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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1942
Page
2
Marriage Licenses Issued for Herbert Andrews and Sare Paul
Herbert Andrews of Springville and Sare Paul of Central City have been issued marriage licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Andrews
Springville
Sare Paul
Central City
Heated motor fault at Standard Bakery in city location
A Sunday incident at 1 45 p m involved a heated motor at Standard Bakery located at 408 Second Avenue SE. No injuries reported. Firefighters responded and secured the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Bakery
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids driver fined with suspended portion
Ben P. Fisher of Cedar Rapids was fined $25 and costs for driving without a license with $10 of the fine suspended. Marvin Null of Cedar Rapids was listed in the notice with similar terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben P. Fisher
Cedar Rapids
Marvin Null
Cedar Rapids Man Fined For Drunkenness Case
Lumir Pfeifer a 30 year old resident of Cedar Rapids fined $25 and costs for drunkenness. Charles Arnold of 121 Third Avenue SW fined $2 and costs for failing to yield the right of way with the fine suspended on payment of costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumir Pfeifer
Cedar Rapids
Charles Arnold
Third Avenue
Local men die at home and in hospital in Cedar Rapids area
Joseph Pobuda 68 died at his home 1029 Eleventh avenue SE at 11 p.m. Sunday. Anthony Matyk 84 died at his home 2034 Blake boulevard SE at 11:10 p.m. Saturday. John Novak 74 of Swisher died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 10:15 a.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Pobuda
Eleventh Avenue
Anthony Matyk
Blake Boulevard
John Novak
Swisher
Cedar Rapids
Local Births Reported Across Hospitals
At St Luke s hospital Mr and Mrs Myron Schneider London a son June 15. Mr and Mrs Harvey Young 622 Second avenue SW a daughter June 14. Mr and Mrs John Heidel 109% Twelfth street NE a daughter June 14. Mr and Mrs Clarence Drake Clarence a daughter June 15. Mercy hospital Mr and Mrs Hubert McCormick 1027 Fifth avenue SE a son June 14. Born to Mr and Mrs Amos Pospishil Stanchfield Minn a daughter Marilee June June 8 Both are former Cedar Rapids residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's Hospital
Myron Schneider
London
Harvey Young
Second Avenue
John Heidel
Twelfth Street
Clarence Drake
Clarence
Mercy Hospital
Hubert McCormick
Fifth Avenue
Amos Pospishil
Stanchfield
Minn
Marilee
June
Cedar Rapids
Grandson of Poe Family Drowns in Maryland
Joseph Cotton Jr a 7 year old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph P Cotton of Rich Neck Maryland was drowned early Saturday evening la ready word received by Mrs Poe.s parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Poe 300 Twenty seventh street drive SE Details of the accident were not received here Mrs Poe flew east by plane Sunday and Mr Poe left Princeton where he attended a class reunion to reach Rich Neck
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Cotton, Jr
Joseph P Cotton
Rich Neck
Parking Lot to Have More Powerful Light
The city council authorized Iowa Electric Light and Power to replace six 100 candlepower bulbs with six 250 candlepower globes at the Fifth avenue Fifth street SE parking lot. Two central lights on a pole, four along border poles will be upgraded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Street
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Great Age of Greece span 450 to 328 B C
The Great Age of Greece is described as occurring between 450 and 328 B C. This period marks major developments in classical art, philosophy, and politics. Historians highlight Athenian democracy, Periclean leadership, and the cultural flourishing that shaped later Western civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
British in Libya Counter Attack Near Ain el Gazala
Cairo AP reports a British counter attack in Libya aiming to isolate retreating troops. Ain el Gazala sits about 40 miles west of Tobruk as Italians claim a breakthrough toward the Mediterranean and isolation of South Africans to the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libya
Cairo
Egypt
Ain el Gazala
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Deaths John Novak of Swisher
John Novak of Swisher died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 10 15 a m Monday He was born near Swisher May 13 1868 and lived in the area all his life He is survived by his wife Emma Tomash Novak and several nieces and nephews The body is at the Brosh chapel pending funeral arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Novak
Swisher
Cedar Rapids
Emma Tomash Novak
Brosh Chapel
Cedar Rapids Merchant Anthony Matyk Dies After Brief Illness
Anthony Matyk, a Cedar Rapids dry goods merchant for 62 years, died at his home 2034 Blake boulevard SE at 11 10 p.m. Saturday after a brief illness. Born in Bohemia on September 5, 1857, he came to the United States at age nine. He was a member of Jan Hus M W A and Prokop Velky lodge. In 1895 he married Mary B. Skvor who died in 1935. Survived by son William A. of Cedar Rapids daughter Mrs A J Skinner of Ventura California sister Mrs Joseph Prucha of Cedar Rapids and brother Frank of Chicago. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Friends may call at the Barta chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Matyk
Cedar Rapids
Blake Boulevard
