Births Reported in Mercy and St Luke's Hospitals
Mercy hospital records show a son for Mr and Mrs Donald Lyness Ryan born July 18. St Luke's hospital notes a daughter for Mr and Mrs Clarence Wieben Toledo born July 18. A son for Mr and Mrs Homer Mann 1517 Ellis Boulevard NW born July 19 at home. Mr and Mrs William Clark Central City welcomed son William Allen born July 17 at University hospital Town City. Mrs Clark formerly Hazel Kitts of Cedar Rapids.
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Mercy Hospital
Donald Lyness
Ryan
St. Luke's Hospital
Clarence Wieben
Toledo
Homer
Mann
Ellis Boulevard
William Clark
Central City
William Allen
University Hospital
Town City
Clark
Hazel Kitts
Cedar Rapids
Local Docket: Multiple Fines For Traffic Infractions In City
Marion Evans aged 28 from Los Angeles was fined 25 dollars and costs for intoxication. Paul Bowser of 1618 Fiftieth Street NE was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding 44 and held for highway patrol for no driver's license. Mary Ann Kubicek of 105 Twenty Seventh Street Drive SE faced a 1 dollar fine and costs for running a stop sign with the suspension of the fine on payment of costs and surrender of a driver's license for one week.
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Marion Evans
Los Angeles
Paul Bowser
Fiftieth Street
Mary Ann Kubicek
Twenty-seventh Street Drive
Local court fines and jail for license violations
Ernest Huffman of Mount Vernon Avenue and Forty-third Street SE received a three day jail sentence for driving without a license. Paul Bowser of 1618 Fiftieth Street NE was fined 10 dollars plus costs for driving without a license in Justice H R Churchill's court.
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Ernest Huffman
Mount Vernon Avenue
Forty-third Street
Paul Bowser
1618
Fiftieth Street
H. R. Churchill
Two Local Aged Women Die At Home This Week
Mrs. Mary Swab aged 85 died at her daughter Mrs. John W. Eller home at 945 p.m. Thursday. Mrs. Katerina Racer aged 75 died at her home at 1 30 a.m. Friday.
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Mary Swab
John W. Eller
Seventeenth Street
Katerina Racer
Second Street
Fire damages tarpaulin at Granby building rear
At 10 50 p m Thursday a cigarette stub lit tarpaulin at the rear of the Granby building 224 Second street SE causing slight damage. General alarm was sounded.
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Granby Building
Second Street SE
Crossett, Cedar Rapids couples noted
The notice lists Lester Nickless of Crossett Arkansas and Elizabeth Hayes Jackson of Cedar Rapids as well as Verne Barclay of Des Moines and Berniece Hoffman of Independence.
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Lester Nickless
Crossett, Ark
Elizabeth Hayes Jackson
Cedar Rapids
W. Verne Barclay
Des Moines
Berniece M. Hoffman
Independence
Manhattan Passengers Describe European Flight and Evacuation
The Manhattan docked in New York with 799 passengers many Americans who fled chaotic German held France toward Spain. They recounted losses and bombardments including Therese Bonney describing bombardments and refugees in peril. Socialite Peter Upton Muir was arrested on arrival amid desertion allegations connected to his ambulance service work.
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New York
INS
United States
Manhattan
France
Spain
Peter Upton Muir
Muir
Victoria de Montglat
Europe
Bordeaux
Therese Bonney
Anne Morgan
Not Their Business in Kansas City Paperhanger Fiasco
James Minks and son in law Louis Flinkin found the paperhanger had left his tools. They finished the job with paste brushes and paper but pasted it upside down. Minks quips the children can fix it with crayons.
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Kansas City, Kan
James Minks
Louis Flinkin
Minks
Flinkin
British and Italian naval actions amid Atlantic clashes
London AP reports two British merchant ships sunk near the West Indies by a German raider. The Australian cruiser Sydney sank the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni northwest of Crete, while a British destroyer saved 250 of 500 crewmen.
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London
West Indies
Atlantic
Admiralty
Sydney Friday
Bartolomeo Colleoni
Crete
Sydney
Straits of Dover
Gov Wilson Greets GOP Convention In Iowa
Gov George A Wilson of Iowa opened the state GOP judicial convention in Burlington and extended Wendell Willkie's greetings. He said Willkie seeks farm belt input for his acceptance speech and plans a Des Moines farm leaders conference around Aug 5. Iowa aims to stay Republican in November. no comment on Wallace VP nomination. District caucuses and balloting for three supreme court candidates continued Friday.
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Burlington
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Wendell L. Willkie
G.O.P
Supreme Court
Wilson
Colorado
Willkie
Towans
Corn Belt
Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace Selection Arouses Delegates at Democratic Convention
Delegates clashed over Wallace on the first ballot as Bankhead McNutt and others led anti Wallace efforts. Wild demonstrations and boos greeted Wallace while McNutt and O Mahaney supporters urged party unity. Eleanor Roosevelt appealed for harmony, while Roosevelt himself signaled support for Wallace as the ticket firmed up.
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Georgia
Louisiana
Virginia
Texas
Bankhead
Idaho
Oklahoma
Philippine Islands
McNutt
Indiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Ohio
Sen
David T Walsh
Brown
The
Land
Eleanor Roosevelt
Democratic rebels vow to fight third term at campaign
In Chicago the bitter end anti third term faction at the Democratic convention planned to carry the fight into the campaign and predicted millions of Democrats will refuse to vote or switch to the Republican side.
