Weather roundup across Iowa and cities shows brisk winds
Sunday was bright with gusty winds as Cedar Rapids and Des Moines saw highs in the 60s and 70s. The day began with a 33 degree low and rose to 63 by midafternoon before cooling into the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Iowa Falls
Tampa
Mount Ayr
New Orleans
Sioux City
Galveston
Omaha
Los Angeles
Charles City
San Francisco
Des Moines WA
Seattle
LaCrosse
Havre
Dubuque
Bismarck
Davenport
Detroit
Keokuk
Chicago
New York
Dallas
Speeding fines issued in local court records
Mike Kennedy, 19, of Iowa City, fined $10 and costs for speeding 45. Thomas Hooke, 1124 Ninth Street SW, fined $10 and costs for speeding 44. William McCollister, Old Marion Road, fined $10 and costs for speeding 42 with fine suspended on payment of costs and surrender of his license for 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Kennedy
Iowa City
Thomas Hooke
Ninth Street
William McCollister
Old Marion Road
Area families welcome newborns in October
Mercy hospital reports a daughter born Oct. 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hassey of Walford. Mr. and Mrs. John Alden of Newhall welcomed a daughter Oct. 14. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Pisney of 640 Eighth street SE welcomed a son Oct. 15. St. Luke's hospital records a daughter born Oct. 16 to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Murphy of 2028 Washington avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Leo Hassey
Walford
John Alden
Newhall
Leo Pisney
Eighth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
C. E. Murphy
Washington Avenue
Local Obituaries List Several Residents' Deaths
Mrs Artie Misha Burrell 81 died at home 723 Fourth Avenue SE at noon Sunday George B Dutton 69 of Commonwealth Apartments died Sunday in a local hospital George Gilbert 81 died Sunday at home 1510 Third Avenue SE Joe M Harover 25 died Sunday at his home 817 Tenth Street Max Katzoff 63 of 614 Sixth Street SE died Monday at 5 53 am in a local hospital Frank H Hoppe rural route 2 died Monday
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Artie Misha Burrell
Fourth Avenue
George B. Dutton
Commonwealth Apartments
George Gilbert
Third Avenue
Joe M. Harover
Luna
Tenth Street
Max Katzoff
Sixth Street
Frank H. Hoppe
Local Names Linked in Cedar Rapids Notice
William Marcus Breed of Marion and Pauline Wilma Burmeister of Cedar Rapids, James Holub and Mary Fowler of Coggan, Sidney Tate and Helen Blakey of Cedar Rapids identified in the notice.
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William Marcus’ Breed
Marion
Pauline Wilma Burmeister
Cedar Rapids
James Holub
Mary Fowler
Coggan
Sidney Tate
Helen Blakey
Justice court fines for multiple traffic and license violations
Wilbert Williams of Tulsa Oklahoma was fined five dollars and costs for driving with five persons in the front seat. Clarence A. Pratt of Cedar Rapids was fined ten dollars and costs for passing on a bill. Dr. W. E. Wicks of Mason City was fined five dollars and costs for running a stop sign. Pauline Guernsey of Cedar Rapids was fined five dollars and costs for no driver's license. All in Justice H. R. Churchill's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbert Williams
Tulsa
Okla
Clarence A. Pratt
Cedar Rapids
W. E. Wicks
Mason City
Pauline Guernsey
H. R. Churchill
Multiple Sunday Fires Reported Across City Streets
A Sunday spate of grass fires and a Monday roof fire were reported across several locations including 855 Fourteenth Street NE 349 Woodland Drive SE Maplewood Drive and Twenty seventh Street NE Wilson Avenue Fourteenth Street SW Fifth Avenue Third Street SW and 1302 Ellis Boulevard NW. Alarm responses involved engine companies 3 6 and hook and ladder with varying durations and minimal damage in one case.
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Fourteenth Street
Woodland Drive
Maplewood Drive
Twenty-seventh Street
Wilson Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Third Street
Ellis Boulevard
Russian naval ships visit Tallinn harbor for goodwill
Eleven Russian warships anchored in Tallinn harbor for a goodwill visit on Monday, signaling a gesture of friendly naval diplomacy with Estonia and regional observers noting the moment.
