Funeral for Mrs Ellen Parks Held at Brighton Presbyterian
Funeral services for Mrs Ellen Sarah Parks mother of Ralph Parks were held Wednesday at the Presbyterian church in Brighton with Rev H C Whiting officiating Burial followed at Hillcrest cemetery Several out of town relatives attended including Arthur Flitner Effie Mullin Don Ellis Bert Christie and many others Teachers from Iowa City attended as a group Fire and grass fires were reported including a blaze at Herb's barbecue inn Marion and a grass fire at Blair's Ferry road Residents and visitors gathered for picnics visits and several social events across Marion including church services and community meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Sarah Parks
Ralph Parks
Presbyterian Church
Brighton
H. C Whiting
C. W. R. de Jong
Marion Presbyterian Church
Hillcrest Cemetery
Marion
Arthur Flitner
Greybull, Wya
Effie E. Mullin
Iowa City
Don Ellis
Cedar Rapids
Bert Christie
Wapello
Dale Aston
Fairfield
Rudolph Schlichting
Hugh
Jesse Newell
Columbus Junction
L B Martin
Lorraine Stannard
Richland
Vera Hartley
Knight Hartley
Hillsboro
Charles D Burns
Manon
Totalitarianism For France Is Fascist Claim
An Italian news agency dispatch from Geneva said France planned to adopt a totalitarian corporative government. The report said France would change its constitution at a joint senate and chamber meeting called next week by Marshal Philippe Pétain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Geneva
France
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Marshal Phillipe Petain
Make This Model At Home Pattern 4493 Availability
Pattern 4493 by Anne Adams offers sizes small to large with fabric yardage details. Send 15 cents to Pattern Department Cedar Rapids Gazette New York for the pattern and an extra ten cents for the latest pattern book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
West 17Th Street
New York
Celebrators Land in Jail After Early Fourth Festivities
Eight men faced charges in the police station for intoxication drunk and disturbing the peace following an early Fourth of July celebration. Howard Sybrandt 35 was jailed after a prior booking. Harry Evers 29 and Joe Hanson 34 were arrested after a brawl at Magnus Stables. William Perrigo 54 faced drunkenness and peace disturbance after a fight near First Avenue tavern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pam
Howard Sybrandt
Sybrandt
Magnus Stables
Harry Evers
Fifth Avenue SE
Joe Hanson
Seventeenth Avenue SE
William Perrigo
First Avenue
Airlines restricted from treating permits as speculative securities
The Civil Aeronautics Board, now part of the Commerce Department, barred deals that treat official operating permits as speculative securities. It denied Transcontinental and Western Air’s $350,000 bid for Marquette Airlines, finding the price excessive and tied to government granted certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Commerce Department
Transcontinental and
Western Air, Inc
Marquette Airlines
Norse Children Carry Nine Million Gold Past Nazis to Freighter
Baltimore reports a Norwegian story about nine million dollars in gold moved by children pulling sleds to a hidden tramp steamer in a fjord. The gold, hidden after the German invasion, was loaded onto the Bomma and arrived in New York under police guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
News- Post
Bomma
New York
News-Post
Norway
Baltimore Harbor
John Carey
Baltimore Police Department
Railway Express Company