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Chicago
INS
Drunken Driver Leads Marion Chase Causes Wrecks
A pursuit ended when a sedan led police through Thomas Park into ditches near First Avenue and Twenty eighth Street E. Miss Upton, initially using a Cedar Rapids address then Los Angeles, was arrested after a tussle with Patrolman Jacobs. A whiskey bottle was discarded, and a John Doe warrant was issued for the unidentified male driver on reckless driving with possible resisting an officer and drunk driving charges depending on arrest results.
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Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Marion Evans
G. E. Allen
B Avenue NE
Allen
Jacobs
Thomas Park
Marion
First Avenue
Twenty Eighth Street
Miss Upton
Gene Miller
John Doe
Oelwein Diving Victim In Critical Condition
Armand Gazzo, 18, Des Moines, suffered a broken neck diving from a low board at an Oelwein swimming pool. He remained in critical condition at University hospital Friday after the incident during a Thursday visit to Oelwein.
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Iowa City
Armand Gazzo
Des Moines
Oelwein
University Hospital
British air strength praised by veteran speaker
Capt Donald Donaldson, WW2 veteran and roving journalist, told High Twelve at the Roosevelt hotel that the Royal Air Force is at peak strength and a match for German raiders. He warned against appeasement and urged America to defend its heritage.
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Royal Air Force
Donald Donaldson
Black Watch
High Twelve Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Donaldson
Dunkerque
America
Hitler decries Versailles and defends war aims in Danzig speech
Hitler calls the Versailles settlement the root of the conflict and demands its revision to end German disarmament. He cites Mussolini’s September peace, recounts efforts to restore peace since October, and blames Allies for rejecting it. He praises German infantry and tank prowess and criticizes Britain for seeking to divide Germany and Russia.
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Treaty of Versailles
Germany
Mussolini
Hitler
Danzig
Norway
Denmark
Low Countries
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Belgium
Holland
Britain
Russia
July Reflections in New York by Mrs Roosevelt
July diary notes from New York City reveal Mrs Roosevelt enjoying pleasant weather, family meals at Norris Park Point inn, and a calm sunset over the Catskills. She discusses campaign remarks by Senator Barkley, urges careful voting despite party lines, and emphasizes freedom, peace, and national resilience.
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New York City
J. R. Roosevelt
Norris Park Point Inn
Catskill Mountains
Senator Barkley
Pact of friendship to continue undisturbed says leader
The speaker asserts a firm, final pact of friendship and notes Anglo French intervention plans in the Russo Finnish war reaching him in March. He claims British minelayers triggered a German coup in Norwegian waters and says landing plans were halted April 5 8. He praises German soldiers for bold leadership and denounces Britain’s improvised force.
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Norway
Norwegian
Hitler
Vacancies in Air Corps Filled. Army Seeks Infantrymen
Chanute Field Illinois reports all air corps vacancies filled. Cedar Rapids recruiting officer Lieut Col A C Chesledon says most youths favor air corps, while the army pushes infantry enlistments. Twentieth Infantry at Fort Warren Wyoming offers a $150,000 gym and theater. The unit trains at Camp Ripley Minnesota for Fourth Army maneuvers amid local ranches parks and hunting areas.
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Army Air Corps
Chanute Field
Ilinois
Cedar Rapids
A C. Chesledon
Des Moines
Iowa
Air Corps
Sergt
William Geisendorfer
Army
Twentieth Infantry
Fort Warren
Wyo
Indiana
Camp Ripley
Minn
False Fire Alarm Draws Seward Crowd
Seward Nebraska residents ignored a traffic ordinance as they chased a fire truck in a staged alarm. Firefighters staged the call to lure the crowd, more than 300 people came, and about 100 received tickets for violating the law.
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Seward, Neb
U S To Train Bomber Crews At Ellington Field
The air corps plans to open a multi engine bomber crew school at Ellington field near Houston on March 15. The program supports 7 000 pilots and 3 600 bombardiers and navigators annually with a $1 687 800 appropriation for hangars barracks and the school capacity for 455 students plus 200 officers and 1 279 enlisted men. Bombardiers will undergo ten weeks of training.
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Washington
Air Corps
Army
Ellington Field
Houston
Tex
Hitler orders release of Belgian POWs except officers
Berlin reports Hitler decreed release of all Belgian prisoners of war except officers and NCOs. Belgians begin transport home as facilities allow. The decree bars return to occupied Belgium for members of the refugee Belgian government led by Premier Hubert Pierlot and blocks former public office holders from resuming duties without German permission.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Belgium
Hubert Pierlot
Germany
To Exhibit Dolls At Arthur Playground
Mrs. Edith Sheetz leads Arthur playground Community night with a history talk and a doll collection exhibit at 7 p.m. Prizes in the playground doll house show and parade Thursday award oldest doll Betty Lou Neidl funniest Barbara Kurtz prettiest Carol Jean Feiden cutest Joan Doran and doll traveled longest distance Nancy Fieden.
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Edith Sheetz
Arthur Playground
Betty Lou Neidl
Barbara Kurtz
Carol Jean Feiden
Joan Doran
Nancy Fieden
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