Weather and local notices of births and deaths
Frank Snoble fined five dollars and costs by Justice H R Church for failing to report an accident and leaving the scene without identification. St Lukes hospital reports births: a son to Mr and Mrs James G Bennett on November 27. a son to Mr and Mrs Harry Benda on November 28. Kathleen Kay Kratzer born at home on November 26 to Mr and Mrs Lee Kratzer. Deaths: Isaac B. Smith of 500 Twenty-seventh Street Drive SE at 3:45 am Friday. Mrs Nettie E. Armstrong of Whittier died in a local hospital at 5:45 pm Thursday. Bonita Jean Power, four, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Power of 1526 Bever Avenue SE, died in a local hospital at 6:30 am Friday.
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Frank Snoble
Route 3
H R. Church
St Lukes Hospital
James G. Bennett
Harry Benda
Chelsea
Lee Kratzer
Sixteenth Street
Kathleen Kay
Isaac B. Smith
Twenty-seventh Street Drive
Nettie E. Armstrong
Whittier
Bonita Jean Power
Harold Power
Bever Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Msgr
J. M. Molloy
Immaculate Conception
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Monahan
Nettie Emma _ Kimball Armstrong
William H. Armstrong
Linn County
Brown Township
Armstrong
A. A. Stricker
John Kluber
Cedar Rapids Couples Named in List of Married Residents
A compilation lists Betty Dorian of Cedar Rapids and Carrol Johnson of Tuscon Ariz Martha Phillips and Donald Carter both of Cedar Rapids Jennie Drakos of Cedar Rapids and John Sokol of Chicago La Donna Rick of Cedar Rapids and Darrell Leeks of Marion Agnes Ernst and John F Muebe both of Cedar Rapids Nora Treganza of Britt and Henry Scheu of Nashua as local married residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Dorian
Cedar Rapids
Carrol Johnson
Tuscon
Ariz
Martha Phillips
Donald Carter
Jennie Drakos
John Sokol
Chicago
la Donna Rick
Darrell Leeks
Marion
Agnes Ernst
John F. Muebe
Nora Treganza
Britt
Henry Scheu
Nashua
Custody and Property Awards From Three Divorce Petitions
Milton E Jenkins and Carol Ann Jenkins receive custody of two children and home at 3220 E avenue NE after cruel and inhuman treatment and default. Eugene Stingley and Cora Stmeley divorce granted by Judge C J Haas. Janice Hepker and Verne Hepker divorce finalized with Janice restoring maiden name Janice Lancaster after cruel andinhuman treatment and March 17 1940 ceremony in Oelwein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Ann Jenkins
Milton E Jenkins
Clinton County
C. J. Haas
E Avenue NE
Eugene Stingley
Cora Stmeley
Los Angeles
Janice Hepker
Verne Hepker
Oelwein
C J. Haas
Janice Lancaster
Speeders Pay Fines and License Surrenders Reported
A list records multiple speeding violations with fines of 10 dollars and costs for Donald E. Thompson Russell Gerdes Marion and Ben Nelson. Others surrendered licenses for 10 to 90 days for various offenses including reckless driving and drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E. Thompson
Central City
Russell Gerdes
Marion
Ben Nelson
Fifth Avenue SE
Dean W. Balhorn
Thirty-second Street
David R Gallagher
First Avenue E
Lee Kratzer
Sixteenth Street
Harold Motley
Route 1
Robert Graves
Seventh Street
Lloyd Wood
Twenty-first Avenue
Frank Snoble
Route 3
Maurice Steinford
Twenty-first Street
Steinford
Willis H. Lyon
Eighth Avenue SE
Herman Beam
Tom Brady
B Avenue NE
Junior Hutchcroft
Circle Drive NE
Bruce Lee
Tenth Street SE
Ernie Woods
Seventh Street SE
Opossum Gift to Bever Park Zoo and Local Awards
The article notes P A Wolff donated an opossum caught in a trap to Bever Park Zoo. H G Cowden of Morris Sanford company won a $100 prize for a window display in a book company contest. Mrs Austin N Palmer was named a Cedar Rapids Art Association life member for gifting the house housing the Little Gallery. Local markets report wheat 60, corn 39, oats 24, rye 40, barley 35, hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P A Wolff
Bever Park
H. G Cowden
Morris Sanford Company
Austin N Palmer
Cedar Rapids Art Association
Little Gallery
Market notes and local notices from Cedar Rapids period
The item lists prices for livestock crops and staples, local appointments and reorganizations. Glenn Averill elected Chamber of Commerce director to replace Emil Benesh. Joe Novak mentioned as ex welterweight star returning to Cedar Rapids to manage a Lyric theater musical show. Fred A. Carlisle named yardmaster for North Western railroad. A. G. Addison resigns. Ford buys Ristine property planning a new theater next spring.
