Weather and city updates from diverse towns in the Midwest
A brief weather report notes a temperature rebound in Cedar Rapids from 37 to 41 degrees and 6 PM readings. It references scattered city notices across Des Moines, Dubuque, Davenport, and Milwaukee area locales, with partial mentions of stations in St Louis and Chicago.
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Tampa
New Orleans
Galveston
Sioux City
Angeles
Wosan Francisco
Charles
Statile Sr
Des Moines
LaCrosse
Dubuque
Detroit
Dasenport
Chicago
New York
Cepa
Vv Records
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Leedeker dies at home
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Leedeker died at 3:30 PM at their NW residence. The record notes the death occurred at the family home on Monday.
Local residents named in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas
A misread line lists A ber E Mann and Lurille Cars of Cedar Rapids bel den L Peterson of Wirthrop and Margaret Wintringer of Walker Albert Eric Petere and Rose mers Patton of Town City.
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A.ber* E Mann
Lurille Cars
Cedar Rapids
Belden L. Peterson
Wirthrop
Margaret Wintringer
Walker
Albert Eric Petere
Rosemers Patton
Town City
Minor traffic and fire incident notes in city records
L L Filter at 1529 C avenue NE fined 1 and costs for turning left from an alley. J F Severn at 1564 Berth avenue SE fined 2 and costs for entering an arsenal street without stepping. Tuesday at 9:43 am rubbish in a coal bin caused a fire confined to coal in the home of R J Schmutz, 1407 Bever avenue SE, triggering a general alarm.
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C Avenue NE
Severn
Berth Avenue SE
Arsenal
R J Schmutz
Bever Avenue
Agatha King Custody Granted after Divorce Suit
Agatha King of George M King custody of a daughter awarded by Judge John T Mof following a criel and inhuman treatment complaint. Stipulated property rights settled. Married at Omaha on December 28 1928. Other notices include births at St Luke's Mercy hospital and Mercy hospital and the birth of a daughter Oct 14 to Mr and Mrs Roy Eicholtz. Mrs Eicholtz is Mary Kula, daughter of Frank Christie.
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Agatha King
George M King
John T. Moffit
Criel
St Luke‘s Hospital
Irvin Schmickle
Alburnett
Mercy Hospital
Jerry Hadrava
Route No. 3
Roy Echoltz
San Francisco
Eicholtz
Mary Kula
Frank Christie
Ffteenth Street
Chest workers given grid spirit at breakfast
A Cedar Rapids breakfast featured Dr Widmer noting pledges of draftees will be canceled when inducted. Teams received interview envelopes before breakfast as plans moved ahead. The first quarter ends Wednesday with a luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce and a series of report functions to follow. Workers paid their own breakfast and luncheon. A feather on the Cedar Rapids Savings Bank building marks daily contributions. Watch it grow.
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Widmer
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Japs Grill Grew On Evacuation Report
In Tokyo a government report claimed United States Ambassador Joseph Grew was summoned to the Japanese foreign office and asked to explain Washington's urging of American citizens to evacuate the Orient on Tuesday, according to informed sources.
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Japs Grill
Tokioap
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Washington
Orient
Current Comment on Britain's Role and Lindbergh’s View
The piece argues that peacetime leaders in England and France misled their publics into relying on foreign aid for security and warns Americans against repeating the pattern. It cites Lindbergh’s critique that defending nations by fighting abroad neglects national strength at home and calls for blunt truth-telling about global engagement.
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Britain
Europe
Lindbergh
England
France
Poland
America
Iowa Leaders Clash Over Money, Defense and Elections
Governor Wilson rails at budget waste and defense muddle while criticizing Roosevelt Willkie and Valentine in a Marion luncheon. Judge Armstrong McCullough calls Chicago convention a puppet show as he attacks national policy and Iowa politics. The talk includes highway costs, tax usage, and memory lapses over the homestead exemption act.
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Armstrong McCullough
Clinton
Chicago
George Washington
George III
Wendell Willkie
Franklin
McCullough
Iowa
National Defense
Wilson
Roosevelt
Iowa Highway Commission
Willkie Slams Army Housing Shortage and No Third Term
In Syracuse Willkie blasts the New Deal and insists on a rapid housing program for the military. He accuses Democrats of kidnapping the party and warns that a third term would pave the way for dictatorship, citing unemployment and federal growth under Roosevelt.
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Syracuse
Willkie
Democratic Party
New Deal
New York State
Schenectady
Amsterdam
Utica
Rome
America
French envoy to Chungking urges restraint on frontier crossing
French ambassador to China Henri Cosme was reported leaving Hanoi on Tuesday for Chungking to urge Chinese troops not to cross the Indo-Chinese frontier. He warned such action would draw in more Japanese forces and escalate tensions.