Invisible army guards Libyan border in desert camouflage
A Cairo report describes British troops along the Libya border blending into the yellow sand to avoid Italian bombing. Cavalrymen-turned-mechanics ride mechanized drones, living in silt trenches while foraging in a harsh, exposed posture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Yindrich
Cairo
Libya
Italy
Note bearing Amelia Earhart name deemed fake in California
In Inglewood California a note with Amelia Earhart’s name was analyzed by her husband George Palmer Putnam and authorities who suspected it is a fake. The bottle containing the note was found by a fisherman on a beach Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inglewood
Calif
Amelia Earhart
George Palmer Putnam
Earhart note claims island distress after disappearance
Publisher Putnam casts doubt on a new bottle note signed Amelia Earhart claiming she is stranded 370 miles southeast of Hawaii. He questions the 1938 date and notes similar signatures have been proven false, and says his wife would know his cable address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Earhart
Fred Noon
Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Hawaii
U.S. S
U. S. Montana
Los Angeles
Dismissal of Habeas Corpus Petitions in Iowa Custody Case
Judge H C Ring dismissed Arthur Vickerman's habeas corpus action to secure permanent custody of his two year old daughter Mary Louise Vickerman. The court remanded custody to her mother Louise Vickerman Crawford in Cedar Rapids after a temporary arrangement. The filing alleged the child was brought from Chicago in violation of a Cook County order. a separate judgment sought by Marvin L Burkholder for 216.45 and interest in a note and attachment case names Maud Lund as defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Vickerman
Villa Park
Mary Louise Vickerman
Iowa
H. C. Ring
Louise Vickerman Crawford
Cedar Rapids
Vickerman
Ring
Chicago
Cook County
Illinois
Marvin L. Burkholder
John B Turner and Son
Maud Lund
Court approves sale of road project bonds for Mount Vernon path
Henry G. Suehrstedt as receiver of Stark Construction company Cedar Rapids received authorization from Judge H. C Ring Wednesday afternoon to issue and sell special assessment bonds tied to the Mount Vernon road and Knoll project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry G. Suehrstedt
Stark Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
H. C Ring
Mount Vernon Road
Knoll
Pro American Bloc Fights For Youth Congress Seats
A pro American faction plans to contest seats at the American Youth Congress convention in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Michael Church Detroit leads the insurgents backed by Murray Plavner and Gene Tunney. They seek credentials and a constructive anti communist program while opponents deny seating rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Geneva
Wis
American Youth Congress
Congress
Michael Church
Detroit
Murray Plavner
New York City
Gene Tunney
Tunney-Plavner
Church
Tunney
Joseph Cadden
Cadden
pra-American
Kenneth Goff
Delavan
Wiscon
Sin Church
Goff
Plavner
Jewish Youth Organization of America
Street sewer projects awarded to Ernest Kosek and Co
The court approved street sewer projects to Ernest Kosek and Company of Cedar Rapids at 85 cents on the dollar, totaling 1,909.46 dollars. The receiver may also pay 180.22 dollars in engineering and advertising costs from the receivership’s general funds for the two jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Kosek
