Weather Snapshot Delivers Friday High and Night Low
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1942
Page
1
Mrs Frank Rooks Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital
Mrs Frank Rooks aged 71 of 412 Avenue NW died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 5 p.m. Friday. The death was registered locally with funeral arrangements anticipated by relatives.
Huggins Divorce Custody Case Heard in Delaware County
Lulu May Huggins from George Huggins faced a desertion case in Delaware county. The court awarded Mrs. Huggins custody of two minor children with Judge G. K. Thompson presiding. The 13th of November 1918 was referenced in the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu May Huggins
George Huggins
Delaware County
Local Chelsea and Cedar Rapids Residents Named
Jame Manatt and Chelsea resident Dorothy Bennett appear alongside Cedar Rapids figures James Cassidy and Faun Lois Meyers in a listed notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jame Manatt
Chelsea
Dorothy Bennett
James Cassidy
Cedar Rapids
Faun Lois Meyers
Local Births Reported at St Luke and Mercy Hospitals
St Luke's hospital records a son for Mr and Mrs William J Fallis of Fairfax on June 19 and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Ora Hoy of Mechanicsville on June 19 and a son for Mr and Mrs Glenn Lacock of Martelle on June 20. Mercy hospital lists a second son for Mr and Mrs Arnold Layer at 408 H avenue NW on June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Hospital
William J. Fallis
Fairfax
Ora Hoy
Mechanicsville
Glenn Lacock
Martelle
Mercy Hospital
Arnold Layer
H Avenue NW
Local residents fined in disorderly conduct and speeding cases
Earl Leatner aged 35 of 415 Thirty Second Street NE and Nellie Ferreter aged 58 of Cedar Rapids were fined and costs for disorderly conduct. Robert A. Doolittle aged 111 Twenty Fifth Street Drive SE was fined $10 and costs for speeding at 45 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Leatner
Nellie Ferreter
Cedar Rapids
Robert A. Doolittle
Fire alarms trigger at Hall Manufacturing and nearby site
A faulty sprinkler at Hall Manufacturing caused an alarm Friday at 5 34 pm. On Saturday at 5 27 am carbon in sacks ignited by spontaneous combustion prompted a general alarm at Penick and Ford on Ninth avenue and First street SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Manufacturing Company
Thirty-first Street
Penick and Ford
Ninth Avenue
First Street
Justice of Peace Court Sentences Various Offenses
Merle Inks, 56, of 502 Twelfth Street SE, gets 30 days in county jail with 15 suspended for assault and battery. Warren Severe of Cedar Rapids fined 25 dollars and costs, fine suspended, for moving a car without consent. Carl E. Lehman of Evanston II fined 25 dollars and costs for improper passing. All cases before Justice H. R. Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice OF Peace Court
Merle Inks
Twelfth Street
Warren Severe
Cedar Rapids
Carl E. Lehman
Evanston, II
H. R. Churchill
Military Moves From Cedar Rapids Area
Army personnel from Cedar Rapids and nearby areas are reported in transit or on furlough. First lieutenant in the dental corps Dr A C Naibert leaves for Camp Hulen Texas. Lieutenant Bernard A Dyrland stationed in India. Private Russell Krejci on a 10 day furlough visiting his parents. Private Leroy Montague now in Northern Ireland. Private Charles John went to Fort Des Moines after a 10 day furlough with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Naibert
Higley Boulevard
Camp Hulen
Tex
The
Dental Corp
Russell Krejci
Fourteenth Street
John E. Krejci
Camp Douglas
Bernard A. Dyrland
U. S. Army
Cedar Rapids
India
Ann Dyrland
First Avenue
LeRoy Montague
Floyd Montague
Watkins
Northern Ireland
Charles John
Route 3
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
Olga Bena
Alma Vavricek
Ernest Soukup
McEvers Accepted for Naval Flight Training in Minneapolis
Richard John McEvers 19 son of Mr and Mrs I L McEvers 2607 Fruitland Blvd SW has been accepted for flight training by the naval aviation cadet selection board in Minneapolis He likely will report for duty at Iowa City next month The Wilson high school graduate played basketball baseball and football
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard John McEvers
I. L. McEvers
Fruitland Boulevard
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Minneapolis
Iowa City
Wilson High School
McEvers
Local Travelers Protective Association elects officers in St. Louis
George Buchan of Cedar Rapids was elected secretary treasurer of the Iowa division and to the national board of directors for two years. M. G. Pierpont of Baltimore was named national president. John Janacek of Cedar Rapids attended as a Cedar Rapids delegate.
