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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1942
Page
9
Readout lists high and low temperatures for Cedar Rapids New York Chicago Des Moines Omaha Sioux City Davenport Des Moines Washington Bismarck and Omaha with figures ranging from the mid thirties to mid eighties and conditions varying by city.
Claire A Porter and Lorraine E Mathews both of Cedar Rapids obtain marriage licenses. Joseph C Grone and Elizabeth Flaherty also of Cedar Rapids are recorded in the same notices.
Alva G Trosty 66 died at his home 1501 D avenue NE early Monday. John Frank Yuza 55 died suddenly at his home 1424 Second Street SE early Sunday. William James Nugent 82 died early Monday at his daughter J S Bouldin’s home 1037 Oakland Avenue NE.
Otto Volz aged 37 of 901 Sixth Avenue SE received a 30 day suspended sentence for larceny and was fined $25 plus costs. Frank M. Bills of Dubuque was fined $25 and costs for no driver's license. Dalla Jones of 937 Hull Avenue SE was sentenced to 30 days in county jail for reckless driving with $25 and costs, fine suspended. all cases before Justice H R Churchill.
A list of driving violations shows Helen Krengel fined 50 dollars with 20 suspended for reckless driving. Mrs. Clarissa Hepker receives 25 dollars with 10 suspended for reckless driving. Charles Kolda billed 5 dollars for leaving the scene. Glenn E. Wilson fined 10 dollars for speeding. Avery E. Miller 5 dollars for failure to yield. Frank M. Billings 5 dollars for driving on the wrong side.
Mercy hospital notices list a daughter for Clarence Emanuel of Norway on Oct 4 and a daughter for Olin Gibson of 905 Ninth Avenue SE on Oct 5. Joseph Quigley of 52115 Eighth Avenue SE and Raymond Murphy of 1719 Fourth Avenue SE welcomed daughters on Oct 5. St Luke's records show John C Moore at 321 G Avenue NW with a son on Oct 3. Chaloupka at 211 Twenty sixth Avenue SW welcomed a daughter Oct 3. Chester G Rejsa at 723 O Avenue NW welcomed a daughter Oct 4. F H Lavacek of Yonkers New York welcomed a daughter Oct 4 at Yonkers General. Mrs Lavacek is Helen Mokrejs of Cedar Rapids.
The council approved Penick and Ford to build a driveway across a First street sidewalk. Mid-Continent Petroleum may remove a 1000 gallon gasoline tank at 211 A avenue NE. A 15.40 voucher was approved for Ringling Brothers refund of a $100 street repairs deposit. John A. Helmig named temporary fireman. L N Bruce promoted to sergeant. W D Cunningham on leave to enlist in the navy.
President Roosevelt suspended by executive order the eight hour day rule for Civil Aeronautics Administration laborers and mechanics building landing areas air navigation facilities and other public works for the war effort. Workers receive time and a half for hours over eight per day.
President Roosevelt endorses John Bennett for New York governor, urging all voters to participate on Nov. 3. The White House stance comes amid ALP support for Dean Allange and Dewey’s continued prominence in the GOP race.
New York Mayor La Guardia endorsed Dean Alfange the American Labor party candidate for governor. He said there is more hope in the party backing Alfange and pledged support and campaign help.
Cedar Rapids postal officials report 12 to 15 Christmas gift parcels for service members abroad have been sent since October. Superintendent Robert T. Lubbock urges early mailing with a deadline of November 1 for overseas delivery and advises parcels be labeled Christmas parcel. Constraints include weight limits up to 11 pounds and maximum dimensions 18 inches in length and 42 inches in combined length and girth, with further tightening to 6 pounds and a shoe size focus possible.
Bob Vinch of the civilian defense office begins a county wide survey of scrap collection in rural areas around towns. Trucks supplied by the board of supervisors will be deployed as needed. Townships lacking local collection agencies will be organized for truck visits. Cedar Rapids continues a second week with multiple city and county trucks and a private firm assisting, focusing on precincts.
