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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1939
Page
15
Lois Marie Holecek awarded custody of child on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds by Judge C. J. Haas. Mrs Holecek receives $5 weekly support and title to household goods. Married Oct 8 1933 in Cedar Rapids.
Lawrence E Moran and Mary Moorehead Cedar Rapids. Lawrence Edward Meyer and June Barr Cedar Rapids. LeRoy Huntley Jr and Helen Kucera Cedar Rapids. Charles Glenn Crawford Rock Island. Anna Alice Patterson Taylor Ridge Illinois.
Cliff Fisher of Springville paid 1.50 costs for driving with faulty brakes. Orville Cox of Johnson Avenue NW faced 10 fine and costs for speeding 42. Paul Mohr of Windsor hotel was fined 25 and costs for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Otis Herein of Roland IA paid 2 and costs for failing to stop at a sign. Nick Strang of Mount Vernon paid 10 and costs for speeding 30. Several obituaries note Mrs. Mary Weeks died at her daughter's home Friday morning, Addison Chadsey died at Memorial Drive SE hospital Thursday evening, Walter Smith died in a local hospital Friday morning, and Alfred Wood died at his home Friday morning.
At 140 p.m. Thursday a roof fire burned the home of Wesley Prenoss at 1919 Madison Street NE. Engine 3 and a hook and ladder responded within two minutes. At 4:32 p.m. dust on hot water pipes near Kresge's on First Avenue and Third Street SE prompted a still alarm after 16 minutes.
Henry Vaclav, 20, route No 3, jailed 30 days for intoxication in Justice H R Churchill's court. Co-defendants George Tillma and Ralph Swanson, both of Watertown S C, fined $5 and costs for improper vehicle registration and improper hitching of trailer to automobile.
Mercy hospital reports a son for Mr. and Mrs. John Willisel at 329 Fifth Avenue SW on December 21. Francis Riley and wife at 351 Second Avenue SW welcome a son on December 22. St. Luke's hospital notes a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Kuba of 1334 C Street SW on December 21. Lisbon hosts a birth to Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Stanley on December 21, and High Amana sees a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Hubert A. Myers on December 21. Frank Miller Jr. and wife at 1229 Second Street SE welcome a daughter on December 21. Albert Jordan and wife at 221% tenth Street NW report a son, Albert Lee, born December 21.
A man used a scheme at Newman’s and Killian’s by ordering goods with a check, taking delivery, then demanding a cash refund after the check bounced. At Newman’s he got 24.99 back for linen and sheets, and at Killian’s 71.35 for a coat.
The City Fuel Company promotes coal that burns clean and provides more heat and invites customers to call 2-1151 for a load of coal.
Frank M. Rush 11314 First Avenue East, an elderly pensioner, denied in a judge led examination that he told Cedar Rapids attorney E. J. Dahms he had $8,000 in currency or showed pension checks from Iowa. Officials say Rush has received old age grants since 1934, with a suspension and reinstatement last year. He also stated his lodging operation at 1131 First Avenue is run only by Rose Kangley.
Civil term filings include William Goldsberry suing Ellen Brookman and others over a 3832 dollar 50 cent note plus a separate 308 dollar 77 cent note. Banks seek judgments on notes against Spratte Sedlacek Miner McIntyre Behel and others. A landlord attachment sues Wertz and an automobile damage case involves Simanek and Behel. Divorce action seeks custody and name restoration for Ruth Korgadi amid a 1931 Cedar Rapids marriage.
Vera Teau sant and Rosalie Gardner as administratrices of the Langguth estate obtained authority to settle up to 750 dollars in any claims against Archie C. Beatty. The fatal crash near Urbana at 2 a.m. on November 19 left 58 year old William C. Langguth riding with Beatty. A 7500 dollar death claim suit had been filed against Beatty by the administratrices.
Christy Niedermayer a 19 year old from Cedar Rapids through his mother Rose Niedermayer sues Iowa Electric Light and Power company for 35000 dollars in a personal injury case arising from burns alleged to have occurred on the high line.
Mrs Mary C Weeks 85 wife of George Weeks died at her daughter s home after a long illness. They celebrated their 70th anniversary on November 22 1869 in a Metz cabin. Survived by husband three daughters one son ten grandchildren five great grandchildren and a funeral at the old family home in Aurora with burial at Madison cemetery.
Niedermayer, moving a boxcar on a truck seven miles west of Cedar Rapids on September 2, 1938, says a telephone line crossed under a 6 600-volt line and caused permanent injuries to his left hip right arm and shoulder left hand and affected his sight according to the petition.
Ruppert Thiessen settles a $5,000 action against Ethel Wart doing business as Century Cab and John W. Baird for 75 dollars. The filing before Court Clerk Ed Lundquist notes Thiessen’s injury from a taxicab and a truck collision on Highway 30 six miles east of Cedar Rapids on February 16.
Fees were approved in the estate of William H. H. Redmond. Mary A. Redmond and Thomas M. Redmond were allowed 2000 jointly as administrators' fees by Judge H. C. Ring. M. W. O'Rieley and Thomas L. Woods were allowed 2000 jointly as attorneys' fees.
The November term of Linn County district court adjourned late Thursday under Judges Jans and Ring. Cases include George Herrick seeking onehalf Cedar Rapids property transfer with niece Lara Jeffcot plus a keep and care agreement dispute. Mrs Adah Traub suing W A Risk for 7890 in personal injury from a jan icy sidewalk incident. Ralph Faidley filing for divorce from Edith A Faidley on cruelty grounds. E W Owent d b a the Standard Tire company suing Virgil and Mrs Virgil Leidigh for 159 26 contract action. McCaskey Register Co awarded 85 07 default judgment on a salesman's account. Mort A Blum and A W Badger noted in note and related cases.
