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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1940
Page
9
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull pledged to keep liberal international trade as a tool for peace. They warned against the war cloud, urging equitable trade and renewed national vigor to build defenses against aggression.
British and Belgian troops retreat from Belgium per military orders as the front in northern France slows the German assault. London reports the situation as grim but notes moral improvement, with Churchill warning of a dangerous stalemate and a future stabilization of the line.
George Grupe Jr 43 formerly of Cedar Rapids now Costa Mesa Calif was seriously injured in a car crash near Costa Mesa April 30 He is at a Los Angeles veterans hospital with fractures to his right arm elbow leg knee hip and ankle He was a front seat passenger when the car struck a roadside post
Fond du Lac musician Marengo Ottn Bagany will perform a harp concert at St John’s Lutheran Church on Monday evening. He is joined by daughter Norma son Reuben and the Ave Lallemant vocal trio for the program.
The Marion community features a high school bac calaureate with Rev C V R De Jong speaking on the value of a good name. Numerous social and club activities include the Tuck a Stitch May breakfast and Mothers club plans. Local happenings cover visits, concerts, church events, and student achievements across Marion and nearby towns.
Fifty members and friends of the Christian church held a silver tea after Sunday services. Mrs Vernon H Carter and Mrs Charles Harlan led the tea table. Proceeds go to the dormitory fund of the Southern Christian Institute. The program included piano duet, songs, readings, and a piano solo performed by local women.
In Minneapolis AP dispatch, National Tea company and Bus Freight Lines pled guilty in federal court to conspiracy to violate federal motor carrier law. Judge Joyce deferred sentence to June 10. An officer Robert V. Rasmussen pled nolo contendere and awaits sentencing. Clarence J. Williams received one year probation for using a dummy firm to move merchandise.
Four firms bid on the $49 000 sanitary sewer project for seven sections in Cedar Rapids. Henry Haegg and Dan Christensen submitted bids on each section, The McIntyre Construction bid on three sections and Sanitary Construction on two. Council referred bids to the engineering department for tabulation and will reject any section where the low bid exceeds the engineer’s estimate by more than ten percent.
Reports of impersonations of census enumerators have been received from Creston. Assistant Area Manager Francis Wallace said the impersonators represented themselves as enumerators and targeted families with school age children then called back to sell children's encyclopedias. Real enumerators have proper credentials.
President Roosevelt sent to the senate for confirmation nominations for Iowa postmasters including Lemuel S. Hill in Des Moines and Raymond W. Baxter in Burlington along with Frank Howard Garrett in Council Bluffs and George T. Stanley in Webster City.
Morton C. Mumma Jr formerly of Iowa City serves as commanding officer of the submarine Sailfish recently launched by the U S Navy. The vessel is the former Squalus, rehabilitated at a cost of 1 400 000. Mumma is son of Col M C Mumma former University of Iowa commandant and a 1921 Iowa City High School graduate. His brothers George and Albert and sister Martha are noted alumni of local schools.
The Gazette clarifies Byron W. Newberry did not attend the 1860 Republican convention. He did attend a Lincoln campaign rally in Oberlin, Ohio, in 1860 but the convention attendance was incorrect in Sunday’s article.
Harold Johnson elected as Black Hawk county commander at La Porte City meeting with delegates from Waterloo Cedar Falls Dunkerton Hudson and La Porte City. High school pep band played during the event.
The Iowa State Executive Council began action to collect 126 in telephone charges from former Secretary of State Robert E. O Bri an for calls late in 1938. The council says the calls were personal, while O Brian claims they related to state business. The council moved to refer the case to the attorney general for collection. Calls included numbers for Gov Kraschel in Harlan, the Chicago police, and Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace in Washington DC.
Independent Gazette reports Mathew Fuhrman a prosperous Buchanan county farmer near Otterville was found dead in his parked car by Otterville cemetery Sunday evening An Independence physician attributed the death to a heart attack He had heart trouble for some time Neighbors said he fished in the river earlier The body was taken to Heege's mortuary Fuhrman had lived near Otterville over fifty years owned 600 acres and was married 47 years ago to Eva Crowell with one son surviving
Champion End O' Maine Kath- Teen owned by Jack Spear of Tipton, Jr. was named best of show at the Golden Spike dog show Sunday. Sigmund of Maze laine, a boxer owned by J. S Schram of Burlington, Ja., led the working breeds.
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Ashley and Waldroff chapel for Calvin Howery aged 85 who died in Waterloo. Howery came to Iowa as a child and spent most of his life in Spring Creek township east of La Porte City. He was the son of Joseph and Tadema Howery and survived by a daughter, Mrs Wesley Roberts of Waterloo, and three sons Thurm Howery of La Porte City, A J Howery and Ray Howery, both of Waterloo. The Rev. G YD Guide officiated.
Tipton high school seniors stage the class play Tish Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Betty Rae Bartell stars as Tish with Lizzie and Aggie played by Margaret Horn and Phyllis Willer, plus a cast including Shirley Kuhn and others under the direction of Miss Lorna Bates and Miss Steinkamp.
Harold J. Glass 20 of Dundee was arrested on a traffic charge and identified as the youth who forged about 480 dollars in checks over the past year in Manchester Elkader Dyersville and Independence. He admitted guilt and was sentenced to two days in jail after missing a 4 dollar fine. bank officers and merchants were asked to identify him.
Miss Matilda Parker of Washington county died at age 99 in West Chester on Sunday. Funeral services are set for 9 am Tuesday in West Chester and 2 pm in Gilman. Parker, born in Treland, was from a family of 16 children. a sister Mrs. Agnes Ross of West Chester survives.
The Watson Brothers Transport and Charles Mandery filed with the Iowa Supreme Court an appeal from a $7,000 judgment awarded to Mrs. Freda S. McCarthy widow of John McCarthy after a car truck collision.
Des Moines Iowa roads recorded four highway fatalities last week dropping the 1940 toll to 164 for the year. The figure compares with 165 deaths in the same period of 1939, marking a first for the year.
Merle Mishler 21 of Waverly was killed in a car crash south of Clarksville early Monday. His bride was injured? No other occupants harmed. The low shoulder caused the vehicle to overturn and he died en route to a hospital.
Independence Gazette reports a parade to start the Buchanan County courthouse dedication program. Admiral Harry F Yarnell will speak along with judges, officials, veterans groups, schoolchildren, and civic organizations as the ceremony includes prayers, flag presentation, music, and formal dedications.
Mrs. John Foley 40 of near Parnell dies in Williamsburg hospital from injuries after a Saturday automobile crash on highway 148 west of Parnell. Her husband drove the Foley car which collided with a machine driven by James De Voss of Oskar, Indiana, leaving Foley with a back injury and broken ribs.
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