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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1941

Page

6

Butter thief in Masonville sentenced to five years

Byron Green 32 of Sioux City pled guilty before Judge George W. Wood and was sentenced to five years at Fort Madison for stealing 1,230 pounds of butter from Wapsie Valley Creamery Masonville plant. Arrested in Chicago Jan. 13, appeal bond set at 2000 dollars. Prosecuted by Harlan J. Williamson.

Gazette Manchester Byron Green Sioux City Buchanan County Chicago George W. Wood Waterloo Fort Madison Carl Anderson Karl Meinhard Harlan J. Williamson Green Wapsie Valley Creamery Company Masonville East Dubuque FBI Spencer, Jr Ida Grove Muscatine Minnesota

War on Two Fronts Tension Warned by General Strong

Brig. Gen George W. Strong warned Des Moines that the U S faces a crisis possibly pulling us into war on two fronts. He cited congressionally delayed preparedness and rising prices as a result, noted a Rolla Missouri training camp budget overrun, and said sacrifices would be required as international tensions mount.

U. S Strong Des Moines George W. Strong Seventh Corps United States Rolla

Rock strikes bus window as Iowa City strike enters fourth week

In Iowa City a rock shattered a bus window injuring a non union driver Floyd Meyers of North Liberty in a late night incident. Handbills circulated at residences explained the strike view urging boycott and demanding wage talks and collective bargaining as authorized by federal law.

Iowa City the Gazette Henry Negus Iowa City Coach Company Floyd Meyers North Liberty Meyers Negus

Oskaloosa Jury Upholds Logan Will Dividing Estate

A jury in Oskaloosa ruled Virginia Knight Logan's will valid, made ten days before her death last November, allocating a $50,000 estate between her heirs and the Os- kaloosa Women's club and voiding a 1935 will that left the city a music shrine in the singer's home. Guardian L R Carson was named executor.

Oskaloosa Virginia Knight Logan Oskaloosa Women's Club Frederick Knight Logan Inglugny L.R. Carson

Soule and Russell Tie the Knot in Fremont Ohio

Mr and Mrs Will Soule of Trace announce the marriage of their son Donald to Miss Marie Russell of Detroit last Sunday at the bride’s grandmother home in Fremont Ohio. Donald, a 1936 Tracer high school graduate, has worked for Buhl Wholesale Hardware in Detroit where the couple will reside.

Trace Will Soule Donald Marie Russell Detroit Fremont Ohio Tracer Buhl Wholesale Hardware Company

Funeral services held for Mrs Caspers 77

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Mrs A F M Caspers 77 of Castle Grove township following her death Friday at home. The service at Goettsch funeral chapel and Castle Grove Lutheran church was led by Rev Arnold Thalacker with burial in Castle Grove cemetery. She was born Henrietta Husman in Germany and immigrated to Iowa at age nine. She married A F M Caspers October 14 1884 and lived on farms in Scotch Grove and Castle Grove townships. Surviving are her husband 11 children 23 grandchildren and several brothers and sisters.

