Daily Record Weather Totals for July 26, 1939
A brief weather note reports Tuesday’s high and last night’s low from the Daily Record dated July 26, 1939.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1939
Page
2
Battle of Champions Drum Corps Night at Hill Park
A drum corps competition named Battle of Champions sponsored by Cedar Rapids Musketeers tees off an eight night event at Hill Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Musketeers
Hill Park
Births Reported At Local Hospitals
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Everette J. Silver at St. Luke’s hospital, 1430 E avenue NE, on July 26. A daughter arrived at Mercy hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Goldberry, Twenty-first avenue SW, in July. A daughter named Jannen Marie was born to Mr. and Mrs. Alber ardi, 649 Sixteenth avenue SW, at the People’s hospital in Independence on July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Everette J. Silver
E Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Chester Goldberry
Twenty-first Avenue
Mrs. Alberardi
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Jannen Marie
People’s Hospital, Independence
Local Drunkenness and Speeding Fines Reported
H. W. Evers of 844 A avenue E pled guilty to drunkenness and will serve 30 days in lieu of the $100 fine plus costs. W. P. Williamson of Des Moines aged 45 was fined $25 and costs for drunkenness in a parked car. Abe Hamed of Robins was fined $10 and costs for speeding 35 on the bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Evers
Avenue E
W. P. Williamson
Des Moines
Abe Hamed
Robins
Local Obituaries Report Three Deaths This Week
Mrs. Walter Hogan aged 23 of 621 Second street SW died at 3 15 p m Tuesday in a local hospital. Helen Louise Condon aged 29 wife of C L Condon died at University hospital in Iowa City at 9 p m Tuesday. Mary Pat Schmitt aged 6 daughter of Mr and Mrs Anton L Schmitt of 2319 C avenue NE died early Monday at Pine River Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hogan
Second Street
Helen Louise Condon
C. L. Condon
University Hospital
Iowa City
Mary Pat Schmitt
Anton L. Schmitt
C Avenue
Pine River
Minn
Compes and Pachta Marriages and Custody Rulings
Orvalle C Comp and June I Comp cited by Judge C J Haas on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds with June I Benham name restoration. Lillian Pachta listed by Leon Pachta through Judge Haas with marriage in Morrison Illinois on March 15 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orvalle C. Comp
June I
C. J. Haas
June I. Benham
Cedar Rapids
Lillian Pachta
Leon Pachta
Mara
Morrison
Ill
Swanson and Warder Connected in Chicago Relation
Oscar William Swanson and Edith E Warder of Chicago are noted in a formal record, indicating a personal or civic connection between the two residents of Illinois’ largest city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar William Swanson
Edith E.warder
Chicago
Action Delayed on U S Japan Trade Abrogation Plan
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee postponed action on a resolution to record the United States Senate in favor of abrogating the U S Japan commercial treaty. The delay followed a request for more study of the Far Eastern situation, despite unofficial polls showing majority support.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Boy Scout survives nine days lost in Alaskan wilderness
A boy, after losing his father and straying from a trail, wandered for nine days in a tan gle of underbrush near Wassataquoik. He wore a burlap sack as clothing, found shelter in an abandoned hut, failed to make fire, and endured rain while following a telephone line to reach aid. He kept courage and finally reached safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMearns
Wassataquoik
McMearn
Convicts From Fort Madison Try To Steal State Hospital Car
Two prisoners from Fort Madison penitentiary Louis Fink of Des Moines and Ole Thorsland of Humboldt working at the state hospital were turned over to Buchanan county sheriff A W Hammelman after an attempted car theft. They took a hospital employee’s car, crashed it in a ditch, returned to quarters, and were reported by a patient. Guards from the penitentiary collected them late Tuesday.