Bohemia
Jan Hus M.W.A
Prokop Velky Lodge
C.S.A
Mary B. Skvor
William A
A. J. Skinner
Ventura
Calif
Joseph Prucha
Frank
Chicago
Barta Chapel
Obituary of Joseph Pobuda in Cedar Rapids
Joseph Pobuda died Sunday at 11 p.m. after a lingering illness born December 13 1873 in Bohemia. He came to Cedar Rapids at 16 and lived there since. Survived by wife Anna Placek Pobuda a daughter Mrs Richard Berry of Iowa City three sons Joseph F Davenport Frank L Cedar Rapids Lumir Marian and John Nemec Cedar Rapids plus 12 grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. at Brush chapel by W N Lundquist. Burial Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Pobuda
Eleventh Avenue SE
Bohemia
Cedar Rapids
Anna Placek Pobuda
Richard Berry
Iowa City
Joseph F
Davenport
Frank L
Lumir
Marian
John Nemec
Dance Places Attack Ordinance on Policing
Four Cedar Rapids operators led by Danceland ballroom Hayes Music Box Top Hat night club and the C S P S hall filed a petition with the city council seeking repeal of a city rule requiring two police officers during dances. They claim losses from armed forces enlistment and call the measure arbitrary and discriminatory. The petition notes officers' wages fall on operators and the council sent it to the legal department for recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Danceland Ballroom
Hayes Music Box
Top Hat Night Club
C.S.P.S. Hall
Legal Department
Medals Returned to Foe Attached to Bomb
The medals of Henry Wormstein and John B Laurey were shipped by shipwright Laurey and delivered to Tokyo on 18 April 1942. Lieutenant Ted W Lawson of the United States Army witnessed the ceremony at Tokio per the War Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Wormstein
Lakeview
N. Y
John B. Laurey
Brooklyn
States
Japan
Secretary of War
Tokio
Ted W. Lawson
United States Army
Flight Instructor Kroening Enlists for Officer Commission
Arthur Kroening 37, long time flight instructor at Cedar Rapids Airways, attends a brief military aircraft course at Randolph Field Texas to qualify for a lieutenant commission. He lives with his wife and their three children at 861 A Avenue NE and previously taught secondary CPT acrobatics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Kroening
Cedar Rapids Airways
American “West Point of the Air
Randolph Field
Texas
Kroening
A Avenue
Corporal Promotion for William E. Hulsebus at Columbia AFB
William E. Hulsebus son of Mr and Mrs W A Hulsebus of 225 Fifth Street NW has been promoted to corporal. He is assigned to the quartermaster supply department at Columbia air base Columbia South Carolina. Hulsebus enlisted January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Hulsebus
W. A. Hulsebus
Fifth Street NW
Quaartermaster Supply Department
Columbia Air Base
Columbia
S. C. Corp
Hulsebus
Soldier Arrivals Reported From City Families in India
Word comes that Private Louis LaVerne Lynn son of Mr and Mrs Fred Lynn 2662 Fruitland Blvd SW has arrived somewhere in India. He was inducted Sept 25 1941. Mrs Ed Carson 1212 Ellis Blvd NW reports her son Sergt Ivan Cummings of the Army Air Corps has arrived in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis LaVerne Lynn
Fred Lynn
Fruitland Boulevard
India
Lynn
Ed Carson
Ellis Boulevard
Sergt. Ivan Cummings
Army Air Corps
Technician Senneff Returns on Seven Day Furlough
Technician Clifford P. Senneff of an armored supply battalion at Camp Polk Louisiana arrives home for a seven day furlough to visit his mother Mrs Lena E. Senneff and Blanche LaVere of 1427 Second Avenue SE and his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs H L Stinson of 1007 Third Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford P. Senneff
Camp Polk
Lena E. Senneff
Blanche LaVere
Second Avenue SE
H. L. Stinson
Third Avenue SE
Army engineer Robert D. Borschel promoted to lieutenant
Robert D. Borschel, son of Mrs. Lena Borschel of 1534 W avenue SE, has been promoted to first lieutenant in the army. He serves as an engineer in the military.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Borschel
Lena Borschel
W Avenue SE
Lieut. Borschel
Jones and Laughlin Cleared of Priority Regulations
Jones and Laughlin Steel and the federal government settled via consent decree in Pittsburgh. The firm had denied charges of violating War Production board priorities rules but agreed to the order which cleared any implication of lack of patriotism in its handling of priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
INS
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
War Production Board
Jones and Laughlin
Iowa State Guard Summer Camp Delayed One Week
The Iowa state guard announced a one week postponement of the summer training camp. Guards report at Camp Dodge on June 28 instead of June 21, with first period units from Burlington Davenport Iowa City Washington Fairfield and Council Bluffs. The second period opens July 5, the third July 12 and the final July 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Guard
Sunda
Camp Dodge
Burlington
Davenport
Iowa City
Washington
Fairfield
Council Bluffs
Iowa Elks Elect Sioux City Man President
A. R. Perasso of Sioux City was named president of the Iowa Elks association at the closing session of the three day thirty seven annual convention. Other officers elected include W. F. Penaluna Waterloo Fred R. Luce Creston Otto Saul Iowa City Edward secretary E A Erb Burlington treasurer Rev J Frein Webster Davenport and A F Duerr Davenport three year trustee. Burlington was designated the site of the 1943 convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
