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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1942
Page
2
Charlie W Boegel Jr of 1949 First Avenue East was fined 19 dollars and costs for ng. John Shea of 423 Eighth Avenue Southwest was fined 2 dollars and costs for running a traffic signal.
Mrs Ruby Lenore Ralston aged 74 died at home on 501 C avenue NE at 5 am Monday. James Bisby aged 61 died at a local hospital at 11 30 am Monday.
Mercy hospital records show births to Gereghty Spina Houser Stoltz Swanson Jordan Weichman Matvyk White and Anderson with newborns dated January 17 to January 19. St Luke’s hospital notes a daughter born to Harold Swanson of Oxford January 19.
Providence AP reports durable 57 year old Albert Golich a wood chopper who was pinned beneath a falling tree for four days and nights in freezing weather. He whispered Dont holler Im still alive as rescuers freed him. a swinging branch left him with broken ribs but he never gave up.
For the third time in under two months, two masked robbers held up the Sam Marino grocery at 10 p.m. Sunday, stealing more than $300. They wore silk stockings, used a sawed-off shotgun and a revolver, and forced Marino and a customer family to lie on the floor while stealing cash from a recent transfer and a small bill fold. Earlier December robberies at nearby stores totaled over $500.
At Rio de Janeiro the Pan American conference saw a warfare of nerves as rumors circulated of warnings to South American nations that breaking ties with the Axis would trigger war with Germany Italy and Japan. Argentine and Chilean sources sparked discussion while the defense committee deferred a vote and sent the severance measure to a subcommittee led by Oswaldo Aranha to report by Thursday.
Mexico presented a proposal at the Pan American conference to extend non-belligerent status to all United Nations. Argentina leads Latin American nations in declaring the United States a non-belligerent. The move would allow U S warships to enter and leave ports freely without 24 hour stay limits.
Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Churchill's military representative in the United States, arrived in Ottawa from Washington aboard a Royal Canadian Air Force plane.
Gas stations in Rapias and Ma baton switch to voluntary night closing at 7 p.m. tonight with further restrictions on Tuesday morning. A meeting at Roosevelt Hotel at 8:30 p.m. will discuss plans for full adoption across the 149 stations.
A Iowa meeting with Colonel Shaw and Lt. Cmdr. Lauder outlined deferment policy changes for 2-A 2-B and 2-E classifications. Adjutant Grahl urged tightening exemptions after Pearl Harbor while SSS and OPM officials led discussions on industry mobilization and Navy officer training pathways for engineers. Edward Kimball and James Plumb chaired the event.
London dispatch says Winston Churchill personally flew the American built flying boat for part of the 3 287 mile journey from Bermuda to Plymouth. Commander Kerry Rogers says the prime minister banked the craft twice at about 200 miles an hour while maintaining 8 000 feet altitude. Churchill kept his cigar fixed in his mouth throughout the flight.
New York AP report notes CIO leaders to receive Murray's peace plan during an executive board meeting on January 24. Murray urges unity with the AFL via the CIO president's office while wage scale talks between the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and smaller steel firms continue to dominate his priorities.
Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard warned on a radio program that 1942 may face a sugar shortage requiring reduced consumption and substitutes such as corn syrup. He said by 1943 a shortage in fats and oils could await unless domestic production increases.
The incident left 12 dead including the captain after a torpedo strike on a freighter. Two Americans survived and were among those rescued. Survivors spoke Russian, making determination of vessel details difficult. Naval authorities suspect reef damage caused the sinking and all crew escaped in lifeboats, rowing ten miles to an island before pickup. Unclear if women were among the crew.
All crew members of two ships, the United Fruit freighter San Jose and the Grace Line freighter Santa Elisa, are believed accounted for after a collision off the New Jersey coast Saturday night. The San Jose sank and the Santa Elisa caught fire.
Mrs Ruby Lenore Ralston widow of Alain Ralston died at her Cedar Rapids home at 5 a m Monday after a long illness. She was born 20 1868 in Canton Iowa and lived in Maquoketa before moving to Cedar Rapids 39 years ago. Survived by daughter Mrs J F Griffith Cedar Rapids two sons Louis and Ernest Ralston eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren plus nieces nephews sister Mrs Julia James Burlington Iowa. Member of St Pauls Methodist church. Funeral 2 pm Wednesday Turner chapel burial Cedar Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
James R Forbes of Davenport former Cedar Rapids resident died about 1130 p m Sunday after a short illness. Born June 19 1876 in Indianapolis he lived 50 years in Cedar Rapids and ten in Davenport. Surviving siblings include John S Forbes and Waller Forbes of Cedar Rapids and sisters Mrs Lillian Smith Davenport and Mrs Julia Davis Cedar Rapids. Body to be brought to Barta chapel today with funeral arrangements to follow.
Attend cooking school in the Glow Room of the Iowa-T Illinois Gas and Electric Co. Tuesday at 2 15 p.m. Officers of Home Rebekah lodge meet for instruction Monday at 8 p.m. in Odd Fellows hall 109 Second avenue SE.
Crescent lodge No. 25, A F and A M, will conduct work in the first degree Monday at 7 p.m. in the Masonic hall. Refreshments will be served.
Mrs. E. K. Beane and Mrs. Hazel R. Hromek traveled from Des Moines after attending a regional agency meeting of the General American Life Insurance company.
