Local notices and incidents from city pages
Donald Lloyd 23 of 825 Sixth street SE fined 50 dollars and costs for reckless driving with 25 dollars suspended on good behavior. C M Conner of Fairfax fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding 45. St Luke’s Hospital reports Ezra and Mrs Wernet London welcomed a son on July 22. Mercy Hospital reports Wayne Young Marion welcomed a son on July 23 at 6:48 am. A fire at E Cohn and Sons 900 L Street SW at 6:48 am caused by spontaneous combustion triggered a general alarm. Mrs William Schiotterback 63 Atkins died in a local hospital at 3:55 am Wednesday.
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Donald Lloyd
Sixth Street SE
C. M Conner
Fairfax
St. Luke's Hospital
Ezra Wernet
London
Mercy Hospital
Wayne Young
Marion
E Cohn and Sons
L Street
William Schiotterback
Atkins
H. R. Churchill
Cedar Rapids residents fined for license and traffic summons
Mary Ellen Stewart and David Thrapt David of Cedar Rapids along with Jeanne Morgan and Woodrow Morrison of Cedar Rapids faced fines of 5 dollars plus costs for traffic violations including no driver's license, in proceedings before Justice H. R. Churchill.
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Mary Ellen Stewart
David Thrapt David
Cedar Rapids
Jeanne Morgan
Woodrow Morrison
Kiwanis Grandfathers Race At Ellis Pool Draws Crowd
Kiwanis club members hosted a luncheon at Ellis Park pool and staged a novelty grandfathers race. Dick Carne won the 25 yard swim in 25.3 seconds with Henry Kling as his handicap challenger as 60 spectators cheered.
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Kiwanis Club
Ellis Park
Henry Kling
Dick Carne
Carne
Kling
William Culver
City Playground Commission
Nevin Nichols
Playground
Clifford Morrison
Ray Yeakle
Bill Wahl
Bill Foushee
Marcia Kopecky
John Stark
Junior Mikas
Frank Howland
George Elliott
Stark
Landlords Of Iowa Building Offer To Supply More Space
Des Moines officials heard a proposal from the Iowa Building to provide 9,050 additional square feet of space at an annual cost of about 6,787, substantially less than the 8,100 paid for current Valley Bank room. The offer aims to house emergency relief alongside other social welfare agencies.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Board of Social Welfare
State Executive Council
Iowa Building Corporation
Valley Bank
George A. Wilson
Legisaltors
Ecuador and Peru resume fighting along frontier
Semi official sources said fighting resumed along Ecuador's southern frontier with Peru from about 2 am Wednesday. Reports described air clashes and shelling near the border.
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Ecuador
Peru
Guayaquil
Japan Eyes Indochina Move Amid Censorship Push
Reports cite Tokyo’s July 14 censorship tightening and signs of a planned push toward French Indochina. Dispatches describe massed Japanese forces near Hainan and north China rail movements, with analysts noting Indo-China conquest could pave the way to Singapore and a food stock buffer, affecting U.S. Pacific strategy.
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France
Vichy
Japan
Indo-China
Charles de
Hainan
South China
Pearl River
Peiping
China
Manchukuo
Chinwangtao
Washington
Indo- China
Tokio
Singapore
United States
Pacific
Death notices of Martha Schlotterback and Conrad Hangartner
Martha Schlotterback widow of William Schlotterback of Atkins died at a royal hospital after a long illness. Born July 21 1878 in Germany she came to America 41 years ago and lived near Atkins. She married William in 1902 in Benton county. Survived by three daughters four sons two brothers and three sisters. Funeral arrangements pending. Also noted is the death of Mrs Conrad Hangartner of Postville mother of Ruth Hangartner. Born April 26 1876 in Clayton county she married Conrad Hangartner in 1892 and ten children survive. Funeral and burial were in Postville.
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Martha Schlotterback
William Schlotterback
Atkins
Roval
Germany
America
Benton County
Fred Gardeman
John Gardeman
Charles Gardeman
W. F Schlotterback
John Schlotterback
Vinton
Henry Schlotterback
Shellsburg
Carl Schlotterback
Chicago
Emil
Gustaf Koenig
Tena Martins
Augusta Schulze
Edith Wolf
Schlotterback
Lutheran Church
Turner Chapel
Conrad W Hangartner
Ruth Hangartner
Park Avenue
Postville
Julia Etta Helen Segrist
Clayton County
Conrad Hangartner
Death notices of Loyd Stroup and Alma Middleton in Cedar Rapids
Loyd John Stroup 10 months old son of Eldon and Mrs. Stroup of Kansas City died after a 10 day illness in a Kansas City hospital He was born Sept 19 1940 in Cedar Rapids His family mourns including grandparents Mr and Mrs Chris Werner Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs Stroup Mont evideo Minnesota The body will reach Cedar Rapids Wednesday evening and be taken to Brady mortuary Funeral arrangements pending Alma Middleton mother of Mrs Charles W Musker of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday in Bristol Indiana She had lived in Cedar Rapids prior to 1940.
