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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1941

Page

18

Iowa Drownings for Year Reach Seventy-Two

Two weekend drownings pushed Iowa's 1941 toll to 72, more than double last year's count on the same date. Victims were Cleo Gates 11 from Centerville and Jimmy Golden 12 of Hamburg. Cleo drowned in Raven pond near Centerville. Jimmy in a drainage ditch near Sidney.

Des Moines Iowa Cleo Gates Centerville Jimmy Golden Basil Golden Hamburg Cleo Floyd Gates Raven Pond Jimmy Sidney Alfred Bobbitt

Hurley Not Speaking For Church Beckman Says

Archbishop Francis Beckman of Dubuque told CBS that no man speaks for the Catholic church except the Holy Father. He criticized secular and Catholic press for misinterpreting clerics abroad and said most Americans oppose entering the war. He addressed Bishop Hurley of St. Augustine who urged Roosevelt to decide U.S. entry.

Chicago Francis J. L. Beckman Dubuque CBS Joseph P. Hurley St. Augustine Fla Roosevelt United States

Dr Arild Hansen To Direct Baby Contest

Dr Arild E Hansen of Minneapolis will direct the statewide baby health contest at the Iowa state fair this year. Mrs S E Lincoln the contest superintendent announced Monday. About 40 Iowa physicians and specialists will assist, including Ira Heald Oskaloosa Harold M Skeels Iowa City Thomas F Fance Ames H E Farnsworth Storm Lake J F Gerken Waterloo Preston Gibson Davenport Ben Hamilton Jefferson A F Harrington Cedar Rapids R O Hughes Ottumwa Jacob N Lande Sioux City R H McBride Sioux City E S Magee Waterloo Don Thatcher Fort Dodge J R Thornell Council Bluffs C A Waterbury Waterloo Morgan Foster Cedar Rapids James Dunn Davenport

Des Moines Arild E. Hansen Minneapolis

16 Iowa coal producers charged under the coal act

Hearings in Oskaloosa and Des Moines for 16 Iowa coal producers accused of coal act violations were scheduled Monday by the interior department's bituminous coal division. Complaints allege selling below minimum prices, unlawful discounts, omitting transportation charges from delivered prices, and failing to keep proper sales records. Trial Examiner W A Shipman will oversee.

Washington INS Oskaloosa Des Moines Iowa Department of Interior W. A. Shipman

Iowa City News Briefs Highlights From Local Scene

Phi Delta Kappa luncheon features Prof George Baxter Smith who will become dean at the University of Kansas. Rev Martin Diamond named Army chaplain. he previously served at Mercy and University hospitals. United Service Organization drive totals 1 945.35 dollars, short of the 3 000 quota. Rev John Dalton granted one year leave to serve as Army chaplain at Camp Grant Illinois. County Attorney Baldwin's successor to be appointed this week. Walter Jennings of Greenwood Indiana in serious condition after a car accident near West Liberty. Three other Greenwood youths escape with minor injuries. Johnson County trucks to collect aluminum for national defense drive, routing to Cedar Rapids via Iowa City.

Iowa City George Baxter Smith College of Education Phi Delta Kappa Smith University of Kansas Martin J. Diamond United States Farmy St. Bridget’sichurch Nolan Settlement Father Diamond Mercy and University Hospitals Oakdale Johnson County United ‘Service Organization John B. Dalton Dalton Johnson County Board of Supervisors E. A. Baldwin Walter Jennings Greenwood Ind West Libby University Hospital Suny Harry Normington Arvin Fewell National Defense Johnson Board of Superviss Cedar

Invention blamed for world crisis says Montgomery

Dr. Robert H. Montgomery of Texas A and M University told a nine county AAAsponsored farmers picnic that the internal combustion engine and the radio started today’s world crisis. He warned that if Hitler had not been born the situation would be the same. He linked progress from automobile and telephone to closer ties, and said air travel and radio eliminated borders. He urged economic peace and action to disarm, proposing nations lay their guns on the table or face force.

Correctionville Robert H. Montgomery Texas University Montgomery Hitler

Nine Are Hurt In Two-Car Collision Near West Liberty

A two-vehicle crash at the junction of highways 6 and 38 near West Liberty injures ten. Participants include five Omaha occupants and residents of West Liberty and Tipton. Several treated at University and Mercy hospitals. conditions reported as good and minor.

