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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1943
Page
2
At St Luke's a son born to Mr and Mrs Lee M Smith of 807 Fourteenth street NE on March 8. A new baby arrived to Mr and Mrs Walter W Arnold of 511 Fourth street. Additional notices from Lohse in Springville provide birth details.
Dean Warmuth, 29, Taft hotel, was fined $2.50 and costs after leaving the scene of an accident and failing to identify himself. Police reported he backed into a railroad wigwag signal, causing damage. R. H. Fenley, 1551 Bever Avenue SE, received a $1.50 and costs fine for parking in a bus zone.
Fire crews respond to a general alarm at the H. A. Cook residence on Blairs Ferry road caused by sparks from a chimney. Earlier, another general alarm was sounded for a chimney roof fire at 1110 Eighth Street SE and a separate incident at 1502 E Avenue NW with a child reported.
Susie M. Colon and John E. Vogel appear in a formal notice concerning the Vogel estate Andrew J. Vogel referenced. The document outlines actions tied to an assigned legal proceeding and involves the listed parties.
Martha Brown of 1305 B avenue NE was sentenced by Justice H. R. Churchill to 30 days for intoxication. Twenty days were suspended and she was committed to Linn county jail to serve 10 days.
The Linn county Red Cross chapter opens a new office at the Cedar Rapids post office rooms 307 and 311 to handle 1943 combined membership and war appeals drive details. The drive ends March 31 but the office stays open through 10 to finish audits with Mrs. Wells C. Peck in charge and Mrs. Carl W. Kirwin handling administrative tasks.
The Cedar Rapids playground and recreation department announced all 16 summer playgrounds will operate as planned. Manpower shortages are not expected to affect openings, supplies have arrived, and chlorine for the pool is secured ensuring full operation this season.
The undetected edge of vision lies in rays with wavelengths of only a few millionths of an inch, capable of producing a visible sensation on the retina.
Cedar Rapids aims to raise 65000 for the Red Cross war fund with a cash campaign. The plan sets gift benchmarks by income and offers deferred payment options over two months March through May, concluding by end of March.
Dr J T Grayston aged 53 died at his home 413 Eighteenth street NE Sunday. Services will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p m Wednesday with Rev James E Waery of Iowa City officiating. Cremation committal to follow.
Mrs Margaret Bartlett 77 widow of Edwin Bartlett died at 6 30 p m Monday in an Iowa City hospital after a six week illness Born near Solon December 2 1865 she lived there all her life Her husband died May 1934 Survived by four daughters Mrs Edward Wall Toddville Mrs Edward Reyhons Lisbon Mrs Frances Kessler West Branch Mrs Arthur Meyers two sons Charles Bartlett near Solon a brother A Kessler Davenport Services at St Marys Solon 10 a m Thursday Rev Carl F Clems Burial in St Marys cemetery Friends may call at Brosh funeral home Solon
Horace G Moore of 516 Twenty seventh Avenue SW will receive services at 2 p m Wednesday in the Beatty chapel with Rev L T Olson officiating. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery.
Word comes that W. H. Harrison of New Rochelle New York died Monday. His wife is Grace Hickox formerly of Cedar Rapids.
Mrs Nellie Faulkner of 320 Twenty third Street NE died in a local hospital Monday. Services will be held at St Matthews church at 9 30 a m Wednesday with Rev Father J D Kearn. Interment in Calvary cemetery mausoleum Marengo. Honorary pallbearers include Hugh Duxbury William Richardson Wesley Miller Fred Cook Raymond Ironside Howard Dale. Friends may call at the home.
Mrs. Neil R. Wills widow of Sam S. Wills died after brief illness at her niece’s home in Cedar Rapids. The services are in Turner chapel at 4 p.m. Wednesday conducted by a Reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist. She came to Cedar Rapids from Glen Ellyn Illinois 30 years ago and is survived by an aunt three nieces and two nephews. Friends may call at the Turner chapel.
Services for John J. Wachal aeaman OS Seamer the Rapids hospital a brief illness will be conducted by Theodore Hiubucek at p.m. Wednesday in the Mean channel Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Friends may call at the chapel.
The Rev. Charles Bridges of Kenwood Presbyterian Church will lead services in Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday for Lewis T. Freese who died Monday. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery, Louisa. Friends may call at the chapel.
The town of Cascade dismisses its suit with prejudice in district court against Iowa Electric and United States Fidelity and Guaranty over a municipal electric light plant. Trial had sought 9379.72 dollars for wrongful prosecution and injunction. The case traced back to a 1938 Cascade vote approving the plant and involved injunction actions from Jones county through the state supreme court to Linn county district court where Iowa Electric’s Cedar Rapids home office is located.
Walter Leo Norland, 53, pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in Judge J. E. Heiserman's court. He was fined $300 or three months in Linn county jail with monthly $25 installments. Address listed as 831 Daniels street NE. Case continued to March term after initial plea of not guilty.
