Daily Record Deaths and Local Fire Reports
Death notices for Thomas William Mackey 43 Ely route 1 and Mrs Charles Wottenbaugh 54 D avenue NE. Fire incident at Frances Kilberger 218 Eighth street NE with chimney fire. no damage. Other small notices include stall alarm at Mercy Hospital, and various names and addresses listed in the Melange of obituaries and public safety notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas William Mackey
Ely
Loeal
Charles Wottenbaugh
D Avenue NE
Salie Das
Frances Kilberger
Eighth Street
Avenue
Neely Hill
Local court records list multiple defendants and penalties
Clipped names from Esther ville Cedar Road and Mount Veron defendants appear in a court docket. Individuals and towns include Clarent F Arthur Esther ville Florence J Sexton Cedar Road Vincent Bo Gough Helen Hedges Mount Veron Thomes Janes Ordella Jacksotah Cedar Rapids Ray Hares Walker Le he Jue Nekoosa Wis. Stevens Post MS Mo Johiason Fiewter Woolson Chie Qa Nog Ge Stells Outlook Me SWooyer. A THIRTY day or 23 day suspension tied to an assault charge is noted with fines and license actions. justice court records mention fines five dollars and several license issues.
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Swooyer
Long Dynasty falls as solons ignore call in Louisiana
Baton Rouge dispatch reports remnants of a long dynasty eroded as lawmakers reject a call for a special legislative session. The central committee denounced Fei Lang as secretary while the administration’s defenses crumble. The effort collapses amid defeats and shifting power, leaving leadership unsettled and unfinished.
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Baton Rouge
Ae Blows
Hues Po
Onis
Gav Ewl Ko
Demin Ote State Central Committee
Enaor-Erett
Fei Lang
Polis Domity
Cran Tang
So He
Ton Jones
Ne Mines
Germans Lose Another Ship In West Indies
AP reports the German freighter Heidelberg, a 6 95301 ton cargo ship, was captured by a British cruiser while being towed to port after being set afire by air attack in the West Indies. The incident follows prior losses as British forces tighten the blockade. The Heidelberg had sailed from European and North American ports before the outbreak.
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West Indies
Heidelberg
Iace Britysh
United States Air
Port Arthur
Tex
Semi-Trailer Upsets on Highway 30 Injures No One
Bill Shaw, driver of a Reliable Transfer semi-train, escaped injury when his tractor and its loaded trailer skidded on the grade two miles east of Clarence on Highway No 30. The semi-trailer overturned and piled into a ditch, causing damage to both units.
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Bill Shaw
Milwaukee
Clarence
Hitler Questions V 3 Neutrally on Welles Visit
The report says Hitler told Welles Britain alone provoked conflict and Germany must counter neutrals to defend itself. Welles met Hitler in Berlin then to the American embassy to draft a State Department report. He planned weekend talks with Goering and possibly a second meeting with Hitler before traveling to Switzerland and Paris.
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Welles
Britain
Germany
Berlin
Hitler
Edouard Dalader
France
Nesille Chamberlain
Great Britain
Yeher
Ailes
Reichstag
Setles
Lidtam
Wollam
Alexander Kirk
Hermann Goering
Jeansanne
Swaitzerland
Paris
London
ChamberLun Welles
Britain greets coal blockade aimed at Italy
London officials say the new blockade on German coal shipped to Italy could aid U S interests. Britain sought a deal to route coal through Britain, but failed. The blockade, ordered for Thursday midnight, may shift trade to the United States while pleasing neutrals wary that contraband control spared larger nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Italy
Great Britain
Italy Protests Britain Over Coal Ship Blockade
Rome announced a protest to Great Britain against blocking ships carrying German coal to Italy. The protest was prepared Saturday and to be communicated to London Sunday.
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Rome
Italy
Great Britain
London
Britain And France Send Two To Smooth Out Blockade Issues
London reports that France and Britain will send two economic experts to Washington to ease blockade problems with the United States. Charles Rist and Frank Ashton Gwatkin, both senior economic advisers, will travel aboard the SS George Washington to work with ambassadors and U.S. departments on current diplomatic and trade issues.
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Britain
France
London
INS
Washington
United States
Charles Rist
Bank of France
Frank Ashton Gwatkin
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Rist
Gwatkin
Stream Pollution Bill Passes House
The House approved a revised Senate bill to let the federal government cooperate with states to eliminate stream pollution. The measure, voted without record, returns to the Senate for approval of House changes. Proponents say the key House change eliminates federal grant provisions to states or subdivisions for pollution control.