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Loyd John Stroup
Eldon Stroup
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
Chris Werner
Stroup
Montevideo
Minn
Brady Mortuary
Alma Middleton
Charles W Musker
Bristol
Ind
Musker
Funeral services for Frank Walker in Turner chapel
Funeral services for Frank Walker of Walker will be held at 9 am Thursday in Turner chapel conducted by Rev. Vernon Jones. Burial follows at Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Frank Walker
Walker
Turner Chapel
Vernon Jones
Oak Hill Cemetery
U S Plans Rigorous Two Year Training Program
Washington AP reports the army plans a two year training program for 1,500,000 troops to prep for emergency duty anywhere. It covers regulars selectees guards and reservists, aiming to create a highly trained coordinated strike force to repel axis aggression. War games and large maneuvers to begin next winter culminating in summer 1943.
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Washington
Army
Roosevelt
Congress
United Press
Americas
Louisiana
U S
Nazi-Soviet War Sees Encirclement Efforts Around Leningrad
In the Leningrad region German forces press encircling maneuvers around the city while avoiding a direct assault on fortifications. Nazi high command offers vague updates claiming Russian forces pursued and encirclement of more units continued. London remains cautiously optimistic that the second German push into Russia is losing momentum after two weeks.
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Leningrad
London
Russia
French Indo China forces and mobilization figures cited
Reports estimate Knox lists about 25 000 French troops in Indo Chinese units with 20 000 natives, plus potential mobilization of 50 000. Diplomats expect Japan may hold Siberia in place given Russia's forces. Finance ministry assets and income plans target by July 31 with quarterly filings. Agents visited foreign news offices seeking asset lists and any funds sent abroad sources of income.
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Japan
Siberia
Russia
Finance Ministry
US accused of blocking Japanese ship transit through Panama Canal
Domei quoted sources alleging the United States deliberately discriminates against Japan by denying passage for Japanese ships through the Panama Canal to keep crews from observing ongoing repairs. The report says the State Department takes a vague stance and Japan cannot find grounds for a formal protest as foreigners in Japan are ordered to list their details.
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YOKIO
Domei
United States
Japan
Panama Canal
American State Department
Hearing on Newspaper Ownership Of Radio Stations Opens
FCC hearings began in Washington on newspaper ownership of radio outlets. Chairman James Lawrence Fry stated no conclusions would be drawn until all evidence is reviewed. He opened the session with a brief statement.
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FCC
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
James Lawrence Fry
Commission
FCC weighs rules power as newspaper inquiry debated
The commission considers whether evidence justifies new regulations or requires legislative input. Fry also announced the denial of the American Newspaper Publishers Association petition to dismiss the hearing, arguing the commission cannot conduct a broad inquiry into the newspaper publishing business.
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FCC
Congress
Fry
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Willkie Speaks On National Unity At Hollywood Rally
Wendell L. Willkie appears in Hollywood Bowl for a National Unity committee rally broadcast by NBC at 10 p.m. Iowa time. He tours Vultee Aircraft plant and urges workers to outproduce for freedom, warns Germans threaten labor rights, and calls for nonpartisan action.
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Los Angeles
Wendell L. Willkie
National Unity
Hollywood Bowl
National Unity Committee
Iow
NBC
Vultee
Willkie
Hitler
Germany
United China Relief Committee
America
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
Bible Now Sold For Ten Cents, Reports Indicate
A historical note records the Bible being sold for as little as ten cents, signaling a significant drop in price. The report highlights affordable access to religious texts amid economic concerns.
Axis Officials Reach Lisbon
In Lisbon Portugal Axis officials and hundreds of Germans were held after crossing into neutral Portugal. Italian diplomats were expelled and released after American consular workers and families moved through the frontier. German colleagues remained detained while trains carried the consular party to safety.
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Lisbon
Portugal
United States
West Point
Germany
Italy
Belgian farmers urged to guard crops against incendiary tablets
Belgian agriculture department warns farmers to keep spades and fire-fighting tools ready to defend crops and sheds from incendiary tablets dropped by British night raiders.
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Brussels
Occupied
Belgium
Agriculture Department
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