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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1942
Page
1
John Milo Gill 51 of 814 Eighth Street SE died Friday at 3 45 p m in Des Moines Veterans Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending with local authorities providing scant details.
Mercy hospital reports a son for Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Tracy at 1419 C street SE. St. Luke's hospital records a son for Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Burns at 112 Tenth street NE, both born January 2.
Laura Hutchison of Centerville and Lloyd Davis of Cedar Rapids, Ralph Gardner and Mary E Noe of Cedar Rapids, Gladys Baer and Claus Ehlers of Cedar Rapids feature in a concise public notice listing involved residents and their home cities.
Charles Akers of 1127 Nineteenth Street SE was fined $1 and costs for a stop sign violation. Charles Sediak, 54, of Central hotel, was fined $25 and costs for drunkenness and disturbing the peace.
Friday night and Saturday morning saw several alarms. A car owned by William Pulda at 613 Seventh Avenue SE had a general alarm at 10 40 p m after a fire was out on arrival. A chimney fire at 326 Twenty third Street Drive SE involved Dr J K Von Lackum and Company No 3. A box car fire on a siding at 900 L Street SW prompted general alarm at 6 36 a m. Roy N Stevens 1969 H Avenue NW had alcohol in a radiator burn near Tenit Avenue End First Street SW at 8 22 a m. A small grain fire occurred in a chute at the National Oats Company 717 Sixteenth Street NE under a general alarm.
In KUIBYSHEV Izvestia reports a mobile artillery program advancing rapidly. Engineers design a high angle plunging fire gun to strike fortifications and ship decks. The article mentions train-borne and tractor-drawn guns to harass retreating German forces.
J. D. White, union business agent for five Witwer Grocer Co. employees, filed a federal appeal to Judge George C. Scott's wage ruling from last October. White posted a $250 bond and seeks back pay for time and overtime under time and a half. The decision set a nationwide precedent by allowing pre act wage scales to stand.
Berlin dispatches say Henri Lagarde chief of the war guilt court resigned for health reasons, while Vichy circles doubt the explanation and note postponement rumors. The court was created to handle France war guilt trials amid wartime pressures.
Motive plants could retool for war production and reemploy displaced workers once retooling is completed, as stated in a continuation note on page one.
Detroit dispatch reports the halt on new passenger car output creates factory and sales unemployment affecting up to half a million workers. Some may shift to armament work. used car stocks will cover civilian needs for 1942 but no surplus for replacements.
The Linn county board of supervisors met to approve appointments and long term arrangements for 1942. Reappointed officials include county engineer William H. Behrens and overseer of the poor Mildred Hunt. Road foremen F F Frederick C L Peterson Dewey Alexander K E Grover R M Clark were named for four districts. Three-year publishing agreement reached among Cedar Rapids Gazette Marion Sentinel Tral City News-Letter Mt Vernon Hawkeye Record. Safety commission reorganized with Clare Petty as chairman. meeting set for Jan 12. Workmen’s compensation policy placed with Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance for 1942.
Charles Lehmann arrested August 13 on a drunk driving charge changed his plea to guilty before Judge G. K. Thompson. A 300 dollar fine was imposed with 25 dollars paid and the remainder to be paid at 25 dollars monthly. Lehmann was stopped by the highway patrol for erratic driving on Highway 218 near Cedar Rapids.
Madeleine Wood 24 of 1517 Fourth Street NW pled guilty to forgery in district court after an overtime parking summons. Judge G K Thompson suspended a six month sentence in the Rockwell City reformatory during good behavior. The county information alleges she forged a relative's name on a credit application on December 16.
The will of David W Williams who died on Christmas Day was admitted to probate in district court Friday. D H Smith of Marion was confirmed executor.
William J. Simpson was given a six months suspended sentence after arraignment on a vagrancy charge before Judge G. K. Thompson on Saturday.
The passage notes that Beechwood and alder sawdust are included principally for roughage in diets of fish raised in hatcheries, highlighting their role in feeding practices within hatchery operations.
Washington reports Pearl Harbor is back in the ring after a Honolulu based Navy publication six days after the attack. Excerpts released Friday say morale remains high and that the United States Navy is still supreme.
Washington reports $13,697,895 of consumable supplies such as gasoline and ammunition stored in the Philippines when war with Japan began. Most were removed or destroyed by bombing or retreating forces. The navy notes $17,473,000 spent on bases and rations there since 1898, including about $9,000,000 for Cavite naval base evacuated Friday.
Albert C. Laun former vice president of Union Electric alleged damages of 666000 against Union Electric Missouri and North American holding. Circuit Judge Ernest F Oakley dismissed the case on defense demurrers. Cope said he would appeal to the state supreme court.
John Milo Gill 54 a veteran of World War I died at Des Moines Veterans Hospital Friday after five weeks illness. He worked as a Cedar Rapids City Lines driver on the Vernon Heights and Sixteenth avenue routes. Born Cincinnati December 21 1890 he moved to Cedar Rapids in 1906 and served 18 months overseas in the war. Surviving: wife Ruth four children Charles Robert Betty John, father Charles E. Gill of Cedar Rapids, brother Thomas in Cambridge Iowa sister Moyne Akron Ohio. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Mrs Rose Hotka wife of Thomas H Dvorsky died at the family home six miles north of Iowa City Friday. Born September 4 1866 in Newport township she lived there all her life. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Anna Greazel Mrs Fred Smith a son Frank two sisters Mrs Anna Pestel Mrs Elizabeth Anash Mrs Antonette Sedlacek two brothers James Hotka Joseph Hotka ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral 10 a m Monday at St Marys Church Newport conducted by Rev Edward W Neuzil burial in church cemetery. Friends may call Brosh funeral home Solon Saturday evening and at the family home Sunday.
