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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1941
Page
31
Nancy Lee Owen five month old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Owen Jr of 418 First Street SW died at a local hospital at 8 30 am Tuesday.
Ruby Anderson of Newton Ellsworth Anderson faced a case noting cruel and inhuman treatment and a marriage on August 3 1935 in Omaha before Judge H C Ring. Agnes Streilner of John Streilner faced cruelty and inhuman treatment with a 1933 marriage. custody of two children and ten dollars weekly support were awarded by Judge H C Ring.
Elmer Perrigo and Louis Jack both of Cedar Rapids were fined 100 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace by fighting. Alton Ashlock of route 3 paid 2 dollars and costs for running a stop sign. Mercy hospital reports a son for Mr and Mrs Marion Dye of Marion born June 9. Mr and Mrs Charles Hite of 1325 Second street SE welcomed a daughter June 10. Mr and Mrs Harold Cushman of 724 Third avenue SW welcomed a daughter June 10. St Luke's hospital records a son for Mr and Mrs Francis Ford of 318 Third avenue SW born June 10. Mr and Mrs George C Matteson of route 3 welcomed a daughter June 9. Mr and Mrs Louis R Robinson of St Louis, formerly of Cedar Rapids, welcomed daughter Barbara Sue born in June.
A sequence of names including Charles B Madsen Cedar Rapids Ruth Rostermundt Manning C D Murray and Anne Borman Cleveland Ohio Clyde Bennett Springville Alma L Johnson Cedar Rapids Emil L Novak Fairfax Martha F Leksa Cedar Rapids Arlen Theodore Nelson Mason City Eleanor Mae Klouda Cedar Rapids Robert William Krob Ely Verona Marie Chalupnik Cedar Rapids Fred Taylor Mary E Younkin Cedar Rapids Virgil Glenn Stoner Jean Margueritte Minish Mount Vernon Ivan Marion Hempy Lisbon Frances Eltenberger Springville John J McKee Denver Cole Bette Shaffer Cedar Rapids.
James Stoneking of Marion, 59, pleaded guilty to illegal liquor sale. He was sentenced by Judge H C Ring to six months in Linn county jail and fined 500 dollars with the fine suspended on the county attorney’s recommendation. Stoneking had a prior 30 day term in 1936 for illegal possession of liquor and was arrested Saturday night at the Scoreboard tavern in Marion by Deputy Sheriffs Whittemore and Snyder for selling a pint of whisky to a patron.
Cedar Rapids Hide and Fur company and Cedar Rapids Tanning company move to dismiss a $1,095.80 commission suit filed by Morris Gervich in Linn county district court after a prior dismissal in Marshall county in February 1940. Gervich, who worked as a fur buyer in 1935 and 1936, says he is owed a 3 percent commission. The defendants argue adjudication bars the Linn county case due to the Marshall county dismissal.
The court-ordered suit in Linn County asks for costs and $100 expenses for defending an out-of-residence trial. Defendants request judgment on these items.
Probate records show F X Cooke leaving a five dollar bequest to daughter Frances E Cooke with Laura Isabel Mercer and Isabel Mercer named executrices without bond and Frances E Cooke to receive the remainder. Cooke died May 25 and the will dated May 17 1928. Also admitted is Effa E Ossman Inde pendence will dated January 14 1936 with husband Daniel E Ossman named sole heir and executor without bond. Ossman died January 14 1938.
Judge H C Ring overruled a demurrer by Dan and Cornelius Risdal to a promissory note action for 873.62 filed by Theodore Vikre in October 1938. The defendants argued the debt from July 1 1928 was out of statute, but the judge held it valid due to a later agreement between the parties.
After a year long legal wrangle Judge H C Ring confirms title to three Monroe township farms and a Toddville lot in Helen Kemper and Hazel Lacy who sue other heirs in the Charles Krouse estate. Krouse died November 29, 1939. The plaintiffs, raised by Krouse and wife Elsie under a parental agreement, are entitled to a share, but title is quieted only if they pay defendants an agreed sum.
Deputy Industrial Commissioner Ralph A. Woodcock ruled Lyon failed to prove his disability arose from employment with Wilson and Company. The hearing, held June 2, followed Lyon’s claim of internal injuries from repeatedly bending over a salt box during his 1919 to 19xx tenure.
