This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 25 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1941
Page
13
Gov George A Wilson says he will study patrol strength and other states’ setups before deciding on expanding the Iowa highway patrol. Chief Knee cites added demands from football games, corn husking contests, court appearances, safety talks, funerals escorts, and army convoys as straining current forces.
District Judge John J. Halloran issued a temporary injunction restraining Bakers and Confection Workers union local 34 and sympathizers from unlawful acts during the Bishop cafeteria strike in Des Moines. Pickets must be orderly and not disrupt entry or exit, with all violence and harassment prohibited.
Des Moines reports Henry Burger an 18 year old Columbia sophomore said he toured North America by hitchhiking 21000 miles to meet people and plans to enter politics starting locally in Iowa He praised towns and Iowans as friendly honest strong and exemplary Americans. Postville couple William and Mrs Moll celebrate 58 years of marriage with an adopted daughter Lillian Fox of Minneapolis.
Mr and Mrs C C Hampton celebrated their 50th anniversary with an open house at their country home in West Branch where they have lived 46 years Their wedding in the Hickory Grove Friends meeting house near Scattersom campus featured the Friends ceremony attended by six waiters Chester Hampton the bridegrooms brother read the original wedding certificate The couple and family recalled the ceremony and kept their family table setting that echoed the original bridal feast
Des Moines police and state officers raided the Superior Sales office and seized 231 pinball and slot machines and punch boards. It was described as the city’s largest such seizure. The machines included an automatic pay off system and were found in all rooms. Five to six Des Moines men faced arraignment.
Holmes county prosecutors charge William and Sam Gwin of Tchula with the murder of Guy Reed Wheeler a Cres ton Iowa carnival concession operator. Both men released on $5,000 bonds after waiving preliminary hearing. grand jury to review Monday.
State Senator Howard Baldwin addressing the Marion Lions club lauded newspapers for fostering open mindedness and keeping the public informed. He cited editors and reporters as key democratic participants and noted weeklies knit communities while daily papers knit the nation.
Mrs. Herbert Gerstman led the Theristriai club gathering on Tuesday with Mrs. J. T. Christie presiding. A second district Federated clubs meeting is announced for Oct 14 and 15 at Du buque, with Mrs. W. G. Koppenhaver named a delegate. An all club luncheon is set for Thursday at the Marion Federation of Clubs in the Presbyterian church.
The Cornelian club entertained Child Study members at a dessert luncheon hosted by Mrs Walter Reinsch with Mrs Elmer Fisher and Mrs D D Liebe assisting. Tiny gourds and bittersweet bouquets adorned the covers, and Mrs Guy Hillier read The White Cliffs from memory.
Winfield A. White, attorney, elected president of the Marion Chamber of Commerce at a board meeting Tuesday evening. Louis Ross named vice-president, Kenneth V. Murdock secretary, and W. E. Failor treasurer. Directors to meet in special session Monday.
The Railway Mail Auxiliary met Tuesday in the Gas company room. Mrs George Kindler chaired the picnic luncheon and committee. L A Hinton led a civil service discussion for railway mail clerks. Members sewed for the Red Cross and planned November donations for the Cedar Rapids Children's Home. Twenty six members and three guests attended.
Mrs Katherine Bogart led a program on Indian Creek and the Old Home Town with an old fashioned setting. Speakers included Mrs W R Barber Mrs F S Skinner and Miss Lulu B Secrist. Delegates named for the Second district convention at Dubuque. Red Cross unit 1 will not meet Thursday.
Alburnett high school seniors will stage So rority House in the school auditorium on Thursday and Friday evenings. Lead roles go to Louise Ritze and Franklin Chrisman with a cast including Jane Lillie Mildred Sloan Bernice Kareh Iilda Lyman Genevieve Koch Eileen Tritle Evelyn Dukek Margery Shaffer Norma Kareh Aubrey Smith Irwin Renfer Eugene Schatzel Ralph Simmen and Donald Thompson directed by Robert McCabe.
John Brown of Winneshiek relief depot killed a rattlesnake near Freeport while hunting. The snake stretched about four and a half feet and had a body diameter of around four inches. Lester Smock accompanied Brown and was earlier nearly approached by the snake as it rose from a bush.
Iowa’s 4,869 districts spent 53 942 215 dollars for the 1940 fiscal year about 107 dollars per pupil. General operations used 42 653 677 dollars while 11 288 538 went to school house fund buildings and equipment. Elementary districts averaged 73 29 per pupil with 364 071 in elementary and 139 410 in high schools. More than 46 000 enrolled in private schools and 2381 studied at 27 junior colleges. 677 263 Iowa youths were under 21. One-room rural schools served 117 842 elementary pupils across 8 721 schools.
Four Grinnell residents were rushed to Cres ton hospital with serious injuries after their car overturned on a country road east of Diagonal. Driver Roe Mitchell 35 and his wife Dr Penquite 28 along with Mrs Harold Gibbs were returning Horace Johnson to his Diagonal home when the vehicle failed to negotiate a turn.
Army officials said the bodies of Second Lieutenant Charles Edwin Leffingwell of Oxford Junction Iowa and John Winston Graham of Boston New York were recovered from the sea after a crash during low altitude maneuvers. Leffingwell is survived by his parents a sister and a grandfather of Oxford Junction.
Des Moines AP report cites J L Dalton of the FBI Des Moines office saying about two thousand youths under 21 are arrested daily. He urges parents schools and churches to provide proper training to curb juvenile crime. Nominations announced for Iowa congress of parents and teachers officers with multiple candidates.
University of Iowa researchers study how babies acquire speech in over 60 homes under Prof. Orva C. Irwin. The project tracks ages 10 months to five years to identify vowel development and the timing of first words alongside stuttering causes.
Des Moines based Travelers Mutual Casualty appeals to the Iowa supreme court a Polk county jury verdict awarding Mrs. Otto Muntz estate $2,000 after an auto accident near Brooklyn Iowa. The insurer says no formal application was received for the policy alleged to have been arranged on February 1 1939. The verdict was returned April 2 1941.
Fred Brandenburg Jr. 18 of Des Moines died after the chim shell digger he operated at a rock quarry three miles north of Ames overturned while he moved to a new position. Rescuers freed him after two hours. two others were injured while a third worker escaped. The site, used to load trucks for a nearby munitions plant, was active around the clock.
Labor day 1938 Roose velt high student Fred Branden burg Jr was struck by lightning while caddying for his father at Des Moines Golf and Country Club. Artificial respiration saved him. He played on Roosevelt football team and graduated last June.
Jean De Neut aged 14 suffered the loss of the end of his right index finger in a gym dressing room incident at La Porte City. He had his finger in a latch when James Pearson opened the door from the other side.
Emerson Trimbell 34 of LaCrosse Wisconsin was released on parole from the Fort Madison prison. He and Harold Jacobin robbed Burr Oak Savings Bank Winneshiek county April 22 1931 taking 976 dollars. Trimbell’s life term reduced to 25 years by Governor Kraschel in 1938 left him 1 year 8 months to serve.
Mount Vernon Ohio obituary for Frank Ray Parsons 57 of Washington DC who became ill en route to Mount Vernon and died in a Canton hospital after four weeks illness. Born in Iowa City he worked ten years at Cedar County State Bank Tipton and 23 years with the Geological Survey now a statistician in oil conservation. Survived by four sisters and two brothers plus a military son. Funeral held in Canton with ashes to be brought to Mount Vernon for burial.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.