Town shippers forecast for 24 to 36 hours
Weather forecast issued at 9 a.m. Tuesday calls for temperatures 20 to 30 degrees in the north and east regions and 15 to 25 degrees in the west and south. Also note two fire and birth notices: a chimney fire at 1627 Thirteenth Avenue SE and a fire confined to a room at 1616 Ninth Street SE. Births recorded include a son for Mr and Mrs John Clark and a son for Mr and Mrs Theodore Kippenhan.
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St. Luke's Hospital
John Clark
Fifteenth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Theodore Kippenhan
Homestead
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Frank Michalec
Ninth Street SE
Otis Downey
Mathews Custody and Support Settlement Noted
Lucile Mathews of Everett and Everett Mathews face a custody dispute over a minor child. Court records indicate cruel and inhuman treatment and a stipulation for child support and property settlement following a marriage in Aledo on August 17, 1931.
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Lucile Mathews
Everett Mathews
Aledo
Zen
Local Obituaries Include Five Died In Regional Hospitals
John J. Hall Jr Ruth Hodson both of Chicago Jack E McKechan Betty O Kelly both of Marion James K Durgin Anamosa Vergie Marie Huf ford Fort Madison Mrs Mary H Gillette 327 Sixth avenue SW died in a local hospital at 530 pm Monday George B I etovsky 22 died at his home 678 Center Point road NE at 155 pm Monday Mrs Anna Sirny 87 died at the home of her daughter Marie Flender 153 Thirty third avenue SW at 1130 am Tuesday
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John J. Hall, Jr
Ruth C. Hodson
Chicago
Jack E. McKechan
Betty O'Kelly
Marion
James K. Durgin
Anamosa
Vergie Marie Hufford
Fort Madison
Mary H. Gillette
Sixth Avenue
George B I[etovsky
Center Point Road
Anna Sirny
Marie Flender
Thirty-third Avenue
Custody and Alimony Awards From Iowa Custody Case
Clifton L Edwards and Marion Olenda Edwards face desertion claims. They wed in Cedar Rapids May 3, 1930. The court awards custody of a minor daughter and child support by stipulation. Judge H. C. presided as Myrtle Phillips and Carl Phillips face cruelty findings. Married at Sheldahl Oct 12, 1915 the plaintiff receives alimony and household goods. Judge Ring.
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Clifton L. Edwards
Marian Olenda Edwards
Cedar Rapids
H. C
Myrtle Phillips
Carl Phillips
Sheldahl
Judge Ring
Growing Capital Opinion Sees Compromise as Britain’s Best Hope
Washington sources say Britain cannot defeat Germany alone and a summer stand could lead to a negotiated peace. They anticipate American aid may extend to manpower only if feasible, but no plans exist to deploy U.S. forces in Europe.
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Britain
Washington
INS
Great Britain
Germany
Roosevelt
Europe
Grinnell And Ottumwa Women Hurt In Auto Plunge
Special to The Gazette Mrs Mark Brooks of Ottumwa and Virginia Lowrey of Grinnell were hospitalized after their car plunged 18 feet off an embankment five miles west of Grinnell Monday afternoon. Miss Lowrey faced possible serious head injuries while Mrs Brooks recovered from shock and cuts after regaining consciousness.
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Gazette
Grinnell
Mark Brooks
Ottumwa
Virginia Lowrey
Here
Miss Lowrey
Brooks
Three Elms
Ex Market Chief James Mabon Dies at 75
James Brown Mabon longtime head of the New York Stock Exchange from 1912 to 1914 has died at age 75 on Monday in New York City.
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NEW York (Ap
James Brown Mabon
New York Stock Exchange
British raids clash with German assault on ports and towns
British bombers hit western Germany during the night while Nazi raiders battered Portsmouth and other English areas. Seven German planes were shot down, including four at Portsmouth. The RAF also targeted the Boulogne to Calais coast as German attacks centered on southern England, with limited casualties reported.
