Daily Record Briefs and Notices From August 22 1941
Jas Cronbaugh of 318 Sixth Ave SE and Richard Moore of 516 Twenty Seventh Ave SW were each fined ten dollars and costs for traffic offenses including failure to yield and no driver’s license. Milo Prusek of Cedar Rapids and Thuron Burns were fined two dollars and costs for faulty brakes and running a stop signal. R E Clayburn jailed ten days on petty larceny with balance suspended. Births deaths and hospital notes list several new arrivals and obituaries.
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Melvin Cronbaugh
Sixth Avenue SE
Richard W. Moore
Twentyseventh Avenue
Milo Prusek
Cedar Rapids
R. E. Clayburn
Taft Hotel
H. R. Churchill
Thuron W. Burns
A Avenue NW
Milo Presek, Jr
Center Street NE
Cedar Rapids and Cassville Names Link in Case
Henrietta Regnet and Louis Trombino of Cedar Rapids join Trene Ann Graybill and Frank Albert Jack of Cassville Wisconsin in a noted Midwest connection.
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Henrietta Regnet
Louis Trombino
Cedar Rapids
Trene Ann Graybill
Frank Albert Jack
Cassville, Wis
Nazi Volunteer Call Seeks Youths for SS and Wehrmacht Roles
Berlin reports detail a broad Nazi mobilization urging youths and men aged 17 to 45 to enlist for the war effort. The drive promotes SS service and long-conscript commitments while denying unusual losses on the eastern front.
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Adolf Hitler
Europe
City Tax Receipts Ahead Of Last Year
Walter Miller city treasurer reports tax receipts for the 1940 levy already total 54.75 percent of $838,622, above the 52.56 percent pace last year, with payments received from the county treasurer for taxes due in 1941.
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Walter Miller
Army's new Douglas dive bomber used in Arkansas drills
The Douglas A-24 dive bomber, transferred from the navy, participated in coordinated ground attacks with the Seventh Army Corps for the first time. Flying from Shreveport, the two man crews dove on targets at dawn in 16 mile front sweeps, then climbed, while radio links guided ground coordination and aiming.
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Army IN Arkansas
Army
Seventh Army Corps
Navy
Eighth Bombardment
Shreveport
Siege pressure grows on Leningrad as Germans push toward city
German and Finnish forces press toward Leningrad from the north while battle rages along the front. Berlin claimed Novgorod’s capture threatens rail links between Leningrad and Moscow and urged residents to declare the city an open one to save it from fate similar to Warsaw.
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Dnieper
Odessa
Black Sea
Berlin
Moscow
Leningrad
Novgorod
Warsaw
Voroshilov
War Aims and Defense See Two Partisan Paths
The speaker argues the goals of young Democrats match across nations. He warns that only naked force can counter naked aggression and urges decisive action to defend democracy. Domestic politics are split as some oppose preparedness while others push for strong military measures.
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America
Iam
Congress
Uncle Sam's Navy Means Business, Observer Finds
Walter Kiernan recounts a U S Navy Atlantic unit prepared for combat with anti air shells, depth charges, and fast, precise operations. The piece emphasizes discipline, vigilance, and efficiency as the fleet trains to fight modern warfare if needed.
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Uncle Sam
Navy
Atlantic
INS
Keep Your Ranks Clear of Subversive Influences
The speaker stresses loyalty to country over party but notes membership rights depend on adherence to party principles. Patriotism and devotion to freedom justify unity. Youth are trusted to stand firm, and dangers from subversive influences must be kept from weakening national protection.
Canton Men Sentenced for Gasoline Theft
Judge G K Thompson sentenced John Philabaum 28 and James Nero 20 to 30 days in jail suspended on good behavior for larceny. Both admitted siphoning gasoline from W B Richardson’s car in Canton Ohio. Detective John Hannah arrested them with Myrtle West 19 after spotting suspicious activity in the 800 block on A avenue NE.
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G. K. Thompson
Canton
W. B. Richardson
Avenue
Thurssee
John Philabaum
Ohio State Reformatory
James Nero
Linn County
John Hannah
Ohio
Richardson
Myrtle West
H. R. Churchill
Siemer divorce filed after 19 years of marriage
Libbie Siemer seeks divorce from George F. Siemer after nearly two decades of marriage. She cites cruel and inhuman treatment and asks custody of three minor daughters and support for them. The couple wed December 22, 1921 in Marengo.
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Libbie Siemer
George F. Siemer
Siemers
Settlement Reached In Thumb Injury Case Of Susanna Chipokas
Judge G K Thompson approved a 265 settlement from Searles Dairy after hearing Louis Chipokas report as father and guardian for Susanna a ten year old injured when her thumb was slammed in a dairy truck door.