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Washington
House
Senate
Judging Completed In Cedar Rapids Winter Rabbit Show
The tenth annual winter rabbit show by the Cedar Rapids Small Stock association ended with over 300 entries from sixteen states. Winners included senior buck Viking Rabbitry, senior doe E J Harbertson den Utah, junior buck C F Whitney Omaha, and numerous other top placements across a wide field of breeds and exhibitors.
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Cedar Rapids Small Stock Association
Viking Rabbitry
Cedar Rapids
E J Harbertson den
Utah
F Whitney Omaha
Harry Mundr Daveengort
Aby
Viking Rabbury
Don McGuire
Cedar Rinds
Harbertson
Utah Doe
Don McCluire
Golden Faun Menish
Coe
Doe
Buck
F Whitney
Ontitha
Pendergast Machine To Put Ticket Into Kansas City Field
Kansas City AP report notes a split in the Pendergast machine as it names Flavel Robertson as its mayoral candidate for the April 2 special city election amid anti-machine forces led by John B Gaye. The race pits machine loyalists against a fusion of independents, Republicans and business leaders with a slate of council candidates also planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Pendergast
Flavel Robertson
John B Gaye
Anti-Machine
Machine
Printing Board Lacks Funds For 1939 Code Printing
DES MOINES AP The state printing board must seek money from the interim committee to cover the cost of printing and binding the 1939 code. Superintendent David K Brown said the cost of printing would fall to the board, not the code editor. The board has a 150000 annual appropriation but only funds to year end June 30. The 1939 legislature allotted 75000 to the code editor for editing and indexing, not for printing. The printing cost was about 37500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
State Printing Board
David K. Brown
Fred D Everett
Brown
General Fund
Local caucus nominates town election candidates
At a caucus held here Thursday evening candidates were nominated for the town election March 25. On the citizens ticket for mayor is R C Risch with councilmen H J Wehrman C G Freeman Elmer Schueler Irvin Keiper and A K Rinderknecht and treasurer L W Lensch. On the people's ticket are mayor H A Haerther councilmen Carl Williams Iva Dunn C W Haerther Carl Lieb Gene Miller assessor Henry Alden and treasurer W G Haerther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lieb
Gene Miller
Henry Alden
W. G. Haerther
France Limits Weekday Diet News in Wartime Rationing
Paris reports new wartime restrictions on daily meals across six days each week under a series of 17 decrees. The rules ban beef on Monday, alcohol on several days, pastry and sweets on many days, and restricts bread and main dish counts with minimal side dishes. Ration cards planned with a census by April 7 and gasoline rationing to follow with prices tied to Sept 1 1989 levels.
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Paris
Guild Fined For Illegal Picketing in Chicago
CHICAGO AP Fines and costs totaling 9176.90 were assessed against the American Newspaper Guild and the Chicago Newspaper Guild local No. 71 by the superior court Friday for contempt of court for violating an injunction that limited picketing of the Chicago Herald American and advertisers. Judge John J Lupe imposed the fines after upholding the report of Master in Chancery Benjamin Cohen.
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Chicago
American Newspaper Guild
Chicago Newspaper Guild
Superior
Chicago Herald-American
Court House News Quieting Title Suit in Linn County
In a counterclaim to a quieting title suit by Andrew Condon, Cath erine Lynch asserts a one third interest and seeks quieting of tithe and possession. Velma L Danner and Catherine Lynch allegedly obtained title via sheriff's deed and plan to sell to Albin F Drahos and Anna C Drahos. The answer contends Condon is barred by delay from challenging the judgment or execution leading to the sheriff's deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Condon
Linn County Real Estate
Catherine Lynch
Velma L Danner
Albin F
Drahos
Anna C Drahos
Condon
Judge Overrules Trachta bid in Kriz estate sale case
Judge H C Ring Friday overruled Wendl Trachta's bid to set aside a court order approving the Frank Kriz estate sale report hitting 18300 dollars, to consider Trachtas 20000 dollar offer. Irwin P Coppock asks dismissal of a 403.80 dollar sales suit by Morrison Inc. against unknown parties. Additionally a 31.78 dollar truck damage case against Century Cab Co. was noted with unresolved claims. Separate maintenance case by Hazel B Spinka was dismissed without prejudice. The two spouses were married in Lee County on August 29, 1928. Martha Christensen filed a 123 rental claim. D R Jones and Mrs. D R Jones are defendants.
