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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1940
Page
5
Bernice Hopper from the Community Nutrition Service urges homemade jelly as cost effective and flavorful. The article outlines fruit selection for pectin and acid, water use, straining methods, sugar ratios, and when to add lemon juice, plus notes on timing, testing, sterilizing jars, and a warning about storage flavor loss and crystallization.
John T. Malbrue, 29, a Cedar Rapids man, was arrested by Highway Patrolman James Gildroy after his westbound car narrowly passed a patrol car on No. 30 near Memorial drive. Malbrue, who admitted having beer, was booked on reckless driving and released to his employer, with a Tuesday reporting order.
The will of John Livermore who died June 1 was probated Friday with wife Rena Livermore named life be estate legatee and executrix. Children are residuary legatees. The 1936 will was dated May 7. Also probated Friday was the will of Ratie Newlin who died February 23 with daughter Addie May Ingram and grandchildren Josephine May Ingram Jack Wayne Newlin Patricia Ann Newlin and daughter-in-law Wanda Newlin named as beneficiaries. The 1938 will is dated October 10.
Two Gary Indiana youths, John David Hill 15 and Robert Furry 16, were returned to their parents after the Linn county juvenile court withheld commitments to Eldora training school and placed them on probation. They were picked up July 1 in Marion railroad yards by detective Jack Monahan who seized a gun and a blackjack they admitted carrying for protection on their claimed trek to California.
M V Red Hutchinson 30 of Cedar Rapids pleads not guilty before Judge H C Ring to rape alleging an attack on a 23 year old Cedar Rapids woman early July 2. He fails to post 5000 bond and is jailed awaiting trial. Police say they made the arrest.
Eugene Hines aged 56 of Eldon suffered a slight paralytic stroke while driving on highway 149 near Cedar Rapids and was taken to his home Thursday by Eldon residents after receiving care at Linn county jail. Pearl Sheaver cites Michael Sheaver in a divorce suit on cruel treatment seeking property awards and a temporary injunction. The couple married in Cedar Rapids December 6, 1933. Judge C J Haas returned a default judgment of 195.24 in a note action by M R McCoy vs D F Jones on Friday.
Emma G Sufficool a 16 year veteran of the Iowa State School for the Blind in Vinton died Thursday at a local hospital after months of illness. She resided at 1557 B avenue NE Cedar Rapids born on a Buchanan county farm came to Cedar Rapids in 1891 and to Vinton in 1923. Funeral services are set for Saturday in Turner chapel at 11 am and Hazleton at 2 pm conducted by Rev James H Blackstone Jr burial in Hazleton cemetery. She leaves two sisters Mrs Charlotte M Kinch and Mrs Sarah F Heskett three nephews and a niece. She belonged to Westminster Presbyterian Church the D A R and Cedar Rapids Woman's Club.
Mrs Genevieve Mefferd Hensch 33 wife of Walter A Hensch of Cedar Rapids died at 9 45 a m Thursday after a long illness Born October 8 1906 in Cedar Rapids she is survived by her husband her mother Mrs Ida Mefferd three children Dolores Ida Mae and Walter Jr five sisters and three brothers Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday at Beatty chapel with burial in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the chapel after 2 p m Friday
Gene Tunney rushed to Williams Bay to aid a pro American youth group protesting communist influence in the American Youth Congress. Murray Plavner announced a new youth movement seeking Tunney’s sponsorship to counter the AYC’s alleged communist backing, while Eleanor Roosevelt supported the AYC.
British action to preserve Atlantic control by taking on the French fleet was believed to strengthen the United States position in the Pacific. Official Washington sources saw less threat to the eastern seaboard, allowing continued focus on Pacific operations from Hawaiian bases.
Two Cedar Rapids high school art students won prizes and six received honorable mention in the American Youth Forum competition. Three siblings from the Pugsley family earned prizes and honors, with Mary and Tom Pugsley taking $5 prizes and Joe Pugsley an honorable mention. All are McKinley senior high students living with their mother at 618 Eighteenth Street SE. Four other McKinley students also received honorable mentions: Georgeanne Dunshee, Jean Hedberg, Donald J Hunter, and Kathleen Irwin, with listed parental addresses provided.
The event at 610 Fifth Street SE awarded top honors to Ben Quintana of Santa Fe, with Edward Kloubec of Woodrow Wilson High School as a notable honorable mention. Mary Pugsley and Tom Pugsley contributed murals to McKainley school, with Mary painting Art Through the Fine Arts and Tom collaborating on The Spirit of Music for the music room.
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