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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1941
Page
2
A fire alarm drew responders to 1929 Eighth Avenue tonight as a blaze affected a building near downtown. Firefighters from Station No 6 reported control and conducted an initial survey of the damage and potential hazards.
Freion Werner and Alvin F Ayer heirs of Cedar Rapids retiree Corte listed alongside Charles Edward Stephenson, also of Cedar Rapids, in a local probate or estate notice detailing rightful heirs and succession steps.
Ernest Wonde of 911 Seventh Street SW fined 25 dollars and costs for drunkenness. Glenn Gable of 521 Third Street SW fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding.
Stella Pechar, wife of John Pechar, awarded custody of two children and household goods in a Cedar Rapids ruling. Judge JE Heiserman ordered the defendant to pay $40 monthly support. case cited cruel and inhuman treatment and marriage date July 17, 1918.
Justice H. R. Churchill presided over cases for speeding stop sign and license violations with fines ranging from five to ten dollars and costs. Mercy hospital reports births of a son Oct 6 to Karl and spouse and Oct 7 to Bennie Dennis. St Lukes Hospital notes births including a daughter Oct 6 to Julius Meier. other items list deaths of Hattie Gifford James Melichar Carl Bartsch and Carl A Swanson with addresses.
Atkinson begins duties as membership and promotional secretary of the YY. M. C. A to replace Harry C. Fulmer who resigned to become general secretary of the Clinton YM C A. The Killian company extends its corporate period by 20 years in an amendment filed with county recorder Dempsy Jones.
The treasury plans to borrow 1.3 billion dollars in new money on Thursday the largest single government financing since World War II. Long term bonds will be issued with terms and rates released when market opens. About 1.2 billion will go to the public mainly banks and 100 million to treasury trust accounts including social security and railroad retirement funds.
Survivors of the American owned Panamanian tanker IC White said the ship was torpedoed without warning, likely by a submarine. Seventeen crew were rescued by the Del Norte. three were still missing. The blaze followed the explosion as the ship sank about 50 miles southeast of Pernambuco on September 27.
The CIO steel workers union agreed to negotiate grievances of 64 striking crane operators, enabling 17,090 workers to resume production at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Gary plant in Indiana, world's largest steel mill. Output is tied to defense orders, with 85 percent for tank steel, airplane armament and marine turbines.
James P Hoffman 38 of Des Moines, wanted for cheating by false pretenses, was sent to Cedar Rapids at 8 p m Monday by Patrolman Jake Stusak and Detective Jim Bailey. Police captured Hoffman in Fort Dodge during an investigation into an ad for Wheatland Plumbing in the Railroad Journal.
The article notes the Ninth Army staff captured with its commander fleeing by airplane, signaling a turning point in the Russian counter attack near the Sea of Azov. It also reports a slackening German push at Leningrad, Russian gains along the front, and a Russian check on a Murmansk assault after 18 days of fighting.
London reports an admiralty communique stating four Italian ships were sunk and seven seriously damaged by British submarines in the Mediterranean. The targets included a Generali class supply ship a 865 ton torpedo boat a 6 000 ton tanker and two 5 000 ton transports. Conditions prevented confirmation of all sinkings.
James H. Melichar 61 of 14524 Hamilton St SW dies after a lingering illness. Survived by wife Louise, sister Mrs FE R Kooken of Peoria, and five brothers. Veteran of the Spanish War. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM at Janeba funeral home, Linwood Cemetery services by Hanford Post and Dows Camp. Carl Robert Bartsch 83 of 427 Fifth Ave SW dies after brief illness. Survived by wife Anna Barbara, daughter Dorothy Freymann, two sons, five grandchildren, two great grandchildren, sister Anna Bredlow. Funeral Thursday at 2:30 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church, Linwood Cemetery. Turner chapel to Wednesday noon.
Mrs. Hattie Gifford 84 widow of Robert H Gifford died at 301 G avenue NW Cedar Rapids after a short illness born July 23 1857 Mineral Point Wis lived in Cedar Rapids 24 years survived by daughter Mrs Ross McCoy six stepdaughters and six grandchildren funeral at Rohn chapel with time to be announced friends may call Tuesday Mrs Lillian A Swanson 1118 Elmhurst drive NE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital after brief illness born November 1 1898 survived by husband son John and mother Mrs Rose Haspar funeral at Beatty chapel with arrangements to be announced later.
Funeral services for Mrs Julia N Burke who died at her home 515 B avenue NE will be conducted by Msgr John M Malloy at Immaculate Conception church at 9 am Wednesday Burial will be in Mount Calvary cemetery The Rosary will be recited by Monsignor Malloy and the Ladies Catholic Order of Foresters at 8 pm Tuesday in the residence
Funeral services for Mrs Mary E Davis age 85 lifelong Linn county resident will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p m Wednesday Reverend Thomas C Collister and Home Rebekah lodge will supervise burial in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday evening
The obituary mentions a sister Mrs Belle Drake of Central Cin, adding to previously named survivors. The fragment records a death notice with family relations and location.
Istanbul dispatch reports 12 Romanian generals shot three days earlier after signing a memorandum to Premier Ion Antonescu protesting further fighting in Russian territory. Generals Muta Avuan and Castel among those recalled from the Odessa front cited as shot for voicing discontent and urging withdrawal from the Odessa front.
United Press reports that Gen. Alois Elias, Czech premier condemned to death, might receive German clemency if he exposes fellow conspirators in the alleged anti Nazi plot. Five more executions were carried out at Brun, with 27 more said to be sentenced to death. Tass cites a Czech student assassination plot against a Turkish official, with reprisals and mass killings. In Greece terror grows under Bulgarian occupation, while allied officers escape camps to organize guerrilla action. Mussolini imposes death penalty in annexed territories for plots against state security.
Pamela Hollingworth, missing girl from Lowell Massachusetts, was found alive. Dr Charles Smith noted frostbite on her feet and minimal food during her ordeal. her father Joseph Hollingworth led the search and carried her from the woods to safety as news spread through Lowell and Boston newspapers.
Actress Irene Purcell disclosed she married Herbert F. Johnson Jr. in Chicago on Saturday. Johnson is a Racine Wisconsin millionaire sportsman explorer and president of S. O. Johnson and Son Inc wax manufacturers. Purcell will retire from the stage to be Mrs Johnson and the couple will live in Racine.
A powerful tornado struck the Kansas City area and nearby towns causing three deaths and about 135 injuries. Homes were demolished, mills damaged, and rescue workers found victims in wreckage including Dorothy Lucas and her infant daughter. At least 55 were hospitalized and 30 treated on site.
Leaders at the Iowa veterinary conference urged more graduates to replenish aging ranks. With 250 eastern Iowa vets registered by noon, speakers planned sessions on cattle poultry and swine practice. The program included talks by H A Seidell Mark Thornburg and T Henry Foster, plus an annual election and a banquet in the Crystal ballroom.
Hopkins describes four days on a Wyoming summit where he descended by rope after a failed plan to lower him with a parachute. He faced hunger, cold, and pesky rodents while awaiting rescue as crowds gathered below and he radioed to the world.
George Maxwell Hawley 71 engineer and lawyer died Sunday in Geneva. He did engineering work in Minnesota Iowa and Texas. He authored a 1915 book on card games he originated and a 1918 digest of military law used by the U S army.
Willie Hopkins attempted a Sunday jump to reclaim a one day leap record at Devil's Tower. Ranger Joyner criticized risks to park staff as rescue efforts included a blimp and a ski plane plan, while Hopkins smoked heavily and faced wind burn and weak voice.
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