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H C. Ring Friday
Wendl Trachta
College Township Farm
Frank Kriz
Trachta
Irwin P. Coppock
Robert Morrison, Inc
Century Cab Company
Bradley Carlton
Gerald Pettit
Lloyd Wray
Rudolph E. Fisher
Hazel B Spinka
Frank A. Spinka
Lee County
City Briefsweep of local council, theft, injuries, and society notices
City council met Saturday to approve the regular semi monthly labor payroll and adjourned. A theft report notes a $25 yellow gold wrist watch taken from a home buffet, claimed by Carl Bailey of 525 C avenue NE. Harry Whitehead, 54, of 503 Seventh Avenue SW, received treatment at St Luke's hospital for facial lacerations after a door slammed on him at Witwer Grocer Company. The Cedar Rapids Bird Club will hold a dinner program Monday at 6:30 pm at the Commonwealth Tea Room with Lilian Serbousek, E J Petranek, and Lola Tillapaugh leading. Four Garfield school pupils presented the play Four Words at a Junior Red Cross meeting at the YMCA where the allegiance and Red Cross song were sung. Robert G St. James Jr., son of Major and Mrs R G St James, 2034 Bever Avenue SE, arrived in Cedar Rapids Friday after service with the CCC in Frederick Maryland and will join La Plant Choate Company. Mrs St James will join him in Washington later.
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Carl Bailey
C Avenue
Bailey
Harry Whitehead
Seventh Avenue
St Luke's Hospital
Witwer Grocer Company
Cedar Rapids
Bird Club
Commonwealth Tea Room
Lillian Serbousek
E J Petranek
Ola Tillapaugh
Garfield School
Beverly Beach
Janet Barrigar
James Wholesick
Jack Burns
Red Cross
YMC
Robert G St. James, Jr
R G St James
Bever Avenue
Civilian Conservation Corps
Frederick, Md
la Plant-Choate Company
St James, Jr
Washington, DC
Lodge 31 100 F to Celebrate Fifty-Fifth Anniversary
Hus lodge No. 31 100 F will celebrate its fifty fifth anniversary Sunday with a 6 pm dinner at Center Hall Dr LB Sedlacek to preside as master of ceremonies for the brief program followed by a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aan Hus
Bot Hall
LB Sedlacek
Dr Wayne Foster Fractures Wrist In Morning Fall
Dr Wayne J. Foster of 2304 hil crest drive SE sustained a fracture of his right wrist after a fall while walking from his home to the garage at 815 am Saturday. He was treated at St Lukes hospital and remained there in good condition.
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W. d. Foster
Wayne J. Foster
Hil Crest Drive
St Lukes Hospital
Foster
Census Progress in Second District Business Estimates
Milo S Sedlacek Cedar Rapids area manager reports 72 percent of the 1940 business and manufacturing census in the Second district finished. Across five congressional districts covering 43 eastern Iowa counties the census is 70 percent completed.
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Milos Sedlacek
Cedar Rapids
Wanted In Marshalltown Arrest Over False Checks
Mrs Pauline Rook aged 48 of 1129 Eighth street NW was arrested by Detective Marshall at 830 am Saturday on request of Marshall town Chief Harold Block. A warrant charges false uttering of three checks and she was held pending possible settlement. Double Sequence In Pinochle: William Broulik of 2651 Mount Vernon avenue SE again double sequences in a four-handed single deck pinochle game at the Hach home 2033 D street SW.
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Marshalltown
Pauline Rook
Eighth Street
Marshall
Harold Block
Rook
William Brouick
Mount Vernon Avenue
Peter Hach
D Street
Broulik
Fred Hillmer
Leonard Broulik
Hachs
Health Film on Pneumonia Fight Available in City
A sound film titled A New Day showing modern methods of fighting pneumonia is available to groups in Cedar Rapids through A W Carlton of Metropolitan Life Insurance. Made by the Metropolitan company with help from the U S Health Department, groups should call Miss Lorraine Nelson at the YWCA or Mrs Alice Kir win at the Chamber of Commerce building.
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Cedar Rapids
W Carlton
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Metropolitan Company
United States Department of Health
Lorraine Nelson
YWCA
Alice Kirwin
Chamber of Commerce
Awards At Cub Pack 13 Meeting
Cub pack No. 13 held its February meeting at Fillmore school with Ralph Dresher as cubmaster. Bear badges went to Jack Hrdlicka Jerry Bishop and Billy Dale. Billy Pfeffer and Robert Lyman received the lion award. Donald Johanos earned the silver arrow. One year service stars were given to Jack Hrdlicka Kenneth Johnson Jerry Bishop and Billy Dale. Donald Johanos and Billy Pfeffer received graduation certificates. New members welcomed: Jimmy Ostrander Melvin Ray Martin James Bowker James Gourley. An eight-cub health skit and a parents cubbing explanation were also featured. The committee elected for the coming year: W. E. Lyman chair. W. P. Hale. WC. Dale. James Bowker. S. E. Peterson secretary and treasurer. Next month’s project: a kite contest.
