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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1940
Page
2
A wood filled water pan in a furnace burned at 128 Second Avenue SW. Elmer Listebarger issued a general alarm at 3 13 p.m. Wednesday. The Daily Record 11 1940 entry notes the incident and timing.
At St Luke’s hospital a son was born to Mr and Mrs Everett L Wright of Hopkinton on January 10. Mercy hospital reported a son for Mr and Mrs William Nash of 1510 Center Street NE on January 11. Mrs Nash is Irene Navratil. A daughter named Helen Lee was born December 11 to Mr and Mrs Robert Whalen of San Diego California. Mr Whalen is the son of Mrs Raymond Powers of Cedar Rapids and serves in the Navy.
Charles V. Parker Jr of Washington Indiana and Marjorie N Worden of Cedar Rapids are indicated as parties in a forthcoming marriage notice.
Kathleen Horak formerly Kathleen Minor was granted restoration of her maiden name Kath leen Minor in a divorce action. The petition cites cruel and inhuman treatment by Joseph Horak and was filed before Judge H C Ring, noting the couple wed at Fort Des Moines on August 30 1939.
Iowa farmers harvested 2 billion bushels of corn on farms this year. Leslie M. Carl notes 1939 Iowa corn including silage at 503,776,000 bushels, the second largest on record. The AAA calls for an 11.7 percent reduction in 1940 acreage to curb carryover. Oats stocks total 106,824,000 bushels, 30 percent below 1939 and 10-year average. wheat stocks total 2,207,000 bushels, down from 3,157,000 last year.
A St James Methodist church delegation opposed a Class C beer permit for Paul Dvorak at 1433 Sixth Street NW. The council tabled the permit amid protest claiming the location is under 300 feet from the church. Renewals of Class limits were granted for Michael Nassif 1556 B Avenue NE Alexander Homsey 803 Eighth Avenue SE and Ferris Risk 901 Eleventh Street NE. A cigarette permit was issued to A S Abraham 517 Street SE.
The board suspended the fireman six months for involvement with a false Windsor hotel alarm on September 27. Misbach also faced a 45 day continuous duty penalty in the Windsor case. The commission’s decision was signed by E. E. Lowe, Ley Myers, and B. C. McPartne. David Breakley, Misbach’s attorney in district court, would not say what action might follow until consulting colleagues.
Washington AP reports the House passed the Gavagan anti lynching bill by 252 to 131 amid Senate filibuster threats. Iowa excepted Democrat Vincent Harrington voted with the majority. Key changes limit reach on labor disturbances. Roosevelt aims to keep within budget and avoid debt limit raise, with potential new taxes in an election year.
A mine blast at 2:20 p.m. trapped four workers who were attempting an exit. Ventilation crews rebuilt the system as conditions worsened and officials suggested gas from an unused entry may have caused the explosion. Forty seven miners escaped at 4 p.m. after the event.
Washington AP reports the Senate judiciary subcommittee unanimously recommended confirmation of Attorney General Frank Murphy as an associate justice. Murphy testified against labor-side force and defended Supreme Court power to void congressional acts, urging discretion in use. Full committee action likely Monday before a Senate vote.
The Jackson Day address portrays Franklin D. Roosevelt as benevolent and unifier yet raises concern about a future president shaped by good motives and manners. The piece cautions that wartime and domestic troubles demand hard competence over charm. It asks if Americans will tire of a nation of little Roosevelts.
George Reaugh is seriously ill at his daughter’s home. A story hour at Kenwood library Friday features Miss Marcella Klein at 4 15 p m. Temple Judah holds Friday Sabbath services at 8 p m with Rabbi H L Freund speaking on The March of Time as Seen Through the Jewish Names. Townsend clubs plan supper and program Friday at 6 p m at I O O F hall 109 Second Avenue SE, dancing to follow at 8 45 p m. Street notices advertise live corn fed carp at Shefties Boat House.
