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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1940
Page
2
Martin M. Cooney of West Union宣布竞选对GOP全国委员会委员人选对 Harrison Spangler进行对抗 重点在于他在艾奥瓦召开总部以争取代表。Spangler自1932年担任委员，Cooney宣称两个月民意调查显示党领导层需变革 并计划在4月12日的大会上提名代表 参选人包括各区两名代表及全体代表四名。 Spangler执政遭受党内部分人士批评 另有相关人物与事件背景。
Nellie Wendling 81 longtime Independence resident died at People's Hospital on Saturday from influenza and complications. Surviving are three sons George Carl Will two daughters Mrs Glen Grier and Mary Wendling. Requiem high mass at St Josephs with Fr Erdland and Fr Wendling. Fayette notice follows.
City of Cedar Rapids Iowa will hold a March 28 1940 meeting in City Hall Council Chambers to consider amendments and transfers of Public Improvement Fund and Building Department Fund appropriations for the fiscal year ending March 31 1940. Citizens may appear to be heard for or against the proposed changes including $10 2 for snow removal and equipment damage and extra Building Department costs from issuing permits.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Gage of 1666 Seventh Avenue celebrated their 25th anniversary with a Sunday picnic at home. Guests included Raymond Neilson, Verne Seeks and families, and many Marion residents who presented an electric clock.
Iowa fatalities on highways surged to 100 for 1940 as week end crashes claimed Job Trimmer of Glenwood, Russell Wallace of Des Moines, Claus Albert Barnes of Cedar Rapids and others. Nine deaths occurred in the past week with victims listed across multiple towns including Waukon Montezuma Central City Ames and Walker.
Diedrich Dirks 82 longtime Langworthy resident died Saturday at his daughter's Amber home. Born in Germany he leaves seven children Gerd Dirks Langworthy Olin Anamosa Amber, a brother Gerd Dirks Center Junction 61 grandchildren 71 great grandchildren and his wife died three years ago. Funeral services Tuesday at 1 30 p m at Wayne Center Church with Rev Kehrens of Anamosa burial in church cemetery.
For sale or rent a modern room in a house listed by Geo L Wood. Inquire at the address provided in the advertisement for details on price terms and availability.
The Prairie Chapel Ladies Aid society will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Harry Sivers with Mrs. Albert Martin and Mrs. Rollo Batchelor as joint hostesses.
Mrs. A. B. Cate of Perry is a guest of her daughters Mrs. Verto Reichert and Mrs. Jack Bevauns, in a family visit noted in the local social column.
Readable text notes Storm’s Easter counter as the strongest effort yet, credited to Peter Rabbit in an advertisement style caption. The line frames the event as a record counter for Easter, paired with branding language.
M G Linkletter travels to Ashland Nebraska after the death of his sister Mrs L B Stevenson. She leaves a five year old daughter and a husband who is pastor of a local church. Linkletter plans to return home Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs George A Kindler spent the weekend with Mrs Kindler's parents in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin.
The Priscilla Guild of the Congregational church will meet Wednesday at 2 30 p m at the home of Mrs Earl W Kendall 1048 Twelfth street with Mrs Norman J Waffle and Miss Josephine Wiggins as joint hostesses
Mrs. Gladys Collier hosted a family dinner at 1011 Third avenue on Sunday for the birthdays of her son Beryl and daughter Jane. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Golden Miller of Mount Vernon and Lyle Young of Marion.
Brandon high school drama club presents a three act comedy Dont Darken My Door at a junior class benefit Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. Uldene Bearbower and Lawrence Brooks star as heroine and hero with Hugh Edaburn La Vonne Petersen Junior Gillam Erma Stainbrook Mary Fish and Ruby Gates in supporting roles directed by Miss Alice Stuck.
Four Iowans who gave 100 dollars or more to the Democratic National Committee last year are named in the committee’s annual report. The donors are United States Marshal John B. Keefe of Sioux City 200 dollars Charles D Huston collector of internal revenue Des Moines 100 dollars Daniel D Steck former U S Senator Ottumwa 100 dollars Halstead M Carpenter of Monticello 100 dollars. The Iowa Jackson Day dinner committee turned 5000 dollars over to the national committee. Don McGuire who managed the dinner was made assistant to Guy McKinney information director for the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Dubuque county grand jury reported to Judge Milton J. Glenn dismissing a murder charge against Anton H. Beckman in the poison death of his employer Charles Ott. Beckman was freed from jail after the grand jury found the evidence insufficient for indictment. Ott was found dead January 25 at his Millville road farm home.
