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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1939
Page
2
Norman E. Current and LeNore Simpson of Mount Vernon join Edgar M. Agotness and Henrietta tayld Heying of Cedar Rapids in the latest registration notices.
Stella Brown aged 24 from Elkhart Indiana received a 30 day jail term for vagrancy but the sentence was suspended on the condition she return home to her residence.
Albert Julis Jr aged 79 died at his daughter Mrs Charles Chyba home 2116 C street SW at 6 am Tuesday William J Conway aged 47 died in a hospital at 5 15 am Tuesday source lists addresses and ages of the deceased in a brief notice
Mercy hospital reports a daughter Aug. 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Dautremont of 1207 Fifth Avenue SE and a daughter Aug. 29 to Mr. and Mrs Nassif of 627 Eighth Avenue SE. A daughter born Aug. 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Vance McCray of Tampa Florida is Joyce Marie. Mrs. McCray formerly Helen Wortham.
Walter Boner 44 of 108 Sixth avenue SW received 30 days in county jail for intoxication with sentence suspended on the police chief’s recommendation. Charles Maresh 20 of 312 Thirty-first Street SE and La Verne Kreutzer 19 of 3029 Second Avenue SE were fined 100 dollars and costs each for petty larceny of melons after charges changed from malicious trespass. fines suspended on cost payment per county attorney and witness motion.
Dr Robert L Vane of Cedar Rapids and Robert Moody presented films at the Canopus club luncheon showing a 14 inch rainbow trout and scenes from a twenty eight day Alaska trip. They visited the Matanuska valley settlement and a gold mine and noted fishing leads Alaska's industries ahead of gold mining.
United Press reports a comparison of German ration card provisions with the American subsistence diet for relief workers. German meat and sausage totals 12 pounds weekly with 10 to 14 ounces intervals, milk half to one pint daily, coffee about 2.2 ounces weekly, and cereals and grits around 3 pounds weekly.
Frederick Uhlenhopp of Cedar Rapids received the 1939 Elks scholarship covering tuition and fees for a year at Coe College. The presentation followed a luncheon at the Elks club with committee members Leo J. Custer David G. Breakley I. B. McGladrey and Robert Vlach. The group plans to maintain the award as a permanent fund for Cedar Rapids preparatory school graduates.
BERNE Switzerland mobilized 100000 troops as a covering force for frontiers amid tension in Europe and issued a decree to curb buying of many foodstuffs.
Eddie Mead manager of Henry Armstrong welterweight champion was suspended for one year and one month by the New York boxing commission for conduct detrimental to boxing. Al Weill manager of Lou Ambers received four months suspension. Mead's ban will be lifted for one month before the November 1 title bout to permit participation.
The Koffee Klub meets in the Kresge lunch room each morning from 9 to 10. On Tuesday more than 30 members attended the first convention, and several cups bore names symbolizing the group’s attendees and roles.
In parliament and on the world scene a cautious shift toward negotiation signals possible not just a pause but a new approach to European peace. Britain advocates easing war treaty rigidities, while Hitler demands Danzig and the Polish corridor as preconditions for talks, raising hopes and risks.
Chamberlain told Parliament Britain is ready for any eventuality as war tensions rise. He said air and sea forces are in instant readiness and that troop movements abroad are under way, with Britain seeking a peaceful settlement with Germany while preparing defenses and mobilizing coast and naval units.
Weaver admits a long crime record during a two month spree starting with a prison escape with Farrel Lehigh. The pair stole multiple cars from St Joseph Michigan to Chicago and Cedar Rapids then Ottumwa and Des Moines. They robbed a Farah foods in Cedar Rapids and a filling station in Iowa City before continuing to Missouri and Red Oak.
NAOMI DOEBEL covers Craemer's fall junior style show in Roosevelt ballroom spotlighting girls school wardrobes. vibrant colors like shocking red and powder blue, ranges from classroom frocks to dances costumes with velvet jackets, plaid skirts, and tailored coats. models wear hats, gloves, and coordinated accessories in blue, red, and orange tones.
