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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1942
Page
2
A street incident at D Avenue and 32nd Street NE triggered a false alarm around 6:36 pm on Sunday, noted in a temperature report context with no injuries or further details.
Burke, 36, of 412 ge SG shane ere 50, and another from avenue NW, each fined 25 dollars costs for intoxicated and disturb peace. L. F. Sykora, 51 Twenty second avenue SW, and Carroll Phelps, 218 Tenth street SE, each fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding.
A list of birth announcements across multiple families includes Pressly Ward Jr at Center Point Road NE with a daughter born Aug 23, Harold Wille at 113 on Street SE with a daughter Aug unknown, R G and partner at 117 Sixth Street SE with a son born Aug 22, Louis Keller at 1033 Road NE with a son Aug 22, Lee Sloan route 1 Marion with a daughter Aug 23, Ralph W Martin 421 Seventeenth Street NE with a daughter Aug 23, Blair Quinn at unknown address with a daughter Aug 23, Carroll at 827 Fifth Avenue SE with a daughter Aug 24, James F Dougherty 1016 H Avenue NW with a son Aug 23, J Dale Hillier of Detroit Mich with a daughter Aug 18. Hillier is son of Guy E Hillier 2301 Meadowbrook Drive SE.
Federal rules limit sale of silver plate ware clocks mechanical pencils and copper or silver base items. Mel Lumbard of Des Moines told the Iowa Retail Jewelers district convention at the Montrose hotel. Lieut. Gov. Hickenlooper spoke on current events while George Haskell of the Iowa Office of Price Administration noted price shifts over the past year with wholesale costs up 31 percent and general retail prices up 25 percent. He predicted war production would rise toward 1944, and civilian goods volume was near 1932 levels. The convention voted to keep state officers and repeated motions from Des Moines meetings. Roy Hinson of Fairfield was added to the board. Other officers include H. O. Woodbury, Chit Cliff Collins, Presta of Coda, Ike Fulks, and H. C. Kirkbert with M. E. Reiley.
Mrs. Jean Matheny Lahman of Toddville faces a suspended sentence after police report of theft from her father in law A H Lahman at 310 Fourth Avenue SW. The case cites about $25 missing over several weeks with $19 attributed to the woman. Detected by girl detectives, the matter involves her prior residence with the family during his military service.
An 86 year old Marion resident suffered a fractured left leg and multiple cuts in a car crash northwest of Alburnett Saturday night. Her condition was listed as fair.
The Navy said 11 were aboard a crash west of Las Cruces with seven killed and two injured in parachute landings. An Army bomber crashed near Bogalusa Louisiana killing six airmen and injuring another critically on a wooded hill. A fourth accident near Florida took Second Lieutenant Melvin Lacey at takeoff. Names list Navy dead Lieuts James Hudson William Simno Cato Myers and injured Walter Knox Quen tin W. Hargrove. Army dead Lieuts William Kelley Bernard Greed Walter McGehee Edgar Stratton Charles Shreveport Sergt J C Goodwin. Injured Lieut Richard Farnsworth.
Frank J. Koutnik 54 general foreman at Wilson and Company packing plant died at his Cedar Rapids home after a brief illness. He was born June 10, 1888, and survived by his wife, daughter, three sisters and three brothers. Funeral services scheduled at Polansky chapel and St. Wenceslaus church with viewing to follow.
Funeral services for William Henry Hunt aged 875 Center Point eta & i oe will be held Tuesday at 2 PM in Turner chapel by Vince Loferski. He lived here since moving and spent 30 years in the grocery business before retiring six years ago. Survived by his wife, he was a member of the A U W. Friends may call at Turner chapel.
Robert Snyder formerly of Cedar Rapids and now living in California died Sunday night at his daughter Mrs Norma Savage home in Salt Lake City. He is survived by another daughter Mrs Mabel Ruth.
Eight more firms report 10 percent participation in the war bond drive led by campaign chairman T. Perrine. Businesses listed include Montrosevant hotel Hedges company Whiting dairy A N Paulson company F Rubins Acme Oil Burner W L Cone and Barneys Paint and Wall. The drive aims to have every worker invest at least 10 percent of salary with ongoing canvassing through the Chamber of Commerce and Young Men's Bureau with some firms to complete after vacation season.
London reports heavy naval firing across the Dover Strait after daybreak as British and German light forces clash. Gunfire from the English coast initiates the engagement amid rising tensions in the channel.
Indictment alleges that defendants conspired to fix prices for government bids on A. V. C. cable and other unpatented cable. They allegedly communicated and reached an understanding that each company would bid identical prices to the United States government, contrary to law.
Hubert Tinley a longtime banker in Council Bluffs died Sunday night at his home after a two months illness. He served 40 years with State Savings bank and most of his life as treasurer of the Council Bluffs Elks lodge since its founding. He was brother to Lieut Gen M A Tinley commander of the Iowa state guard.
Linn and Buchanan officers are on the lookout for two men accused of stealing a 1936 Chevrolet truck from Tucker Auto Salvage Co of Cedar Rapids Sunday night. The truck was abandoned in a ditch along Highway 150 between Walker and Independence, one mile south of Riley Corner. The men then allegedly tried to steal a nearby farmer's truck but were chased into a cornfield by the farmer.
