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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1940
Page
5
Gov George A Wilson lauded the state highway commission for economical management under the GOP. He cited a 1.1 million savings after bringing the commission under the state budget and an ample operating balance by June 1. He cited anti spending misrepresentation while addressing Calhoun county supporters.
Two groups on the Iowa Wesleyan campus faced quaran tines for scarlet fever. Fourteen Sigma Phi Epsilon members were isolated after Ralph Bitner of Delta Iowa fell ill. Women in Hershey hall were isolated after Peggy Jenness of Winnetka Illinois contracted the disease.
Des Moines dispatch reports Republican State Chairman Harry B. Swan predicting Willkie will carry Iowa by at least 60 000 votes with a cautious note from Democrat E H Birmingham that it will be close Roosevelt could win Swan cites third term New Deal spending and fear of U S entering war as factors shifting voters Swan and Birmingham outline campaigns with Stassen MacNider Hope Allen and others set to speak in Iowa as campaigns intensify noting Iowa trend toward Republicans but Roosevelt coalition history may yield a closer race City and event details included
The Manchester high school football team will play Marion high school Friday at 7:45 PM at the athletic field. Preceding the game, demonstrations by the Marion marching band and the Swiss flag swinging team will welcome fans.
High school students nominated six candidates for Homecoming queen to be crowned Nov. 1 with final selection set for Oct. 30. Seniors Martha Ann Young and Arlene Tow. juniors Phyllis Lanning and Bonnie Carey. sophomores Patricia Benedict and Marion Towers. Freshmen did not decide.
Phyllis Budde and Esther Austin of Cedar Rapids and Myrna Bailey and Louise Cippera of Marion presented a mock wedding. Refreshments were served to 30 guests. Mrs. Paul Kimmerle of Rowley has recently visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Morgan. Mr. and Mrs James Kitts, living with Mrs Kitts' parents, have moved to a farm near Rowley.
The revived Times club at the University of Iowa announced a year lineup including Sinclair Lewis on December 9. Speakers also include George H. Gallup John Steuart Curry and Robert Frost under Prof. Frank L. Mott’s leadership.
Thomas Jefferson Bell 23 from South Dakota pled guilty at a preliminary hearing to larceny of a motor vehicle. He stole a sedan from A J Steinbeck garage in Rubio on April 23 and abandoned it at Toledo after a record of breaking and entering in Richland. He faces Keokuk county charges for stealing at a What Cheer filling station and had recently finished a six month Logan sentence after a Harrison county creamery break in.
Cedar Rapids draft board workers sorted registrants alphabetically and rechecked lists with plans to post by late afternoon. East side has 4,293 names and west side 3,003. after reordering, questionnaires will be mailed to allot registrants to draft classes.
The Junior Chamber’s Diet Out the Vote committee distributes placards and mails 1000 registration reminder letters for the November 4 election. Members including Dave Elderkin urge registration at city hall and voting, stressing the duty and privilege of ballots in a free society.
McKesson and Robbins Inc and subsidiaries reported nine months ended Sept 30 net profit of 2716744 after taxes and expenses. This compares with 2306409 for the same period in 1939. Cedar Rapids subsidiary shows profit growth above the organizational average per Walter K Roth.
The Misner Players performed the drama "Ships Afloat" at McKinley Senior High School as the first lyceum program of the year. John Foster introduced the cast who depicted how narcotics affect youth in large cities.
Mrs. Alice Halse married Robert B. Boehm Monday evening at the First Lutheran church parsonage. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Erick Vick and the groom, son of Mrs. John M Boehm, works for Meritol and assists at the Winneshiek county burial association mortuary.
Sen Charles McNary denounces Roosevelt policies as stabilizing poverty and using Tammany machine tactics to win rural support. He warns of a crossroad for free government and vows to restore farm independence and markets if elected with Wendell Wilkie.
University of Iowa registrar Harry Grinnell Barnes will represent the university at the inauguration of Samuel Nowell Stevens as Grinnell College president. Barnes is a Grinnell graduate and bears his middle name from LeRoy S Spencer, founder of the Iowa college. Fire destroys a barn at George Sparks residence. a funeral is held for Anna Catherine von Stein. infantile paralysis case reported in Town City. Baconian lecture on Human Learning and Forgetting to be given by Prof John A McGeoch.
Special to The Gazette Ames seven Iowa State College coeds have been initiated into the Women's I fraternity athletic honorary. They are Emily Baker Lombard Ill Beth Beaster Bloomington Wis Dorothy Benjamin Brooklyn N Y Dorothy Ehmke Humboldt Frances Holmes Alexandria Va Helen Jensen Bayard and Ruth Schroeder Tipton.
Thousands of women learn to use Zonite a sensational hygienic discovery that kills germs on contact in a douche and deodorizes. It is claimed safe for delicate tissues and has sold over twenty million bottles. Obtain Zonite from your druggist for easy economical use.
Iowa state homestead tax figures show city town homeowners gaining nearly 400 percent more than rural areas over four years Polk County led with a 40.3 million rise in homestead valuations Linn County followed with an increase above 4 million while total beneficiaries reach 235 220 next year the program will cost about 13 47 million.
Des Moines reports the eighth Dogwatch to be held on Navy Day October 27 at Ames Country Club. Foiter Frank Miles announced. Arthur Brayton to speak. a War Dept message from Frank Knox to be read by Skip per Wells. About 1000 sailors and Marines expected. John Powers Ames skipper chairs the event.
Donald P Collins 22 of near Marshalltown pled guilty in Tama county district court to driving a car while intoxicated. He was fined 600 dollars plus costs and jailed six months on nonpayment. The earlier offense occurred in May 1939 in Marshall county after a crash involving Mrs Hannah Vane Horne of Des Moines. Collins fled the scene and was located hours later. A blood test over four hours after the crash confirmed intoxication.
Mrs Lucy Bassett, 73, of near Central City and Mrs George A Wilcox, 42, were hurt Tuesday around 4 pm when a car carrying the two women, driven by Mrs Wilcox, collided with a gravel truck driven by Earl Grim, 29, of Urbana at a county road intersection two miles north of Prairiesburg. Bassett had a cracked rib and hand bruise. Wilcox bruised. Sheriff Jim Smith said Mrs Wilcox passed another truck and the gravel carrier turned left as both vehicles headed south.
Hanford MacNider, Mason City former minister to Canada and first national commander of the American Legion, will address a Burlington rally on Wednesday night October 30. He served as assistant secretary of war 1925-28 and as US minister to Canada in 1989, with prior World War I overseas service and many decorations.
Mount Vernon brief notes Albert Britt magazine editor and former Knox College president will lecture on the Cornell campus on October 27. Britt, now retired, has written poetry and essays and will speak at chapel and meet student groups during a campus visit.
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