Fire destroys Finnish freighter Aurora at New York docks
The 4956 ton Finnish freighter Aurora burned at anchorage in the Hudson River. First Mate Conrad Freese drowned. Captain Albert Bjorkluf saved with burns. Crew of 21 rescued except for Freese. FBI soils and sabotage checks cited as Panaco fire under review. Ashore, witnesses alerted via train whistle. fire began in pantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aurora
Hudson River
Conrad Freese
Cuba
Panuco
Albert Bjorkluf
Naina Anderson
Ulla Grenman
Anni Gronstron
New York Central
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
George Washington Bridge
Manhattan Borough Bank
Upper Riverside Drive
Fort Tryon Park
Anderson
Finland
Russia
Britain
Atlantic
They Don't Sound Like Real Marines They Don't Sound Like Real Marines
About 90 girls in New York demanded a Marine investigation after a party at Anne Morgan's apartment. The Brooklyn Navy Yard marines failed to respond to the emergency for 100 soldiers and sailors, despite claims the Marines were coming. Lieutenant Elser arranged calls but left as the event ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Anne Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Peter F. D. Elser
Marines
Elser
Giant white shark weighing 1747 pounds caught off Port Lincoln
A massive great white shark weighing 1747 pounds was hauled from waters near Port Lincoln in South Australia recently. The capture underscores ongoing encounters with large predators along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Lincoln
South Australia
Ted the collie veers from camp trip route in Marion area
A 7 year old collie named Ted belonging to the Hanson family disappeared during a Waubeek camping trip on Aug 11. He later showed up at Mrs George E Browns farm Aug 14 with bleeding feet. Mrs Browns inquiry led to Mildred Titus city clerk. Ted bears license 27 Ted.
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Ted
Robert Hanson
Arthur Hanson
Marion
Bob
Battle
St. Bernards
Hansons
Waubeek
Mildred Titus
George E. Brown
Hoff Groomed for St Louis Wedding at Euclid Baptist
Donald Hoff will marry June Hope Edwards in St Louis at 8:15 p.m. Saturday at Euclid Baptist Church. He travels with brother Robert Hoff and Earl Linkenbach as ushers. attendees include the Hoff family from St Paul and Marion. After the ceremony the couple plans to live with Hoff’s parents in Marion briefly before settling elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hoff
St. Louis
Euclid Baptist Church
June Hope Edwards
Robert Hoff
Marion
Earl Linkenbach
Cedar Rapids
Boyd Hoff
St. Paul
Mr. Hoff
Warren Hoffs
Eighth Street
Collins Radio Company
Scouts Visit Lincoln Shrine For Lincoln Trail Trip
Boy Scout troop No. 35 plans a weekend trip to Springfield Illinois to visit the Lincoln home. Members Hal Kinser Robert Foile William Page Thomas Kemble Robert Clyde Roy Williams Richard Bailey Earl Tharp Robert Kerns Melvin Van Natta go with chaperones Harry Robson and Carl L Wiley. Funds were raised by an ice cream social and a Methodist Brotherhood donation. Each scout read The Boy Scout Life of Lincoln and wrote a 200 word essay. They will camp and cook on the trip with a nineteen and a half mile unaccompanied hike from New Salem to Springfield. The first six second class scouts who complete the hike will earn Lincoln medals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Shrine
Springfield
Ill
Lincoln
Boy Scout Troop No
Hal Kinser
Robert Foile
William Page
Thomas Kemble
Robert Clyde
Roy Williams
Richard Bailey
Earl Tharp
Robert Kerns
Melvin van Natta
Harry Robson
Carl L. Wiley
Methodist Brotherhood
Boy Scout Life of
Ida M. Tarbell
New Salem
Norton Family Guests in Kohl Home
Cedar Rapids residents Mond Norton and their family are listed as guests staying at the Kohl household, with no further details on occasions or duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mond Norton
Cedar Rapids
Kohl
Missouri Synod East Iowa District Quietly Reflects in April 1942
The Missouri Synod of the Iowa district East held a gathering in April 1942. Refreshments were served to twenty one members and guests including Mrs. Louis Zifian and Mrs. Ralph Glass among others. Mrs. R. L. Bonar of New London hosted guests from St. Louis and Albion Nebraska visitors left for home Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Synod
Iowa District
Louis Zifian
Ralph Glass
Henry Jons
Claus Jons
Frank Morris
James L. Jons
R. L. Bonar
New London
Graydon Boyd
St. Louis
Iowa Deaths Include Alburnett Mayor Winfield Stick
Funeral services for Winfield Edwin Stick longtime Alburnett mayor will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Lafayette Christian church with American Legion burial honors in Lafayette cemetery. He died Thursday in Cedar Rapids hospital aged 57. Survivors include wife Esther Laverna Tritle Stick two daughters and four sons. Also noted are Anamosa and Alburnett obituaries for E W Smykil and Louis A Quaas with service details and family survivors.
