Mrs Huss 63 Dies at Home
Mrs Arthur Huss, age 63, died at 9 30 am Monday at her home located at 1006 Third street SE. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1942
Page
2
Dautremont Fined for Improper Passing in Street Case
Elmer Dautremont of 1527 Fourth Avenue SE was fined $10 plus costs by Justice H. R. Churchill for improper passing in a street traffic case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Dautremont
Fourth Avenue SE
H. R. Churchill
Stump Burning Sparks Alarm at Vacant Lot
Sunday at 4 30 am a stump fire in a vacant lot near Center Point Road and Lincoln Avenue NE triggered a still alarm and response from Co. No. 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Point Road
Lincoln Avenue
Still Alarm, Co. No. 3
Local residents named in Cedar and Chicago listings
Charles Henry Tintey and Vir side G of Cedar , Carl G. Shingledecker of Hees and Mildred Pearl Tyler of Muscatine, Bernard L. Voss and Mary Alice Albright, both of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry Tintey
Virside G. i
Cedar
Carl G. Shingledecker
Hees
Mildred Pearl Tyler
Muscatine
Bernard L. Voss
Mary Alice Albright
Chicago
Police Court Fines for Disturbances and Violations
Adolph Wilson aged 31 residing at 1506 Fourteenth avenue SE was fined 50 dollars and costs for drunk and disturbing the peace. Odell Ocie Culp 27 of 915 Ninth street SE fined 25 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace by window peeping. G D Reichsamen of 3024 Johnson avenue NW fined 2 dollars and costs for failure to yield the right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Wilson
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Odell Ocie Culp
Ninth Street
G. D. Reichsamen
Johnson Avenue NW
Local births listed from St Wake s and Mercy hospitals
Mr and Mrs Glen Easterday greet a son at St Wake s on Oct 24. Newhall couple Lowell W Reish have a daughter Oct 25. Olin s Rev William E Strait welcomed a daughter Oct 25. Maplewood Drive NE s Frank J Janeba mother a daughter Oct 26. Marion s Gale H Batchelder s family welcomed a daughter Oct 26. Homestead s Roland C Rehmer s family welcomed a daughter Oct 26. Mercy hospital saw Elmer Kucera and Fairfax wife a daughter Oct 26. Boyd Wiltsey and spouse of 533 F avenue NW a son Oct 26. J H Stevenson and wife of Yeadon Pa a daughter Oct 23 at Methodist hospital Philadelphia. The Stevensons are former Cedar Rapids residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Wake’s Hospital
Glen Easterday
Third Street NW
Lowell W. Reish
Newhall
William E. Strait
Olin
Frank J. Janeba
Maplewood Drive
Gale H. Batchelder
Marion
Roland C. Rehmer
Homestead
Mercy Hospital
Elmer Kucera
Fairfax
Boyd
Hershey Urges Draft of Young Arm Workers for War Needs
Major General Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective service, told the Senate military affairs committee that the army will eventually draft young men currently deferred for work in airplane factories shipyards and other vital war plants. He said older men will have to replace the younger workers in these roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Army
General Key Named Provost Marshal General in Europe
Major General William S. Key was named provost marshal general for the army in the European theater. He will serve on the staff of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, supervising military police operations, prisoner custody, and criminal investigations while coordinating with British authorities on blackouts and anti sabotage efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William S. Key
War Department
Key
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eurotheater
College War Problems Explained to Rotary
Dean Shelton L. Beatty of Grinnell College addressed Cedar Rapids Rotary Club on war aims and postwar peace. He described the army's school in military administration established at Grinnell College and its organization and operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Rotary Club
Dean Shelton L. Beatty
Grinnell College
Dean Beatty
Army
Grinnel College
Fragmented OCR News Snippet From Gazette
Fragmentary OCR text appears to reference a Gazette and local notices. Names and clear facts are unreadable, leaving only scattered fragments about a newspaper item and a mention of records. The readable content is insufficient to identify people places or events.
