Mercy Hospital Welcomes Barnett Son
Mr and Mrs Robert Barnett of 1756 B Avenue NE announce the birth of a son on May 29 at Mercy Hospital.
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Mercy Hospital
Robert Barnett
B Avenue NE
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1940
Page
11
Local Couples Named in Reader Notice
Ed R. Burk of Vinton and Lydia Long of Cedar Rapids, Arlo Roger Mueller of Viota and Evelyn Jane Nelson of Massena are listed in a public notice identifying residents involved in a civil matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed R. Burk
Vinton
Lydia Long
Cedar Rapids
Arlo Roger Mueller
Viota
Evelyn Jane Nelson
Massena
Alma Vera Bartels Granted Name Change in Cruel Treatment Case
Alma Vera Bartels of Lester H Bartels aged 30 was granted a name change by Judge H C Ring on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. Plaintiff restored the name Alma Vera Grover. The marriage occurred at Kahoka Missouri on May 14 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Vera Bartels
Lester H. Bartels
H. C. Ring
Alma Vera Grover
Kahoka
Mrs Cora E Schmitt Dies At Home At 49
Mrs Cora E Schmitt aged 49 died at her home 3216 Bowling Street SW at 4 15 am Wednesday. Also Joseph Kushner 57 of 1822 Blake Boulevard SE died in a spent hospital at 9 45 pm Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora E. Schmitt
Bowling Street
Joseph Kushner
Blake Boulevard
Tuesay
Police Court Fines for Reckless Driving and Speeding
George D. Zier of Marion was fined 25 dollars plus costs for reckless driving with 15 dollars and costs paid and 10 dollars suspended for good behavior. Robert Gardner of Anamosa and Byron Stewart of 3345 Carlisle Street SW were each fined 50 dollars plus costs for speeding at 42 miles per hour, with fines suspended during good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Zier
Marion
Robert Gardner
Anamosa
Byron Stewart
Carlisle Street
10 Percent Income Tax Increase Sought in Plan
The administration and Congress push a $3 billion tax program with a 10 percent rise in next year’s income taxes and a 20 percent hike in stock and bond transfer taxes. The plan, to start January 1 1940, targets March 15 1941 for first payments and includes higher excise taxes on gasoline cigarettes liquor beer with limited exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Maupin Elected Head of Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters
Wyatt E Maupin was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters at their annual meeting held Wednesday noon at the Montrose hotel. Byron K Anderson was elected vice president Elmer C Bergmann secretary and Kenneth E Strang treasurer. Board of directors named R T Termohlen chairman Vernon E White John B Heidel Reed Nelson Roy L Short and A W Carlton. Robert O Bickel named state committeeman to represent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyatt E. Maupin
Cedar Rapids
Local Association Honors Past Presidents at Sioux City Convention
At the state convention in Sioux City on June 7 the local association recognized services with plaques presented to Past Presidents Henry M. Files William F. Sarset Oscar A. Anderson E. W. DeNio Byron A. Barlow F Wallace Darling C V Shepherd M M Thompson Rudolph Weber Col O W Mull R H Pickford Rollo S Pickford and R T Termohlen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Henry M. Files
William F. Sarset
Oscar A. Anderson
E. W. DeNio
Byron A. Barlow
F. Wallace Darling
C. V. Shepherd
M. M Thompson
Rudolph Weber
Col. O. W. Mull
R. H. Pickford
Rollo S. Pickford
R. T. Termohlen
Memorial Day Parade Honors Veterans at Linwood Cemetery
Memorial day ceremonies begin with a bridge service at 9 a.m. on Second avenue and a 10 a.m. parade from the bridge to Linwood cemetery. Glenn McLaughlin of Anamosa will speak. Ladies of the G A R and Daughters of Union Veterans participate. Woman's Relief Corps handles the wreath laying. Linwood gates close to vehicles at 10 a.m. until the program ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Avenue Bridge
Linwood Cemetery
Second Avenue
Sixth Street
Glenn McLaughlin
Anamosa
G.A.R
Daughters of Union Veterans
Woman's Relief Corps
Two Iowa Fishermen Believed Drowned In Leech Lake
Two Iowa men Rev J A Underberg and Ralph Downing of Cherokee believed drowned when their boat burned on Leech Lake near Walker Minnesota. The outboard motor re fueling sparked the blaze and the charred boat was found near Pelican Island half a mile from Walker as searchers looked for the missing pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker, Minn
Iowa
Leech Lake
Here
J. A. Underberg
Ralph Downing
Cherokee
Walker
C. E. Merry
Cass County
Pelican Island
Main Leech Lake
Britain Prepares For War Strikes and Rising Taxes
