Cedar Rapids Weather Forecast and Readings
Cedar Rapids and vicinity forecast cooler Friday night and Saturday forenoon. Readings show 70 degrees at 2:30 p.m. humidity 10 percent. Early week highs include Omaha 80 and 54, Chicago 83 and 56, Des Moines 61 and 52, Davenport 84 and 56, Washington 78 and 54. A line noting a fire incident near Coe College gym at 2:38 p.m. with Haegg Roofing Company.
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Cedar Rapids
New York
Bismarck
Omaha
Chicago
Sioux City
Davenport
Washington
Des Moines
Haegg Roofing Company
Coe College
Still Alarm, Co
Local Court Fines For Traffic Violations And Birth Announcements
John Choate Lakeside and Thirtieth street E fined 2 dollars and costs for running a red light. William A Neidick 117 Thirty fourth street NE fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding. Edgar Jenkins YMCA fined 25 dollars and costs with 15 dollars suspended for disturbing the peace by window peeping. St St Luke hospital Mr and Mrs LeRoy B Goss 1212 B avenue NW welcomed a son Oct 8. Mercy hospital Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hamer 619 Fifth avenue SE welcomed a son Oct 8. Mr and Mrs Myrie Shover 4030 First avenue NE welcomed a son Oct 9. Mr and Mrs John Wagner 1014 B avenue NW welcomed a son Oct 9. Mr and Mrs James Grey of OsG d Mo welcomed a son Gene Oren Oct 7. Mrs Grey former Mildred Johnson daughter of Mrs ee Johnson 326 Fifth avenue.
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John Choate
Lakeside
Thirtieth Street
William A. Neidick
Thirtyfourth Street
Edgar Jenkins
St. Luke's Hospital
LeRoy B. Goss
B Avenue NW
John A. LaCoste
Troy Mills
Mercy Hospital
Lloyd Hamer
Fifth Avenue SE
Myrie Shover
First Avenue NE
John Wagner
James Grey
Osgood
Gene Oren
Grey
Mildred Johnson
Ee Johnson
Fifth Avenue
Local pairs listed from Chicago Iowa and Shellsburg
Bayne Earle Freeland of Chicago and Iowa Jean Huber of South English. Harold Cook and Dorothy Mae Lint, both of Shellsburg.
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Bayne Earle Freeland
Chicago
Iowa
Jean Huber
South English
Harold Cook
Dorothy Mae Lint
Shellsburg
Local Man Harold R. Trewin Dies at Home
Harold R. Trewin aged 52 died Thursday night at his residence 1950 Fourth Avenue SE. Edward Hall aged 64 died early Friday at his home in the Commonwealth Apartments.
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Harold R. Trewin
Fourth Avenue SE
Edward Hall
Commonwealth Apartments
Court sentences Moore on forgery then releases for army exam
Clarence Lee Moore, 25, was sentenced to Linn County jail on forgery and released to take an induction exam. If he fails, a six month suspended sentence resumes. He earlier faced a one year term reduced to six months after costs and restitution. He forged checks in Cedar Rapids stores.
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Clarence Lee Moore
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Three Women Charged With Selling Beer to Minors
Three women pled innocent to charges of selling beer to minors in district court. Maude A. Copple proprietor of the Blue Moon Sandwich shop, Sarah Edgar waitress there, and Jeanette Corsello grocery operator at 109 Fifth street SW were arraigned before Judge G. K. Thompson and released on $750 bonds.
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G. K. Thompson
Maude A. Copple
Blue Moon
First Avenue
Thirty-first Street
Sarah Edgar
The
Jeanette Corsello
Fifth Street
Hasbrouck Sues Daubenmiers Over Farm Lease
W W Hasbrouck files district court action against Earl Daubenmier and son and Fred Daubenmier and son over an oral farm lease in Rapids township near the waterworks. He seeks a $1000 writ of landlord attachment and a receiver for this year's harvest plus $500 damages for alleged neglect in operation.
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W. W. Hasbrouck
Earl Daubenmier and Son
Fred Daubenmier and Son
Rapids Township
Hasbrouck
Kansas City man recalled on desertion charge in Cedar Rapids
Marial Lingard 25 of Kansas City Kansas was returned to Cedar Rapids by deputy sheriff Harlan Snyder on a district court bench warrant for desertion and abandonment of minor children. Lingard, husband of Evelyn Lingard of Mt Vernon, was jailed. A separate maintenance action by Sarah Ellen Freeman against Leroy B Freeman was dismissed in district court.
