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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1941
Page
12
In Cedar Rapids today Coe Playhouse stages The Ivory Door at 8:15 pm. St Luke's Hospital hosts Mr and Mrs Wesles Dostal on Route No 3 as listed for March 12 1941.
Project shipments are planned for the next 24 to 36 hours with temperature ranges noted. North and fast winds 10 to 20 degrees west 15 to 35 degrees south 20 to 30 degrees.
Paul Charles Hallberg of Renk Island 111 and Velma Irene Snowden of Quincy Ill James L Jakubee jr and Anna Mae Chramosta both of Cedar Rapids referenced in the notice. source provides readable names and places for these individuals.
A basement fire at the Ellinor apartments 1040 Third Avenue SE Tuesday evening suffocated Mrs. Charles Mohme 50. Fire officials report a general alarm and smoke filled the building. Witness William MacKenzie 37 was fined 25 dollars and costs for drunkenness. Mrs Esther Alter Cedar Rapids was charged with speeding but the case was dismissed at the complainant witness’s request. Samuel C. Hersey 78 died in hospital after the incident.
Samuel C Hershey 1624 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital Tuesday at 35 pm after four months illness. Born June 7 1862 in Cedar county he lived in Cedar Rapids most of his life. Survived by sister Mrs Elmer A Runkle two nieces Mrs Fred H Killen and Mrs Glenn H Moore and nephew Merril H Runkle. Funeral 2 pm Friday Turner chapel with calling hours. E E Delp former Cedar Rapids resident died in Fort Wayne. Survived by husband two daughters and four sons plus two sons Wilbur and Clifford Delp of Cedar Rapids. Funeral Friday in Fort Wayne.
Funeral services for Mrs Kater ina Pokoy who died Monday at her daughter's home will be held Thursday at 2 pm in the Barta chapel officiated by Thendaore B. Hlubucek and Rev Bena min Paroulek. Burial in Bohemian National cemetery. She was a member of Zofie Pad lipska lodge. Friends may call at the chapel Wednesday from 7 to 9 pm.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary H Gillette of 327 Sixth Avenue SW who died in a local hospital will be conducted by Rev P J Lenihan at St Patrick's Church Thursday at 9 am. Burial will be in Mount Vernon. The Rosary will be recited at 8:30 pm Wednesday in Brady Mortuary for friends to call.
Mrs Anna Sirny, who died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs Marie Flender's home at 153 Thirty-third Avenue SW, will be buried in Bohemian National cemetery after funeral services at Janeba funeral home at 1 p.m. Thursday conducted by Rev Milo Filiph. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Catharine Hubbel Goodyear 89 widow of Prof S H Goodyear who died at her Indianapolis home Monday will be at 3 30 pm Thursday in Beatty chapel conducted by Rev C J Bready. Burial will be in the family lot at Linwood cemetery.
Commodore Longfellow reported to the Cedar Rapids RN A club that more than 62 000 Iowa residents have received Red Cross training enabling them to act as air raid warden substitutes in a national emergency. He noted 1400000 life saving certificates issued since 1914 and highlighted the home front need for trained volunteers as doctors and nurses are engaged in military duty. Longfellow spoke at Coe college and WMT and will address Carnell college chapel and a first aid instructors meeting.
Firefighters found Mrs Mohme bent over a bannister on the second story landing with her dog beneath her, both apparently asphyxiated. Despite an hour and a half of efforts by two fire crews and ambulance staff, she did not survive. Police and fire officials reported delays in medical attendance and noted the mother and daughter were alone in the apartment when the blaze began. Funeral services are set for Friday at Beatty chapel with Rev P I Bornhneft officiating.
Des Moines dispatch reports the Iowa House passed a bill to cap pre marriage blood test fees at five dollars per examination, with the Senate already approving without a medical ceiling. Rep. Wagner pushed the five dollar amendment as a safeguard against excessive charges, while a three dollar limit was rejected.
Garth Gott son of Mr and Mrs B E Gott of Barnes City has joined the civil service and left Monday for Washington DC. For four years he worked for the Des Moines Transportation Company.
Mrs Edwin Hinney of Chicago secretary of the Department of Christian friendliness of the Women’s American Baptist Home Mission Society will speak at 7 30 tonight at the First Baptist church Cedar Rapids. Ten years ago Mrs Kinney helped organize work for the church to contact foreign speaking groups and aid newcomers seeking friendly guidance.
The administration moves to push a large military aid package through Congress with swift hearings set and a White House plan to dispatch war materials to England and Greece. Key officials including Roosevelt, Hull, Morgenthau, Stimson, and Marshall participate in a fast tracked process amid bipartisan unity pledges.
Reliable informants say Generalissimo Franco rejected German demands for Spanish facilities to fly planes to Africa. The move followed a swift Ribbentrop maneuver that reportedly led to Spanish ambassador Espinosa de los Monteros losing his post. Von Stohrer pressed the matter in Madrid while Serrano Suner denied knowledge of any agreement, and Franco later met Stohrer at the Pardo palace, noting the proposals were incompatible with Spain’s honor. Barcenas likely to replace Monteros as ambassador.
