Hospital Births and Parents Listed
Mercy hospital reports a son born Oct. 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Balsenek of 1804 avenue NW and a son for Mr. and Mrs. William Reilly of Ellis road NW on Oct. 13. University hospital Iowa City records a daughter Lana Rae born Oct. 9 to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dewees of 804 Eighth avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Joseph Balsenek
1804
Avenue NW
William Reilly
Ellis Road
University Hospital
Iowa City
Alfred Dewees
Eighth Avenue SE
Lana Rae
Notable Cedar Rapids and Toddville Residents Listed
Anne Mae Chalder of Cedar Rapids and Henry L. Severe of Toddville, Dorothy Louise Taylor of Toddville and Orval Burdette Shaffer of Central City, Doris Jane Summy and Leland Laton of Cedar Rapids, Ida Maxine McBurney and George William Koch of Toddville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Mae Chalder
Cedar Rapids
Henry L. Severe
Toddville
Dorothy Louise Taylor
Orval Burdette Shaffer
Central City
Doris Jane Summy
Leland Laton
Ida Maxine McBurney
George William Koch
Two Local Men Die In City Hospitals
Peter Medinger aged 67 of 230 Cottage Grove Avenue SE died at a local nursing home at 9 30 p m Monday. Frank Hadley aged 81 of the Grand hotel died in a local hospital at 12 50 a m Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Medinger
Cottage Grove Avenue SE
Frank Hadley
Grand Hotel
Local fines for two motorists and a furnace incident
O A Hopple of 3826 First Avenue NE fined $2 and costs for failure to keep a car under control. Coble Wilson aged 40 of 1626 Ellis Boulevard NW fined $25 and costs for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. A back fire from a furnace at 1516 A Avenue NE triggered a still alarm from J W Dairy Company No 3 at 10:28 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Hopple
First Avenue NE
Coble Wilson
Ellis Boulevard NW
J. W. Dairy
Still Alarm, Company No
Fire damages Day Crockery building at 618 First St SE
A fire destroyed the Day Crockery company building and stock after an overnight alarm. Loss is estimated at 21 000 dollars. Henry E Haegg elected commander of Hanford post American Legion. A Stradivarius violin owned by John Noel recovered from a pawn shop. A Cedar Rapids course in public speaking starts at Coe College. Jackson Grain Co reports record timothy seed shipment to Chicago worth 8000 dollars per carload across four cars. Dominick Feiereisen pumps a 12 pound 11 inch mas todon tooth from sand pump near Sixteenth avenue bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day Crockery Company
First Street
Henry E. Haegg
Hanford
American Legion
John Noel
Kroulik
H. F. Schory
Coe College
Coe
Cedar Rapids
Jackson Grain Company
Chicago
Dominick Feiereisen
Standard Construction Company
Sixteenth Avenue Bridge
Party Trapped In Wilds Ends in Death Near Mount Adams
In the White Mountains a rescue party reached Jefferson after a hiking group of nine sought Mount Adams. One man, L. Carl Haberland, 27, of Boston, died. three climbers staggered into town to summon help while five others remained with the body. Pamela Hollingworth, 5, had survived eight days earlier in the wilderness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mount Adams
Haberland
Community Chest drive gains confidence at breakfast meeting
James L. Cooper expressed confidence the annual Community Chest drive would top its goal Tuesday morning as he met with lieutenants and addressed solicitors. Also at the speakers table were Rev. William Eckler, Herbert Killian, Mrs. Edward Sheehy Jr., Nathan Worcester, and R. C. Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Cooper
William Eckler
Trinity Methodist Church
Herbert Killian
Mercantile
Edward Sheehy, Jr
Nathan Worcester
Cooper
R. C. Montgomery
Commercial
Army Plane Missing With 3 Aboard Over Texas
An O-47 observation plane carrying Lieut Willis Hunt Lieut Kaiser and Staff Sergt Richard Lauck from the 120th Observation Squadron is overdue after taking off Monday morning from Biggs field El Paso. Last radio contact at 1105 am put the aircraft about 60 miles north of El Paso in mountainous terrain on a routine target towing flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
INS
Biggsfield
Willis Hunt
Blytheville
Ark
CE. Kaiser
Kentucky
Richard Lauck
Denver
Colorado National Guard
Hunt
Drafted man wrecks furniture at Chicago selective service
Mathew Irmiter, 25, a 220 pound truck driver, fought through central induction station when told he would be drafted. He toppled a chair, battered a door, and tussled with city and military police before being taken to Fort Sheridan. He objected to becoming a “checker” for rich European leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mathew Irmiter
Central Selective Service
Trmiter
Irmiter
Fort Sheridan
Europe
U. S. Argentina To Sign Pact Tonight
Secretary of State Cordell Hull announced that a new trade agreement between the United States and Argentina will be signed in Buenos Aires tonight. The pact aims to maintain international trade relations under sound commercial policies amid existing abnormal conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Cordell Hull
