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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1939
Page
2
The weatherman recorded a sunny spring day in Cedar Rapids with the temperature reaching 83 at 2 30 p m following a 46 degree low at 2 a m Monday. Monday's high hit 70 at 4 p m with 7 p m at 66 and midnight at 46 on the Chambers Inskeep company dial.
A son was born at Mercy Hospital to Mr Milo J Zeman and Mrs Milo J Zeman of 607 Eighth Avenue SE on May 15.
Robert M. Sexton aged 69 died at his home 1104 Second street SE at 2 30 p m Monday. Henry Lee DeYoung aged 41 died at a local hospital at 5 p m Monday.
Marcus Lakey and Juanita Lay er of Cedar Rapids Dale H. Johnson of Lisbon and Jean E. Burge of Mount Vernon Arnold F. Grab and Laverna Bakey both of Dubuque listed among local individuals in a regional notice.
Judge Haas grants Beulah Rapp custody against Royal Rapp on cruel and inhuman treatment and desertion grounds. Judge Ring rules Adelaide Sedlacek custody of three children and $1500 support after marriage to William G. Sedlacek on June 6 1928.
L T Austin of Council Bluffs fined 25 dollars and costs for axle overload. Max Christie of Y M C A fined 2 dollars and costs for operating a motor vehicle without a drivers license. Elmer Stewart of Denver fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding with a truck. Ray Carlson 22 and Ed Carlson 18 both of Route 1 Cedar Rapids each fined 50 dollars and costs for consuming liquor in a public place. Harold Hamer 22 of 724 Seventh Street SW charged with intoxication after a liquor in public place change, fined 10 dollars and costs. Duane Canaday 26 of 313 Thirteenth Street SW fined 25 dollars and costs for intoxication. All appeared before Justice H R Churchill.
John Baldridge of 2143 Mt. Vernon Avenue SE was tried for speeding in a business district and had a guilty verdict with a suspended fine on costs. Bert Clark of Rowley and Wayne Meyers of Stanwood were each fined $10 and costs for speeding. S. W. Williams of 606 Sixth Avenue SE, age 30, pled not guilty to intoxication and disturbing the peace with trial set Friday. Paul Evans of Milwaukee, age 32, fined $25 and costs for intoxication.
Alexander Pompez and Joe Ison policy bankers who testified at the trial of Tammany District Leader James J. Hines received two years probation each in New York. Judge Ferdinand Pecora noted their role in a vicious racket but said they deserved marked consideration for their services to the state.
Students in Coe College’s military department were honored on the new athletic field for the annual awards and medals. Seventh straight excellent rating announced as honorary cadet lieutenant colonel Wilfreda Hauser placed the ribbon on the colors. Major Arthur W. Penrose presided as medals were awarded for rifle and drill and several cadets earned commissions in the reserves by Dr. Harry M. Gage.
A jury is to be convened in the Palmer death case after earlier civil suits were dropped amid reconciliation talks. Witnesses described Palmer as the aggressor in a scuffle with Kenneth Nosworthy, who said he struck Palmer after Palmer attacked him with a beer bottle. Palmer later died from a cerebral hemorrhage after hospitalization for pneumonia and fever. His brother Honore died similarly last year in New York. Palmer, a longtime local resident, had a history of multiple marriages and divorces amid a high-profile social scene.
County Attorney G K Thompson prepared a true information against Milo Webb 19 of Toddville and Lawrence Franks 18 of Cedar Rapids on a larceny charge tied to the slaughter of a Hereford steer claimed by Ernest Lanning near Center Point and an attempted sale of the beef. They said they thought the animal was Webb's father's dressed stock and they halted if a sale was attempted. Webb and Franks were fined 25 dollars and costs in police court for offering to sell uninspected meat.
E. J. Nelson 40 of 554 Vernon drive SE pled not guilty before Judge H. C. Ring Tuesday to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bond set at 500. Nelson was taken into custody by highway patrolmen at Third avenue and Tenth street SE Saturday evening.
Leo Marion a veteran first baseman with the Waterloo club in the Three I league reportedly jumped the team at Springfield Illinois where the Red Hawks are playing. His future plans were not disclosed. Last season he was the circuit's second best hitter.
A two story barn on the Dan Voehm property at O Avenue and Edgewood Road NW burned within a month. The Voehm family were not home, a calf was saved, and no water mains served the site within city limits. Hose Companies No 2 and 5 fought the fire with ladder units.
CIO chief urged textile workers to demand federal scrutiny of troop use in coal regions, noting part of their pay and equipment comes from the U S treasury. He called for investigations into civil liberties suppressions by mine operators aided by state militia.