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Independence
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Louis Fink
Des Moines
Ole Thorsland
Humboldt
State Hospital
Buchanan County
A. W. Hammelman
More Gifts Bring Health Camp Fund Closer To Goal
The Camp Good Health Fund near its $3,000 goal with only 24 dollars left to cover this season’s expenses. Operated by the Public Health Nursing association the Cedar Rapids camp helps physically handicapped poor children and relies entirely on donations acknowledged in The Gazette. Support via donations to The Camp Good Health Fund The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Camp Good Health Fund
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Camp Good Health Eee
the Gazette
Owa
Fractured Arm For Frank Fisher After Runaway Team
Frank Fisher of West Liberty was treated at St. Luke's hospital for a fractured right arm after being caught between a runaway team and a fence post. He was released from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett F. Beranak
Fairfax
St. Luke’s Hospital
Frank Fisher
West Liberty
Sheriff outlines sheriff duties to Kiwanis at Montrose
Sheriff James H. Smith spoke at the Kiwanis Club noon gathering in Hotel Montrose. He traced the office’s growth from the shire reeve in the tenth century and outlined three core activities highway safety work civil duties and criminal enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Smith
Kiwanis Club
Montrose
Smith
Sheriffs Office
Landscape Architect Sapp Meets City Manager on Parker's Woods Park
Floyd W. Sapp of 1529 Avenue NE conferred with Mason City City Manager Herbert T. Barclay on developing Parker's Woods tract into a small city park. Sapp has completed plans for a new water tower and fire sub-station grounds and prepared preliminary park plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd W. Sapp
1529
Avenue NE
Mason City
Herbert T. Barclay
Parker’s Woods Tract
Mr. Sapp
Doctor's Son Charged in Stepmother's Slaying
George W. Gore Jr., 32, son of a noted surgeon, was charged with murder in the death of his stepmother Nancy Gore, 45, shot at her Benton home early Sunday. A warrant by Justice George B. Shaw at the request of State's Attorney J. Ray Jones awaits grand jury action.
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Benton, Ill
George W. Gore, Jr
Nancy Gore
Justice of the Peace
George B. Shaw
J. Ray Jones
Ed Powell
Gore
Mystery of Lost Colony Stones Said Authentic
The Pearce inquiry reports new grave markers near Greenville South Carolina and Chowan river North Carolina implying a 1589 to 1591 Plymouth era settlement where 17 colonists were killed and survivors moved south. Geologists and Elizabethan language experts deem the stones authentic, challenging accepted history.
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Ginia
Pearces
Mrs. Dare
Chowan River
North Carolina
Roanoke Island
Dare
South Carolina
Saluda River
Greenville
Pearce
Heyr
City Truck Drivers Revise Proposal For Council Meeting
Union leaders Earl Stark Frank Frisby and G K Strausser said they would present a revised plan to the city council. The proposal preserves current wages 30 a week for small trucks 32 50 for maintenance trucks and a 72 cents hourly part time rate. Drivers would keep a 44 hour week and may work Saturday afternoons in emergencies without extra pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stark
Hunt For Missing Boy Continues In Forest Search
More than 400 men scoured Paul Bunyan State Forest near LaPorte Minnesota for 6 year old Russell Jensen of Albert Lea. The child vanished Monday and fears grew he could not have endured a second night exposed to deerflies and mosquitoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Minn
Paul Bunyan State Forest
Russell Jensen
Albert Lea
LaPorte City Woman Finds Her Husband Has Chicago Wife
Christian Hansen 44 faced a grand jury true bill charging bigamy after a Chicago wife case surfaced. Alma Hansen 42 testified of a 1925 Waterloo marriage and a May 21 1938 La Porte City union with Miss Carol Ashley 30 who described Hansen as travel for “business” in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Christian Hansen
Grand
Alma Hansen
John T. Zuris
Hansen
Carol Ashley
la Porte City
Hope
Barbara
Louise
Miss Ashley
LeRoy Ashley
Waterloo
Iowa
Court News Identifies Second Youth in Poultry Theft Case
County Attorney G K Thompson prepared to name Charles Kemme 17 of 915 Nineteenth Street NW as defendant alongside Ben Kremenak 18 of 2001 Avenue NW in a poultry theft charge. Kremenak admitted stealing five New Hampshire Red chickens last week while employed by Edna Duncan near E Avenue and Nineteenth Street NW but later returned them. Kemme was picked up Tuesday evening. the older youth stated he handed Kemme the birds over a fence after putting them in a sack. Arraignment is planned for Thursday.