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London
INS
Germany
Boulogne
Calais
British Isles
Cologne
Air Ministry
England
Portsmouth
Berlin
British War Effort and US Aid Poised in 1941
A Tuesday briefing described Britain facing a harsher war period as Germany renews its push. It noted massive American arms support ready to flood in, with close UK US cooperation to absorb equipment. The aviary and bomber fleets were expanding with plans for several new squadrons and faster, heavier bombers like the Manchester, Halifax, and Stirling.
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United States
American Aircraft Show Speed and Heavy Bomb Loads
Smeclair outlined rapid American aircraft progress with the Glenn Martin Maryland bomber and Douglas Boston for night fighting and strong bomb loads. Consolidated Liberator offers high speed and heavy payloads. PBY Catalina flying boats extend coastal range. RAF raids and coastal command totals are noted as 280 air drome sorties, 300 ships, 470 rail and 630 industrial targets. coastal planes logged 16 million miles.
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Glenn Martin
Consolidated Company
Coastal Command
RAF
Smeclair
Germany
R.A.F
Luftwaffe
Ask Traffic Signals At Two Intersections On Eighth Avenue
The commission voted to ask the city council to share highway and city expense for traffic signals at two intersections on Eighth Avenue. Sergt. Clarence Day noted station wagons are trucks and must carry night flares, a rule county wagons violate. Beeson ordered immediate lighting changes and urged residents to trim snow near driveways for better visibility after Monday’s storm.
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Eighth Avenue
Highway Commission
Sergt
Clarence B Day
Highway Patrol
William Behrens
Clarence Beeson
Board of Supervisors
Beeson
Fred Fredericks
Commission
World Must Face Issue of Distribution Tells Bishop Longley
The Right Rev. Harry S Longley urged 75 business leaders at a Lenten luncheon in the Roosevelt hotel to confront distributional inequities. He warned that democracy needs sacrifice and religious conviction to avert war and that science alone cannot solve global hunger. The talks are part of a joint Y M C A religious education and Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association series.
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Bishop Longley
America
Harry S Longley
Episcopal Church
Roosevelt Hotel
Longley
Jesus Christ
Religious Education Committee
Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association
Arthur Poe
J. R. Goodman
St. Berchman's Seminary
Marion
Storm slows roads and trains across East Iowa
Snow and ice stretched 60 to 70 miles south of Cedar Rapids with mixed travel impacts. Des Moines saw little snow while routes to other directions were poor or normal, and roads were open but hazardous. Weather disrupted buses, trains, and city schedules, with 1.90 inches of total precipitation and multiple delays reported.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Highway Commission
Johnson County
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
St. Louis
Chicago
Chambers
Frigid Air Smothers Central U S with Snow Flurries
A mass of frigid air swept southward from Canada Tuesday spreading fanwise over the north central states and the Great Lakes. Snow flurries accompanied the temperature declines with snow falling for the third day in the rain states centering in Dallas Nebraska and Iowa.
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Canada
North Central States
Great Lakes Area
Rocky Mountains
Appalachians
Dallas
Nebraska
Iowa
Snow Fallout Restrictions Slow Iowa Highways
In northeast Iowa heavy snowfall slowed traffic with drifting limiting highway travel. Snow continued to blanket the region as crews worked to clear routes and restore normal flow amid lingering winter conditions.
Snowdrifts Cause One Way Traffic Nationwide
Snow accumulations reached 10 inches with drifting causing one way traffic in many areas. Wattkon saw the heaviest snowfall at 12 to 14 inches. A colder trend and east region snow flurries were forecast.
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Wattkon
Newhall Consolidated School Closed by Snow Roads
Special to The Gazette reports Newhall Consolidated School closed Tuesday as outlying roads remained snow blocked, delaying classes and activities across the district.
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Newhall
Clarence Con Day Clears Side Roads After Snow
Plows kept Lincoln highway clear while side roads remained drifted and slippery after overnight efforts.
Snow Delays Hit Decorah Roads After Storm
Eight inches of snow covered Decorah by 7 am Tuesday with continued light snowfall for 30 hours. Main highways remained open but icy spots and drifting reported. county trunk and township roads in bad condition.
