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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1941
Page
12
Forecast issued at 9 a m Friday warns shippers to protect shipments over the next 24 to 36 hours from temperature swings. North and west expect 8 to 18 degrees above normal, while south and east see 14 to 20 degree rises.
The notices list multiple marriages among residents of Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Marshalltown and East Lansing with partners including Clement Casey Rose Workman and others. Several new births are noted including a son for Mr and Mrs Harold Brunner and a daughter for Porter Vig at home on Feb 5 and 6.
Alvin Thomas from Lois Thomas linked to a cruel and inhuman treatment case. The pair married on June 2, 1931, in Nashua with Judge H. C. Ring presiding.
James B. Fitzpatrick aged 18 months died at a local hospital at 4 30 p m on Thursday. Nellie Lucinda Richardson 36 died at home 1749 C avenue NE at 6 30 am Friday. Alice E. Hill 71 died at her sister-in-law's home in Aurora at 4 p m Thursday.
Justice H R Churchill handled three axle overload cases on Thursday. Fred W Eiben of Cedar Rapids was fined 145 dollars plus costs. Clarence Van de Venter of Blair Nebraska paid 25 dollars and costs. James Covers of Chicago forfeited a 12 dollar bond. Ray Evans 27 of Shellsburg waived preliminary hearing on fraud charges with bond set at 500 dollars. Nathan Brown of Davenport received a 30 day floater sentence for intoxication by Justice W A Ball.
Senate passed three minor bills and introduced seven, including a license requirement to sell insurance over radio and a measure to pay sheriffs deputies 100 more annually for photographic service. House deferred action on a sealed corn property tax exemption bill and introduced twelve. Adjourned to 10 am Monday. Rejected the Clay county highway bonds committee report. Governor signed three bills including two corrective measures and a bail insurer notice requirement within ten days of any loss.
British planes attacked invasion ports including Fecamp Dieppe Boulogne Calais and Dunkerque during the night. Docks and port works were the chief targets with bomb bursts and large fires reported despite bad weather. German raiders were inactive. Air Commodore Goddard said British fighters and ground defenses have downed 140 German night raiders since June and in the Middle East they shot down 350 Italian planes with similar ground losses.
In Norris City Illinois an explosion of kerosene used to kindle a fire killed a mother and three of her four daughters. The father saved the remaining daughter. The victims were Mrs Ethel Bryant 41 and daughters Dorothy 19 Evelyn 13 and Alma Marie 10.
Dr. Joseph Stolz 79 rabbi emeritus of Temple Tahiah Israel and dean of reform rabbis in America died Friday in Chicago.
Senate debate on lend lease invokes secretary defense rep council as Stimson argues US production expanded 190 percent since 1939. Williams accuses administration of crippling American air power to aid Britain. Dirksen amendment allows Congress to terminate lend lease before two year limit. Williams warns Britain invasion needed to stop Hitlerism. MacNider brands bill a war measure risking constitutional powers.
Questionnaires sent to Red Cross nurses seek occupation experience education and the type of work they are best qualified for They are asked if they will volunteer for army or navy duty in case of war Prior to this Red Cross nurses received annual questionnaires asking for special training and willingness to serve in a war emergency They are urged to volunteer for Red Cross duty in training camps aiming for at least one nurse per 250 men Applicants indicate preferred assignment and work they feel best prepared to perform
Linn county draft board No. 3 at Marion reports it filled its February 15 quota of seven with five volunteers and two draftees. Volunteers include James T. Ross Central City as group leader for the induction trip to Fort Des Moines February 15. Robert F. Gage Mount Vernon. Joseph M. Pospishil Ely. assistant leader Ralph R. Stahle and Ralph V. Post, both of Ely. Draftees are Joseph E F Burrows Marion and Clifford A. Townsend Cedar Rapids.
A seven juror panel, five women and seven men, failed to reach a verdict in the Marilyn Barton case over the December traffic death of A. W. Thompson in Council Bluffs. Barton, 19, a Missouri Valley orphan, faced questions of driving the truck and her location at impact as the trial wound into its second night, with her remaining siblings highlighted in court.
British empire forces advance about 500 miles from Egypt in 60 days capturing 110000 prisoners and five fortified towns. Barce fell earlier as Italians retreat. Gen Wavell faces decision to pursue or consolidate gains while Hitler eyes the Balkans and Istanbul. Benghazi loss hits Italian morale.
A midweek snowstorm keeps the city busy as the streets department salts routes by 8:30 pm and reports no extra help needed. Temperatures ranged from 24 degrees at 2:30 pm to a 24 hour high of 25, with a fluctuating day from 21 down to 14 and back. The weather outlook notes occasional icy spots near Dubuque and no serious ice problems on main roads.
Des Moines reports light snow flurries in most areas as cold air spreads. The Weather Bureau predicts subzero readings in the north and warmer highs in the southeast with lows around five below in the north and ten above in the southeast.
An 11-year-old boy was arrested by Detective Bill Kudina less than 12 hours after allegedly taking a 25 caliber revolver from Clem Delaney’s room at the Magnus Hotel. An attendant at a west side filling station reported the boy tried to sell him the gun Friday morning.
Kudina arrested the youth when he returned to the filling station Friday morning. Police turned him over to juvenile authorities. The boy is under a suspended sentence to the state industrial school at Eldora.
Washington observers report the 7th annual American Youth Congress gathering drew 3 000 youths amid a cooler official welcome. The event faced absence of Mrs. Roosevelt and lack of White House support, with delegates sleeping rough in Washington streets and officials sparing the White House address.
Former President Hoover warned that the coming winter could bring a famine death toll far higher than in the last war unless a feeding system is arranged for victim nations. He cited Europe in World War II and highlighted Poland and central areas as most at risk, noting 37,000,000 people with over 15,000,000 children.
Sale of the American Trust and Savings Bank building was delayed after an unexpected bid of 152500 emerged, $2500 above the prior offer. The hearing to authorize the sale was continued to 2:30 p.m. on January 17, with D W Bates, the receiver, noting a bid of 150000 previously. Both bidders remained anonymous through their attorneys.
The Chief Executive said no appointment was arranged yet but would be. Roosevelt expected Col William Donovan to return from Europe, though timing was unclear. Donovan travels as an emissary of Secretary Knox with no official status, a fact the President noted while downplaying party labels.
The Navy Department announced Rear Admiral William R. Furlong will head the Mine Craft Battle Force. He currently leads the Bureau of Ordnance and will replace Rear Admiral E. J. Marquart, named commandant of the Fifth Naval District at New Orleans.
The United States and the Dominion of New Zealand plan direct diplomatic relations with poised talks to establish legations and exchange ministers. Viscount Halifax and Secretary Hull discuss widen to Pacific cooperation as New Zealand seeks its own representation separate from Britain.
In Omaha Detective Sgt. Ernest Brown arrested a man, then saw a lookalike who claimed to be his brother named John. The two men reunited at the police station after ten years apart and were released after proving they had not met in a decade.
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