In Ottumwa a man fled to Michigan then was recaptured and sent back to prison weeks ago. In police court Tuesday Miss Brown received a 30 day floater for vagrancy, suspended on her promise to return to Indiana home.
Judge Haas outlines two key factors for premeditation in Achey case. The gun possession and the shooting of Mrs. Hoover form the core of the verdict. Achey sobs as witnesses recount the events and his separation from his wife.
One hundred and thirty wives and children of United States embassy staff evacuated Paris on Tuesday. They were moved to hotels in Saint Malo, a historic walled coastal city about 200 miles west of Paris.
In Sleepy Eye Minnesota an AP report says Abbie Neumann driving with a window down and arm on the sill cried bee after a passing motorist flipped a cigarette up his sleeve. The event was a mistaken alarm for a bee.
Funeral services for Bessie Reynolds seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse M Reynolds address 1135 Hubbard avenue NE will be held Wednesday at 3 p m at Moon chapel with Rev Frank H Ward officiating and burial at Linwood Cemetery Survivors include parents four sisters Virginia Myra Eunice and Nellie Jean and three brothers Daley Glen and Galen Bessie was born June 21 1932.
Frank Sedlacek aged about 60 was found dead at his home two and a half miles southwest of Swisher shortly after 4 p.m. Monday. Coroner Dr. George Callahan ruled natural causes, estimating he had been dead about twenty four hours. Born in Johnson county in 1884, he lived in the area his entire life. Surviving relatives include his father John Sedlacek. brothers John Jr and Joseph of Swisher. sisters Mrs Mary Tomash Swisher, Mrs Frances Lustick Walford, Mrs Libbie Drubek Louisiana and Mrs Bart Becicka Coll Falls. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Barta chapel, conducted by Theodore B. Hlubucek, with burial in Anderson cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Tuesday evening.
Frank H. Kriz 37 of a farm six miles south of Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 2 10 p m Monday after a brief illness. He was born July 8 1902 on the College township farm. Surviving are his wife Rose four daughters Evelyn Maxine Viola Mae Lorraine Marie and Marlene Mildred all at home his mother and step father Mr and Mrs Frank Doupnik Cedar Rapids a brother Lumir route 2 Cedar Rapids and a sister Mrs James Dobry Cedar Rapids. His father and a sister preceded him in death. The Janeba funeral home will conduct the service at 1 p m Wednesday. burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call the funeral home Tuesday evening.
Mina May Phelps died Sunday at her home 1718 B avenue NW. The funeral will be at First Evangelical church Wednesday at 10 30 a.m. Reverend George Stauffacher assisted by Reverend Malcolm Hall will officiate. Interment will follow in the nearby cemetery.
Friends may call at Beatty chapel until 9 a m Wednesday for the Lirwood cemetery service.
Funeral services for Mrs Marcell a Netolicky Wray of Solon who died in a local hospital Sunday will be held at Bush Funeral Home Solon Wednesday at 1 30 p m Dr Marion H Williams will conduct at Oakland Cemetery Solon Friends may call at the funeral home
Albert Julis Jr 79 died at his daughter's home after a short illness. He was born in Bohemia in 1860 and moved to Cedar Rapids in 1904 where he lived until his death. Surviving are his daughter Mrs Chyba, another daughter Mrs Agnes Stolba, five sons Joseph Emil Frank Anton and Albert Jr plus fourteen grandchildren. His wife died in 1925 and a son Jerry died in 1938. Body at Kuba funeral home pending arrangements.
County Attorney John L. Duffy announced that federal investigators will come to Dubuque to probe charges that Clair F. Limbeck of McGregor, owner of the Iowa Poultry company, shipped interstate poultry with water injected to inflate weight. A warrant was issued for Limbeck's arrest and related state charges were filed. Police seized a hypodermic needle and equipment used to inflate poultry weight during the raid on the Iowa Poultry building.
Approximately 50 separate tests are conducted on the latest and biggest Boeing Clipper 314, requiring about 60 flying hours and spanning more than five months. The program evaluates performance, reliability and handling characteristics of the new airliner.
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