This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 52 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1941
Page
2
On Monday at 10 50 p.m. an overheated oil burner triggered a general alarm at 927 Twenty second Avenue Southwest. Robert McLaud reported the incident as a general alarm response.
Margaret Hanson and Charles Fitzpatrick of Cedar Rapids are referenced along with Bette Jane Barrett and James in a local notice fragment. The incomplete item hints at a grouping of individuals in a civic or social record from Cedar Rapids.
Mercy hospital lists Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred G Pappenius at 2428 A Avenue NE with a daughter born Nov 17. St Luke's hospital notes Mr. and Mrs. Glen Holm of Belle Plaine with a son born Nov 18, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Machover at 823 Fourth Avenue SE with a son born Nov 18, then Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Judd on Robins Road NE with a daughter born Nov 18 and Mr. and Mrs. T J Layer at Avenue NW with a daughter born Nov 17.
Wilmer Werner of Center Point jailed on a 30 day sentence after a drunken act. A. Graesh of Denver forfeits a bond in improper pass case. Mrs. R. B. Roberts of Chicago forfeits a $15 bond. George J. Jr. age 34 of 3009 J Street SW posted $50 bond on assault and battery. hearing set for November 26 before Justice H. R. Church.
Glenn Kirby surrendered license days going costs. Floyd won a $2 and costs for driving with alcohol on the street. D H Roseberry 36 of Newhall Rapids and Kenneth Byers 23 of 527 Second Street SW each fined $25 and costs for drunkenness and peace disturbance. Mark Roseberry 30 Center Point Ray Edaburn 30 Center Point Walter Bates 21 1114 Fifth Street NW each fined $25 and costs for disturbing the peace.
10 20 30 Years Ago notes Earle G. Nichols chosen president to succeed Robert O. Bickel at the Kiwanis club. Misses Mary Kehoe and Jean Beyer of Cedar Rapids are among honorary cadet colonel candidates at Iowa university. An inter club council forms with Robert Bickel as active sponsor coordinating Kiwanis Rotary Lions and Canopus groups.
E. Parsons of Marion was reelected secretary of the State Firemen's association at the meeting in Des Moines. He has held that office for 22 consecutive years. The local Sokol association has begun a series of lectures on community problems.
Miss Mary Haight supervised cooking in Cedar Rapids schools and was named chairman of the publicity committee at the state teachers convention in Des Moines. Robert Stark and his nephew Joe prepare to sail from New York to Frankfort on the Main for a lengthy visit with relatives. Mr and Mrs H R Buser hosted a farewell dinner for Mr and Mrs Isaac W Scott who will move to California.
A small supply of blank forms to report jewelry furs toilet preparations taxes manufacturers excise taxes telegraph and telephone service and transportation taxes and admission and club dues taxes has been received at the internal revenue office. Any taxes collected during October 1941 are payable by November 30 1941. Those who have not received the necessary forms are requested to call for them at the internal revenue office.
U S District Judge M M Joyce directed a verdict of acquittal for five persons accused of overthrow of the government after Hagstrom Dorothy Schultz Seiler Nick and the remaining 23 defendants were charged with membership in the Socialist Workers party.
The report details German assertions of attacking positions near Takil and Yenikale east and south of Kerch, with defenses along a cliffed strait. It notes Russian confidence in air power and sea denial, while analysts warn a successful crossing would need overwhelming German air superiority and surface control.
Sergt James P Penrod 24 son of Mrs Cora Penrod of 1313 Burch Ave NW Cedar Rapids died in a Seattle hospital after an automobile accident on weekend leave. He served with Headquarters Battery 66th Field Artillery Brigade Forty first division at Fort Lewis. Survived by mother a sister and a brother. Full military rites at Fort Lewis and body sent home for services.
Mrs George Wilt a former Cedar Rapids resident died at her daughter Mrs Vera Hillyer home in Lincoln Nebraska after a lingering illness She had lived in Cedar Rapids for years and left about two years ago Her husband predeceased her and she survived by daughters Mrs Hillyer and Mrs Dena Billings of Montana a son William in California a brother John R Fillmore of Cedar Rapids and four sisters Funeral services will be held in Shellsburg at 2 p m Wednesday.
Funeral services for Samuel J. Beck, one of Cedar Rapids last Civil War survivors, will be held at Moon chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Interment follows cremation arranged by the American Legion auxiliary. Friends may call at the chapel.
Six grandsons of Mrs Frances Kilberger will serve as pallbearers at her funeral in Polansky chapel at 1 30 p m Wednesday following her death at her daughter Frances Kilberger 218 Eighth Street NE Burial will be in Fairfax cemetery Charles Hyrek Edward Kilberger Louis Svec Lumir Kucera Emil Penn and W L Milligen named as pallbearers
Funeral services for Oscar Frisbie heating engineer for Laib and company of Louisville will be held Wednesday at 3 30 p m in a chapel conducted by Grant F Anderson. Burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
The House of Peers quickly backed a 3.8 billion yen military appropriation as Shimada urged action to preserve peace in the Pacific. Reports say Japan’s leaders push a hard line against the United States, with Tokyo presses detailing terms and warnings as regional moves unfold from Indo China to Hanoi and Saigon.