Monticello A. F. M. Caspers Castle Grove Township Goettsch Castle Grove Lutheran Church Arnold Thalacker Castle Grove Henrietta Husman Caspers Germany Wayne Township C. Mardorf A. F M. Caspers Scotch Grove Township Peter Caspers Anamosa Herman Caspers San Jose Calif John Tobe Caspers Anna Monk Cass Township M. Tobiasson Carl Caspers Coggon Gerd Mardorf Amber Carl Mardorf Martelle Henry Fred Margaret Folkers Scotch Grove Lena Poppe Anna Wendt Manchester Herman Hahn Tobe Husman Rockford Maquoreta Phillip Walker Maquoketa Orville Veach Zwingle Ralph Kilburg Des Moines Frank D. Kelsey Frank Schrader Schrader Jackson County Lorin Felderman Justice of the Peace Clifford Miller Supt H. E. Myron Dorothy Angelow Donald Adams Chester Sherrett Donald Franck Mardella Blankenburg Jeanette Rasmussen Dale Nielsen Lorraine Schneider Aemil Yardley Lois Lehmkuhl Darlene Manross Joan Halstead Richard Carson Velma Manson Bernice Stanford Virginia Buchanan Maxine Fulton Dorothea Franck Lura Bridges Toddville Orrason McBurney McBurney Iowa Linn County South Dakota Free Methodist Church Nellie Hopker Marion Violet Wright Palo Lemuel Walker Claude Earl Hepker Rengo West Union Cemetery Adams St Paul N H Adams North Tama United States Coast Artillery Waterloo Chicago St. Paul Fred Wilson Traer A W. Root Will Bolt E B. Cutts Toledo Ill Carl Frank D. Adams Oak Park Lowell Korfe Vivien Smith George W Wood Korfe S. Korfe Clutier Clutier High School O. G. Smith Delta Bert Moore Burley Roberts Winthrop Winthrop School Board Eugene A Dunlap Earl Mulford Frank Copeland Lester Fawcett Mary Lenore Foster A J Foster Rowley St Patrick's Cemetery M. O'Leary Robert Hadacheck Joe Hadacheck Dysart C. Wunder Denison Walter Dubbeld Independence St. Patrick's Day Brandenburg Jewelry Hopkinton Lorraine Cornell Virgil E. Nelson St. Paul's Lutheran Parsonage Ringsted Hopkinton High School W. H. Cornell Andrew Nelson Ringsted High School Buck Creek Gordon Stead Zella Dighton Melba Minehart Jerry Duncan Shirley Young Bernard Supple Gene Bacon Elda Wilson Phyllis Keith Catherine Kelchen Ione Bacon Donna Mac Orr Clara Huber Virginia Lahey Roberta Gaulke Leecanore Hladek Betty Jean Richardson Betty Mohr Vera Wordehoff Marilyn Buckingham Vitalis Wordehoff Rae Ann Lahey Joe Culp Albert Sill Nicholas Haas Grayden Blount Orville Offerman McGregor Ed Sparks Milwaukee Railroad Marquette Mason City Roy Skeels Methodist Church Roland Badger Jesup J. K. Delahooke Skeels Beam and Miller Chapel Belle Merritt Sherman Merritt Olin Harlan Skeels Harold Merritt Columbus Junction Presbyterian Sunday School Arian Lowe G. N. Dimean James Merritt Marian Pugh Juanita Hendrickson E. R_ Mitchell Ed Gabriel Louis Pugh Catherine May Home Department

Iowa City Chamber Receives Aviation Meritorious Service Award

United Airlines will honor the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce for meritorious service to aviation at a public dinner March 13 in Iowa Memorial Union. C C Thompson of United will present a commemorative plaque honoring cooperation in air transport progress. Wilbur Cannon chairs the chamber airport committee. Tom Collins will appear on the program.

Iowa City

Riverside High appoints Roland H Green as superintendent

Riverside officials name Roland H Green of Promise City, Jr. as Riverside high school superintendent to fill the remainder of Robert Smola’s term. Smola leaves March 17 for a new Red Cross regional post in Battle Creek Michigan. Green is a World War II veteran and veteran teacher who will not relocate his family. Three candidates filed nominating petitions for the Riverside independent district election including directors R I Marner and John Soukup and treasurer Hubert F Doud.

Riverside Riverside Board of Education Roland H Green Promise City Riverside High Robert Smola Beccome Red Cross Fort Custer Battle Creek Mich Green Smola Riverside Independent District R. I. Marner John Soukup Hubert F. Doud

Clinton Artist To Do Oil Portrait Of First Lady

Darrell E. Brown, 26, planned to travel to Washington to paint an oil portrait of Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt in her third inaugural evening gown. He won a $500 commission over 35 candidates in a Grand Central galleries contest run by a New York department store. Brown, a Boone, Iowa native who studied in Des Moines, met Mrs Roosevelt in 1936 at the state house while sketching former Gov Clyde Herring.

Clinton Darrell E. Brown Washington Franklin D. Roosevelt Brown New York Grand Central Art Galleries Iown Boone Des Moines Roosevelt State House Clyde Herring

Bridge collapses after gasoline transport fire near Le Mars

A bridge on highway 75 three miles south of Le Mars collapsed when heat from a fire destroying a 3,500 gallon gasoline truck twisted its steel girders. Driver Conrad Stenrad of Devils Lake ND and Emil Haapoja of Rock Lake ND suffered minor facial and hand burns before the gasoline tanks caught fire. Traffic was rerouted east and north into Le Mars while detours are planned.

LE Mars Highway 75 Here Conrad Stenrad Devils Lake N. D Emil Haapoja Rock Lake

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