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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1941
Page
5
Northwest winds shift from five below to the northeast ten below as cold air dominates the region. The southern half remains near zero with no significant precipitation reported across the area.
Mathias Frank Yakish, 77, of 336 Eighteenth Street SE, died at a local hospital at 5 30 p.m. Friday. Firemen said a spontaneous ignition at 117 a.m. Saturday started a blaze in a pile of laundry at Star Laundry Company located at 509 Fourth Avenue SE, triggering a general alarm.
Frederick H Dickman of Lost Nation and Thelma A Rich of Springville Vernon A Miner of Waukeag and Isla I Calvert of Cedar Rapids Cletus F Seallon and Frances Murdock both of Cedar Rapids Elain D Newell of Cedar Rapids and Verna Bekken of Jamestown N DN Robert Walker and Lucille Kibbie both of Cedar Rapids Wayne L Craven of South English and Irene Carter of Cedar Rapids
Mrs Mabel Baldwin 24 of 315 Fourteenth Avenue SE fined 50 dollars and costs for keeping a disorderly house. Margaret Showalter 31 at same address fined 50 dollars and costs. Kenneth Byers 22 of 327 Second Street SW fined 50 dollars and costs. Joe Pisanik 30 of 77 Sixteenth Avenue SW fined 50 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct. Floyd Fesler 50 of 2121 E Street SW fined 25 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace of his family. paid 10 dollars and costs with the balance suspended during good behavior.
Knudsen warned that heavy equipment and fuel for the Britain aid effort would miss the 1942 target, delaying production gains into year end. He and others urged swift lease provisions, while Stimson Knox and Hull warned against restricting Roosevelt’s options as they predicted a British crisis within months and a German collapse behind the front.
William Rinderknecht Jr was elected vice president of Peoples Savings bank at a Friday directors meeting. Ervin J Stepanek, previously assistant cashier, was promoted to cashier. Rinderknecht since 1927 with bank roots in the Chamber of Commerce and All-Iowa Fair work, while Stepanek, with the bank since 1933, joins the board and has ties to the Chamber of Commerce and Bu rianek family.
Berlin reports that Germany is training an army for colonial service in East Prussia to prepare for duties in Africa. The effort includes rapid production of a new colonial uniform, with Col George Tzchirner guiding fitness and tactical testing for tropical conditions. Officers from the south troops reportedly gained experience with the Italian colonial command and are applying lessons to unit training. The isolated Pillkoppen village near the Kurische Nehrung serves as a base for coordinating these preparations.
Across Cedar Rapids the temperature plunged from a high of 31 degrees to single digits by nightfall and weekend readings. Authorities report twelve city trucks and a sidewalk grader clearing streets while Cedar Rapids endured a rapid cold snap with light precipitation recorded at Chambers Inskeep company Friday afternoon.
Subzero conditions across Iowa eased slightly after a sharp cold snap. Forecasters predicted a 20 degree warm-up within 24 hours as temperatures rose from lows of four degrees below zero in Charles City and Iowa Falls to the upper 30s in eastern cities. Snow fell in Des Moines Charles City and Davenport while trains and buses operated on schedule amid light disruption.
British air force headquarters announced raids and night attacks on Cherbourg and Brest. Berlin said the British battleship Malaya arrived at Gibraltar for repairs after a dive bombing engagement off Sicily. Rome claimed a fierce Kenya border attack beaten off with RAF action on the Dodecanese and Tobruk patrols. In the Adriatic, Italian transports Lombardia and Liguria were torpedoed. Greece reported 1,000 Italian prisoners. In the Far East Bangkok denied French Indo China sinking two Thai warships while claiming damage to La Motte Picquet.
Film star Olivia De Havilland was recovering Saturday after an emergency appendectomy performed Friday night. She was stricken five weeks earlier in Santa Fe New Mexico and flown to Hollywood by a special plane for treatment.
Mathas Frank Yakish retired insurance adjuster of 336 Eighteenth Street SE died Friday at 5 30 pm after a brief illness in a local hospital. Born August 8 1864 near Amana to Austrian immigrants, he learned the tinsmith trade, headed a Cedar Rapids store, then entered insurance in 1910. He married Henrietta Pohlmann in 1885. she died in 1938. Surviving are two sons Arthur L. and Earl E. Yakish, a daughter Mrs. Harry H. Love, three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Monday at Turner Chapel at 11 am. burial Salem Cemetery, Van Horne. Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for John J. Lundon are set for 9 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Church conducted by Msgr. John M. Molloy. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Monticello. The Rosary is planned for 8 p.m. Sunday at Monahan Funeral Home with visiting hours.
Funeral services for Alonzo Webb who died Friday will be held in the Rohn chapel Monday at an hour to be set later Burial will be in Shiloh cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Saturday evening.
A fleet of 30 army planes departed Tacoma to search the Bonneville dam area along the Columbia River for a twin motored bomber missing two days with seven aboard. CCC youths from a nearby camp joined the effort. Roy Hustad, a diesel power shovel operator near Bonneville, reported hearing a loud crash from a bluff Thursday, guiding searchers to the area.
A Washington column quotes figures including Stimson Kennedy Hull Lindbergh Wheeler and Fish criticizing public talk as risky for national security during wartime. It notes the era of leaks and the press’s appetite for information amid national Apple Week celebrations.
