Deaths Births And Public Notices In Daily Record May 31 1940
Dr Walter J Barnaby 66 dies at home 411 Seventeenth Street SE at 3 pm Thursday. Mrs William H Dunshee 76 dies at 184 First Avenue EF at 5 am Friday. Mrs O F Wiedersburg 126 Thirty Seventh Street NE fined 10 dollars for speeding. Hubert Artis 1812 Second Avenue SE fined 10 dollars for speeding. Orton Butters 55 of Cedar Rapids fined 25 dollars for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. James Flickinger 35 of 218 Fifth Street NE fined 5 dollars for dumping rubbish on a highway. Births listed at St Luke Hospital and Mercy Hospital with several new daughters and a son. Marriage licenses issued to Ward D Miller Manitowoc Wisconsin and Dorothy D Miller Cherry Valley Illinois. John E Murphy Fairfax and Madaline Monaghan Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Barnaby
Seventeenth Street
William H. Dunshee
First Avenue
O. F. Wiedersburg
Thirty-seventh Street
Hubert Artis
Second Avenue
Orton Butters
Cedar Rapids
James Flickinger
Fifth Street
Ward D. Miller
Manitowoc
Wis
Dorothy D. Miller
Cherry Valley
Ill
John E. Murphy
Fairfax
Madaline Monaghan
State Seizes Century Liquor Over Iowa Violation
Des Moines salesman Younker pled guilty in Burlington to illegal possession of about 14 cases of liquor traced to Century distillery in Peoria. Edwards, sharing a Des Moines hotel, offered to take blame. Governor Wilson ordered a full investigation as Century sales faced an immediate suspension costing the firm about 25 thousand dollars weekly.
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Ker
Des Moines
Burlington
Younker
Peoria
Edwards
The
Liquor Commission
Town Jaw
Century
George A. Wilson
Nethergall
Delbert Murray
Chicago
Iowa
Belgian explorer Armand Denis seeks American citizenship
Armand Denis, Belgian explorer and father of four U S born children, has applied for American citizenship, authorities said Thursday in Hartford Connecticut.
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Hartford, Conn
INS
Armand Denis
Roosevelt Seeks Right to Call Up Militia and War Powers
President Roosevelt urged rapid action on a defense tax bill and raised the need to expand borrowing authority as war mobilization proceeds. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau warned the debt limit and cash balance would soon tighten, while a civilian defense commission began coordinating production and training efforts for a mass defense program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Doughton
N. C
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Civilian Defense Commission
Cordell Hull
James A. Farley
Army
William S Knudsen
General Motors
Edward R. Stettinius
VU. Steel
Federal Reserve Building
Army and Navy
William McChesney Martin
New York Stock Exchange
Martin
Civilian Conservation Corps
CAA
National Youth Administration
White House
Stephen Tarly
CCC
Senate
James D. Byrnes
S. C
Byrnes
Early
Defense Commission
British say new line covering withdrawal
The report describes Allied withdrawal operations with rear guards bearing heavy losses. Citizens and volunteers supplied meals and tea to troops as bakers worked overtime. German forces are depicted as suffering heavy losses, while spies and fifth columnists hampered the retreat. Belgian officers express determination to keep fighting despite surrender orders.
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Leopold
Zommies
Flanders
Sir Edmund Iron
Hitler may offer separate peace to France threaten Italy entry
London observers say Hitler could press a division of war aims to deter Britain and France. Possible moves include a separate France peace offer with a Paris assault threat, a flank attack by Italy, or an ultimatum to Britain risking total war if terms are refused.
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London
Adolf Hitler
England
France
Fuehrer
Germany
Hitler
Britain
Paris
Goebbels
Propaganda
Italy
Police Desk Shifts Permanent Under New Plan
Patrolman Jack Wei land acts as desk clerk for Mikota with Harvey Lodge and Ray Murdock permanently assigned to two captains. The station favors the move as it broadens experience and breaks up cliques though Bailey denies it signals permanent shifts. Under the system, ranking members keep day jobs while newer men work night hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Weiland
Mikota
Harvey Lodge
Ray Murdock
Bailey
Abbeville and Dunkerque Fronts Hold Against German Attacks
Allied forces claim Abbeville is retaken and French and British troops hold along the Dunkerque corridor with warship shelling. Calais resists with continued fighting as fronts from the Somme to the Maginot line see localized activity and small French operations triggering German counter thrusts.
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Yser Canal
Dunkerque
Calais
Somme
RAF Teens Claim Nine Heinkels in France Duel
Four teen Royal Air Force pilots said they shot down nine Heinkels and one Messerschmitt after a dog fight in France with 44 German planes. The action occurred Thursday with claims confirmed Friday by the young fliers relying on combat reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Air Force
France
Nazis Freed For New Tasks Amid Belgian Coast Battles
Berlin reports most Nazis freed for new tasks as German and Allied forces clash along the Belgian coast. The high command says a stubborn defense delays a mop-up and regrouping near Furnes Bergues and Dunkerque, with estimates of forces involved and prisoners undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Furnes-Bergues
Dunkerque
High Command
Camp Good Health Fund Aids Brother And Sister
A Cedar Rapids notice requests donations to The Camp Good Health Fund run by The Public Health Nursing association. It describes two siblings needing protective foods and medical care with planned tonsil removal after camp, hoping for a health start for winter.
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Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
Cam
The
Public Health Nursing Association
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Garden Leader Mrs. Dunshee Dies in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. W. H. Dunshee a Cedar Rapids garden authority and author on flowers died suddenly after a life spent cultivating a noted garden. She was born June 2 1863 in Albany Ja taught in rural schools before marriage to Wal ter Dunshee in 1883. Funeral plans set at Turner chapel pending time.
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Cedar Rapids
Dunshee
Monticello
Bany
J. A. Chandler
Walter Dunshee
Alice
Carl S. Miner
Glencoe
Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Simon Hansmeier set at Zion Reformed
Funeral services for Simon F Hansmeier well known local farmer will be held Saturday afternoon at Zion Reformed church conducted by Rev F E Stucki. He died Tuesday after a heart attack Monday born in Germany Sept 26 1867 came to Allamakee with parents at age two he never married and is survived by a brother Charles L Hansmeier and three sisters Mrs Charles Stock Mrs August Sunderman and Mrs Otto Martin all of Waukon and vicinity
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Waukon
Simon F. Hansmeier
Zion Reformed Church
F. E. Stucki
Frederick L. Hansmeier
Germany
Allamakee
Charles L. Hansmeier
Charles Stock
August Sunderman
Otto Martin
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