Central City Fair Case Taken Under Advisement
Judge J. E. Heiserman took under advisement Wednesday after noon the action of stock holders of the old Wapsie Valley Fair association to require delivery of stock shares in the new Linn County Fair Inc. of Central City. The Linn County Fair group said efforts were made to deliver under a prior settlement decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old
Wapsie Valley Fair Association
Linn County Fair, Inc
Central City
J. E. Heiserman
Linn County Fair Group
Linn County Supervisors Suspend Taxes and Approve Relief Claims
Linn County Board proceedings show suspensions of 1939 and 1938 taxes payable in 1940 and 1939 respectively for numerous properties in Marion City Cedar Rapids Township and other areas. The minutes list homestead credit references and a long roll of relief payments and clerk enumerations funded through country welfare accounts. The board adjourned sine die after sessions spanning January to March 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion City
Emmons RR
Winter and Holmes
Daniels
Lauterwasser Emma
Kline
V. Davis and
Brooks
Saks de Myhrhausen
Durhams
Clarence E
Orig Town
Maine
Stark
West
Putnam
Smrehek
Cedar Rapids
Oliver
Seevell
Beeson
Iowa
Kent
Youngs
Monroe Township
Hendrickson
Chis
Young
Olive Dd
Joe Youngs
Shervisor Stevell
Ashbaches
Carl Sr
Enhy
Madison Gertrude
Bever Park
Martha
P Grocery
Anderson Bil
Adams
Elmer
Armourance Service Co
Berry
C A
Bradley
Brown Realty Co
Butler Mamie
Boox
Bert
Sewtne
Freighe
Beranck
J. Doz
Cook
Dork
Cahill Eleanor
Sec
CR Gas Co
Seer
Chudima Coal Co
Capaducas Steve
Crawford Fred
Conway
Cady
Decorer
Cummings
Marie
Cach Glass & Paint Co
Pump & Supply Co
C_ R_ aAwo Supply Co
Douda Joseph
Diamond Bros
Dougherty
Indys
Dickey Grocery
Sol
Postal Joseph
Dill
Henry
Duttweller
H S
Drew Georse
Standard Oh Co
Spahn & Rose Shr Co
Techel
Frank
Taylor Harold
Tommy's Food Shop
Turner
Mrs Mae
Warner
Visek
Emil
Walbrand
White
Charles
Wood
Ning
Williams
W d
Wineke
Maude
Wilson Hoge Machinery Co
Pis We CO
F & N Ry Co
Cortez
Pele
Davis
Keever
Dudley
Clifford
Fuller
Clellan Glass
Robert Halstead
Wilts
Walverson
Harry Hansen
Rudolph Hanson
Joseph
Holub
Jones
Russell Peccsaae
Kannellis
James
Kruse
Orval
Lee
Charles Pew
LeVane
Howard
McCaliey
Miner
Phillips
Paul
Pollock
Worley
Robertson
Kenneth
Schmeger
Stevens
Swore
Walter
Otto
Watson
John
Sheene
Welton
Arble
Henry Ose
Wilson
Marvin Oo
Wirther
Wood Chee
Mikesell
Guy
Board of Supervisors
Elmer M. Seevell
Linn County
Robt. M. Vesely
Oxford wedding linked Cox and Schott pairs
Miss Alice Maureen Cox daughter of Mr and Mrs James D Cox of Oxford and Melvin Schott son of Mr and Mrs A A Schott of Hills wed Tuesday at St Peters church The Rev Frank Barry presided Attendants were Mary Cox and Leo Schott with Emily Cox as flower girl A wedding breakfast for 50 was held at the bride’s parents home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Alice Maureen Cox
James D. Cox
Melvin Schott
A. A. Schott
Hills
St Peter's Church
Frank Barry
Mary Cox
Leo Schott
Emily Cox
Decorah
Eli O Myron
Henry Ansten
Madison Lutheran Church
Miss Myren
Ansten
Madison Township
Ole Myren
America
Sigdal
Norway
Dyersville
Bernard Oberbroeckling
West Dyersville
Vinton
George Schlesinger
J. A. Ruhl
Schlesinger
Iowa
Cc, Es Vernon
Rotary appoints new officers at Decora club meeting
