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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1942
Page
4
A sudden wind rain and electrical storm struck Cedar Rapids early Tuesday. Temperatures fell from 74 at 4 am to 64 by 6 am then rose to 80 by 2:30 pm. Humidity 53 percent. precipitation 0.23 inch Tuesday morning.
Mr and Mrs Leon Vesely of 373 East Eighteenth Street SE welcome a daughter born June 2 at St Luke's Hospital.
Harold W. Sawyer of Davenport and Gertrude McGrew of Springville appear in the record alongside Mauritz G. Bork and Velma Elaine Tiemans of Ogden, indicating a shared legal or civic matter involving four residents.
A man attempting to mail a letter triggered a false alarm on Monday at 9:29 pm at First avenue and First street SW. On Tuesday at 4:04 am a bonfire was reported at 948 Nineteenth Avenue SW with L. H. Payne listed as the contact and a general alarm issued.
Elmer H. Abbey of Cedar Rapids fined $5 and costs for driving with no license. Max Schwictenburg, manager of the Boston Fish Market, fined $25 and costs with $15 suspended for offering short catfish for sale. Both cases heard by Justice H. R. Churchill.
Joseph Abdo aged 70 died at his home 810 Fifth street SE at 7 25 am Tuesday. Mrs Mary Louise Hoppe aged 58 died at her home 112 Fourth street NW at 1255 am Tuesday. Linda Eleanor Riley infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford Riley died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 6 pm Monday.
Linn County results show Robert D. Blue winning lieutenant governor by a 3 to 2 margin over Hugh Lundy, with John Ford and John Olson tied for secretary of state. Linn counts Chet Akers unopposed for the Republican primary, Bagley leading Cruickshank for treasurer, and various GOP and Democratic nominees across agriculture, attorney general, and congressional races. Democratic contenders include William S. Jacobson for congress, Lester S. Gillette for lieutenant governor, and Mary K. Fagan for secretary of state, among others.
Jesse Jacoby age 23 of 623 L street SW pleaded guilty to two breaking and entering charges. Judge G K Thompson sentenced him to an indeterminate suspended term to the men’s reformatory at Anamosa and six months in jail with all but 60 days suspended upon surrendering his liquor book and making restitution to Ladage drug store for cartons of cigarettes and other items taken on two occasions last month.
Two 16 year old boys were held at the county jail after telling Highway Patrolman Maurice Swords they had escaped from a Michigan training school. Found hitch hiking on highway 30 eight miles west of Cedar Rapids, they claimed to have fled Farmington Michigan, hoping to join the navy. Names given were Tom Brooks of Flint and Paul Loar of Newark.
J Co. J Haas to clean up the affairs of the defunct bank by selling remaining assets. Receivable accounts real estate and other assets will be sold publicly at 2 p m June 16 at the examiner s office in the American Trust building.
Judge C J Haas dismissed on motion promissory note actions by Robert S Cook acting for Cedar Rapids National bank against Frank J Dvorak and Robert and Mary Harder. Cook sought judgments of 3250 dollars against Dvorak and 189 95 against the Harders.
Carl E. Fields files for divorce from Edna M. Fields alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. They wed August 11, 1940 at Kahoka Missouri. Doris Neff seeks divorce from Arnold Neff, married in Cedar Rapids in May 1941, and asks restoration of her maiden name Doris Aders.
Wes Dostal of K. Thompson was arrested by police for drunkenness after failing to keep up with a $200 drunk driving fine. He had prior March arrest for nonpayment and was released after paying $15.
Nina Fishburn of Cedar Rapids was confirmed executrix of the estate of her brother Clement Wilbur Fishburn who died November 24. The will dated November 24 at Crane Lake Minnesota leaves provisions for the estate.
J H Ward doing business as Blue Ribbon Distributors sought a judgment for 4223.76 against the Delavan hotel on an allegedly unpaid account dating from May 1941. No bond was required.
Judge G. K. Thompson ruled on the petition of Robert M. Smith ordering the partition of a lot at Thirty sixth street and First avenue NE among heirs of the Walter J. Smith estate.
Elizabeth files suit for separate maintenance against Sanford T. Secale whom she married December 16 1938. She charges desertion.
U S Deputy Marshal Joseph A Petrus seized 1022 cases of Blue Plums at Nash Finch company by order of Federal Judge Collet while Judge Scott is ill. The action followed a petition by U S District Attorney Diamond alleging the product violated the federal food drug and cosmetic act. Each case holds six No 10 cans labeled Valley Home Brand Packed in Water Blue Plums. Nash Finch manager Harold Stoehr said the plums are not Cedar Rapids owned and are stored for an out of state concern.
CHUNGKING The Flying Tigers of the American Volunteer Group will become a United States Army Air Corps pursuit squadron in a July 4 ceremony, the Central News Agency said. Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault will remain under Chiang Kai shek in the China war theater, while AVG pilots who do not enlist will return to the United States.