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the Gazette
Decorah
Snowbound Town Faces Heavy Winter Storm in Manchester
Manchester endured 12 inches of snow on Tuesday as winds drove drifts and blocked all side roads. Highway 38 remained shut from 20 south to the Jones county line amid the blizzard conditions.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Jones County
Snowfall Reaches Up To Fifteen Inches In West Union
After 33 hours of continuous snow in West Union on Tuesday morning, measurements ranged from 12 to 15 inches. If the early Monday snow had not been wet, the total would have reached 18 inches. paved roads were clear while side streets remained blocked and temperatures rose from 29 to 34 degrees.
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the Gazette
West Union
Snowbound Roads Hit Northeastern Iowa Highways
The Iowa highway commission reported heavy snowdrifts and slippery roads across the eastern region. Snow totals reached 10 to 14 inches, with drifting mainly east of U S 63 and north of U S 6. Highways blocked at 8 am Tuesday included No 56 west of Elkader, No 112 east of Volga, No 38 from U S 20 south, No 52 north of Dubuque, and No 61 south of Dubuque.
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Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa
U. S. No. 63
Clayton County
Elkader
Volga
Delaware County
U. S. No. 20
Dubuque County
Dubuque
Greeks Strike Heavy Blows At Italians Frontline Push
Athens official statement says Greece has inflicted staggering losses on Italian forces along the Albanian front after a four day offensive. Premier Alexander Korizis declared Greece will not yield any Greek soil and will continue fighting, despite German pressures at Greece’s north frontier.
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Athens
Alexander Korizis
Greece
Korizis
Verink Survives Cincinnati Airliner Crash Unharmed
Ellis D Verink son of Mrs Mary Verink of Chicago was one of 11 aboard an American Airlines jet that slid off a concrete runway in a driving rain in Cincinnati. The pilot and one passenger were severely injured while the others mostly suffered minor hurts. Verink and one other passenger were uninjured.
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Ellis D. Verink
Mary Verink
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Chicago
Cincinnati
Verink
Fred Verink
Coe College
Coe
Mr. Verink
Toledo Attorney Hurt In Auto Truck Crash
Toledo attorney Vern on F Kepford suffered four rib fractures a lip cut requiring ten stitches and a broken nose at about 230 am Tuesday when a car driven by Charles Fuller of Toledo collided with a semi trailer truck driven by Ray Grace of Ottumwa west of Montour. Sheriff Sharp said Grace had stopped to fit chains but no flares were up. Fuller was uninjured.
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the Gazette
TAMA
Vernon F. Kepford
Toledo
Charles Fuller
Federal Land Bank
Ray Grace
Ottumway
Montour
Harry Sharp
Grace
Fuller
Japan Mediates Thai Indochinese Frontier Agreement
A Thai Indochinese accord negotiated in Tokyo under Premier Ko noy e and Japan settles a frontier demarcation dispute. The pact returns Pak Lay Laos to Thailand and a quarter of Cambodia, with clashes and shelling preceding an armistice on January 31 as Japan positions itself as regional leader.
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Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Greater East Asia
Thailand
Pak-Lay
Laos
Cambodia
Kosek and Bye Elected to School Board in Three Cornered Race
In a three way contest Kosek and Bye won seats on the school board with Mrs Dennis earning the third position. Kosek and Bye each carried 10 precincts, while Mrs Dennis carried the remaining three. New board members include chairman Harold Trewin and Dr J K von Lackum among others. The Jefferson school project carried in every precinct led by precinct No 8 with a 103 to 7 margin.
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Kosek
Bye
Dennis
Mrs Dennis
Harold Trewin
J. K. von Lackum
Charles Penningroth
J. C. Blodgett
C. T. Hickok
Jefferson School
Canopians See Films Of LaPlant-Choate Machinery In Use
President R E Choate described La Plant Choate earth moving equipment and showed moving pictures of machinery in operation worldwide to the Canopus club at the Roosevelt hotel. He explained how machines evolved with roadbuilding needs and predicted future roads will be straighter with gentler slopes and flat military roads.