Jay Guy of 852 Second Avenue SE is in good condition at Mercy hospital after an emergency operation begun last Friday night. James Null, 22, at 341 Fifth Avenue SW serving a seven day jail term on a gambling charge asks correction to a previous story stating a game continued at Null’s home. Null says it continued at Hunsaker’s residence at 226 Eighth Street SE.
Ralph Clem ents of 1915 Park Avenue SE underwent an appendectomy at St Luke's hospital on Wednesday afternoon. By Thursday his condition was reported as good with steady progress noted by doctors.
A special meeting for members and past members only will be held at 62 Sixteenth Avenue SW Friday at 8 p.m.
The promotion of Adolph C. To pinka of 1228 Third Avenue SE from second lieutenant to first lieutenant in the 74th Engineers Reserve Regiment was announced Wednesday at army headquarters. The Married Couples' class hosts a chili supper tonight at Trinity Methodist church featuring the Mexican Aquilas club and marimba music by the Zier sisters plus a vocal by Miss Donna Mae Sponar.
YT A Noblett formerly of Cedar Rapids and longtime Railway Express agent at Grinnell is appointed agent at Iowa City. He has assumed duties and will be joined by Mrs Noblett and their daughters. The family home will be at 301 South Lucas Street.
A. H. Lankau a sales agent for National Cash Register in Cedar Rapids will depart Friday for a 10 day trip to Miami Florida as company honors for his work over the past year He is among four Iowans given the award.
West Highlands Community club plans its January meeting at Cleveland School this Friday at 6 30 p m with a picnic supper and a business session. Officers for 1940 are Fred R Buchanan president Hugo Lensch vice president L R Kriz secretary and D A Stoflet treasurer.
The auxiliary to Teamsters and Chauffeurs union No. 238 organized with nine members taking obligations. At the February 5 meeting officers will be elected. Eligibility extends to wives mothers sisters and daughters with information available.
Waltonians held a Thursday noon session at the Lafayette clubroom for a fun fest on the question Resolved that a Country Girl Makes a Better Wife Than a City Girl. The affirmative team Carl Hendrickson and Dave Elderkin tied the negative team Henry S Ely and William W Crissman Jr when members voted by raising hands for each side.
Officers of Chapter No. 10 Disabled American Veterans of the World War were installed at the Memorial building Monday evening. Commanders named include Fred Minor as commander F P McNulty as senior vice commander W J Scott as junior vice commander H L Walkup as treasurer Harry Craft as chaplain James Lockner as sergeant at arms Ralph Hodge as officer of the day R L Whelan as adjutant and E L Booze Frank Balsanek Joseph Hruska as executive committee members.
Eva Margaret Blackford, 75, died at 9 50 a m Wednesday at her home south of Lafayette. Born January 30, 1864 in Philadelphia, she moved to Iowa in 1871. She married Abraham L. Blackford in 1901. he died in 1908. Surviving: three sons Edward W. of Wausau Wisconsin Homer P. of Marion and John L. of Toddville a daughter Grace Clymer of Cedar Rapids and five grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 p m at the Lafayette Christian church with burial in Robins cemetery.
The piece argues that Cedar Rapids electrical work is tightly controlled by a small group of contractors led by W. L. Fowler and the local union, blocking independent workers from entering by licensing exams and payroll gatekeeping. It notes REA hiring unqualified trainees for rural projects and calls for reflection on potential federal investigation into building trades practices.
The Cedar Rapids city council unanimously approved a new BTU basis for gas pricing and ordered audits. The change shifts the average heating value from 1,050 to 1,035 units per cubic foot. Audits by I B McGladrey and H R Green evaluated 1937 earnings and property, noting a 6.68 return with potential drop to 6.41 if tax disputes prevail.
Oren Carter aged 17 a parolee from Eldora state industrial school pled guilty before Judge H C Ring and had sentencing deferred to Saturday at 9 am. He is held in the county jail after detectives found him driving a car owned by George F Hennessey at B avenue and Twentieth street NE. Carter formerly served time for bicycle thefts and was placed on probation before a March 1938 commitment for possession of a stolen car.
