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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1942
Page
1
The Weather section notes slowly rising temperatures in Cedar Rapids Monday night into Tuesday forenoon. At 2:30 p.m. the temperature reached 80 degrees, three degrees above Sunday's high, with a Monday low of 54 at 7 a.m. Humidity was 30 percent.
Earl Teeple of 625 Fourth Avenue SE is fined 25 dollars plus costs for driving without a license. Amos Plotz, 61 of Mt Vernon Road, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for intoxication before Justice H. R. Church.
Jennie V. Getts, 80, of 502 Avenue NE, died at Cedar Rapids hospital at 8 20 p m Sunday from injuries in a Saturday automobile accident. Norman Wilber Bowlby, 71, of Muscatine died in Cedar Rapids hospital at 11 45 p m Sunday.
A Sunday record notes alerts at 619 Eighth Street SE 1:52 AM then Liggett’s Drug Store 305 First Avenue SE 9:45 AM and Podzimek Pharmacy 1505 First Avenue SE 8:40 PM. An overheated compressor triggered a general alarm at Podzimek Pharmacy.
Charles Musil of 1506 Tenth street SE and Tom M. Koury of 700 Eighth street SE each fined 2 dollars and costs for failure to yield the right of way. George Collins of 229 Seventh street NE fined 5 dollars and costs for the same offense.
At St. Luke's hospital multiple families announce new sons and daughters with Aug. 15 and 16 births. Names include DeLos H. R. Albur Nett, Leo Casner, Delbert Pollet, Carl Wessels, Walter Fuchs, Bobby G. Smith, F. E. Corey, Gerald Huntz, and Milo Vrba plus a Mercy hospital daughter for NE. Sergt. Clarence H. Dirks and wife in Marion report a son born Aug. 16.
In Norway Sunday Barney's Paint champions of the John Beck Junior Baseball League defeated the Norway Juniors 12 to 4. The game details appear on the chamber events page with times listed for Tuesday. Yuill and Gohmann completed the sale of 525 Seventh Avenue SE from the Botion to Mr and Mrs Abe Abraham, though they were not credited in the original report.
Mayor James Butler of Janesville Florida formerly Cedar Rapids spent Monday in Janesville visiting friends. He also visited his sister in law Mrs A B Heston in Mechanicsville during the trip.
The American Legion Post 5 held a meeting Tuesday night in the Memorial building armory. A fried fish dinner was served at 6 o clock with other meals available. An 8 o clock vaudeville show provided entertainment.
Miss Vinae Rhinehart now of San Diego California visits relatives in the city while en route to Iowa. She stops to see her brother John O U S N R and her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Harrison D Paul. Miss Rhinehart is employed by Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego.
Herbert, editor on leave of the Louis- Courier-Journal and press, was ordered to active duty in the United States Navy, announced Sunday night.
Bombay AP dispatch reports Mohammed Ali Jinnah, head of India's 80 million Muslims, declaring that if Britain seeks peace with Congress now it would betray Muslims who had offered help. He warned Britain of consequences for independence plans.
NEW DELHI dispatches say arrests of nationalist agitators continue but general situation improves. Two Hindu crowds trying to press independence dispersed after police intervention. Meerut remains quiet under a curfew following recent riots.
Survivors recount a harsh Bangkok internment and a grim voyage to Saigon aboard a crowded boat with Japanese guards. The July 23 exchange at Lourenco Marques reunited prisoners with journalist Frank Gervasi, signaling a hopeful return to a transformed, wartime America.
Norman Wilber Bowlby of Muscatine died after a visit abroad. He was a longtime lubricating sales engineer for Standard Oil in Davenport division. He is survived by son Harold Bowlby, seven grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and his wife Etta Ma rion Bowlby who died five years ago. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Turner chapel with further services in Muscatine. Burial in Muscatine.
Agnes L. Marshall 64 of Cedar Rapids died Monday at 2 a.m. after a two week illness in a local hospital. Born March 27, 1878 in Linn township, she was the daughter of Benjamin F. and Lucy Beach and married Milo Marshall in 1897. Surviving are two daughters and a son, Mrs. Grace Craft of Detroit, Mrs. Velma Hinton and Charles B. Marshall of Cedar Rapids. She belonged to Mt. Zion Methodist church.
A small chapel service was held in Marion with Ward of Sunshine leading the commemoration. Friends gathered to honor the deceased, with quiet remembrances noted in the event.
Miss Wurtz, a Columbia University student, was pulled to safety from a high window on Riverside Drive after bystanders restrained her. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital observation ward where she moaned she would not permit an operation.