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Tallinn
Estonia
INS
Turkey Balks at Soviet Demands in Balkans Pact Talks
Reported Monday that Turkey rejected three Soviet demands in talks linked to a mutual assistance pact. The refusals included a Russo Turkish military pact, Dardanelles closure in peace, and ending Turkey’s alliances with France and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ister Sukra Saracoglu
Turkey
Rumania
Dobrudja
Bulgaria
Russia
Bessarabia
Romania
England
France
Italy
London Daily Telegraph
Ankara
Copenhagen National Tidende
Berlin
Dardanelles
Germany
Mussolini
Poland
Chamber Of Commerce To Host Community Chest Campaign HQ
The Chamber of Commerce building will serve as campaign headquarters for the Community Chest drive led by Roy E. Choate. Police will restrict parking on the First Avenue Bridge from November 14 to 21 to accommodate 300 workers using the building. Victor C. Blaine of the American City bureau arrived to coordinate with the public service bureau for campaign preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Roy E. Choate
First Avenue
Victor C. Blaine
American City Bureau
Public Service Bureau
Arrest Three Men On Liquor Charge
Three men arrested by the highway patrol on a Sunday liquor charge were summoned to appear Monday for arraignment before Judge John T. Moffit. Orville Anderson, W. A. Mercer, and Harold Jellison received $25 fines and costs for consuming liquor in a public place, with pleas due Tuesday at 9 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Patrol
Orville Anderson
Fifth Avenue SE
W. A. Mercer
First Avenue E
Harold Jellison
K Avenue NW
John T. Moffit
Highway
Cedar Rapids
Anderson
H. R. Churchill
Vehicle tax averages in 1938 and 1937
The average tax paid per vehicle during 1938 was $51.13, down from $52.69 in 1937. This indicates a slight year over year decrease in motor vehicle tax burden.
George Dutton 69 Dies In Cedar Rapids
George Bradford Dutton 69 a long time Cedar Rapids stockholder and business leader died Sunday in a local hospital. He was born July 6 1870 in Cedar Rapids and lived here most of his life. He worked with Glenn Averill for over 30 years and held secretary treasurer positions in several Averill related companies. He had wintered in California and was survived by a sister in Deephaven Minnesota a brother in Deephaven and a nephew in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Tuesday at Turner's chapel with burial in Oak Hill. honorary pallbearers named.
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George Bradford Dutton
Rollin H. Dutton
Sophia Mahala Bradford
Turner’s Chapel
First Church of Christ Scientist
Oak Hill
R. R. Epler
Worth S. Averill
al W. Allen
Ray H. Allen
Ralph R. Ellis
Edwin C. Evans
Mr. Dutton
Walter Douglas
William H. Dutton
Deephaven
Minn
George Bradford Dutton, II
Cedar Rapids
Averill
the Commonwealth
Glenn Averill
California
John F. Ely
Iowa Street
Craemer
First Avenue
Dows
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Street
Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter
Mass
Douglas and Stuart
Quaker Oats Company
Secale Flakes Mills
Minneapolis
Douglas
Kimball
Merchants National Bank
Douglas Starch Works
Dutton
Mr. Averill
Averills and Associates
Iowa Telephone Companies
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Mississippi
Louisiana
Kentucky
Florida
Averills
Home For Aged Women
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Elks Club
Antiwar windshield placards appear in Des Moines
Red white and blue windshield stickers supporting the antiwar movement appeared on Des Moines streets Monday. The placards read Keep the U S A out of war.
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Des Moines
Nazis Attempt to Attack Scotland and Naval Movements
Reported Nazi assault attempts against Scotland with casualties among a French crew member killed and two captured. British denial on major vessel damage, while Berlin claimed a larger battle cruiser Hood struck by bomb and out of action for months. German leadership met at the chancellery as a mined zone was announced off Danish waters to guard the coast.
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Berlin
Hood
Hitler
Baltic
Poland
Cedar Rapids Stores Close For Thanksgiving Observance
Thirty members of the Retail Merchants bureau agree Cedar Rapids stores will close to observe Thanksgiving on Gov George A Wilson's date Thursday Nov 30. Street decorations and lights will be up for the Christmas shopping season beginning Nov 23.
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Retail Merchants Bureau
Cedar Rapids
George A. Wilson
Farm Worker Ends Life East Of City
Hartley Williams a 56 year old farm hand at the Caraway farm nine miles east of Cedar Rapids was found hanging and ruled to have died by self action after an all day investigation. He had been in ill health and was a widower with three Cedar Rapids sons. The body was taken to Neff funeral home at Mount Vernon.
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Larry Condon
B. L. Knight
Hartley Williams
Cedar Rapids
Williams
Knight
Richard D
John Addison
Charles Wilbur
Neff
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids man indicted for cheating by false pretenses
Robert L. Slade of Cedar Rapids was indicted on a charge of cheating by false pretenses and given a one-year county jail term with parole after three months. He pled guilty before Judge John T. Moffit and was to begin next Monday after time to arrange his affairs. The case involves alleged unauthorized insurance premium collections from multiple policyholders since 1934, amid a disputed settlement with the insurer.
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Robert L. Slade
Cedar Rapids
John T. Moffit
G. K. Thompson
Slade
Slade Han
Monay
Two civil juries to hear cases in Heiserman court
Judge J. E. Heiser man will oversee two civil trials starting Monday afternoon. Francis A. Brunson of Hollywood Florida sues N. P. Craemer for 273 dollars alleging stopped payment on a check. Craemer says the check was given in emergency with remonstrance Brunson’s claim was excessive. The second case covers a 141.45 dollar truck damage claim by Fred D. Ford and Wesley T. Emmert doing business as Shellsburg Creamery against P. H. Burke of Walker, who counters 15.85 dollars for car damage.