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R. E. Choate
Canopus Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Mount Vernon Man Fined $300 for Drunk Driving
Oscar Melchert, 43, of Mount Vernon, paid a $300 fine after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated before Judge J. E. Heiser. He may pay $25 monthly. Sheriff Jim Smith arrested him January 22 after a Mount Vernon marshal called in about his car in a ditch near Camp Good Health on the Mount Vernon road.
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Oscar Melchert
Mount Vernon
J. E. Heiserman
Melchert
Jim Smith
Smith
Camp Good Health
Mount Vernon Road
LaPlant-Choate Firm Weighs CIO Union Contract
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing faces union demands from the United Farm Equipment Workers of America affiliate CIO. The proposal seeks seniority recognition, improved working conditions, and a 75 cent hourly minimum. Negotiations opened Monday with E. J. Duffy leading the union team and company officials present.
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LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
United Farm Equipment Workers of America Union
CIO
E. J. Duffy
Mr. Duffy
Charles W. Hobbie
Dewey Lint
Jacob Dyer
Ray McCreedy
R. E. Choate
L. L. Burger
R. P. Schump
Owen Elliott
LaPlant-Choate
Deaths Mrs. S. H. Goodyear Former Cedar Rapids Resident
Mrs. Catherine Hubbel Goodyear, 69, long a Cedar Rapids resident and widow of Prof. S. H. Goodyear, died Monday in Indianapolis. She coauthored business texts, taught Sunday school, and was active in missionary work. Survived by daughter Mrs. William N. Otto, son Hubbel Goodyear, five grandchildren, three great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at Beatty chapel at 330 p.m. burial Linwood cemetery.
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Catherine Hubbel Goodyear
Cedar Rapids
Indianapolis
Ind
Goodyear
S. H. Goodyear
Cedar Rapids Business College
Goodyear- Marshall Publishing Company
Parsons Seminary
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Linwood Cemetery
Letovsky Rites Set for Cedar Rapids Native
George B. Letovsky of 878 Center Point Road NE died at 1 55 p m Monday after a three month illness. Born May 5 1918 in Cedar Rapids he lived here all his life and worked for Wilson and Company the past three years. Survived by mother Mary B Letovsky five aunts and an uncle. father Vladmir preceded him in death. Funeral services by Rev B J Paroulek at Brady mortuary 3 pm Wednesday burial in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call Brady mortuary Tuesday evening.
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George B. Letovsky
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
Mary B. Letovsky
John Vavra
Emil Krejci
Ella Kriz
Wesley Krenek
Seattle
Wash
W. H. Andrews
Clinton
W. J. Maresh
Vladimar
B. J. Paroulek
Brady Mortuary
Bohemian National Cemetery
Widow Mary Gillette Die in Cedar Rapids After Heart Attack
Mary H. Hambsch Gillette, 74, of Cedar Rapids died Monday after a heart attack earlier in the afternoon. Born in Chariton, she moved to Cedar Rapids in 1906 and married Harry A. Gillette in 1911. Survived by husband, a daughter Pauline Hays, two sisters, two brothers, and two granddaughters Joanne and Judy Hays. Funeral arrangements pending. friends may call at Brady mortuary after 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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Mary H. Gillette
Sixth Avenue
Chariton
Cedar Rapids
Mary H. Hambisch
Harry A. Gillette
Pauline Hays
Clara Haugh
Burlington
Robert Pelter
Pueblo
Colo
Frank F. Hambsch
Bloomington
Ill
Phillip F. Hambsch
Baltimore
Joanne
Judy Hays
The
Rosary Society
St. Pattrick’s Church
Brady Mortuary
Mrs Katherine Pokoy 77 Dies in Iowa City Home
Katherine Pokoy 77 died at 8 45 p m Monday at the home of her daughter Mrs George Kriz 620 Oakland avenue Iowa City Born in Litomisl Czechoslovakia November 23 1863 she had lived with her daughter in Iowa City five years Survived by husband Frank J Pokey four daughters Mrs Clara M Kriz Mrs Alicin L Rathie Mrs Alice Johnston Mrs Bertha Remington two sons Edward and Arthur nine grandchildren two sisters Mrs Mary Trunecek and Mc Anna Bredle Body at the Barta chapel pending arrangements
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Katherine Pokoy
George Kriz
Oakland Avenue
Iowa City
Litomisl
Czechoslovakia
