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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1939
Page
2
Sunday night and Monday saw a warm up across Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns as a light shower total of 0.58 inches preceded a rebound in temperatures. The day began at 65 and rose to 78 by late morning then reached 84 in the afternoon with records logged by the Chambers Inskeep recorder.
G A Steele a 31 year old from Lincoln hotel was fined 10 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace by unnecessary motorcycle noise with the fine suspended on payment of costs and surrender of his license for 15 days. William E Harman age 22 of 1308 0 avenue NE was fined 2 dollars and costs for operating a motorcycle without a muffler.
Charles J. Barnett and Dorothy J. Dawson, both of Cedar Rapids, are identified in the public notice data.
Charles H. Peel aged 69 died at his daughter Carrie Andersons home on Fourteenth Street SE at 8 30 p m Saturday. George Darrell Miller aged 23 died in a local hospital at 2 30 p m Saturday.
St Luke's hospital reports a daughter to Mr and Mrs Edwin L Ruprecht in London on August 6. Mercy hospital notes a daughter Margaret Ann to Mr and Mrs John Kitch at 50342 C avenue NW on August 5. A correction states the prior notice misnamed the parents as Mr and Mrs Francis Volak. Also listed are a daughter Deanna Lee born to Mr and Mrs Paul June at 1263 Twentieth avenue SW on August 5 and a son born to Mr and Mrs Charles Volak at Mercy hospital on August 2.
An official said he would not name the injured man while spectators crowded the scene. Burgar claimed bystanders may have pushed reporters, possibly including off duty railroad workers. Harry Teahen, North Western yardmaster, arrived as Hess was placed in an ambulance and denied involvement in resisting reporters.
Rep. Sam Rayburn, House majority leader, met with President Roosevelt for about ninety minutes in Washington. He described the visit as a social call, but it sparked talk of reviving the administration’s troubled program. Rayburn planned a nationwide 8:30 p.m. CST broadcast on NBC Blue tonight.
Halifax report says John McNeil learned Canadian officials may allow the four children left in the United States to join him in Canada. McNeil, his wife, and two older sons born before his Los Angeles deportation worked in Halifax since arrival. Four younger children, born in the United States, were refused entry and placed in an L A institution.
Walter Winchell portrays a Roosevelt broadcast criticizing congressional defeats of the New Deal. The president warns Republicans and some Democrats that failure to deliver jobs and business will prompt a strong national response and a campaign to the country. He vows to monitor Wall Street critics and pressure lawmakers to act.
An NLRB examiner will hold a secret ballot Thursday at the La Plant Choate plant for production maintenance and service employees to decide whether to be represented by the United Farm Equipment Workers Local 116 CIO or the IAM Harmony Lodge 831 AFL, or by neither. The IAM and CIO will attend. The vote follows a 1937 IAM bargaining history and a 1938 IAM contract. the current contract is terminated or terminable by notice, clearing the way for representation determination.
New York dispatch reports the resumption of WPA relief worker dismissals after a halt. About 20,000 workers already discharged since July 7, with 2,500 more to be fired daily through September 1 under orders from WPA Commissioner Harrington relayed to local administrators.
Joseph Chermak Jr. 70 a member of Cedar Rapids merchant police force for sixteen years died in a local hospital at 4 30 am Sunday after a period of illness. Born March 30 1869 in Bohemia he came to Cedar Rapids 68 years ago and left a large family including wife Lula Teply Chermak three daughters four sons and two stepsons. Funeral set for Brush chapel Tuesday at 2 pm with Rev Benjamin J Paroulek officiating burial in Bohemian National cemetery and city police will pallbear.
A. O. U. W. lodge No. 278 will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Sokol hall. The city plan commission meeting set for Aug. 8 is postponed to Aug. 15. Parlor City Camp No. 1799, R. N. A., convenes at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at C. S. P. S. hall with juveniles also meeting.
The meeting previously set for Thursday August 10 has been postponed to Tuesday August 15.
General Grenville Dodge circle of the Ladies of the G A R will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Memorial building.
The regular monthly meeting of Local 238 Chauffeurs and Teamsters union is scheduled for 7 30 p m Monday at the Labor temple.
Mr and Mrs L M Diehlman of 1938 Higley Avenue SE returned home Saturday after attending the World Poultry Congress in Cleveland Ohio.
Constable William J. Bill Fleming departed Saturday for a two week trip through the east and plans to attend the New York world's fair.
Dr. C. E. Myers of Rock Island and his mother wife and daughter were guests of his brother Dr. Dale A. Myers at 716 Fourth Street SE over the weekend.
The Y W C A Ten Pin bowling group will meet at the Y W C A on Thursday at 6 pm. Election of officers will take place and all members are urged to attend.