Reporters heard that the president would not disclose exact lists or values of equipment tied to the lease loan program. He urged Congress to appoint a joint subcommittee to monitor progress while stressing limits on transfers and the need for public accountability. Senator Wheeler warned of large tax increases to fund the measure as debates focus on war supplies and funding.
Trinity Lutheran church hosts a 7 45 p m Lenten service with music and prayer. The program features Prelude A Lenten Meditation based on Alas And Did My Savior Bleed and In the Cross of Christ Glor. The parish school children perform In the Hour of Trial. Hymnals include Go to Dark Gethsemane and There Is Fountain Filled With Blood. The Rev PL Bornhoeft delivers The Voice of Anaulan with choir Calvary and organist Joan A Jacer.
United States aid to Britain will prolong the war and axis measures will counteract the aid. Axis propaganda claims US supplies reach Britain while denying submarine blockade feasibility. Berlin and Rome echo the same line as they await Yosuke Matsuoka in Berlin and Rome.
Athens reports continuous Italian assaults in Albania repulsed with heavy fascist losses and a Greek offensive that has captured 3,000 Italian prisoners. London says Australian, New Zealand and other imperial troops arrived safely in the Middle East. In Sofia a Greek diplomat says Greece will seek peace with Italy if Germans mass on the Bulgar Greek frontier.
The House rejected a plan to form a nine member committee to investigate the defense program. A Cox resolution to create the panel was tabled by voice vote after a 252 to 112 roll call show of opposition to the legislation as presented.
Ryan Herman Hubler 65 a filer and home butcher died by suicide Wednesday noon. He shot himself in the head with a .22 rifle while seated on the car running board in the garage at his residence. Coroner A J Meythaler and Deputy Sheriff Harry Utley investigated. Cause unknown. Survived by wife and six children.
The storm ends with roads reopening and extra crews deployed. Iowa travelers faced long delays. Cedar River rose above normal. Schools resumed, buses rerouted, and most main routes reported passable despite lingering closures across rural counties and scattered stalled vehicles.
United Press reports as the midwest blizzard abates on Wednesday light snows fall across the Great Lakes area. The Weather Bureau notes the storm center moved to the southern New England coast and forecasts fairer, colder weather Thursday. Snowdrifts and ice closed highways from the Rockies to the Atlantic, with six to fourteen inches reported in Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Berlin authorities quoted by AP say German records show 3 784 British aircraft destroyed from June 23, 1940, to end of last month. The figures were released as part of wartime statistics and reflect aerial losses.
In Istanbul a bomb exploded in the Pera Palace lobby as British Minister George W. Rendel, recently recalled from Bulgaria, was about to settle in. Rendel was unhurt while four people were killed and twenty injured. His daughter Anne, acting as legation hostess, survived unharmed. Police investigate possible planted luggage as the blast’s cause. This followed a prior failed attack on the train carrying the British party.
Judge H C Ring set aside an $86.46 default judgment against E G Christie and A J Prucha doing business as Service Press. The suit is an account action brought by Brandtsen and Kluge Inc. of St Paul. Judge J E Heiserman overruled Rock Island Motor Transit’s bid to move an issue of mutual mistake in Henry Joosten’s $2500 personal injury suit.
Alia May Thompson was granted a divorce from Glen A Thompson by Judge H C Ring on Wednesday after a suit filed on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The plaintiff resumes her maiden name Alta May Henecke. The marriage occurred in Cedar Rapids on Oct 20 1934.
The week brings a theft report from Lisbon as Raymond York rows in a pocketbook theft from his home with a small cash amount and a check. Legal actions include Linn county partition case with H. M. Soper and Isabel Soper as plaintiffs against several Vowles and Beach defendants, and a $2 762 76 secured note judgment against Kinch and Kinch. The Wellington Heights lien foreclosure is confirmed and Claire G Smith dismisses a separate maintenance suit against Lee M Smith. admin appointment for Lutie McDonald noted.
Evelyn Bowers Wednesday filed for divorce from Jake C. Bowers charging cruel and inhuman treatment. They married September 10, 1918 in Cedar Rapids. She seeks restoration of her maiden name Evelyn Garman alimony and custody of two children.
The Loyal Workers Sunday school class at St. Pauls church postponed its meeting. Mrs E Harold Skinner will preside at the Camp Fire Sponsors association meeting Thursday at 930 am in the parlor of First Presbyterian church. Cub Pack 17 sponsored by Buchanan school PTA holds a carnival at First Presbyterian church Friday 7 to 9 pm open to the public. Rev W A Jacobs of First Congregational church speaks on Americanism at Lions club luncheon Thursday noon at Roosevelt hotel. Prof Ben H Peterson of Coe College to address Waltonian Luncheon club Thursday noon at the Y M C A on The American of Tomorrow as Developing Through Scientific Research.
Mike Risk and partner Alex Haddy faced Tom Shaheen and Sam Haddy Tuesday evening. Risk melded 150 holding all the diamonds except one nine in a double deck, matching a year ago when he held all the clubs. The stunned opponents conceded as Risk racks another perfect hand.
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