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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1941

Page

9

Bupane Upsets Merchants In Softball Tilt

In Class C Industrial league action Bupane Gas upset the undefeated Merchants National Bank 6 to 4. Welchs' scored three in the final frame to defeat Hall Mfg Co 5 to 4 in a pitchers duel. Pepsi Cola Rookie beat Marion Presbyterian 13 to 12 after a dramatic fourth inning comeback.

Merchants National Bank Bupane Gas Welchs Hall Mfg. Co Riley Jake Stover Welkes Gazette-Har Mac Caldwell The Gazette Pepsi Cola Marion Presbyterian Welch Mall Miz Co Welbes Stover Snyder Har-Mac Woods Sears Tschirgi J. E Gas National Bank Wen and Garoutte Dvorak

Speidel Buys Poughkeepsie Evening Star and Eagle News

Merritt C. Speidel of Iowa City, head of Speidel Newspapers, Inc., has purchased the Poughkeepsie Evening Star and Enterprise and the Poughkeepsie Morning Eagle News from Mrs. Arthur A. Parks and Ernest L. Owen. Speidel’s company runs more than 20 daily and Sunday papers across New York, Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and California and seven radio units. The Hudson Valley Sunday Courier was acquired two years ago.

Poughkeepsie N. Y Merritt C. Speidel Iowa City Speidel Newspapers, Inc Poughkeepsie Evening Star and Enterprise Poughkeepsie Morning Eagle News Arthur A. Parks Ernest L. Owen Speidel Company New York Ohio Iowa Colorado Wyoming Nevada California Hudson Valley Sunday Courier

Sun Emits Vast Light Compared to Moon’s Glow

A historical note explains that the sun provides four hundred thousand times more light than the moon, highlighting the vast disparity in luminosity between the two celestial bodies.

Three Masonic Leaders to Lead Friday Symposium

A three cornered Masonic symposium will be conducted by B F Butler of Waterloo Realff Ottesen of Davenport and Dr Samuel Garvin of Dubuque Friday at 7 30 p m at Masonic hall. Crescent Mr Hermon and Miz pah lodges Cedar Rapids sponsor through the Masonic Service committee. Ottesen a past grand master of Iowa Masons is a member of the Masonic service committee.

B. F. Butler Waterloo Realff Ottesen Davenport Samuel Garvin Dubuque Masonic Hall Crescent Hermon Mizpah Lodges Cedar Rapids Masonic Service Committee Ottesen Iowa Iowa United Commercial Travelers of America Ladies’ Auxiliary Elmer W. Wickham Montrose Roosevelt Montrose Hotel Wickham Russell K. Sandercock Frank Hahn Ed G. Pullen Roosevelt Hotel

Court House News Dismissals Quiet Property Rights in Cedar Rapids

Judge H C Ring dismissed with prejudice two replevin actions by Tipton State Bank against C I T Corporation of Cedar Rapids. Title to two automobiles was quieted in the plaintiff by stipulations. Biddick Eastman Lumber Co sued Angie Berry et al for foreclosure. case dismissed. Ray C Coutts appointed administrator of Ora Butler estate. bond set at $500. Ora Butler died May 3 in Brown township.

H. C. Ring Tipton State Bank C.I T. Corporation of Cedar Rapids Biddick-Eastman Lumber Company Angie Berry Ina Berry Mary Berry C. C. Berry A. H. Berry G. L. Berry Leonzo Berry Carl Berry C. J. Haas Linn County Ray C. Coutts Ora Butler Brown Township

Lighting Of Sixteenth Avenue Bridge Requested By Civic Club

The South Side Civic club asked the city council to investigate lighting of both sides of the Sixteenth avenue bridge and installation of guard rails along the North Western right of way at Fifteenth avenue SE for safety. The plan would fence off three dead end streets from the tracks. A letter signed by the club traffic committee urged action on stop and go signs on Eighth avenue and Third street.

South Side Civic Club City Council Sixteenth Avenue Fifteenth Avenue SE L. J. Blahnik Frank J. Dvorak Fred C. Henson Eighth Avenue Third Street

Traffic matter referred to department after street intersection note

The case involving SE and Eighth avenue and First street SW was referred to the traffic department for action. The notice indicates the issue requires official assessment by traffic authorities.

Eighth Avenue First Street Traffic Department

All Night Neon Signs Declared Nuisance by City Council

City council orders the legal department to amend an ordinance to declare neon signs flashing all night in residential districts a nuisance. Mayor Frank Hahn commented that the current ordinance is too narrow to cover the nuisance.

City Legal Department Frank Hahn

City Council Retires $38,566 In Bonds And Interest

Payment of 38566 25 in bonds and interest was authorized. Retired were 25745 sewer bonds and interest 1000 bridge 67 50 police 25 75 exhibition hall 760 sewage disposal 367 50 swimming pool and 10372 50 memorial.

Professional Bucking Horses For Cedar Rapids Rodeo

Hawkeye Downs hosts a Cedar Rapids rodeo with Jimmie Howe securing a deal to lease 50 professional bucking horses from Charley Moore for the saddle bronc event. Comanche leads the stock from Sidney and Oregon roundup, with advance tickets on sale Saturday at 304 Second Avenue SE.

Hawkeye Downs Jimmie Howe Sidney Charley Moore Howe Moore Sidney Rodeo Association Star Oregon Art Strauss Malheu Canyon Owyhee Wolf Creek Second Avenue Me Ton

Reelected Officers Named at Cedar Rapids McKesson Robbins

Walter K Roth of 349 Park Terrace SE is reelected vice president of the Cedar Rapids division. J C Liek of 360 Twentieth Street SE is reelected assistant secretary of the same division under the company reorganization announced Thursday.

Walter K Roth Park Tere Race SE Cedar Rapids McKesson and Robbins, Inc J C. Liek Twentieth Street SE

No Lacrosse Monopoly at Army Squad From West Point

West Point lacrosse team shows geographic balance with 9 players from the south and 6 from western states among a 26 man squad. The NEA report notes lacrosse as an eastern sport but cites this diverse roster.

West Point N. Y Nea Army

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