Weather and fire report for Tuesday morning and Wednesday
Daily Record notes Tuesday high and low temperatures across multiple cities including Cedar Rapids Des Moines and New York. At 4 25 p m Tuesday a smoke odor at Mrs M G Bryan home triggered a 35 minute alarm. At 8 38 a m Wednesday a roof fire at W J Smith home caused small damage and required three engine companies and a ladder crew.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington
Town Falls
Tampa
Mount Ayr
New Orleans Co
Sioux City
Galveston
St Omaha
Los Angeles
Charles City
San Francisco
Des Moines
Sea
LaCrosse
Bismarck Mm
Dubueue Sil
Detroit
Davenport St St
Pittsburch
New York
Dallas
M. G. Bryan
Sixth Street SE
W. J. Smith
First Avenue E
Marriage Licenses for Ralph Alston and Viola Hoff
Ralph Alston and Viola Hoff of Monroe Wisconsin secured marriage licenses in the notices.
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Ralph Alston
Viola Hoffmaster
Monroe, Wis
Diggins and Bolton Marriages and Custody Details
Emma B Diggins and Golda Bolton receive rulings from Judge H C Ring on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. Property rights settled by stipulation. Marriages traceable to June 12 1917 and related filings with Judge Ring.
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Emma B. Diggins
Charles F. Diggins
H. C. Ring
Golda Bolton
Robert C. Bolton
Ring
Mar
Craemer's Christmas Gift: Mr and Mrs Pillow Case Set
Craemer's offers a holiday gift on the first floor: a boxed pair of pillow cases embroidered Mr and Mrs. priced at one dollar. The set suits newlyweds or any home, featuring a Christmas medley from Thumb T. gossip column mentions Two Sleepy People.
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Craemer
Craemer's Gift Gossip Teases Holiday Picks
A cheeky ad style note highlights Craemer’s gift towels perfumes housecoats gloves dresses and more. It promotes select items from perfume Maxine Benedahl exotic scents Joan Kenley coats leather mittens and festive gift ensembles with prices and seasonal urgency.
Custody Granted in Iowa Divorce Cases in 1922
Mrs Bolton receives custody of a son after a 1922 Ottumwa case and infant daughter custody goes to Mrs Comp. John Comp of Fayette township faced cruel and inhuman treatment grounds in a King court ruling. The Comp couple married in 1938.
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Ried
Ottumwa
Bolton
Mae
John
Fayette Township
King
Daughters and a Son Reported from Local Hospitals
St. Luke's hospital announces the birth of a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cross of 1215 K Avenue NE. A second daughter is born to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin W. Bowser of Mechanicsville. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Jacobs of 361 Seventeenth Street SE welcome a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Napier of Whittier report a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Hidenach of 1313 B Avenue NE welcome a son.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Howard Cross
K Avenue NE
Melvin W. Bowser
Mechanicsville
William A. Jacobs
Seventeenth Street
Carroll Napier
Whittier
B. G. Hidenach
B Avenue NE
Local court fines for multiple offenses in city records
Melvin Hill, 22, of 3066 Weing road, fined 100 dollars and costs for dis orderly conduct. W E Barlow, 31, of 1132 E avenue NW, and Reva Wright, 20, Riceville, each fined 45 dollars and costs for intoxication. Harold Clay Thew of Long Beach California fined 27 dollars and costs for reckless driving. George A Chemlicek, 2016 C street SW, fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding 40.
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Melvin Hill
Weing Road
W. E. Barlow
E Avenue NW
Reva Wright
Riceville
Harold Clay Thew
Long Beach
Calif
George A. Chemlicek
C Street
McLaughlin Fined for Unsafe Truck and Missing Flares
Richard J. McLaughlin was fined $5 and costs for operating an unsafe truck and another $5 and costs for no flares or flags in the court of Justice H R Churchill.
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Richard J. McLaughlin
H. R. Churchill
Navy Plane Interview Opens at Floyd Bennett Field
Navy officials at Floyd Bennett Field welcomed guests including President Newbold Morris of the New York City council and other civic and sports figures in a notable ceremony at the North Beach airport.