Soviets Press Toward Relief of Stalingrad Front
Soviet forces strike from a newly captured Don Volga corridor village and push toward Stalingrad relief under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko. They report destroying tanks and trenches, wiping out hundreds of German and Italian troops as combats rage in the factory district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Don-Volga
Stalingrad
Semyon Timoshenko
Timoshenko
Volga
Mozdok
Caucasus
British Offensive In Egypt May Decide War
London analysis says the Egyptian campaign could be decisive, with Allies seizing the offensive and aiming to control the Mediterranean and the Middle East. The piece frames the North Africa drive as key to halting Hitler and Rommel by pushing Axis forces out of Northern Africa and opening the Suez pathway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
London
Mediterranean
Middle East
Hitler
Lower
Caucasus
Britain
Africa
Suspect Held in Connection With Bracelet and Coat Theft
Adolph Wilson, 31, of 1506 Fourteenth Avenue SE, fined $50 and costs in police court for drunk driving and disturbing the peace. Held on possible grand larceny in the disappearance of a $50 bracelet and $60 overcoat from John Grimm home, after pawn tickets found. Wilson admitted taking the items and was connected to driving a vehicle without owner's consent. he had worked for the Grimms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Wilson
Fourteenth Avenue SE
W. J. Kudina
John Grimm
Outlawing Poll Tax Rule Advances in Senate Committee
Washington. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday agreed to outlaw the payment of taxes as a prerequisite to federal elections. The House had previously passed similar legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Solomons Air War toll and raids summary
The battles in the Solomons saw 81 Japanese planes destroyed across eight raids with 374 total enemy aircraft downed. American air losses were eight fighters. US long range aircraft attacked invasion fleets at Shortland Islands and another surface force northeast of Guadal canal. Ground fighting in New Guinea remained static with Japanese defenses around Alola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle of the Solomons
Navy
Shortland Islands
Guadalcanal
Douglas Dauntless
Florida Island
Owen Stanley Mountains
New Guinea
Alola
Stanley Gap
Allied air and sea actions threaten Rommel's supply line
Long range Allied fighters intercepted a Junkers 52 formation off Tobruk, shooting down four and damaging others. Two Ju 52s a Ju 88 a Dorner 24 and Fiat CR 24 were claimed down. Allied jets also destroyed an Axis merchant vessel off Tobruk and sank or damaged 12 more Axis ships, while RAF raids hit Italian embarkation ports and British submarines preyed on supply ships. Malta remained a focal point as Axis defenses repelled British landings and raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mander
Afrika Korps
Europe
Tobruk
Germany
Mediterranean
Rommel
Malta
Matruh
el Alamein
Bomb injures editor of Union Fran aise newspaper
A follower of a sequestered Basie group wounded Sunday night when a bomb exploded at the door of Doriet's weekly newspaper Union Fran aise in France. The attack targeted the editor and leader of the pro Nazi party branch with no further details on casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Et Ee Pemane
Seogass Basie
Doriet
Union Francaise
Sandalized manpower plan deemed adequate this year
Washington Colonel Lewis Sanders head of the selective service reemployment division told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that 90 percent of manpower problems can be handled under existing laws and that new legislation will be unnecessary until sometime next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
Lewis Sanders
Selective Service Board
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Deaths Albert Jansa prominent College township farmer
Albert Jansa aged in his nineties and a longtime College township farmer died at his Solon home after a long illness. He was born July 10 1878 and lived on the farm 32 years. Survived by wife three sons Leo Ludvik and Albert Jr one daughter Emma and one brother Louis. Funeral at Janeba funeral home Wednesday at 2 pm with Rev Ludvik Burian officiating burial in Bohemian National cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Jansa
College Township
Solon
Leo
Cedar Rapids
Ludvik
Albert, Jr
Emma
Louis
Jansa
Z.C.B.J. Lodge
Ely
Janeba
Ludvik Burian
Bohemian National Cemetery
Mrs Jennie Huss 63 Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Jennie Huss wife of Arthur Huss died at 9 30 a m Monday at her home 1006 Third street SE Cedar Rapids after a lingering illness She born Sept 16 1879 married April 30 1900 in Taylor county Iowa and lived in Cedar Rapids 20 years Survived by husband two sons Lyle and Lee two sisters Leona Hargan and Gertrude Laird She was preceded in death by a daughter Muriel and a brother Body at Polansky chapel Funeral arrangements pending
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Huss
Arthur Huss
Third Street
Taylor County
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Lyle
Lee
Gravity
Leona Hargan
Afton
Gertrude Laird
Rocky Ford
Colo
Muriel
Polansky Chapel
Reverend E Winslow Brown Burial Plans