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George Buchan
First Avenue NE
Iowa
Travelers Protective Association of America
National Association
St. Louis
M. G. Pierpont
Baltimore
John Janacek
First Avenue E
Cedar Rapids
Air Corps Commission Follows Course at Miami Beach
Sergt Jaroslav E Zivney formerly of 1402 Hamilton street SW has completed three months at the air forces officer candidate school in Miami Beach Florida and has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the army air corps He will serve in administrative and supply operations His mother Mrs Marie A Zivney now lives in San Antonio Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt
Jaroslav E. Zivney
Hamilton Street
Air Forces Officer Candidate School
Miami Beach
Fla
Army Air Corps
Marie A. Zivney
San Antonio
Texas
Promotion Elevates Captain Quist and Rundaquist
Omger to Captain Quist, son of Mrs. Rory, and H. A. Rundaquist, of 309 Sinclair Avenue SE, have been promoted from lieutenant to captain. Capt. Rundaquist has been transferred from Fort to new duties.
Douglas Utah Native Called to Active Duty in 1940
A Douglas Utah man was mobilized for active duty in December 1940 amid the wartime expansion. The report notes the detachments and service readiness as part of the broader call to arms.
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Douglas
Utah
Colorado
Nazis Drive to Purge Dissenters in Vienna and Austria
London AP reports a Nazi campaign against so called anti social elements in Vienna and the lower Danube region. The DNB broadcast says those deemed anti social will be removed to welfare institutes forced labor or Gestapo education camps. It targets people seen as a danger to wartime unity including the unsound minded and morally disapproved.
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London
Vienna
Lower Danube
Austria
DNB
Rubber scrap probe widens WPB testimony uprising
Senators summon two WPB experts Arthur Newhall and Harry Rogers to explain plans for a rubber reclaiming plant tied to engineering fee allegations. Witness Elliot Simpson cites vast stockpiles of scrap rubber dumped as filler while Harold Sims argues scrap supply is ample but unreclaimed.
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Washington
INS
War Production Board
WPB
Arthur B. Newhall
Harry S. Rogers
Newhall
Brooklyn Polytechnic
Gillette
D-la
Harold Sims
Fort Worth
Texas
Elliot E. Simpson
New York
Simpson
House Committee On Coinage, Weights and Measures
Senate
Wheeler
Dmont
Senator Thomas
Utah
Sims
Hitler's Russia campaign enters second year on stalemate
Foreign editor reviews the 1939 invasion of Russia as Hitler’s gamble unravels. The report traces the early swift advances to Smolensk and Leningrad threats, then the harsh winter, Soviet counteroffensives, and German losses while Russia gains aid from the United States against a common foe.
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Adolf Hitler
Nazi Reich
Russia
Crimea
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Vyachas M. Molotov
Kremlin
Rostov
Kharkov
Ukraine
Kerch
Sevastopol
United States
Fire claims at least ten men in Manhattan warehouse blaze
A warehouse near the Green Village section of Manhattan burned intensely on Saturday. Firemen reported heavy smoke over downtown as tar paper storage fueled dense fumes, with at least ten firefighters overcome by the smoke and an emergency response ongoing.
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New York
Green Village
Manhattan
Strikers Ratify Pullman Agreement in Michigan City
Production resumes Monday at the Pullman-Standard Car plant under terms of an agreement ending a five day strike that delayed a government contract for 1 500 freight cars for the army. The Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America AFL formally ratified the agreement Friday night by 800 of 1 000 striking members.
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Michigan City
Ind
Pullman-Standard Car Company
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
AFL
Three More Caribbean Sinkings Reported by United Press
United Press reports three additional sinkings of United Nations vessels by Axis submarines in the Caribbean region. A lone American-flag Panama ship torpedoed June 5 and a medium-destroyer Williwars is mentioned in dispatches from the Dominican Republic.
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United Press
United Nations
Axis
Subma Department
Dominican Republic
Axis and Japanese plans outlined for summer campaigns
The article sketches a joint German and Japanese expansionist strategy for the coming weeks. It mentions a sea foray against Iceland by Tirpitz with Graf Zeppelin and Deutschland carriers, possible raids on Washington and New York, and Heinkel 177s with long reach. It also cites Japanese timing tied to Nazi actions in Europe and potential naval air activity around Vladivostok and Kamchatka in the July–August window.
