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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1941
Page
2
Lloyd C Peterson of Dysert and Dorothy A Junge of Keystone received marriage licenses. The notices list both individuals as applicants and indicate the formal issuance of license documents.
Born to Mr and Mrs Marion Beaty 1604 Thirty fourth street SE a and Rosemary May at home May 1 Mercy Cetel or and Mrs William Robertson 913 Seven teenth avenue SE a daughter May 21.
The list records several individuals including Le land Wise, Andreas, Lloyd Whit ing, John Mehegan, H. L. Barr, and Boyd Pacham facing fines and costs for offenses such as speeding and drunkenness. Addresses span Iowa locales with amounts ranging from $2 to $25.
Judge J E Heiserman denied LeRoy Low of Mount Vernon a new trial over a $20 000 claim against Ford Hopkins Drug Co tied to the 1938 death of Mary G Low. Marshall 23 of 1017 Fourth Street was fined $25 for drunkenness and another $10 for failing to answer. A Wilson and company employee was arrested at the plant on a warrant. Sara Janet Russell filed for divorce from William E Hanson alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. J J Booth of Marion died in Chicago on April 27 1939. Mentzer widow Bertha Mentzer lives in Chicago with daughter Marie Ellen. Helen Lewis filed for divorce from E A Lewis alleging desertion. married Aug 10 1936 in Elko Nev. No children reported. The will of Frank H Keyser was mentioned.
A fire shortly after noon Wednesday destroyed a 12 by 12 carbon storage shed near the water intake at the city waterworks. The total loss was about 500 dollars. The shed housed carbon and equipment for treating water. it was not in use, and the cause could not be determined. Firemen noted the carbon burned with intense heat.
Don Condon of the Ambulance Service will demonstrate the inhalator at 7 30 pm in the boys lobby of the Y M C A. The demo supports the life saving institute held at the Y and promotes emergency response skills.
Roger Hamilton Dinsmore aged 68 of 1920 First Avenue NE died at home after a brief illness. No local services. body to be taken to Sibley Iowa for 2 PM Thursday services and burial there. Friends may call at Turner chapel Wednesday from 4 PM to 9 PM.
Funeral rites for Dr Louis A Ling formerly of Cedar Rapids, now Spokane, are set for 2 p.m. Thursday in Beatty chapel with Rev George A Stauffacher officiating. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. The body will arrive in Cedar Rapids at 2 45 a m Thursday. Friends may view at the chapel Thursday morning.
Funeral services for Charles Wakefield Black, who died at his home on Sixth Avenue SE, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Barta chapel by Rev. Morton Hickman and the Knights of Pythias. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
David Herb aged 70 died Wednesday at 1 15 a m at the Linn County Home where he had been a patient since 1934. His former residence was Palo.Officials seek relatives and contact Yocom Funeral Home in Marion for information.
Photographers from multiple states earned awards in the Inland contest. Winners include Jack Kennedy Council Bluffs Nonpareil for Open Season and Ed ward Harris Jr Richmond Palladium-Item for Lullaby in a Ditch.
Reports from Budapest via Syria say the British general staff in Cairo ordered the arrest of 150 Egyptian army officers belonging to the illegal greenshirt wafdist organization.
Cedar Rapids high school musicians earned 9 superior ratings at the national regional music festival in St Paul. McKinley and Wilson led with multiple division 1 honors, while Franklin sent the largest delegation and Roosevelt and Wilson earned several division 2 and 3 awards among the 24 performers cited.
Linn County Humane Society directors approve legal steps to prevent cruelty at the Midwestern Championship rodeo in Wheyde Downs spanning May 29 to June 1. They cite concerns over steer roping and animal goading, urging abandonment of those features to avoid abuse.
Marshalltown Iowa AP Louis Hecht sued Witwer Grocer for 768.28 arguing wage hour provisions of the Wagner act were violated. Judge L R Sheets denied the damage suit ruling the firm did not engage in interstate commerce and would be exempt if it did. It was the second similar wage hour decision in the state.
Funeral services for Jay A. Countryman sales manager of Cedar Rapids Auto Supply who died in a local hospital Tuesday will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Turner chapel with the Rev. D A. Loferski officiating. Burial follows in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends
The article describes campus political maneuvering with coalitions and a Tau Kappa Epsilon torch parade. Phi Mu fraternity supports Hank Moss with pro campaign materials while student residents observe from dorm windows during appeals for votes and influence.
Alec George 22 of 933 Fourteenth Avenue SE faced speeding charges after police concluded an investigation of a 2 a.m. collision at 25 First Avenue East in which his car struck a parked machine owned by Hubert Lyman, knocking it 40 feet. George said he briefly fell asleep at the wheel.
Grinnell high school junior Joan Evans remained in serious condition after a skull fracture from an automobile accident involving a group of Grinnell students on a picnic. Four others were bruised and shaken in the crash. Mount McKinney looms as North America's loftiest peak with ice at 14 000 feet below its summit.
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