Two armed bandits held up the Pla-Mar tavern in Ottumwa and escaped with more than 300 dollars in cash and three diamond rings. A waitress, the janitor, and Margaret Murphy were forced into a closet as the robbers, who had guns, ransacked the premises.
A fragmentary inventory describes items including a lawn mower, six 3-inch shells, five bathtubs, a half-ton truck, a radiator, seventeen .30-caliber rifles, a kitchen stove, and ten 4-inch shells. The note reads as a rough scrap record of wartime salvage or weapon stock.
President Roosevelt told the Boston Conference on Distribution that the government will do everything possible to allocate available products for civilian needs in an orderly and equitable way. He warned that failures could disrupt the war effort and urged distributors to speed the flow of goods. Secretary Hull and Price Administrator Henderson echoed calls for energy, initiative, and measures to close the inflationary gap by reducing excess purchasing power through self discipline and economies.
London AP reports the R A F dropped nearly 10 million pounds of bombs on Europe during the first half of September. U S bombers joined attacks on three September days. RAF losses totaled 194 over Europe and 94 in the Middle East with twenty German planes destroyed in Britain and 25 over Europe.
City officials admit the zoo costs exceed ten thousand dollars annually to park maintenance. Buffalo and elk are costly to sustain and cause enclosure damage, while deer will be kept. The city may dispose of other animals, possibly by shooting, after Volz departs for 12 weeks of Army training.
The article reports Pravda claims Germans shot down 48 Soviet planes over 48 hours while Soviet forces bombed in Leningrad area. It also notes Soviet noon communique stating a daring raid on a German airdrome in the northwest front destroyed about 60 planes.
The navy said Army bombers from new western Aleutian bases conducted nearly daily raids on Kiska and on Friday shot down five enemy seaplanes.
In a tense top of the frame the Cardinals load the bases after a fumbled play and an errant throw. T Moore scores on a fielding miscue by Priddy, giving the Cardinals a run as Slaughter advances to third on the error. Yankees fail to score in the bottom half.
In the seventh inning Kurowski homered to left as the Cardinals rally with W Cooper and Marion contributing. Earlier frames produced no runs and few hits with strong defense by both teams. Ruxton, DiMaggio, and Hopp were among the standout fielders in a tense deadlock before St Louis pulled ahead late.
Cedar Rapids saw mild autumn conditions as at 2:30 p.m. the temperature reached 65 degrees with 35 percent humidity. The day’s low occurred between 4:30 and 5:30 a.m. at 50 degrees. Sunday peaked at 74 degrees around 4 p.m. then eased to 66 by 7 p.m. and 55 by midnight with a Sunday low of 57 degrees at 10 a.m. Precipitation totaled 0.16 inch.
In Boston, Defense Transportation Director Joseph B. Eastman warned rationing of rail and bus passenger traffic may arise soon. He urged three rules: travel only as needed, travel light with little baggage, and avoid weekends by traveling midweek.
London dispatch reports Monday that three Axis supply ships were torpedoed in the Mediterranean. Two were hit by British submarines and one by a Greek undersea craft.
At the AFL convention in Toronto William Green said the United Nations will strike strongly and that workers have won the production battle. He backed Roosevelt’s rebuke of claims we are losing the war and urged full cooperation with stabilization plans while urging labor a voice at the peace table. The AFL council called for a world community of nations and opposed isolation and military rule after occupation.
Alva G. Iosty 66 of 1501 D avenue NE died at 4 30 a.m. Monday after a long illness. A Rock Island railroad engineer for 37 years he retired three years ago. He belonged to St Pauls Methodist church and two locomotive brotherhoods. Survived by wife Anna Mae and three daughters. Burial Cedar Rapids Memorial. arrangements pending.
The Right Rev Msgr J M Molloy will conduct funeral services at Immaculate Conception church at 9 am Wednesday. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery.