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United States
Iceland
Graf Zeppelin
Washington
New York
Norway
New York-Washington
Europe
Vladivostok
Kamchatka Peninsula
Japan
Manchukuo
Amur
Noeller and Schenk Released at Vinton
VINTON Iowa April 20 Noeller was arrested for assault with intent to commit bodily injury after a strike riot at the Vinton Produce plant and released from Benton county jail on $1,500 bond Thursday. Laverne Schenk CIO organizer charged with conspiracy was released on $1,500 bond Friday night. Two others Charles Hittle and Robert Aberene had been released earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Cato Noeller
Benton County
Laverne Schenk
CIO
Charles Hittle
Robert Aberene
Deaths Lena Rooks 71 in Cedar Rapids after long illness
Mrs Lena Rooks wife of Frank Rooks 412 I avenue NW Cedar Rapids died in a hospital at 5 p m Friday after a long illness Born Center Point April 14 1871 she lived in Cedar Rapids 56 years Survived by husband a sister Mrs Frank Lane of Cedar Rapids Funeral 10 30 a m Monday Beatty chapel Rev W Z Henline Burial Shiloh cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Lena Rooks
Frank Rooks
I Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Frank Lane
Beatty Chapel
W. Z. Henline
Shiloh
Yanks Grass Hut Guards Aussie Air Defense Nerve Center
A grass hut near a top Australian city serves as the alert battle station for six US youths guarding the interceptors. The men, led by Lieutenant Lester Johnson, endure harsh sun and sparse comforts as they hold vigil with little chance of leave, while planning a weekly rifle and revolver expedition.
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Melbourne
INS
United States Interceptor Command
North Australia
Lester Johnson
South Bend
Wash
Stanford University
Robert Oestreich
Birmingham Oriley
Waukon
William
Denver
Colo
George Hermanson
Cleveland
Kauekakai
Two Civil Air Patrol Squadrons Merge In Cedar Rapids Ceremony
Two CAP squadrons 724-3 Saxon Field and 722-1 Cedar Rapids Airways merge Sunday at Cedar Rapids. Officers from 722-1 fly to Saxon at 9 am, exchanged salutes, then return to Cedar Rapids where a 9 45 am oath and consolidation ceremony, led by John Paul Jones, unfolds with a color guard and remarks. The new unit 722-1 will be inspected and will operate from Cedar Rapids, with missions and training continuing from Saxon Field until fully consolidated.
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Civil Air Patrol
724
Saxon Field
Cedar Rapids
Critz
Group 722
George Clifford
Uadron 722-1
John Paul Jones
Des Moines
Jones
Dan Hunter
Aaa
Coe College
R.O
CAP
722-1
724-3
Chinese Inflicting Heavy Casualties in Kiangsi
In Kiangsi province heavy fighting reported with numerous Japanese casualties. Chinese forces retook Kutu after the Japanese seized it, while a major assault southwest of Kwangfeung and a push toward Lungwang near Changchinho were repelled. Lungwang recaptured from Japanese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kutu
Kwangfeung
Lungwang
Changchinho
Hupeh
Britain underestimates Rommel in Libyan campaign
The Evening News says British frustrations in Libya stem from underestimating Rommel. Britain needed more US 28 ton tanks and feared superior air power, but faced deadlier anti tank guns and transport volumes. The lesson is bitter and costly.
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United States
Evening News
Britain
Libya
Rommel
U S Flyers Rescue After Shark Infested Sea Ordeal
Six men aboard a B 26 bomber forced down in the Coral Sea endured two and a half hours in the water with 60 70 sharks circling them before natives in a canoe and dugouts arrived to pluck them to safety near a small island. The crew included Corporal Merrill R. Hyde of Leesville La Private John Hamilton of Adamsville Tenn and Australian pilot among others.
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Australia
Coral Sea
Alfred J. Moye
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mana Tan Eee
Moye
Rabaul
New Britain
Hyde
Merrill R. Hyde
Leesville
Hamilton
John Hamilton
Adamsville, Tenn
City Briefs Harness Races and Local Defense Show
Harness races scheduled for Sunday June 21 at 2 15 p m at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids Iowa with a defense show feature Also obituary note J A Purviance ex Cedar Rapids resident died Thursday in Richmond California He left Cedar Rapids over twenty years ago and has two nieces living in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
J. A. Purviance
Richmond
Calif
Mr. Purviance
Hail Manufacturing Sees No Broad War Orders
The Gazette reports Hail Manufacturing has no current war orders. The firm notes two small subcontract orders exist, indicating limited wartime activity at present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hail Manufacturing Company
Williams Sells Home to Witwer Grocer Exec
Walter Williams of 1953 Bever Street SE sold his home to Val Barta of the Witwer Grocery company. The move follows the sale arranged by Henderson, a local real estate agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Williams
Beverstreet SE
Val Barta
Witwer Grocer Pany
Williams
New, Mo
Rs Henderson
Funeral for Mrs. Fisher in Colfax honors Chicago death
Mrs. Mary Fisher, who died in Chicago on Thursday, had her funeral Saturday in Colfax Iowa. Attending were Mrs. James Mylon and her daughter Mrs. H R Green, sisters of the deceased’s brother the late James Mylon.
