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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1941
Page
5
A roof fire reported around 8 pm on Vem Tr Do Avenue SE triggered a general alarm responding firefighters with H. DL. bee noted in the call. The incident details are limited in the readable text.
Woolan Vorduky 83 dies at his residence on Sixteenth Street SE on a Saturday morning. Local authorities report the death is under investigation while neighbors recall his long residence in the area.
Mr and Mrs James Barkstrom of 708 HH street announce a daughter Nor 2h at Merro hospital. Mr and Mrs Walham Kircher of Center Pont welcome a son Now 22 at St Lukes hospital. Mr and Mrs George Haton of 1516 Thirty-fourth street NE welcome a daughter Kathleen Dellah Now 19 at home.
Gertrude Motk and Frank Mock divorce granted after cruel treatment. Court grants custody of two children, home title, and 750 dollars weekly support. Leona Buehler and Henry Bucite divorce granted for cruel treatment. Judge Thomp son assigns custody of the youngest child to plaintiff and custody of the other four to defendant.
Betty Hall and William Taylor both of Cedar Rapids. Margaret Schumaker and Lawrence McBurney both of Cedar Rapids. Dorothy Chapin and Glenn Kirby both of Cedar Rapids. Marie Kibler of Cedar Rapids and Robert Haas of Fargo. Edith Minor and La Verne Larson both of Cedar Rapids. Louise Huff and Robert Pratt both of Cedar Rapids. Beulja Etzel of Toddville and Robert Bebee of Robins. Kathryn Lennox and Newman Mulherin both of Cedar Rapids. Dorothy White and Cecil Root both of Cedar Rapids.
Calvin Prenosil and Harold J. Ross each paid fines for speeding 42 and 45 miles per hour with costs. Floyd H. Clement surrendered his license for 15 days after a 40 mph violation. Emil Tis, Glen Shafer, Roland Huberdault, and Austin Wagner faced fines for speeding and related offenses including drunkenness and reckless driving. Other defendants included Fred Kramer for failing to signal, Glenn Darrow for yielding rights, Glenn Hammond for loss of vehicle control, and Mike Nolan for discharging a firearm within city limits.
1931 era note highlights Mount Mercy College Players presenting The Cradle Song with Filoen Kelly and Richard Petlinger in leading roles. August Gregor sustains minor injuries after a car he drove overturns on Fourth Avenue and Tenth Street SE. Mrs B E St John plans to leave for Waterloo to visit family.
A surprise farewell honored a local resident at home on Nov 22 1921. Arthur Brown of Waterloo fractured a left arm after slipping on icy pavement near the Lincoln Hotel. Swenson injured his back when his bicycle skid. Both incidents blamed on icy walks and pavement.
Sheriff Olin Johnson says Clarence Alexander of Cleo Springs Oklahoma confessed in detail to wrecking the City of San Francisco streamliner on August 12 1939 near Harney Nevada. He admitted stealing tools and loosening a rail to rob a train. he fled after hearing screams and has since been in hiding.
Eleven men from eastern Iowa and western Illinois appeared before the Seventh Corps Area Army traveling aviation cadet examining board for physical exams at the federal building basement. Four men James S Huston Jack R Hook Calvin R Martin and James S Becker were exempt due to college credits. others will take exams. The examining board was led by Lieut-Col Harry A Kendall with Capt Walter A Nielsen Capt Theodore J Lieben and Capt William A Moore among others.
Frank J. Lynott was reelected president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen lodge No. 56 at the Roosevelt hotel. N. J. Thompson and D. D. Harrington were named vice president and secretary treasurer. Earl Hildebrand was chosen agent for the publication. The auxiliary elected Irene Minehart president and Sophia Kiersey vice president with Elizabeth Edwards secretary and Blanch Conconnan treasurer. Additional officers include Inez Millian conductress Minnie Myron chaplain Mildred Kokesh warden Leafa Williams inner guard Mary Jensen outer guard and Della Rogers pianist. A joint installation is planned for early next year and a December picnic and Christmas party are set.
London MP Edgar Granville praised Wendell Willkie as a force to boost American production. He told Suffolk constituents that Willkie’s energy could lift production graphs, and urged workers that the Battle for Libya is the Battle for America.
Doris Foster age 3 daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Foster 3302 Oakland Road NE might have been lonely Friday while playing Her 5 year old brother Andrew was in St Lukes Hospital fighting pneumonia Doris fractured her right arm in a fall around 8 p m and later joined her brother in the hospital room Nurses described the siblings as two swell kids getting along fine
The Philadelphia Mint overseer Edwin H Dres sell questions what happens to coins produced by the largest coin factory. He notes that in the year ending July 1941 about 33 million dollars of sub silver coins and 17 million of minor coins were issued, but only 3 million and 225 thousand dollars respectively were returned for resmelting. He cites rising salaries, vending machines and widespread coin loss as possible reasons.
Soviet front line dispatches describe encircled Leningrad in danger and Moscow facing critical decisions as German forces push toward Tula and Volokolamsk. General Zhukov mobilizes troops to meet the threat while Soviet officials dispute German casualty figures, noting high losses on both sides.
Washington (UP) The administration confronted a House floor showdown over the Baruch price control plan after the Rules Committee backed a procedure to substitute a broader bill. Rep. Albert Gore seeks a universal freeze on wages rents and prices with farm products exempt until 1919 to 1929 levels, a move the administration warns would let food costs soar.