West Liberty Iowa City Omaha Esther DeForest Tipton Lee Jones Nettie Jones University Hospital Roy Merrill Weasel Houston Fletcher Redd Edward Waite Waite Mercy Hospital George Harney DeForest

Dyersville Man Weber Dies by Own Action in Barn

Ben J. Weber 50, a well known farmer from Dyersville, died by hanging in a barn on his north Dyersville farm Sunday. Coroner Dr. C C Coady said he had been despondent recently. he left home at 11 am and was found by his son about 4 pm. He married Helen Steffen in 1914 and survived by his wife, three sons Ed John Donald, and six daughters. Funeral services were at St Francis church and burial followed in St Francis cemetery.

Dyersville Ben J. Weber C. C. Coady Dubuque County Weber John Helen Steffen St. Francis Church Cresco Order of Foresters Donald Leonard Nebel Robert Ament Helen Jeanette Mary Betty Rose Weber Matt Maiers LaGrange Ill Ed Fischer Art Boeckenstedt Greeley St. Francis Cemetery

Burroak Grocery Destroyed By Fire

Fire Sunday morning destroyed the Cecil Wicks grocery store at Burroak with an estimated loss of 5000 dollars. The blaze is believed to have started in a basement refrigerator. Decorah firefighters arrived too late to save the building owned by Robert Wicks.

Gazette Decorah Cecil Wicks Burroak Robert Wicks

Pastor Delivers Final Sermon At Iowa City

The Rev. Llewelyn A. Owen, pastor of the Iowa City Congregational church, preached his final sermon titled Some Things That Matter. He will become pastor of the First Congregational church in Jersey City New Jersey on Sept. 1 after coming to Iowa City from Youngstown Colorado in 1932. He founded the Iowa Pilgrim Youth Center and helped start the Little Chapel, serving as moderator of the Davenport Congregational association and secretary of the Town State Congregational conference.

Iowa City Llewelyn A. Owen Little Chapel Owen Davenport Congregational Association Town State Congregational Conference

Driver Exonerated In 13 Year Old Boy Death

Thomas Walstra of Chesterton Indiana was exonerated of blame in the accidental death of Allen Cline age 13 on July 19 after an inquest in Columbus Junction. The coroner’s jury heard Walstra did not see the boy before his car struck him on a bridge on highway 92 over the Iowa River. An inquest witness said the lad had been sitting on the railing shortly before.

Columbus Junction Thomas Walstra Chesterton Ind Allen Cline Justice of the Peace W. H. Roberts Louisa George C. Jamison J. D. Darrow W. S. Tannery George Williams Cline Walstra Iowa River

Iowa Poor Relief Costs Taxpayers 3 68 Per Person in 1939

Des Moines report shows Iowans bore 3 68 average in 1939 to aid the poor, down from 3 74 in 1938, with total local and state expenditures of 9 351 631. High and low counties list Monroe to Linn and Clayton to Cherokee, detailing relief categories and amounts.

DES Moines Iowa State Taxpayers Association Association State Social Welfare Board Monroe Woodbury Appanoose Webster Lucas Harrison Pottawattamie Polk Scott Crawford Linn Clayton Emmet Worth Mills Grundy Montgomery Henry Story Cherokee

Governor Praises Scandinavians For Sense Of Dignity

Gov George A Wilson praised about 6000 Iowa Scandinavians for their dignity and worth of humans at the eighth annual Scandinavian American societies event. He warned against witch hunting and snooping in Scandinavian communities, speaking at the Industries building at the state fair grounds. Prize winners included Mrs Louis Berhow and Mrs Gunnar Sorhus in spinning and wool carding contests.

Des Moines George A. Wilson Iowa State Fair Grounds Louis Berhow Huxley Gunnar Sorhus Bondurant

Father Flanagan To Address Iowa Legion Convention

Des Moines AP Three nationally prominent men will speak at the twenty third annual convention of the Iowa Department of the American Legion August 11 to 13. Speakers include Rev Edward J Flanagan director of Boys Town Milo J Warner national commander and Harrison F Anderson General Mills vice president. Warner recently visited bombed areas in England. Reservations exceed prior years and a record attendance is anticipated says Dan O'Brien chairman of arrangements.