Shanghai reports Japan has asked the Indo China government to allow 50,000 additional Japanese troops in the French colony. If approved, Japan would field about 100,000 soldiers, doubling last July’s 40,000 and signaling plans potentially aimed at South China or Thailand. Troops are reportedly being rushed into the colony amid continued diplomatic exchanges.
In Dubuque AP report Herbert Hoffmann attorney for Mrs Gladys Patch widow of Dan Patch said she was questioned in her Mercy hospital room by State Agent R F Goumen. Patch found dead near Sageville road early Wednesday. coroner C noted fatal injuries and overdose of sleeping pills. County Attorney E J Kean said no developments. Patch recovering in hospital.
Under the revenue act of 1941 no tax exemptions can be granted for entertainments on or after Oct 1 1941. John C. Grinde, special deputy collector, announced. The act imposes a tax of one cent for each ten cents of admission, with 1941 taxes due by November 30 and paid at the local revenue office.
Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon investigated the theft Monday night of a 40 pound coon dog owned by George Tehel of Central City. The dog named Red weighs 40 pounds and is 11 years old with a one inch slit in the right ear a black back gray face and a stitched right foreleg where the bone was broken.
A British flying cadet named Jimmie ree was detained after an attempted assault on a girl. The incident occurred at Fort Myers and is noted in military dispatches.
In Cedar Rapids the superintendent says the priority is extending water mains into outlying areas with no current housing. In 1940 the waterworks laid more than four miles of new mains. The city retains no priority for new construction materials.
Strike actions press steel industry as 200 workers relocate to Birmingham amid coal shortages. Captive mines owned by steel companies supply mills, with output not sold commercially. UMW praises early stoppage in captive pits but lines form to end noncompliant production. Major firms plan to keep mines running, hoping government avoids operating them. Fairless urges national defense urgency and avoids government takeover. Steel officials oppose mandatory union membership, stating workers should not be forced to join. Negotiations yield most issues resolved except for the union shop demand.
A brief sketch on Hanna Udet, noting he played a key part in shaping the German air force as of today. The piece references an interview with William Shirer, whose broadcast was censored by Goering, Udet's superior, diminishing its impact.
City briefs note the Coe College gospel team will lead services at Sunshine Mission tonight at 7 30. Red Cross sewing rooms report no surgical dressings this week as tables are in use for cutting. Cedar Rapids Hairdressers Association adds 121 new members since October and plans a Christmas party. An odd line mentions Frank Masha at 1400 Third Street noting roses in bloom suggesting summer.
John W. Donnelly, of the local Social Security office, traveled to Minneapolis on Monday for a regional agency meeting and is due back Friday.
Miss Katherine Collins of the Community House will be the OS ee hl ne on aulor school PTA Thursday at 2 30 p m Fifth grade mothers will serve tea at the meeting.
Degree work in the fall meeting of the Iowa Consistory will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday with sessions spanning the two days. The event gathers members from the denomination for fraternal rites and deliberations.
Grace Episcopal Church hosts an annual Thanksgiving turkey dinner and bazaar at the parish hall located at A Avenue and Sixth Street NE. The event is set for Thursday at 5 p.m. Local parishioners invite community members to attend and shop for crafts and baked goods.
The Immaculate Conception church annual dinner and bazaar will be held at the school on Fourth Avenue SE on November 19 and 20. A parish dinner will be served Thursday from 5 30 to 7 p.m. by the men of the parish.
Mrs. Fred Elmer of 116 First Street NE sustained burns to her left arm chest and thigh when a coffee maker spilled hot liquid at about 6 30 pm Monday. She received treatment at St Luke's Hospital.
Sergt. Robert F. Whitman announced six new recruits enlisted from the Cedar Rapids army recruiting office. They include Donald R. Scott Lloyd H. Paulsen Alfred Kupka Russell C. Hagerman Donald R. Cooksville assigned to the air corps and Harold A. Smith Hopkinton assigned to the quartermaster corps.
Thomas P. McDonald Jr. 28 of 415 Sixth Ave SW pleads not guilty before Judge Haas to a county informa l charge alleging he sold beer to a minor at McDonald’s tavern 216 First St SE on the night of November 1. Witnesses say they will identify him as the seller. The tavern operates under a class B beer permit.