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Susanna Chipokas
G. K. Thompson
Louis Chipokas
Searles Dairy
Susanna
Pair Get $4,700 In Payroll Holdup in Boston
Two armed bandits held up the pay master of the All-America Garment company in Boston on Friday. They seized a satchel containing a $4,700 payroll and escaped in a car driven by a third man.
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Boston
INS
All-America Garment Company
Stimson and Marshall Lead War Maneuvers Flight
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall with nine aides departed by two planes from Denver to monitor war games in the Pacific Northwest.
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Denver
Henry L. Stimson
Army
George C. Marshall
Pacific Northwest
Jacobs Shook 72 In U S Amateur Warm Up
Johnny Jacobs of Cedar Rapids shot an even par 72 at Omaha Field Club as he warmed up for the National Amateur in Omaha. He went 37 on the front nine and 35 on the back, one under par, with Cedar Rapids rivals John Vavra and Bill MacPartland posting 75 and 76.
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Omaha
Johnny Jacobs
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Omaha Field Club
John Vavra
Bill MacPartland
Vavra
Jacobs
Icelandic Manners and Divorces Noted by Cor respondent
A correspondent reports on Iceland social life noting strict drink limits for patrons, absence of local companionship for over a week, and rumors of punitive shaming of Icelandic women. It states Icelandic women are independent, divorces are common, and illegitimacy not heavily frowned upon. Rural residents are described as cordial compared to city dwellers.
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Iceland
Hinkey, Dinkey
Parley Voo
21 Youths Accepted By Examining Board For The Air Corps
The Army flying cadet examining board in Cedar Rapids accepted 21 of 33 men for air corps officers. They will be sent to bases for preliminary training. Among the accepted were two Coe College students, one Cornell College student, and several from the University of Iowa including Bernard Sparrowgrove, William G. Hilliard, Charles M. Linkletter, and Charles C. Head.
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Army Flying Cadet Examining Board
Cedar Rapids
Air Corps
Coe College
Charles Margineau
Wilbur B. Ridout
Iowa Falls
Cornell College
Byron W. Walker
Davenport
University of Iown
Bernard ©. Sparrowgrove
Belle Plaine
William G. Hilliard
Town City
Iowa students named for training intake list
A group of Iowa students from multiple colleges is named for training. Boone and Richard E Hughes of Iowa City are listed along with three Iowa State College men Edward M Rich Jr Clinton Lyle A Jones Elkader Wilmer F Noser Mason City and Meivin J Mohr Preston from Iowa State Teachers College Other enrollees include Roger Edward Matzdorff Alta Donald A Hunt Fayette Dale Laughlin Dubuque Doyce Harden Redfield Daven port Albert H Franz Westbrook Minn Waldorf College Leo Joseph Lynch LeMars Junior College Joseph P Gomer Iowa Falls Ellsworth Junior College and others from St Ambrose College.
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Redfield
Iowa Wesleyan
Frederick B. Weaver
Charles O. Cummins
Davenport
St. Ambrose College
Albert H. Franz
Westbrook
Minn
Waldorf College
Leo Joseph Lynch
Iowa City
LeMars Junior College
Joseph P. Gomer
Iowa Falls
Ellsworth Junior College
F D R and Churchill See Japan At Deadline
London report says Roosevelt and Churchill agreed Japan reached the deadline in its southern push. Talks in both nations seek peaceful settlement while Japan’s army falters in China. A neutralization plan for Indo China and Thailand was reportedly floated but deemed preposterous by the U S side.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Japan
Britain
United States
China
Indo-China
Thailand
Switzerland
Indo- China
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
Australia
Philippines
German nabbed as dangerous spy in New York arrest
Euke Hard Dierken, 35, born in Wittemund Germany, described by federal authorities as one of the most dangerous German spies in the United States, was arraigned on a charge of failure to register as a foreign agent. He pled not guilty and is held on $10,000 bail for plea set Sept. 17. He collected information on ship movements into New York harbor and the east, sending some data to Germany and delivering other material via couriers. He worked as a car washer and polisher for an auto rental firm at the time of arrest.
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New York
Euke Hard Dierken
U. S
Edward E. ‘Fay
Dierken
Wittemund
Germany
FBI
Yorkville
United States
James D. Saver
New York Harbor
Europe
Top Of $16 Paid For Jones 4-H Baby Beeves At Auction
One hundred head of 4-H beeves sold at the Jones county fair bringing $11,702.62. Calves weighed 95,445 pounds for an average of 945 pounds and $12.26 per hundredweight. Top price was $16 per cwt for the first place senior Hereford shown by Ronald Paulsen. Dubuque Packing Co. bought the lot. Second high was $15.25 per cwt for the first place intermediate Hereford shown by Margie Paulsen.
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Monticello
Jones County
Hereford
Ronald Paulsen
Scotch Grove
Dubuque
Manhole Talks In Kansas City Maze
Mrs H E Shikles called police after a manhole cover spoke when stepped on in Kansas City. Officers removed the lid to find three boys trapped in storm sewers for about two hours, frightened but uninjured in a maze beneath the city.