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Navy
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
North Beach
Newbold Morris
Kinnick Heisman Trophy Presentation to Be Broadcast
Nile Kinnick of the University of Iowa will receive the Heisman Trophy in New York. Mutual will air the ceremony at 9:15 p.m. Iowa time, but WMT and KSO will skip the live broadcast. WMT Cedar Rapids Waterloo will rebroadcast at 8:15 p.m. Iowa time.
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DES Moines
Nile Kinnick
University of Iowa
New York
Mutual
Iowa
WMT
KSO
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Physicians Describe Vanselow Wound in Widows Trial
Two doctors testified that Adolph Vanselow was struck on the head before his Aug. 7 death. They cited a brain clot from blows and a two inch scalp wound as neighbors spoke of quarrels the night of the fatal incident in Oelwein Iowa.
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West Union
Adolph Vanselow
Oelwein Railroad
Vanselow
J. R. Wood
Wadena
Fayette County
German Battleship Scharnhorst Shows At Sea Near Deutschland
Paris dispatch says Germany's 26,000 ton battleship Scharnhorst operates at sea with the pocket battleship Deutschland. The revelation came this Wednesday from Britain's Vice Admiral Cecil Vivian Osborne.
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Scharnhorst
Paris
Ins
Germany
Deutschland
Cecil Vivian Osborne
Britain
Waltonian Lyncheon Club to Hear Rev Henry Scherer
City briefs report the Waltonian luncheon club meeting Thursday noon at the YMCA to hear Rev Henry Scherer of First Lutheran speak on Christ or Bahai. Committees will be appointed and a date set for the annual fish fry and stay. Mrs Frank Teply Jr of 1226 Elizabeth Ave SW is reported improved at Mercy Hospital after being wounded by a shotgun blast Saturday night. doctors say she may retain sight in her left eye.
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Waltonian
Henry Scherer
First Lutheran Church
Frank Teply, Jr
Elizabeth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Teply
Republican National Committee
Hearst
Germany
Russia
House
Senate
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Garage Break-In Drains Gas From Car in City
Mrs. R L Jones reports her garage on First Avenue East broken into Tuesday night. Gasoline removed from her car after doors were forced while the auto had been left in the garage Sunday night. A neighbor saw the doors ajar around 4 30 p.m. Tuesday.
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R. L. Jones
First Avenue E
Texas Steer Grand Champion at International Live Stock Show
In Chicago at the International Live stock exposition judges named Lucky Boy, a Hereford shown by Mayfield Rothman of Mason Texas, as grand champion with Jack Baker of Bluffdale Texas as reserve grand champion. Weight-class champions included Herefords and a White Shorthorn from the University of Wyoming. Also winners in hogs and a Percheron stallion named Nesus. Corn day activities to crown corn royalty conclude the event with multiple state participants recognized.
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Chicago
Jorges Gordon- Davis
Mayfield Rothman
Mason, Tex
Texas
Jack Baker
Bluffdale
Mary Ellen Bradley
Kalamazoo
University of Wyoming
Iowa State College
Burdette Farley
Malcom
Robert Miller
Arcola
Ill
Ohio State University
Fairholme Farms
Lewisville
Ind
Nesus
Sunrise Browndale
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
University of Wisconsin
Michigan State University
Arnold Moore
Union City
Okla
Robert Anderson
Fine Village
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Co. E. Troyer
la Fontaine
Raymond Kreig
Oakley
Loyd Hiner
Lawrence E. Pitzer
Attica
Churchill says Allies sinking German subs outpace replacements
In the House of Commons, Winston Churchill reports five German U boats sunk by French and British navies this week. He says Allied anti submarine efforts destroy two to four U boats weekly, exceeding Germany's replacement capacity, with over 1 000 British merchant ships armed and 2 000 soon. He notes magnetic mines account for many sea losses and that Britain is building nearly a million tons of warships. He cautions neutrals to aid Britain and emphasizes continued losses but progress against the submarine threat.
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London
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Germany
Churchill
Britain
Guenther Prien
Scapa Flow
Traer Farmer George Wright Wilson Dies at 65
George Wright Wilson 65 prominent Traer farmer died at home of a heart attack Tuesday evening. He was the son of the late Tama Jim Wilson and born on the family farm three miles southwest of Traer. Survived by wife Nell McMillan deceased 1918, a son James, a daughter Ruth Lanster, a sister Flora Wilson, and two brothers William and Jasper. Funeral at Tranquility church and Buckingham cemetery burial.
