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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1941
Page
12
The Daily Record notes Cedar Rapids weather for October 17 1941 with mostly cloudy skies and intermittent rain. A rain front draped over Homecoming activities at Coe College, bringing 0.37 inch of rain by early afternoon and a temperature swing from 64 to the low 40s overnight, leaving humidity high and drifting toward fair conditions later.
Period forecasts show above normal temperatures for Iowa from 6 30 p m Friday October 17 to 6 30 p m Wednesday October 22 with slightly cooler conditions in places. Frost is unlikely in southern Iowa and precipitation remains light, mainly in the period s last portion with limited rainfall.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Lancaster of 1211 Fifth Avenue SE welcomed a son on October 17. Mr and Mrs Russell Wise of 613 received similar news of a newborn.
A daughter born Oct 19 in Terre Haute Ind to Mr and Mrs George Young of 2913 E avenue NE. A son Ronald William born Oct 10 to the Rev Mr and Mrs William C Feller of Terre Haute. The Rev Feller formerly served as pastor of Cedar Rapids First Reformed church.
Beth Mahannah and J Duane Nicholas both of Cedar Rapids join Mary Amelia Vifian and Willam F Tordik, Cedar Rapids residents, in listed notices.
Rex Powell Jr of 1311 B Avenue NE was fined two dollars and court costs for running a stop sign.
10 20 30 Years Ago Oct 17 1931 Cedar Rapids reports the first killing frost of the season with a 32 degree reading at 630 am. A portrait of Ernest R Moore former Iowa Mason leader was unveiled at past masters night with Col C B Robbins delivering the unveiling speech. Local markets list grains and livestock prices while Capt WR Sueckman appoints cadet officers at Washington High School. Mrs John Reed joins Kappa Beta Phi at Iowa City. Local markets show wheat 1 per bushel corn 38c oats 28c barley 60c rye 85c.
Local markets report varied prices for wheat corn oats rye and barley with hay and straw. Loomis Brothers commence work on the Joseph Kozlovsky building a two story brick set to replace the former JoH Pope frame structure destroyed by fire. Hens eggs hogs steers and lambs show further price figures.
Dr Carl R Steinke a 1905 graduate from Akron Ohio stressed progressiveness and the democratic spirit of Coe College in a homecoming chapel address on Friday Alumni faculty and students should work together to build Coe He recalled Coe being known as the Princeton of the west due to Princeton graduates backing it The speaker was introduced by Dr Mable Lee head of the women s physical education department at the University of Nebraska Back on campus for the first time in 24 years Dr Lee called it a grand and glorious feeling Ralph Nelson student council president urged strong turnout for the evening program Others on the program included Dr George Bryant who introduced Dr Lee Dr C Harve Geiger acting president Dr David S Berger and Mrs Eleanor Taylor Wendland organist
A bus carrying 27 women returning from a lodge meeting in Park Rapids Minnesota crashed on a sharp curve killing two elderly occupants and injuring the remaining 25 with eight listed as seriously hurt.
At the Iowa Association of Real Estate Boards convention George F Akright of the Hone Owners Loan Corporation regional office in Omaha urged remodels of existing properties to boost sales. He said careful planning, reading about remodeling, and inspecting new construction provide ideas, and that well informed agents gain a market edge over less informed rivals.
At a Friday convention session on Selling Farms Today and a talk by Hobart C. Brady, experts argued land prices should edge higher though not to 1920 levels, with Davis noting a peak between 1926 and 1920 indexes. Brady urged buyers to act despite fear amid economic uncertainty and high taxes. Philip W. Kniskern warned SPAB policy could disrupt rent, housing, and civilian construction without clear rules.
Knis kern called for defense needs to come first in decisions even if civilian harm results while urging greater support for home building as OPM and SPAB push for materials and essential supply control. A farm forum by Otto Knudsen and a 1942 planning meeting led by George M. Koser were set to close the convention Friday afternoon.
D R Steffer once partner in Marak Steffer Implement Tipton is jailed in Reno on a federal bankruptcy charge. FBI agents picked him up in Las Vegas on a Iowa warrant. arraigned in Carson City court and agreed to transfer to north Iowa district. He faced a wage claim from three Las Vegas employees tied to a neon sign business, settled before removal. Court officials had not been notified of the arrest and timing for transfer to Cedar Rapids.
The COM priorities division issued an order extending priority assistance to nearly all U S industrial plants to obtain maintenance and repair materials. An A-10 priority rating was granted, the lowest defense class but higher than civilian provisions, aiding sectors including telephone and telegraph communications and news wire services.
The passage enumerates diverse sectors including vices printers publishers manufacturing processing and fabricating wholesalers and all governmental units It also covers charitable institutions all forms of transportation educational institutions commercial radio broadcasting and other wireless communication hospitals clinics sanitoriums and petroleum enterprises.
Gen Shunroku Hata, former war minister and commander in China, arrived in southern Japan en route to Tokyo for a conference as headlines warn of grave times. Domei says Tokyo will press U S talks to preserve peace without changing core policies on China and the East Asia co prosperity sphere.
Soviet and German reports clash over Odessa with German high command claiming fall of the city as Romanian troops seal the capture while Moscow radio says axis forces were checked. Thousands trapped as bombardment and fires rage. Leningrad remains under siege.
Washington AP reports the Federal Power Commission will hold a hearing November 12 at the U S Customs House in Chicago on the First Iowa Hydro Electric Cooperative's bid to construct and operate a $13.5 million plant near Muscatine Iowa generating 50 000 kilowatts. protests by National Coal Association Iowa Coal Institute Iowa Conservation Board Iowa Highway Department and Iowa Electric Light and Power Cedar Rapids plus local objections. The unit may divert Cedar River water and a second unit near Rochester could be added if approved. the filing is unusual as the first hydro cooperative submission.
BERLIN AP authorized Germans said Friday night they had only American reports of the torpedoing of the United States destroyer Kearny and were unable to comment because there was no indication a German naval vessel was involved. They noted submarines are not in constant touch with bases and usually return to their stations before reporting.
Seth Cole of Albany New York an attorney and deputy state tax commissioner was elected president of the National Tax Association on Thursday night in St Paul Minnesota United Press reports.
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