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering warned of a harder winter on the fronts but guaranteed Germany would be fed. He cited 6,000,000 foreign workers and 5,000,000 POWs, touted a record potato crop, advised storage in drawing rooms, and said deserters or cowards would be shot, with no names named.
In England USA bombers keep tight formations to concentrate fire as German fighters fail to find a soft spot. Capt. Robert Coulter praises the crews for fending off Luftwaffe attacks while 40 German pilots are shot down across daylight raids on France.
Samuel E. Archibald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Archibald of Alton Indiana and formerly employed in Cedar Rapids, has been promoted from corporal to sergeant. He trained at Fort Riley and is now with the field artillery at Camp Funston.
Arthur Poe of Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats told the Optimist Club in Roosevelt hotel that war profits above a fixed prewar base should go to the government. He noted Britain imposes a 90 percent levy on excess profits and listed Quaker Oats’ wartime roles including ordnance plant management, furfural production, dehydrated soups for the armed forces, and egg powder packing for Britain.
Henry Wendel a 69 year old Atkins blacksmith died at a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. Born March 8 1873 near Atkins he lived there all his life. He married Anna Krahling in 1898. she died in 1906. He later married Eleanor Hart and survives with two sons, two sisters, and nieces and nephews. Funeral in Atkins Presbyterian church Thursday at 2 pm with burial in Raetz cemetery. body at Turner chapel Cedar Rapids until noon Thurs.
John Frank Yuza 55 died suddenly at 5 30am Sunday at his home 1424 Second Street SE Cedar Rapids born Oct 17 1886 in Cedar Rapids married Lida Ellen Allcutt May 14 1925 He was a Wilson and Company employee for 27 years member of Jan Hus lodge No 51 IOOF and ZCBJ Survived by wife a daughter two sisters and a granddaughter Funeral services 2 pm Tuesday Turner chapel with burial in Bohemian National cemetery Jan Hus lodge members to meet at Sokol hall 1 30 pm Tuesday to attend in a body
The city council filed with the city legal department an application by City Bus Lines to alter the Linwood bus route. The current path on Third Avenue and Second and Fourth streets would shift to Third Street and Fourth Avenue, with service ending at Fourth Street. The council will decide at a later meeting.
William J. Nugent died at 4 15 am Monday at his daughter’s Cedar Rapids home after a lingering illness. Born July 17 1860 in Ogle county Illinois he lived in Chickasaw county before moving to Cedar Rapids from New Hampton three years ago. Survived by two daughters Mrs R P Garrett of Chicago and Mrs J S Bouldin of Cedar Rapids a son Paul Edward and four grandchildren. He was predeceased by a daughter Mrs R B Wolfe and a son Thomas F Nugent. The Rosary will be recited at 8 pm Tuesday in the Beatty funeral home.
The largest federal tax bill in US history was formally reported to the Senate by Senate Finance Chair George (D Ga) on Monday. It was placed on the calendar for 11 a.m. Tuesday consideration.
Wilbur W Stephens stationed in Northern Ireland has been promoted from corporal to staff sergeant according to word received by his mother Mrs G C Stephens of 619 Ninth Avenue SE.
George Jirouch Jr the son of Mr and Mrs George Jirouch of 515 Avenue NW is promoted from private to corporal technician He is attending Midland Radio school in Kansas City Mo
A string of military promotions trainings and visits are noted. Corporal Lester C Besser joins the Field Artillery officer candidate program at Fort Sill. Jack Martin and family visit Cedar Rapids relatives amid Navy training in Iowa City. Russell Harrington and Bruce D Thenhaus report for Great Lakes basic training. Aviation Cadet Allen E Greb completes primary training and begins basic flying at Marana Arizona. Private First Class Richard A Ilten leaves for Jefferson Barracks Mo to join the 271st Ordnance division. Paul F Hruska days at Camp Barkeley Texas pursue radio electrician course at Bell Labs New York. Robert Dale Rooks returns home on leave from Great Lakes. Sergeant Walter F Rose visits from Camp Atterbury. Private Robert T Mackey transfers from Camp Bowie to Leesville.
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