An editorial signals Britain's resolve amid looming dangers as nurses rush to tend the wounded. The Times warns of a grim hour with harsher news to come while Sir Kingsley Wood announces a 100 percent excess profits levy across Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsley Wood
Great Britain
Belgian King Leopold III status unclear after capitulation
Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak said he was completely without information on the king’s whereabouts following Leopold III’s capitulation. Spaak declared the king has lost sovereignty and could not validly conclude any peace with Germany, arguing any act by him now would be invalid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Henri Spaak
Leopold III
Spaak
Leopold
Johnson Defends War Plans in Heated Senate Session
Johnson and Hoover clash over defense strategy with Johnson denouncing Hoover's warnings as political stoking. Hoover criticizes Roosevelt for forming another advisory panel instead of reshaping war and navy departments and enlisting industry for production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Hoover
America
Roosevelt
War and Navy Departments
Man Hospitalized After Farm Accident and Memorial Day Notices
Carl Selzer 25 of Homestead suffered a head injury when a two by four fell on him on his farm and was listed in good condition at Mercy hospital. Memorial Day events include Battery E association at 7:30 am Elks club and Post No. 1 Iowa Volunteers at 9:45 am in the armory for observances. Deser tion case against Carl J. Baty 20 Walker waived preliminary hearing posting $200 bond. Everett Mahannah 23 of 809 A avenue NW treated and released after a storm window caused a lip laceration at 1233 Tenth street NW. Cedar Rapids observes no regular mail delivery on Memorial Day with post office stamp windows closed. special deliveries continue. A lien of $920.21 for unpaid 1939 social security taxes against William C. Culver of Culver Motors was filed in federal court. Capt Gordon Hughes spoke on motorist safety and Roy E. Taylor screened Stop Look and Live for Kiwanis at the Roosevelt hotel. Donald Maloney who is son of Mr. and Mrs. James Maloney left for Abilene Kan to work as assistant director of Brown Memorial Scout camp. he is Troop 13’s assistant scoutmaster. Don will visit his brother Evan in Manhattan Ks and was honored with a farewell birthday party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Selzer
Homestead
Mercy Hospital
Everett Mahannah
A Avenue NW
Tenth Street NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Gordon Hughes
Police Traffic Department
Roy E. Taylor
Kiwanis Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Donald Maloney
James Maloney
Johnson Avenue
Abilene
Kan
Don
Robert Glen
Evan
Manhattan
Kaw
Voters League Forum Set for Friday at Montrose Hotel
The League of Women Voters hosts the second public forum Friday at 8 p.m. at the Montrose hotel. Republican and Democratic candidates for state and county offices will be announced and speak. Admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Montrose
Three Enlist In Navy From Des Moines Area
Three men were enlisted in the navy Tuesday at Des Moines through the Cedar Rapids recruiting station. The recruits were Donald E. Parker of Marion, Robert L. Biesecker of Marion, and Harlan E. Rice of Vinton. They were transferred to the naval training station at Great Lakes Ill. Under a new quota 45 men will be enlisted the week of June 4 in Town Cedar Rapids allotment is two men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Donald E. Parker
Harry J. Parker
Third Avenue
Marion
Robert L. Biesecker
James O. Biesecker
Ninth Avenue
Harlan E. Rice
C. E. Rice
Vinton
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Traffic deaths rise in 1940 nationwide trend continues
Chicago report notes month by month increases in highway fatalities through 1940. National Safe Commission data show a sustained rise, with experts urging safety measures to curb the trend in coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Weil
Bar Reds Nazis From Future Civil Service Jobs
The United States civil service commission barred communists and nazis from future federal civil service employment. The policy states it will not certify any applicant known to be a member of the Communist Party, the German Bund, or any other communist or Nazi organization. Existing government employees found to belong to such groups are not affected by the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
Communist Party
German Bund
Hull speeds plane delivery to Allies
Secretary Hull ruled that US citizens may travel in belUgerent aircraft over New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island to speed up delivery of American war planes to the Allies. American pilots may fly planes to the border transfer title and cross into Canada then go to ships or be flown to the Atlantic by non American pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