Averil Ann Wells sues Everett Wells for divorce and seeks custody of their child. Elbert R. Thomas seeks divorce from Daisy, married February 1 1941 in Memphis Missouri. Anne Reed seeks divorce from Pearson Reed, married January 30 1937 in Cedar Rapids. O J Elsenbast appointed administrator of Mary McVay estate filed May 27 at Palo with Everett McVay as heir. bond posted. Ruth Crow sues Lloyd L. Crow for divorce and custody of two children, married September 5 1923 in Iowa City. Norma Fuller granted divorce from Clyde Fuller. marriage dated 1936 not 1940 as earlier reported.
Two United Airlines pilots reported sighting what they believed to be the wreckage of a missing army bomber with six aboard on a wooded knoll eight miles east of Lyman Wyoming. Pilot Eddy Brooks called Salt Lake City noting no signs of life and limited damage visible.
Forecast covers 6:30 p m June 10 to 6:30 p m June 14. Temperature near normal with a cool midweek period in the north and central area. A rising trend from Thursday brings above normal readings by period end. Precipitation expected moderate to heavy early, then scattered showers later. rain intensity in Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin to diminish after this period.
Vichy France vice-premier Admiral Jean Darlan urged unreserved support for his policy of collaboration with Germany. He argued a joint effort would build a new Europe and save the nation from perishing.
Center Point couple Mr. and Mrs. J. Andrew Mahuran marked their 50th anniversary with a family reunion at their daughter Mrs. C. L. Watsabaughs home. Relatives from Lewiston Cedar Rapids Omaha and Center Point attended as four generations gathered to honor the couple. Doris McCann performed violin solos and a magic program followed the dinner.
About 400 delegates and 400 visitors gathered as J R Steelman speaker warned of laxity in the defense program amid a strike threat. Herman Seide praised gains in the Wisconsin legislature and urged labor to retain the right to strike against profiteering manufacturers.
Msgr John Molloy urged labor leaders and industry to unite and solve capital labor differences for democracy. He called for partnership wage contracts and criticized selfishness, urging cooperation first within individuals and then among groups.
The United States under President Roosevelt placed bismuth natural gums and resins and zirconium under export licensing. The move tags these materials as vitally needed strategic goods.
Army personnel operate the North American plant with 70 percent of workers returning. Night shift workers are transported home by army trucks and pay details remain unsettled. A hostile crowd near the plant shouted scab and rat as union leaders clashed with troops. 30 injured and 16 UAW leaders arrested before release.
The armistice between southern soft coal operators and the United Mine Workers Union CIO became permanent peace as both sides accepted national defense mediation board recommendations. They will negotiate a contract immediately, ending a three month dispute with a wage agreement aligning to the northern scale minus a 15 cent daily gap for southern pick miners.
Nancy Lee Owen aged five months died at 8 30 a.m. Tuesday in a local hospital. She is survived by her parents a brother Roger and grandparents Mr and Mrs George Owen and Mr and Mrs William Thompson of Cedar Rapids. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday in Beatty chapel.
Private funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Beile Stilwell wife of Charles G Stilwell 4307 Gillham Road Kansas City Mo who died Saturday at 3 p m will be held at Moon chapel at 2 p m Wednesday conducted by Dr Charles J Bready Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Park Friends may call at the chapel.
Iowa crop officials report corn condition at 90 percent of normal on June 1 up from 85 in 1939 and 1940. Hybrid seed plantings reached a record 95 percent. only 1 percent of corn remains to be planted. Winter wheat at 17 bushels per acre, oats 82 percent, tame hay 74 percent.
The Camp Good Health fund in Cedar Rapids Iowa remains far short of the needed total. The Gazette asks readers who have not yet donated to send gifts to the camp fund promptly. Tuesday marked the second day of the season with campers singing and spirits high despite rain hindering pony rides.
Mussolini admitted losses of 17 convoyed steamers and three torpedo boats en route to Albania. He praised Italian plans in Albania, noted reorganized forces under Gen Ugo Cavallero, and argued Greek resistance faltered without British support including 6,000 specialists and air power.
London reported that German and Italian air forces conducted violent continuous attacks against Cyprus over the last 48 hours, according to a Jersey radio station broadcast in London. The report cites German controlled broadcasts from Norway.
Churchill defended the Crete operation against critics, noting heavy British casualties and ships sunk while asserting defense decisions were made by military experts. He said air defenses were limited and many anti aircraft guns were diverted to ships, with May hailed as best month yet in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Capacity had been increased by a fifty percent rise in the output of guns and heavy tanks in the first quarter of 1941 compared with the last quarter. The report highlights substantial expansion in manufacturing of armaments during the period.
The storm's death toll rose to 29 across the Midwest and Southwest with nine drowned in Albany Texas after a flash flood. Flooding drowned livestock, inundated thousands of acres, and washed out bridges as rivers rose threatening Kansas and Missouri.
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