Des Moines Iowa Department of the American Legion Edward J. Flanagan Omaha Milo J. Warner Toledo American Legion Harrison F. Anderson Minneapolis General Mills, Inc Warner England Dan O'Brien

Ground Broken For Arms Plant In Des Moines

Construction started Monday on the $30,000,000 Des Moines ordnance plant with about 200 men breaking ground for buildings. The first two temporary offices should be finished within a week, Captain Oliver B. Brown reports. When in full swing the plant will employ 8,000 workers and include 219 buildings.

DES Moines INS Des Moines Ordnance Plant Oliver B. Brown Quartermaster

Fireman Rescues Girl Stranded in Lake Michigan

Chicago AP reports 18 year old Olga Suss spent 30 minutes wedged between pilings in Lake Michigan. Lieutenant William Hughes used a bucket of grease to free her trapped leg, enabling her to wriggle free from the shallow water.

Chicago Olga Suss Lake Michigan William Hughes Syss

Purge Report Claims Stalin Signed Liquidation Order

Helsinki AP says Finland’s information bureau reported an order of the day signed by Joseph Stalin to liquidate nine high Red Army officers. It named Pavlov and Klimovsky as leaders of the list, charging cowardice and desertion with no Moscow confirmation.

Helsinki Finland Josef Stalin Red Army Moscow Pavlov Klimovsky

Champion Y.M. Drum Corps to Perform at Industrial Picnic

The Y M C A Drum and Bugle Corps, fresh from winning first prize at the Lions Club convention in New Orleans, will play at Ellis Park during the Allied Industrial League picnic next Sunday. The riverfront program begins at 7 30 p m with archery demonstrations by top archers, a canoe tilt at Ellis beach, and various races and games for all ages. George Shimek and Y M C A boys will showcase a trampoline act amid field day events and prize contests.

Y. M C. A. Drum and Bugle Corps Ellis Park Allied Industrial League Lions Club New Orleans A. I Russell Graham Ellis Beach George Shimek

Arborist urges Cedar Rapids street tree ordinance

Cedar Rapids city arborist Richard KK Alman told the Optimist club that a street tree ordinance is needed to standardize care, ownership, and taxation for trees. He named Chinese elm and poplars as undesirable, praised American elm and maples, and noted overgrown branches and crowded plantings on Second Avenue SE.

Cedar Rapids Richard KK. Alman Optimist Club Montrose Hotel Alman Second Avenue SE

Cedar School Expenses And Grade Enrollments Across Ten Years

County reports show Cedar county school expenditures declined over the past decade while grade enrollment fell. High school enrollment rose from 761 in 1931 to 942 in 1941. town and rural school enrollments also dropped. Town expenditures fell from 267 260.60 to 251 353.76. rural costs declined from 119 821.59 to 79 792.85. Anamosa notices report a Milwaukee marriage of Elmer C Libra and Hattie Burandt with witnesses present.

Tipton Cedar County Jane McCormick

Seventy Seventh Birthday Picnic for Charles De Wald

Marion relatives and friends gathered Sunday at the De Wald home to celebrate the seventy seventh birthday of Charles De Wald with a picnic dinner. Attendees included many out of town guests from Wheatland Wyoming Springville Whittier Central City Morley Viola Ana moat Cascade Palo Waterloo Cedar Rapids and others.

Charles de Wald de Wald Minnie Wagner Wheatland Wyo Plinn Wells Jason Wells James Walton Albert Springville Clifford Bowdish Central City Russell Joyce Keith Whittier John Kleinfelter Morley Elza Everett Brown Viola Gay McConaughy Kenneth Anamosa al Takes Myrtle Takes Jim Hammill Cascade Clem Young Palo Fred Smith Ollie Cochran Robert Smith Waterloo John Kortson Will DeWald Dorothy de Wald Harold Klontz Glenn de Wald Millard Port Charles Slauson Larry Cedar Rapids

Funeral services for Charles Landis at Clinton

Funeral services for Charles Si Landis night ticket clerk at the Milwaukee depot were held Saturday at the Snell chapel in Clinton with Rev H E Harned officiating. Burial followed in Rose Hill cemetery. Pallbearers included Royal D Kine Harry Anderson Charles Sherman Maynard D Black William Kinder and James McGuire of Clinton.

