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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1942
Page
10
The Linn County Food Dealers association will meet on January 22 to discuss grocery deliveries amid rubber tire rationing and labor shortages. Operators fear continued deliveries may shrink due to driver losses to wartime jobs and transport costs, with talks also touching an earlier city closing hour.
An Iowa official recalls a Wake Island bombing, describing the crew’s layover in Honolulu, the long Wake to Honolulu voyage, and the Clipper’s damage with 16 bullet holes. He notes blackout timing and the crew sleeping with life belts as a pillow during the voyage.
Betty Lee Warren will wed Jack J. O'Brien on Jan. 18. Betty Lee Warren’s shower and related events are hosted by Mrs. H. M. Hill at 1706 Sixth Avenue SE with several relatives and friends invited.
The Cedar Rapids Women’s Club music department held its first meeting and tea of the new year with Harmony in Folk Songs as the program theme. Mrs. Charlies Duster presented notes on folk tales and songs as topsies, with Miss Margaret Pratt as guest soloist and Mrs. L. E. MacLaughlin presiding at tea.
Members of the Midboro club gathered Thursday at Mrs. Elmer Pearson’s home for a dessert luncheon. Mrs. Leo Smith helped host. In the business session they voted to do Red Cross sewing and donate to a needy family. Prizes in bridge went to Mrs. W. W. Adams and Mrs. J. A. Hanus.
Members of the Christian Endeavor at First Presbyterian church will meet at 7 p.m. Friday for a sleigh ride. They will end at Mrs. B. E. Warner's home at 2022 Blake boulevard SE for refreshments and a social hour.
Mrs Fred R Carter hosted a bridge club gathering at 1256 G avenue NE on Wednesday evening. Prizes were won by Mrs Wesley Janda, Mrs Allen Barber, and Mrs Roy Wright.
Mrs. M G Danskin of Glendive Mont and Mrs Laurance S Dove of Marion will host a Friday bridal dinner for Nadine Dove and George C Danskin of Minneapolis. The wedding will take place Saturday at 4 p m at the Marion Methodist church with a 8 p m reception in the Roosevelt hotel Jefferson room.
Mrs. T. E. Pirtle presided over a Daniels Park Presbyterian church missionary society meeting in the church parlors. Mrs. L. O. Fagle led a program reviewing the magazine Women in Missions with participants Mesdames George Stewart Charles McGinty Earth Hickman Ed Grubheffer Ed Tucker and E. C. Penrod. Hostesses were Mesdames James Bradley Gilbert Mason and Howard Bucy.
Mrs E H Ruge hosted the Cultus club dessert luncheon at 357 Sixteenth Street SE. Mrs George Baumgartner spoke on china and shared The Romance of the Blue Willow with pieces from Austria Japan China France and Germany. The next meeting is set for January 22 at Mrs O W Mull’s home at 1620 Grande Avenue SE.
Miss Margaret Woods, Saturday bride elect, was guest of honor at a shower hosted by Miss Dorothy E. Johnstone at 131 Twenty first Street NE. Attending were Miss Annabelle Anderson, Miss Margaret Welter, Miss Faith Whitman, Miss Doris Smith, Miss Helen Watkins, Miss Martha Smith, and Mesdames Ivan Burns, Robert W. McClaughry, and Harold Power.
Members of the Friendship circle of the Kings Daughters met at Mrs. L. R. Wilson’s home on Twenty second street NE for a dessert luncheon sewing and knitting. A report on the recent union meeting was given by Mrs. Fred Hollands and allocations were voted for the Red Cross Grace Episcopal recreation center and baskets for the needy at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Mrs. James V. Prouty will host Red Cross sewing on January 22 at 2003 Blake boulevard SE.
Mrs C Olney was reelected president of the board of directors of the Home for Aged Women at the annual meeting Tuesday morning. Other officers include Mrs E E Wilcox first vice president Mrs J P Montillon second vice president Mrs L M Ford secretary Mrs Walter M Krebs and Miss Laura Turner treasurer. Mrs Charles S Krause was named as a new board member.
Red Cross sewing by Y M G club members occurred at Thursday meeting at 811 Seventeenth Street SW. Prizes went to Mesdames Marie Kremenak Kenneth W Dieterich and John Coombs. Next gathering set for January 22 at Mrs Helen Hardin's home.
Assisted by Mrs. Carl Goodwin Mrs. Ben Tait entertained members of Jane Boyd circle of the King's Daughters Thurse y afternoon in her home 1722 Blake boulevard SE Mrs. L. K. Cornell circle president presided at the meeting Mrs. Hugh Hillerege led the devotions on The Prophecy of the Curse of Jericho F. E. Young was elected to fill the secretary's vacancy Members were asked to send birthday greetings to Mrs. F. J. Mansfield of Burlington state King's Daughters president The remainder of the afternoon was spent doing Red Cross knitting and sewing Mrs. G. I. Scott was a guest at the meeting The next meeting will be held Jan 22 at the home of Mrs. J. E. Morris.
