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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1941
Page
6
A Fort Dodge business faces charges of war profiteering after alleged overcharges and mischarging during wartime contracts. Officials say the case involves repeated overbilling and failure to comply with price controls.
The article outlines SUI’s High School Art Show running April 5 to 20 with student works, including entries in painting and design. It mentions preparations by teachers and staff, a reception for teachers, and safety ethos themes featured during the exhibition period.
NORTHWOOD UP Selection of jurors began in a bank robbery case with Judge Tam Boynton presiding. The defense entered a plea of insanity, while the accused was captured in Des Moines a few hours after the robbery and reportedly confessed to the crime.
A large St Bernard was knocked out with suspected sleeping tablets at Des Moines headquarters. The nameless dog, fed by Charles Moffitt, was captured after collapsing and taken to the headquarters for care as staff issued an urgent appeal for the owner. The dog’s appetite and condition drew laughs from attendants.
District judge approves a $113,200 payment for 3495 acres as part of SEPP 200 proceedings. The order directs the payer to fulfill conditions tied to government project needs. Local officials and the related environmental review are cited as context for the Des Moines area land transfer.
West Union Mr and Mrs George M Schlatter celebrated 57 years of marriage. He 86 and she 77 live on a farm near West Union, with one son Jerry Schlatter of Deadwood and two grandchildren. They married December 18, 188? by Rev W B Davis. two sons have died.
Williamsburg sponsors a January Build a Bond benefit led by the Ladies auxiliary of the American Legion with committee appointments for Mrs Chace Worth Mrs Virgie Stake Mrs Laura Edwards Mrs Loretta Harris and Mrs Ida Jones. The week includes district posts and club officers across Elkader Olin and surrounding towns with various civic activities and honors.
Fred R White chief engineer for the Iowa state highway commission said federal funds for road building are restricted to defense related routes. The commission will seek War Department funds to create new roads to the Iowa ordnance plants at Burlington and Des Moines and to connect the plants to Fort Madison and to pave a direct route easing Burlington housing.
Special to The Gazette. In Judge T H Coheen's court a damage suit arising from an auto accident began Thursday. Plaintiff Mrs Dorothy Lee seeks 5250,000 for injuries suffered May 15, 1939, while riding with Harry Day on highway 88 toward Des Moines. A collision with another car allegedly caused the Day family fatality and severe injuries to Mrs Lee. The case features a jury of three women and nine men.
In Des Moines the Iowa Nebraska council of the Congress of Industrial Organizations urged members in both states to purchase defense bonds. The first union to respond was Local No. 1, United Packinghouse Workers of America, Ottumwa, buying $1,500 in bonds and voting to allocate 50 percent of surplus savings to bond purchases for the war duration.
Iowa City University of Iowa doctors have rallied to educate Red Cross volunteers by teaching first aid classes. Lead instructors include Dr. J W Agnew Dr RN Bartels Dr NMM Black Jr and Dr N F Wentsler with Dr Ralph Irwin leading motor corps training. Additional volunteers include D I BE January Dr J O'Dell Dr Robert Selis Dr WM Karkendall Dr K C Swan and Dr R Stolta.
Special to The Gazette Elberon missing is Paul Novak 18 son of James and Mrs Novak. Navy telegram notified the family. Novak rural mail carrier, would have turned 19 in January. A 1940 Elberon high graduate he enlisted in January. He played baseball in high school and rowed on the Navy team that placed second in Pacific fleet competition. He was a Catholic. A sister Dorothy works in Cedar Rapids.
Des Moines AP says about 6000 Iowans will be enlisted as active workers in a continuous drive to sell defense bonds by door to door canvases and a payroll savings plan. County chairmen and volunteers organize each county with rural areas covered by Farm Bureau AAA mail carriers and local workers. Businesses will be approached with a voluntary payroll deduction plan for bond purchases. employees may buy any number and cancel anytime. Town life insurance underwriters have offered to assist the payroll campaign.
The Martha Bible class of the Methodist church elected officers including President Mrs William H. Mc Neill Vice-president Mrs Kate Dolley Secretary Mrs A C Martin Treasurer Mrs John Downs and Program chairman Mrs A K Cramer.
Governor Wilson expands the Iowa state guard to about 2,300 with units in 27 cities including Marshalltown Webster City Glenwood Clarinda Newton Iowa City Centerville Oskaloosa and Atlantic. Enlistments start as officers note strong turnout. ages 18 to 50 eligible with pay on active duty matching national guard.
Fort Des Moines soldiers guard the Marquette to Prairie du Chien bridges with a 24 hour checkpoint system. Twenty-one troops are stationed at Marquette to stop all vehicles and record license numbers during the Mississippi River crossing security patrols. Anamosa announces Irma Margaretta Streif and Dean Owen Bunce wed July 4 1941 in Hamilton Missouri with attendants Dr James Noland and Mrs Albert Wilson.
George C Murray Chickasaw county sheriff is the new president of the Iowa State Sheriffs association succeeding Walter H Bease. Scott county sheriff Murray was chosen at the convention's closing session with Cedar Rapids sheriff James H Smith named secretary and four vice presidents listed. Over 300 sheriffs deputies and patrolmen attended the three day meeting as a war effort pledge was adopted. Archie R Nelson Cherokee was elected president of the Iowa County Attorneys association with John Miller Albia as vice president and Oscar A Stafford Chariton as secretary treasurer.
Keokuk Iowa AP report says Illinois militia at the Hamilton approach to the Keokuk and Hamilton bridge fired three shots at a prowler on the lower deck after hearing banging noises Tuesday night. The man, wearing a dark overcoat and hat, fled into brush on the Illinois side. no damage was found.
North Liberty residents Mr and Mrs T A Coglan will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Tuesday December 23. Relatives and friends are invited to their home from 2 to 5 PM for a reception and celebration.
Jacob Swenson a 52 year old farm hand was killed by a Rock Island freight train at 755 am while walking along the railroad right of way to his work on the Laurence Dresser farm at the west limits of Postville. Engineer George McLees 59 of Cedar Rapids said warning whistles were blown but Swenson stepped into the path. Swenson is survived by his wife a son Arden and two daughters Clarice May Swenson and Mrs Ruben Erickson of near Waterville and a brother in Albert Lea Minnesota. Another son Vernon was killed in a car crash into the Mississippi near Prairie du Chien Wisconsin last spring.
The Iowa Attorney General proposes federal officials take jurisdiction of all law enforcement at the two ordnance plants in Burlington and Ankeny. Rankin says this would settle jurisdiction questions and speed enforcement, while the state remains willing to cooperate.
University of Iowa and Drake University senior law students may take a special bar examination on February 10 1942 instead of the June regular exam. Iowa Supreme Court clerk Garett said the court will study the proposal in a January 20 meeting.
Dan J Hummell, a longtime La Porte City resident born in Pennsylvania, celebrated his 90th birthday Wednesday. He and his wife Rebecca Galleria farmed nearby until 1903 before retiring to their home. Mrs Hummell died in 1940.
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