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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1943

Page

2

Police Court Fines Report For Traffic Violations

Harry Valandingham of 317 Avenue NW fined 10 dollars and costs for leaving the scene of an accident without making his identity known. John Russell Dines of Alburnett Route 1, 26, fined 2 dollars and costs for failing to yield right of way. Donahue, 33, of 319 Nineteenth Avenue SW, fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication.

Harry Valandingham Avenue NW John Russell Dines Alburnett Donahue Nineteenth Avenue SW

Truck Fire After Collision at City Intersection

Friday at 12 08 pm a truck owned by John Brauls Sons company burning after collision with another truck at Second Street and Fifth Avenue SE. General alarm.

John Braul’s Sons Company Second Street Fifth Avenue SE

Regional residents listed in Cedar Rapids area notice

Glenn Hruska and Betty Jane Warner both of Cedar pids James Edward Ralston and Kath a Lynch both of Cedar Rapids Ichard A. Ball Jr of Cedar Rapids and Margaret Jane Howland of Independence John G. Ste panek and Mary Hilton both of Cedar Rapids.

Glenn Hruska Betty Jane Warner Cedar Pids James Edward Ralston Katha Lynch Cedar Rapids Ichard A. Ball, Jr Margaret Jane Howland Independence John G. Stepanek Mary Hilton

Local Birth Announcements From Mercy and St Luke's

At Mercy Mr and Mrs George Lehman 650 Thirty sixth street NE a son Feb 12. Mr and Mrs Vernal Chesmore 637 Eighth street SE a son Feb 13. Mr and Mrs Leo Shestak Mr Vernon a daughter Feb 13. At St Luke's Mr and Mrs Walter Lacy 326 Seventh street NE a daughter Feb 12.

Mercy George Lehman Thirty-sixth Street Vernal Chesmore Eighth Street Leo Shestak Vernon St. Luke’s Walter Lacy Seventh Street

Mrs Edward Sparling Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital

Mrs Edward FE Sparling of 387 Seventeenth Street SE died Saturday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. The death leaves her husband, Edward Sparling, and other relatives to mourn. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.

Divorce Petitions Filed in Two McCreary Cases

Rachel McCreary sues Charles McCreary and Nellie Maurine Shileny sues Richard A. Shileny in separate divorce petitions filed in the court.

Rachel McCreary Charles McCreary Nellie Maurine Shileny Richard A. Shileny

Corn price ceilings set for ten marketing zones

The article outlines price ceilings for various corn grades across ten regional basing points. It details interior point ceilings, discounts for lower grades, and premiums for white corn, with rules on farmer-to-farmer sales and adjustments for moisture content.

Chicago Duluthee Kansas Sita. Mil Milwaukee Aone

The Morgan Empire and the Great Financial Storm

A sweeping account of J Pierpont Morgan senior and junior guiding global finance from Panama to WWI loans and Dawes Plan bonds. It covers the 1929 crash, the 1933 congressional inquiry, asset erosion from 704 million to 425 million, and the alleged below market Morgan issue favors. It notes Morgan firm’s market influence and public scrutiny.

Morgan Britain Belgium France Germany America Morgan and Company Washington House of Morgan

Cedar Rapids Gazette Invalid Source Row

A garbled OCR line shows a damaged newspaper fragment with scattered names and numbers and mentions Associated Press International. Contains no clear event or outcome to report.

Associated Press— International

Time to Go to Bed and the Wrong Mansion Tale

Cedar police court Saturday fined Leo Donahue ten dollars for intoxication after police found him in a locked residence on Third Avenue SE. A woman reported a man in her house claiming to be a guest, while patrols noted he appeared under the influence and had fallen asleep on a studio couch.

Leo Leo Donahue Nineteenth Avenue Cedar Police Court Third Avenue SE Mies

Elevator margins under price ceiling rules outlined

The report lists regional price ceilings such as Indianapolis to St Paul at $1.18 and St Louis to East St Louis at $1.2144 with margins for elevators. It states a local elevator may charge a minimum two cent margin per bushel but may widen margins if costs require, yet the OPA insists margins must not exceed two cents per bushel unless the producer sells below the ceiling.