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Marial Lingard
Kansas City
Kan
Cedar Rapids
Harlan Snyder
District Court Bench
Lingard
Evelyn Lingard
Mt. Vernon
Sarah*Ellen Freeman
Leroy B. Freeman
House Passes Measure for 14 611 Planes
The House approved a $6.24 billion omnibus bill largely funding the Navy to seek air superiority in the Pacific. The package raises total World War II spending to about $220 billion and includes $2.862 billion for 14 611 naval planes plus funds for housing information and defense programs.
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Washington
Senate
Pacific
House
Office of War Information
Guayule
Office of Defense Transportation
War Manpower Commission
Cannon
Cmo
House Appropriations Committee
Rep. Tabor
RNY
Tax plan sparks clash over exemption of state and local bonds
Debate over abolishing tax exemptions for state and local securities stirs Congress. Walter F. George urges pairing votes on two provisions while Robert LaFollette labels the exemptions a special privilege, citing up to 750000 dollars tax free income for some. Labor and legal groups condemn the plan as harming war effort and favor a broader tax on the wealthy.
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Chamber
Finance
Walter F. George
D-Ga
George
Robert M. LaFollette
Pwis
Treasury
Sahara Desert
Congress of Industrial Organizations
National Lawyers’ Guild
Finance Committee
German strategy in Stalingrad and Caucasus push
The report analyzes Nazi aims around Stalingrad suggesting aims to storm the city or shift troops to the Caucasus before snow. It notes German propaganda and possible moves toward a second front, while reporting on Mozdok and Novorossisk sectors and Voronezh where the Red Army holds the Don's west bank.
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Stalingrad
Caucasus
Caspian
Mozdok
Novorossisk
Voronezh
Red Army
The
Don
Legion Head Calls Strikes Treason at Labor Conference
American Legion Commander Roane Waring denounced strikes in war industries as treasonable and unpatriotic at the AFL convention in Toronto. He said workers in war production forfeited rights and could not quit, equating their duty to soldiers in Bataan and the Solomon Islands.
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Toronto
American Legion
Roane Waring
American Federation of Labor
Bataan
Solomon Islands
Waring
Touhy escapes Joliet prison with three companions
Chicago cops report Roger Touhy, serving a life term for the John Factor kidnapping, fled Joliet penitentiary with three accomplices. Touhy was sentenced in March 1934 for Factor kidnapping and had previously been acquitted in 1933 in Minneapolis of kidnapping William Hamm Jr.
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Chicago
Illinois
Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
Roger Touhy
John
Jake the Barber
Factor
Touhy
Minneapolis
William Hamm
Servicemen Assignments and Leaves From War Efforts
Edward Ladage stationed at Pendleton Field Oregon as supply clerk in the air corps ordnance department. Ralph A Lawrence now with the technical school squad at Kerns Utah after going to Camp Dodge Oct 2. Don K Johnson returned to Camp Pickett Virginia after furlough with family. William G Cain Jr an interviewer at Jefferson Barracks Missouri after enlisting Aug 15. Anthony Bizulis petty officer stationed at Norfolk Virginia on a seven day leave with wife daughter and mother. Edwin C Booth with the army air corps at Morrison Field West Palm Beach Florida. Sydney B Smith taking eight week course at Savanna Illinois training school before returning to Seventh armored division at Camp Polk. John Fegley corporal technician at army radio school in Chicago awaiting assignment.
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Sydney B Smith
Sydney G. Smith
Mt. Vernon Road
Savanna, Ill
Seventh Armored Division
Camp Polk
Reding Promoted to Sergeant in Louisiana Tank Battalion
Clarence Reding son of Mr and Mrs John Reding 3331 Westwood Drive NW rises from corporal to sergeant with a tank destroyer battalion near Leesville Louisiana.
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Clarence Reding
John Reding
Westwood Drive
Sergi
Reding
Leesville
Local Servicemen Promotions and Training News
Sergt Leo Samek son of Mr and Mrs Anton Samek 159 Seventh Ave SE promoted to staff sergeant with an anti tank division at Leesville Louisiana Four Cedar Rapids men selected for specialist training at Great Lakes naval training station Jack K Myers 818 Twentieth Ave SW William F Tordik 809 Shaver Rd Albert G Kopecky 1614 F Ave NE Lawrence M Riggins 1406 First St NW Cal Thayer coxswain left Bremerton Wash after 15 day leave with mother Mrs Florence Thayer 322 Third Ave SW He visited his brother Sheldon Thayer in Fort Dodge and has been transferred from the U S S Idaho to Bremerton to await orders to return to sea.