A. R. Perasso
Iowa Elks Association
W. F. Penaluna
Waterless
Fred R. Luce
Creston
Otto Saul
Ed Ward
Iowa City
E. A. Erb
Burlington
Rev. J. Frein - Webster
A. F. Duerr
Davenport
Iowa State Guard Praised by National Officials
Des Moines reports Col. Percy Lainson says two top officials praised the Iowa state guard after inspections at Sioux City Sheldon Ida Grove and LeMars. Maj. Gen. John F. Williams of the National Guard Bureau wrote to Brig. Gen. Charles Hoe that no state guard surpasses theirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Percy Lainson
Iowa State Guard
Sioux City
Sheldon
Ida Grove
LeMars
John F. Williams
National Guard Bureau
Washington
Charles Hoe
Union
State Guard
Dive Bomber Raid Against Tulagi Harbor Hits Japanese Ships
A US carrier group launches a dawn raid from Guadalcanal to Tulagi harbor targeting Japanese heavy cruiser transports and destroyers. Dive bombers score direct hits sinking a cruiser and a transport while torpedoes threaten other ships. Fighters later finish the haul as pilots crash land on Guadalcanal and are aided by locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
Tulagi Harbor
Buckingham Youth Nabbed After Chase For Indecent Letter
Rollin Tracy Blitsch twenty of Buckingham Indiana is bound over to the federal grand jury on a charge of sending an indecent letter through the mails. Deputy Marshal Joseph A. Petrus chased Blitsch for nearly two hours through wet wood lots and muddy fields to Cedar Rapids where he is jailed in lieu of a five hundred dollar bond. The letter allegedly written on a 1940 Iowa income tax return form was mailed to the Iowa tax commission at Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Grand Jury
Rollin Tracy Blitsch
Buckingham
Linn
Cedar Rapids
U. S
R. L. Whelan
Blitsch
Joseph A. Petrus
Petrus
Lowa Tax Commission
Des Moines
Vivian M. Smith Joins Community House Staff
Vivian M. Smith began duties as Negro staff worker at the Community House, replacing Emmett Collins who resigned. She is married to Elmer Smith Jr of Camp Wolters Texas and lives with his parents at 3229 Carlyle Street NE. She pursues a fine arts degree at the University of Iowa and will work part time through August. A Dubuque native, she studied at USC and the Chicago Art Institute and led the Los Angeles Colored Girl Reserve corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian M. Smith
Emmett Collins
Smith
Elmer Smith, Jr
Camp Wolters
Texas
Elmer Smith
Carlyle Street
University of Iowa
Community House
Dubuque
Wilson urges Iowa leaders to back rubber scrap drive
Gov. George A. Wilson telegraphs Des Moines to mayors and county supervisors urging active promotion of the national scrap rubber drive. He asks officials to mobilize all agencies for publicity and to collect discarded rubber from every home farm shop and office in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Wilson
Lend Lease Costs Shared by All Allies Under Equality Rule
The Roosevelt administration for the first time breaks down lend lease aid into goods and services. Through May 31 total aid reached 4.497 billion with 3.673 billion in goods and 824 million in services. Transfers valued at 2.601 billion, with 2.138 billion exported, difference due to inventories at export points.
Refugee predicts extended war as Germany braces for impact
Alfred Rothschild of Cedar Rapids a Nazi concentration camp survivor told the Optimist club at the Montrose hotel that Germany faces setbacks from a Russian campaign failure rationing and RAF raids while propaganda keeps morale high. He predicts major bombings will take seven to eight months to affect and a long war with Anglo American forces ensuring balance of power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose
Alfred Rothschild
Cedar Rapids
Hitler
Germany
Rothschild
America
Owever
American Vessel Sunk in Caribbean during war torpedo hit
A medium sized United States merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean several days ago. Of the 57 men aboard, two are believed killed when the first torpedo struck. The remaining 55 reached a Caribbean port in two lifeboats after 45 hours and were brought to an eastern Atlantic port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Caribbean
Third Naval District
Atlantic
Dutch merchantman sunk after firing on Axis sub
United Press reports a small Dutch merchantman was sunk hundreds of miles off the southern U S coast after it fired first on an Axis submarine. Survivors disclosed Monday that twenty nine men were landed after four days at sea in lifeboats. Two crewmen are dead and four missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Navy
Smulekoff’s Buys Hartman’s Stock
Smulekoff's Furniture buys Hartman Furniture stock and moves goods to the Smulekoff store at Third avenue and First street SE. The sale, Cedar Rapids based, also marks Smulekoff's 42nd store purchase in its 54th year. Transfers for Cedar Rapids staff to other Hartman stores are offered. Hartman operated at the current site four years and previously at Third avenue and Third street SE for ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smulekoff's Furniture Company
Hartman Furniture
First Avenue
Smulekoff
Third Avenue
First Street
Smulekoff Furniture Company
Cedar Rapids
A. L. Smulekoff
John F. Miller
Smulekoff Company
William F. Frye
Hartman Furniture Company
M. P. Masser
Chicago
Hartman
Third Street
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