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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1939
Page
12
The first Coe College playhouse production of the year presents Daughters of Atreus at 8 15 p m in the college little theater. A Boy Scout court of honor is set for 7 30 p m at Roosevelt High School.
St Luke's reports four births on Oct 24 25 including a daughter for Mr and Mrs Campbell and a son for Mr and Mrs Herring Mercy Hospital lists two births one on Oct 24 and one on Oct 25 Cedar Rapids residents face fines for disturbing the peace with mixed sentences and dismissals following a county attorney motion before Justice H Churchill
Henry Matejka 49 of Mabel Matejka appears before Judge J E Heiser on a cross petition alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. Property and custodial rights are settled by stipulation. Married at Marion May 19, 1919.
In Cedar Rapids records, Joseph P. Cacek Albin L. Miller Robert Pracock and Caryl R. Kurtz Thornton E Pfaff and Kathleen Smith are cited. Fred C Patton 516 Seventh street SW fined 10 dollars costs for speeding 47. Tony Pusateri 1446 First avenue E paid costs and surrendered license for 10 days for speeding 45. Arthur W Hunt Marion paid costs and surrendered license for 10 days for speeding 46. A F Sander 2020 Washington avenue SE paid costs and surrendered license for 10 days for speeding 40. James T Graham 810 First street SW 71 days in city jail for reckless driving.
The committee defended publishing the American League for Peace and Democracy membership list asserting many government employees were members of a communist front. Critics called the move un-American while some listed have since withdrawn. The panel signaled ongoing investigations into communism if extended.
DES MOINES AP Judge John J. Halloran sustained a motion to dismiss a mandamus action brought by Frank Pierce of Marshalltown against the state tax commission. He gave Pierce 10 days to file an answer.
The article notes a rush toward an arms embargo debate in the House with potential amendments to a neutrality bill similar to prior tactics. It contrasts Senate handling where amendments are less likely to alter the embargo repeal, quoting Senator Borah and Senate chairman Pittman while mentioning the 1940 GOP policy context and several Iowa banks listed in the piece.
State auditors pursue audits of receiverships led by Summerwill and related settlements. The suits filed in Iowa City seek $400 for an automobile, $1 000 for another auto, and an accounting of the remaining debt. A second suit accuses Summerwill of diverting $1 186 from the Farmers Loan and Trust receivership and gaining property worth over $16 000 through a private deal.
U S officials press for release of the City of Flint and its 42 crew after a German raider seized the ship en route to Murmansk. Moscow reports interned German prize crew and promises to obtain facts. Hull orders diplomats to uncover details while weighing Russia neutrality and potential belligerent status. Rear Admiral Land rejects German claims of unseaworthiness and missing charts.
Des Moines IA AP State Superintendent D W Bates reports 70 active bank receiverships under the banking department including 9 trust arrangements. The list names 67 receiverships in cities such as Adel Amber Farmers Ankeny Boone Burlington Cedar Rapids Davenport Decorah Dexter Dexter Durant and others with multiple banks in several counties.
Detectives search for a man who entered the room of Mrs. Ransa Reetz proprietor of the Eleanor hotel at 31914 First avenue E at 1 30 a m Wednesday and tried to attack her. She woke to lights and screamed drawing help from two hotel guests but the attacker escaped. she described him as quite drunk.
The German freighter Haverland, which vanished after leaving Punta Arenas on October 8, entered Manzanillo harbor escorted by the U S gunboat Erie. Reports say the Erie shadowed the vessel to guard neutrality, while others claim the gunboat followed by coincidence on a courtesy visit. A final note mentions a lobster shed its shell seventeen times in the first year of life.
Three men Drakos Klumpar and Grant are missing near Regina Bay 55 miles south of Kenora. Frigid temperatures slow surface surfacing and ice may trap bodies. The remote, sparsely populated Heenan highway area relies on lake transport and winter isolation.
Karl Ricker a 45 year old man in Union City New Jersey hanged himself in his jail cell Tuesday police said he feared deportation to Germany his native country He had been charged with stealing an automobile and had come to the United States 18 years ago but never became naturalized
Russell Parrott, 21, of Lincoln, won the grand championship of the Angus breed at the Ak-Sar-Ben livestock show. It was his first major steer prize in seven years. Reserve Angus went to Robert Johnson of Kiron, Iowa. reserve Shorthorn to Clarence Sorensen of Melvin, Iowa. 4-H livestock drew praise as the standout of the 1939 exposition. Class winners: Shorthorn steers 960 pounds and up Clarence Sorensen Osceola Iowa. second Herbert Rees Marion Iowa. Shorthorn 950 pounds down Glen Strube Carroll County Iowa. second Earl Gray Adair County Iowa. Angus steers 1020 pounds up.
Maurice G O Connor from Ringgold County Iowa places second with Dave Crawford from Monona County Iowa and Francis Dieter from Crawford County Iowa in the County Shorthorn prize. Marion County Iowa takes first with Cuming County Nebraska second in the same event.
New York curb exchange halted trading in Majestic Radio and Television Corp shares as the company reports it cannot meet maturing debts and considers filing under federal bankruptcy provisions. The listing committee also suspends dealings in the stock pending board action. state and local offices plan inquiries.
Opie Read, 86, humorist and author linked to Mark Twain and Josh Billings, was near death in Chicago as complications of age worsened. He gained fame over 50 years ago with The Arkansas Traveler and had been writing his biography in the past year.
A large cistern figured among the furnishings of well appointed Seventeenth century English dining rooms. Dishes were rinsed at the table, indicating table service and the era's dining customs.
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