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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1942
Page
1
George F. Nixon aged 86 of 517 Third Street SW died in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, with services pending at a city funeral home.
Viola M Bohler of Sac City and Robert D Quinn of Cedar Rapids, Joan Neisslie and C Ray Kratzer, both of Cedar Rapids, Evelyn Marie Fillmore and Amos E Stewart, both of Marion, Harriet M Aldrich and Roy Magee, both of Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Mercy hospital reports a son for Mr. and Mrs. Lester Webber of Alburnett on March 24. Mr. and Mrs. De Wilkenson of Springville welcomed a son on the same date. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Nezerka of Ely greet a son on March 25. Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Nigh of Santa Cruz California announce a daughter born March 25, with Mrs. Nigh formerly Miss Audrey Leavins of Cedar Rapids.
Tuesday and Wednesday fires strike three sites. Grass blazes near Thirty third and Eastern attract No 3 company. a second grass fire on Memorial drive SE. an auto fire involves a car owned by Jack D Clark on Second Avenue SE. A wood shed at 1030 Tenth Street NW is destroyed by fire of undetermined cause in a residence occupied by Clarence Shafer.
Olivia Lee 17 of Riverdale Illinois fined 25 dollars and costs with 10 dollars and costs paid and the balance suspended for disorderly conduct. O N Jackson 31 of Berwyn Illinois fined 25 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct. Virgil Eckley 401 First Avenue fined 25 dollars and costs for speeding 50. Donald Joseph 29 Ottumwa fined 8 dollars and costs for failing to obtain a scavenger license. Danny Montague 1522 Street SW fined 5 dollars and costs for faulty brakes.
Hannah M. Finn, wife of Francis J. Finn, is granted custody in a desertion case. The couple wed on November 18, 1919, with the plaintiff obtaining custody of their child.
The court grants temporary custody of the minor to the plaintiff Velma Bartosh with a right to seek modification when she can provide a home. The defendant must pay $38 monthly rent for the plaintiff’s undivided interest in Carpenter's Fourth Addition property and $7.50 monthly on the mortgage. Judge G. K. Thompson presiding.
President argues the sixth column is failing to spread its influence and predicts it will go out of business as public opinion shifts. He avoids naming individuals, defends unchanged policy on the 40 hour week, and cautions against overtime pay cuts while discussing labor and wartime wage proposals.
The American Automobile Association helps run a schoolboy patrol system in many communities. In South Carolina the unit splits into two squads led by captains and lieutenants. patrolmen place signs and restrain students until crossings are clear. Each week they report license numbers of violators to Hughes for police follow up.
United States aeronautical exports in 1940 totaled 311 million dollars with shipments valued at 311million plus from numerous defense and civilian aviation firms reporting strong overseas demand and domestic production growth during the year.
The Cleveland war plant plans to limit profits from its three business sectors amid wartime controls. Officials cite the need to prioritize production and retain essential labor while monitoring costs and shareholder returns.
Washington AP reports the WPB modified restrictions on sales rentals and deliveries of office machinery to exclude wide carriage typewriters and shorthand writing machines.
US raids on Wake and Yokohama show Japan expanding defenses with revetments for about 20 planes at Wake and a trenching program at Marcus. Bombs hit underground facilities and an improvised hangar. naval air scouts chased a damaged carrier group. Marines praise carrier strength and advocate more carriers for a strike on Tokyo.
At Pearl Harbor on March 16 Admiral Chester Nimitz presided over a decoration ceremony, honoring distinguished service amid ongoing wartime duties.
Figures show payroll participation in the plan with 79.7 percent among 28 smaller firms and rising in larger firms as the allotment is completed. B. D. Silliman, chairman of the county bonds sale, says voluntary bond purchases and payroll allotments keep the county close to the state average. Some firms already hit 100 percent. efforts aim to include all city firms.
Weather report for Cedar Rapids and vicinity notes showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight with fresh to strong winds. Temperatures rise above freezing with the red line reaching 71 by afternoon and a season high of 74 expected, after which readings eased to 69 by evening and fell 9 degrees to midnight.
Rudolph Krause, 55, manager at Central City Produce, disappeared after leaving home mid February to head to Rochester Minnesota. His daughter helped him board a Cedar Rapids bound bus around Feb 15, but he has not been seen since. Sheriff James H. Smith noted Krause wears glasses, is five nine, about 160 pounds, with light build, light hair and blue eyes.
Dorothy Myers a 48 year old woman with many aliases faced a Cedar Rapids judge after attempting to post bond with cash and eight hundred dollars in hidden cash. Police linked her to a Midwest shoplifting ring with repeated arrests across multiple states. Authorities set bond at 5000 and issued a Midwest bulletin to locate her.
Dr. Henry Grady former assistant secretary of state will take the acting chairmanship of the advisory commission sent to India the state department announced on Tuesday.
London said British forces set fire to the Littorio class battleship amidships with gunfire and rammed it with a torpedo while damaging two Italian cruisers during a three day Mediterranean fight. The Vatican account noted minor Italian damage and denied hits on other ships.
The House Naval Committee disclosed that officials of 15 sample companies with Navy contracts saw compensation rise dramatically from 22 to 1331 percent between 1934 and 1941. Edmund Toland, counsel for the committee, said he would prove a belief that labor and industry feel the government will cover the costs.
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