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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1940
Page
1
In remarks from Louisville to Buffalo, figures like Senator Austin and Thomas E. Dewey spar over New Deal policy and federal debt. Dewey calls the administration’s financial path a historic error while LaGuardia denies 1940 candidacy rumors and Jackson lauds New Deal reforms amid calls for economic restructuring.
Dudley C. Hale of Hale and Sons buys an interest in the Ross company ready-to-wear department in Oelwein. The Graham Dennison department store is being taken over, with March 1 as the change date. R. D. Beach will head the department, coming from Ripon Wisconsin. Mr Hale keeps his stake in the Waukon firm and will remain in Waukon.
The Securities and Exchange Commission rejected a proposal that it become receiver for the Associated Gas and Electric system valued in the billions of dollars. The move came in Washington as part of ongoing actions related to the energy conglomerate.
The Hanford American Legion post will hold sports night at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the armory. Guests include coaching staffs from the University of Iowa Coe College Cornell College and local high and parochial schools. Iowa football players are expected to attend. The post will also host Junior Legion baseball players and the winning public and parochial school basketball teams.
An Albany tornado struck before dawn killing 25 or more and injuring nearly 500. Property damage estimated from 5 to 9 million dollars crossed the city from the downtown courthouse area to the Flint river Negro district, with the St Nicholas hotel gutted and many homes destroyed. Thousands would have been in the path twelve hours later.
Winterset Iowa AP Sheriff A E Hull says 37 year old Mrs William Hern died at home when a .22 rifle her 16 year old son Jack was fixing discharged. The shot hit her in the chest and she died before help arrived. The boy said he did not realize the gun was loaded. He is among six surviving children. The father is absent.
Two automobile breakins were reported to police early Sunday after a quiet Saturday night. Mrs. H. O. Mulinix reported theft from her car on A avenue between First and Second streets NE, including a defroster fan and steering wheel knob, valued at 5.25 dollars. Louis Rozinek of Salon reported theft of two blankets and several packages from his car on Third street between Fourth and Fifth avenue SE while he dined nearby.
Mrs Peg Kenny 32 of 124 Tenth Street NE was found unconscious in her room and taken to a local hospital by the Ambulance Service at 7 p m Saturday after an apparent sleeping tablet overdose. Police were told by a roommate and a Waterloo aunt was notified.
Herbert Hoover urged governments to cooperate to prevent famine in Poland. He said millions need food clothing and shelter as Polish relief funds drive proceeds at a mass gathering in the Chicago stadium.
Former Criminal Judge Alexander C. O'Donnell who backed the Huey Long machine and helped push a 1932 Louisiana general election investigation died Saturday after a lengthy illness.
CIO leader John Lewis outlined a labor unity plan replying to President Roosevelt on jobs peace and civil liberties. He urged a meeting of CIO and AFL unions in Constitution Hall to discuss a new federation and charters after a favorable vote.
William Green says John L. Lewis should present any serious peace proposal to a formal AFL committee rather than a speech. He notes the existing AFL CIO peace committee, still in place, can meet with a CIO negotiating group to evaluate suggestions and advise the AFL.
Sweden protests Russia over the sinking of the ice-breaker Virgo by Soviet warplanes as raids target communist centers. Eighteen crew rescued from the Virgo. three other ships attacked but escaped. Police raids seize foreigners and Ny Dag editor Gustav Johansson along with documents, aiming to disrupt an underground Swedish spy network alleged to work for the Soviet Union.
In Danville Pennsylvania a condemned killer awaiting execution in the electric chair was warned by a school district attorney that his back taxes totaling 5.25 must be paid by March 6 or he will be sued. Harold G Teel Bloomsburg attorney warned William Yeager of Cooper Township School District.
Dubuque resident Ralph A. Link, 24, was killed when his car hit a parked vehicle, skidded on an icy street, and struck a telephone pole. Passenger Frank Krigiel was seriously injured but expected to recover.