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Leo Samiek
Anton Samek
Seventh Avenue SE
Leesville
Cedar Rapids
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Jack K. Myers
R. K. Myers
Twentieth Avenue
William F Tordik
Shaver Road
Albert G Kopecky
Anna Kopecky
F Avenue
Lawrence M Riggins
First Street
Cal Thayer
Navy
Bremerton
Wash
Florence Thayer
Third Avenue
Sheldon Thayer
Fort Dodge
U. S. S. Idaho
Siegel Brothers Compete for Officer Training
Leonard Siegel a technical sergeant at Camp Haan California is chosen as a candidate for officer training at Camp Davis North Carolina He spends a five day furlough at his parents home 1971 B avenue NE His brother Oscar Siegel is also training as an officer at Camp Davis in North Carolina.
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Leonard Siegel
Camp Haan
Calif
Camp Davis
N. C
J. D. Siegel
B Avenue
Oscar Siegel
North Carolina
Eleven Cedar Rapids Men Enter Recruit Training
Eleven former Cedar Rapids men begin recruit training. Names listed include Russ A. Adams, Robert L. Sumner, Herbert Morrow Jr., Donald J. Weiland, James D. Sample, Lumir J. Neumeister, Mervin H. Pratt, Blake M. St. Clair, William C. Cones, Leon L. Topp, and Frank R. Zeleny, with each presenting parental addresses.
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Cedar Rapids
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Russ A. Adams
Margaret Adams
Fifth Street
Robert L. Sumner
C. Sumner
L Street
Herbert Morrow, Jr
H. Morrow
Hillside Drive
Donald J. Weiland
Wellington Street
James D. Sample
R. H
Mrs W Cones
Thirteenth Avenue
Leon L. Topp
A Avenue
Frank R. Zeleny
Ute
Louise Zeleny
J Street
Yanks Cut Jap Line in Burma
An American bomber crew at a United States air base in northern India severed Japan's key Burma line by blowing a strategic railway bridge with delayed action bombs. Lieut Nobby Noblock from Fort Sheridan piloted the plane within 10 feet of the bridge, while Lieut Robert Sikes of Breckenridge Texas planted the bombs to blow the bridge sky high.
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United States
India
Burma
Smithereens
Richard “Nobby” Noblock
Fort Sheridan
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokio
Robert Sikes
Breckenridge
Texas
Roosevelt proposes unified civilian and veteran rehabilitation service
President Roosevelt urged Congress to create under the Federal Security Administration a single rehabilitation service for veterans and civilians. He said the war will be won with every effort and noted about a million people are awaiting such rehabilitative services.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Security Administration
Senate
City Briefs News Roundup From Fairfax and Surrounding Areas
Miss Virginia Hillmer underwent an appendectomy Wednesday and is reported to be doing nicely. The Valley City Division No. 58 will hold a business meeting at 2 30 p m Sunday in the Roosevelt hotel. Sam Stochl, Cedar Rapids insurance man entering the navy next week, was honored at a luncheon with gifts by twenty four friends at the Elks club. Knights of Columbus will attend 730 a m mass at St Matthew s church with breakfast in the parish hall after. Crandall Weaver reported a theft of about 80 from his glove compartment after noon Thursday. Des Moines couple Coe Haag will provide evangelistic music at Shueyville United Brethren church with their son Robert. Dr Wendell Henline to speak on No Greater Task at 930 am Sunday school at 1030 am.
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Valley City Division No. 58
Order of Railway Conductors of America
Roosevelt Hotel
Sam Stochl
Cedar Rapids
Navy
The
Elks Club
Stochl
Knights of Columbus
St. Matthew's Church
Coe H Haag
Des Moines
Shueyville United Brethren Church
Robert
Wendell Henline
Wilson High School Newspaper Wins International Award
The 1941-42 Wilsonian earned a first place in the 1942 Critical Service rating by Quill and Scroll, Northwestern University. It received a merit certificate for outstanding production. Gail Phillipson was editor-in-chief and Betty Lou Soupuk associate editor, graduating June 1942.
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Wilsonian
Wilson
International Honorary Society of High School Journalists
Northwestern University
Association of Central Normal College
Danville
Ind
Gail Phillipson
Betty Lou Soukup
War Bond Slogans Urge Thrifty Saving
A thrift oriented message promotes purchasing war bonds at ten percent every payday to save money and aid America during wartime.