Frank Bagentos, 75, farmer two miles northeast of La Porte City on Cedar River, was critically injured Monday at 11 a.m. when his pickup collided with a northbound passenger train at a crossing near the Iowa Canning company. A sign is at the tracks but no automatic warning device. He was taken by ambulance to a Waterloo hospital.
Louis Vailiere and others from 920 Nine Avenue NE arrive at the replacement training center at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for intensive preparation for combat duty. Soldiers move from the center to tactical units or special training or to officer candidate schools.
Miss Josephone Cushing of Hersey Wisconsin is named an army nurse corps second lieutenant. Announcement came Friday from Maj. Gen. George Grunert commanding general of the sixth service command. She previously trained at Dar Rapids in 1929 and practiced nursing in Iowa for four years and at Salem for five years.
First Lieut Lowell R Gray from Lake City Ie has been appointed commander of the headquarters detachment of the Sixth regiment and adjutant officer at Fort McClellan Alabama. He attended Coe College this year.
Eene, OS 347 Twenty-first SE, is visiting his parents on leave from duties in the chemical warfare division of the United States army at Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
S28 Guaranty building reports that William C. Nischwits has been commissioned first lieutenant in the army and will report September 2 at the army training center in Monroe Louisiana, not Camp Claiborne as previously stated in Sunday's Go- .
Staff Sergeant Boyd E. Lenway will report back to Fort Knox Kentucky on Tuesday after a ten day furlough spent with Mrs Lenway 1618 Fifth Street Northwest and relatives in the area.
A fragmentary clipping mentions a German justice official named M Adolf in unclear context, suggesting a historical administrative reference without full details. The text lacks dates, roles, or actions to specify event or outcome.
An American Curtiss squadron attacked enemy aircraft miles above Darwin. Zeros scattered to evade but could not prevent the American pilots from scoring multiple kills including a bomber and several Zeros. One parachute sighting was noted with no survivor. An Alabama second lieutenant claimed two Zeros, bringing his Darwin tally to seven. a decorated captain also downed a bomber and additional aircraft.
Members of the Iowa Volunteer Auxiliary and their families will hold a picnic Wednesday at the duck pond in Ellis Park. Mrs. Fred Dolezal of 195 Thirteenth Avenue SW and her son Cleon have returned from Toledo, IA, where they visited Mrs. Dolezal’s relatives Mrs. and Mrs. F. A. Uchytil, who were injured in an automobile accident recently.
Registration for Conception high school students will be held Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1:50 to 3 p.m. The event aids enrollment ahead of the upcoming school term.
Washington AP Production Chief Donald M. Nelson plans to revoke part of his delegated authority this week and require all war production schedules to be approved by the War Production Board. He also likely will order a revision of priority powers held by army and navy procurement officers to tighten WPB control over ratings. Field ordnance officers could be required to clear priorities through WPB regional offices to reduce delays.
Brazil and Uruguay clash over Axis sympathizers as Uruguay affirms knowledge of the caanine and promises arrests. In Maceio two Germans and two Italians are sentenced to forced Malaria labor for war service. Police hunt clandestine radio transmitters including one at the German embassy amid Axis sinking rumors.
Lieut. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper told Rotary Club at Roosevelt hotel that every state must defend sovereignty after victory. He urged unity to win the war and warned the postwar period will test American citizenship and liberties. He cited Iowa's encouragement of private ingenuity and limited federal control.
John W Nickells a 17 year old Franklin high school student completed a 1300 mile bicycle trip in six days describing it as a vacation He rode from Duluth Minnesota through Minneapolis La Crosse Peoria and Chicago averaging about 210 miles per day sleeping wherever a level spot could be found and buying food at grocery stores along the route
City council approves a $75 refund on a cigaret permit held by Nah Jones of Jones Pharmacy at 1508 First Avenue NE and issues a new permit to O Grady to operate the store. The transfer of $72.80 from cemetery to parks maintenance funds covers cemetery labor costs.
The council authorized transfer of 824.25 dollars to the fund for payment of gasoline by various city departments during July.
Maxwell reported from Cairo that at Moscow he found agreement on continuing contributions in the eight or nine month pattern. He said Russian enthusiasm and management of the critical wartime period left a favorable impression on him. He met Brig. Gen. Philip Faymonville to discuss lend lease aid and spoke with Russian officers about U S technical gear under varying front conditions.
Brig. Gen. Amaro Soares Bittencourt announced Brazil's declaration of war to the joint meeting as Lieut. Gen. S. D. Umbick outlined the gathering at the request of Brazilian delegates. Mujica described the declaration as met with deep emotion while Chile protested to the Axis three days earlier.
A construction officer from the United States Navy will visit Des Moines on September 7 and 8 to interview applicants for the Seabees construction battalion. Interested men should obtain application blanks from the Cedar Rapids naval recruiting station and return them by September 4. Some battalion ratings are closed, but information on open slots is available at the recruiting station.
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