United States
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Atlantic
Trapped Allies Split Apart Says Germany in New Claims
German military quarters claim the British expeditionary force is trapped in France and Belgium after a large Cassel net reaches Ypres and the Channel coast. They say half of the original 400,000 have evacuated, with Britain suffering heavy losses by air and land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
France
Cassel
Ypres
Channel
Berlin
England
Reich
Britain
Leopold
Paris
B.E.F
Hanford MacNider Emerges as Potential GOP Nominee
Sioux City Journal reports Iowa Republicans rally around Hanford MacNider of Mason City as a serious White House contender. Delegations from multiple states may back him on first ballot in Philadelphia, with Seattle rally and radio address boosting his national profile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Hanford
MacNider
Jowans
Seattle
Hanford MacNider
East of Paris Rail Way Town Near Paris Population Noted
The town located east of Paris on the northern railway had an estimated population around 200000. It reflects a sizable urban center tied to railway infrastructure and regional growth during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Memorial Day Gift Aids Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids Public Health Nursing association requests donations to fund Camp Good Health for physically handicapped children from needy families. The camp provides nutritious food, comfortable beds, and fresh air to aid recovery. Donations of any size are welcome with instructions to deliver by Memorial Day to Cedar Rapids post office or The Gazette by 10 a.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Nursing Association
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
Gazette
Widow Mrs Schmitt Dies at 3216 Bowling Street SW
Mrs Cora E Schmitt born May 26 1891 in Cedar Rapids died at home after a lingering illness at 4 15 am Wednesday She is survived by husband three daughters two sons seven grandchildren six sisters and one brother Funeral services set for 2 pm Friday at Brady mortuary with burial in Linwood cemetery Friends may call Thursday at the mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora E. Schmitt
Joseph A. Schmitt
Bowling Street
Cedar Rapids
Don M. Nelson
Eveard Hartson
Rene Gibson
Sioux Falls
S. D
Joseph, Jr
Orval Walter
William Franks
Marion
Bertha Forbes
Clinton
Gladys Ellsberry
Seattle
Wash
Anna Quigley
Waukegan, N
Phebe Lamb
Nora Helman
Louisa
Phillip Kuhn
Brady Mortuary
Linwood Cemetery
Funeral services for Frank W. Michalicek
Funeral services for Frank W. Michalicek who died at his home 622 Sixth Street SE will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m in the Janeba funeral Home conducted by Rev F E Motzkus of Ely Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Michalicek
Sixth Street
Janeba Funeral Home
F. E. Motzkus
Ely
Bohemian National Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Scott in Shellsburg
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Scott who died Tuesday in a Marshalltown hospital will be held at the Shellsburg Baptist church Thursday at 2 30 p.m. Burial will follow at Shellsburg cemetery. Friends may call at Turner chapel until 11 a.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Scott
Marshalltown
Shellsburg Baptist Church
Shellsburg
Turner Chapel
Ten Most Popular Boy Names in America
The list highlights Charles Edward George Henry John Joseph James Robert Thomas and William as the ten leading male names in the United States, reflecting naming trends and cultural influences of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Edward
George
Henry
John
Joseph
James
Robert
Thomas
William
America
Roosevelt Forms Defense Council for War Mobilization
President Roosevelt creates a national defense council to coordinate industrial output for tanks guns planes and engines with Knudsen Hillman Budd Davis Henderson and Miss Elliott assigned to various non combat roles. He says no draft plan exists and that government will avoid disrupting national life while awaiting mobilization progress.itores
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knudsen
General Motors
Hillman
CIO
CCC
Army
Navy
Davis
Budd
Henderson
Miss Elliott
Roosevelt
Meat Freight Rate Cut Boosts Packers in Iowa and West
The Interstate Commerce Commission cut freight rates 21 cents per 100 pounds on fresh meat from Colorado and western Nebraska packing houses to eastern destinations beyond the Indiana Illinois line. Interior Iowa packers and some Minnesota plants opposed the change as Denver packers aimed to move shipments to the Atlantic seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate , Commerce Commission
Colorado
Nebraska
Indiana-Illlinois State Line
Iowa
Minnesota
Denver
Atlantic Seaboard
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