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Alburnett
Lafayette Christian Church
Winfield Edwin Stick
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Stick
Lafayette
Esther Laverna Tritle
Alburnett Christian Church
J. A. Stick
Dorothy May Kennedy
Marion
James Walter Stick
Eugene Edwin Stick
Dean Irvin Stick
Lucy Stick
Center Point
Vera Karch
Orson Moore
Vernal Stick
Walker
Maurice Swisher
Lafayette Cemetery
American Legion
Anamosa
E. W. Smykil
Shueyville
W. H. Bowersox
Emil W. Smykil
Solon
J. R. Bowersox
Roy Sponey
Iowa City
Carl Burroughs
Springville
Charles Breed
Rock Springs
Wyo
A. Francis
Byron
J. K. Delahooke
Homer Dalrymple
Congregational Church
Louis A. Quaas
Linn County
D. R. McCreery
Alburnett Evangelical Church
C. L. Fuller
Mr Qu
Roosevelt Sets Coffee Import Quotas for Non Signatories
President Roosevelt issued an executive order establishing import quotas for non signatories to the inter-American coffee agreement of 1940. The plan assigns 33.04 percent to the British empire excluding Canada and Aden, 36.77 percent to the Netherlands and possessions, 7.24 percent to Aden Yemen and Saudi Arabia, and 22.95 percent to other non signatories.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
INS
Roosevelt
British Empire
Canada
Aden
Netherlands
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Civil War Vet John Merriam Dies at 96 in Des Moines
Polk county mourns John S. Merriam, 96, a former guard at the state historical building for 20 years. The first Illinois light artillery veteran served two years and fought in 20 battles including Chattanooga and Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Polk County
John S. Merriam
State Historical Building
First
Illinois Light Artillery
Chattanooga
Atlanta
City Briefs Highlight Local Health and Obituaries
Mrs. Howard Stark of 410 Fifth avenue SW remains bedbound with a heart ailment but is reported fair Friday afternoon. Mrs. William DeWald of Dubuque dies at her home after four months of illness. Robert Moody showed color films from Mexico including a bull fight at a Lions Club luncheon. Frank A. Jack and Irene Ann Graybill wed in Cassville, Wisconsin. The Gazette lists local music teachers in its annual Fine Arts Directory. Sisters Wayne Wiseman and Leta Hedrick are reunited after 33 years as Wiseman visits Hedrick in Cedar Rapids.
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Howard Stark
Fifth Avenue SW
William DeWald
Dubuque
Jerome Rieth
Grande Avenue SE
Robert Moody
Mexico
Lions Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Wayne Wiseman
New Paltz
Leta Hedrick
Fourteenth Street
Wiseman
Cedar Rapids
Gesell Ordered to Active Duty with Air Corps
Lieut. Robert S. Gesell of 1614 Bever Avenue SE has been ordered to active duty with the air corps. He is to report at Detroit on September 15, according to Cedar Rapids military district headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. Gesell
Bever Avenue
Air Corps
Cedar Rapids Military District
Gesell
Detroit
Embalmers Exam Passed by Robert E. Brosh in St. Louis
Robert E. Brosh of 1107 Third Street SE has passed the state embalmers examination taken after graduating from the College of Mortuary Science in St. Louis in June. He will assist his father Frank A. Brosh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Brosh
Third Street SE
College of Mortuary Science
St. Louis
Frank A. Brosh
Boy Hurt In Fall
Lamir Medulan ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Medulan suffered injuries in a fall at 2902 likely reported by local authorities.
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Lamir Medulan
Godfrey Medulan
Boy Hurt From Barn Roof Fall At Eight Feet
A youngster fell about eight feet from a barn roof and suffered a deep head gash. He was reported in fairly good condition at Mercy hospital Friday after being taken there Thursday for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cox
William van Natta
Marion
REA
Curtis
St. Luke's Hospital
Cox
van Natta
E Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
Blahnik Ordered to Report for Army Duty in Omaha
Robert Blahnik aged 25 of 534 Knoll Wood Drive SE received a call on Friday to report to the Army Corps area office in Omaha on August 30 for active duty. He is a first lieutenant in the engineering reserve and a former assistant city building inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Blahnik
Knollwood Drive
Army Corps
Omaha
Blahnik
Missing $45 From Purse Reported At Foxhead Tavern
Mrs. Frederick Helming of 1224 Ellis boulevard NW told police that Thursday evening she left her purse in the wash room at Foxhead tavern. She returned about ten minutes later to find the purse still there but $45 in cash missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Helming
Ellis Boulevard
Foxhead Tavern
Draft boards call eight men for Sept twenty third
The West side board received a call from state headquarters for eight men to be inducted on September 23. Earlier, the east side board was told to call two men and the Marion board five, all to report September 23. Two women who registered on July 1 will be included in these calls.
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West Side Draft Board
State Headquarters
Army
East Side Board
Marion
Local Navy Recruits Announced At Station
One man enrolls in the regular navy and three join the naval reserve. Gar fields Potts 17 of 809 Division Street SE enters the regular navy. Reservists are Thomas Gray 36 of Williamsburg Milbert Bieber 21 of Vinton and Earl Byam 21 of Vinton.
