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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1941
Page
4
George Kofron of 252 Twenty Fourth Avenue SW was fined $2 and given a cut in penalties for failure to stop at arterial traffic, according to police court records.
Wayne Lee of 129 Fortieth Street NE was fined $50 and costs for overload on a truck and $10 and costs for improper registration in cases before Justice H. R. Churchill.
Mr and Mrs R Fene of Keystone SW announce the birth of a daughter at St Luke's hospital on August 26.
Lucy Lea Orpha Bowsen of 1540 B Avenue NE died at home on Tuesday at 4 15 p m. Mathias Buresh aged 89 died Wednesday at 3 a m at his daughter Mrs Frank Basker’s home at 111 Twentieth Avenue SW.
Maxine Isabelle Bliss and Donald Eugene Wagner of Cedar Rapids, Merle Janet Tilson and Harold Earl McManus of Cedar Rapids, Betsy Mae Cross and Francis Thomas Leach of Toddville are named in the release of couples in the public notices.
City Briefs report Cedar Rapids Post No 1 Iowa Volunteers will gather Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Montrose hotel for a chicken supper bag night. Church of ee ven advertisement noted.
C. R. Folkins of Lemmon, South Dakota, returns home from a two day stay with his uncle C. C. Blochlinger at 242 Tenth Street NW after a visit.
J. F. Houghton of Aransas Pass Texas and his son Eugene A. Houghton of Fort Worth departed on Tuesday for an unspecified destination.
Frank Race spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon in the Roosevelt Hotel Coral Gables Florida. The club held a watermelon feast at Bever Park Tuesday evening with all 35 members in attendance.
Martin H Schwinefus 21 of Castalia and Wilesteiaidne fus enlisted in the navy. Both were sent to training locations abroad as part of wartime service.
A note records the transfer of the head of painters from active duty to the Adjutant General’s Office in Washington D C. He serves as a captain in the Army Reserve Corps while in this status.
The Gazette reports a $1 125 97 bill for water used at the municipal pool during summer. Pool director Dick Beall says the charge covers pipe work from the water main and disputes its inclusion in operating costs, noting no meter until late summer and that filling the pool cost about $65.
The French parliament protested a government order to move deputies and senators from the capital. Edouard Herriot and Jules Jeanneney signed the protest as the Vichy regime faced a self‑constituted national body opposing the move.
Representatives visited Vice Premier Admiral Jean Francois Darlan to press on government plans. Darlan denied any intent to violate the constitution or repress parliament and said the regime needed the space taken by parliamentary staff in Vichy.
Death notice for Anna Malek of 1606 Third Street SW who died at home Monday. Services scheduled Friday at 8:30 am at Kuba funeral home and 9 am at St. Ludmila's Church, with rosary Thursday at 7:30 pm. Burial in Bohemian National cemetery family lot. Correction: daughter named Mrs Steve Stolba, not Stodola.
Lucy Lea Bowser died at her Cedar Rapids home Tuesday at 4 45 pm after a long illness. Born 1893 she had lived in Cedar Rapids 35 years. She was a Grace Episcopal church member. Survived by sister Mrs Ruby M Kehne Tipton and five brothers Earl J Roy V Edgar E Heald and Howard Bowser.
Mathias Buresh 89 died suddenly at 3 a.m. at his daughter Mrs Frank Basker’s home 111 Twentieth Avenue SW. Born in Bohemia May 4 1852 he came to America at age nine. Survived by wife Josephine two daughters Mrs Jo Tulaaiaga Wirant and one son plus 15 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Janeba Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Edward Watkins of C Street Road SW who died at his home Tuesday will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Monahan home with Rev. Grant Anderson officiating.
Burial will take place at Cedar Memorial chapel Wednesday evening. The notice also mentions a person named Tiamedey weasel in connection with the service.
The speaker rejects press rumors about US and British wartime deals. He cites two claims: 32 000 dollars in hotel bills and American steel sent to England. He denies the hotel bill facts and says some steel shipments existed but were not American steel under old Britain Argentina contracts.
Cedar org police warn of a six member gang selling fake Persian rugs for 65 dollars each. gang operated from Council Bluffs and moved to city limits. rugs are machine made and marketed as handmade to dodge import duties.
In district court Wednesday Sylvia Schmickle and another heir sue Fred M Fishel Estella Mollenhauer and others over a Lafayette area land sale. They seek voiding of a 1940 decree and an order approving 701.93 to cover administration costs, alleging illegality and possible dower interests.
Unity Center filed articles of incorporation as a religious body not for pecuniary profit with the Recorder. Dempsy Jones day. The corporation may own property and make loans with a three member board. Successor trustees named by the religious body members. Life set at 50 years. Trustees run the center, direct religious program, and establish by laws.
Sarah Culkin as trustee for Catherine Sheppard gains authority to sell four city lots in the trust from J G Thompson. Properties include a parcel at 524 Fifth Avenue.
Lucille Lilly Gladwin was granted a divorce from Se E Gladwin on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The decree restores her maiden name Lucille Lilly Sevens after the filing of the original petition on Aug. 14.
Taken before Judge G. K. Thompson, Ral B. Sheldon age 54 of 367 Third Street Drive SE entered a plea to the charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a telephone call to the clerk’s office delayed the proceeding.
Edith J Johnson's will was admitted to probate on Wednesday. Merchants National Bank was appointed executor of the estate without bond.
In New York the dressmaking industry was virtually paralyzed by a Tuesday work stoppage. Two large contractor associations shut down major operations in the metropolitan area including parts of Connecticut and New Jersey.
A brief obituary notice notes deaths within Iowa circles connected to the Catholic Daughters of America. The item lists names and affiliations with the organization and marks the passing of prominent Catholic women in local communities.
The article discusses Iran’s resistance and German aims, noting Soviet Russia’s stance against Japan and the heavy losses on the German side. It describes sieges near Odessa and Leningrad, the Soviet defense, and Churchill’s remarks on Nazi manpower drain. It mentions Iranian and American wartime funding and local drive leaders in Tama and Toledo.
Reports from Moscow describe a stalled Soviet counter offensive near Gomel with London sources fearing a German breakthrough that could threaten the push south and endanger Kiev. The Ukrainian front around Dnieper faces a flanking thrust feared to encircle Kiev and sever the southern Russian armies.
The body of Abraham Perez aged 9 from East Moline was recovered from the Mississippi River Tuesday night. He was alone when he cried for help and sank from sight before rescue.
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