Dr. George W. Gore Jr. was sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of Carl Choisser, Benton editor-attorney. He had been granted a new trial minutes earlier following a previously mixed jury verdict that handed death.
An application by Bulk Oil to sink 12 tanks and store 48 000 gallons of gasoline at a Third street and Seventh avenue SE lot was approved by the building department on Friday. A report will go to the city council Monday and a retail station permit is expected.
The day president warns of a three billion deficit as government reorganization reduces agency costs. A plan by Secretary Wallace to subsidize farmers selling staples faces committee scrutiny and likely rejection to avoid reviving processing taxes.
Slovak minister Juraj Slavik and Gen. Rudolf Viest join the Czech committee signaling unity for a democratic Czechoslovak republic with broad Slovak autonomy. Benes says two divisions may form abroad. the legal state remains recognized. Slovaks favor union with Czechs. Germans concentrate 300000 troops in Czechoslovakia.
Judge Thomas B. Powell fined Fisher with 1.50 costs after a plea of guilty to driving with faulty brakes. Fisher's attorney said the brakes were not involved in the Nov 29 accident that left Jimmie Weaver, Cedar Memorial park caretaker’s son, injured in a bicycle truck collision. Prosecutor Harry Johnson noted brakes were not at fault. a settlement was reached and the brakes repaired.
D. L. Stearns reported losing a black feather billfold Thursday night on Third avenue between Third and Fourth streets SE. It contained a bank draft for $800 payable to Stearns, $4 in cash and $28 in checks. he may have left it in a store after shopping.
Mary A Cerveny Dvorak 73 wife of J C Dvorak former Ely mayor died suddenly at her Ely home from a heart attack. She was born January 1 1866 on a farm near Fairfax and had lived in Ely fifty years. Survived by husband son Wesley four brothers seven sisters two daughters and a sister preceded in death. funeral set for Janeba funeral home at 1 pm Saturday with burial in Bohemian National cemetery.
The Agriculture Department estimates 31,985,000 pigs were raised June 1 to Dec 1 1939, up 16 percent from 1938 fall. Total 1939 pig crop reached 84,302,000 head, up 19 percent from 1938, and largest in 17 years with regional shifts favoring the South and other regions. Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Kansas South Dakota totals listed for fall and 1939 crop by state.
Des Moines AP reports Iowa's 1939 fall pig crop grew about 16 percent to 14 385 000 head, with hog marketing supplying about two-fifths of farmers cash income. Fall crop up 15 percent from 1938. 1938 total 12 433 000.
Charles Frondle of Belle Plaine pled not guilty to possessing 14 ounces of marihuana with unpaid federal taxes. He was remanded to Linn county jail after bond denial, with a preliminary hearing set for January 3. He was brought from Vinton by U S marshal Joe Petrus after Benton county officers linked him to stolen railroad-property searches.
Reports describe Russian retreat in Arctic Finland as near catastrophe with forces near Salmijarvi and a shift east from the arctic front. Finnish Premier Ryti appealed for foreign aid including arms, munitions, materials, and diplomacy under the league covenant.
Webster County supervisors and the Webster County Medical Society plan a medical relief clinic modeled after Linn county. The project, contracted from January 1, will cost Webster County $2,000 each month, after a committee studied the Linn plan in recent weeks.
The Chamber of Commerce Young Men's Bureau reports 2,042 tickets sold for the film Ninotchka at Paramount theater last weekend. Jack Rice, committee chairman, announced at the annual Christmas party that 10 percent of net receipts plus 116.41 was given to Cedar Rapids Winter Sports, Inc. The meeting also included year end reports and Iowa-Wisconsin football films.
Paris AP report says two killed and at least three seriously injured when a barge struck the central arch of a bridge behind Notre Dame, causing a gas main explosion and collapse into the Seine. The span connected Île Saint-Louis and Île de la Cité, trapping pedestrians and vehicles in the water.
In Washington the arrest of former Olympics wrestler William Benedict Finley Quinn, 38, for the theft of the emerald known as the Em press Josephine is announced. He allegedly hid the $47 000 gem for three years before trying to sell it in San Francisco.
V Roy Harger longtime assistant secretary and salesman for The Hedges company, connected since 1913, was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Real Estate board at a special Friday meeting. Floyd H Knapp was named first vice president Bruce A West second vice president Malcolm V Bolton secretary and Henry S Ely treasurer. Next board meeting set for Jan 8.
About 102 guests attended the High Twelve club Christmas luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel. Charles Laurance presided as master of ceremonies as the Beethoven club directed by Helen Kaena Stark performed carols and the audience joined in. Dr David I Berger of Coe College shared a Christmas message on the meaning of Christmas in life and culture.
At Genthin station two trains collided during a Christmas rush. The Berlin Neunkirchen express struck the Berlin Cologne train at 1 am, derailing locomotive and multiple cars. The disaster marks the eighth in a postwar rail series, raising total deaths to 193 and injuries above 158. Genthin lies about 50 miles southwest of Berlin on the Magdeburg line.
The column promotes Ameri can blown glass perfume bottles at Craemer’s Perfume Counter and Lares Dimensional Slip in two fits. It advertises a six piece bathroom set in cellophane wrap for 2.94, and notes last issue of Gift Gossip with an invitation for reader feedback.
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