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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
2
Cedar Rapids woke to a low of 2 above zero Friday morning with sun. By 10 a.m. the temperature rose to 7 above as the day warmed. The previous Thursday peaked at 30 at noon before slumping to 16 at midnight amid a long tailspin.
Merritt Miller, 35, of 1439 A avenue NE, fined 100 dollars and costs for reckless driving. Donovan Tharp of Cedar Rapids fined 5 dollars and costs for no chauffeur's license. Olaf Johnson, 57, of 110 Fourth street NW, fined 25 dollars and costs for intoxication. M. F. Swartzbaugh, 36, of Cedar Rapids, sentenced to 30 days in county jail with intoxication and invoked former 30 day suspended sentence. Louis Davenport, 51, of 525 C avenue NE, jailed on revocation of 30 day suspended sentence for intoxication. John Camp waived hearing, furnished 500 dollar bond, for desertion and abandonment of minor children. All in Justice H. R. Churchill's court.
At 13:40 a chimney obstruction occurred at the home of Dr. B. J. Moon, 2340 Linden Drive SE, with alarms still active after 26 minutes. Later at 19:28 another chimney fire struck Mrs. Theodore Brown, 1308 First Avenue E, with alarms continuing after 17 minutes.
James Down of St. Louis 35 received a 30 day floater for vagrancy. C J Rayman at 916 H Avenue NW was fined ten dollars plus costs for speeding 35 and had the fine suspended upon payment of costs and surrender of a driver’s license for ten days.
Lawrence H. Gephart and Winifred M. Cook, Cedar Rapids, and Orlo F. Sedlacek and Dorothy E. Jones, Oxford, are mentioned as involved parties in the notice.
Mr and Mrs John J Hann of 3521 First Avenue East welcomed a son on January 12 at Saint Luke’s Hospital.
Joseph Ray Leedom aged 44 died at his home 618 G avenue NW at 6 45 p m Thursday. The cause was not provided in the available text. Funeral arrangements were not listed in the snippet.
Under supervision of State Conservation Officers Leo Logan and Robert Cooper Cedar Rapids Fish and Game club members seined thousands of rough fish from the Iowa Electric Light and Power spillway south of the avenue bridge. Fish weighed up to five pounds and included quillbacks and buffalo. game fish were returned to the river. About 13,500 pounds were removed on Thursday afternoon as oxygen deprivation in the water killed many game fish.
Dr. Ralph M. Waters of the University of Wisconsin urged stricter control of patients under anesthesia to lower chest complications in a Linn County Medical Society address at the Montrose hotel. Dr. Waters spoke on The Relation of Pain Relieving Drugs to Pulmonary Morbidity, introduced by Dr. Florence Johnston, with remarks from Dr. Stuart Cullen of the University of Iowa.
In Cedar Rapids and Linn county an eight month emergency ambulance contract audit urges higher compensation for 1940. Don J. Condon and Arthur W. Zimmermann, operators, report 174 emergency runs and propose a meeting with the ambulance board to discuss a new agreement.
In a Franklin school assembly, Excellentia chapter of the Junior National Honor Society inducted new members. New inductees include 9A Virginia Bolenbaugh Katherine Loomis Martha Lou Smith and Marilyn Williams and 9B Janice Bailey Robert Chadima Jeanne Ferguson Robert Fontana Louise Fernow Elwina Imes Jack Geiger Marilyn Milner Seymour Ohlman Elaine Smulekoff James Tisdale and Shirley Watrous. Existing members explained the society's objectives and gave the pledge while David Ring played a piano solo and M S Hallman the principal presided.
J. W. Darragh sub contractor on the municipal incinerator project filed a superior court suit seeking 2682.35 against Stark Construction receivership Nichols Engineering and city council for unpaid balance on heating equipment materials and labor. He says 1792 has been paid from a 4474.34 claim and asks the balance be drawn from sums held back by the city until all bills are paid per law. Nichols Engineering held the general contract and sublet to Stark.
G. K. Strausser was reelected president of the Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor. New officers include Rev. V. C. Grant as vice president and J. C. Blodgett as recording secretary. The executive board features R. V. Richter, L. C. Schuknecht, Earl Stark, Fred Burwinkel, Ray King, J. W. Walterick, and W. S. Shadie. Fred Canfield installed the officers.
The state rejects Roeder’s proposed raise to head the three social welfare programs in Linn County. Mrs. Hunt keeps relief and old age aid under supervision, with the department citing merit classification and federal funds rules. Leo Peiffer, welfare board chair, will seek further talks with county officials.
The speaker charged that government takeover of private life insurance would doom premiums and reserves. He cited loss data and warned social security funds drain profits, urging agents and policyholders to read The Case for Insurance in Nation's Business.