Rotary club announces new officers Paul Groszkruger vice president Al Luckritz secretary and treasurer R O Burrows Byrle Peffers directors Brief talks by Ridenour and retiring president John Burrows. Marlys Melaas and Elder Hoines wedding held June 29 at Madison Lutheran church with matron of honor bridesmaids ushers and a reception for 25. The couple planned a Pacific coast honeymoon and planned to live in Cresco after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Cresco
Milz
Funeral services for Ora W. Reams at Beatty chapel
Ora W. Reams aged resident of 1230 Archer avenue SW died at his home on Tuesday. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Friday at Beatty chapel with burial in the family lot at Shiloh cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora W. Reams
Archer Avenue
Beatty Chapel
Shiloh Cemetery
Yenry Parents 85 Cedar Rapids Resident Dies
Yenry Parents 85 of 1412 First Street NW Cedar Rapids died Wednesday at 3 15 p m in a local hospital. Born in Montreal he lived in Cedar Rapids over 60 years. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Myron Nye and Mrs T B Trimble a son Edward G Parents six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 3 30 p m at Janeba Funeral Home conducted by Rev Thomas J Hinkin. Burial in Shiloh Cemetery Family will gather at chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yenry
First Street
Montreal
Canada
Cedar Rapids
Myron Nye
T. B. Trimble
Edward G
Janeba
Thomas J. Hinkin
Shiloh Cemetery
Mrs Hattie Weaver 73 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Hattie Eliza Weaver died at home after a long illness. Born November 18 1866 in Locke New York she moved to Cedar Rapids 45 years ago from Anamosa where she married Fred D Weaver in 1888. Survived by daughters Charlotte Faaborg and Bernice Groepper Cedar Rapids a son Lewis A Weaver St Louis five grandchildren Gerald Groepper Florence Charlotte Ellery and Robert Thomas Weaver Funeral services in Turner chapel arrangements to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Eliza Weaver
Weaver
Locke
N. Y
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Fred D. Weaver
Charlotte Faaborg
Bernice Groepper
Lewis A. Weaver
St. Louis
Gerald Groepper
Florence
Charlotte
Ellery
Robert Thomas Weaver
Los Angeles
Turner Chapel
Car Collision Near Marion Leaves No Injuries
Cars driven by Fred P Cassidy 46 of Anamosa and R J Elliot 30 of Center Point collided on highway No 151 one and one half miles east of Marion Deputy Sheriffs Harlan Snyder and P J Whittemore investigated Cassidy headed east Elliot west The condition of Harry W Johns 28 06 Fruitland boulevard SW night janitor at the Paramount theater building who suffered a fractured skull and left arm when he fell from a second story window Tuesday night was reported as pure Thursday at St Luke's hospital Thirty employees of the Checker Electric company held their annual picnic Wednesday night at Hawkeye Downs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pam
Fred P. Cassidy
Anamosa
R. J. Elliot
Center Point
Marion
Harlan Snyder
P. J. Whittemore
Cassidy
Elliot
Harry W. Johnson
Fruitland Boulevard
Paramount Theater
St. Luke's Hospital
Checker Electric Company
Hawkeye Downs
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Marion News
Parks
Herb’s
Barbecue Inn
Marion Boulevard
West Eighth Avenue
Blair's Ferry Road
Donald
Jean Ann Dunt
Clara Dunt
Dunt
Don Borchers
Tommie
Beverly
Independence
Borchers
Walter Hall
Alice Gilbert
Oskaloosa
E. E Godwin
Eugene Costello
Mrs N. W. Harry
Dale Smith
Omaha
W. C. Blake
Cedar River
Ely
Art Dodd
Roscoe Markett
James Marsh
Milwaukee Service