Donald F. Staab 34 of 1414 Bever Avenue SE pled innocent in Judge J E Heiserman's court to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was arrested seven miles west of Cedar Rapids Sunday after being stopped by patrolmen. Staab posted a $506 bond.
Doris Stone, aided by her father L. W. Stone, secures a $200 verdict against Ira Beecher in Judge J. E. Heiserman's Cedar Rapids court. The collision involved a car driven by Robert Haworth and Miss Stone as a passenger, with Beecher at the wheel. Stone had sought $2,000 in damages.
Presiding Judge J. E. Heiser excused trial jurors for a week since no cases are ready for trial. Jurors to report again at 9 a.m. Tuesday for further proceedings.
Lloyd Lala a farmer near Walker sues Roy Bowers in district court seeking damages of 489.77 after his car was damaged on October 24 when a steer owned by Bo Jacked wandered from a ditch near the farm and collided with the vehicle.
Services for Ross B. Houston age 81 who died at his home will be held at Coggan Methodist church at 2 p m Monday Masonic services will be held at the grave follows in Houston's obituary notes including residence at 1903 Fourth Avenue United States.
Fragmentary line mentions Florida island and Malaita in the Solomons vicinity with a phrase about the strait. The readable text hints at geographic nomenclature but lacks full context or clear event. Further text needed to confirm exact subject and location details.
The Iowa Senate approved a $4,762,000 annual appropriation for the state board of control institutions for the biennium starting July 1, exceeding the prior level by 742,000 yearly due to higher food and operating costs from the war. The bill aligns with Gov. Hicklenlooper’s budget, sending to the governor.
Cedar Rapids police report a man using the pen name C. H. Dee forged three checks for 55.32 each on Guaranty Bank and Trust forms. The checks, written under Ed M. Svoboda’s name, were cashed at Atlantic and Pacific, the Me-Too, and Sears Roebuck after purchases. Detective Albert Wilson notes groceries and a $15.81 bag were bought, with the suspect described as about 45, 5 Foot 6, 160 pounds, wearing overalls and a jacket.
Elwood Schulpke, serving in the U S navy in the South Pacific, is promoted from fireman first class to machinist's mate second class. Duke Smothers begins army aviation cadet training in California. Private Earl J Cassidy moves from Camp Hulen to Camp Cooke. Private Charles Douglass posts at Camp Callan after enlisting February 25. Sergt William Curran visits family before officer candidate school in Washington. Floyd Rowden arrives overseas with marine forces. Peter Hess stationed at Camp Bannion. Lance Corporal LeRoy Hahn and others listed with postings and leaves. Several air force and navy personnel are transferring, visiting, or training across the U S and overseas networks.
The guard will hold a summer training camp from June 6 to July 3. The second regiment begins two weeks of training on June 6, while the first regiment mobilizes on June 20 and musters out July 3.
Dr Ruth Martin of St Louis urged X ray examination of young children's teeth to find cavities that occur between back teeth. Speaking to the Cedar Rapids Dental society at the Roosevelt hotel she cited over twelve years in pediatrics and dental surgery at Washington University and the Children s Hospital.
Mrs Helen Kacena Stark will chair Music Week in C. R. during the first week of May. The event highlights local musical groups and planned performances across the city with Stark leading organizing efforts.
SHENANDOAH AP The list of Shenandoah area service members reported missing in action in North Africa rose to 19 on Tuesday.
Sam Osnos an immigrant from Russia and founder of Sam's Cut Rate died Monday night in Detroit at age 71. His chain became a household name with widespread discount stores across the city.
More than 30 000 pounds of processed tin cans will leave Cedar Rapids late today for salvage at tin can de tiling works to aid war materials. L D Burgus, chairman of the drive, notes cans from outside Cedar Rapids and Marion are included for the first time and total salvage in those cities exceeds 300 000 pounds. He urges farmers to participate and says many basements and garages still hide cans. The effort aims to supply steel for farm machinery during the spring season.
Britain’s heavy bombers hit Nuremberg for the sixth time in a strategic strike that followed Allied daylight raids on Rennes Rouen and northwest targets. Seven bombers were lost. one German plane was downed. RAF and Allied fighters claimed several enemy aircraft as U boat industrial targets such as Messerschmitt works and diesel engine factories faced raids.
London issued its first daylight warning in nearly a month during midafternoon on Tuesday. The all clear followed minutes later after two enemy bombers approached from the south coast but caused no gunfire or bombs in downtown London.
The navy reported American bombers renewed the assault on Kiska in the Aleutians Sunday night, with heavy and medium bombers engaging anti aircraft fire. Minor attacks were also carried out on four Japanese bases in the Solomons, with all U S planes returning safely.
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