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James Mylon
Fourth Avenue SE
H. R. Green
First Avenue NE
Colfax
Mary Fisher
Chicago
Coe College Student speaks at Bethan Congregational Church
Robert Crabbs a Coe college student will address attendees at Bethan Congregational Church on Six Street NW at 7 30 p m He is the son of Mr and Mrs W W Crabbs of 502 Thirty third Street NE and has been awarded a scholarship by the King s Daughters organization All King s Daughters are invited to attend the Sunday evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Crabbs
Coe College
Bethan Congregational Church
L. Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids Theft Reported Of Wheel And Tire
Bud Conn of 860 First Avenue NE reported to police that a wheel tire and tube were stolen from his truck while it was parked in front of his home between 4 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Bud Conn
First Avenue NE
Stolen War Bonds Reported At Rooming House
Mrs Elizabeth Plummer reported to police that two twenty five dollar war savings bonds were stolen Friday from a rooming house at 620 Seventh Street SE. The thief entered the room Friday afternoon and also took two and a half pounds of bacon apples and candy.
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Seventh Street SE
Elizabeth Plummer
Courthouse Sentences Parks in Theft Case
Ralph Parks pled out in district court on Saturday for stealing twenty dollars worth of lumber from his employer. Judge G K Thompson sentenced him to six months in the county jail with five months suspended for good behavior and ordered payment of court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Parks
G. K. Thompson
Parks
Freemason Officers Elected at Kadosh Annual Meeting
At the Scottish Rite Kadosh annual meeting held Wednesday night in the lodge temple officers were elected. Edwin W. Lundquist was named first lieutenant commander Clifton M mander and John L. Swift as orator William C Henning as almoner Paul N Clark a Thirty third degree Mason was installed as installing officer assisted by J Rhoadsicher a Thirty second degree KCCH as marshal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cn of
Kadosh
Edwin W. Lundquist
Clifton M. Mander
John L. Swift
William C. Henning
Paul N. Clark
J. Rhoadsichler
Cross Petition Filed in Kingsbury Divorce Case
A cross petition in the Kingsbury divorce suit against K Kingsbury was filed by Kingsbury. Mrs Kingsbury failed to appear at the initial hearing on her complaint.
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Kingsbury
K. Kingsbury
SS Ae
Sundberg to Attend Memphis Hearing for Soybean Rates
H F Sundberg manager of the Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau will attend a Monday hearing in Memphis about a complaint by southern cotton seed oil makers against Iowa soybean processors rates on soybean oil shipments Sundberg will represent Iowa soybean interests
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sundberg
Memphis
H. F. Sundberg
Chamber of Commerce Traffic Bureau
Southern Coattonseed
Iowa
Women Workers Make Good in War Industry Reports
Washington reports that War Missiles Miska Kelves after a West Coast tour says about 2,000,000 women will be employed in war efforts. The official assessment highlights women workers as a vital wartime labor force expansion and matches national mobilization goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
MissiaKelves
Tax Lien Filed Against L. H. Jacobson Hotel
A tax lien for 192.43 was filed by E. H. Birmingham, IRS collector, against L. H. Jacobson Commonwealth hotel for nonpayment of employment taxes covering October 1938 to December 1940. Deputy clerk Miss Bessie Engle assisted. The action was recorded Saturday in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Jacobson
Commonwealth Hotel
E. H. Birmingham
Internal Revenue
Town
Bessie Engle
Federal Court
Claim More Yankee Planes Over Turkey
Berlin radio reported that 13 or 14 United States aircraft flew over Turkey on Thursday night toward the Black Sea coast and were fired on by Turkish national batteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Berlin
Ankara
United States
Turkey
Black Sea
Aim to Curb Civilian Aid Bill's Scope
Washington Senate foes plan to send the wartime civilian aid measure back to committee to limit its scope. The bill would provide cash benefits up to 85 dollars monthly plus medical aid for civilians injured or affected by war actions and for dependents including those of captured workers.
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Washington
Senate
Education and Labor Committee
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Taft
R-O
Sen
Pepper
D-Fla
George Said
United States
Social Security Agency
New Pilot Seat Production Uses Plastic Bonded Plywood
A new type pilot seat is already approved and in production, constructed from plastic bonded plywood.
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