Zop Alarm Responds After Shed Incident
Sunday at 6 17 p m a zop caused alarm near a shed on 2 street NE. Ralph Martin reported the disturbance to authorities and the alarm was raised as a precaution.
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Ralph Martin
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1941
Page
2
Local Hospitals Announce Multiple Newborns
St Luke s hospital announces a son born June 22 to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Dieterich of 800 Avenue NW Mercy hospital reports a son born June 22 to Mr and Mrs Paul Strain of 1727 Third Avenue SE and a son born June 22 to Mr and Mrs George Patramanis of 401 Fourth Avenue SW Twin sons born Sunday at St Francis hospital Peoria Ill to Mr and Mrs Wilbur Lee Harrison of Peoria Mrs Harrison is Alice Pendleton of Cedar Rapids Mr Harrison is son of Mrs Grace Ayres 853 Second Avenue SE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kenneth Dieterich
Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
Paul Strain
Third Avenue SE
George Patramanis
Fourth Avenue SW
St. Francis’ Hospital
Peoria
Ill
Wilbur Lee Harrison
Harrison
Alice Pendleton
Cedar Rapids
Grace Ayres
Second Avenue SE
City Court Fines Set For Various Traffic Offenses
Melvin McBride of Marion Route 1 paid 10 dollars and costs with the balance of a 25 dollar sentence suspended on good behavior for reckless driving following a recommendation by the assistant city solicitor. Ralph Gearhart, 19, 349 Twenty First Street SE, fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding 43. George Fields, 328 Twelfth Avenue SE, fined 2.50 dollars and costs for failure to stop at a stop sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin McBride
Marion
Ralph Gearhart
Twentyfirst Street
George Fields
Twelfth Avenue
Fuller and Palmer Named in Local Civil Notice
William R. Fuller of New York City and Joyce E. Palmer of Cedar Rapids referenced in a civil matter notice. The document lists their involvement without further details on actions, dates, or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Fuller
New York City
Joyce E. Palmer
Cedar Rapids
Obituary notes two elderly residents
Mrs. Mary M. Borst aged 86 of 121 Fourteenth Avenue SE died at a local hospital at 2 20 a m Sunday. Thomas Rock aged 95 who resided at Mercy Hospital died there at 10 p m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M. Borst
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Thomas Rock
Mercy Hospital
Harold E Babcock case notes custody ruling and marriage
Harold E Babcock and Opal May Babcock are tied to a divorce court record citing cruel and inhuman treatment and a 1927 marriage in Hutchinson. The judge awarded custody of three children to the defendant amid the custody dispute and related proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Babcock
Opal
May Babcock
Hutchinson
Poe Armen Alime
Refugees In Serious Plight Urged Direct Aid
Julius Heger told a ZCBJ park audience that Czech refugees face dire conditions in France Switzerland Portugal and North Africa. He described crowded Marseilles flats and concentration camps housing 10 000 to 15 000 refugees, arguing direct aid would reach those in need rather than through relief channels where most aid is diverted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Heger
Chicago
Czech Relief Committee
Europe
Zcbj Park
Holiday
Heger
France
Switzerland
Portugal
North Africa
Marseilles
Germany
Senate panel backs Stone for Chief Justice post
The senate judiciary committee voted unanimously to recommend confirmation of Justice Harlan Fiske Stone as chief justice of the supreme court. A subcommittee then reviews the nomination of the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Senate Judiciary Committee
Harlan Fiske Stone
Supreme Court
Red Nazi Armies Clash On 2000 Mile Front Near Moscow
German forces advance toward Moscow with objectives Kiev Odessa and the Caucasus as the Red Army fights back on a vast front from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Luftwaffe bombings hit Sevastopol Kiev and other targets while Soviet counterattacks and air losses are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Ukraine
Caucasus
Kiev
Odessa
Dnnester
London
Ukraine- Caucasus
R R
Soviet Union
Baltic
Black Sea
Sevasto- 1
Adolf Hitler
Molotovece
Churchill Vows Full Support to Russia Against Hitler
Prime Minister Churchill declares unwavering policy to oppose Hitler with land sea and air force. He vows no parley or negotiation while fighting to rid the earth of the Nazi threat and liberate occupied peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Death of Pat Harrison Removes Senate Finance Chair
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, longtime finance chair and president pro tempore, died Sunday after an interop procedure. He lies in state at the Capitol and will be buried in Gulfport after a Wednesday service. President Roosevelt praised Harrison’s 30 years of service and friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Pat Harrison