Mrs Roy Serovy of 158 Fifteenth Avenue SW is recovering at her sister Mrs Tony Mraz's home at 2037 D Street SW after an appendectomy at Mercy hospital on July 29. She is allowed visitors.
Margaret Collins 27 of Des Moines suffered a head wound Sunday after being accidentally struck by a horseshoe at the Sokol camp. She was taken to St. Luke's hospital for treatment and released.
The Rev. Robert J. MacDanel pastor of First Presbyterian Carroll visiting his parents at 118 Eighteenth street NE. He will be joined by Mrs. MacDanel and daughter Marijean and will occupy the pulpit at Central Park Presbyterian church next Sunday.
Clark A. Beems told Rotarians at the Roosevelt hotel luncheon that the robot man was the most interesting feature of the San Francisco world fair. He spoke on Why a Vacation after motoring to the west coast and praised Iowa as paradise. James F. Keevers, Rotary secretary, celebrated his birthday with a cake as members sang.
The Eighteenth amendment imposed an annual enforcement cost of 32 cents per person. This figure reflects the per capita expense linked to upholding the prohibition policy across jurisdictions.
Spanish cleanup after a triple killing led to executions totaling sixty alleged red conspirators. In China, Japan denied Ichang bombing responsibility as British steamers burned. Anti American protests spread in the region and US consuls sought police protection for Americans in Kaifeng and Kioshan.
Warsaw reports via Kurier Warszawski that a Polish military mission will participate in Anglo Russian French general staff talks ahead of formal tri power alliance against Nazi fascist aggression. Unconfirmed officials say Polish objections to Russian troops on Polish soil have been dropped in defense of the country.
The estate of the late Harvey Firestone, Akron rubber magnate, was valued at 2,922,434 dollars in a trust agreement filed in probate court by the Cleveland Trust company as administrator.
Funeral services for Charles H. Peel who died at his daughter Mrs Carrie Andersons home will be conducted in Moonchapel at 2 30 p m Tuesday by Rev W Greer McCrory Burial will be in Cedar Memorial park Friends may call at the chapel He is survived by a son Burnice Peel Cedar Rapids a sister Mrs Emma Mobley Camilla Ga four grandchildren and four great grandchildren
Notice is given that the undersigned was appointed administrator of the estate of Jerry Smreek late of Iowa, deceased, by Linn County Court on August 4, 1939. All persons indebted to the estate are required to make payment, and all claims against the estate must be presented to the clerk of Linn County District Court for authentication and filing. Ann Fluinga Kubicek, Administrator.
Hunter and Humphrey Moody of Decatur Illinois landed their monoplane Miss Springfield at 10 46 p m Sunday night after 343 hours 46 minutes aloft from July 23 The two shaved only once last week and slept in relays while refueling with a rope and cans of gasoline They traveled about 25 000 miles at 80 mph within a 100 mile radius of Springfield and plan to seek further records with ground crew updates by radio
The Columbia Bank Note company of Chicago won the contract to supply 10,000,000 liquor seals at eight cents per thousand for the Iowa liquor commission. The state printing board awarded the bid with right to buy more seals at the same price if needed.
A university issued a statement of regret after a radio round table alleged former President Herbert Hoover had men buying southern delegates for the 1940 Republican convention. The playback transcript excluded the claim, and Hoover demanded a retraction addressed to Robert M. Hutchins while Hutchins recuperated in Maine.
Secretary Henry Morgenthau arrives in Southampton aboard the Normandie on Monday and proceeds to London as he heads toward Denmark.
The article recalls VoJta Benes leading a tribute to refugees while a survivor, Karel Langer, mourns his family. It notes calls from the National Alliance of America and allied groups to President Roosevelt to allow persecuted European refugees to stay beyond temporary visas. It portrays terror in Czechoslovakia and widespread suffering amid political upheaval.
The article states Africa spans its maximum width from Cape Town to Cairo, marking it as the continent’s widest extent. It emphasizes the geographic reach across southern to northern Africa, highlighting the vast expanse between two iconic cities.
City Lines buses plan to resume old routes in the loop on Tuesday after Third Avenue SE was repaved from the river to Fourth Street. Although repaving continues later this week, the Second Street intersection is expected to be cleared Tuesday, allowing the return.
Madison baseball backers studied a Milwaukee Brewers proposal to move its Three-I farm franchise from Bloomington Illinois to Madison. Brewers president Henry J. Bendinger approved the transfer citing Bloomington attendance. Quincy Illinois also sought the franchise, but Madison had the best chance.
Urey Woodson, 79, longtime Owensboro newspaper publisher who recently resigned as federal alien property custodian, died at his home in Owensboro Kentucky from heart disease.
An advertisement promotes PASTEETH an alkaline powder that keeps false teeth firmly in place while avoiding taste sour odor or gumminess. It touts a comfortable non slip fit with no souring and urges purchase at drug stores today.
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