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Traer
George Wright Wilson
Tama Jim” Wilson
Wilson Homestead
Iowa State College
Nell McMillan
James Wilson
Ruth Lanster
Big Stone City
S. D
Flora Wilson
Washington, D.C
William Wilson
Brookings
S.D
Jasper Wilson
Tranquility Church
Buckingham Cemetery
Youth Fined For Accosting Girl Near Franklin High
A 17-year-old girl reported a man in a light blue convertible drove around Linden avenue near Franklin High, called to her, and pursued her. Police arrested the suspect on Second Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets SE after a description led to his pickup, and he confessed. He was fined $100 and costs for disorderly conduct in police court.
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Melvin Hill
Weing Road
Simon and
Stusak
Hill
Second Avenue
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Franklin High School
Linden Avenue
Forest Drive
Grande Avenue
West Liberty Sweeps Lone Tree in Basketball Wins
West Liberty high school first string beat Lone Tree 22 to 15 and the second team won 32 to 15. The Buccaneers secure a Friday home conference opener at Mount Pleasant.
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West Liberty
West Liberty High School
Lone Tree
Mount Pleasant
Roosevelt Voices Esteem of Finns in Mixed War Climate
President Roosevelt defends Finland relief aid and neutrality stance as debates over severing ties with Russia loom. Senate action on a special Finnish fund of 234693 dollars is expected after January 3. Borah warns severing relations could push Soviets and Nazis closer, prolonging war.
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United States
Russia
Finland
Borah R. Ida
Roosevelt
Congress
Halifax Blames Nazi Pact For Invasion
In the House of Lords Viscount Halifax condemned Hitler and Stalin over the Baltic crisis. He said Hitler bore responsibility for Russia's invasion of Finland and accused both leaders of bartering Baltic liberties while Russia bombarded towns and harmed civilians.
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Halifax
London
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Finland
Lord Halifax
Hitler
Josef V. Stalin
Baltic
Temperance Campaign Director Quits Work
James Pearson, head of the Iowa liquor control commission temperance education drive, resigns saying he will return after assessing his position. Pearson, a Shenandoah preacher and politician, was hired to promote temperance but the attorney general ruled the commission cannot fund such a campaign. His salary is suspended by the state comptroller.
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Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
James Pearson
Pearson
Shenandoah
M. L. Curtis
Attorney General
Liquor Commission
State Comptroller’s Office
Chicago Great Western to Spend 200000 on Flat Cars
Federal Judge Philip L. Sullivan allowed the Chicago Great Western trustees to buy 100 flat cars for 200000 dollars, with payments spread over six years.
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Chicago
Philip L. Sullivan
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Russians Claim Finnish Counteroffensive as Arctic War Rages
Russian Leningrad command reports all tanks in action since November 30 and seeks to downplay Finnish gains. It denies damage to Ki roff and losses of two destroyers, while noting Arctic blackout aids Finnish defense and ski troops in snowbound terrain.
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Russia
Leningrad
Kiroff
Hango
Finnish Gulf
Otherwise Truck Was All Right Fined Twice
Highway Patrolman James Gildroy arrested Richard J. McLaughlin of Cedar Rapids five miles east of the city on highway No. 30 for night driving without lights and without flares. In Justice H. R. Churchill's court McLaughlin was fined five dollars and costs for no lights and the same amount for no flares.
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James Gildroy
Richard J. McLaughlin
Cedar Rapids
McLaughlin
Gzildrey
H. R. Churchill
Captured Russian Officer Says People Do Not Want War
A captured Russian flight lieutenant told Finnish questioners that Russians blame their leaders for the war with Finland. He said the Russian people do not want war and that he did not bomb populated areas, claiming orders compelled the mission and that propaganda influenced pilots.
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Red Flyer
Hellingfors
INS
Leutenant
Russia
Slugged And Robbed By Strangers Who Offered Him Ride
E R Brooks of Marion told Cedar Rapids police that four young men offered him a ride near the Allison hotel at 12 15 a m Sunday then struck him, stole six dollars and forty cents, and his glasses before forcing him from the car on the old Marion road. He delayed reporting until Wednesday hoping to reclaim the valuables himself.
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Marion
Cedar Rapids
E. R. Brooks
Brooks
First Avenue
Allison Hotel
Marion Road
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