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Regular Navy
Naval Reserve
Garfield Potts
Margaret Potts
Division Street
Thomas Gray
Elizabeth Gray
Williamsburg
Milbert Bieber
Ernest Bieber
Vinton
Earl Byam
Leon Byam
115000-volt Cedar Rapids Tama power line approved
Iowa Commerce Commission chairman Barr Keshlear announced approval of the Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. plan to build a 115000-volt line from Cedar Rapids to Tama. The line will be the state’s most powerful and serve as a source line for smaller lines across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Barr Keshlear
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company of
Cedar Rapids
Tama
Keshbar
Army orders Zanuck to five days active duty
Motion Picture Producer Darryl F. Zanuck was ordered to active duty by the army for five days. He will confer with G-3 training officials about another film on training activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Darryl F. Zanuck
Army
Claypool Reunion Elects Officers At North English Church
The Claypool reunion at the Methodist Episcopal church elected Armilla Ballard as president Flossie Wert as secretary Grace Ballard as treasurer and Jennie Wade with Beth Holmes on the place committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North English
Claypool
Methodist Episcopal Church
Armilla Ballard
Flossie Wert
Grace Ballard
Jennie Wade
Beth Holmes
Europe War Awakens U S Legal Expert Warns of Revolution
Dr. Fred Herzog, former Austrian judge, warned High Twelve club members at the Roosevelt Hotel luncheon that Europe faces a revolution beyond ordinary war. He argued totalitarian powers clash with democracies and urged spiritual defense of America, urging sacrifice for democracy and freedom to read and worship without fear. Sheriff Jim Smith introduced the speaker after Frank Flack Jr. played piano selections.
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Europe
High Twelve Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Fred Herzog
Austria
University of Town
American Association of Law
Germany
United States
Dr. Herzog
Hitler
America
Frank Flack, Jr
Roosevelt Satire On Fish Comment Provoked
President Roosevelt mocked Rep. Fish of New York for saying that if Germany lost the war the United States would lose markets. He noted a reporter’s quote from a Philadelphia America First event and dismissed the remark with sarcasm, saying no printed comment was needed.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Rep. Fish
Capitol Hill
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Fish
America First Committee
Philadelphia
Germany
United States
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N.Y. Docks
Marion News
B. A. Becker
Sixth Avenue
Mary Snyder
Becker
Storm's
Marion Merchants
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Legion Field
B. Earl Beiber
Wayne Manson
Bill Kempshall
Bill Failor
Howard Heath
Chandler Boettcher
Calvin Robison
Camp Wall
Mrs. Irvin A. Castle
Mead
Owen
Moose Cavaliers
Bob Smythe
Gordon Hatchery
Glenn Olinger
Clifford Armstrong
Seventh Avenue
John Crawford
Lawrence Trinkle
Dorothy and
Clifford Fink
Webster City
Southerlands
Lloyd Williams
Harry Southerland
Horace Southerland
Bonnie
C. J. Weis
Lewis Weis
P. A. Vale
Ralph
Crown Point
Ind
Fry's Milk Bar
Carl E. Krog
Dorothy Metzdorf
Cleveland
Eno Schulke
Concordia Seminary
Krog
Western Auto Associate Store
Kate Irving
Martha Cook
Benish Shoe Store
The
Free Methodist Church
W. J. Trimble
Herbert Livingston
Cedar Falls
Kendall'’s Hardware
Christian Church
Lake Macbride
Boston
Willis Roorda of
Clara Dunt
Cresco
Amos ‘Kohl
Earl Weaver
Ray
Joyce Bennett
Olin
Elaine Kohl
Pauline Krog
Ute
Alice Bliss
Central City
Lakeside School
Donald Carlson
Theola
Kenneth Lint
Barbara
Beverly
J C. Petrak
John Hiles
Delores Kloda
Mary
James Klaner
Syl's Grocery
Marvin Batchelder
Audubon
Mr Batchelder
Mrs
C. E. Batchelder
Railway Mail Association
Thomas Park
A. T. Hansen
Clyde Scott
Clear Lake
Minnesota
H. P Kline
Epworth
John Coons
Louis E. Peckosh
Sixteenth Street
Frank Claeys
Claeys
Don Bonwell
Mrs. Bonwell
August W. Beyer
Twin Falls
Ida
Mr. Bonwell
Long Beach
Calif
Ed Sigfred
Frank E. Williams
DeKalb, NL
Mark Tilton
Ladies Aid Society
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Arlie Jons
Fred Jons
Earl Schuettpelz
RED
Malaga
TTC Renteat
Nous
Sunkist i
Pepsi-Cola
Balada Tea
Hershey
S . Cocoa
Golden Valley
Iowa
Dickey’s Foods
Biarion
Creamery
Phe
Ron Cay
Yfresh
Catfish
Michigan
Noite
Poor PA
Claude Callan
City Briefs
Frank A. Jack
Irene Ann Graybill
Cassville, Wis
Justice H. R. Churchill
Gazette
Margie
Navy
Zanuck
Kresge
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