Miss
Senate
Capitol
Gulfport
Roosevelt
Harrison
House
Sen. Walsh
Mass
Finance Committee
Naval Affairs Committee
Sen
Hayden
Ariz
Mary Edwena
Pat Harrison, Jr
James Cummings
Chevy Chase
Irvin Miller
Nashville
Tenn
Congress
Louisiana State University
Dorothy Tow Queen at Pool Dedication
Dorothy Tow tops Cedar Rapids pool dedication events as local youths and the Chamber of Commerce celebrate a $60,000 municipal swimming facility. Leon, Otto Ambroz, and the Y M C A figures praise community effort and announce contest winners and season passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Tow
Syndancy
Vargon
John Stark
Nissen
Geo Smith
Gito
Leon
Behall
Otto Ambroz
Ambroz
Young Men's Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Wwliea
Cedar Rapids
Y.M.C.A
Renate
Oer Orks Se
Nazi spokesman cites Churchill speech as proof of Britain Soviet liaison
A Berlin Nazi spokesman on Monday said Churchill's remarks added new proof of long standing British Soviet military and political cooperation. He claimed Churchill's warning to Stalin of a German attack showed clear close liaison between the British government and the Kremlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vichy
United States
John G. Winant
William D. Leahy
U. S. En
Wat
Ivan Maisky
Anthony Eden
Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Hirohito
Japan
Guiana
Italy
Vyacheslav Molotov
Tokio
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Churchill
Josef Stalin
Germany
Gov
Kremlin
Prairieburg Man Charged With Forgery Of Check
Joseph D. Holub, 35, of Prairieburg, was arrested at 1 p.m. Monday on a farm near Marion by county deputies. He is charged with forgery for cashing an $8.50 check written in the name “Marak” at the Service garage in Marion, and had been sought since June 11. Holub previously served five years in Fort Madison penitentiary for a similar charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph D. Holub
Prairieburg
Marion
Larry Condon
Holub
Fort Madison
Court of Justice
Marak
Worthen pleads innocent in mo tor vehicle case
Ernest Worthen, 53, of 611 Third Street SW, pled innocent before Judge H. C. Ring to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He is jailed awaiting $500 bond after deputies said he caused a three car crash near the Covington railroad tracks Saturday evening, hitting a car driven by A. C. Nievas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Worthen
Third Street
H. C. Ring
Worthen
Larry Condon
Covington
Condon
A. C. Nievas
Hillside Drive
Nievas
Judgment on contempt citation for Henry Reed continued
Judge H C Ring extended the contempt case against Henry E Reed until September 13 on Esther Reed’s complaint. Reed agreed to a back pay rate of 50 per month. suspension would end if he defaults on the owed amount. Reed was divorced last November 15, about 100 behind the due sum per terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry E. Reed
H. C. Ring
Reed
Esther
Car Wreck Near Z C B Park Injures Local Man
Frank Popelka of 1708 Eighth Street NW lost control while rounding a rock on the river near Z C B Park about 10 p m Saturday his car struck a cuck hole and left the road into a ditch bruising his shoulder he reported the accident to Sheriff Jim Smith ay
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. C. B. J. Park
Frank Popelka
Eighth Street NW
Popelka
Jim Smithay
Wells divorce filing cites cruel treatment in marriage
Kenneth Hale Wells filed for divorce from Mary Ruth Wells on cruelty grounds. The couple wed on June 11, 1940, in a ceremony referenced in court records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hale Wells
Mary Ruth Wells
Marion
Denver man dislocates shoulder in sneeze accident
George Ashen, 19, was recovering from a dislocated shoulder after a sneeze caused the injury during a lazy stretch in Denver. The force of the sneeze followed an awkward awakening stretch and popped the shoulder from its socket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
George Ashen
Ashen
City Briefs: Fire Agency Shows 1915 Roots
Women of the Moose schedule ritual practice Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Moose hall. Cooking School set for Tuesday at 2 15 p m. Jaakareeatt at the Glow room of the Gas company advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Fire Agency
of the
Moose
Moose Hall
Jaakareeatt
Cedar Rapids Coin Club Meeting Details
The Cedar Rapids Coin club will meet at 7 30 p m with Montrose Ray Harman presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Coin Club
Montrose
Ray Harman
Cedar Rapids Superintendent Named Delegate to National Education Association
Arthur Deamer, superintendent of Cedar Rapids schools, was selected Monday by the Iowa State Teachers Association as a delegate to the National Education Association meeting in Boston in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Deamer