James WD 417 Thirty-fourth Street NE died in a local hospital at 11 30 a m Monday after a month long illness Born in England March 11 1881 he came to the United States as a boy and lived in Cedar Rapids most of his life For 25 years he was a custodian at the YMCA Surviving are his wife Anna two daughters Kathryn and Marjorie two sons Paul and James all of Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs Max Groth Cedar Rapids and Mrs Will Zimmel Sioux Falls SD Funeral services will be held at Brady Mortuary at 2 pm Wednesday Friends may call at the mortuary Tuesday
James Otis Leven died Saturday at his home 408 Memorial Drive St. Funeral services are set for 2 pm Tuesday in the Barta chapels with Dr. Marion H. Williams officiating. Interment will be in the Mausoleum Division of the Chapel of Memories at Cedar Memorial Park. Pallbearers include Merrell M. Smith V Roy Harger John Greenlee Floyd Moore Leonard Walrath and John Rayburn.
The auxiliary of master and journeyman barbers meets Wednesday at 2 pm with Mrs H L Coats at 390 Seventeenth Street SE. Mrs E L Brewer assists. Linn Tent No 38 and Loway Hive No 111 of the Maccabees meet Thursday at 7 45 pm in Sokol hall with cards and refreshments. Junior Maccabees Court 29 meet Saturday at 2 pm in Sokol.
George Edward Carson 70 a former Moline Illinois postmaster and father of Mrs Edward L Eaton Cedar Rapids died Sunday in Moline He organized the Moline Masonic lodge and served as an Illinois public administrator during Governor Frank O Lowden’s term
The Gazette reports ritual practice for Women of the Moose now on January 27 evening, not Tuesday. A card party at the Glow room of the Gas company is set for January 29, not Thursday.
Private Patrick O'Hara after completing basis drill training at the Op Field Texas air corps school is transferred to Scott Field Illinois to enroll in radio mechanics and operators school. Hamilton Clark of Hospital Service Iowa will discuss Blue Cross hospitalization plan and social problems at the Council of Social Agencies luncheon next Friday at the YMCA.
President Roosevelt sent the nomination to the Senate for Patrick J. Hurley, former secretary of war, to become a brigadier general. The White House did not disclose the exact line or duties Hurley would hold.
Mrs. Robert Lee Moffett of Chicago traveler lecturer and writer will deliver four evening lectures at 8 o clock and two afternoon talks at 2 o clock Wednesday through Saturday. The talks are under the auspices of the Baha i community of the United States and Canada.
Gen Sir Archibald Wavell supreme commander for United Nations forces in the Far East toured the Malayan front for several days. He was briefly at risk of being cut off from British troops and, while returning to Singapore, his car was attacked by a Japanese dive bomber but he escaped unharmed.
President Roosevelt on the recommendation of Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary nominated William A. Ekwall a former Oregon Republican representative to the United States customs court in New York. Ekwall had placed McNary in nomination as Wendell Willkie's 1940 running mate and later served as McNary's campaign manager.
Charles Darwin raised 537 plants from a single mud ball found on the toes of a snipe. The extraordinary tale ties to his early botanical experiments and curiosity about natural life.
The Commodity Credit Corporation announced it will sell 100 million bushels of government owned wheat to a dairy and poultry province to ensure ample animal protein feeds. The per bushel price will be tied to the 1941 wheat loan value or the ample feed, with bulk wheat also sold for feed at a price just below cracked wheat.
Mr. Whelpley urges cautious morale among mobilized families until Washington delivers tangible gains. He backs a balanced price control law and warns inflation remains a threat while current and proposed controls curb it. He cites hemispheric unity, Pearl Harbor, and the Rio ministers meeting as pivotal to defense, noting South American trade under wartime priorities. Whelpley, a veteran figure in world banking since 1915, rose to top posts at American Express Bank and later Chase National after its merger.
The communique reports three Imperial planes destroyed and 56 killed 135 wounded, mostly civilians, across raids on Saturday and Sunday totaling 186 dead and 235 wounded. British planes bombed Gemas freight yards 130 miles from Singapore and struck invasion barges at Muar as Japanese forces pressed a bridgehead.
Nineteen men were enlisted in the naval reserve through the Cedar Rapids recruiting office over the weekend at Des Moines, per Chief M. C. Madson. On their way to Des Moines after enlisting in the marine corps at the Cedar-sub-station in the federal building Monday were Paul I. Roberts of Muscatine, Chester J. Hainey of Muscatine, Rolland E. Taylor of LaPorte City, Marion S. Dunaway of Iowa City, and Paul L. Fitzgibbon of Davenport.
Secretary of State Hall said tariffs between the United States and Latin American nations might be suspended or eliminated as part of a broader hemispheric war effort.
Two men, George A. MacGregor and James Reed, were arrested early Sunday on Cedar Rapids streets after a four day spree during which they allegedly stole ten tires and license plates from the Hearn Stevenson Auto company and other vehicles. They confessed to selling tires in Marshalltown Des Moines and Ames for two to ten dollars, and police aim to recover most of the stolen rubber.
London radio said Field Marshal Walther Brauchitsch underwent an operation that would keep him from action for a long time. Moscow believed Wilhelm Keitel was ill. Brauchitsch recovered from heart trouble, Hitler reportedly sent encouragement, while rumors spoke of a purge in the German army after reverses in Russia. Stockholm dispatch claimed Reichenau was eliminated by the Gestapo.
London reports critics of the Churchill government pressed for an immediate parliamentary debate over Asian setbacks as Japanese advances in Malaya unsettled observers. Churchill returned from Washington and Ottawa and may announce a war strategy statement next week.
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