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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1941
Page
36
Cedar Rapids will host Build A Bond Day in December to boost defense savings. The Young Mens Bureau leads a citywide effort to organize small parties tied to defense stamps, including clubs, lodges, and civic groups, with a radio program to link events.
President may discuss army seizure of the captive coal mines if work stops. Richardsen carried a large bundle of documents to the conference and said he wished to keep them secret. Stimson replied that the conference question about the mines is a matter for inquiry.
In Peoria WL, a spark from a horseshoe likely triggered a Wednesday explosion at the Western Powder plant. Dr. Harold Dill er, county coroner, says the blast cost four toes. Officials note sparks from metal tips used by workers were considered, but horseshoes were not expected causes.
Monterrey AP report says police pursue new evidence in Ada Loveland death, widow of Kala Mazoo. Her son Richard Loveland accuses Arthur Torrance of foul play. hair fibers found in a broken thermos are to be compared with Torrance's alibi hair. Torrance, a New York explorer, denies motive.
Famed violinist Dave Rubinoff will perform two Cedar Rapids shows on December 3 at Memorial Coliseum to raise funds for the well-children’s clinic of the community nutrition service. A school matinee at 315 pm and an 8 pm concert are planned with one number expected to be his Gershwin transcription Rhapsody in Blue.
In a wide interview, Dr. Bob Penaluna discusses postwar medicine advances, vaccines, and the role of socialized medicine. He emphasizes immunization and preventive care, shares views on farm investment, recreation, travel, and his Iowa roots shaping a pastoral yet progressive outlook.
A hybrid moth orchid on display at the New York orchid show carried a valuation of $10,000. The piece drew attention from attendees and highlighted the event’s diverse cultivated species.
DES MOINES The Iowa employment survey published monthly by the state labor department reports payrolls in the state have reached the highest levels since the late twenties boom. The survey notes employment in sampled industries rose .9 percent last month.
Des Moines reports private employment rising in Iowa with 2,400 receiving unemployment benefits, down from 23,726 in February 1939. Works Progress Administration records show 14,000 men employed, down from 36,000 in 1936. State employment service lists 54,000 registered job seekers, below 71,882 last August as it seeks skilled workers.
The bureau notes October 1941 payrolls were 13.6 percent ahead of October 1940 and 27 percent higher than a year earlier. Accidents rose in October due to higher operation tension, prompting calls to protect workers. Manufacturing comments largely favorable with hopes for material allotments to aid small manufacturers and wholesalers. Major employment gains occurred in Food and kindred products, 36 percent. patent medicines, chemicals and compounds, 34 percent. stone and clay products, 16 percent. wholesale and retail trades 1 percent.
A letter to the editor laments wartime gossip about a sea meeting between Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. It notes Current Comment speculating Stalin inviting Roosevelt for a conference and questions what hymns they might sing together. Author Louis Woii from Central City signs the piece.
The Coe pushball match between freshmen and sophomores finally took place on the Kohawk field. The frosh won 2 to 1 after using a tackling dummy due to a late inflate. Chuck Zimmerman scored both frosh points while Everett McCullough added the soph team tally.
Football letter-winners from Cedar Rapids four public high schools will hear University of Iowa President Virgil Hancher speak at the Inter- Service Club council luncheon in the Montrose hotel. Invitations go to athletic officials from Iowa, Iowa State, Drake, Coe, Cornell, Grinnell and ISTC. Fred Winter to present awards.
K UruSU and Nomura arrived in Washington as Tokyo officials plan meetings with Secretary Hull on Monday and likely seek audience with President Roosevelt the same day. Kurusu noted he came to assist and not teach, greeting the U S with cordial words in the capital.
Republican national committeemen and women from 13 Midwest states met in Minneapolis to map party strengthening for 1942. The first day included reports from rural and metropolitan vote committees, with no policy questions discussed. Attendees included delegates from Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Iowa and Missouri.
J D Schenker executive chairman of the federation of Manhattan voters said negotiations were under way to purchase the East 65th street town houses of President Roosevelt. The plan would create a national shrine to the President his mother and his wife.
Berlin reports claim Soviet naval power nearly destroyed with Luftwaffe bombers sinking 52 warships and damaging 56 more in the Baltic and Black seas since June, while Russia defends Crimea and other fronts. Archangel supply routes remain open as Allied ships bolster Soviet aid.
Seven members of Company C 168th infantry Rainbow division gathered at Memorial Union in Iowa City before the Iowa game. Clerk Frost Patterson of Des Moines said of 250 men at Camp Mill 1 in 1917 only 47 remain. About 15 are in a Veterans Hospital. Other attendees include Harlow F Robinson Bud Ewing William Gaskel Jerry Stucker Charles Smith and Barney Barnes.
Des Moines AP John Naughton Iowa WPA administrator says construction began on a 121 480 extension of the Sidney Indiana sewage disposal system funded 91070 by WPA with the remainder from city funds. He also notes a 3504 project at Peterson Iowa to extend town water facilities to Wanata State Park in Clay County.
The air ministry reported British fighters set fire to a factory and oil tanks on the Nazi occupied French coast. British bombers then streaked back across the Channel to resume night operations halted for several days by bad weather.
Dean R. F. Philbrook of Davenport will be the principal speaker at the ninety second reunion of Iowa Consistory this week. The weeklong event runs from Tuesday morning to Thursday evening with multiple degree ceremonies and club attendances led by class directors Floyd D. Fillmore and John H. Fordice.
The Iowa Consistory quartet will present a music program featuring performances by a selected group of musicians. Community attendees are invited to enjoy a evening of concert pieces and choral works.
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Huber will be held in the Turner chapel at 2 30 p m today conducted by Rev H N Poston of Tipton. Burial follows in Masonic Cemetery at Tipton with brief graveside rites at 4 15 p m. Friends may visit the chapel beforehand.
Funeral services for Stanley See 129 Fortieth street NE were set for 2 p.m. in Moon chapel with the Rev W C Porter officiating and burial in Cedar Memorial park. Pallbearers named. See died Friday at age 79 after a brief illness in Central City at his son’s home. Surviving relatives include two sons and a daughter along with several siblings. Funeral time for Anton Sedlacek’s Cedar Rapids funeral to be announced later.
The Clayton County Farm Bureau reelected all current officers at the annual meeting Saturday afternoon. About two hundred members attended. The report notes 1,165,000 milch cows on Illinois farms.
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