In Glasgow Churchill and Hopkins warned Britain will fight to finish against Hitlerism. Churchill said the cost will be borne and vowed not to fail mankind. In London Hopkins offered no new pledges. Allies debated Britain’s plea for more American weapons to defeat Hitler. Berlin mocked the address as cover for Roosevelt’s aid program.
Mrs. Carl Miller of 2601 E Avenue NE is confined to bed after a fall on the ice. Eagles lodge plans a members only dance at 9 p.m. in their club room at 11512 Second Street SE. Cedar Rapids Gas bowling league will host a dinner for Peoples Power of Moline after their Lincoln alleys match at the Montrose hotel Saturday night.
Detectives arrested four persons Friday afternoon after a complaint and in police court Saturday each was fined 50 dollars for disorderly charges. Mabel Baldwin, 24, of 315 Fourteenth Avenue SE, faced keeping a disorderly house. Margaret Showalter, 31, same address. Kenneth Byers, 22, of 527 Second Street SW, and Joe Pisarik, 30, of 16 Sixteenth Avenue SW, were cited for disorderly conduct.
The report notes ongoing combat and air campaigns shaping power among major nations. Analysts point to strategic air superiority battles and shifting alliances as the war enters a critical phase with potential turning points for several fronts.
The text reports alleged British pressure led by Churchill for a U S declaration of war, not to deploy immediately but to lift morale in Europe and within Britain. It states Hopkins was sent to London to assess near term steps short of war and asserts the administration’s program points toward total war.
Louis de Rochemont refused to remove Burton Wheeler's name and quotes from the latest March of Time issue despite Wheeler calling the film war propaganda. De Rochemont argued the program centers on Nazi tyranny and the consequences of appeasement, not American politicians, and stated Wheeler, Verne Marsh, and Vito Marcantonio would remain in the issue.
A late Friday crash on Bever Avenue SE injured three people. Oscar Lundquist 41 of 1606 C Avenue NW claimed he did not see pedestrians due to oncoming lights. One victim, described as Smith, was treated at St Luke’s hospital with stable condition. A separate incident at Ninth Avenue and Sixth Street SW involved Harris M Fisher 33 ofShellsburg who escaped with a bruised knee and facial injuries after his car collided with a Milwaukee switch engine. The other accidents caused only property damage.
Two Hopkinton women suffered minor injuries at 11 20 am Saturday when their car slid across First avenue near Memorial cemetery struck a bank and rolled onto its side. A passerby took them to St Luke's hospital. Driver Blanche Beitz 34 sustained a lacerated chin and forehead while passenger A P Hinebaugh 38 had a nose laceration and bruises to hip and back. Beitz could not explain the cause.
Cedar Rapids lodge No. 141 TI O OF installed new officers at a Tuesday meeting. Walter Um sted served as noble grand, with A L Barnes as vice grand and M P Mally recording secretary. Other officers included W T Rov nwell financial secretary A C Donahoo treasurer J F Tisher chaplain and H P Krogh installing. Refreshments followed.
Funeral services are planned for Julia Benest 90 in Waubeek with burial at Jordan's Grove. The region reports Red Cross knitting in Volga City and a Dubuque marriage. Volga City banker Ferdinand Gerard elected director. Tipton Red Cross roll call totals 1324. Marquette car theft under police search. Conesville car collision avoided. Anamosa petty theft spree under investigation. Marengo choir to perform The Messiah. Walker funeral for Martha Gaasch. Toledo marriage announcement. Traer bank directors reelected with dividend. West Branch nurse neck fracture. Traer Ora Green death. Wadena Nettie Jones funeral. Anamosa Rhody reassigned to Kentucky post. Anamosa Fay moves to Fort Des Moines. Dysart Ruth McCartney resigns from school.
A capacity audience of over 500 pupils from Franklin district five schools attended a Friday night concert in the Franklin auditorium. Miss Margaret Higdon directed the junior orchestra of more than 100 young players. Soloist Miss Helen Keith sang How Far Is It to Bethlehem, and Goulds Pavane and Isaac Marionettes drew strong applause.
A man killed when struck by a westbound train near Mount Vernon was identified as Jens Chris Jensen of Chicago. Sheriff’s office said FBI fingerprint comparison confirmed the identity. Jensen, 55, had a Washington record listing Copenhagen as birthplace and prior arrests in Milwaukee, Janesville, Chicago.
Herbert H. Ward of Wisconsin predicts Iowa will pass a law by March 1 requiring licenses for all painting contractors. The bill would allow limited exemptions for maintenance crews and lessees who do their own painting. O M Thompson argues exemptions reduce loopholes. Ward notes committees will be named in Des Moines by next Tuesday before the measure is sent to legislative committees.
Wendell Willkie former 1940 Republican presidential candidate will confer with Secretary Hull at the secretarys apartment Sunday at 3 30 p m for an exchange of views. The meeting was arranged at Willkies request before his trip to London Wednesday to make a first hand investigation.
Linn county chapter of the Reserve Officers Association will direct National Defense Week in the Cedar Rapids area from February 12 to 22. Col. W. T. McMillan, adjutant general of the Seventh Corps area, authorized the observance. Regular and reserve officers have in past years spoken at lunches civic clubs and given radio talks.
Great Britain registered 36 year old men for military duty bringing the total called to arms to about 3,000,000. The AP reports the landmark registration occurred on Saturday as part of conscription efforts.
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