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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
6
Independent Iowa stores showed June sales up 9.4 percent from a year earlier and the first five months of 1940 ahead 3.3 percent, per census bureau figures. Department stores rose 3.4 percent in June and 15 percent for five months. liquor stores led gains with 212 percent over 1939.
Edith Given McCusker and Francis Reidy of Manchester were fined $5 and costs by Mayor Charlton on a disorderly conduct charge after a Palm Garden tavern argument with Wilbur Morris, a young farmer. Morris reportedly was thrown into the Maquoketa river and rescued himself by climbing a cement wall.
Petitions prepared by Supt. F. E. Mueller with the school board’s approval call a special election to erect a new building replacing the junior high Lincoln building in the second ward. The present structure is deemed unsafe and may be replaced. a WPA grant possibility and a citywide survey with a 56 year plan suggest eventual replacement of all current buildings.
Frank B. Assmus who has run his drugstore in Walker for 24 years sold the business to Max Twentier of Mount Vernon who assumed possession on Thursday. Assmus is the town mayor and has held the office for eight years.
Des Moines reports June gas tax receipts at $1,751,412 the highest monthly total. The figure surpasses May 1939’s $1,744,966 by $6,446 and is $233,757 above June 1939. Beer taxes also rose with July collections at $140,577, $22,999.75 above July 1939.
Des Moines Safety Commissioner Harold K. Holden said gamblers approached him via friends with offers of money to permit gambling operations. He refused all offers and denied rumors of a Thursday gambling surge, stating no joints were open and none will operate while he remains in office.
The State Historical Society of Iowa announced 211 new life members and 17 regular members at a board meeting in Iowa City. New life members include Dr. R. H. Volland Iowa City W W Blasier Jesup Norman Cotton Lone Rock and Dr J W Laird Mount Pleasant. Newly elected members include George Hall Iowa City Donald Hoth Iowa City Mrs Alice M Boyd Tingley Clarence Gardner Tipton Mrs William Griffin Riverside Richard Snyder Riverside and Miss Leona Strackbein Lowden.
Mrs Dorothy Kinsinger as administratrix of Leo Kinsinger's estate sues L E Strickler for 10000 alleging damages from a February crash one half mile north of Amish Johnson county when Strickler oil truck collided with Kinsinger's car Morris Swartzendruber driven truck official filings show Strickler also sues Kinsinger for 309 39 with a counterclaim alleging mutual negligence in the same collision.
Rain drenched northern Iowa with Forest City recording 3.10 inches and Mason City 2.60. Garner 2.50, Iowa Falls 1.61, Webster City 1.51, Carroll .92, Spirit Lake .78, Estherville .65, Charles City .55, Dubuque .59. Des Moines River rose to 6.95 feet at Tracy with flood stage at 14 feet. Walnutt street bridge flow fell .08. Temperatures Thurs rose about four degrees from normal. high 94 in Council Bluffs, low 62 in Decorah.
Miss Margaret Bradford daughter of Mrs. Mabel Bradford wed Wallace Smith son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Smith of Hartwick at the bride’s mother’s home. Rev W T Lee of Malcom officiated with Ralph Smith as attendant. They will reside at Hartwick where Mr Smith farms.
The Iowa highway commission approved low bids on 42 road projects statewide, including 23 miles of paving. Eastern Iowa bids include bridges and culverts on highway 67 near Almont to Jackson county line, paving along highway 67, and multiple grade and paving items with bids from Cedar Rapids Des Moines Lincoln Nebraska Sioux City and other firms.
Edward Nichols born in Kankakee Illinois and longtime Belle Plaine real estate and insurance man marks his eighty third birthday at home amid ill health. He came to Belle Plaine in 1879 with J G Van Meter and built a career in banking telephony and local business. His daughter Alma Nichols assists in his firm.
A crash killed month old Larry George and injured Mrs Formanek and two teens. Mrs Louisa Meyer 86 buried at Postville cemetery after services led by Rev Ludwig with six nephews as pallbearers.
Grinnell College elected Prof. J Forrest West chairman of the music department to replace Prof. David E Peck who resigned. West comes from Central State Teachers College Edmond Oklahoma after a year studying in New York. He led music at Oklahoma School and taught voice and music education. He will join Grinnell with his wife for the new school year.
The obituary notices recount Henry Hubbard and his wife’s sixtieth wedding anniversary in 1932 and long moves from Leicester to Worcester to Castle Grove and Monticello. Hubbard operated a butcher shop, then a furniture business, and later entered undertaking before retiring in 1931. Their son George died in 1933. Mrs Hubbard died in 1937, ten days before their sixty fifth anniversary. Granddaughter Mrs Ted Eckland resides with Hubbard.
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