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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1940
Page
3
Cedar Rapids labor groups urge Gov. Wilson to appoint a resources committee to survey Iowa capabilities for Army preparedness contracts. The joint resolution by the labor federation and trades council, signed by J C Blodgett and C H Sewell, notes state strategic position and industry capacity.
Major John T Wurster returns from ten days at Fort Humphry War College in Washington. He may serve as an industrial adviser to the War Department if the conscription bill passes, with support seen on the eastern seaboard and belief it will pass in amended form.
Corporal W. O Oldaker arrived from Fort Des Moines to assist recruits Wil liam Geisendorfer and Allen Kel Jer. He will spend time at a mobile recruiting booth on street corners in the business district. The August enlistment total rose to 30 with George WN. and Myronl M. Politis of 619 Eighth street St joining the quartermaster corps at Fort Des Moines.
About 150 couples, members and guests of the Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, are expected to participate in an after party.
Dr Lon T Jones minister of First Presbyterian church will speak at the last August Sunday union service at St Pauls Methodist Church at 1030 am. His theme is Gods Everlasting Now. Jones is a Texas native and Trinity University alumnus with site studies at Chicago Seminary and Columbia University. Harold Reeves is Sunday soloist. Mrs Helen Little Hickman is organist. Participating churches include First Congregational First Presbyterian and St Pauls Methodist.
Noon and evening events planned at Marion Golf Club according to Bob Roberts bureau secretary. Activities include golf bingo dancing and a broadcast of the All-Star Green Bay Packers game from Soldier's Field Chicago.
In the Linn County Iowa district court a suit by D W Bates as receiver of Cedar Rapids Savings Bank seeks personal judgment of ten thousand four hundred dollars plus interest from 1936 against Georgie Blake alias George Blake alias Georgia Blake. The filing details an attachment and garnishment of Grande Avenue Land Company stock and funds, with a September 1940 court term and a summoned garnishee.
Robert Crane a Cedar Rapids 15 year old drum corps member bought a limited accident policy the day before a fatal auto journey. The policy pays 1000 for loss of life in a private automobile. Several other party members bought similar policies.
In Cedar Rapids a thief took towels socks shirts baby clothing and underwear from Mrs C C Ward's clothes line on 1421 C avenue NE between 1 and 5 am. William Green 1418 B avenue NE reported hearing a disturbance around 4:30 am and saw a prowler flee. A second theft of two sheets and two pillowcases from E A Bishop 1042 Sixteenth Street NE occurred between 1 and 5 am Tuesday.
In Linn County District Court September term 1940 plaintiffs allege John T Webb died in Arizona in 1920 with no direct heirs. Collateral heirs claim shares in two trust funds totaling 3 310.95. unknown claimants barred. Defendants include Robt M Vesely auditor and Linn County treasurer. Default possible if no defense by Sept 16, 1940. WM Treichler, attorney.
Townsend club No 6 will meet in the superior court room Memorial building Thursday at 8 pm Moray St Eby. Des Moines trip noted with the party remaining for the weekend. Navy Mothers club chapter 22 to have a special meeting Thursday at 730 pm in the French room of Hotel Montrose. Emma Jones will be present as national judge advocate. Tex Dull of Miles CityMont treated for left wrist fracture after being thrown from a horse. Annual Fine Arts Directory ad seeks music or dancing pupils and instructors via The Gazette.
Miss Jennie Post principal announced on Wednesday that Wilson High School will stay open daily for registration through Monday. The move aims to ease student enrollment as the new term approaches.
Fifty five Gazette newsies and Alex Fidler were guests Tuesday night of Manager Joe Weaver at the Rialto theater for the showing of Missing Evidence and Outlaws Paradise.
Royal H Holbrook of the Chamber of Commerce Speakers Bureau addressed about 2000 Farm Bureau attendees in Jesup on Tuesday, delivering a talk titled Toward.
Maynard Manson 30 of Blairs Ferry road received eight stitches for a gash on the second finger of his left hand after his hand was caught in a lathe at LaPlant-Choate company. He was dismissed after treatment at St Luke's hospital. A car stolen from Ellis park softball field between 8 and 10 pm Tuesday was found by Patrolmen Kofron and Burton in the 1600 block on 6th avenue NW at 6:30 am Wednesday. John Barrier reported Tuesday that vandals had damaged his car for the third consecutive night, with 14 gallons of Rasciue Troulus test spilled nearby.