United States
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Hull
U. S. Announces Sites For Three Arms Plants
The War Department announced sites near South Point Ohio Wahoo Nebraska and Brownsville Pennsylvania for new ordnance plants. An ammonia plant near South Point will employ 600 people to produce hydrulus ammonia for explosives. a bomb loading plant near Wahoo will employ about 3000 on three shifts. Brownsville will house TNT from toluene employing about 2000 workers. All plants will be government owned and agent operated and cost several million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
War Department
South Point
Ohio
Wahoo
Neb
Brownsville
Department
Nebraska Ordnance Plant
Continental Buffet style show featured at Roosevelt hotel Thursday
Local notices list a Continental Buffet style show at the Roosevelt hotel on Thursday October 16. Also noted are furloughs for service members and various church and union meetings, with multiple families hosting visiting soldiers and changes to meeting dates for the Bricklayers union and 1.C.C.F. initiatory degree events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Hotel
Board Denies Neon Sign Overhang. Approves Breezeway Garage
In Monday's board of adjustment action H. K. Igram of 820 Sixth Street SW had his request for a projecting neon sign extending beyond the setback line denied. Clarence M. Groth of 411 Thirty Sixth Street NE received approval to attach a garage to his dwelling via a breezeway, maintaining a side yard of at least four feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Adjustment
H. K. Igram
Sixth Street
Clarence M. Groth
Parolee Back in Custody After Short Liberty
Frank Bramsen a 30 year old parolee from Anamosa was returned to the state reformatory Tuesday afternoon after the board of parole revoked his release He had been at liberty less than a week being released on Oct 7 and picked up at 145 am by local police Monday after a merchant policeman reported him ransacking parked cars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bramsen
Anamosa
State Reformatory
Board of Parole
Bramsen
Liberty
Cedar Rapids Hosts Farewell Dinner for Fred Schneider
Cedar Rapids restaurant group held a farewell dinner at the Roosevelt hotel Monday. William Catlow, manager, hosted the event for Fred Schneider the city’s longest serving restaurant man and vice president of the local association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Board member and Mrs Schneider plan move to California
A board member of the state association and Mrs Schneider announce plans to relocate to California, signaling a significant staff or leadership change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Association
Germans Press Moscow Front Amid Claims of Slaughter and Shifting Supplies
War dispatches describe German siege guns near Moscow and a major push toward Vyazma, while Soviet reports claim heavy German losses in three actions. London notes potential British Arctic involvement and says Russians gain air superiority as rail lines remain intact. Front summaries note German pressure near Orel Bryansk Mozhaisk and Rzhev with Russian resistance steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vyazma
Moscow
Red Star
London
Archangel
Arctic
Izvestia
Orel
Bryansk
Roslov-Moscow
Mozhaisk
Valdai Hills
Rzhev
Wenger elected to top post in Baptist mission group
Mrs Milo Wenger, 2066 Linn boulevard SE, named first vice president of the Iowa Women's Baptist Mission society as the state Baptist convention met in Waterloo. Mrs Sam T Shumate of Davenport was reelected president. The Iowa Baptist Ministers conference opened with Rev E E Dierks of Iowa City proposing refugee dinners in Baptist churches to raise 15000 for Iowa’s share of a 600000 world emergency fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Wenger
Linn Boulevard
Iowa Women’s Baptist Mission Society
State Baptist Convention
Waterloo
Sam T. Shumate
Davenport
Iowa Baptist Ministers’ Conference
E. E. Dierks
Iowa City
Iowa
Right To Sue To Block Bluffs Dog Races Is Upheld
The Iowa supreme court ruled an injunction suit to stop dog races in Council Bluffs could be filed by a resident of eastern Pottawattamie County. Joe W. True of Avoca had standing to pursue the injunction, despite objections that the county's two judicial districts limited where suits may be filed. The races opened July 11 and ran 56 nights amid claims of pari mutuel betting constituting gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
Charles Roe
Joe W. True
Avoca
William J. Syms
Meyer Lansky
Elizabeth
N. J
Roe
Syms and Lansky
Supreme Court
True
Nelson tightens controls on cleaning agents nationwide
Washington UPI Donald M Nelson, director, ordered strict limits on stocks of certain chemicals including dry cleaning agents to ensure supplies for farmers and feed warehouses used in fumigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
New Cedar Rapids Cosmetologists Install Officers
