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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1941
Page
5
Linn county Red Cross lists 2295 sweaters 658 layettes 1887 dresses 1010 skirts and 17000 surgical dressings produced in the last year. The drive begins Nov 11 Armistice Day with 395 first aid certificates issued and 339 life saving certificates.
The Three Link circle plans a meeting at one o'clock on a street near 1110 I Avenue NW. Townsend club No 1 also schedules a meeting but details are unclear.
Corporal William H. Huston departed Friday morning for Camp Char de furlough. Mrs. J. W. Huston and Mr. can hens are listed as residents at 1115 Weare Avenue NE.
The Cedar Rapids Stamp Club invites stamp collectors to attend meetings at the Montrose hotel starting Monday at 8 p.m. Meetings are held on the first and third Mondays of each month.
Joe Scannell will oversee the social evening after the monthly Y's Men club business meeting on Monday. A buffet dinner starts at 6 15 p.m. in the club room at the Y M C A.
A fire started when hot air entered a furnace dome causing flames at 309 Eighth Street SE about 10 09 a m on Saturday. The home is occupied by William Krachmer and no injuries are reported.
Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jump of Des Moines are Mr. Jump’s brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. James E. Grady of Dunlap. They attended the Iowa-Indiana home coming game Saturday.
Mr and Mrs J D Timm of 1525 D avenue NE announce their son in law Lieut H L Moore Jr has been promoted to first lieutenant He serves as personnel adjutant in the 3rd infantry at Fort Snelling Minnesota.
The second meeting will be at Grace Episcopal Church on Monday at 7 p.m. The committee includes Mr. and W. W. White, Youtzy, Bob Courtright, J Jaeger and Jim Ensign.
Friday night weather altered plans for a Cub Scout group. The gathering shifted from outdoors to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Traxel for Halloween activities.
The Rev. H. E. Trimble of Centerville will guest preach during the week at the Christian church on Third and Sixth streets SW. Sunday services feature a morning talk on The Church and an evening address on The Way of Ition. Monday's program is Mar Night. A large delegation reports a motorist incident involving Schatz and police on Second Street NW and nearby streets. C J Connor, 44, and A Remington, near misses, with others charged in separate traffic cases including speeding and failure to yield.
The Marion Christian church invites Rev. Mr. Trimble a former pastor to attend and L. J. Dennis of Center Point to lead evening singing. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. R. Coolidge of the Church of God returned from Kansas City where they attended the Midwest ministerial assembly October 27–30. the Rev. Mr. was elected chairman of the 1942 Assembly. Coolidge to fill pulpit mornings and evenings.
Madison Auction House at 708 3rd Street SE invites entries of furniture for a 7 p.m. sale on Monday November 3. Chas J Madison is the auctioneer. Ad notes a complete line of very nice furniture and extra al t sale. Open any Monday to receive goods. 29166.
Des Moines truck driver L. W. Herbst reported 31 wooden whisky barrels were stolen from a warehouse loading dock at 218 First Street SE between noon and 4 p.m. The barrels were absent when he returned at 4 p.m. after being on the dock since noon.
Wilbert B. Smith of Cairo Egypt Y M C A official and vice chair of the Egypt inter mission council will address the Rotary club luncheon Monday at noon at the Roosevelt hotel on Building Highways of Peace in the Near East. Smith also serves on the Near East Christian Council and coordinates church work with British troops in Palestine.
The Cedar Rapids area saw freezing conditions Saturday with fluctuating temperatures. A 24 hour high of 45 was logged between midnight and 2 am and gradual falls later in the day with readings around 38 to 40 degrees by afternoon.
Albert A. Slater 35 owner of a Chicago parking lot was arrested on a warrant from Mason City Iowa charging embezzlement of 72000. Assistant State's Attorney M J Mason from Mason City aided in the case. The warrant followed a complaint by Bradford F Daggett retired plumbing supply merchant of Mason City.
The Rev. R. N. Coolidge, pastor of the Church of God on Avenue L at Eighth Street NW, resigns effective November 16 after since July 1934. He will lead the Church of God in Owatonna Minnesota. A farewell is set for November 4 and the Coolidges plan to move to Cedar Rapids around November 17.
