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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1941
Page
13
The Daily Record reports a high school music festival in Cedar Rapids, with a performance at 8 pm at the Mercial Coliseum. Schools participate, featuring student ensembles and soloists in a community arts event.
Justice H R Churchill heard cases for several individuals including Jack Kohler at 1722 First Avenue fined for failing to yield and ending with costs, Lafayette Johnson at 206 Fifteenth Street NW fined for leaving scene, George Cejka at 228 First Avenue E fined for no license. A fire at 145 Thirty-1st Street NE caused by an overheated furnace. RE McGuire confined to wall boards as general alarm sounded.
Mrs Anna Vetroubek aged 75 died at 415 am Friday at her daughter’s home in SE. John E Obnen aged 20 died at 1210 pm Friday in Mercy hospital. A son was reported to Mr and Mrs George Davidson of NE. May 8. Mr and Mrs Rudolph Drakozal of SE report a son born May 8. Mr and Mrs Thomas J Kane of West Branch report a son born May 8. Mas 8. Mr and Mrs Simon A Gongwer of NW report a son born May 8. Mr and Mrs Joseph Biggs of NE report a son born May 9.
Charles T Clark and Beulah Knight of Marion. Henry F Teahen and Marian F Rahe of Cedar Rapids. Ray W Ingels and Miriam G Armstrong of Cedar Rapids are listed as residents.
Iowa winter wheat acres for harvest drop to 169000, the lowest since 1908, as a 50 percent record bill is reported. The May 1 crop condition is described as among the best in years, with national figures showing a winter wheat yield of 653,105,000 bushels and last year’s output at 4589,151,000.
The army announced plans to begin training officers and 750 men at a barrage balloon training center and school at Camp Davis. The new institution will test equipment and train personnel in this evolving air defense method.
The Halifax ambassador told Minneapolis Rotary Club that joint action by the United States and Britain is essential to safeguard Atlantic sea lanes. He cited control of copper and rubber as trump cards and warned of Hitler’s brutality in Poland and Scandinavian territories, urging American mills and factories to aid the effort.
British Ambassador Lord Halifax began a seven day Midwest tour to assess public opinion in Chicago and beyond. He spoke at a press conference and warned about aid logistics while noting Britain and the United States must cooperate in the Battle of the Atlantic era. Picket lines protested with banners urging action against Britain and Washington.
Halifax told the Commercial club that Britain needs sea and air power plus Allied help to prevail. He warned Hitler may strike next but asserted Britain’s strength and industrial output are growing, while German invasion plans remain impracticable yet studied.
Elk City Oklahoma crowds watched a graduation program described as a circus with 360 pupils performing acts. Child actors provided the entertainment with trick bike riders trapeze dancers tumblers and other acts while audience laughter ran through the event.
A truck crash near Nevinville Adams county Iowa killed three crew members and seriously injured five others from the O E Dempsey Construction fence gang. The driver RF Duncan 29 of Chelopa Kan could not provide details though road tracks showed the vehicle veered toward the shoulder and overturned. The dead were J Wo Lee 21 Blanchard Oklahoma V A Luttrall 27 Ramona Oklahoma and Frank Hobson 31 El Dorado Arkansas. Lee and Hobson were married recently and their wives were with them. The injured were taken to Greater Community hospital Creston.
The Cedar Rapids army office enlisted two men for the air corps groundwork division and sent them to Fort Douglas Utah for training. Victor O Blaine and Richard F Alexander are named as enlistees. The office seeks 25 Negro youths ages 18 to 35 for vacancies in the 92nd engineer battalion and the 76th signal company at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri, with Rev S J Caulder coordinating.
Washington debate centers on a ship seizure bill and Roosevelt era Atlantic lifeline. Senator Land cites April to December sinkings totaling 158 ships, arguing for urgency while London disputes his figures. Britain says protection must increase with shipping losses shaping policy.
Kent requests an additional appropriation to move Cedar Rapids closer to an airport than ever before. The Chamber plans two CAA proposals about revamping the current field or choosing a new site, with land purchases plus an airport bond if needed. Budget Director Harold D Smith notes rising air corps units and pilot training drive the need, while United Airlines pledges layover plans pending an approved airport.
In Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ernest Taylor welcomed twins born Thursday who already had two teeth each, a remarkable start alongside a son born in 1936. The report notes English is the official language of Philippine courts and records.
The Free Methodist Church released a statement saying C A Higby was never ordained as a minister and had left the denomination about 16 years ago. Higby, a fugitive once linked to the Cedar Rapids murder case, pled guilty to escape charges in Anamosa Iowa and received a sentence not to exceed five years in the state reformatory.
Fritz Kuhn German American Bund leader loses appeal to New York state appellate division. Court upholds his conviction for stealing 1217 dollars from Bund funds. Kuhn remains imprisoned at Sing Sing serving a two and a half to five year sentence.
The British air ministry announced immobilization of the Iraqi air force on Friday night. The statement added that while not all Iraqi aircraft were destroyed, Premier Rashid Ali's air force has ceased to exist as a fighting force.
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