First unit of St Patrick's Rosary society elected officers at its last meeting and outlined three months of activities. Chosen were Mrs John Kinney chair man Mrs John Dolan co chair man Miss Mary Green sacristan Miss Mary Stark treasurer and Mrs T J Shea secretary. Committees led by Mesdames Tom Brady J Wellner Earl Nevis Roy Chiverton Giles Joyce Herbert Hanson Emma Newcomb and Stanley Kuba. Sick committee includes Mesdames Wellner Dan Elgas and Paul Marchal. Mrs Elgas and Mrs J W Early to co chair a card party Sunday at 8 pm in St Patrick's school auditorium.
The Young People's union of Second Evangelical church met Tuesday evening at the church. Robert Hahn led the group in singing, games were played and refreshments were served.
Cedar Rapids police wrap up the Red Cross standard first aid course with 63 officers completing the program. Captain Milliken praised the group as highly conscientious and noted officers studied on their own time as the eight hour per week advanced course begins.
Linn county director E. E. Lowe told High Twelve members at the Roosevelt hotel that Cedar Rapids is distant from war theaters but not immune from attack. He urged residents to follow requests now as civilian defense shifts toward direct orders under military control.
City health records show 34 mumps cases among residents as of Friday. The December department report also lists five chicken pox cases and one whooping cough case, along with garbage and incinerator statistics.
The Beethoven Club discussed nationalistic music opposing German and Italian dominance. Miss Nelle Erwin spoke at the meeting about folk tunes shaping national styles, citing Sibelius and the Kalevala as inspirations. Mrs. A C Topinka performed songs including Dvorak psalms, with Anna Denkman as group leader and several members participating.
The admiralty said the British cruiser Galatea, 5200 tons with 450 men, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, likely in the Mediterranean. Built in 1934, the vessel met its fate Friday night.
Mrs Marie Emanuel of 3005 C avenue NE has returned home from St Luke's hospital after a minor operation. Mrs E G Paxton of 112 Twentieth street NE remains confined at St Luke's hospital and is not receiving visitors.
Mrs Grover Speiger of 3920 E avenue NE is recovering satisfactorily at her home after an operation at St. Luke's hospital.
Private L Bena left for Fort Monmouth New Jersey Friday afternoon after spending a 15 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Wencil Bena Otis Road SE.
Miss Leela Jack instructed first aid to the Lambda Epsilon chapter of Prom Omicron sorority, with the first lesson held Tuesday evening in the Federal building.
Mrs Harold White and Miss Virginia Smith will return next week from Camp Wolters Texas where they visited Mrs White's son Corporal Charles Brennaman.
Mrs. Ethel Fitzsimmons will speak to the Cran die Display club Monday at 8 p.m. in the Corn room of the Montrose hotel. The lecture is titled The Birth and Development of an idea.
Dr. Wendell Heniine will address the 9:30 Sunday worship at Shueville United Brethren Church on the topic God Helps Those Who Help Themselves. Sunday school assembles at 4:30 with William Novotny as superintendent. Christian Endeavor meets at 8 p.m.
Arthur E. Chase of 2225 Grande avenue SE and head of the Troy Laundry company, active in Masonic circles, was reported in critical condition Friday after a heart attack Thursday. He is confined at home with no visitors allowed.
Curtailment of the manufacture of steel office furniture announced under the change sales program. The action affects production schedules and supplier orders for steel desk and file units. No further details on dates or affected facilities are provided in the fragment.
Washington reports that OPM is studying simpler men and boys clothing to conserve wool. Proposals include narrower trouser legs no cuffs or pleats and single breasted coats after informal industry talks. The measure responds to a wartime wool-use restriction for 1942.
In Wyoming near Hanna, over 50 miners joined a search for one of eight army flyers who bailed from a disabled bomber. Seven crew members landed with minor injuries and were treated at Hanna hospital. The crash was reported to Sheriff Penland by Joe Evans, with Lieut. Frank Motter named as pilot.
Berlin reports from Rome that a second British battleship was damaged in the Italian air attack on Alexandria. The official UP broadcast notes the damage to another battleship in the same raid.
Mrs. M. Nakao, 50, wife of a Japanese rancher, was shot in the abdomen by an unknown Filipino who lured her to the door of her San Jose home Thursday night. She remained in critical condition.
Richard Tallman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tallman, has landed in New York from Egypt and is visiting his brother Dr. R. C. Tallman of Westfield, New Jersey. He plans to return to his parents' home within a week.
A Dutch communique reported by Aneta said three Japanese bombers attacked Tarakan, a key oil base off Borneo's north coast, on Thursday morning but caused no damage and one raider was destroyed.
Five American soldiers from Salinas, California escaped Japanese forces in southern Luzon by a ruse thatField staged as three of them pretended to be dead for 28 hours. Sergeants Morrelly and Mitchel and Privates Anson Gill and Hall fled through Japanese lines, then regrouped with US forces after surviving a perilous trek in the Filipino hills.
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