Former Wisconsin Governor Philip La Follette urged Americans to flood Congress with letters and telegrams opposing repeal of the neutrality act. In a radio address for the America First committee he warned repeal could pull the United States into a shooting war and stressed defending the last barrier of peace.
Reports indicate German and Romanian troops drive into the Perekop isthmus and widen a gap in Crimea defense as Russians report a critical situation. Meanwhile in Leningrad the front sees intensified fighting as German northern armies push toward the Volkhov river in a bid to isolate the city and force a siege.
Arne Nissen a Cedar Rapids resident and his Danish parents received Red Cross messages via international communication confirming they were well. The exchanges revealed a family history tied to a 100 year old mill and wartime worries, illustrating Red Cross service during the Christmas 1940 period.
Berlin signals a large campaign to portray the United States as aggressor as Germany claims submarines sank the destroyer Kearny and attacked a U-boat. Washington notes no change in U S German relations while roiling public opinion with new wartime rhetoric.
Joseph Olisevsky, 32, of 2006 Fifteenth avenue SE, suffered severe abrasions on his right shoulder about 6:45 p.m. Saturday when he was apparently struck by a train or switch engine near the Fourth street and Twelfth avenue SE crossing. He was found on the railway right of way by W. J. McGuire, a Rock Island switching foreman. Police and railway officials have not determined if the switch engine struck him or if he was hit earlier. A flagman at Twelfth avenue reported seeing a man along the tracks minutes before the engine arrived but could not confirm it was Olisevsky. He was taken by Ambulance Service to St. Luke's Hospital in fair condition.
Floodwaters from the muddy mid continent inundate over 16 000 acres of rich farmland around Fort Smith Arkansas. About 1000 flood refugees from western Kansas and eastern Oklahoma gather as the Arkansas River spills. Officials report no loss of life expected.
Orville Anderson of 701 Fifth Avenue SE narrowly avoided serious harm when his bed caught fire around midnight Saturday. Firefighters said a live-ash match caused the blaze. the mattress and bed clothes were damaged and removed from the home. A general alarm was sounded.
Unknown assailants under cover of darkness dislodged and crushed the Edward VII statue, set up in 1912 to commemorate the entente cordiale among France, England and Italy, in Cannes.
The 16,000 ton cruiser Cleveland, first of the Navy’s new class, slid down the ways at Camden New Jersey launched by Mrs. Harold H Burton Jr. A 603 foot long ship with 12 six inch guns 12 five inch guns and anti aircraft armament will exceed 30 knots and carry aircraft. Built under a May 17 1938 act with keel laid July 1 1940.
London AP report says the No. 1 American squadron led RAF in shot down Nazi planes for the month, with a statement credited to the fighter command outlining the tally and credited victories.
The 1942 St. Louis social register list omits Mrs. Ernest Hemingway. Former war journalist Martha Gellhorn, previously listed with her mother Mrs. George Gellhorn, was married to Hemingway last November after meeting during civil war reporting in Spain.
Fifteen Italian officers and crew members aboard the motor ship Lome were convicted by a Portland jury of trying to damage engines and navigation gear while at a dock seven months earlier. They face federal prison terms from two to five years as the vessel had been seized by the coast guard in a nationwide action against Axis ships.
The measure creates an office of price administration with a presidentially appointed chief to set ceilings on commodities as needed. Ceilings based on Oct 1 prices extend through mid 1943 or shorter if the emergency ends. Violators could face a 5000 dollar fine or two years in prison. Parity prices for farm goods are listed against 1919–29 averages for chickens turkeys eggs hogs beef cattle wheat corn and cotton.
Washington reports steady gains in war production under the arsenal of democracy plan. Engine output supports 775 four motor bombers or 3 000 pursuit planes monthly, with light and medium tanks and rifles rising rapidly. Sixty three plants planned, twenty eight in operation, with 50 000 war planes projected next year and merchant ship output rising to two per day by early 1942.
A veteran firefighter reflects on fire safety, accident prevention, and the Red Cross role in peacetime and wartime. He notes highway deaths, home accidents, and the value of first aid, water safety, and enforcement, urging better training and stronger laws while stressing the need for religion to curb intolerance.
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