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Teachers Association
National Education Association
Boston
Stolen Tools Reported From Cedar Rapids Construction Site
Ray Tapper of Cedar Rapids Construction reported tools valued at $100 stolen from the site last week. He suggested a thief may have entered through a hole dug under the gate of the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Tapper
Cedar Rapids
Eves
Iowa program committee plans meeting details
Officers and members of the program committee of the Iowa late Sunda inary coordinate for a 2 meeting with Dr. C. S. Foster a local dentist and executive secretary of the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
C. S&s. Foster
Reilly Called to Active Duty From Omaha
John B. Reilly 23 son of Mr and Mrs Pat Reilly 435 Ninth avenue SW is called to active duty by seventh corps army headquarters Omaha He a second lieutenant in the reserves will report to Fort Sam Houston Texas July 1 He graduated from Creighton University Omaha two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. 23
Pat Reilly
Ninth Avenue SW
Seventh Corps
Army
Omaha
Reilly
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Creighton University
Boy Improves After Auto Collision Near Chelsea
A youth who was fatally injured in an automobile crash near Chelsea on Saturday was reported in fair condition Monday at Mercy hospital after suffering fractures to the right leg and left jaw. He showed improvement Sunday and even played with visitors.
Deaths Thomas Rock dies after illness in Mercy Hospital
Thomas Rock born in Ireland on November 29 1845 died at 10 p m Sunday in Mercy hospital after a lingering illness. He lived in Cedar Rapids for 36 years moving from Parnell. Survived by nieces and nephews including Mary L Rock J P Rock and Ted Rock with services at St Patrick s church Tuesday at 9 a m and burial in St Joseph s cemetery Parnell. Rosary Monday at Monahan funeral home before calling hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Rock
Mercy Hospital
Ireland
America
Cedar Ra
Parnell
Mary L. Rock
J. C. Gutenhauf
Cedar Rapids
D. W. Berry
Long Beach
Cal
Cedar Rapids Widow Mary M Borst Dies at 86
Mary M Borst 86 widow of Ivin Borst died in a local hospital at 2 20 a m Sunday after a long illness. Born in Canada June 14 1855 she lived in Cedar Rapids 39 years. Survived by daughters Myrtle Dunlap Florence Reynolds both of Chicago Hattie Langguth Palo and sister Mrs Edward Muldoon Detroit. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M. Borst
Ivin Borst
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Canada
Cedar Rapids
Myrtle Dunlap
Florence Reynolds
Chicago
Hattie Langguth
Palo
Edward Muldoon
Detroit
Death of Fairfax Farmer John Bellon at 11 p.m. Sunday
John Bellon a long time Fairfax resident and retired farmer died in a local hospital at 11 p.m. Sunday after a brief illness. Born February 18, 1877 in Johnson county he left a sister Jennie Bellon of Fairfax and a son George who died March 22. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Turner chapel with burial in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bellon
Fairfax
Johnson County
Airfax
Jennie Bellon
George Son
Turner Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
British radio reports trap of Seventh Armored near Balfaya Pass
Rome radio announces the British have trapped the Seventh Armored Division in the vicinity of Balfaya Pass on the Egyptian Libyan frontier. The claim cites a Rome broadcast interpreting Axis lines as disrupted near the Hellfire pass with stalled advances and heavy combat reported in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raesa
INS
Rome
Esa
Seventh Fish Armored Division
Balfaya
Hellfire) Pass
Roosevelt mulls lend lease aid as Russia debate swirls
President Roosevelt and officials debate the scope of New Deal era lend lease help to Russia as neutrality questions loom. Secretary Hull and Secretary Wickes coordinate via telephone with Churchill and British officials amid closely watched strategic talks.
Rivets Go Into Medium Attack Bomber Body
More than 350 000 rivets are driven into the fuselage and wing joints of a medium attack bomber during final assembly. Engineers report uniform fastening and attention to structural integrity as production progresses.
When the Lawyer Called in an Agent
An insurance case shows how an agent aided a troubled client by rearranging premium dates and guiding savings deposits to cover premiums. The client later died eight months after, but life insurance secured his family and business, supported by an agent who was glad to help. An institutional advertisement for the Institute of Life Insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Johnson
Jim Raines
Jim
The
Institute of Life Insurance
East 42Nd Street
New York
N. Y
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