Charleston reports the entire soft coal industry in West Virginia is now under contract with the United Mine Workers of America after the Kanawha Coal Operators Association signed the agreement.
The Big Sandy Elkhorn Coal Operators association and the United Mine Workers of America signed a union shop agreement in Ashland on Tuesday. Harry Laviers, president of the association, announced the accord.
The Britannic Majesties arrive by liner Empress of Australia at the St Lawrence mouth for a 30 day Canadian tour. Daniel C. Roper to present credentials in Ottawa Friday as King presides at royal assent ceremonies for Canada’s trade treaty ratification. The voyage faced a two day delay at sea and will anchor off Quebec at midnight.
Dale Tullis of Des Moines explains FHA loans rest on lot location, construction specifications, and borrower financial reliability. He advises securing a lot option to ensure future loan eligibility and notes longer amortization and prebuild inspections as key benefits. Tullis will speak Wednesday on WMT from 3:30 to 3:45 p.m. and can be reached via Peoples Savings Bank or Perpetual Building and Loan Association.
Gov. George A. Wilson signed the itinerant trucker bill placing all truck merchants under a state permit system. Farmers hauling own produce are exempt. Within 50 miles, permits required but no bond or insurance. Over 50 miles, a $2 annual license, bonds and insurance vary by load size. Out-of-state merchants must pay graduated licenses, post bonds and obtain liability insurance.
An old advertisement touts Poslam as fast relief for eczema. It claims immediate itching and burning relief, fading rash, and soothing effects by penetrating the skin’s outer layers, urging readers to purchase at a druggist for 50 cents.
Union pickets appeared at the homes of E. Cohn president and C. E. Darey general manager as the Dearborn Brass Co and Machinists Local 831 continued efforts to end a strike started May 5. Darey said the company remains willing to pursue peace and no further meeting has been requested since the last conciliation on Saturday.
Secretary Wallace announced a 7,006,000 acre increase in 1940 wheat allotments under the soil conservation act to offset expected lower production this year. The current supply estimate avoids a farmer referendum on marketing quotas, with next year’s allotment set at 62,000,000 acres and 704,000,000 bushels of wheat in the crop.
Katherine Bryan Roosevelt school English teacher wins board approval to swap positions for one year with Miss V K Nation of Coventry England through the English Speaking Union. They will exchange posts and salaries. The board also sent finance committee a request to raise the school funds deposit limit at Peoples Savings Bank to 250000 dollars.
The mural titled An Inspiration to Future Scholars honors Dr. Ernest O. Dieterich a three degree University of Iowa alumnus. Created by Cedar Rapids artist Richard Gates a physics library exhibit will debut during the annual physics colloquiums Dieterich led the Goodrich research lab in Akron Ohio and died in 1936.
The piece notes Chamberlain’s gesture toward Russia, Potemkin possibly attending a postponed council, and Maisky expected to negotiate Russia’s side. Daladier and Bonnet plan talks with Halifax in Paris, aiming for a Britain Russia compromise, with Geneva talks to follow. Germany Italy vow unity and stronger western frontier defense ahead of a military pact.
Lloyd C. Grover Cedar Rapids employment service manager told Canopus club at Roosevelt hotel luncheon that finding a man a new job is more important than letting him idle and collect compensation. He noted workers displaced by labor disputes cannot collect unemployment during disputes. J. M. Donnelly Waterloo Social Security office manager described old age benefits and federal program details.
Prof Charles T Hickok of Coe College told Cedar Rapids Retail Credit members at Roosevelt Hotel that Germany seeks to keep Europe jittery and acquire territory without fighting He urged the United States to follow Washingtonian policy and avoid entangling alliances through discussion of democratic and totalitarian systems.
State Comptroller Fred Porter fixed May 23 for a hearing on the objection by 33 Cedar Rapids taxpayers to the $30,000 Hawkeye Downs exposition hall project. A comptroller’s representative will rule on legality. The council recently approved bond sales to fund construction, to be retired by a 1/16 mill tax levy over 10 years.
All officers of the Y M C A were reelected Tuesday noon at the board meeting. Ira T. Carrithers was chosen president for a third term, with C A Beems as vice president Harold Millhiser as secretary and H N Boyson as treasurer. Committees will be appointed later.
A special committee of citizens led by George Naxera and including Mrs J Walterick Mrs H C Ring and Mrs Stella Batchelder asked the school board for sixty more days to develop plans for converting the old Washington high school into a community center.
The Knights Templar of Washington consider a Seattle man for Cornell presidency. The list of 25 candidates includes John Magee Jr son of the candidate, with family details and regional endorsements. Trustees’ selection committee reviews names from Fred Sargent, Dr. John E. Stout, Dr. Earl Baker, Sutherland Dows, and Dean Peisen among others.
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