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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1941
Page
2
Sophie Tucker and George Jessel will be guests on Lincoln Highway Saturday to present highlights of their Broadway hit High Kickers. Tucker will sing Some of These Days, marking a departure from the show's usual drama-focused format.
Hour by hour listings show WMT WGN WLs a90 WENR and WHO stations detailing programs from 8 pm to 11 pm and early morning slots. Includes plays music news and various shows with hosts Holly premiere Destiny Waltz and Uncle Stan among others.
Highlights describe stations owned by Iowa educational institutions. University of lowdown State College, WSU, Ames events include a Saturday parade at 6:00 pm, a Chapel at 8:00 pm, a Teachers Association gathering at 7:00 pm, and a music program at 11:30 featuring melodies and home service segments.
In wartime strain, Switzerland endures shrinking food and fuel, limited clothing for two years, and only enough wood to heat two rooms. H Ernest Feer of Winterthur details life in a letter to Roy Curray of Inter-Ocean Reinsurance, warning harder times may come as industrial materials dwindle and ocean transport declines.
The National Grange urged Congress to guarantee farmers the same price protection as industry in the postwar period. Delegates called for a government deflation guard to protect agriculture from price collapse and asked elimination of non-defense expenditures. The resolutions also condemned government radio regulations.
Dillard Brown 18 and Harold Chamberlain 20 of Toddville were sentenced to four months in jail each for illegal beer purchases under the new state law. Judge C Haas ordered mittimus withheld for good behavior, with costs assessed. Police arrested them after their car crashed following a tavern run. they could not identify sellers.
The report details a coon dog theft case tied to George Tehel of Tral City. Judge C J Haas was to sentence later that afternoon as Deputy Sheriff arrested Chettinger and brought him to the jail. Chettinger allegedly confessed after brief testimony. the dog, stolen Monday, was returned to its master after Pete Whitte more clarified evidence.
Two cars sustained damage in a 5 p.m. Thursday collision in Rapids. Both drivers escaped injury as emergency units arrived. Charles Petrak, 60, was identified as the driver involved.
Rural Route 3 and Chicago man C F Rothe Mund 43 were the drivers in a collision at the Ber tram road turn. Both cars, traveling west, tried to turn simultaneously. One driver claimed the other swerved while he began the turn leading to the crash.
Judge C Haas issues writ restraining Stanley H Johnson after his divorce petition Friday. Mrs Johnson seeks custody of their only child and support money. She accuses Johnson of cruel and inhuman treatment. They wed November 17 1940 in Norway Iowa.
Char Tarvin petitions for divorce from O T Tarvin alleging desertion since June 1933 after a November 1937 marriage in Maine. Alice Winter seeks a divorce from Henry Winter accusing cruel and inhuman treatment. they wed April 14, 1934 in Chicago.
Georgia Board of Regents meets in a single session to move to rehire ten ousted educators including W D Cocking amid a quorum dispute. Chancellor Sanford states seven board members formed a quorum while accreditors' concerns and political factors loom. Flight delays complicate attendance as regents act to appease the accrediting body despite Governor Talmadge's stance.
Central college economist tells Iowa Farm Bureau gathering in Des Moines that public and private debts may total 220 billion, with national debt soon reaching 100 billion. He notes a looming readjustment and warns about fascism rooted in credit exhaustion while urging focus on defeating Hitler.
President Roosevelt disclosed he signed a defense highway funding bill but objected to non defense road money. He told reporters he signed to secure defense funds and noted millions were added for non defense construction. He referenced a letter to Senators McKellar and Cartwright and questioned potential delays by the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board.
The Japanese foreign office accused Panama of unfriendly conduct and demanded better treatment for Japanese nationals. It renewed protests over Panama’s action to bar Japanese residents from continuing or engaging in business, a protest Panama dismissed as insulting and not aimed at Japanese specifically.
Police arrested three more youths for petty thefts, the third time in nine days. Sean, involved in a Woolworths shoplifting incident at about 5 p.m., faced charges. two accomplices fled, one dropping a pair of something during the arrest.
At the police station Captain Stolba questioned a 12 year old who named two others aged 11 and 12 as accomplices in stealing ear muffs from a store. The youths, including the first boy’s brother, were ordered to appear with their parents before Police Juvenile Officer Fred Carstens next Tuesday.
Hollywood announces Eleanor Powell the famed film dancer will marry Merrill Pye MGM art director in a forthcoming ceremony. The couple's plans united the screen star and studio artist amid ongoing production and Hollywood social events.
Louis Berlinghaus Jr., a 24 year old commercial artist, filed a habeas corpus suit in federal court to avoid induction. He claims improper classification as eligible for immediate service and says he should be deferred as he is married with a dependent wife. Judge George H. Moore ordered a hearing for Dec. 1.
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