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G. K. Thompson
Charles Kemme
Nineteenth Street NW
Ben Kremenak
Avenue NW
Kremenak
Jim Smith
P. J. Whittemore
New Hampshire
Edna Duncan
E Avenue
Kemme
Whittemore
Nolan wins contract suit over well at Cedar Rapids store
Judge J E Heiserman confirmed a jury award of 1319.61 to Charles D Nolan, well driller, against Armstrong Clothing Co in Cedar Rapids. Nolan sought 1517.25 alleging balance for drilling a well for an air conditioning system while Armstrong argued water temperature not to exceed 56 degrees was required by the contract. The temperature issue was a major trial point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Heiserman
Charles D. Nolan
Armstrong Clothing Company
Nolan
Armstrong
Cedar Rapids
Johnson county officials study Linn county relief program
Johnson county supervisors engineer and relief director visited Linn county to review its work relief setup. They learned Linn county pays family heads six to nine dollars sixty cents weekly, based on family size, for part of their support. Attending were Frank J. Krall Dan J. Peters Earl Webster Frances G. Wilson and R. H. Justen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Linn County
Linn Board Room
Johnson Board
Frank J. Krall
Iowa City
Dan J. Peters
Earl Webster
Parnell
Frances G. Wilson
R. H. Justen
Judge Rules Against O'Brien Motion to End Injunction
Judge J E Heiserman overruled George OBrien motion to dissolve a temporary injunction in Oneida Ltd suit with Silver Corporation. Filed May 25 and submitted June 29. Injunction bars offer or sale of two silver plate brands below prices in a retail schedule under contract with authorized dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George O. O’brien
The
Silver Corporation
Oneida, Ltd
J. E. Heiserman
Iowa Native Named Kellogg Co. Manager
W. H. Van derloeg, 51, a native of Pella Iowa, was elected executive vice president and general manager of Kellogg Company, a major breakfast foods firm with about $31,000,000 in annual sales. He attended school in a small town.
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Chicago
W. H. Vanderloeg
Pella
Esday
Kellogg Company
Labor Board Orders Election at Armour plant
The national labor relations board ordered an election within 15 days among Armour and Company maintenance and production workers at Chicago plants to decide if they want representation by the Packing House Workers Organizing Committee CIO. Board member Edwin S. Smith dissented, citing policy opposition to the precedent.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Armour and Company Auxiliary Packing
Chicago
Packing House Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Denver
Oklahoma City
Edwin S. Smith
Smith
NLRB Hearing on Williams and Hunting Strike
A National Labor Relations Board hearing continued Wednesday at the federal building to settle a 25 day old strike at Williams and Hunting. Union and non union workers and the employer testified as talks aim to avert a trial. no side expected a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams and Hunting Company
National Labor Relations Board
Federal
Herbert Vogt
Vogt
Owen N. Elliott
Oscar McCollister
A. F. of L
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
McCollister
W. Paul Engel
Engel
Thirty two grocers pledge Sunday closing in Cedar Rapids
Thirty two grocers in Cedar Rapids northwest section signed an agreement to close stores all day Sunday. A committee led by Truman W. Durr T. J. Shaheen and M. Mason drafted the petition as a substitute for the earlier Tuesday closing plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Truman W. Durr
Durr
E Avenue NW
T. J. Shaheen
Ellis Boulevard
M. Mason
Mason Food Market
Shaheen
American farmers photographed around Olson body in Italy
Milan by way of UP reports Mussolini's newspaper published a photo of smiling American farmers squatting around Ray Olson's dead body with rifles draped over it. The caption mocks Roosevelt era U S civilization and notes editors avoided printing the image due to taste concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Popolo d'Italia
Ray Olson
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Judges Named for Cedar Rapids Drum Corps Battle
Judges for the Battle of Champions drum corps contest at Hill Park were announced. Cedar Rapids officials include Capt. W. F. Dvorak Lieuts C. K. Smith John M. Leiffen Maj. J. F. Currell Ted Drew and Bill Moore. Eight groups compete with Musketeers Cavaliers among A class entries. Proceeds fund the Musketeers trip to Boston V F W nationals August 27 through September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Park
Cedar Rapids Musketeers Corps
W. F. Dvorak
C. K. Smith
John M. Leiffen
J. F. Currell
Ted Drew
Cedar Rapids
Fred L. Civek
John Connors
Des Moines
Bill Moore
Newton
CIO Invades Building Trades in New Labor Move
CIO leader John L. Lewis announced plans to organize a United Construction Workers Organizing Committee targeting 3,000,000 wage earners in the industry. The team includes A. D. Lewis and CIO leaders Philip Murray James B. Carey R. J. Thomas and Sherman Dalrymple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
AFL
A. D. Lewis
United Construction Workers Organizing Committee
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organization
James B. Carey
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union
R. J. Thomas
United Auto Workers Union
Sherman Dalrymple
United Rubber Workers Union
Senate approves bill for new judgeships nationwide
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill authorizing President Roosevelt to appoint two additional circuit judges and six district judges. The six new circuit judges would serve the Sixth and Eighth circuits spanning Ohio Michigan Kentucky Tennessee and Minnesota Iowa Missouri Arkansas Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Sixth Circuit
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Eighth Circuit
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
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