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J. E. Heiserman
Francis A. Brunson
Hollywood
Fla
N. P. Craemer
Craemer
Brunson
Fred D. Ford
Wesley T. Emmert
Shellsburg Creamery
P. H. Burke
Walker
Burke
Phalen Pleads Guilty to Forgery Charge in Iowa Case
Harry Phalen age 52 pleaded guilty before Judge John T. Moffit to forgery. He received a ten year term at Fort Madison penitentiary after being arrested by Constable W. J. Fleming. Phalen was accused of presenting a $27 forged check to John J. Wagner of Cedar Rapids on August 7.
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Harry Phalen
John T. Moffit
Fort Madison Penitentiary
W. J. Fleming
Phalen
John J. Wagner
Cedar Rapids
Beulah Morris Case In Cedar Rapids Plea Ends in Reformatory Term
Beulah Morris a 16 year old resident of Prairieburg was arrested by Cedar Rapids detectives on a statutory charge and pleaded guilty before Judge John T. Moffit. She received a five year term at Rockwell City reformatory on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Morris
Prairieburg
Cedar Rapids
Rockwell City Reformatory
John T. Moffit
Bruce Radeke Pleads Not Guilty to Dwi Charge
Clarence Radeke 41 of 6350 Avenue NW posted 500 bond after pleading not guilty before Judge John T. Moffit to an operating a vehicle while intoxicated count. Radeke was arrested Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Radeke
Avenue NW
John T. Moffit
Radeke
District court asked to decree Linn County partition shares
A partition case filed Monday asks the district court to assign real estate interests in Linn County. Claimed shares are Mary Filipi one third and Beatrice Vavra Libbie Khile and Charles Filipi two fifteenths each, with Charles Filipi acting as administrator.
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Linn County
Mary Filipi
Beatrice Vavra
Libbie Khile
Charles Filipi
Divorce suit filed on cruel treatment grounds
Malinda OConnor sues Harley OConnor for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple, married at Marion on January 6, 1919, are cited in the filing alongside administrator of the Joseph Filipi estate and John Filipi as defendants.
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Malinda O’connor
Harley O’connor
Marion
Court to review big trust cases
The Supreme Court agreed to hear two major antitrust appeals and a labor board enforcement dispute. It will review a Seventh Circuit retrial order against 12 oil firms and five officers for Sherman Act violations and a district court dismissal of indictments in the Chicago milk industry case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U. S. Circuit Court
National Labor Relations Board
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Madison
Wis
Chicago
Labor Board
Amalgamated Utility Workers
CIO
Consolidated Edison Company of New York
NLRB
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Temperance Play Shown At 13 Churches In October
Thirteen churches will screen the talking picture Ten Nights in a Barroom under Iowa Anti Saloon League auspices with brief talks by Rev C C McCaw Des Moines. Cast includes William Farnum William Santschi and Thomas Jefferson. Screenings at 7 30 p m throughout October list dates and venues from Oct 17 to Oct 31.
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Iowa Anti-Saloon League
C. C. McCaw
Des Moines
McCaw
William Farnum
William Santschi
Thomas Jefferson
Marion Congregational
Kenwood Park Presbyterian
First Christian
East Side Union Service
Westminster Presbyterian
Church of the Nazarene
Network of colleges to report industrial conditions
A coalition of colleges and universities will report on regional industrial conditions during national emergencies. Coordinated by the war and navy departments, the network uses business schools as listening posts to relay data to the commerce bureau for central coordination.
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Washington
INS
War and Navy Departments
Department of Commerce
Francis H. Miles
Army Industrial College
William A. Bush
U. S. Navy
James W. Young
Commerce Department
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Husky Youth Held After Beating Auto Man For Date
Frank Humel twenty confessed to beating an auto salesman then binding and stuffing him into a truck to steal a car for a date. The salesman, named McGill and father of four, was in serious condition. Humel was seized after returning from Bear Mountain drive with his date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Humel
McGill
Humel
Krogman
Bear Mountain
Catholic rural life conference focuses on youth in West
In Spokane two thousand delegates attended the first national Catholic rural life conference in the west. Bishop Charles White of Spokane led church figures as organizers aim to reach five thousand. Monsignor Luigi G Ligutti proposed a fund to encourage youths to pursue farming as a vocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane, Wash
Canada
United States
Charles White
D.D
Spokane
Luigi G. Ligutti
Granger
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Daily Record
Justice OF Peace Courts
Community Chest
Armstrong's Shoe Repair
George Dutton
Pioneer Family
Royal Oak
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
North Sea
Wasson
Harrisburg
Call City Fuel Company
Scotland
Line
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
Britain
America
West
Rhine
Lorraine
Meuse
Mouzon
Saonelle
J Even
Messiniuties
Miss Cable
Laros Company
Court House News
Joseph Filipi
John Filipi
Talking Picture
Craemer's
Iowa
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