for assault and battering. Walter R Hoyt aged 46 died at Mason City hospital at 5 pm Wednesday. Justice H R Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Johnson
Highteenth Avenue
Fred Smith
Ottumwa
Clarence W Doerr
Dubuque
Edward Zimmerman
Tenth Avenue SE
Justice H. R. Churchill
Walter R. Hoyt
Grand Hotel
Mason City
Grass Fire Quenched Quickly on Lincoln and Eleventh
At 12 19 p m Thursday a grass fire was reported near Lincoln avenue and Eleventh street NE. Fire crews responded and brought the blaze under control in 11 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Avenue
Eleventh Street
Willkie Aides Plan Talks on Money Matters in Colorado Springs
Willkie meets with Republican leaders at his vacation hotel to discuss budget and personnel issues. He reiterates a cap on contributions at 5000 dollars and plans a southern campaign tour after his Elwood Ind address. Governor Ratner predicts Kansas will swing for Willkie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Cole Cap
Wendell L. Willkie
Republican Party
Willkie
Joe Martin
National Committee
John Hamilton
Martin
Elwood
Ind
South
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Ratner
Roosevelt
al £ M. Landon
Landon
Platform May Have Fine Things In It But Who Knows It
Column by Arthur Bugs Baer compares a political platform to a derrick dropping a nickel and a summer only Declaration of Independence sewn on. It suggests platforms are an afterthought once a candidate wins, discarded like cantaloupe rind.
Export-Import Fund Increase Clears Hurdle
The Senate banking committee approved a 300 million dollar expansion to the Export-Import Bank on an eight to six vote. The bill raises lending authority from 200 to 700 million, with Taft opposing and a minority report planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Banking Committee
Wagner
N. Y
White House
Taft
Ohio
Red Cross To Aid Ida Grove Flood Victims
Ida Grove officials said Red Cross worker Miss Frances Blackburn of Fremont Nebraska will arrive soon to aid flood affected families. Heavy rainfall raised Maple River and overflowed Odeboldt Creek flooding 34 houses with about four feet of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Grove
Ida County
Frances Blackburn
Fremont
Neb
National Red Cross
Tokio AP head Morin questioned over Cox death report
Morin chief AP bureau in Tokio was questioned for hours by Japanese gendarmes about his dispatches on the death of Melville Cox. He declined to comment on the proceedings at the gendarmerie headquarters after being taken from his office Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Relman Morin
Associated Press
Melville
James Cox
Japan
Reuters
Morin
International News Service Highlights Peace, Nippon Move
In New York Victor Nef cites Switzerland as harmony model with the United States. Tokio reports Yosuke Matsuoka unveils Japan’s course and kodo aims. St Louis CIO leader Sid ney Hillman warns free labor needs a free country. San Francisco British adviser Beale urges broader action beyond blockade to defeat Hitler. McGregor hosts Kinsleys and Kramers for a reunion near the R. G. Kinsley farm. Oelwein proclaims Hospitality Day with open plant tours and a Clyde team parade frontier event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Victor Nef
United States
Switzerland
TOKIO
Yosuke Matsuoka
Nippon
Japan
ST. Louis
McGregor
Ben Kinsley
G. Kinsley
Lou Kramer
Kramer
Katherine Kramer
Dunlap Breese
Los Angeles
Kramers
R. G. Kinsley
New England
Washington, D. C
Oelwein
Oelweins
Chamber of Commerce
Clydesdale
Doodlebug Collision Kills 31 on Akron Line Tragedy
A freight train and a Doodlebug passenger coach collided near Akron. Flames erupted from 250 gallon tanks, eight rail workers among the dead, with most victims Akron residents. Witnesses recall a rapid, devastating fire and widespread wreckage as fire crews fought the blaze for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Hudson, O
Hudson
Pennsylvania
Cleveland-Pittsburgh
O. M. Lodge
Columbus
Charles Taylor
Taylor
Russell Steffy
Louise Stinass
F. W. Stinass
New York Central
Lake Shore Limited
Little Falls
N.Y
British Face Revived U-Boat Drive
The report notes a new U boat campaign against British Isles shipping, with submarines increasing activity after months of restraint. Distress from the British steamship Theseus and aerial bombings along the English coast are described, alongside German claims of air and sea actions near Dover and northern ports.