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America
Iowa corn crop estimate tops last month
Iowa's 1942 corn crop was estimated at 575,368,000 bushels based on Oct 1 conditions. This compares with the September estimate of 546,112,000 bushels, which would have been 17.5 percent above last year and 7 percent above the previous high set in 1932.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Corn Crop Prospects Brighten With 1942 Output In Sight
The Department of Agriculture reports an indicated 1942 corn production of 3.132 billion bushels, up from 2.673 billion in 1941. Officials say record crops are indicated for corn and other grains, hay, beans and peas, oil seeds, sugar crops, vegetables, and likely fruits, with yields in prospect but not yet secured.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Longtime Iowa lawman and war veteran dies at Cedar Rapids
James Trewin a Cedar Rapids lawyer who served in World War I and II era as major and judge advocate, dies at home after a career in law education and public service. He left a wife Muriel Arthur and three children James Arthur, Mrs. Darwin Sandy, and Charlotte. Funeral at Turner chapel with American Legion military rites at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Iowa Law School
Cedar Rapids
Trewin, Simmons, Perrine and Albright
Artillery
135Th Aero Squadron
Toul
Judge Advocate’s Department
Muriel Arthur
James Arthur
Darwin Sandy
Charlotte
Fourth Avenue
James
U.S. Navy
Trewin
Board of Education
Stanford Post
American Legion
Linn County Bar Association
American Bar Association
Executives Club
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Pick
Scrap drive gains momentum with 20 168 tons salvaged
The scrap campaign reports 20 168 tons collected in three weeks with 4 691 tons in 17 counties on Thursday. Chairman W S Rupe credits a strong day and urges 27 counties to report. Page county tops daily per capita with 51 pounds, Linn 16, Dubuque 10, Plymouth 9, Floyd 8.
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W. S. Rupe
Ames
Page County
Linn
Dubuque
Plymouth
Floyd
AFL backs Petrillo ban on recordings for radio
The American Federation of Labor endorses James Petrillo and the American Federation of Musicians ban on canned music for radio. The resolution cites unemployment among musicians and accuses press distortions while noting Petrillo acts under 1941 convention mandate and that broadcasters have not sought a reasonable solution.
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Toronto
Ont
American Federation of Labor
James Caesar Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Executive Council
Musicians Federation
William Green
Petrillo
Chicago
Thurman Arnold
Senators Ask Freeze on Farm Labor in Wartime
Fifteen senators urged Major General Hershey to issue a temporary 90 day deferment at local draft boards for men in dairy and livestock farming. They warned delaying national manpower policy risks harming food production and the war effort. The letter lists Ball Brown Lee Willis Schwartz McNary Stewart Ellender McCarren Werling Thomas Burton Butler Truman and Gurney as signers.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
National Service
War Manpower Commission
Roosevelt
Ball
R-Minn
Brown
D-Mich
Lee
D-Okla
Willis
R-Ind
Schwartz
D-Wye
McNary
R-Ore
Stewart
Dtenn
Ellender
D-La
McCarran
D-Nev
Werring
D-Ia
Thomas
Burton
R-O
Smoking Ban Sparks Chrysler War Plant Walkout
Detroit workers at Chrysler walked out after 400 employees were sent home for smoking in violation of a plant rule. The spokesman called the action sabotage as 2,000 additional workers joined in, while 2,600 stayed at their posts and management sought to keep war production moving.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Joe E Brown's Son Dies in Bomber Crash
Capt. Don E. Brown, 25, son of actor Joe E Brown, was killed Thursday when an Army bomber crashed near Palm Springs California.
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Joe E. Brown
Long Beach
Calif
Don E. Brown
Palm Springs
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Daily Record
Nee
Legion Head
Edward Ladage
E. H. Ladage
Eighth Avenue
Air Corps Ordnance Department
Pendleton Field
Pendleton
Ore
Ralph A. Lawrence
Camp Dodge
Kerns
Utah
Arthur Lawrence
Fourth Street NW
Don K
Scotty) Johnson
Albert H. Johnson
H Avenue NW
Camp Pickett
William G. Cain, Jr
W. G Cain
Washington Avenue
Jefferson Barracks
Anthony J Bizulis
Norfolk
Marion
Agnes Agnes Bizutis
Edwin C Booth
Booth
Sixth Avenue SE
I. J Booth
Palo
Army Air Corps
Morrison Field
West Palm Beach
Fla
J W. Fegley
Sixth Street
Samek
Thayer
Great Lakes
City Briefs
Masonic Hall
Fairfax
Virginia Hillmer
Wilson Avenue
Crandall Weaver
Sixteenth Street
Wilson High School
Christ
Burroughs A
Waltrip
Memorial Coliseum
National Estimate
Colleen Brown
Michigan
Butler
R-Neb
Truman
D-Mo
Gurney
R-S. D
Clarks Clothes
Clarks
Second Street
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