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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1941
Page
12
The admiralty announced weekly ship sinkings through midnight March 16 totaled 71,773 tons, down from 96,832 tons the prior week. Twenty three ships were lost this period: 17 British totaling 60,670 tons and six allied at 11,103 tons. The week’s losses bring blitz totals to 311,019 tons for three weeks and 5,132,862 tons overall, slightly above the last pre blitz week.
Hollywood opera singer Marion Talley is accused by her rival wife of director Aubrey Scotto of having intimate relations at many times and places over the past five years. Mrs. Scotto, in a divorce suit, says they engaged in numerous improper and immoral acts.
A notice of sale under a 1941 Linn County Iowa special execution to satisfy a Guaranty Bank debt against Ray Hartung and others. Real estate includes multiple tracts totaling about 100 acres in Sec 36 and nearby parcels, described with lines and roads, offered April 15 1941 at Cedar Rapids Court House door at 10:30 a.m. to the highest bidder for cash. Roy Radebauch deputy and Stewart Holmes attorney issued the notice March 14 1941.
In the District Court of Linn County Iowa notice is given that on March 28 1941 at 9 am an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Lula Stankard deceased will come for hearing for proof and admission to probate. Cedar Rapids Iowa March 24 1941 Edwin W Lundquist Clerk District Court Carl Hendrickson attorney.
Notice is hereby given that on March 24 1941 the undersigned was appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of Bernard Richter deceased of Linn County Iowa All persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned Those claims against the estate must be filed with the Clerk of the Linn County Iowa District Court Lius Richter Executor E J Noth attorney
Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, Russian born engineer, is credited with key electronic television developments. His iconoscope and kinescope replaced earlier mechanical systems, enabling vivid sight and sound. From RCA Camden labs comes the electron microscope enabling ultra deep viewing. Zworykin, 50, studied in czarist Russia, later served as Westinghouse researcher before leading RCA’s electronic lab. Next: Making airplanes fly faster.
A devotional meditation urges believers to seek life aligned with the sky as the nearness of God. It pleads for purer thoughts and deeds, asking forgiveness for earthly hatreds and a future when the skies themselves are at peace, in a prayer to God who cloaks the world in light.
The army announced that effective July 1 each soldier will receive three pairs of shoes, up from two in prior years, reflecting ongoing demands for comfort and mobility despite mechanization.
On March 10 1941 Maurice Curry was appointed administrator of the Elizabeth Curry estate in Linn County Iowa. All indebted parties must pay promptly and those with claims should file them with the Linn County District Court clerk through attorney Don Hines.
Sugar prices surge in New York and across markets as a boat shortage blocks supply to the United States. Refineries lift wholesale costs to around 19 cents a pound. beet sugar and raw sugar jump amid high freight charges, with wholesale buyers bracing for gradual consumer price increases.
Notice of appointment of an executor in the estate of Amanda Abotr. The undersigned are to act as estate administrators and will manage payments and registrations at the Linn Cauets County Office. The filing occurs at the Office of the Clerk in Linn County and mirrors local probate procedures.
Dr Gaius Glenn Atkins prepares a daily Lenten devotional for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America titled Living In The Sky. The March 25 installment reflects on light and air as symbols of the sky and sacred presence, citing Job and Washington Gladden.
Fragmentary OCR text shows four tied points under an unspecified council or court setting. Readable items include names like Uno and Hari, but full context and action are unclear. Further readable details are insufficient to determine event, location, or outcome.
A note on butterfly species counts states about 20,000 varieties in South America and about 700 in North America, highlighting vast regional biodiversity differences.
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