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Glenn Averill
Chamber of Commerce
Emil Benesh
Joe Novak
Jack Reynolds
Cedar Rapids
Lyric Theater
Fred A. Carlisle
North Western Railroad
A. G. Addison
Ford
Ristine
Second Avenue
Third Street
Sioux City Journal and Tribune Merge Publishing
Sioux City notices announce the Journal and Tribune combine publishing operations under one roof forming the Journal Tribune Publishing Company. The Tribune moves to the Journal plant. morning and evening editions remain separate with distinct news rooms and editorials. Mastheads will show the combined title on the Tribune Journal evening edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Sioux City Journal
Sioux City Tribune
Journal
Tribune
The
Sioux City Sunday Journal
Breakins Reported at Chambers Bicycle Shop
George Chambers owner of Chambers Bicycle shop at 212 Fourth Street SE says the store was entered between noon and 10 15 p m Thursday. A small stone broke a side door glass and entry was gained by pulling the bolt. Nothing was missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Chambers
Chambers Bicycle Shop
Fourth Street
Chambers
Rites For Perry West To Be Held Saturday
Funeral services for A. Perry West fatally injured in a Grenada Mississippi area auto accident on November 20 and died November 22 in Grenada will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday conducted by Rt Rev Msgr John M Molloy. Burial will follow at a later date. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Ralph
Myrtle Butcher
Sonora
Calif
Albert Kimball
Seattle
Wash
Robert Barclay
Billings
Mont
Armstrong
Whittier Ladies Aid
Whittier Garden Club
L. A
A. Perry West
Grenada
Miss
Turner Chapel
John M. Molloy
Congress Probes OPM SPAB Copper Measures
Washington reports Congress has opened a double inquiry into OPM and SPAB actions to boost domestic copper for defense and civilian use. Hearings will scrutinize copper allocations, REA needs, and the broader priorities program, with Nelson and other officials to testify.
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Washington
Congress
Office of Production Management
Supply Priorities and Allocations Board
House
OPM
Donald M. Nelson
SPAB
Truman Committee
National Defense Program
John Church
David Abelacker
Hugh Fulton
Senate
Fulton
William L. Batt
Subcommittee
Nelson Pointblank
Hull accuses Finland of aiding Hitler in war
Secretary Cordell Hull said Finland's government acts show it cooperates with Hitler forces in the war against the Soviet Union. He condemned Helsinki’s signing of the anti Comintern pact, calling it a tool for conquest and domination and stating the move is highly significant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cordell Hull
Soviet Union
Hull
State Department
Finland
Berlin
Free Peoples
Gondar Falls After Prolonged Siege By British Forces
Gondar, held by Italian troops under Gen Guglielmo Nasi, endured a six month siege as British imperial forces crushed its defenses. Starvation and bombardment wore down the garrison, with mail routes cut this month isolating Gondar Italians from relatives in Eritrea and lowering morale. The fall followed heavy pressure beginning September 27 as rains ceased, concluding in two months.
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Guglielmo Nasi
Gondar
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Messersmith Named Envoy To Mexico
George S. Messersmith, 59, a career diplomat and Latin American expert, was nominated as United States ambassador to Mexico. If confirmed quickly, he will succeed Josephus Daniels in Mexico City, moving from his post in Cuba to lead U.S. relations with Mexico.
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Washington
George S. Messersmith
United States
Mexico
Senate
Messersmith
Cuba
Mexico City
Josephus Daniels
Japan Times on Tokyo’s stance in war talks stall
Reports note Britain and Australia mass 50 000 troops on the Malaya Thailand frontier to back ABCD powers. Vichy radio claims six Japanese transports arrived at Haiphong and Hue, while Japan warns of no compromise on basic needs.
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Malaya-Thailand
ABCD
America
Britain
China
Netherlands
Japan
National Broadcasting Company
Vichy
Haiphong
Hue
Indo-China
Iichi Kishi
Saburo Kurusu
United States
Asahi
Noted Cedar Rapids figure Isaac B. Smith dies at 60s
Isaac B. Smith, paymaster aboard the USS Apache, and Cedar Rapids pioneer in insurance and power, died after a heart condition. He helped found Farmers Insurance and helped develop local light and power. He supported cost accounting research shaping utility rates. His body rests at Turner chapel pending funeral plans.
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Army and Navy Club
Washington, D. C
National Electric Light Association
University Club of Chicago
Local
Chamber of Commerce
Episcopal Church
J. H. Smith
Mr. Smith
Smith
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Price ceiling on wooden furniture suspended
Washington AP Leon Henderson said plans for a price ceiling on wooden household furniture have been suspended for the present. The move reflects temporary hold on new controls as economic conditions are reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Leon Henderson
Two Lieutenants Plead Guilty To Drunk Driving Charges
Lieut. Lloyd A. Kuhns of Boise Idaho, 34, pled guilty at arraignment before Judge C J Haas and was fined 500 and costs. Army notification may be waived due to his A W O L status. Kuhns was arrested in a Lisbon hotel lobby after resisting arrest. Floyd Buck, 27, of 514 Thirty second street NE, received three months in jail plus costs for drunken driving after speeding through an alley during an ambulance call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C J Haas
Lloyd A. Kuhns
Boise
Ida
W W. Crissman
Army
Lieut. Kuhns
Four New Divorces Filed In District Court
Four petitions for divorce were filed in district court since Wednesday. Loretta Condon seeks alimony and custody of a child from William Condon, married in 1938 in Cedar Rapids. Maxine Livermore asks custody of a child and title to household goods from Vernon Livermore, now at Camp Claiborne. Roy Schatzle seeks a divorce from Ruth Schatzle after 26 years of marriage, and Irma Bowman seeks divorce from Lawrence Bowman with restoration of her maiden name and possession of stored furnishings.