A Soviet Pravda dispatch and a midnight communique describe heavy German assaults near Voronezh on the Don and south of Stalingrad with Russian counter moves. The Russians reportedly held a wooded area, then recaptured it, and advanced beyond into key high ground as the Aug. 15 tally notes losses and air sorties.
A modest RAF force struck western Germany Saturday night suffering five bomber losses, while early Monday a few German raiders retaliated striking northern England midlands and an east coast point.
The Allied air raid on Timor was described as causing large fires, with reports that forces remain active inland as daily bombing supports. An Australian spokesman downplays Kokoda land skirmishes as not of major importance despite recent Japanese reinforcements nearby.
London reports Japanese propaganda acknowledging an American offensive in the Solomon area but differing on its significance. The Asahi cited that U S forces had been assembling equipment and personnel at bases in China amid ongoing operations toward Japan proper.
Mayor LaGuardia warned New Yorkers of a possible voluntary hot water rationing plan to conserve fuel. The timetable would restrict hot water to 6 30 to 9 am with warm water available otherwise, an idea from apartment house operators to prevent hot waterless days.
Dr. C. A. Noe, 38, of 2539 Twenty sixth Street Drive SE, has been commissioned major in the University of Iowa medical college. He has worked with Dr. Wayne J. Foster for four years and will remain with his family in Cedar Rapids for now.
Air Cadet Collin Martin son of Mr and Mrs C B Martin has completed basic training at Goodfellow Field San Texas and is now stationed at Kelly Field San Antonio for advanced training. Martin enlisted October 10 and expects to graduate from Kelly Field on that date this year.
Alta L Basnett began proceedings Monday to annul her marriage to Louis Stanley Basnett. The couple wed in Palmyra Missouri on December 19 1937. The petition states Louis Basnett is confined to a state hospital.
Mrs. Martin B. Sopa of 351 Nineteenth Street SE received word that her husband has been promoted from private to corporal. Corp. A is stationed in Atlantic City New Jersey.
The Gazette incorrectly left out Charles Ritchie Jr from the list of selectees who entered training using immediate passing examinations instead of a 14 day furlough. Ritchie is noted as the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie.
Thomas D Wilson on con voy duty visits Mr and Mrs Earl at 11d Thirty-fhret Street NE. He has a brother Donald a second class radioman on coast guard duty and two other brothers who have passed the civil service examination at St.
Donald Bruce involvement surfaces in a report noting his spouse resides at 801 Seventeenth Street Southwest. The snippet implies a legal or civic matter connected to that address.
William E eeeee and Mrs W Hulsebus are listed at 225 Barksdale field Shreveport Louisiana in this dated notice.
William F. VanOrsdol a yeoman third class with the coast guard is listed with Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Van Orsdol at 124 Center Point Road NE in a family notice.
Cairo AP dispatch reports British light bombing planes scored direct hits on Axis reinforcement barges off the African coast and attacked transports behind the Alamein battle zone despite interceptions by enemy fighters.
Durin enlisted October 15, 1940, and is stationed with a headquarters detachment at Camp Bowie Texas.
Lewis Valesky formerly of 1635 Grande avenue SE is promoted from first lieutenant to captain at Fort Benning Georgia. The ceremony confirms his new rank and assignment within the Army.
Private Herbert D. Westrom son of Mr and Mrs A C Westrom of 1923 Grande Avenue SE recently completed training at the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Chanute Field Illinois graduation marks completion of the program and assignment readiness.
Last week saw the lowest announced ship losses in 16 weeks with seven Allied vessels in U S east coast and Caribbean lanes. Two sinkings occurred in the Gulf of Mexico and five off South America. 56 seamen were killed and 134 rescued. Since Pearl Harbor 171 Allied or neutral ships announced sunk in eastern U S waters and nearby regions.
The navy announced Monday that eleven seamen are missing after a medium sized United States vessel went off the northern coast of South America in July. The sailors have been missing since August 12 as the search continues in the Atlantic.
Gordon R. Dra, a farmer from near Iowa City, remained in University Hospital Monday after a motorcycle he rode collided with a car on Highway 218, two miles south of Iowa City, at about 8:30 p.m. He sustained severe lacerations.
The League of Iowa Municipalities gathers for its annual convention at the Rosemont Montrose in Cedar Rapids starting Monday noon. Officials expect about 500 attendees as the defense council plan unfolds with mayoral appointments to strengthen wartime coordination. Speakers include Rodney Selby, H. O. Parsons, and Col. Joe W. Leedom.
A westbound Wabash passenger train struck a northbound New York Central freight at a crossing in Adrian Michigan. One trainman was killed and another critically injured. None of the over 100 passengers on the Wabash train were hurt. eight coaches left the rails.
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