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Hanoi
China
Henri Cosme
Chungking
Oil Station Man Gets Suspended Fine For Price Law
Waddle, manager of L L Coryell stations, pled guilty to violating the price posting law and was fined 100 dollars plus costs. All costs were paid and the fine suspended on the recommendation of the county attorney. State auditor George A. Grove filed charges after spotting a Coryell oil promotion offering two quarts with gas on Sept 21 and 22, while standard prices were posted.
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W. G C. Bagley
C.E Waddle
L. L Coryell
Justice R. Churchill
Waddle
G K. Thompson
Churchill
George A. Grove
Grove
Cedar Rapids
Coryell Company
City Briefs from Cedar Rapids: Meetings and Marriages
Cedar Rapids city briefs note Ahepa chapter 194 meeting at Moose hall at 8 p.m. Edwin Navratil and Margaret Niedermayer wed by Justice Ball. Francis Baird among 30 admitted to Iowa bar. 38 took the test in Des Moines. Moose women bowling group to meet Wednesday at 2 p.m. call 20532 for details. Martin Thomson called to Missouri Valley due to his father’s illness. Link Belt Speeder auxiliary hosts a card party at 1101 Fifteenth Ave. SW. all Speeder women invited. Mrs Monte Smith released from Mercy hospital after washing machine accident injured three fingers. Mrs Emma Buserman injured at Coe campus, right shoulder fracture. condition fairly good.
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Francis Baird
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
State Supreme Court
Des Moines
H. Orton
Fifteenth Avenue SW
Emma Buserman
St. Luke's Hospital Kitchen
Coe College
Freemasonry meeting with Scottish Rite temple gathering
Regular business meeting of Town Consistory and its concordant bodies Kilwinning lodge St Andrews council and Bruce Chapter Rose Croix will be held Wednesday at 8 pm at Scottish Rite temple. Cards and a social hour are planned with refreshments. Members and their ladies are asked to attend.
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Kilwinning Lodge
St. Andrews Council
Bruce Chapter
Rose Croix
Scottish Rite Temple
Early Registration Wednesday Urged for Draft Pool
The article discusses early registration tied to draft classifications and mentions a Washington bowl drawing to assign low order numbers. It notes state credits for volunteers and expected enlistments exceeding 20,000, with current service reducing the state quota accordingly.
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Washington
Lotely
Tawa
Infant Margaret Lindeken Dies at Home
Margaret Ann Lindeken infant daughter of Elmer and Mrs Lindeken of 911 B avenue NW died at home at 5 30 pm Monday. Survived by parents a sister Mary Frances grandparents John Lattner and Ida Lindeken Cedar Rapids and several aunts and uncles. Brother David preceded her in death. Funeral from Teahen chapel at 2 pm Tuesday with burial Mount Calvary Cemetery.
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Margaret Ann Lindeken
Elmer Lindeken
Avenue NW
Mary Frances
John Lattner
Ida Lindeken
Cedar Rapids
David
Teahen Chapel
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Improvements Voted By Cedar Rapids Country Club
An $80,000 bond issue to refund present bonds and fund a general improvement program was approved by 120 Cedar Rapids Country Club members at a Monday night meeting. After refunding $56,800, funds will build a permanent roof over the dining room porch for year round use, improve the ballroom porch, water the fairways, and finance minor improvements.
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Cedar Rapids Country Club
Mail Carrier Forced Off Road By Truck
Elgin Webster rural mail carrier out of Center Point was forced off highway No 11 into a ditch two and a half miles south of Cedar Point by a southbound pickup Monday afternoon. Webster could not obtain the truck’s license number and was treated by a Center Point physician for injuries. Sheriff Jim Smith’s office was investigating Tuesday.
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Jim Smith
Elgin Webster
Center Point
Naismith Inventor of Basketball Never Played a Game
Millions of youths across the United States play basketball today yet James Naismith, credited with invention, reportedly never played the sport in his life.
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United States
James Naismith
Fathe r Earl Leidigh Dies After Short Illness
Earl Leidigh a 56 year old farmer from near Center Point died in a local hospital at 12 07 p m Monday after a brief illness Surviving are his wife Irene two daughters Miss Venita Leidigh and Mrs Merle Varner and a grandson Dean Shirly Varner all of Cedar Rapids a brother Wilson Leidigh of Robins and a sister Mrs Walter Williams of Toddville Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ in Toddville at 2 p m Wednesday with burial in the Dunkard cemetery ten miles north of Cedar Rapids on highway No 11 Friends may call at Beatty chapel until 1 p m Wednesday
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Earl Leidigh
Center Point
Irene
Merle Varner
Venita Leidigh
Dean Shirly Varner
Cedar Rapids
Wilson Lehdigh
Robins
Walter Williams
Toddville
Church of Christ
Dunkard
Beatty Chapel
Death of Louis Lopata near Fairfax after long illness
Louis Lopata died at his home near Fairfax route 1 at 1 40 a m Tuesday after a period of ill health since May He was born near Western September 16 1886 and lived 34 years on the farm of his death He is survived by his wife Sylvia Serbousek Lopata a daughter Mrs Ivan Lorenc of Ely a grandson a sister Mrs John Benesh Cedar Rapids route 2 and two brothers John Lopata Alburnett and Frank E Lopata route 2 Cedar Rapids Funeral services will be held at the Brosh chapel Cedar Rapids at 2 p m Thursday conducted by Rev Ludvik Burian Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
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Louis Lopata
Fairfax
Western
Sylvia Serbousek Lopata
Ivan Lorenc
Ely
John Benesh
Cedar Rapids
John Lopata
Alburnett
Frank E. Lopata
Brosh Chapel
Ludvik Burian
Bohemian National Cemetery
Obituary: Mrs Josephine Kasper of Solon dies at home
Mrs Josephine Urban Kasper died suddenly at 11 p.m. Monday at her Solon home from a heart attack. Born in Bohemia March 19, 1865, she came to the United States 73 years ago and lived in Solon 64 years. She is survived by her husband John F. Kasper, a daughter Mrs William Holub of Iowa City, two sons Joseph of Morse and Otto of Solon Route 1, five grandchildren, two sisters Mrs Anna Zeman of Iowa City and Mrs Sedlacek. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. in St. Mary's Church, Solon, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery in Newport. Friends may call at Brosh Funeral Home, Solon.
