Weather Forecast and Sunday Highs Across Cities May Day 1939
The Cedar Rapids area enjoyed spring conditions with sun and warming temperatures. Sunday highs reached 71 in some spots while lows dipped to the upper 40s, then cooled to the mid 50s by midnight. The report lists city temps for Washington Mount Ayr Tampa Sioux City New Orleans Omaha Galveston Charles City Los Angeles San Francisco La Crosse Seattle Dubuque Havre Davenport Bismarck Keokuk Detroit New York Chicago and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
New York
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Concert by Catholic college choirs of Iowa at Immaculate Conception
A concert by Catholic college choirs of Iowa is scheduled for 8 p.m. in the Immaculate Conception school auditorium. A roof fire occurred at 2023 Wilson Avenue SW at 7 30 a.m. Emergency response activated a general alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic College Choirs of
Iowa
Immaculate Conception
Wilson Avenue
Sarah Kk. Hicks
Marriage Licenses and Local Court Notices
Tola Achenbach and Lloyd Achenbach marriage by Judge J E Heiserman on cruel and inhuman grounds. Clarence Boomhower and Louise Havlik of Cedar Rapids. Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Leo Casner of 726 Eighth St NW died in local hospital. Donald C Smith Waterloo Glenn Bickford and R E McCosh each fined for speeding. Frank Shadid 16 fined for reckless driving. license suspended 20 days. Kenneth J Miller fined for failure to stop at stop sign. New births reported at St Luke's and Mercy hospitals. sons and daughters born to several local residents on dates in April and May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald C. Smith
Waterloo
Glenn Bickford
Memorial Drive
R. E. McCosh
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Frank Shadid
Ellis Boulevard NW
W. C. Thomas
Shadid
Avenue
Twentieth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
John W. Miller
Cottage Grove Avenue
W.T. Shipe
Eighth = street
Harold Calvin
Shellsburg
Mercy Hospital
Shepard Williams
Sixth Avenue
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded to U S Citizens in 1935
Kinnan Rawlings wins for The Yearling, Robert E. Sherwood for Abe Lincoln in Illinois, and Carl Van Doren for Benjamin Franklin. Journalism honors go to Miami Daily News, Louis Lochner, R G Calvert, Thomas Stokes, Charles Werner, and John Gould Fletcher. Traveling, music, and art scholarships totaling 4,000 are awarded to multiple recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis P Lochner
Berlin
Associated Press
R. G. Calvert
Portland
Ore
Ore-gonian
Thomas &. Stokes
New York World-Telegram
Works Progress Administration
Kentucky
Charles Werner
Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City
Okla
John Gould Fletcher
T. Lester Cohen
Bernard S. Redmont
New York
Patricia Rey
Elmhurst
N. Y
John Leard
West Roxbury
Mass
Dante Fiorillo
Westwood
N. J
Peter Cook
Kingston
Fire Destroys Montezuma Methodist Church
Montezuma Methodist church burned Monday with damage estimated at 35000 dollars, covered by 16000 dollars insurance. Defective wiring is believed to have started the attic fire, flames found we hours after discovery. Fire department fought the blaze four hours, leaving only portions of walls standing. One piano hymn books and some furniture were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montezuma
Landon to Speak on International Affairs in Kansas City
Former Governor Alf M. Landon said he will address the Methodist unification conference on international affairs in Kansas City. The talk will air nationally on NBC blue from 7 to 7 30 p.m. Officials seek a European hookup. Landon, a Roosevelt delegate to the Pan American conference, did not reveal if he would discuss Hitler’s reply to Roosevelt’s non aggression proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Blue
NBC
Landon
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Roosevest
Panda in Cabin Battles Pilots During Landing
Three transport plane pilots fought with a 70 pound panda that wandered from the baggage area into the cockpit during approach to Allegheny county air port. The animal bit First Officer Cassing as Captain Terry struggled to land the plane safely with the panda later bound for the Bronx zoo in New York.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Mr. Cassing
Tommy Tomlinson
TWA
Don Terry
Cassing
Terry
China
Bronx
New York
Powers Bristle in May Day Displays
In Berlin Hitler affirmed Germany s unity and strength addressing Hitler Youth and workers while denying war ambitions and deriding American boycott moves. He warned that resistance to Germany would trigger a immense response and expressed unwavering belief in future German power. In Warsaw Poland resisted Nazi pressure, signaling potential support from Britain and France and raising the prospect of transferring rights in Danzig to Poland if Berlin pressed further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Europe
Britain
France
Russia
Armand Calinescu
Romania
Moscow
Klementi Voroshilov
Red Army
Red Square
Communist International
Communist Parties
Berlin
Hitler
Reich
Hitler Youth Organization
Germany
United States
Fuehrer
Warsaw
Poland
London
Paris
Danzig
Gazetta Polska
League of Nations
Vote More Benefits For Vets Of World War And Dependents
The House approved a bill to raise benefits for World War I veterans and their widows orphans and dependent parents. The measure, 359 to 1, expands eligibility to those with death caused by service related disability, reducing prior 10 percent at death requirement.