Apolis St. Paul Omaha Council Bluffs Peoria St. J . Mo St. Louis East St. Louis Sioux City OPA

Two Young Men Charged With Larceny From Building

Bruce Swalley age 24 and Robert Williams age 26 pled innocent in Judge G K’s court and remained in Linn county jail. Detectives arrested them Thursday on a daytime larceny charge for stealing a radio from a rooming house.

Bruce Swalley Robert Williams G. K Linn County Tenth Street

Iowa City Reservists to Report for Duty at Camp Dodge

Lieut. Col. Luke Zech, head of the University of Iowa military department, announced that all army enlisted reservists in Iowa City, except those in advanced ROTC, will be called to active duty at Camp Dodge on May 10 11 12 13 and 14.

Iowa City Luke Zech University of Iowa Military Department Camp Dodge

Second Front Talks Link Guerrilla Uprising in France

London dispatch reports French national committee led by Charles de Gaulle urges rapid Allied invasion, urging uprising and resistance to German deportations. Guerrilla activity expands across Poland, Yugoslavia, France, Greece, Albania, Austria with thousands of patriots and increasing operations against German forces.

London France United Nations Charlies de Gaulle Europe de Gaullist French National Committee de Gaulle Poland Yugoslavia Greece Albania Austria Holland Belgium Balkans Draja Mihailovich Benito Mussolini Dakar Germany

Townsend club meeting and local notices brief

Townsend club meets tonight at 7 45 at 109 Second avenue SE followed by dancing. Mrs T C Felix 2530 A avenue NE has returned from St Luke's hospital with pneumonia and is receiving visitors. Zhontimachick Camp Fire group attends Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian church services Sunday morning. L L McKim 369 Nineteenth street SE left for Kansas City MO to visit his seriously ill sister Hattie McKim. Miss Helen Johnson 317 Third street SW ill for a week was taken to University hospital in Iowa City Friday. John H Schultz 60 Marion treated at St Luke's hospital after hand injury from a laundry mangle. index and second fingers lacerated.

T. C. Felix A Avenue St. Luke’s Hospital Zhontimachick Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church L. L. McKim Nineteenth Street Kansas City Miss Hattie McKim Helen Johnson Third Street University Hospital Iowa City John H. Schultz Marion

Prowler Reported After Break-In at Local House

Mrs Venelle Loverlgn reported a break in at her house on 429 Fifth Avenue SE with furnishings rummaged through. No items reported missing. Townsend convention of District No 2 to meet at the Roosevelt hotel Sunday with a 10 a.m. business session and a noon picnic dinner at Townsend club rooms 117 F Avenue NW. Afternoon program at the Montrose.

Venelle Loverlgn Fourth Avenue SE Lice Ifth Avenue SE Townsend Roosevelt Hotel F Avenue NW Montrose

Cub Pack 30 Honors At St Paul's Meeting

Cub Pack No. 30 gathered in St Pauls Methodist gym Friday evening. Douglas Battin spoke on What We Do In Cubbing. Tommy Tallman read aloud and Rollo S Pickford discussed scouting with parents. H H Morse awarded badges including bob Merriam lion badge and silver and gold arrows to several scouts.

St. Paul's Methodist Church Douglas Battin Tommy Tallman Rollo S. Pickford H. H. Morse Bob Merriam John Merriam Sammy Taylor Cecil McFa Bob Cam Bruce Caldwell Dwight Gardner John Killian Silver Arrow Rex ‘Story Gold Arrow Bob Campbell Denner Terry Williams

Five Die in Hotel Fire at Little Falls

A hotel blaze on the third floor in Little Falls New York killed five men. Firefighters fought the flames as smoke and heat hampered rescue efforts. Authorities investigated the origin of the blaze and the fate of guests remains under review.

Litle Falls N. Y

Hearing on Penick plan to impose 48 hour work week

A federal labor board hearing in Cedar Rapids before Examiner Samuel N Stevens discussed Penick and Ford plan to switch the entire plant to a six day 48 hour week. Owen N Elliott for Penick argued some departments already run seven days and 56 hours, stressing efficiency and overtime costs. C J McNutt of Des Moines represented the Penick and Ford union affiliated with the AFL.