Frank J. Pokey
Clara M. Kriz
Alicin L. Rathie
Palo
Alice Johnston
Watts Locke 31 Dies After Long Illness
Watts A Locke formerly of Cherokee died in the Oakdale sanatorium at 2:40 a.m. Tuesday after a long illness. Born July 16, 1909 in Paton Ia he is survived by his wife Edith a daughter Sandra Kay a sister Mrs Foss Davis of Anamosa and two brothers Ward of Nemaha Wis and Lloyd of Madison Wis He will be cremated at Moon crematory Tuesday with memorial services to follow in Churdan Ia
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Watts A. Locke
Oakdale
Paton
Edith
Sandra Kay
Foss Davis
Anamosa
Ward
Nemaha
Wis
Lloyd
Madison
Moon
Churdan
Funeral services for Mrs Charlotte Morrison
Funeral services for Mrs Charlotte Morrison wife of H A Morrison will be held at Turner chapel at 11 a.m. Wednesday and at the Methodist church in North English at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Rev I E Lanketter and Rev F B Hebron will officiate. Burial will follow at North English cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Charlotte Morrison
H. A. Morrison
Avenue NW
Turner Chapel
I. E. Linkletter
North English
F. B. Hebron
Funeral services for William H. Olds set
William H. Olds, who died in a local hospital Sunday morning, will be honored with funeral services at 6 a.m. Wednesday in the Immaculate Conception Church conducted by Msgr. John Molloy.
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William H. Olds
Immaculate Conception
Msgr
John Molloy
Funeral Arrangements Set for Rosary Service at Monahan
Burial planned at Mount Calvary cemetery with the Rosary recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Monahan funeral home where friends may call.
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Mount Calvary Cemetery
Monahan Funeral Home
Obituary for Mrs. Flender Sirny with Cedar Rapids ties
SW, after a long illness, died Tuesday at 11 30 a.m. She was born in Moravia on December 6 1853 and moved to Pennsylvania in 1907 later residing in Cedar Rapids from 1935. Survived by son Rev John Sirny of Monessen and four grandchildren plus four great grandchildren. Body at Janeba chapel pending funeral arrangements.
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Anna Sirny
Marie Flender
Thirty-third Avenue
Mor
Avia
Pennsylvania
Cedar Rapids
John
Flender
John Sirny
Monessen
Daniel H. Sirny
Washington
Andrew Flender
Lester Bizek
David Novak
Janeba Chapel
Local quick-change artist nets $20 at two shops
A fast-talking woman used a $20 bill to scam 46 cents at Standard Paint and Glass and 50 cent purchase at a news stand in a 25 minute spree. Sophie McFaddin and Thelma Dahn describe similar encounters as police warn Iowa towns.
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Sophie McFaddin
Thelma Dahn
Standard Paint and Glass Company
Miss Dahn
Iowa
Congress Has Voted Its Own Abdication Declares Marshall
Verne Marshall, head of the No Foreign War Committee, said after the British aid bill passed that the country would soon be at war. He declared Congress has voted its own abdication and warned against youth fighting abroad. Marshall spoke in Seattle and would give a speech Wednesday night.
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Seattle
Verne Marshall
No Foreign War Committee
America
Cedar Rapids
Congress
Marshall
German Agency and Manager Indicted in Registration Violations
A special grand jury indicted Friedrich Ernst Auhagen of La Salle Illinois for failing to register as a German government agent and for withholding material information in both his original registration in January 1939 and a September supplement. The town acted as a publicity agent for Transocean in November 1938 to promote Nazi propaganda and did not register. Auhagen was released on bond.
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Transocean
Nazi Party
Friedrich Ernst Auhagen
Auhagen
la Salle
Ill
Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi Valley
Forecast for March 11 to March 15 calls for near normal or slightly below temperatures. Cold spells expected on the first two days and again around Saturday. Precipitation likely with snow in Wisconsin and northern Illinois on day one and again in the latter half of the period across all sections.
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Chicago
Misissippi
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Great Lakes
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