Birth announcements from Mercy and St Luke hospitals
Mercy hospital reports a son for Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Smejkal at 1630 Thirteenth avenue SE on June 13. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Eichelberger of Mechanicsville welcomed a son on June 13. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fatka of 283 Twelfth avenue SW welcomed a son on June 14. Mr. and Mrs. John Arnold of 118 Fifth street SW welcomed a daughter on June 14. St. Luke's hospital records a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Dick Madison of 3354 Center Point road NE on June 13. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Glass of Delaware, Ia., welcomed a son on June 14.
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Mercy Hospital
Leonard Smejkal
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Donald Eichelberger
Mechanicsville
Edward Fatka
Twelfth Avenue
John Arnold
Fifth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Dick Madison
Center Point Road
Ernest Glass
Delaware
Marriage Licenses Reported in Gazette
A Friday issuance lists Neal F. Hoover and Rena Jeanette LeMar for a license, with several other couples including Marvin L Lundt and Alice Burton-Willison, Jay Wilson Torrence and Ardis Louise Stinger, Robert Maddigan and Margaret McSwiggen, George Reid and Ethel Thomson, Albert Gasper and Lillian Greenway, and Edward Person and Mary Scriven, all connected to Cedar Rapids or nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal F. Hoover
Rena Jeanette LeMar
Rena Jeanette Hoover
Marvin LeRoy Lundt
Chicago
Alice Isabel Burton-Willison
Cedar Rapids
Jay Wilson Torrence
Ardis Louise Stinger
Mount Vernon
Robert Thomas Maddigan
Margaret Delores McSwiggen
George Douglas Reid
Ethel C. Thomson
Mechanicsville
Albert William Gasper
Lillian Greenway
Edward Car Person
Mary Louise Scriven
Canadian Mayor Addresses Lawyers In Tax Law Seminar
The talk covered legal procedure and public support for laws, with remarks about complexity from paleo lithic to modern times. Attorney officers were elected, and Frederick L. Pearce from Washington, DC led an estate planning clinic noting rising tax consciousness and three main tax types.
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George C. Murray
The
Bar Association
W. A. Smith
Dubuque
Ed W. McManus
Keokuk
H. C. Horackham
N. C
Iowa Bar Association
Duke University Law School
Charles Lynch
Presi
Gedar Rapids Associataron
Frederick L. Pearce
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Pearce
Neutral view of rumors on Soviet Reich
Swiss reports describe a high stakes bluff between Berlin and Moscow over Ukraine and wartime production. Stalin reportedly dodges but may concede to avert war, while Germany seeks economic independence from blockades. Movements and denials fuel tension as diplomats monitor brinkmanship.
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Bern
Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
Ukraine
Josef Stalin
Journal de Geneve
Germany
Russia
Texas
Stalin
Berlin
Moscow
Soviet Union
Red Army
Madrid
EFE
Reich
Britain
Well-Rounded Life Sought For Those At Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health offers a well rounded program for needy children with daily activities and Sunday hymn practice. Readers can fund the Camp Good Health fund through The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa to provide opportunities for all children.
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Camp Good Health
Eaming
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chadwick Abandons Isolationist Stand
Stephen F. Chadwick former national commander of the American Legion told a Chamber of Commerce Flag Day audience he was an isolationist no longer. He said during his campaign for the Senate last fall he favored non intervention and warned that if Britain failed in the war America would be in absentia and unable to influence events.
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Stalin
Russia
Ukraine
Europe
America
Seattle
Stephen F. Chadwick
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Chadwick
United States Senate
Britain
Streamlining Court Procedure Discussed At Judges Meeting
Preparations to revise Iowa court procedure were discussed at the Montrose hotel during the Iowa District Judges association session. Judge Charlies A. Dewey praised the federal plan to expedite justice and urged adoption of its technical features, while Justice Frederic M. De Des Moines outlined Iowa Supreme Court reforms. The court plans to report changes to the next legislature, with a 15-member advisory committee named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Montrose Hotel
Iowa District Judges Association
Iowa State Bar Association
Charlies A. Dewey
Federal District Court
Frederic M. de Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
High Court
Supreme Court
Bus tax burden climbs from 1929 to 1939
The average total of special and general taxes on buses rose to 955.38 dollars per bus in 1939 from 673.86 dollars in 1929, indicating a substantial tax increase for bus operators over the decade.
Hull denial: French in Syria aiding German tilt in Near East
Secretary of State Hull condemns French collaboration with Germany in Syria under Vichy, noting a broader plan to seize Egypt and Iraq. He says armistice limits do not justify coercion, while French ambassador laments the interpretation of Near East events.
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Syria
Hitler
Iraq
Egypt
Suez Canal
Africa
France
Germany
Near East
Hull
Gaston Henry-Haye
Lebanon
Vichy
England
Schmeling Promoted to Sergeant and Decorated in Crete Campaign
Parachutist Max Schmeling former world heavyweight boxing champion has been promoted to sergeant and awarded the iron cross second class for bravery in the Crete invasion. He learned the news in an Athens hospital where he is recovering from a tropical illness and expected to rejoin his unit within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Max Schmeling
Crete
Schmeling
Athens
Japs Reaffirm Axis Ties in Mussolini Message
Tokyo dispatch reports Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka praising Mussolini's stance on Allied aggression and Italy's alliance with Germany. The message backs the tri partite pact and says Japan shares Italy's view, with both nations committed to joint aims in the war.