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Cub Pack No. 13
Fillmore School
Ralph Dresher
Jack Hrdlicka
Jerry Bishop
Billy Dale
Billy Pfeffer
Robert Lyman
Kenneth Johnson
Donald Johanos
Jimmy Ostrander
Melvin Ray Martin
James Bowker
James Gourley
Cubs
Reuben Smith
W. E. Lyman
W. P. Hale
WC. Dale
S. E. Peterson
Will Rogers Body To Return To Claremore Birthplace
Oklahoma Governor Leon C. Phillips announced that the body of humorist Will Rogers will be returned to his birthplace in Claremore. He conferred with Mrs Will Rogers and memorial commission members who supported the plan to enshrine the body on land once purchased for a home.
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Hotly Wood
Leon C. Phillips
Oklahoma
Will Rogers
Claremore
Oklahis
Phillips
Roger
Note Tells Story of a Certain Death in the North
In a far northern cabin three men faced death with calm deliberation writing a plea to a stranger to interrupt his journey and aid their families. A feeble dated note, likely dated December 8, was found pinned to a body on a bunk while two others lay on the floor. Authorities planned to determine if an airplane could land to retrieve the bodies or if sled transport was needed.
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McNeill
Davidson
Head Of AFL Goes South To Launch Organizing Drive
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor sails for Atlanta to start an organizing drive for 500000 workers in the south across textile maritime lumber retail and other industries. The plan covers ten states and a Saturday night inauguration with 3000 union delegates. Objectives include a united southern drive legislative coordination and union management cooperation. The CIO’s John L. Lewis has been challenging AFL leadership in the region.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Atlanta
South
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Atlianta
AFL
CIO
John L. Lewis
Green
Labor Movement
Willing Service Plans Highlight Dry Clean Offerings
The ad describes thrifty service department ready to use with damp remainder suitable for hanging or ironing. It promotes Soft Dry Service with ironing and folding of linens and a fully cleaned bundle. New Process household helps offers lace curtains and blankets washed in rain soft water with nap combed for a fresh look.
Smulekoff's Offers Three Outfits At Savings Across Town
Smulekoffs marks 51 years in business serving generations. The store sits at the west end of the Third Avenue bridge and touts lower costs by operating outside the high rent district. Three outfits will be sold separately if customers choose.
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Smulekoffs
Third Avenue
New Process Laundry Adds Five Specialized Services
New Process Laundry expands its offerings beyond Zoric dry cleaning with five specialized work types. The family wash department provides a complete service using ten changes of rain-soft water and mild soap, returning garments damp for ironing. bed and table linens are processed and returned.
Shepherd Agency and Troy Laundry and Cleaning ads
Classified snippet shows Shepherd Agency for National Life Insurance Vermont Purely Mutual Est 1830 with address 709 Dewe Biéx and Troy Laundry and Moth Proof Dry Cleaners at 214 First Street SW offering six months insured guarantee on dry cleaning wall paper paints toys office equipment and more. Also Sanford's advertising meat interest in a store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherd Agency National Life Insurance Company of Vermont
Dewe Biéx
Troy Laundry and Moth Froof Dry Cleaners
First Street
Gift ideas for graduates at Okinow's watch and silver sale
Parents and relatives can explore Hamilton Elgin Gruen and Bulova watches at Okinow's with layaway options. New patterns from 1847 Rogers Brothers and Community plate include First Love Adoration Coronation Forever. Trade ins allow full original purchase price credit toward new pieces, letting buyers grow diamond size while paying.
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Okinow's
Hamilton
Elgin
Gruen
Bulova
Okinow’s
Rogers Brothers
Community
Rogers
Equal chances in contest for advertisers ideas
The notice explains a weekly prize contest for advertising ideas with 130 prizes and three grand prizes. Winners published weekly, ads judged by originality rather than technical makeup. Contestants encouraged to study products, visit stores, and submit brief ideas such as slogans or jingles.
Smulekoff's Tips for Contestants Offer Full Furnishings
Easy first payments for a complete three room outfit covering living room bedroom and dinette in a Smulekoff's showroom. Living room includes davenport lounge chair tables lamps and a smoker. Waterfall bedroom suite features bed chest coil spring mattress vanity and bench. Rug, breakfast set with table and four chairs, dishes and metal dish complete the package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smulekoff's
Fine Home Furnishings Open Saturdays to 8 PM
Smulekoff's offers liberal credit terms with free delivery across Iowa. Located at 103-115 Third Ave SW West S.de Third Avenue Gridge Credit enables mall orders and evening appointments, with Saturday evenings open until 8 PM.
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Liberal Credit Smulekoff
Third Ave
West
S.de
Third Avenue
Iowa
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