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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1939
Page
1
William B. Welch of Bloomfield was fined ten dollars plus costs for speeding. The citation notes a speed of 46 miles per hour in a posted zone and lists Bloomfield as the filing location.
Mercy hospital records a son for Mr and Mrs Ray Mangold in Ryan on Nov 17. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs John Hager of Marion on the same date. St Luke’s hospital notes a daughter for Mr and Mrs James Lacock of 530 Twelfth Street Marion on Nov 17. A Fort Dodge Lutheran hospital birth reports a 9 lb daughter for Mr and Mrs Harry Green of Eagle Grove born Nov 14. Mrs Green formerly Miss Margaret Barnett.
Sandra Joan Trimble nine month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Dale Trimble of Hawthorne drive SW at home. Time 2 45 p m Friday.
Four divorces granted by judges on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. Gertrude M. Arnold restored maiden name Gertrude M. Mills after cross-petition with Charles E. Arnold. Ruth H. Whittier separated from Arnold V. Whittier with custody of son. Selah V. Wagner divorced from Paul R. Wagner with unspecified custody terms. Margaret Waltermyer divorced from Harold Waltermyer with custody of a daughter. Marriages cited include Vinton August 23 1937 and Cedar Rapids December 25 1937.
Cedar Rapids couples Joseph Raymond Loufek and Lucille Currell and Dave Hazlett with Eldora Naylor, both Cedar Rapids, plus Omer Ver Wers of Oskaloosa and Hilda Kiecker of Fairfax Minnesota, and Howard William of Cedar Rapids with Vivian Cheney of Bellevue. Orville Paul Laugheiniick and Agnes Hoffman of Milwaukee, Maynard Kohl and Alice Hammo fan of Clinton.
A British dispatch reports Nazis executed three more Czechs while patrolling Prague streets. Munich aftermath leads to mass arrests. 900 sent to camps and 30 SS bodies recovered from the Vitava. Het Volk claims von Neurath pressed Hacha toward a Berlin loyal Czech state plan. Chemistry and sabotage ripple through Skoda and railways.
Eduard Benes compared nine Prague student executions by German troops to Nurse Edith Cavell’s killing and said Czechoslovakia would be free politically and internationally soon. Jan Masaryk noted Prague demonstrations marking independence anniversary were not officially encouraged in exile.
A Czech official warned against premature uprisings before war starts, calling demonstrations symptomatic of German rule and urging calm. Exiled Cerchs push home fronts to stay quiet. In Paris, a Czech national committee in exile led by Benes seeks to form a Czech army to aid the Allies. Reports also note a Polish army, led by Gen Sikorski, forming on the French front under the Polish flag with blue berets.
Elizabeth Shearer long served Cedar Rapids as first peace justice and church member. Born Oct 27 1648 she helped found a local church and endowed a Coe College scholarship in Williston Jones memory. She lived much of life in Cedar Rapids with a period in Paterson and New York City before returning to Commonwealth apartments.
C. W. Howe of Des Moines was reelected president at Cedar Rapids during the Iowa Jersey Cattle Club annual meeting. Donald Jones of Iowa City was reelected vice president and Ivan N. Gates of West Liberty remained secretary and treasurer. Directors named include H. T. Opsahl Decorah J. W. Swaney Grinnell H. D. Donovan Jefferson E. S. Baughman Bloomfield and Fred J. Paxitus Hampton. Over 60 breeders attended. Major business reviewed 1939 and set 1940 goals with guests from the national and state dairy groups.
Wilfred Henry Sampica a 42 year old resident pled not guilty to two counts of robbery with aggravation and to a breaking and entering charge at district court before Judge H C Ring. He could not post bonds totaling 12500 dollars. True informations were filed by County Attorney King Thompson. Sampica was arrested near Dune Thursday four hours after Cedar Rapids auto salesman F R Carns was robbed of his car watch overcoat and money.
Nearly two thousand children packed the Paramount theater for a doll movie fundraiser by Camp Fire Girls with Hal Sheridan. Eight truckloads of dolls tops tricycles and other toys were donated for firemen to repair at the central station before dressing dolls for girls’ Christmas gifts.
Milo Luther Elyea former Cedar Rapids resident died at his Brighton Iowa home on November 13 after two years of ill health. He was born June 2 1861 Manteno Illinois married Nellie Jardine of Wilmington Illinois June 20 1906. Funeral attendees listed from Alburnett Cedar Rapids Marengo Joliet and other nearby communities.
Sandra Joan Trimble age 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Trimble, died Friday at 2 45 p.m. at her Hawthorne Drive Southwest home. Born February 3 1939 in Cedar Rapids, she is survived by her parents six siblings and grandparents Frank Trimble of Dysart and Mrs William Frank of Cedar Rapids. Funeral services set for Sunday afternoon at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton. Friends may call Brady Mortuary until 2 p.m. Sunday.