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Wasitington
House
Senate
Bankhead
Fire Causes Minor Damage At Mount Vernon High School
Fire of unknown origin damaged part of the furnace room of Mount Vernon High School while closed. Flames burned a rope holding a fire door open, aiding containment. The fire started in a wooden cabinet with cleaning supplies and rags used by janitor Lee Paul, and was not found until Monday morning. Paradichlorobenzene is noted as a fumigating agent for tobacco beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Lee Paul
C. T Linsley
Rev Dreier resigns to take Colorado superintendency
The Rev Nelson C Dreier resigns as pastor of Cedar Rapids First Congregational Church after seven years to become superintendency head for Congregational Christian churches of Colorado. He will oversee eighty churches, join the General Council staff, and serve as pastor at large. He plans to end his Cedar Rapids ministry June 1 and move to Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson C. Dreier
First Congregational Church
Congregational Christian Churches of Colorado
Dreier
United States
Cedar Rapids
Congregational Christian Conference of Iowa
Community Leaders Named in Local Civic Roles
The Cedar Rapids Area Boy Scouts of America and the local Red Cross chapter join the YMCA religious education committee, while he serves on the board of directors for the Chicago Theological Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Boy Scouts of America
Red Cross Chapter
Chicago Theological Seminary
Youth Conference Speaker Outlines Rules For Making Friends
Miss Margaret Barnes East high school Waterloo adviser outlines habits for friendship at the Youth conference first session at Wilson high school. She stresses high ideals, good listening, kindness when rules are unclear, and personality as the sum of habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Barnes
East High School
Waterloo
Wilson High School
Monay
Miss Barnes
Bessie Livingood
Helen Kulhav
Maxine Woods
Jeanette LeMar
Wilson
Paul Weaver
Stephens College
Columbia
Eddie Anderson
University of
Lowa
Nazi Act Not Reply To Roosevelt Hull Statement
Secretary Hull said handing a copy of Hitler speech to the American embassy in Berlin does not count as a reply to President Roosevelt. The German foreign office sent the speech and then telephoned to say it was a reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Berlin
Hull
Roosevelt
Moran and Parker Convicted of Travelers Checks Conspiracy
George Moran and Francis Parker, Chicago gang figures, were found guilty of conspiring to forge and pass $62,000 in American Express travelers checks. Judge Fardy deferred sentencing to May 11. possible penalties include up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. Co-defendants Hicketts Driscoll and Sexton were acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George “Bugs” Moran
Francis J
Frankie” Parker
James F. Fardy
Frank Hicketts
Daniel Driscoll
Robert Sexton
Driscoll
Sexton
Pennsylvania
Moran
Parker
Hicketts
American Express Company
Robert Wright
Dugan sues Steffey and Dows Dairy in $10,000 action
Court House News reports L E Dugan as plaintiff in a $10,000 suit against J Glenn Steffey and Sutherland Dows individually and doing business as the Dows Manits dairy. Dugan alleges he was hired to solicit new accounts last February and claims Steffey personally and as dairy manager made improper statements or actions and that he was discharged.
