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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1940
Page
9
August 20 1940 daily brief details cases in Morrison Ely route 1 Cedar Rapids Minneapolis Chicago defendants and plaintiffs. Includes cruel and inhuman treatment property stipulation vagrant fines licenses registrations and intoxication charges with multiple courts and bonds.
At 6 02 p m a bale of paper burned in the E Cohn and Sons warehouse 900 L street SW causing medium damage. At 7 47 p m rubbish burned in the basement of the home of Josephine Humble 527 Seventh street SE general alarm. At 9 30 a m Tuesday fire in a ventilator at the paint shop of Rude Auto Company 511 Second avenue SE small damage. At 1 35 p m sparks from a bonfire set fire to a garage at 1128 Second avenue SW small damage. Mercy hospital a son Aug 19 for Mr and Mrs Walter Tekippe 840 Second avenue SE. St Luke's hospital a son Aug 19 for Mr and Mrs Don Mollenhauer Alburnett and a daughter Aug 20 for Mr and Mrs Sam B Miller 1545 Washington avenue SE. William Wilbur Witousek died at his home 1049 Fourth avenue SE Monday.
Secretary Ickes lashes out at Willkie over his campaign speech claiming the Republicans would undermine the New Deal. He accuses Willkie of appeasement and attack lines while praising Roosevelt on selective service and aid to Britain. He also links Willkie to Tammany Hall and anti-New Deal forces.
The passage contrasts views on Samuel Insull, praising him as a forceful dynamic leader while thousands condemn him as the man who ruined them, reflecting sharp public disagreement over his impact.
New York reports Democratic National Chairman Edward J. Flynn produced records he says prove Wendell Willkie was a former member of Tammany Hall despite his denial. Flynn labeled Willkie “of the utilities party” and cited 1935 election records certifying Willkie and his wife as Democratic county committeemen in the Fifteenth assembly district.
The report cites leaders stating forces control the mines and that explosives were dropped by planes in blockade sectors known to neutrals including the United States. It notes the American Legion is proceeding through the region despite advance warning.
U S refugee steamer American Legion sails through newly mined waters amid German warnings. Mrs Florence Harriman United States minister to Norway relayed to AP that passengers were unaware of the danger and that no one aboard had been informed of the mining area.
Montanans isolationist leader challenges motives of supporters as Connally and Wheeler clash over conscription. Ashurst condemns army enlistment limits while Ledge seeks to cut conscription to 21–25. Marshall warns 3–4 million trained men needed to defend the western hemisphere with 1.2 million for regulars. Congress hears on supplemental defense funds and arming plans.
London AP reports Britain's World War era prime minister David Lloyd George narrowly escaped injury Monday night when a house he was in was shaken by five German bomb blasts. He was unhurt and continued with his duties after the raid.
An air ministry spokesman described the raids as flare illumination similar to prior British nighttime lights. British bombers conducted attacks in Norway and intensified strikes against Boulogne in German held France, the Channel port raided for the third time in 48 hours.
British penetration to the edge of Berlin's western air defenses was officially admitted. Royal Air Force planes raided sections of Germany without damaging military objectives. German bombers attacked Southend Eastchurch and Kent air bases, with an air alarm lasting from 12:50 am to 2:20 am in Berlin.
Canfield told Cedar Rapids workers that 1500 building tradesmen average $10 daily but only about $1500 yearly due to seasonal unemployment. He noted crooks exist in some unions yet publicity fuels a false image of widespread racketeering as labor groups work to reform.
Federal District Judge Albert James dismissed the petition by the Communist Party of Arizona seeking a writ to place its candidates on the September ballot. The court agreed with the state attorney general that the issue falls outside federal court jurisdiction. The state had ruled the party, openly opposed to the U S Constitution, would not appear on the ballot.
Four men were killed when a blast destroyed a one story cartridging house at the E. I. du Pont Repaune dynamite plant in Gibbstown New Jersey. Injury details were unavailable as the blast of undetermined origin occurred Tuesday.
Hong Kong reports two yachtsmen, Norman Torrey an American and James Petersen an Australian, were detained by Japanese authorities on Hainan Island off French Indo China on Tuesday.
Rep. J Parnell Thomas of New Jersey condemned Panama and Porto Rico defenses as totally inadequate after an unofficial inspection. He told Secretary Stimson air strength at Panama is a joke with only 23 modern pursuit planes and urged senior War Department officials visit Panama to assess real needs for canal defense.
The speaker criticizes the air corps strength in the Porto Rican situation arguing it has only 12 planes and calls it a crime while praising troop morale at Porto Rico and Panama.
In Dallas a 30 year old woman testified that her husband billed her $5 weekly for room and board and charged her for gas and oil used in the family car during errands. She protested the gas charges and the divorce was granted by Judge Dick Dixon.
Norman Thomas, socialist presidential candidate, challenged Wendell Willkie to a debate on vital national issues in Albany New York. The call followed Willkie's campaign stance as the AP notes.
Miss Jennie Witousek about 70 from 1049 Fourth Avenue SE was found unconscious on the floor by Calvin Stickel an employee of the city water department. Her brother William W about 75 was found dead in a chair in the same room reportedly of a heart attack. Both lived alone in the same residence. She was taken to Mercy hospital and listed in fair condition.
Cedar Rapids resident dies following a stroke while walking to a relative. Born in Cedar Rapids, he was a graduate of the Valparaiso Normal School and a member of the Maccabees and Modern Woodmen of America. Survived by sister, niece Mrs. Fred Kloubec, nephew Fred J. Witousek, and aunt Mrs. John Coufal. Funeral at Turner chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call.
Davenport. Five boys aged 14 to 17 who ran away from the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans home in Davenport are being sought. Superintendent Harvey Davies said the youths may have headed toward Des Moines.
In Vichy France Interior Minister Adrien Marquet enforced a decree against secret societies. The Grand Orient of France and the Grand Lodge of French Freemasons are outlawed, affecting about 50 000 members and 200 lodges with property auctioned for public charity.
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