Funeral services for Mrs Josephine Marhoul of Chicago will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Janeba funeral home conducted by T. B. Hlubacek. Burial will be in Bohemian National Cemetery. Survived by husband John and numerous children and stepchildren across Illinois Minnesota Iowa and Bohemia plus seventeen grandchildren.
Funeral services for Miss Lucy A. E. Mills, who died at her home at 311 Sixth Street SW, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Beatty chapel conducted by Rev. W. Glenn Rowley. Burial follows in the family lot at Shiloh cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs Mary Anna Peck widow of Clay W Peck dies at the family home in Central City after a lingering illness. She was born June 11 1888 at Center Point and married June 9 1915 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by husband two daughters Elsa Elizabeth and Mary Louise Peck a son Lloyd Duane Peck a brother Elmer Laker of Cedar Rapids. Funeral at First Methodist church Wyoming at 2 30 p m Sunday Rev Ira Edwards Central City burial Wyoming cemetery. Friends may call Turner chapel until 10 a m Sunday.
Funeral services for Mrs Ralph Steffa of 1807 C avenue NE will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Sunday with Rev. C. H. Hook in charge of the services.
In Lower Merion township fifty trailers parked in winter camps west of Philadelphia were ordered to move or meet residence building standards. Township officials ruled the trailers unsuitable as seasonal dwellings.
Boston AP Roger Babson, investment expert, told the New England Association of School Superintendents that high schools are largely to blame for unemployment. He cited 7 million of 10 million unemployed and argued schools pursue political aims, producing graduates with flawed economics and character. He urged reforms emphasizing integrity and practical skills over political influence in education.
In Cedar Rapids two men used a time worn glasses drop scam as D A Stofler withdrew 112 dollars from Merchants National bank. A florid man collided with the door and forced him back enabling a partner to lift cash. Detectives searched the loop district but could not locate the suspects.
New York District Attorney Thomas E Dewey profiles his stance toward Band Leader Fritz Kuhn calling his attitude contempt not hate. He frames Kuhn as a public figure under legal scrutiny and outlines his investigative posture.
New York Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia informs the state CIO of his view that intra-labor differences should be resolved quickly for the benefit of labor and the country overall. He stresses that quicker unity strengthens labor and national interests.
Mayor Angelo Rossi condemns Harry Bridges as the waterfront grinds to a halt. Rossi frames Bridges as an outsider crippling San Francisco port activity and public order. Bridges remains a central figure amid ongoing labor tensions and city politics.
TOKIO Reikichi Kita of the Japanese House of Representatives states that Hitler believed he could bluff Chamberlain, and he asserts this miscalculation became Germany’s great blunder. He emphasizes the perceived overconfidence shaped by the bluff.
In New York Magistrate Henry H Curran penalties for unleashed dogs differ by breed with mutts receiving half the fine of pedigreed animals. He states the mutt is the best friend of the soldier and children and praises its noble nature irrespective of color.
Fans packed the streets and the stadium for the Iowa A game with hawkers selling Minnesota and Iowa flags and badges. Ticket offices reported a brisk rush as remaining tickets disappeared amid strong crowd demand.
A massive homecoming pep fest in Iowa City drew about 10 000 students outside Old Capitol. Coach Eddie Anderson received a new car from alumni while crowds cheered beat Minnesota. University officials and alumni speakers praised the season as traffic gridlock and massed cheering filled the streets with bonfires quickly doused by police.
Kathleen Hindebrand a 19 year old from Kansas City passed the aviation physical after short of the height requirement by an inch Her effort included spine stretching foot adjustments and expert guidance She finally met the required height and celebrated with fellow cadets as she earned entry into flying classes
Special to the Gazette details funeral services for 67 year old Orlin Walmer at Federated church Lisbon. He died at his daughter's home near Coggon after a brief illness. Survived by wife Alida Burns Walmer who died five years ago and four brothers and one sister. Services led by Rev. Gaylord S. Hamilton with burial in local cemetery and Masonic rites at the grave.
A digest of local happenings includes political organizing by the Townsend plan boosters in Dysart, Boy Scout court of honor in Tipton, a nurse of independence moving to Sioux City, a divorce action in Manchester, school bond defeat in Mount Auburn, Izaak Walton League protests in Maquoketa, and multiple funeral and club notices across towns. Also reports on weddings, youth activities, and civic meetings with residents like Keeley as president and Ogden as vice-president.
German authorities expel Lithuanian workers from Memel the port seized from Lithuania last spring Reuters dispatch from Kaunas said Saturday.
Gus O Deen longtime proprietor of the Brown hotel in Anamosa died late Thursday from a possible stroke. born in Sweden April 6 1878 he came to America in 1889 and settled in Anamosa he married Helen Gertrude Blood in 1903 and she survives He was a Knights of Pythias member and leaves six siblings including Alma Bodenhofer May Bemrose Albert and Edward O Deen and other relatives scattered in Gooding Ida Aurora Minn Billings Montana and Anamosa
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