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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1940
Page
10
A speaker, Montague, recounts Mountie life and Arctic survival tales at a North country town hall. He describes frontier duties, romance myths, and a marooned expedition of 48 days with meat and dogs, detailing hardship and lessons learned.
J e Bev Welke resigns as minister of the Cedar Rapids Peoples Unitarian Church to accept a post in Cincinnati. He and his wife Mrs Welke have been active in Red Cross and community work and he has held leadership roles in Iowa and American Unitarian associations.
A group of 27 Cedar Rapids businessmen met at the Roosevelt Hotel to form a committee led by engineer Frank E Yount to study downtown water supply status. With state and federal geologists present they discussed tapping of wells, possible need for a federal survey, potential pollution, and how return water from air-conditioning might recharge wells. The committee will report findings by letter to all downtown well owners and decide on next steps.
The committee to serve on the government survey includes Mr Young and W. D. Barnhizer Lo Morehead Jr Elwood E Hahn and Charles Nolan.
City Clerk L J Storey outlined the absentee voting process noting that qualified voters out of town may apply at City Hall for an absentee ballot with an affadavit witnessed by the clerk or deputy. Ballots must be returned and counted only if delivered to election judges before election day.
Evangelist Rev A J Kindred preached at the Church of God on L avenue and Eighth street NW urging listeners to pause from a pleasure minded life and consider sin and responsibility. He said men seek refuge in Satan’s lies and claimed God has provided for every need, with services nightly at 7:30 except Saturday, plus a Young People night Thursdays and a Friday illustrated message on The Three Crosses of Calvary.
Don Ameche and Twentieth Century Fox settled a two week suspension over a loan deal with Paramount Pictures. Ameche refused a role in The Night of January 16 due to the murderer character. Fox arranged a leading part in Four Sons and planned to send him to Paramount. Also notes the cymbal as the oldest brass musical instrument used by 1047 BC.
Mrs Jalan Ellen Groll 79 died Tuesday at 1 30 p m at her son in law and daughter Clarence R Oxley home 998 Eleventh street Born January 20 1861 in Gallatin Missouri she moved with parents to Linn county at age two Married in 1880 to Charles F Groll near Mount Vernon he died in 1928 They retired to Marion in 1912 Survived by four children and several siblings Funeral Thursday at 2 30 at Yocom chapel with Rev A W Henke and Dr E T Gough burial Oak Shade cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Also reports three Marion high school one act plays in Lincoln building auditorium with cast lists and future performance plans.
Mrs C B De Wees hosted a Tuesday evening shower for Miss Zella Barrows of Baldwin who will wed Harold Hall of Center Junction this Saturday. Attendees included Dorothy Clausen Winifred Wiley Grace Beaty Maxine Poepper Joyce Dearborn Edna Eggers Audrey Serbousek Jean Preston Mrs Ethel Burkhart Mrs George Burch Cedar Rapids Jane Lawson Springville Wyoma Carey Mrs Marvin Hart Marion Lois Bullock Mrs A E Hall Onslow Bernice Hall Rock Island Mrs Dillon Hall Ana morse Mrs M Griffith Center Junction Mr and Mrs E H Barrows Baldwin and Mr and Mrs D F Barrows Central City.
The American Legion Auxiliary hosts its spring party Monday at 8 p.m. with chairs Mrs Earl Helbig and Mrs Tom Bark and multiple committees. Townsend club No 2 meets Friday at 7 p.m. in Memorial hall for business and cards. ISU student Edward Hanna returns for Easter. Akim Tamiroff stars in The Magnificent Fraud at the Garden tonight. Marion Cedar Rapids Milwaukee Service club gathers Thursday at Memorial hall. LeRoy Miller recovering from infected hand. Easter vacation dates noted for Marion public schools. Osceola lodge IOOF meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Advertising offers apartments at 360 11th Street. Laf-a-lot club suspends meeting for Holy Week, next gathering March 28.
Funeral services for Elton A Cleaver were conducted Tuesday at the Yocom chapel by Rev S C Bretnall of Cedar Rapids. Burial followed in Oak Shade cemetery. Pallbearers listed and several out of town mourners named from Cedar Rapids Marshalltown and nearby towns.
Mrs George Gillmore was elected president of the Margaret Millen Sunday school class of the Methodist church at Mrs. Arthur W Henke's home. Mrs A L Van Fossen was elected teacher and Mrs C E Clark secretary and treasurer. A picnic for 25 members and guests, including Mrs Leonard Holden, followed, with Rev Henke leading a devotional and noting the church centennial observance. Carolyn Hanscom presented readings.
Arthur G Vaughn an engineer with the Milwaukee rail road for 41 years has retired due to arthritis. He will move to Tucson Arizona to join his wife Mrs Vaughn who has lived there for health reasons. They will establish their home in Tucson.
Daladier resigns as premier after cabinet cooperation and a plan to reorganize the government. Lebrun begins consultations on a new administration with Jules Jeanneney and other leaders. The chamber abstainers include socialists and republicans as Daladier gives a long address.
London dispatches report British officials view Edouard Daladier's resignation as an internal matter with no external impact on the war. They note the European peace hope was pierced by Neville Chamberlain's Commons speech and recent actions, including a British air raid on the German island of Sylt.
London circles believe the aerial attack launched Tuesday night may lead to a tenfold intensification of the war. Chamberlain stated the British government would not be hustled into dangerous adventures but affirmed the Allies’ determination to fight until they win a moral peace.
Berlin observers voiced surprise at the French cabinet resignation calling it a parliamentary maneuver. They expected France to maintain current Allied war policies regardless of who leads the new government, with Edouard Daladier a possible head.
Three hundred ninety seven licenses issued so far for about 3700 Ced ar Rapids dogs as April 1 deadline nears. Licenses cost 2 for males 3 for females with a 1 penalty after April 1. County fee also applies. In 1939 about 1000 dogs were licensed though over 3700 dogs lived in the city.
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