In Ankara diplomats doubted Germany can deliver tanks planes and guns to Turkey under a $40 million Nazi credit. The Axis and Allies race to arm Turkey as a Turkish technical mission seeks to align deliveries, with U.S. lend lease shipments looming and a two year horizon for American vessels to reach the region.
A government vehicle plant employing 3,900 workers is tied up by a labor dispute. Negotiations over hiring policies and work conditions have halted production at the facility.
Washington order states the Navy will train 20,000 pilots at Civil Aeronautics Authority centers during the coming period. Half will receive instrument flying instruction. training will mix full time and extracurricular student pilots. This marks the first Navy cooperation with a CAA training program.
Linda Eleanor Riley died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 6 p.m. Monday. She is survived by her parents three sisters Joan Nancy Lee and Judith and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. George Riley of Cedar Rapids and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bosworth of Palo. Funeral services will be private.
Joseph Abdo died at 7 25 a m Tuesday at his home 8106 Fifth street SE after a long illness. Born in Syria in 1862 he lived 45 years in the United States with the last decade in Cedar Rapids. Survived by wife three sons George J La Crosse Wis Sam J Cedar Rapids John J Toledo O and three daughters Mrs George Sioux City Mrs Neiff Aston Mankato Minn Mrs Frank Nasiff Cedar Rapids 24 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Body at the Barta chapel. Funeral services will be announced later.
Mrs Mary Louise Hoppe died at home 112 Fourth Street NW Cedar Rapids at 12 55 am Tuesday after a lingering illness She was born April 8 1884 at Middle Amana and lived in Cedar Rapids 42 years She was a member of Trinity Lutheran church She is survived by husband Fred Hoppe two daughters Miss Edna L Hoppe Oakland California and Mrs Marie Vandevoorde Minneapolis two sons John H Hoppe and Edward C Hoppe Cedar Rapids two sisters Miss Minnie Lipman Middle Amana and Mrs Ida Kinstler Peoria IL and two granddaughters Virginia and Betty Vandevoorde Minneapolis The body is at Monahan funeral home with funeral arrangements to be announced later
A memorial service will be held at Beatty chapel on Wednesday at 2 p.m. conducted by the Rev. T. C. Collister. Burial is planned at Linwood Cemetery. Friends may visit the chapel prior to the service.
Private Robert L. Suchomel of 1435 Third Street SW has been promoted to corporal at Fort Francis E. Warren Wyoming. Private Vernie L. Goodall of 2733 O Avenue NW has left for duty. John W. Linsley Jr of 306 Sixth Street SE promoted to first lieutenant and serves in the ordnance office at the Army Air Corps bombardiers school in Midland Texas.
Cleo E. Darrow of 1126 Seventh street SE has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the military police corps at Fort Riley Kaw after completing a three month cavalry school course. He is assigned to a regular unit.
Reported incident says an attempted mail delivery led to a fire alarm activation on Monday night. Fire trucks responded and extinguished no fire, with responders locating the box and noting a moment of confusion among bystanders.
Secretary Henry Morgenthau announced May sales of war savings bonds and stamps reached 634 million dollars. He warned volunteer workers in the national quota campaign against over zealous sales methods.
A mass enlistment themed Avenue Pearl Harbor will recruit The Avengers at Navy stations across Iowa on Sunday June 7. Recruits sworn in at 1 25 pm will receive a scroll showing enlistment date and hour with Cedar Rapids involvement from M C Madson and veterans groups coordinating on city hall steps.
Allied planes struck three invasion bases at Rabaul New Britain and Salamaua and Lae New Guinea. They shot down or damaged nine of 30 Japanese aircraft attempting to raid Port Moresby and reported direct hits on the Salamaua airstrip with a nearby explosion. Two Allied fighters were lost.
Des Moines AP notes incumbents hold strong positions in Iowa primaries after reapportionment. Key races include Waterloo's John W. Gwynne defending in a shifted district, with several Republicans and Democrats advancing or unopposed across districts. Official tallies show multiple incumbents facing varying levels of opposition and one convention result in Iowa City.
British and American air forces intensified raids across Germany and occupied territories. Night fighters claim 37 RAF planes shot down near Duisburg and Oberhausen as Britain launches multiple nightly assaults. American Douglas Boston bombers and Spitfires join Hurriances in strikes on Cherbourg Calais Boulogne Dieppe Abbeville Bruges Flushing areas.
Senator Ellison D. Smith declares himself a conscientious objector to all wartime rationing including gasoline and trouser cuffs. He complains rationing is a Chinese puzzle and questions how a war can be won with such rules.
Fragments indicate small quartz samples contain tiny internal cavities that may be filled with unidentified materials.
Mrs Sterk was charged with failure to stop after her westbound car collided with a police squad car at the Third Avenue and Fifth Street SE intersection. Patrolman Leonard DeVore said he was southbound on Fifth Street and turning onto Third Avenue when the collision occurred Tuesday morning.
A navy patrol bomber crashed in the hills of San Mateo county on the San Francisco peninsula. Ensign G. H. Apitz survived, walked seven miles to Half Moon Bay, and gave the first crash report to night watchman A. Picchi, reaching town at 4 a.m.
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