Mrs L C Dow, previously ill, is reported to be improving her health.
Only a few days remain to grab Storm's specials labeled 7c and UE, advertised to attract shoppers before the sale ends. Promotions highlight discounted items and time-limited offers to spur quick purchases.
E. A. Lagerquist Ervin Hazer and Dick Alexander will go to Iowa City Monday evening on business.
The home project group of Pleasant Grove school district No 11 will meet at the home of Mrs Carl Carver on Old Marion road Wednesday at 11 a.m. A picnic luncheon will be served at noon.
Mrs Walter Rowe of 396 Eighteenth Street reports crocuses blooming in her flower garden Sunday.
Nine women gathered at Mrs. Adam Reed's home for a home study group meeting of the Millwood school district. They held a session on chair seat weaving and enjoyed a picnic luncheon.
Mrs. George McBride and her son Melvin spent Sunday with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Guy Reed in Independence Ohio.
Miss Mary Orelda Reiter of Iowa City is spending the Easter vacation with her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Harlan. The trip highlights family ties during the holiday period.
Mrs. O. E. Hallberg of Evanston and Mrs. T. E. Adamson of Geneva have left after visiting their sister Mrs. O. W. Bristol.
Mr and Mrs Owen Turner returned to Marion Saturday after five months in California. Their daughter Miss Lora Turner a teacher at Wilson High School Cedar Rapids is spending the spring vacation with her parents.
Mr and Mrs John Schultz of Fort Madison spent the weekend with Mrs and Mrs Peter F Schultz, the elder Mr Schultz showing slight improvement after several weeks of illness.
Mrs Ellen Parks leaves for Iowa City to spend several days with her niece Miss Effie Mullin, visiting relatives and enjoying time away.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Badham hosted the Dry Creek Agricultural and Literary club Friday. Music by Ray Frederick and a reading by Mrs. John Adams complemented the gathering. Guests included Charles Adams of Tipton, Ruth and Franklin Jayne of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Amy Foster of Mount Union, Mrs. George Touro, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Maxfield, and the Alfred Rinderknecht family of Marion.
Mr and Mrs A J Taube held a Sunday dinner at their east Marion home in observance of Mrs Taubes sister Mrs H W Wiggins birthday. Guests included H W Wiggins Josephine Wiggins James Wiggins Lloyd Taube Mrs A C Meakins and daughter Mary and Miss Mary Dunlap of Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. James Bailie, guest of her parents Mr and Mrs W G Neill, left for Chicago Saturday after visiting.
Vitamin Fortified provides the needed vitamins your daily diet lacks. 24 globules 79c at Owen's Drug Store. Advertisement.
Mrs. Albert Jordan and her husband in Milwaukee announce the birth of their son Albert LeRoy on March 17. The mother before marriage was Esther Scott of Marion.
The fire department responded to two calls Sunday. At 4:25 p.m. a motorcycle on Eleventh Street caught fire from backfiring. At 11:50 p.m. crews arrived at Bill Jones on Sixth Avenue at Nineteenth Street to extinguish a roof fire causing slight damage.
Overnight guests at the Storm home were Mrs. Joe Lovinger, Mr. Lovinger, and their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kratchmier of Mitchell South Dakota. They were en route to Chicago.
J. Kirk Snell, a University of Iowa student, spent Sunday with his mother Mrs Hazel Snell in a family visit that highlighted their weekend gathering.
Mr and Mrs L M Phelps entertained at dinner Sunday evening complimenting their nephew Eugene Travis a student at Iowa State College home for spring vacation. Covers were laid for seven at a table with Easter favors. Out of town guests included Carolyn Savage and Robert Beach of Cedar Rapids.
During Passion Week three La Porte City Protestant congregations the Evangelical Presbyterian and Methodist join in union services Tuesday The Rev P K Figge will address the Evangelical church setting the program for the interdenominational gathering
Fayette third and fourth grades under Mary Jane Sykes and Gladys Smothers present The Early Bird Catches the Worm on Tuesday. Waukton features Ben Coplin arrest for a $5 worthless check and Mike Kehoe’s attempted self harm at the county home. Traer announces Paul Dickinson takes Farmers Lumber manager post succeeding Karl Kaus. Funeral services for Asbjorn Galsing set in Marion with burial in Marion cemetery.