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Rome
Japan
Axis
Mussolini
Yosuke Matsuoka
Matsuoka
Il Duce
Italy
Germany
Tokio
Chamber of Fasces and Guilds
Flauce
Ilduce
Iowa Bar Junior Section Elects Officers Amid Reforms
The Iowa Bar Junior Section gains official standing as part of constitutional changes. A 15 member committee to study revisions for the next legislature is named while discussions note shifts in court work to new branches and administrative bodies. Membership rises to about 2,000 from 1,300 with a goal of 2,500.
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Iowa Bar
Preme Court
Dewey
Courts of Law and Equity
Courts of
Saas
Social Securitaliet
Hale Aenae
Frederic M. Miller
State Supreme Court
Charlies Snyder
Des Moines
Iowa
Snyder
Bar Association
Fuller held for grand jury on desertion charge
Virgil Fuller 42 of 126 Fourteenth street SE waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury under $500 bond by Justice H R Churchill on a charge of desertion and abandonment of four minor children. He was arrested Friday by Sheriff Harlan Snyder on a complaint by Olive Fuller and is jailed for failure to post bond.
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Virgil Fuller
Fourteenth Street SE
Justice of the Peace
H. R. Churchill
Fuller
Harlan Snyder
Olive Fuller
French Fleet Could Tilt Mediterranean Balance For Axis
UPI reports Admiral Darlan could transfer France’s warships to Axis control, potentially strengthening Italian and German naval power in the Mediterranean. Key vessels include Jean Bart, Richelieu, Strasbourg, Dunkerque, and large cruiser groups at Toulon Dakar and Casablanca, with about 70 submarines under Darlan.
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Mediterranean
Axis
Sterling, Jr
United Press
Germany
Darlan
Berlin
France
Hitler
Syria
Luftwaffe
Britain
Darian
Jean Bart
Clemenceau
Gascogne
St. Nazaire
Casablanca
Richelieu
Brest
Dakar
Strasbourg
Toulon
Dunkerque
Mers-El-Kebir
Oran
Bearn
Martinique
United States
Commandante Teste
Algerie
Duplieux
Foch
Gloire
Marseillaise
Montcalm
George Leygues
Jeanne de Vienne
la Galissoniere
Emile Bertine
Jean d’Arc
Guadeloupe
Lamotte-Picquet
Indo-China
Primauguet
Mogador
Volta
Lion
Tigre
la Fantasque
Terrible
le Malin
Ere
Obituary notes from Grand Mound and surrounding towns
Funeral services for Benjamin Peters a former resident were held in Chicago with burial in Resurrection cemetery. Marriages, anniversaries and local civic notices follow from Maquoketa Lisbon Wilton Junction and West Union. Keota alumni honored at their annual reunion.
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Grand Mound
Benjamin Peters
Chicago
St. Casimir Church
Mr. Peters
Calamus
Benjamin R. Peters
Lost Nation
Bernice Wozni
Loretta
Robert
Myra Giebelstein
Esther Peters
Viola Porth
Mildred Grimm
Goose Lake
June Jasper
de Elda Trauffer
Davenport
Arthur
Elmer
Lloyd
Lester
Marvin
William
Clinton
Resurrection Cemetery
Manchester
Marian McCarthy
Shelly Funeral Home
Walter E. Schiel
Presbyterian Church
Oakland Cemetery
Marian Elvira Mason
Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Danford
U.S. Responds to Robin Moor Sinking Meets Demands
Welles demands an immediate explanation of the Robin Moor incident as Hull seeks indemnity for American lives and property. Philip P. Williams arrives with William J. Linthicum’s report from Pernambuco detailing survivors accounts of a German submarine attack and the sinking. Congress considers arming merchant ships. the navy prepares weapons and mounts while funding is already approved.
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Robin Moor
Hull
Roosevelt
Philip P. Williams
Rio de Janeiro
William J. Linthicum
Pernambuco
Brazil
Linthicum
Wilson
Germany
Navy
Congress
CIO Mounts Drive Against AFL Teamsters in Northwest
CIO leaders A. D. Lewis and Lee Pressman announced an organizational drive aimed at AFL Teamsters. They will leave to promote unionization in western states where AFL leaders report raids on members. Lewis had granted a 5000-member charter to seceding Teamsters in Minneapolis.