Charles “Si” Landis Milwaukee Clinton Snell Chapel H. E Harned Rose Hill Royal D. Kine Harry Anderson Charles Sherman Maynard D. Coon William Kinder James McGuire

Carter Family Heads to Wisconsin Vacation

The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon H. Carter and children Joyce and Daryle depart Monday for a two week trip. They will stay first at Richland Center and Ableman, then spend the second week in northern Wisconsin.

Vernon H. Carter Joyce Daryle Wisconsin Richland Center Ableman Wis

Burrows reunion draws sixty plus from surrounding towns

Attendees from Marion Atkins Shellsburg Cedar Rapids and nearby towns gathered in Waterloo for the Andrew and Lawton Burrows descendants reunion. Eighty nine people joined a picnic at the Kray home honoring the Burges Hofers and Hofer daughters. Others visited relatives in Clinton and Salt Lake City and several travelers planned returns to their homes after weekend gatherings.

Andrew and Lawton Burrows Waterloo Marion Alma Oakley Andrew Hayes Jimmie Laura McMurrin Dickie Mert Burrows Leonard Burrows L. J. Burrows Dorothy Burrows Earl Burrows Harlowton, Mont Jacob Kray West Eighth Avenue Fred Burge Compton Calif John Hofer Doris Jacquelyn Salt Lake City Utah Atkins Shellsburg Cedar Rapids Burges Hofers

Wilson Declares August Courtesy Light Check Month

Gov George A Wilson proclaims August as Courtesy Light Check Month and urges nationwide voluntary headlight inspections. Public Safety Commissioner Karl W Fischer notes a night crash rate higher than daytime, citing 1940 figures of 8035 nonfatal night accidents and 245 fatal ones.

Des Moines George A. Wilson Karl W. Fischer Public Safety Highway Patrol Fischer

Compositions By Student To Be Played On WSUI

Four original piano pieces by Evan Shanahan of Columbus Junction a June graduate of University High School Iowa City will be featured on WSUI Monday evening. Titles include Impression a piano and clarinet duet Fugue of the Mice Fantasia in B Flat Minor and Rhapsody Tempestuoso.

the Gazette Iowa City Evan Shahan Columbus Junction University High School of WSUI

Deaths Mrs. Mary Barnes of Cedar Rapids

Mrs. Mary Barnes wife of A L Barnes died at home 1231 Second street SE at 7 50 am Sunday after a brief illness Born in Bohemia Jan 4 1880 she came to this country at age four She resided in Cedar Rapids for 40 years Survived by husband daughter Mrs C I Kinney of Indianapolis three brothers Louis P Edward E and Fred Miner all of Cedar Rapids and sister Mrs Anna Foster of Boone Funeral 9 am Tuesday at Polansky chapel conducted by Theodore B Hlubucek Burial Mount Calvary cemetery Friends may call at chapel

Mary Barnes A. L. Barnes Second Street Bohemia John Anna Poslusny Tama Cedar Rapids C. I. Kinney Indianapolis Ind Louis P Edward E Fred Miner Anna Foster Boone Joseph Albina Rebekah Lodge G. I. Aumiliary of Locomotive Engineers Hvezda Pokroka Polansky Theodore B. Hlubucek Mount Calvary Cemetery

Mrs Julia Hauskins 65 dies after three week illness

Mrs Julia Hauskins aged 65 of 1345 Sixth Street NW Cedar Rapids died at a local hospital at 8 am Monday after a three week illness. She leaves nine children and 15 grandchildren along with five great grandchildren. Funeral services will be at Saron Lutheran church 11 am Wednesday conducted by Rev. F J Carlson. Friends may call Beatty chapel until 10 am Wednesday.