Funeral services for Mrs Anton Ture of Route 3 Cedar Rapids will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Polansky chapel with Rev. Milo Filipi officiating. Burial is planned at Shiloh cemetery. Pallbearers are members of Rove 1Vv lodge Z.C.BJ. Friends may call at the chapel.
On the British battle ship Queen Elizabeth Cunningham notes Allied forces are gaining momentum as Japanese hard push aims for a quick victory but Cunningham believes they will not achieve it.
Wartime appeal urges citizens to finance ships planes and guns through Defense Bonds and Stamp purchases. Encourages buying 625 50 100 1000 bonds with a call to act today to speed military effort.
The nations joining the alliance to defeat Hitlerism include the United States Britain Soviet Russia China Australia Belgium Canada Costa Rica Cuba Czechoslovakia Guatemala Haiti Honduras India Luxembourg the Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama Poland South Africa Yugoslavia the Dominican Republic El Salvador and Greece. The pact, signed by Roosevelt Churchill Litvinov Soong Casey Me Auden, commits signatories to use resources against Axis powers and their satellites, with Russia seeking an escape clause over bases on the Vladivostok coast.
Mr and Mrs A L Fuller and family travel from 371 Eighteenth street SE to Council Bluffs for the funeral of Mrs J M Secombe. I B McGladrey CPA will speak on War and Taxes at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel Monday.
Private Dick Donegan son of Mrs Francis J McHugh 1107 Eighth street NW departed Cedar Rapids after a 15 day furlough to report to Camp Claiborne Louisiana.
St Matthew’s Altar and Rosary society hosts a picnic supper Monday at 6 30 p m Mrs Paul Huston will speak for the Red Cross The St Elizabeth circle will oversee the social hour providing a brief program and social time.
The vaegee commission announced the Roosevelt skating rink will open Sunday at 1 p.m. depending on snow removal in time.
Three youths were sentenced after breaking and entering Gammon Produse at 318 Eighth Street Ni. Detectives say they used a broken pane to reach inside and unlock the south door. Owner Wes Gammon boarded up the window. another burglary occurred Friday night with a board removal. Loss estimated at $9.
Frank C. Lowden 81 former governor of Illinois in World War I era was driven to St Luke's hospital in Chicago after arriving Friday from his farm near Oregon Illinois.
Swedish reports say Germany has begun broad military preparations along the Atlantic coast from Narvik to Brest. Army air and submarine forces are strengthened. Narvik Trondheim garrisons boosted with parachute troops and tanks. new airfields in Norway Denmark Holland Belgium and France receive large troop transport planes.
Kansas City AP report tells how Lewis White weathered a near zero night. A gust ripped a $20 bill from his hand, blew it into a storm sewer, and trapped him when he climbed into a manhole to retrieve it. Firefighters freed him but police booked him for destroying public property.
Washington AP reports that nations fighting the Axis powers formally adopted the term United Nations in a pact pledging no separate peace. President Roosevelt shaped the language after long work, aiming to distinguish the coalition and avoid earlier labels allied or associated powers.
Carlos Brenes Jarquin, former president of Nicaragua and time minister to Washington, died Friday in Managua according to AP. The report notes his leadership role and service to the country.
A derailment Friday night in Chesterfield County involving the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad faster York-to-Florida passenger Mismian derailed the last five coaches but no passengers were injured.
The readable portion mentions a statistic describing a small fraction of the United States population in a certain context. The text is incomplete and lacks clear specifics or named entities to identify a full news item.
Weather officials kept main maintenance crews idle Sunday while county teams struggled with underused, unfrozen side streets. Heavy snow removal equipment was limited by recent rainfall that kept roads soft. Downtown Cedar Rapids regained near normal traffic in record time thanks to the Sno-Go machine, but outer areas faced hard drifts delaying openings until nightfall. City buses ran on schedule Saturday with rail lines still behind time citywide.
Iowa workers push to restore vital services after a historic blizzard as primary highways reopen except for a few blocks. Low temperatures may reach 20 below zero in the northeast with lighter winds in other regions as snow delays persist in outlying areas.
Nearly 100 residents were evacuated from two Minneapolis apartment buildings as a Friday night fire trapped many in zero weather. Firefighters had just cooled one blaze before responding to a second blaze nearby. twelve evacuees were carried down ladders due to blocked exits.
Sally Rand and Thurkel Turk Greenough received a marriage license in Los Angeles to wed Tuesday at Grace Episcopal Church in Glendale California. Rand is 37 and never married. Greenough is 36 and has been married before.
The speaker recounts Hitler and top aides arguing that Germany must finish the war now to fulfill its program, destroy Bolshevism, and prevail in Europe. They insist peace hinges on removing Bolshevist Russia, while England may ally later to help defeat the common foe.
After Manila fell, Washington speculated the provisional Philippine capital could move to Malolos in the north.
Hollywood reports film actress Martha O Driscill and Walter Brewer, set to head a Canadian publishing firm next month at age 21, are engaged to marry. No wedding date was disclosed by the studio.
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