Members of the Cedar Rapids M C A boys drum and bugle corps will assemble at 2 30 p.m. Thursday in full dress uniform to participate in funeral rites at the grave of Robert.
Musketeers junior drum corps member Wendl Crane was killed in an auto accident in Utah on Saturday. Six members of the Y corps will attend the services at Janeba Funeral Home at 2 p.m.
Mrs. Myrtle Serveson 50 of 118 Sixteenth street NE was treated at St. Luke's hospital at 9 30 pm Tuesday for a sprained left ankle and a wrenched neck suffered in a taxicab crash. No police report was filed.
Because of uncertain weather the annual barbecue at Frolic field J Street and Twenty first avenue SW is postponed to Thursday evening. Sam Dale, general chairman of the barbecue committee, announced the change Wednesday.
ATuesday hit and run damaged a parked car owned by Phil Vikesland of Y. M. C. The left front fender was smashed while the vehicle was parked between unspecified times in the day. Vikesland reported the incident to police.
Mrs Helen Richards, 40, of 618 Fourth Avenue SW, sprained her right ankle and dislocated two fingers after a fall from her porch. She was taken to St Luke's hospital at 10 p.m Tuesday and listed in fairly good condition Wednesday. A flashlight and white silk gloves worth 4 dollars were stolen from Mrs G C Babcock's car, parked on a lot at Fourth Avenue and First Street, Tuesday evening. the car was locked, Mrs Babcock reported.
In a murky scene a Marine Corps recruiting office dealt with unusual messages and unclear guidance from higher authorities, leaving staff puzzled about outreach tactics and messaging for potential recruits.
A monthly quota of 20 Wednesdays consigns youths to the San Diego training station via the head recruiting office in Des Moines. Named recruits include Gerald Fisher of New Hampton, Thomas C. Arnold of Montrose, George R Clark and Leslie G Eagle of Monticello, and Howard I. Dunlap of Masonville.
Lee Klassen of 1018 Fourth Avenue SE was discharged from Mercy hospital and returned to his home Tuesday afternoon. He had been hospitalized since August 10 following an automobile collision on First Avenue E near Cedar Memorial Park that caused eight fractures to his left arm and elbow.
Maj C S Myers and family travel from 2048 Fourth Avenue SE to Arkansas to visit Joe Bentonville and Maj Myers parents. Major plans include Hot Springs stops while son Collin heads to Washington DC to enroll in Millard School as a West Point preparator. He has one year completed at West Point preparatory and a second year at Fort McPherson, Ga.
The YMCA boys drum and bugle corps begins its yearly drive inviting boys ages 8 to 15 to join. Beginners receive weekly instruction on drums and bugles under director R Ariel Cross at the YMCA, with music reading and drill training. Tryouts and information via the Y, with Mr Crass present for Thursday morning interviews.
Court house news records a 44 year old man Johnson receiving a suspended 10 year term for a statutory offense at Fort Madison penitentiary. E A Johnson files a $115 account claim against L R Watters and Velma E Shaffer. Gertrude Jacobs seeks $265 in a car damage suit against N E Feierdisen from a collision at Fifth Avenue and Fifteenth Street SE. Stewart GeistLand reports Linn county supervisors assign public bidder tax sale certificates on 32 vacant Belmont lots for about 1250 plus taxes. Mary Cerney Piedlau seeks divorce from Frank Piedlau on cruel and inhuman grounds with a claim to real estate and household goods. Marriage occurred in Cedar Rapids in 1909. Judge Ring notes Linn May term.
The county district court term opens September 18 with Judge John T. Moffit. D W Bates, receiver of Commercial Savings Bank of Marion, applied for authority to sell Marion real estate appraised at 2100 dollars on an offer from Chris O. Skaar and Lille A. Skhaar. Judge Haasset set a hearing for September 17 at 9 a.m.
An explosion deep underground in Bates Ark kills ten men, the entire night crew of the Bates Coal corporation. Investigators from Fort Smith press to determine the causes as rescue teams remove badly burned bodies just after midnight.
Up to sixty five thousand national guardsmen and regular soldiers were to return to their homes and bases Wednesday as the largest Unops concentration in the Midwest since 1917 broke camp at Camp McCoy Sparta Wisconsin after three weeks of training in Second Army maneuvers.
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