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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1940
Page
2
The December 25 1940 issue reports last night’s lows and today’s highs in multiple cities and lists obituaries for Frank S Mitralsky James F Curry with addresses, plus birth announcements for a son to Mr and Mrs John Pease and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Martin Whitesell with dates.
Willard J Butterfield of Winthrop and Dorothy I Wood of Olin are joined with George Little and Wilma Lewis, both of Cedar Rapids, in a wedding announcement citing four parties involved in a Cedar Rapids ceremony.
Iowa stores rose 26 percent from 1929 to 1939 with 39 024 shops and 22 percent more workers. Food stores led growth while general stores declined. Variety, apparel, furniture and automotive sectors added sales and outlets. filling stations nearly tripled, totaling 6 967 by 1939. Cedar Rapids breakdown cites 272 food, 114 filling stations and 129 other retail stores.
Pilgrims enter Bethlehem by starlight as the city endures its first blackout in history. The Church of the Nativity and surrounding holy sites are darkened to foil air raids, while hundreds of worshippers seek peace on earth during the wartime observance.
In a Christmas Eve nationwide broadcast Milo J. War ner national commander of the American Legion said the United States must fully arm not for war but to insure peace. He urged preparedness while praying for peace and called on veterans in hospitals to heed his message.
Hawaii lies 4 665 miles from the Panama Canal and 2 015 miles from the nearest point in Alaska, placing these two regions at wide maritime and geographic separation.
A reflective poem urges readers to seek the path to hope by looking up toward the Star that guided sages. It contrasts human fragility with divine guidance, urging travel toward the Right despite despondent, fear filled darkness.
Cedar Rapids celebrated a peaceful Christmas with bright city lights and home displays while war-torn Europe faced blackouts. The community aided 875 families via the welfare bureau exchange, with Salvation Army and Sunshine Mission assisting others. Merchants saw a sales uptick as rail travel remained heavy and Christmas demand caused a rush at wholesalers.
A humorous holiday column by Arthur Bugs Baer muses on fair play in mail and generosity. He jokes about rules for both sender and getter, offers seasonal wishes, and ends with a light toast to a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Mack Hobson, 21, once college editor, and Alease Tart, 18, married in Clinton S C on Dec 15 after he served four months in jail for shooting at her in July. The couple began housekeeping at Hobson’s sister’s home in Dunn North Carolina. Two women customers were wounded but not fatally.
Washington reports on President Roosevelt possibly asking Congress for authority to bring independent and quasi judicial agency boards under executive branch oversight. The move would extend his reshuffling powers beyond January 21 and could include agencies like the Interstate Commerce Commission the Communications Commission the Power and the Trade Commissions.
Mrs Mabel Bender 32 of 117 F avenue NW was arrested for disorderly conduct around 3 am after being found staying in Fred Cline’s apartment at 11742 F avenue NW following her release from a 30 day concealed weapons commitment. Cline 50, lodger was also arrested. Captain Clift noted the pair’s odd confrontation at the station and Bender’s claim of a cot in the apartment while Cline complained of police molestation.
Readers and officials contribute small donations to oppose foreign involvement in war. Major John L. Griffith emphasizes nonintervention and warns against policing the world. Contributors cite patriotism and fear of losing free government, with many sending checks and pledges.
Across Europe refugees in Alsace Lorraine Dublin and peaceful Eire enjoyed blankets of kindness and no food shortages. Madrid distributed government food gifts while Balkans ended meatless days. Romanians savored white bread and Germans marked the day with family gatherings and luxuries for all ages.
Hollywood star Howard Hughes, famed aviator and producer, sustained cerebral concussion and severe head injuries after a car collision at a Hollywood intersection late Tuesday. He was rushed to Hollywood Emergency hospital for treatment.
A slight earthquake tremor was felt in Plymouth and North Conway New Hampshire and western Maine on Wednesday, believed to be a minor aftershock of Tuesday's quake.
Berlin dispatches say the German luftwaffe would not bomb England from December 24 to 27 if Britain abstains from bombing German territory. Von Strempel calls the truce news true from high German sources while London reports a holiday pause in bombing and vigilance for a possible Channel invasion.
Jim Curry died following an infection tied to a foot injury after serving in seven engagements and being wounded on Armistice Day. He worked at Belden Hill cigar store and ran his own business on 3 Second Avenue SE. He married Mable Hyde in Sept 1926 at Immachu late Conception church. Survived by wife Mary a mother Elizabeth Curry sisters Mrs William Moes Mrs James Cusack brothers Ed and Maurice Cur all of Cedar Rapids. He belonged to the American Legion Elks and St Matthew's Church. Body at Brady mortuary pending funeral plans.
Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations, told the nation on Tuesday night the navy will do everything possible to complete the five-ocean fleet ahead of schedule.
New York dispatch says three Christmas shipments of cots, blankets and other relief articles are en route to England for air raid victims, announced by the British War Relief Society on Wednesday.
Washington police ordered detention Wednesday of Mrs. Theodore A. Jones 59 as they pursued the killer of her husband a munitions building guard.
Italian tremors rattle the Val Dera region near Florence. Foxes multiply in Kent after hunting stoppage, becoming a growing nuisance in parts of England.
A dense listing of radio programs across KFJB WGN WMT WOI WHO WSUI and others. It notes show titles hosts times and station identifiers with a long run of music news and dramatic programs through the evening ending with a celebration line.
Governor John Stelle pardoned five men known as the Du Quoin boys who had served terms for the 1933 murder of 14 year old LaVern Miller. Otis Battaglia Sam Ferno Robert Shingleton Barney Bosetto and Emery Albers had varied sentences with Albers receiving 40 years. The campaign for clemency drew labor leaders John Lewis and William Green into the effort.
The 1940 Christmas radio plan includes King George greetings from London and empire programs. CBS MBS WOR WABC offer a morning broadcast 7 to 8 10, a 2:30 p.m. U S England exchange, a 4:30 p.m. Dublin greeting, and features like Lum and Abner, Christmas in America, Buenos Aires, Handel Messiah, and Good King Wenceslas.
Dr Thomas E Jones announced plans to set aside CCC camps for conscientious objectors to the draft. Initial camps will be near Baltimore and in Virginia with 30 to 40 camps proposed funded by the Friends, Church of the Brethren and Mennonites. The government projects about 10,900 objectors in the first 800,000 drafted.
In Savannah area two cars on wet pavement collided head on about 17 miles south of Savannah killing seven people instantly and critically injuring four others Tuesday AP reports the crash occurred in rainy conditions as responders worked to disentangle victims from the wreckage.
Funeral services for Rulie T. Walter will be held Thursday at 1 30 p.m. in the Neff chapel Mount Vernon with Rev. Rowley and Rev. Gray officiating. Burial follows in Mount Vernon cemetery. Walter was a retired printer and is survived by his wife a brother and two sisters.
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