Marriage Licenses Granted in Cedar Rapids Pair
Elizabeth Jean Jones and Robert M. Rice, both of Cedar Rapids, obtained marriage licenses.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1942
Page
3
Elizabeth Jean Jones and Robert M. Rice, both of Cedar Rapids, obtained marriage licenses.
Harry Daleske of 388 Sixteenth Street SE fined $2 and costs for leaving the scene of an accident without making his identity known, fine suspended on payment of costs.
Dr. John B. Kessler aged 91 of 511 Twenty-third Street SE died at 4 am Wednesday in a local hospital. Daniel Sherman aged 87 died at his home at 135 Thirty-fifth Street NE at 3 39 pm Tuesday. Frank E. Stull aged 70 of 1581 First Avenue FE died at a local hospital at 2 15 am Wednesday.
Fae F. Miller from Kenneth J. Miller receives a divorce decree finding cruel and inhuman treatment. Defendant must pay $1700 to the plaintiff with $200 at decree and the remainder in installments, and is awarded title to furniture and real estate in Cedar Rapids. Judge G. K. Thompson.
St Luke s hospital reports a daughter for Mr and Mrs Harold Hanna of Marion on Jan 4 and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Edward Portzline of Van Horne on Jan 14. Mr and Mrs Robert Irons of 2171 Linden Dr SE welcome a son on Jan 14. Mr and Mrs Charles Powell of 821 Twenty First Ave SW have a son on Jan 14. Mercy hospital notes a son for Mr and Mrs John Moses of 627 Seventh Ave SE on Jan 13.
Coe University trustees continued on page one with changes to the church personnel on the board. The board placed the college on a 12 month basis aligning with actions by other colleges due to wartime conditions. Dr Geiger outlined the plan after returning from a Baltimore executives meeting.
Tokyo reports that a Japanese submarine scored two torpedo detonations on the 33,000-ton carrier Lexingt on west of Hawaii Monday night. Washington authorities deny any word of such attack. The claim notes a crash dive but suggests sinking is believed certain. An additional note says the Harbin Maru hospital ship was sunk in the South China Sea. Domei agencies add that Japanese air units attacked retreating forces near Kuala Lumpur, destroying military vehicles.
Washington (ULP) Rep Karl E Mundt urged in the house that rationing rules be eased to permit ministers to obtain tires. He argued clergy travel long distances to reach outlying areas and without such provision a basic freedom would be denied to Americans.
Soviet reports say the Red Army is closing the jaws of a grand pincer on the Moscow front with advances in Leningrad Crimea and Ukraine. Deep penetrations threaten Kharkov and Novgorod as communications near Moscow and the Mozhaisk line face German risk.
Chungking reports decisive Chinese actions across five fronts in Hubei Hunan Henan and Anhui. About 45 000 Japanese killed or wounded and 1006 taken prisoner in Changsha battle while 7000 reinforcements were ambushed near Hunan. The Milo river fighting mopped up 100 000 to 125 000 Japanese survivors. A relief brigade of 7900 to 8000 was intercepted and ambushed in terrific fighting with eight in ten casualties.
German authorities in occupied France announce a weekly reporting rule to the nearest French police station effective Thursday. A Paris wall notice states Americans will receive future control orders from the French police, who will oversee all Americans rather than the German military.
In Berlin dispatch a Japanese film company Nippon Eigasha has seized offices of Paramount Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Warner Brothers and 20th Century in Tokyo, official German agency reports. The move echoes rising U.S. concerns over Tokyo based studios and their operations amid wartime tensions.
German radio reported from Tokio that Hanemon Morita will control Standard Vacuum Oil and Standard Shipping, while the Yokohama Specie Bank takes over the National City Bank of New York.
President Roosevelt outlined a new board headed by Nelson with members from SPAB OPM War and Navy departments and price relief officials. The move aims to unify procurement and production decisions while awaiting Nelson’s setup specifics. Critics worry about sweeping authority ending past interagency disputes.
The leaders urge wartime production boost and industrial conversion. Willkie warns against complacency and calls for tanks not talk while criticizing rose colored views after Pearl Harbor. Odium stresses continuous output and mass industry mobilization to outpace Nazi arms. The conference highlights small business support and centralized procurement measures.
A dispatch from Tokyo via UP in San Francisco reports Japanese military peso notes are now in wide use among Filipinos and are circulating with implicit confidence.
In New York Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt urged union leaders James Petrillo and Jacob Rosenberg to meet with producer Otto Preminger to settle how many musicians should be hired for In Time to Come. She had earlier declined to cross a picket line over phonograph use for several numbers, including the National Anthem.
New York AP report says five officers of General Aniline and Film Corp were suspended and barred from offices in a treasury notice. Named are Rudolph Hutz Hans Aickelin William H vom Rath F W von Meister and Leopold Eckler. The firm and its units are tied to prior German control and indictments on restraint of trade and manufacture. General Aniline was a major dye producer for U S military uniforms.
The Senate Military Affairs Committee voted unanimously to indefinitely postpone hearings on a proposal for a separate U S air force, citing wartime unity and the need to avoid controversial questions. The panel also advanced a bill allowing temporary promotions up to colonel in the Army Air Corps to meet expansion needs.
Ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets for constipation and sluggish liver bile. Claims to boost bile secretion and digestion. Includes prices 15 30 60 cents and mentions availability in all drugstores.
Mexico's Foreign Minister Padilla said Colombia and Venezuela joined a bloc to sever relations with Axis powers, seeking a Pan American move to end ties with nations at war with the United States. Argentina's Castillo supported non belligerent policy. Axis worry grew with a Rome warning from Virginio Gayda.
New York AP reports Argentina's isolationist government faces intense popular and political pressure to fully cooperate with the United States ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Pan American conference opening Thursday. Censorship by Acting President Ramon S. Castillo under martial law limits evidence of shifts in policy.
Victoria station is the largest railway depot in London with 24 platforms. Waterino station follows with 21 platforms, ranking second.
Washington AP reports Capital hears that Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt called William S. Knudsen a great big teddy bear or that remark circulated as gossip. An official noted her civilian defense role and concern over plant conversion unemployment.
President Roosevelt by proclamation ordered the registration of all enemy aliens in the United States Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. All enemy aliens must apply for and obtain certificates of identification at times and places set by the attorney general. The order covers natives citizens denizens or subjects 14 years or older of nations at war with the United States.
DES MOINES AP panel of Iowa county agricultural adjustment chairmen favored price fixing with parity returns for farm products. Chair Clair Becker of Atlantic said parity for beef cattle may be hard but price controls are seen as necessary. They recommended continuing the farm program during the war and a 10 to 20 percent increase in corn acreage allotments. Opinions on marketing quotas were divided.
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