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Washington
Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFL Teamsters
Roosevelt
A. D. Lewis
United Construction Workers Organizing Committee
Lee Pressman
CIO
Northwestern
and Lewis
Minneapolis
Lewis
AFL
President Roosevelt Treated For Sore Throat
President Roosevelt remained in the White House living quarters for further treatment of a sore throat. Officials said his condition was about the same with a slight temperature rise. Dr. Ross T. McIntire will continue as his physician and he will do essential official work.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ross T. McIntire
Deaths William Rogers of Colorado Springs Pioneer Farmer
William Rogers 72 of Colorado Springs Colorado died there after a long illness. He was father of Donald Rogers who leaves tonight for Colorado Springs. Rogers was a pioneer farmer of Wapello Louisa County.
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William Rogers
Colorado Springs
Colo
Donald Rogers
Sixth Street
Mr. Rogers
Wapellio
Louisa County
No-Strike Pact Sought by Atlantic Shipyards
The Office of Production Management proposes a two nation ship construction pact for Atlantic coast yards from the Canadian border to Florida. Letters from Navy Secretary Knox, Maritime Commission Chairman Land, and OPM leaders Knudsen and Hillman urge quick consideration before a regional ratification conference set for Friday.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
Atlantic Coast
United States
Britain
Canadian
Florida
Navy
Frank Knox
Emory S. Land
The
Maritime Commission
OPM
Williams S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Atlantic Coast Conference
Morris L. Cooke
Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee
High Percentage Of Boys Pass Swimming Deep Water Tests
One hundred ten boys or 76 percent of those in the YMCA free swim school passed at least twenty five feet. Thirty one percent completed the deep water test of sixty feet and earned a Minnow Club card and pin. Gurney Day lauded the program, crediting many hours of volunteer work by YMCA boys including Kenneth Marsh and others listed with full addresses.
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Y.M.C.A
Gurney Day
Kenneth Marsh
Junior Mikas
Robert Veverka
Jack Lewis
Frank Howland
Ray Rompot
Ralph Howland
Pete Lyman
John Hoffman
Mark Hunnicutt
Anc
Gerald Randall
Fourteenth Avenue
Jack Delbridge
Sixteenth Avenue
Paul Minera
L Street
Jim Johnson
C Avenue
Dean von Voltenburg
Idaho Drive
Bob Matteson
First Avenue
Robert Swaney
Jack Koehn
Bill A
Mount Vernon
Milo Loomis
Twenty-sixth Street
Dick Morrison
E Avenue
Jeene Gaines
Ronald Bauman
G Avenue
George Larson
A Avenue
Guerin Thompson
Seventeenth Street
Lloyd Ewart
Oakland Road
Gilbert Mason
Coldstream Avenue
Douglas Wear
Ely Avenue
Kenneth Stanek
Bob Ford
Waterloo
William Busland
C Street
Phillip Oaks
Outlook Drive
Thaddus Miller
Fruitland Boulevard
Milton Polehna
Second Street
Philip Miller
J Street
Ellis
Nineteenth Street
Ronk
Oakland Avenue
Vance Fishel
Second Avenue
Junior Patten
Fifth Avenue
Billie Wadden
Tom Forbes
Third Avenue
Darwin Showalter
Fifth Street
Joe Burt
Eighth Street
John Hickman
Eighth Nw
Knapp Named Defense Chairman of Iowa Junior Chamber
Russell Knapp was appointed chairman of the national defense committee of the Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce with Dale Ross of Charles City and Donald Lemmon of Decorah named to the committee. Knapp urges each junior chamber in the state to aid organizing smaller towns for the U S O drive as he serves as U S O chairman at the Second congressional district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Knapp
National Defense Committee
Iowa
German raid fires bay of Haifa oil flare
NBC heard a German radio broadcast saying oil on the Haifa bay in Palestine remained burning afloat after a recent raid on harbor and petroleum facilities, lighting the waterfront.
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New York
NBC
Bay of Haifa
Palestine
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Hi Ayr City
Pittsbursh
Hancher
Elton
Conway
Fuehrer
Duce
Court House News
Iowa News Ini
Maquoketa
Vivienne Lee Farmer
O. A. Farmer
James E. Blayney
George Stefan
Martha Pleiser
J. A. Mullen
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Glen Woods
Grinnell College
Blayney
Grinnell
Curtis Companies, Inc
Lisbon
Methodists of
Wilton Junction
Mary Miller
E. B. Miller
Thomas E. Caywood
Mr. Daywood
West Union
Lars Christian Kleppe
Dover Township
Kieppe
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Martha
Peder Walvaine
Alfred Walvatne
Battle Lake
Minn
Fred
Andrew Moilokken
Clermont
Melvin
Jacob Espeland
Ole Kleppe
Ossian
Oelwein
Oeelwein Elks
Col
E. E. Stoup
Oelwein Camp Fire Girls
Boy Scouts
R. E. Brandi
R. E. Ives
E. J. Henning
R. E. Swan
Postville
Postville Farmers Telephone Company
Perry Perkins
KEOTA
Keota High School
Gerald Ochs
Elmer Kent
Ley Gretter
Kate B. Glover
Walter Stoutner
Poor PA
Claude Callan
John An’ Fay
U. 5
Welles
Andy
Ceder Ra
Atlantic
Knapp
Defense
Junior Chamber of Commerce
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