Vaclav Vorlicky longtime Czech community figure dies at home 361 Sixteenth Street SH at 5 05 am Saturday after brief illness. Past president of So kol association and former vice president of Bohemian Savings and Loan, head of Vaclav C.S.Alodge and director of Bohemian Mutual Insurance. Born January 18 1858 in Cuclov Bohemia he immigrated in 1880 and ran grocery and real estate firms. Survived by wife Frances sister Vaclav Starck and ward Miss Bessie Vopalka. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm Janeba funeral home with calling hours.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Gaffey will be held Monday at 9 am in Immaculate Conception church with burial at Mount Calvary. Rosaries and prayers are planned by Mercy hospital alumni St Margaret's circle and Knights of Columbus. Separately, funeral services for Sgt James P. Penrod of the 66th Field Artillery Brigade will be held Monday at 2 pm in Turner chapel with burial at Linwood cemetery and military honors at the grave. The body arrives in Cedar Rapids Monday morning and visitors may call at the chapel.
The Rev S J Russell Ensign known for Bible character impersonations will give a vesper talk on Moses Emancipator and Legislator at 4 p m Sunday in the First Presbyterian church sanctuary Cedar Rapids Marion city wide Council of Christian Youth sponsors the event and invites the public A World Day of Prayer observance is planned for February 20 by the group which formed last September to unite youth groups across denominations
John Walter 82 retired farmer of Jesup died in a Waterloo hospital from injuries after a fall down three steps at his son John Walker Jr s home Thursday. He suffered a broken nose a fractured left wrist and a shattered upper right arm. Walter a lifelong Black Hawk County resident was survived by nine children and his parents William and Elizabeth Walker had settled in the area over 85 years ago.
President Roosevelt ordered the Federal Works Administration to operate the Grand River dam near Oklahoma City, a $25 million hydro project financed by Public Works funds. The move, under the 1935 federal water power act, aims to ensure national defense needs and aluminum and munitions production. The action marks the first use of this emergency authority.
Mercy hospital treats Mrs Emma Graham after a heart attack suffered a week ago. John Robert Gordon, Yeoman Third Class, called to U S naval reserve duty will train three weeks at Great Lakes before further assignment. John Magnusson recovering from a Nov. 10 heart attack. John A McGuire joins army air corps at Wichita Falls. Ernest L Serbousek enlists at navy recruiting station. Sales meeting for Cedar Rapids Gas Co. draws 300+. Local pastor L E Wardle to speak Sunshine Mission with T J Hinkin leading music.
A Johnson county grand jury reported no indictments in the Oakdale prison farm case, finding evidence insufficient to justify further county expenditures. The probe cited liquor supply to inmates via after shave lotion and rubbing alcohol, with two employees briefly implicated but released, and a doctor who distributed drinks to a worker.
Rear Admiral F Berges Watson, the British convoy commodore, said he was confident the worst has passed in the Battle of the Atlantic. He noted unprotected convoys are past and that escort ships and hunting craft are increasing in number and skill.
More than 150 people attended the Franklin school vocational conference for seniors and parents on Friday night. The program titled After Graduation What featured speakers from LaPlant Choate Quaker Oats National Life Insurance Vermont Iowa State Employment Service Coe College and the Coe ROTC. Each speaker led a round table discussion after the general session.
The Public Health Nursing association urged Cedar Rapids ministers to observe Health Sunday in their churches tomorrow. They asked them to call attention to Christmas Health Seals whose proceeds fund the local tuberculosis control program and support educational work by the Iowa Tuberculosis association for disease prevention and heart health.
An interurban bus carrying 31 passengers from Peoria Illinois to St Louis Missouri overturned Friday injuring 20, two seriously. Driver William H Robinson 26 Ashley Hawaii said he lost control while swerving to avoid a collision. Laura Eddie 61 suffered a pelvic fracture and Leonard Stone a possible skull fracture. both residents of St Louis.
War briefing analyzes the North Africa campaign with Germany on the defensive in Cyrenaica. British strength and sheer mobility outpace German forces as Axis leadership ponders abandoning troops and pressuring France to enter the war locally.
Homer H Hush Iowa Defense Relocation corporation warned that defense migration will worsen social and economic ills after the emergency ends. He told the Investigating national defense migration committee that mechanization reduces farm labor, forces displacement, and could drive large operators to absorb more land. He urged creation of family sized farms with oversight and aid, calling preventive measures cheaper than continentwide land problems.
Five members of Peoples Church participated in a Friday forum titled Church manship following a dinner for more than 100 members and families. Mrs. George C. Claassen presided and Rev. Rudolph W. Gilbert led the session with opening remarks on church expectations of members.
R T Termohlen spoke on the relation of the School of Religion to the Church and Dr Lynn Garwood urged adult education in spiritual values. George C Claassen presented What One May Expect at the Morning Service and the Rev Mr Gilbert closed with a panel resume.
The USDA announced a mail referendum among 1 200 dairy farmers serving Davenport Bettendorf Iowa and Rock Island Moline Illinois on proposed raises to Class 1 fluid milk 70 cents per hundred pounds over 210. Class 2 would rise 85 cents above 1 50 and Class 3 about 34 cents per hundred pounds while Class 4 would gain about 10 cents.
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