Julia Hauskins Sixth Street Cedar Rapids Christopher Hauskins Roland Saron Lutheran Church Oscar North English Martin McCallsburg Carl Lawrence Arthur Charlotte Johnson Josie Conlin Oak Park Margaret Krueger Forest Park, Ill Anne Armstrong Chicago F. J. Carlson Beatty Chapel

Jerome F. Connor Dies at 86 in Newhall

Jerome F. Connor died at his Newhall home at 8 p m after a brief illness He was born April 16 1875 in Cedar Rapids and married Caroline V Wilson on March 25 1896 He lived in Newhall 26 years Survived by wife two sons Wilson J Newhall and Earl J Cedar Rapids one brother Dr Arthur Connor Tacoma Wash one sister Mrs Alma Conrad Chicago and his stepmother Mrs Mayme Crawford Cedar Rapids He was a member of the Newhall Presbyterian church Service at Turner chapel at 2 pm Tuesday Burial in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel

Jerome F. Connor Newhall Cedar Rapids Caroline V. Wilson Wilson J Earl J Arthur Connor Tacoma Wash Alma Conrad Chicago Mayme Crawford Newhall Presbyterian Church Turner Chapel Oak Hill Cemetery

Death of Charles Putman Led Cedar Rapids Native

Word arrived of the death Sunday afternoon of Charles Putman at his daughter Mrs H C Henshey’s home in Santa Monica California. Born March 10 1859 in Fulton Alabama he ran the Putman Furniture company in Cedar Rapids before moving six years ago. He belonged to Crescent lodge No 25 A F and A M and the I C O. His body will reach Cedar Rapids Friday morning and services will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p m Friday conducted by Crescent lodge.

Charles Putman H C. Henshey Santa Monica Calif Mr. Putman Fulton Putman Furniture Company Crescent Lodge No. 25 A. F A M I. C.0 Cedar Rapids Turner Chapel Crescent Lodge

Zobac Services Wednesday for Marine’s Burial

The body of Marvin M. Zobac son of Mr and Mrs Frank Zobac and a U S marine corps member who died from injuries while diving in San Diego California will arrive in Cedar Rapids early Tuesday for a Brush service on Wednesday at 2 p m Theodore B Hlubucek will officiate and burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Tuesday

Marvin M. Zobac Frank Zobac U. S. Marine Corps San Diego Calif Cedar Rapids Brush Chapel Theodore B Hlubucek Bohemian National Cemetery

Death Notice for Frank McDowell of Kemmerer

Frank McDowell of Kemmerer Wyoming and former Cedar Rapids resident died July 23. Born in Cedar Rapids to William K. and Catherine McDowell he left the area over 30 years ago. Survived by three brothers Elmer Flandreau SD Albert Hackensack MN George Chicago and a sister Mrs Nellie Schneider Chicago. Funeral

Frank McDowell Kemmerer Wyo Cedar Rapids William K Catherine McDowell Elmer Flandreau S. D Albert Hackensack

Waterloo Man Frank A. Howe Dies at 77

Frank A. Howe, 77, father of Mrs. Lucille Miner and Mrs. Marie Goslin of Cedar Rapids, died at his Waterloo home Sunday afternoon. Funeral services will be held there at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Frank A. Howe Lucille Miner Marie Goslin Cedar Rapids Waterloo

Martha Ann Hart Tyler Dies in Waterloo

Mrs. Martha Ann Hart Tyler former Cedar Rapids resident died at her Waterloo home on July 17 after living in Cedar Rapids for years and moving two years ago.

Martha Ann Hart Tyler Cedar Rapids Waterloo

City Hall Notes on Permits and Street Repairs

City council renewed Class C beer permits for Aleck Sheronick Irene Hertz and William Valentine after police approval. Petitions filed for blocks on A Avenue NE Sixteenth Street NE and other streets. some light extension requests denied. Cedar Rapids Gas Co laid mains on Thirty fifth Street NE Thirtieth Street SE and east parking area. water works extended mains on Thirty fifth Street NE. Cobbancourt SE street light recommended for McKinley High School traffic. referred to Iowa Electric Light and Power Co.

Aleck Sheronick L Street Irene Hertz Second Street William M. Valentine First Avenue Twelfth Street Illinois Central Railroad Sixteenth Street Green Avenues Ninth Street Nineteenth Avenue Memorial Drive Bever Iowa Avenues Cedar Rapids Gas Company Thirty-fifth Street F Avenue Gwendolyn Drive E Avenue Thirtieth Street Pioneer Avenue City Water Works Joseph and Jeanette Prochaska D. Feiereisen Thomas Feiereisen Linn Cobbancourt SE McKinley High School Iowa Electric Light and Power Company

Music Instructor Resigns to Take North English Post

Delta Alfred Brainard, long time music instructor in Delta schools, resigns after several years to accept a teaching position in the North English schools.

DELTA Alfred Brainard North English

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