Cedar Rapids theater figures DeFore Downing and Thurber share stage memories and plans as they discuss revisiting Cedar Rapids with a Community Players production. Don and Mary Burgess announce spring engagement while Backstage talks reveal edits by Bob and Fontanne on a Iowa set play. Ed Prentiss and Darryl Horsfall are named for possible cast along with ideas for Beau Geste or Journey's End.
Des Moines AP reports the state income tax filing deadline moves up to March 30 due to leap year dates. Officials say the period cannot extend to April 1 as the period ends on a Sunday and federal taxes remain due March 15 on a Friday.
Funeral services for Augusta Kuhse Bareis 53 will be held at 1 30 p m at the home and 2 p m at St Pauls Lutheran church in Postville. She died Thursday after a brief illness. Burial will be in Postville cemetery. Survived by husband William a son Albe a daughter Orlene two sisters and three brothers.
The AFL executive council protested equal recognition given to its rival CIO at the Havana regional conference last fall. President William Green said the federation would attend future meetings only with exclusive recognition and the council declined to take a position on the Patman chain store tax bill.
John Sheline reported a theft of his 1929 automobile in East St. Louis Illinois. He conducted a search and found the car two days later in a junk pile disassembled.
Pelley ends testimony and is seized as he leaves the Dies committee room amid a clamor. He says he is disbanding the Silver Shirts after criticism of the committee, cites parole violation warrants from North Carolina, and names supporters and alleged conspirators including La Follette Jr., Dickstein, and John L. Lewis.
Wendel C. Brownell reported a hit and run on the Third Avenue Bridge while his car was parked facing east between 8 15 and 11 30 p.m. Saturday. The left rear fender was badly dented. Brownell is 28 and lives at 213 Second Street NW.
Arrangements set for Miss Madeline Healy to join a public health nursing service in Linn county outside Cedar Rapids. The 24 year old Des Moines Mercy School of Nursing graduate will start March 1 alongside a second nurse, under a joint committee of Linn county supervisors Red Cross Medical Society and Cedar Rapids Dental Society.
E J Ironside 78 longtime Buchanan County resident died of heart trouble at his Coggan area farm home. Born October 12 1862 he married Jennie Roe of Coggon and left a wife two sons James and E J and a daughter Mrs Will Casey among many relatives. Funeral at Monti Catholic church Tuesday at 10 am with Rev William McGovern officiating.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Christine Gregerson Marz wife of John Marz will be held at Turner. She died at the family residence 521 Tenth Street NW Friday.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday conducted by the Rev. Dr. W. Glenn Rowley. The body will be transported to Round Lake Minnesota for further services and burial. Friends may visit the chapel prior to the service.
Robert Alnutt died at 1 p m Saturday at his son Sam Alnutt s home after a 15 year illness. Born December 20 1861 in Chillicothe Missouri he lived 30 years in Cedar Rapids. He was a packing house worker retired. Survived by three sons Bruce Sam Louis Everett all of Cedar Rapids and five grandchildren. Wife Fannie daughters Mattie Perkins Gerrude Holman and son Dewey preceded him. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Friends may call at Rice chapel.
Des Moines AP reports the 50 year old whisky boat wreck sank to form new Mississippi islands, now a federal Iowa compensation under river improvement. The conservation commission receives $11 000 to date for recently formed islands, with land condemnation actions in Dubuque Davenport and Keokuk ongoing.
Farley puts name on ballot in Massachusetts as Garner and associates push for a clear stance on Roosevelt’s third term. The move sparks debate over whether Farley intends a formal challenge or merely to probe the President’s response.
Financial institutions in Cedar Rapids along with city hall and county buildings will close Monday in observance of Lincoln's birthday. Banks including Perpetual Savings and Loan Cedar Rapids Savings and Loan Bohemian Savings and Loan and the Morris Plan will not be open. The Iowa State Employment office will close Monday afternoon. No observance at the federal building. All other offices and mail operations follow the normal Monday schedule.
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