A jury verdict found the instrument admitted to probate on Jan 9 1940 to be the deceased’s last will and its probate should stand. Defendants Ernest Marvin James Listebarger and Grace Listebarger defended. plaintiff James Listebarger contended otherwise. Judge Haas overruled a defense motion for directed verdict after plaintiff’s case but granted it after rebuttal, saying plaintiff’s evidence failed to sustain continued proceedings.
Mrs. Ed Athoff of a farm five miles southwest of Fairfax reported a daytime theft to the sheriff. Between 8:39 and 10:30 a.m. Monday a prowler entered the home, taking $9.50 from her purse and several bank receipts from her husband’s billfold. Deputy Sheriff Larry Cone investigated.
County workers will observe two Thanksgiving holidays causing courthouse closure. Officials note that holidays proclaimed by the President or the governor govern the closure.
After three years the bronze chandelier weighing nearly a ton was lowered to the first floor on Tuesday. Bulbs were replaced, circuits checked, cobwebs removed, and the lamp returned to the ceiling with brighter candlepower and less dust.
President Roosevelt praised the International Brotherhood of Teamsters action to submit a 225000 truck driver dispute to the national mediation board. Daniel Tobin said talks had dragged on thirty days with no settlement and a threatened strike. The President called for fair play and patriotism and urged other labor leaders to follow the example during troubled times.
Wilmer Werner 35 of Center Point is jailed for 30 days on a false uttering of a check charge after giving a wrong reference to Sheriff Smith. The case began in Belvidere Illinois where Werner faced a separate bad check charge. Deputy Sheriff Pete Whittemore and Linn County officers tracked him via radio, caught Werner who waived an extract and Justice H R Churchill imposed the 30 day sentence.
The Iowa section of the American Society of Civil Engineers will hold its 23rd annual meeting in Des Moines on Thursday November 20. Frank M. Swift of Cedar Rapids, vice president of the University of Iowa student chapter, will discuss student chapter activities at the afternoon business meeting. E. E. Howard, director of the American Society of Civil Engineers, will be the speaker at the meeting.
Motion pictures of the 1940 Iowa Notre Dame football game were shown at the Canopus club luncheon by Bill Gray. A Groom, president, announced next week's program would feature Warden Foss Davis of the men’s reformatory at Anamosa and Cedar Rapids police chief Tom Condon.
William Lee a 51 year old resident of 719 H street SW pled not guilty to a charge of manufacturing and selling narcotics after arraignment before Judge G K Thompson Monday. County Attorney W W Crissman filed the information. Lee was arrested following an alleged $5 transaction with an operative under state agent L V Carter.
The wi and Mina Phelps trust of 5406.44 was terminated by Judge Thompson. Trustees George and Edward Phelps were ordered to divide the trust among Paul Sonally L H Phelps Albert Phelps and Bessie Brown, each receiving a quarter as all plaintiffs have reached legal age. The decree notes time was the only barrier to dissolution.
Independence Iowa report says four Cedar Rapids hunters George Choesky Ed Vanous Les Moucka and Charles Balik were stopped east of Independence by a conservation officer after noon on Sunday. They were fined for possessing assembled guns in a car. The men reportedly leased the guns to raise funds for the penalties.
A scientific note clarifies that thunder is not heard clearly beyond about 20 miles from a lightning flash, explaining how sound travels and how atmospheric conditions affect distance perception. The statement emphasizes the limit of audible range for storms and helps distinguish observed thunder from distant lightning.
Union leaders confirmed a settlement outcome stating all cafeteria employees got a pay increase. The company agreed to reinstate former workers who wish to return as business permits and expects an understanding to prevent future disruptions. some strikers may not return. Frank Frost, union business agent, had no comment.
DES MOINES Earl Walters 45 was arrested on a Cedar Rapids warrant charging defrauding a hotel keeper. Walters was released to his attorney to appear before the Cedar Rapids justice of the peace who issued the warrant. He was brought in by Inspector Paul on personal business.
Walters allegedly left Hotel Taft without paying a $33.37 bill on Oct 18. A warrant for his arrest was issued by Justice H. R. Churchill. Stable Bill Fleming forwarded the warrant to Des Moines police after learning Walters lives there.
Representative Thomas of New Jersey said he was advised that the War Department would force the Air Associates board to dismiss managers at Bendix plant before returning it to its rightful owners. He warned the War Department to confirm or deny the report, arguing the move would betray American democracy and mobilized troops defending a hollow cause.
An army spokesman said the proposed five star training march of the 14,000 men of the motorized Sixth division scheduled to start Tuesday has been called off. The troops, to have marched through Iowa Nebraska Missouri Kansas and Illinois, will instead train at Fort Leonard Wood. The spokesman declined to elaborate.
The Credit Women's Breakfast Club staged a skit illustrating misuse of words in business letters at the Roosevelt Hotel Monday night. Edith Lowe Dorathy Yate and Josephine Hexdall played parts as Christmas shopping credit terms and related topics were discussed.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.