Penick and Ford, Ltd Cedar Rapids Labor Board Samuel N. Stevens Grinnell College Owen N. Elliott Penick and Ford Examiner Elliott Penick and Ford Union AFL C. J. McNutt Des Moines

Willkie Challenges Citizenship Loss For Red’s Communist Ties

In Washington, Wendell L. Willkie argued before the Supreme Court that canceling citizenship for an alien due to Communist party membership vio­lates freedom of belief and speech. He represents William Schneiderman, California Communist leader, pro bono, against Solicitor General Charles Fahy who urges loss of citizenship for advocating overthrow of the government. This marks a second Supreme Court debate on the case after a prior November session and a February reargument.

Washington (Ap Wendell L. Willkie Supreme Court United States Communist Party William Schneiderman Communist Party For California Russia Congress Communist Party of America Willkie Schneiderman Charles Fahy Czase Rutledge

Axis bases under pressure as desert fronts tighten

The article describes Montgomery’s forces facing German panzer divisions imported from Sicily while 25 pound artillery shells protect a retreating Rommel. Axis morale remains firm as pilots promise a return to Tripoli, with a single vulnerable coastal corridor from Bizerte to Mareth and a 100 mile western sweep near Kasserine pass.

Witherae Een Montgomery Grant Sherman Sicily Egypt Rommel R.A.F Tripoli Bizerte Mareth Kasserine Pass Orang

Wapello Soldier On Missing List

George Lesnet 24 son of Mrs Maud Lesnet of Wapello reported missing in action in North Africa since February 17. He entered service in May 1941 and served with an infantry medical detachment.

Wapello George Lesnet Maud Lesnet North Africa

Seizure of Idle Scrap Plant At A. B. Alpha Omaha

The Office of War Information reports federal authorities seized idle scrap processing machinery and dormant scrap from A. B. Alpha in Omaha. WPB demanded the equipment to speed war scrap processing, paying official prices. first nationwide requisition of idle plant since U S entry into World War II.

Omaha Office of War Information A. B. Alpha Company United States George J. DeVine War Production Board Kansas City WPB Washington Alpha

Deaths Mrs Sparling longtime Cedar Rapids resident

Mabel A. Sparling wife of Edward E. Sparling of 387 Seventeenth street SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital Saturday morning after a long illness. Born in Belle Plaine she moved to Cedar Rapids in 1912. Funeral service Monday at 2 p.m. in Turner chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Survivors include husband a daughter and a son and a brother in Omaha. She belonged to St Johns Episcopal church and related sororities and chapters.

Mabel A. Sparling Edward E. Sparling Seventeenth Street Cedar Rapids Belle Plaine Sparling Maxwell Marsh C. Southwick Mendon P. Sparling C. L. Prentiss Omaha

Miss Leola Rose Dies in Los Angeles at 40

Word has been received of the death of Miss Leola Rose of Los Angeles formerly of Cedar Rapids. She died Friday night after a two illness at age forty. She was daughter of Mrs. W A Rose of Los Angeles and Cedar Rapids. Survived by two sisters Eleanor of Los Angeles and Mrs Donald F Hindley of Cedar Rapids and a brother Kurt. Services will be held Monday in Los Angeles.

Leola Rose Los Angeles Cedar Rapids Miss Rose W. A. Rose Eleanor Donald F. Hindley Kurt

Agri Bureau Names 48 Executives for Cedar Rapids Chamber

Rex Conn announces a 48 member executive committee for the Cedar Rapids Agricultural Bureau. The roster includes William Rinderknecht as vice chairman and members such as Ray Anderson Arthur Barlow Sutherland Dows Captain Charles Penningroth A L Killian George Laird Frank Kanak and many others. The projects committee will convene at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss plans.

Agricultural Bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Rex Conn William Rinderknecht Ray Anderson Arthur Barlow Sutherland Dows Capt Charles Penningroth A. L. Killian George Laird Frank Kanak S. E. Coquillette Owen N. Elliott Joe Radloff O. J. Elsenbast B. J. Newburger N. P

Cab Fare Hikes Take Effect Sunday in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids cab firms report new rates go into effect Sunday after a council enacted a revised municipal code on March 8 and published March 12. Meters are being updated to reflect 35 cents for the first mile, 10 cents per half mile thereafter, 10 cents for fractions, and an hourly rate of 1.50.