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L &E
Alter divorce suit filed in Cedar Rapids
Benne Alter of Cedar Rapids sues Esther Alter for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. The couple, married in Peoria on July 1, 1926, had a case submitted to Judge H C Ring on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benne Alter
Cedar Rapids
Esther Alter
H.C. Ring
Peoria
Divorce actions filed in Cedar Rapids and Mason City
Earl Harris sues Meta Harris for divorce on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment heard by Judge Ring. The marriage occurred at Mason City on September 19, 1911. Fay M Rubendahl filed a divorce suit on cruel and inhuman grounds. Seventy couples were married in Cedar on June 11, 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Harris
Meta Harris
Judge Ring
Mason City
Fay M Rubendahl
Ida Rubendahl
Cedar
Thieves Break Into Quarry Shed Steal Gasoline Tools
Thieves forced locks on tool shed doors at the Palo road quarry and took gasoline oil and tools. The Sunday morning report cited by Jack Burger the quarry operator notes Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon investigated the break in. A separate matter covers a plaintiff motion for a new trial in Mead Bayes and Mead versus Glen Palmer heard by Judge John T Moffitt and taken under advisement following a jury verdict of 365 dollars for Palmer. Jay Watts reported license plate theft No 57 6142 at 2 a m Monday to Sheriff Jim Smith's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Road
Jack Burger
Larry Condon
Mead, Bayes and Mead
Glen Palmer
John T. Moffit
Palmer
Jay Watts
Nineteenth Street
Jim Smith
Funeral for Lynn Hake Held After Death in Belmond Services
The body of Lynn Hake of 622 Second Avenue SW was moved from Rohn chapel to Belmond for services and burial. He had lived in Cedar Rapids about four years and is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Hake of Belmond, a brother Daryl of Belmond, and three sisters Mrs Jean Rogers and Mrs Leota Ruka of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Lois Durant of Garner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Hake
Second Avenue
Rohn
Belmond
Cedar Rapids
Frank Hake
Daryl
Jean Rogers
Leota Ruka
Lois Durant
Garner
Funeral services for Stanley Kuta scheduled
Funeral services for Stanley Kuta who died at his home 2418 First street SW will be held at Janeba funeral home at 2 p.m. Tuesday conducted by T. B. Hlubucek. The body will be cremated. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Kuta
First Street
Janeba
T. B. Hlubucek
Local Woman Babe Dies at Local Hospital
Mrs. Leo Casner of 726 Eighth Street NW died in a local hospital at 4 a.m. Monday morning.
Probe death of mother and son on Iowa farm
A 69 year old mother Mrs Sarah Leiby and her 40 year old unmarried son Fred Leiby were found dead Monday at their rural Knox County farm 12 miles southeast of Knoxville Iowa. Their daughter Mrs Daisy Redding discovered the bodies. Coroner Dwight Mater noted a note mentioning poor health and said no marks or poison were found. Viscera from all three and a dog were sent to Iowa City for analysis as investigation pauses for toxicology results.
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Knoxville
Here
Daisy Redding
Sarah Leiby
Fred Leiby
Dwight Mater
Mater
Iowa City
Redding
Des Moines
State Toxicologist
McPartland resigns as U S Commissioner for Cedar Rapids
Edward J. McPartland announces his resignation as United States commissioner for the Cedar Rapids division of the northern district of Iowa effective immediately to devote full time to his private law practice. He has held the post six years and is a Cedar Rapids native graduate of Cedar Rapids schools and Columbia College in Dubuque, admitted to the Iowa bar in June 1931.
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Edward J. McPartland
United States
Cedar Rapids
Northern District
Iowa
McPartland
Columbia College
Dubuque
Iowa State
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J. E. Heiserman
Clarence Boomhower
Louise Havlik
Leo Casner
Eighth Street
Folice Court
Methodist
Casimir Kowalski
Polish National Democratic Party
Sudetenland
Arthur Greiser
Albert Foerster
Foreign Office
British Broadcasting Company
The
International
Communist Workers of the World
Czechoslovakia
Albania
Ethiopia
Austria
Powers
Conrol
Gazectta Polska
London Daily Mail
Wither
Moon Funeral Home
Rev. Dreier
Colorado
Armstrong
Traus
Court House News
Linn County
Babe
J. M. Welch
Higley Bidg
Dial
Boncd
Commercial Credit .Company
Baltimore
Davenport
Commercial Credit Service
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