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Josephine Urban Kasper
Solon
Bohemia
New York
John F. Kasper
William Holub
Iowa City
Joseph
Morse
Otto
Route 1
Anna Zeman
Sedlacek
St. Mary's Church
J E. Michalek
St. Mary's Cemetery
Newport
Brosh Funeral Home
Hancher Defendants Face Fraud Charge at Victory Corp
Attorney Edward R. Johnston says Tighe sues on behalf of stockholders to liquidate Victory Corp alleging officers conspired to stall legal action until statutes of limitations expired. Forstall draws 4800 annually while assets run under 8000. Hancher not served. board evidences lack of consent in appointing him to presidency.
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Tighe
Liebman
Edward R. Johnston
Forstall
The
Victory Corporation
Hancher
Chicago
Hancher’s Iowa City visit notes and insolvency claim at sale
Mr Hancher spoke Sept 26 in Iowa City as principal speaker at the University of Iowa induction ceremonies and told a Gazette reporter that when he sold his notes to his mother he was insolvent. The Gazette in Chicago reported the notes were sold in spring 1939. After the Iowa board elected him to the presidency in a closed meeting and notified him of the election and acceptance, the Iowa press heard the tale.
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George T. Baker
State Board
Hancher
Baker
Board of Education
Iowa
Paul C. Packer
Walter A. Jessup
Gazette
Tighe
W. R Boyd
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Board of Education
Boyd
The
State University
W Earl Hall
Mason City
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Chicago
Iowa Press
Iowa Board Chief Says Hancher Free of Disqualification
Sioux City AP report says Henry C. Shull, president of the Iowa board of education, said the board knew for some time of a Chicago suit accusing Virgil Hancher of fraud and conspiracy. He noted a October 4 Ames meeting where the board unanimously decided the suit contained nothing that would disqualify Hancher from the University of Iowa presidency.
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Sioux City
Henry C. Shull
Iowa Board of Education
Chicago
Virgil Hancher
University of Iowa
Shull
Ames
Hancher
Building Trades Seek Removal Of NYA Head
Cedar Rapids Building Trades council sent a resolution to President Roosevelt on Tuesday seeking Aubrey Williams removal as head of the national youth administration. The group claims Williams is allied with communists and other left wing groups and urges replacing him with a strong American free of left wing influence.
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Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids Building Trades Council
Williams
National Defense
Record 247 Voters Register at City Hall on Monday
A record 247 people registered to vote at city hall Monday meeting the legal requirements. Nine days remain to qualify for the November 5 election. Additionally 233 individuals submitted change of address forms to validate their registrations.
Pepper Martin to Manage Sacramento Coast League Club
St Louis veteran outfielder Pepper Martin signed to manage the Sacramento Coast League club of the Cardinal minor league system. The contract was confirmed after a conference with Cardinal officials including President Phil Baretelme and VP Branch Rickey. Terms were not disclosed.
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ST. Louis
John “Pepper
Martin
St. Louis Cardinal
Sacramento Club
Cardinals
Phil G. Baretelme
Cardinal
Branch Rickey
Sacramento
Mrs. Holbert to Speak at Linn Women’s Rally Tonight
Mrs. Thomas Holbert a prominent farmer from near Greeley and Willkie booster will address Linn County Women’s Republican club at the YWCA tonight at 8 15 p m The event follows her Philadelphia convention attendance and a donor gathering for Iowa delegates About 3 000 people attended the prior event The meeting is open to men and women with refreshments to follow
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Thomas Holbert
Linn Women’s
Greeley
Wendell Willkie
Linn County
Willkie
Census director warns women to tell true ages
Athens Greece UP the census director warned over fussy women to reveal their real ages. He said misleading statements will be punished in court where a great to do will be made over something that otherwise would stay secret.
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Athens
Greece
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