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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1940
Page
12
The weatherman recorded cooler conditions in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday with temperatures in the sixties by mid-morning after Monday's 92 degree record. Light clouds intermittently shaded the sun and readings showed 67 at 10 am, 82 by 7 pm, 74 at midnight, and 68 at dawn Tuesday as charts tracked the drop from Monday's peak.
Clarence Moore of 100L Second street SE was fined 2 dollars and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign. Ellen Morrison, 34 of 408 First avenues, fined 25 dollars and costs for drunkenness. A wiring short caused smoke at 1415 Thirteenth avenue SE. Ivan Til ton reported general alarm. Mrs Barbara Shultz, 88, died at her daughter Mrs Stanley Ceska's home at 1819 Grande avenue SE at 8 pm Monday. Herbert Henry Lapham, 63, died at his home 1120 Ellis boulevard NNW at 9:30 pm Monday. Ed H. Dirks, 46, of 228 First avenue E died in a local hospital at 11:15 am Tuesday.
Gwendolyn McBride Muscatine fined $2 and costs for running a stop sign. Ernest Miller Marion fined $2 and costs for running a stop sign. C E Witte Perry fined $4 and costs for improper passing. All cases before Justice H R Church ill.
Orland Don Carlos King and Blanch Burtis Cedar Rapids Edmund W. Ryan and Virginia M. King Albin Lewis Alcorn Cedar Rapids Lois Stitzel Marion Wayne Paul Wood Viola Anna Marie Teeple Cedar Rapids
Mercy hospital announces a son to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hertzler of Lisbon on May 14. A second birth is reported in Lawrence Kansas to Mr. and Mrs. George Noehn, with Mrs Koehn identified as a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hallgren.
Emma Goldman, famed anarchist known as the queen of the anarchists, died in Toronto after a stroke. She was deported from the United States years ago for urging opposition to the WWI draft. Her brother Dr. Maurice Goldman and sister Mrs Stella Vallantyne visited. another sister Lena Cummings resides in Rochester.
The Gazette reports Cedar Rapids aims to raise funds for Camp Good Health to help 304 disabled or ill children aged 6 to 12. Donations to the Camp Good Health Fund at The Gazette will cover vacations at Camp Wapeie and needed clothing for needy youths from the Childrens Home and Christus Hills. Funds determine length of camp stays and program reach for the coming summer.
Taxpayers protest prompts state action to quash a Cedar Rapids budget writ. After a hearing on October 4 the state appeal board reduced the district levy by 28 555 dollars, per the school board’s petition, amid local budget dispute rulings.
The state contends no surplus exists and finality of budget approvals or reductions is fixed by law. The focal districts are governmental, not proprietary, thus unable to contest the state's taxing power and authority.
Clyde T Lindsley of Mount Vernon elected president of the Linn county teachers council representing 689 public school teachers. Miss Marjorie Donohue named vice president and Miss Iola Tillapaugh secretary. W N Paxson chaired the meeting at Franklin school. Next session set for early fall with 30 members from Cedar Rapids Linn town and rural schools.
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld striking a plaintiff reply in a dispute over a merger of the Preferred Classy Mutual Insurance and Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance in Cedar Rapids. The high court also affirmed a district court divorce decree in a cross-petition case Crilley v Crilley. Larceny case: Lois Young, 17, Cedar Rapids, pled guilty to daytime burglary and received 30 days with release on good behavior. Will of Anton Nase admitted to probate. executors named Frank A. Naso and Leon P. Naso. Divorces filed or settled include Oliver v Oliver and Nelson v Nelson. several partitions and administrator appointments noted.
The Rev T M Nielsen will lecture at St Pauls Methodist church at 8 p m on May 20 on Denmark and other Scandinavian countries. He wrote How a Dane Became an American and recently met King Christian of Denmark during a Scandinavian tour. The public is invited.
Roosevelt calls for three daily work shifts in warship yards and longer hours per worker from 40 to 48. He says warships should take priority over commercial builds, while insisting the aim is not war but rapid readiness. Vinson adds speed will not imply entering war. Robinson projects nine months to full swing and 3 to 7 months saved per ship.
Washington stated the United States is willing to join American republics in a joint protest to Germany over the invasions of Holland Belgium and Luxembourg. The offer followed Uruguay's initiative and Panama's transmission of the suggestion to other republics. The State Department backs Uruguay's draft text.
The Iowa Supreme Court held mail order companies acting as foreign corporations cannot be regulated for activities outside the state and that a use tax targets purchasers, not sellers. Justices Mitchell and Hamilton dissented, arguing the tax does not burden interstate commerce.
German forces push west from Arnhem through Belgium into the Luxembourg frontier area, outflanking Belgium and threatening Rotterdam. French dispatches report heavy German mechanized units and air support, with battles near Sedan and the Meuse as French and Belgian lines resist.
Display in The Gazette corner window features the year’s best AP news photos in Iowa ending April 1 1940. Carlisle Dueser entries show a baby in a bath and a highway crash in which a Cornell college wrestler died last year. Exhibit runs until May 18 then shipped to Centerville.
Des Moines AP report notes Dr H H Jones of Sioux City elected president of the Iowa State Association of Podiatrists. He succeeds Dr V E Caldwell of Cedar Rapids. Dr Roy Vieg of Fort Dodge named vice president and Dr V E Wicks of Mason City as secretary treasurer.
City briefs report Jan Hus lodge meeting at Sokol hall with a 7.40 pm start and a Sun Valley film. Nearby, Cherry Valley Fairfax Forest Lane and White school groups visited the William Tehel bottling plant with leaders listed. A student fainting incident near Iowa City involved Patsy Schirmer recovering and noting a missing $180 in a purse. Moose pre convention meeting drew Cedar Rapids attendees. Des Moines hosts the convention later. Painting contractors' event at Roosevelt Hotel featured Sherwin Williams experts and Dutch lunch.
City council members sitting as a board of assessment and review adjourned after hearing thirty complaints against property assessments. The board will reconvene on May 24 to take action after investigating each case.
Basel Switzerland AP reports the Swiss government ordered its Berlin minister to protest to Germany over a Swiss railroad bombing near Delémont on May 10 and to demand damages. A communique said 27 bombs shattered Swiss territory and were clearly German.
Sixteen honorary pallbearers are listed for the Averill funeral in Turner chapel on Wednesday at 2 p.m. They include James E. Hamilton, Harry E. Pratt, Arthur Poe, and others from Cedar Rapids Omaha and Chicago. Glenn M Averill, a prominent financier, died Saturday in Tampa Fla where he had lived for 12 years. The Morris Plan company, where he served as chairman, will close at 1 p.m. Wednesday for the service.
British sailors report German planes bombed the pier near the Dutch port where Queen Wilhelmina and the royal family prepared to sail for Great Britain. The route was bombed as refugees streamed into Britain amid blacked out skies and near constant air attacks. Princess Juliana wept during the voyage, while a Dutch ship was also hit.
A high official of Mexico's foreign ministry said the government believes the United States will enter the European war on the Allies' side in the near future.
Lieut. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper of Cedar Rapids will deliver the Memorial day address in Shenandoah. The World War veteran will also speak at Stanton on Memorial day.
Reports say German motorized divisions push through Belgian and Dutch defenses toward the Meuse near Sedan with heavy fighting and Allied air losses. French and British actions are described as unable to halt the advance as Kaiser Wilhelm’s fate remains unsettled.
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