A new assignment of criminal actions for the January term of Linn County district court was issued by Judge H. C. Ring. The schedule, prepared by County Attorney G. K. Thompson, takes effect next Monday and lists defendants and charges in order of call, including Loren Welch forlarceny of a motor vehicle Bernice A Smith Rundquist for embezzlement Robert and Paul Heslop for larceny Lloyd Watson for forgery L Curry for breaking and entering Walter Shearer for carrying a concealed weapon and larceny T V Hoagland for larceny of gas Garland Millburn for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and Jerry Dutrt for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
Judge H C Ring approved the nineteenth report for Commercial Savings Bank of Marion covering June 30 to December 31, 1939, showing receipts 11236.74 disbursements 1497.33 and cash 12471.39. He also approved the twenty second report for Wapsie Valley State Bank at Central City for last six months of 1939 with receipts 3049.34 disbursements 1164.41 and cash 8689.14. D W Bates is receiver and O A Conwell examiner in charge for both banks.
Adaline H Goodlove of Washington township seeks a divorce from Ralph Goodlove on desertion grounds. The couple wed July 17 1929 in Linn county and lived apart since November 10 1935 per the petition.
Robert Morrison Inc filed a contract and note suit on Thursday naming Irwin P. Coppock as defendant for a 403 80 claim seeking recovery and related relief.
Lee C. Robinson Jr., a freshman law student from Cedar Falls at the University of Iowa, was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the head in the second floor dining room of a local restaurant. Police say the wound was personal safety related. Robinson recently spoke at a Iowa Students League meeting condemning Soviet Russia.
Lou Gehrig flew to his New York home from Rochester Minnesota following treatment at Mayo Clinic for infantile paralysis that ended his baseball career last season. He reported feeling good after the trip.
Hull asserts he would abandon the reciprocal trade policy if it harmed the people. He recalls advisers who opposed it in agriculture, contrasting them with past hawkish praise for Hawley Smoot that led to farmers’ bankruptcy. He notes his 18 years on a trade committee and defends the policy’s benefits to agriculture.
Driver Cliff Bright of Marion escapes unharmed after a foggy crossing on Marion boulevard. His car rear-ends a vehicle driven by Claude Luck, with passenger Biggart suffering a forehead impact on the windshield as icy pavement defeats brakes.
Dave Williams was elected to a two year term as member at large of the public welfare bureau of the Chamber of Commerce in a noon meeting. Dr Max Widmer was reelected to the bureau as member at large. The bureau oversees the annual Community Chest campaign and fund use. Two other members at large were elected last year for two year terms: Mrs Carl Ettinger and Mrs F ward Sheehy Jr. The board is composed of four members elected by the nine.
Agencies appoint four members to the chest fund board. The president of the Chamber of Commerce names four at large, while the agencies elect Van Vechten Shaffer Howard Cherry Clare Marshall and Dr. H M Ivins. The Chamber president also names A L Smulekoff Herbert J Beals Harold Rowe and J L Cooper to the board.
Bandit Gardner staged a prison break months after an earlier death act. Guards killed a partner and wounded another during the escape, Gardner fled, then wrote a note from San Francisco seeking a pardon from President Warren G. Harding. Two months later he attempted a Santa Fe mail train robbery near Phoenix but was thwarted by a clerk who overpowered him and restrained him until help arrived.
Charles D Nolan received permission from the city council on Thursday to drill a well at the northeast corner of Third avenue and Fifth street SE for the Cedar Rapids Gazette air conditioning and other needs. Anna Sibetka asked the council to install a sanitary sewer on Ninth street between an alley and Seventeenth Avenue SE. the matter was referred to the engineering department for a survey.
Mitchell S. Smith received a 30 day contract extension with the city on Thursday to finish plans for removing the abandoned Kenwood water tower. He said additional time was needed to negotiate a potential resale prospect for the tower.
The water works department request to partition the lobby entrance was approved by the city council on Thursday. The new space will serve as a storeroom for records and supplies.
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