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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
12
On August 14, 1941, a spark on a window sill at Universal Foundry, 1791 ST Avenue NE, caused a general alarm at 4 21 p m. A second fire of undetermined origin erupted in a barn at 1015 Third Avenue SW, prompting another general alarm at 6 26 p m.
Mr and Mrs Ivan Wright of route 4 Central City welcome a son Keith De Wayne born August 6 at Mercy hospital. Mr and Mrs Roy Gage of 117 Sixth Street SE announce a son born August 13. Mr and Mrs Carl Lowe of Solon report a daughter born August 13. Mr and Mrs John Walrob Jr of Mount Vernon greet a daughter born August 14. Mr and Mrs Raymond Comried of 118 Eighth Avenue SW announce a son born August 14. Mr and Mrs Braham Abraham of 1213 Third Street SE welcome a son born August 14 at St Luke's hospital. Mr and Mrs O C Olun of 1410 Sixth Avenue SE report a daughter born August 14.
Justice of Peace Court fined Joe Vopalka of 1214 Second Street SW five dollars and costs for failure to yield the right of way. Deaths note Perry Wilkinson Moffett, 69, of 1330 First Avenue NE, died in a car hospital at 3:25 p.m. Wednesday.
The Most Rev. F. J. Beckman archbishop of Dubuque will dedicate the shrine to Our Mother of Sorrows at Mount Mercy junior college Friday at 4 pm. The public is invited to attend a program featuring music by Virginia Ohman and Loras College Choristers, with an address of welcome by Mayor F K Hahn and a benediction service.
British observers weigh Roosevelt Churchill talks with Archer on trade pledges and disarmament. The final statements promise measures to ease armament burdens while affirming US participation in postwar strategy, hinting at a shift of influence toward Washington and a potential permanent alignment with the United States.
German forces claimed to encircle a large Red Army force around the grain port of Odessa and Nikolaev as they pushed toward the Dnieper bend. Berlin and Pravda stressed continued Soviet resistance while Moscow reported heavy German losses and no major changes on other fronts.
The article notes a secret Atlantic meeting between Churchill and Roosevelt, escorted by 23 Britons, with no press on the American side. German propaganda teased the event while Attlee’s broadcast confirmed the encounter, signaling a high level wartime accord between the Allies.
E. Arnold Sunstrom of Chicago a Coe College alumnus and former alumni association president is named comptroller for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Sunstrom 48 previously led Arthur Andersen Chicago public utility department and managed offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco before 1932. He began his career at Iowa Electric Light and Power after graduating in 1917 and again after the war. His home was formerly in Boone. Sunstrom served as alumni president for 1940 41.
A Cedar Rapids man died at 3 25 p.m. Wednesday in a local hospital after a brief illness. Born in Tipton on August 21, 1871, he had lived in Cedar Rapids since 1919. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Paul B Shaw of Iowa City and Mrs. Harry C Peiker of Springfield Massachusetts. Funeral set for Saturday at 1 30 p.m. Brush chapel with burial in Tipton Cemetery following short services.
Passengers boarding excursion vessels are checked by the department of commerce to prevent rover crowding. The practice aims to ensure orderly boarding and safety aboard ships.
Afternoon judging crowns two grand champions in Holstein and Guernsey divisions. Paul Stewart of Maynard leads Holstein entries with senior yearling heifer and heifer calf blue ribbons and grand champion aged cow Lady Portage Faber. Guernsey grand champion female goes to A H Lenders's Marion entry Mound City Starlight.
Gates open at 7:30 am with a grand auction for 4-H and five-lot baby beeves at 10 am. Dee Lang shows, international auto races at 1:30 pm, Friday Night 8:15 pm Ernie Young in Under the Stars, dancing at 9:45 pm with Stan Stanley orchestra. Admission 10 cents outside, 25 cents autos, 25 cents bleachers, 50 cents grandstand, 75 cents box seats.
The report highlights Davis as a superior starter over two days, with a 2.0744 timer in the second heat. It notes difficulties in heats but credits him with a strong record of starting 15 heats with just 22 scores, amid fan acclaim. references a 2:34 trot purse and multiple horses and participants.
The joint declaration calls for self government for all peoples, disarmament of aggressors, freedom of the seas, and wider distribution of world raw materials. It praises postwar collaboration to raise living standards and security. Attlee announced it in London while U S leaders and officials attended the conference in London and Washington.
United Press reports both sides claim gains in large scale air operations this week despite poor weather. British Russian offensive is described as effective from London, with some 3 per cent losses for Britain among 900 to 1,000 planes, while German losses in the British blitz run up to 10 per cent. Germans acknowledge enemy raids on a large scale though Berlin disputes damage. Nazis say they destroyed 244 Allied aircraft in 24 hours on both fronts against four German planes.
A merchant and Incal detectives helped nab Tom C Ross of 1280 Fourth Avenue SE on a bogus check charge. The suspect, with prior sentence for a similar offense, was located by detectives after Fowler Electrical reported a cracked item and a non account holder presented the check. He was arrested near Second Avenue and Seventh Street SE and confined to the county jail.
A Wednesday evening accident at Third street and Eighth avenue SW left one man with a cut and bruises after two cars overturned. Don Shadle received facial and limb injuries. driver Herbert Purdin said a machine struck his car broadside, causing it to roll twice. Vopalka, cited for failure to yield, was fined $5 and costs.
Leonard Vlach secretary of the Lions club spoke on A Bald headed Man's Interpretation of the Lions International Convention at a Roosevelt hotel luncheon. The brief also notes transfers of two Cedar Rapids men to new army posts Pvt Charles Rorabaugh assigned to the 47th bomber group at McChord Field and Edwin J Prochaska sent to the medical replacement training center at Camp Grant after induction at Fort Des Moines.
A Vichy source labels the Roosevelt Churchill war aims declaration insufficient to assure peace and justice. The statement denounces the declaration as a recast of Wilson’s 14 points, reworded but ineffective after 25 years.
In Buffalo New York the UAW CIO empowered its international executive board to order workers back to work to curb strikes as the union acts to restore labor stoppage controls.
The Special Senate defense committee reports nine army camps exceeded estimates and were plagued by planning failures and high costs. Senator Truman blames the White House for bottlenecks, detailing defects in planning, organization, and contract methods. Camp sites include Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Meade, Indiantown Gap, and others.
Baron Haranuma, a key figure in Japan linked to Premier Konoye, survived an attack by Ishiyama who sought a handwriting sample. Ishiyama wounded Haranuma and was arrested after a scuffle at the villa gate. Ishiyama was slightly injured. Authorities said a thorough probe is needed before any state statement.
The three man national railway mediation board opened secret executive sessions with labor and management to resolve the wage and rules dispute that has led to a strike vote among 1 500 000 railroad employees. Board Chairman David J. Lewis said commitments would stay confidential until mediation ends and that meetings would follow with non operating unions and carriers conference committees.
Berlin dispatch says Britain’s legless war ace Lieut Col Douglas Bader was captured after bailing out of a burning aircraft and parachuting into the English Channel Tuesday night. German quarters reported the capture late Thursday.
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