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Kansas City
H. E. Shikles
Hopes To Avoid Shipyards Seizure In White House Talks
Negotiations to settle the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock strike at Kearny New Jersey collapsed Friday. President Roosevelt warned he may take over the yards but hopes to avoid seizure. AFL electricians and steel workers at Irish Bend Island shipyard Houston would return to work under a defense pact. Detroit transit workers' strike, tied to a jurisdictional fight with CIO, left the city’s system idle as talks stalled.
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Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearny
N. J
Roosevelt
John Green
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
L. H. Korndorff
Maritime Commission
AFL Electricians
Irish Bend Island
Houston
Tex
AFL
CIO
Detroit
Walford Man Dies After Short Illness
Obituary reports the death at 130 p.m. at his Walford home of a long time resident born in Bohemia on November 22, 1868. He immigrated at age two, farmed in Iowa Nebraska and Oklahoma, ran Walford's general store for 17 years, served as Walford postmaster 14 years, school board secretary seven years, and was vice president of Farmers Savings Bank. Survived by wife Mary Schlueter Serbousek a daughter and a grandson. four brothers and one sister preceded him. Funeral at Walford Methodist Church Sunday at 2 p.m. Visitation Janeba chapel until 3 p.m. Saturday and at the family home Saturday evening.
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Wesley H. Serbousek
Walford
Bohemia
Iowa
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Mary Schlueter Serbousek
Janeba
Death of Mrs. Fannie Lemmon Widow of William A Lemmon
Mrs. Fannie Lemmon died at the Home for Aged Women at 7 a.m. Friday after a long illness. Born December 15, 1865 in Cumberland Ohio, she moved to Iowa as a child and lived there most of her life. She married William A. Lemmon on December 15, 1886 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by two sons Walter R. of San Diego California and Frank of Kansas City Missouri, and sister Miss Ida Wolfe of Pasadena California. Services will be held at Turner chapel at 4 p.m. Saturday conducted by Chester Ainsworth and Melody Camp No. 10715 Royal Neighbors. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Fannie Lemmon
William A Lemmon
Cumberland
Iowa
William A. Lemmon
Cedar Rapids
Jolly 16
The
Royal Neighbors
Frank
Kansas City
Ida Wolfe
Pasadena
Calif
Turner Chapel
Chester Ainsworth
Melody Camp
Oak Hill Cemetery
Two Dead and 30 Hurt In Marin Bus Crash
Two men died and about 30 people were injured in a Friday traffic crash near the Golden Gate Bridge involving two buses and a coupe. Commuters say the coupe turned in front of the lead bus at the Waldo approach. the coupe occupants were pinned inside. Both buses carried workers from Marin County to San Francisco.
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San Rafael
Calif
Golden Gate Bridge
Waldo
San Francisco
Marin County
Automobile payrolls soar to fourfold WW II levels
The motor car industry now employs four times as many workers as it did during World War days, reflecting a major expansion in manufacturing capacity and labor demand.
President Defends Aircraft Production Claims and Iran Policy
The President disputed Byrd’s charge on military airplane output, noting May to July produced more training planes while combat models held steady. He cited factory redesigns from combat experience and cited a July 1 target of 1,500 planes monthly, with 1,465 reached. He downplayed Iran frontier reports and postponed Moscow conference timing while resisting gasoline rationing expansion.
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Byrd
Office of Production Management
Byrd Defends Defense Delays Against Roosevelt Critique
Senator Byrd asserts President Roosevelt’s critique confirms his charge that the defense program bogged down. He claims figures showing shortages in anti aircraft guns anti tank guns and tanks are substantially accurate and vows a formal reply to the President. He dismisses jokes at the expense of military preparedness.
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Washington
INS
Byrd
Roosevelt
Aussie Leader Menzies Offers to Quit Over London Plan
Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies offered to resign to resolve a parliamentary crisis over his bid to go to London as premier and represent Australia in the British war cabinet. He suggested serving under any successor and proposed a national government led by himself, Curtin, or another parliamentary choice.
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Canberra
Australia
Robert Gordon Menzies
London
Menzies
John Curtin
Henderson Acts To Keep Radios In Use
Federal Price Director Leon Henderson allocated scarce defense metals to manufacturers for needed replacement tubes and condensers to keep most radio sets in operation. He noted maintenance of existing communications is essential to morale and that metals will be prioritized for tube and condenser production from Aug 20 through Nov 30.
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Washington
INS
Leon Henderson
National Defense
United States
Henderson
Collectible Liens Found in City Storage Quarters
Finance Commissioner L. D. Burgus uncovers old liens in city hall storage, dating over a decade. The papers show unpaid penial assessments on improvements, with some liens approaching $500, a practice long since abandoned.
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L. D. Burgus
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