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British Isles
Great Britain
Atlantic
Arctic Circle
North Africa
New York
Theseus
Ireland
English
British
Ministry of Home Security
England
High Command
Virginio Gayda
Britain
Dover
Channel
Scilly Islands
Lands End
Gayda
Germany
Hanover
Hundred Thousand Flu Cases Reported in Porto Rico
In San Juan Porto Rico 100000 cases of influenza dubbed manga were reported Wednesday. The national guard entered a three week encampment and 144 deaths from pneumonia followed among the first 52000 cases according to physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
National Guard
Ninth British destroyer lost in bombing attack
Madrid radio quotes say a battle squadron including three British battleships, an aircraft carrier, four destroyers and five submarines sailed from Gibraltar into the Mediterranean on an undisclosed mission, while the ninth destroyer was reported lost in the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Flynn Democratic Campaign Chieftain On Victory Plan
The piece quotes Flynn forecasting a 1940 victory with nationwide endorsements. He stresses trained forces and Wallace’s record, promising thorough campaigning led by experienced captains and lieutenants. He aims not to surpass Jim Farley’s record but to do his best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wallace
Jim Farley
Nabbed For Drunk Driving After Car Is Nearly Ditched
Police respond to a reported drunk man at Wilson packing plant. James O Neal, 1104 Fifteenth Street SE, claimed his emergency brake kept the car from tumbling toward the tracks as Jackson and O Neal left an Oak Hill residence and drove south on Eleventh Street. Jackson submitted to a chemical test. no charge against O Neal was filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raw Street
James O'Neal
Fifteenth Street
Jackson
Walsh
Wilson Packing Plant
Third Street
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Oak Hill
O'Neal
Eleventh
Attempt To Block Peace Meeting In Chicago Rebuffed
Chicago court denied a bid to stop a keep out of war rally at Soldier Field to be headlined by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Len Bennett with Champ Clark of Missouri among speakers. Bernard F. Cummings sought an injunction claiming the event would present a controversial issue, but Judge Denis J. Normoyle refused the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
Len Bennett
Champ Clark
Missouri
Soldier Field
Bernard F. Cummings
Denis J. Normoyte
Cummings
Charles F. Coughlin
Detroit
Normoyle
Postpone Action On Guard Draft Plans Faces Senate Battle
Congress weighs a compulsory draft with opponents warning of defeat for supporters. President may call 220000 guardsmen for a year, while filibuster threats and push for voluntary enlistment mark a tense political fight. Senate committee lowers enlistment to one year for 18 to 34 year olds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Senate
Congress
Sen Holt
Senate Military Committee
Police Map Road to Ringling Circus Grounds
Police traffic chief Captain Gordon Hughes outlined the route to the Ringling Brothers circus grounds. Attendees should go north on Center Point road NE to G Avenue, west to Twelfth Street, then north to the grounds. Eight traffic cops will manage the bottleneck on Twelfth Street and one way southbound traffic will follow the shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey’s Circus
Center Point Road
G Avenue
Twelfth Street
Shaver Road
Gordon Hughes
Hughes
Show Grounds
B Avenue
Sixth Street
Wilson Avenue
Leon Pickett
Molotov Foresees U S Aid to Britain in War Intensification
Moscow reports Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov telling the parliament that Russia is not in the war and predicts its early intensification with England helped by the United States fighting Germany and Italy. He criticized US embargoes on Baltic trade and warned Britain and Finland of deteriorating ties while noting possible ties with Italy and Japan amid a nonaggression pact with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Russia
England
United States
Germany
Italy
Molotoff
United States of America
Baltic
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Great Britain
France
Finland
Japan
Crop Damage Reported Across Midwest and Plains
Hot dry weather last week damaged crops and pastures in the midwestern corn belt central great plains and Rocky Mountain regions according to the weather bureau on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Midwestern
Corn Belt
Great Plains
Rocky Mountain
Weather Bureau
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