Mr and Mrs I S Rasmussen of Grinnell announce the marriage of their daughter Dena to Floyd Durr son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Durr of Montezuma The ceremony was in the Methodist parsonage at Memphis Missouri on February 3 Dena Rasmussen a Grinnell high school graduate has taught rural school in Poweshiek county and Floyd Durr is a farmer
The body of Mrs. Antone Vozenilek, 26, mother of an 18 day old baby, was found in a shallow creek four miles west of Oxford Junction at 5 30 am Monday. Coroner Har rington ruled death by self inflicted drowning. She had been ill since March 1 after giving birth to her third child. Survived by husband Alfred and children Dorothy and Mary, plus four sisters and four brothers. Burial at Hayden funeral home in Hale.
Doris Baldwin and Betty Lou McCabe won top honors in city and county spelling contests and will represent their divisions at the state spelling competition in Des Moines on April 20. Runners up were James LaRue and Marian Alwine. Fifty students participated. A petition seeks to compel Johnson County to issue a beer permit renewal for Don Alberhasky. Judge James P. Gaffney will speak to the Young Democrats on government and democracy. Dr John B. Magee of Cornell College will headline Holy Week services with talks at the Christian, Presbyterian churches, and related venues.
Ma tilda Reimers, born in Germany on October 13, 1840, died at 99 from pneumonia at her Malcom home. She immigrated in 1866, married C. D. Reimers, lived near Wolcott then Malcom, with six children, 32 grandchildren, 41 great grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren. Funeral at Presbyterian church conducted by Rev. Widdel.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Phillip Kaiser formerly of La Porte City at Fairview church. Born February 6 1873 in Wergenberg Germany to John and Fredrecka Sturm she emigrated to America and married Phillip Kaiser in 1891 at Vinton. She and Kaiser farmed nearby until 1931 then moved to Aurora area and in 1935 to Lamont. Survived by husband nine children two sisters and 24 grandchildren with Irene Kaiser deceased.
The Iowa board of control reappointed Warden Glenn C. Haynes of Fort Madison for another four year term while also renewing four other state hospital chiefs for four years. Dr. Charles F. Obermann at Cherokee, Dr. L. P. Ristine at Mount Pleasant, and Dr. Frederick J. Swift at Marshalltown retain posts, with Swift continuing as acting commandant to finish his children’s school year.
Fred W. Kinzenbaw, 50, a farmer two miles south of Ladora, was found dead in a corn crib from two gunshot wounds. Dr. A C McKean ruled it a likely self-inflicted death due to despondency over ill health after a recent surgical operation. He leaves a wife and five children and is survived by four brothers and three sisters. Sheriff Milton Engelbert oversaw removal of the body. it was taken to McAnich mortuary in Victor.
Brooklyn noting new officers for the local AK chapter of P.E.O. with Mrs. E. J. Schmitz as president and Mrs. Herbert Brannian as vice president. Other officers include Mrs. Percy Ostrom recording secretary and Mrs. Omar Goehring corresponding secretary, Bess Braemer treasurer, Mrs. Fred Miller chaplain, Alice Hogan guard, Mrs. Forrest Hicks musician, with Mrs. Al Hamilton as alternate delegate to the state convention.
Iowa saw spring like warmth on Sunday with Keokuk reaching 76 and Des Moines at 66. Sioux City reported a Sunday night low of 30 while Davport measured .52 inches of precipitation. light rains dotted several areas as roads softened in the southwest. Forecasters warned of colder air Tuesday lifting temps to around 20 degrees in the north and eastern regions.
Funeral services for E F Douglass Dysart's last Civil War veteran who died at 92 will be Tuesday at 2 p m in the community building. Ray Douglass Postville the local Masonic lodge and the American Legion will help with services. Burial will be in Dysart cemetery. He enlisted in the Thirty ninth Illinois infantry before age 17 and witnessed Lee surrender and Lincoln review 80 000 soldiers. He attended Gettysburg reunion in 1938 with his niece Mrs Christ Beck. He was postmaster and a drug store proprietor for 25 years with hobbies of hunting and fishing. Survivors include a brother Levert Douglass of Grass Valley Calif a sister Mrs Cora Gates of Leonia N J four nephews Art Douglass Ray Harvey and Albert Douglass and a niece Mrs Beck.
Mr and Mrs J E Lemmon of Washington Iowa announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Juliet to Joseph John DiLorenzio in Washington DC on March 16. Mary Juliet DiLorenzio is a Washington high school graduate Stephens College Columbia MO and University of Iowa alumna and has worked at the congressional library. Joseph John DiLorenzio is the son of Mrs John DiLorenzio of Brooklyn NY and a Georgetown hospital bacteriologist with degrees from the University of Iowa. The couple took a weekend trip to Norfolk Virginia and will reside in Washington DC.
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