Cedar Rapids

Men and Women In The Service Of Their Country

Military service notices list Lieut John F. Bormann soon reporting to Camp Stewart Ga. Privates Leslie Liy George A Clark Elmer Henecke and others receive transfers, promotions, or training at Fort Ben Harrison Keesler Field Corpus Christi Hawthorne Sill Camp Hood and England. WAAC recruit June Benham awaits duty. families noted at Cedar Rapids Denver Columbia and Iowa City.

John F. Bormann Camp Davis N. C J. H. Bormann Park Avenue SE Camp Stewart Dick Talbott L. A. Talbott Linn Boulevard Camp Hood Texas Richard Bates Jefferson Barracks Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Army Air Mare W. Bates Field Artillery Fort Sill Oklo Gilbert Bates Linden Drive Carl Turkington Corpus Christi Fourth Avenue Bernard M. Briles A. C. Briles Eighteenth Street Houghton Park Long Beach Calif Hawthorne J Street Marvin L. O’brine England Corp O’brine Clifford O’brine Emil E. Pochobradsky Camp Polk John Pochobradsky Iowa City Road June Benham Hi-Way Hotel Fred Benham Oregon Bowling Street WAAC Pfc Charles Camp Crowder Ralph New Orleans

Notice of Amendment to Articles of Corporation

Iowa notice filed with the Secretary of State in 1943 amends Articles of incorporation for Wee Light and Power Company. It details authorized capital stock, voting rights, preferred and common shares, dividends, redemption, and conversion terms, with procedural notes for amendments and stockholder actions.

Wee Light AN Power Company Sammy Secretary of State of Iowa Board of Directors Lowa Igvatumte Tary Leuldathe Corporation Winalve Ks Idt Vair Secretary of Corporation Shell

Complex corporate charter provisions on stock rights and governance

The text outlines stockholders rights to vote with one vote per share for both common and preferred stock, annual and special meetings, proxy rules, quorum and adjournment powers, and board authority. It also details board structure, officer roles, duties, meeting schedules, notice requirements, vacancy procedures, and executive committee powers, with references to dissolution and capitalization provisions.

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Daily Record Edward FE. Sparling A. D. Ricketts Anna Mae Ricketts Luth Superior Icecamas States Panama Canal Atlantic Northern Pacific Wall Street Hill-Morgan Group Harriman-Standard Oil Cedar Rapids Gasette Gasette Company Panny Boyd Sceisbes Cedi Associated Press T Or Pot Bret Devine Gazette Carrier Service Derrest Mecia Records ANP Bureau of Advertsing Tippler Second Front City Briefs Townsend Club Second Avenue SE Penick Red Tunisia Mrs. Sparling Turner Chapel D. A. Loferski Cedar Memorial Cemetery Agri Bureau Leslie Liy Imons General (Army) Hospital Denver George A. Clark Luther R. Clark Yale Ill Fort Francis E. Warren Wyo Stockton Henecke Twenty-second Avenue A. D. James Atlantic Amphibian Force Grand Hotel Fred Condon, Jr John Tellier G. H. Tellier Forest Drive Army Air Forces Technical Training Corps Loran V. Rodman Army Air Forces Courtland Ala William R. Rodman Lisbon Ernest G. Abodeely George A. Abodeely Ninth Street Keesler Field Biloxi Miss Army & Air Richard Thompson S. G. Thompson Center Juncti Will Rogers Okla Williamsfield Ariz Tech Marvin W. Merrifield Louis B. Merrifield Fourth Street Sergt Merrifield Africa Meils Met Ira Corporacion Fem Ese Artien Sar Presigent Mlaumbet Lumbeer EM Ney John Hamilton Woodgate Ginestgrar Tobe Williams Isaac B. Smith C. S. Woodward Dia Oll Ge Sai Ttm Ft City Cedar Toy Board of Irectors Corpores Mn
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