The Cedar Rapids Hairdressers and Cosmetologists association installed new officers at the Montrose Hotel Monday. Attendees included national and state affiliates. officers named were Mrs. Porter president Dorothy Harrington first vice president Alta Duncan second vice president Ruth Lubekeman secretary Otto Shedic treasurer and Luella Balsiger financial secretary. A pre-convention report for the Des Moines Cosmetologists convention on Oct 19 20 and 21 was presented by Mary Nell Strang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Charlotte Porter
Mrs. Porter
Dorothy Harrington
Alta Duncan
Ruth Lubekeman
Otto Shedic
Luella Balsiger
Des Moines
Mary Nell Strang
Norris hints at possible war with Japan
Washington AP Senator Norris Neb 80 voices cautious support for a Pacific conflict if Germany defeats Russia. He says Japan could threaten American shipping and claims navy officials told him the Japanese fleet could be sunk in two weeks. He believes the US could prevail in a sea and air war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norris
Neb
Pacific
Germany
Russia
Japan
Senate
United States
Gillette warns on Japan tensions and calls for probe
Senator Guy M Gillette urges immediate action on a resolution for a thorough investigation of Japanese consular activities in the United States. He warns peaceful settlement prospects are fading and cites a navy assessment of Japan’s cities as tinder. Roosevelt says aid to Russia continues with large munitions deliveries and lease lend support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Guy M Gillette
Norris
Senate
Russia
Roosevelt
U. S
Army and Maritime Commission
Moral: Don't Come So Dutifully When The Wife Summons
Mrs Cal vin Strauch heard a prowler at home and called her husband to hurry back. Neighbors Paul and Loudner joined the alert. Strauch returning to his yard was shot with buckshot, 22 pellets removed from his left shoulder. He was treated and released. Police chief closed the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettendorf
Calvin Strauch
Union Station
Paul Loudner
Loudner
Herman Giese
Strauch
Giese
Factories curb rules to spur invention and growth
George W Hearn of Hearn Stevenson Motor urges allowing manufacturers to curtail practices to boost inventive genius for better goods. He defends Regulation W as prudent business policy, saying it curtails excessive credit and will improve materials and uses for people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W Hearn
Hearn-Stevenson Motor Company
Canopus Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Hearn
Union Heads Rap Rails Wage Offer
Chicago AP reports railroad wage proposal branded unsatisfactory by two union presidents. Railway Clerks chief George M. Harrison calls the plan deceptive and unsound for wage adjustment. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen head M Whitney charges deliberate misstatement of fact in the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George M. Harrison
Railway Clerks Union
M. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Nazis Seized In Greenland Reach Boston
A 60 ton Norwegian ketch named Busko seized by U S Navy off Greenland arrived in Boston with a crew of 21. The vessel carried a German gestapo linked wireless station claim and radio gear on deck. Immigra tion officials will review each crew member's status as authorities kept identities guarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States Navy
Greenland
North Atlantic Navy Command
U. S S
Bear
Byrd Antarctic Expeditions
Buston
Immigration Department
Steinhardt Stays In Moscow Hull Says Steinhardt Remains
Secretary of State Cordell Hull announced that American Minister Laurence A. Steinhardt will stay in Moscow indefinitely to oversee receipt and disposal of U S supplies rushed to the Soviet Union. The move follows German press claims that Steinhardt was evacuating diplomats from Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Cordell Hull
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Moscow
Soviet Union
Steinhardt
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Omaha
Los Angeles
Charles City
San Francisco
Bismare
Detroit
Dubuque
Pittsburch
New York
Dallas
Houston
Okinow
Mercantile O'Visio
Ianey
Thompson
Texas
Pvt
Donald Null
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Calvary Baptist Church
Sunshine Mission
Kathryn Kaufman
Women of the Moose
Red Cross
Harold R. Wilson
468Th
Randolph Field
Harold Wilson
Fourth Street
W. A. Turley
North Platte, Neb
Fremont, Neb
Turley
John Craft
Fort Lewis, Wash
Mrs
Arthur Craft
Hubbard Avenue NE
Paul M. Alsin
Compeany C
133Rd Infantry
Camp Claiborne
Nelson Fink
Twenty-second Street
Bricklayers’ Union
Moose Hall
Jan Hus Lodge
1.C.C.F
Sokol Hall
LaVaughn Hall
Muskogee
Okla
Church of God
Laverue
Eighth Street NW
Thomas Hinkin
Sunshine Gospel Mission
Paris
B.E.F
Still Mystery
Baptist Mission Group
C. R. Cosmetologists
Gillette
Hopkins
Congressional
Mr. Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Josef Stalin
Edward R. Stettinius
A Happy Alliance Suede
Vanita
Corinna
Enna Jettick
Enna
Newman's
Briggs and Stratton
Newmans Basement
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