Thomas Hendrickson of Rapid City was fined 25 dollars and costs in Walker Iowa for failure to yield half the roadway after his truck sideswiped Emmett Reeves of Waterloo on highway 11. He was arrested by Patrolman Robert Cavisness after a broadcast description and paid damages to Reeves.
Government witness described Norman Baker saying he would make a million dollars in a year from his cancer cure and that he used the term suckers to refer to the public. The trial continued with defense dismissing several mail fraud charges, and witnesses testified about Baker hospitals and the advertised cure.
Iowa Employment Service Director defends testimony amid a tied up case on the discharge of Aldridge. The grand jury in Charles City heard one side. Aldridge filed a writ of certiorari to review the appeal board denial of reinstatement. The case moved from Floyd to Polk County court for settlement. Judge Franklin ordered certification of records from the compensation commission. Indictments name Herbert on 24 counts and Eberhart on six.
New Jersey's delegation to the Republican National Convention pledged Friday to Thomas E. Dewey. It marks the first state delegation to openly back the New York district attorney in his bid for the presidential nomination.
President Roosevelt said he asked congressional leaders of both parties to work out how the United States might aid Finland. He noted no decisions yet and warned against treating his peace objectives as a full story. He did not commit to loans or rifle sales.
Paul F. Hill, director of Iowa's new traffic safety education program, outlined steps to reduce highway deaths. The plan includes research, school education, and trained personnel under Gov. Wilson's coordinating committee. Hill praised Cedar Rapids for enforcing drunken driving arrests and urged support for enforcement and equipment.
The three city ice skating rinks run by the playground and recreation commission at Roosevelt high school Arthur school and Riverside park are in fine condition. Roosevelt and Riverside rinks closed Thursday due to warm weather but reopened Friday after cooler temperatures. All rinks were cleaned Friday afternoon and will be sprayed Friday night after 10 o clock. Floodlights warming facilities and trained leadership are on duty during hours 3 30 to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 10 p.m. Sunday.
Joseph Ray Leedom, interior decorator for Higley Corporation, died at 618 Gevenue Northwest at 6 45 p m after a brief illness. Born January 14 1895, he lived in Cedar Rapids. Survived by wife Bertha and one son Redes Leedom. he had two sisters in California, one in Chicago, and a brother. Funeral 2 p m Sunday at Turner Chapel with Mizpah lodge conducting. burial Linwood Cemetery. Master Masons to meet at 1 30 p m Sunday at the Masonic hall.
A Gazette correction fixes the Chocolate Cream Coffee price from 27 cents per pound to 29 cents per pound as printed on Thursday night. The corrected price applies to the Jack Sprat Food Store advertisement.
Elmer Johnson announces he will run again, warning that new interstate trade barriers would wreck the nation. A states rights advocate and longtime lawmaker from Linn county, he emphasizes public welfare over party lines and notes his two-term tenure amid 1930s sessions. Johnson, a Cedar Rapids attorney and Spanish American War veteran, lives in Iowa since youth.
Four city parks will be opened for coasting with Daniels park fully blocked, Bever and Riverside featuring safe hills away from drives, and Ellis park restricting Ellis lane from the clubhouse to the softball diamond. The city will not block streets for coasting and a request to close Twentieth street SE was denied to avoid setting a precedent.
P J McKim proposes downtown stores run off street lots for employees to ease city parking. The idea asks theaters to join. McKim argues free employee parking would boost trade after touring eastern Iowa towns. James E Goodfellow suggests shortening sidewalks on the First Avenue bridge to allow angle parking.
Paul McCoy reported his 1937 Plymouth sedan stolen from Second Avenue SE between Eleventh and Twelfth streets Thursday between 5 15 and 7 30 p m The car was not locked and the ignition key was not left in it Police searched streets Thursday night After a tow crews mistaken pulling his car into Baxter Motors used car lot the vehicle was returned Friday morning McCoy regained his auto
Premier Nobuyuki Abe reportedly told Domei that he would resign at a special cabinet meeting next Sunday. A cabinet dissolution was expected, with Foreign Minister Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura possibly retained due to his efforts on U S policy. Informants warned Abe’s fate could hinge on American reaction to Japan’s Yangtze reopening proposal tied to post treaty trade talks.
The Cedar Rapids Traveling Men's Club elected officers after a dinner in C I B J hall. At the twenty fifth annual meeting 173 members attended. Officers named: President Howard H Hahn, vice president J W Thompson, treasurer Burt Day, secretary Peter Bailey, directors Joe Danziger and Amos Elderkin. Principal speaker was Dr B L Knight county coroner who spoke on Horse Sense with the Automobile. Paul F Hill director of safety education for Iowa also spoke.
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