Linn County Produce
Gordon Hatchery
James Norris of
Paralta
Mrs
J. J. Stone
Ruth Eldridge Newell
Des Moines
Harry Eldridge
Springville
Mayme Berryhill
Tenth Street
W. H Kollman
Belle Plaine
Sarah E. Kollman
Minneapolis
L. H. Kollman
Raymond Smith
Sault Ste Marie, Mich
Ray Hillman
Cleveland, O
Mary Buzza
L. M. Creglow
Bill
Theola Gordon
Cedar Rapids “Y" Drum and Bugle Corps
den No
Den
Leo Griswold
Granger's Pasture
North Tenth Street
Tipton
Bertha Hoskins
Elizabeth Snyder
Mary Snyder
Bertha Barnes
James A. Pringle
Harry Jordan
Temple City
Earl Beadle
Bonnie
Davenport
Mr. Beadle
Charles Beadle
Raymond Beadle
Scherrie
Lyndon
Russell
Lowell Beadle
Iva Stevens
Elgin
Til
Roscoe Stevens
Ralph Welday
Ralph, Jr
Burlington
Vernon Stevens
Harley W. Erwin
Irvin Scott
Bob
Jack
Carl Wallace
Alice Wallace
R. C. Ebright
Oscar Reiser
Columbus, O
Ralph Hoskins
C. R. Creglow
Dale Shadle
Ames
Hulda Johnson
Rockford, Il
Franklin Johnson
Dr. Liebe
Terry Lee
Tenth Avenue
Cedar Rapids Hospital
Fred Knapp
Ernest
Billie
Gene
Ruby
Topeka
Kane
Mrs. Knapp
J. H Stanaway
James Richard
Twelfth Street
Kenneth King
Mrs. King
Alice Carey
Donald Frakes
Mr Frakes
Patricia
Bobbie Frakes
Woolstock
Tommy
Kenny King
William A. Rousey
Mrs. Rousey
W. S. Starbuck
L.M Phelps
WH Cruikshank
Knoxville
Ote James
E. S. Hatlestad
Soil Conservation Office Force
Faribault
Minn
Mrs. Harlestad
Jesse Scott
Otto Lange
Byron Ambdenstock
Clyde Kearns
Stewart Hawk
C. L. Fernow
Fred D Ross
Veterans Hospital
W. J. Strane
Richard
Robert
Detroit, Mich
Dr. Strane
Inlaw
Howard M. Titus
J . W. Stewart
Elsie Stewart
Ed Bills
Buda, Doris and
Bernadine Gleason
Alburnett
City Hide and Fur Co
Court House News
Youth Congress
Oscar Kenny
Communist Party of the
Jack McMichael
Roosevelt
Joseph Lash
American Student Union
ASO
Finland
McMichael
United States
Playoner
College Camp
Williams Bay
Central City Fair
Linn County Board OF Supervisors
Ellenberser
John W and
Eftic
Hull
Engle A_C
Electric Motors Co
Felton Oliver J
Floyd
Floyd AM
Foley
Fisher
Fred C
Filipy Top & Body Shop
Gansch FM
Gill John W
Heasty's
Hedges Co
Harrington Lula
Hanson Dr
Huber
Heverly Howe Co
Howe and Tools
Harpers Auto Refinishing Co
Syaye F Home Oil and Gas Co
Elec Light and Power Co
Sewink
Vane
Mutual Liability Ins Co
Towa Manufacturing Co
Jasper R.L
Duckson J T
Johnson Harry S. Com
Kopecky F
Karl Herbert
Kriz Emma
Lyons & Carnahan
Larimer Howe Co
E K, Howe and Supplies
Lockhart Row
Merritt
Mikalas Elda
Malloy
Mann
Mary
McEnany
Margaret
McDonald Charles
McDonnell Hat
McDonald
Wm. Poor
McKesson & Robbins
Fe Ayes
Nezerka Jr Adolph
Napier Dale
Newmans
Nassif Sam
Norris Katherine
Nagle Mrs Lew
Bell Telephone Co
O'Connor Thelma
O'Connell
Viola
Peltier Leo P
Peslick Dr F S
Pratt Frank
Pettys Dairy
Peoples Grocery
Phillips School Service
Peterson Oscar
Polivka
Polansky Funeral Chapel
Buria Ae Leelee
Storey L J. Registrar of Vital Statistics
Tom
Ruffin Alex
Sol Relief
Row
Peterson & Co
Reed Evelyn
Rawson Theodore
Redder Wendl
Reliance Mfg Co
Second Ave
Virginia
Smith WE
Fox Bounty
Security Laboratories
Quar Drugs
Mallence van
Scott Foreman & Co
Silver Burdett Co
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Spielman
Skelly Ol Co
Socijal Welfare
Dept of
Starr Amelix
Shay
Sperman Caroline
Sims
Sanders Jacob
Stocker
Shell Petroleum Corp
Iowa News
Alan
Day. Gee
Ora Reams
City Briefs
Gazette
CIVE
the Gazette
Eee
The
Memoriam
Molly McNabb
ROA RA
Grandstand
Ball Park
Boush F
L.A. Lower
Mtn
ECE
Ewerers
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