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Loretta Condon
William Condon
Cedar Rapids
Maxine Livermore
Vernon Livermore
Camp Cl
Irma H. Bowman
Lawrence Bowman
Ely
Irma Zahradnik
Santa Parade Dazzles City with Colorful Floats and Cast
The Santa Parade featured a grand float labeled The Spirit of Christmas with a red velvet robe crowned figure. Escorts included Virginia Reeder Gratha White Pat Long Beverly Lawrence Mary Ellen Dennis Joyce Richardson Loretta Markham Hazel Price and Fionna Kennedy. The procession included a marshal on a white horse and numerous themed floats and costumed participants, creating a festive holiday spectacle.
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Virginia Reeder
Gratha White
Pat Long
Beverly Lawrence
Mary Ellen Dennis
Joyce Richardson
Loretta Markham
Hazel Price
Fionna Kennedy
Y. M. C. A. Drum and Bugle Corps
Three Little Pigs
Moose Cavaliers
Harriet Dauchy
Betsy Ross
Snow White
Seven Dwarfs
Janet Sullivan
Seventh Avenue
Uncle Sam
Roger Dauchy
White Salvation Army
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cinderella
Jean Denton
Avenue NE
Winken
Blinken
Nod
Little Red Riding Hood
Stork
Mother Goose
Mary Davison
Twentyfirst Street
Santa
Children and shoppers view parade displays and camel at Greene's Square
Children and adults watch a parade crowd gather around store windows while a camel, ponies and dogs without trappings draw spectators. Out of town cars indicate regional shoppers attend the festival and perhaps begin Christmas shopping early.
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Greene's Square
Roosevelt Holds Far East Talks as Japan Crisis Persists
President Roosevelt met with Hull and Japanese envoys Kurusu and Nomura in a tense White House session. Kurusu said the talk was friendly, but no Tokio reply was delivered and no recall ordered yet. Officials outlined three ways to avoid immediate war while keeping China policy firm.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Kurusu
Nomura
Japan
Tokio
Thailand
Hull
White House
Soviet Envoy Litvinov Arrives in Singapore by Plane
Maxim Litvinov, Soviet ambassador to the United States, arrived in Singapore on Friday by plane from Rangoon Burma.
Girl Bride Not To See Young Mate for Year
Denver youth Ledonne Schil aged 16 and Merlin Schil aged 16 ran away last May to marry. After telegraphs and a family demand, Merlin would return home with Ledonne for an annulment and a year apart to finish school and an electrical engineering course. If still in love, parental consent would be sought.
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Denver
Ledonne Schil
Donne
Merlin Schil
Merlin
Ledonne
Charles Schil
Lucille Howell
Omaha
Labor Strikes Grow As UAW CEO Ban Explodes
A mass meeting set a strike deadline for the United Auto Workers CIO. Wildcat walkouts were averted after union intervention. Negotiations resume with Federal Conciliator Finn as nine Great Lakes ports face disruption and a tugboat workers strike gains support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Johnson Line
Captain
CIO Leaders Seek White House Help in Independent Union Bid
Welders, Cutters and Helpers in dependent appeal to President Roosevelt for recognition as an independent union. They threaten a second strike in Pacific coast shipyards and aircraft plants if denied. Roosevelt refused resignations of CIO President Philip Murray and Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Kennedy from the National Defense Mediation board after CIO quit over a closed shop demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
White House
CIO
Philip Murray
Thomas Kennedy
National Defense Mediation Board
Jack Hanawald Named Advertising Manager at Killian’s Store
J C Jack Hanawald longtime advertising executive has been named advertising manager of Killian s store in Cedar Rapids succeeding Wayne Barber who joined the army air corps Hanawald comes from Lansburgh s Washington DC where he was assistant advertising manager native of Denver Colorado He and Mrs Hanawald reside at 205 Fourteenth Street SE and he will oversee sales promotion in addition to advertising management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C
Jack” Hanawald
Killian’s
Cedar Rapids
Wayne Barber
Army Air Corps
Mr. Hanawald
Washington, D. C
Lansburgh’s
Denver
Colo
Denver Dry Goods Company
Hanawald
205
Fourteenth Street SE
Barber
Treasury to float $1.5 billion loan next week
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau said the United States would borrow 1.5 billion dollars from the public next week in the largest cash borrowing since World War II. The issue will be finalized after talks with federal reserve officials, lifting the federal debt beyond 56 billion dollars and nearing the debt limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Talle Files Nomination Papers in New Second District
Des Moines AP reports Rep. H. C. Talle, Decorah Republican, filed nominating petitions Friday becoming the second incumbent to do so. He will serve in the new Second district, moving from the old Fourth. Rep. Paul Cunningham, Des Moines Republican, had filed his papers earlier.
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Des Moines
Decorah
Talle
Paul Cunningham
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