Burial for the Rev. E Winslow Brown will be in Linwood Cemetery. Fellow members of the structural iron workers union of which he was business agent will serve as pallbearers. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Winslow Brown
Linwood Cemetery
Structural Iron Workers Union
Burlington Straws Favor Gov Wilson And Hickenlooper
Complete returns from a straw vote in Burlington shows Gov George A Wilson Republican leading Clyde L Herring Democrat by about 3 to 2 in the senatorial race with 1708 to 1178 votes. Gubernatorial results favor B B Hickenlooper over Nelson G Kraschel 1849 to 1106 and Congress district one race has Thomas Martin Republican with 1822 votes to Vern Nali Democrat 1002.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Nelson G. Kraschel
Thomas Martin
Vern Nali
Iowa City
Doomed 22 Bulgars Charged With Sabotage
From Sofia reports say 22 Bulgarian students were sentenced to death for sabotaging railway lines and military facilities last spring. The verdicts followed dispatches from Sofia and were announced in Berlin via German broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sofia
Bulgar
Eyewitness accounts of a desert breakout by Highlanders
An eyewitness describes a night to dawn advance by Highlanders and Jocks in a desert battle. Tanks followed infantry, clearing minefields and engaging German and Italian forces from sunup, with a long, dusty push through multiple defenses and minefields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jock Campbell
Bond Purchase Variation at C R City Hall
Eight water works department employees were allowed to pledge 10 percent of their salaries to war bonds rather than have deductions through payroll. City officials denied knowledge of who authorized the change while pledges were later converted to payroll deductions. Firemen joined the plan after a bond committee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Works Department
City Hall
H. Fomquist
Blomquist
L. D. Burgus
Burgus
Frank Hahn
R. E. Norman
Bond Committee
Public Safety
Wes Benesh
E. P. Kohout
Wallace Campaign Speeches Rally Iowa Voters
A Wallaceno political message targets Iowa voters amid a campaign push. The speaker defends Herring as serving Iowa and the United States, contrasts with an opponent who opposed the mortgage moratorium, and calls neighbors to seek clarity from a fellow Iowan in Polk County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Herring
United States
Wallace
Polk County
Concert Artist Huehn Is No Sissy on Stage and Football
Carnegie Tech’s six foot four tackle Huehn visits Cedar Rapids for a concert appearance at the Iowa theater. The Metropolitan star discusses football, vocal care, and a Vermont camp hobby alongside his New York life, family, and temperamental peace on stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huehn
Sissy
Carnegie Tech
New York
Julius
Henrth
Eddie Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Leonard Warren
Iowa Theater
Ges
Liv
Ers
Vermon
Eve Curie Set to Speak on Theaters of War at S U S
Eve Curie, French author and lecturer, returns from war tours to address the 1942 1943 university lecture series at Macbride hall Iowa City tonight at 8. She witnessed Paris fall and later French defeats at Tours and Bordeaux and stayed in the British Isles during the Battle of Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Iowa City
Eve Curie
Macbride Hall
Thief Takes Stove From Downtown Newsboy Bob Snodgrass
Police seek thief who took an oil stove from the room of Bob Snodgrass a popular downtown newsboy living at 808 Second Avenue SW. Snodgrass reported the loss on Sunday stating the stove was his only heat source while he works from a motorized wheelchair downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Snodgrass
Second Avenue
Snodgrass
Scout Officials Plan Cedar Rapids District Session
Scout officials plan for the Cedar Rapids district meeting set for Nov 5 at 6 15 p m in the Memorial Coliseum Armory. Families of Scouts and Cubs join committeemen and leaders in attendance with each family bringing food and utensils. Reservations go through unit commissioners or Scout headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Isle of Sark Harbor Dries at 42-Foot Tides
The lone harbor on the Isle of Sark is often exposed as tides reach 42 feet, leaving the harbor basin dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle of Sark
Chadd Manslaughter Case Bound Over for Grand Jury
Chadd Manslaughter Case bound over to the grand jury after waiving preliminary hearing before Justice H Churchill. The alleged manslaughter stems from a Thursday night automobile crash that killed Lieu John E Buickie, coach at the navy prep school in Iowa City. County Attorney William W Crissman said the grand jury session begins Monday. Chadd released from S Luke's hospital. Conklin still hospitalized with acid exposure. Attendants reported condition fairly good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Chadd
Avenue SE
Grand Jury
H. Churchill
Chadd
John E. Buickie
Hawks
Navy
Iowa City
Gran Jury
William W. Crissman
S Luke’s Hospital
Connie Conklin
Machine Shop Training Course Opens November
Applications are being taken at the United States Employment Service 308 Third St SE for an eight week machine shop training course starting November 2. Sessions run weekly from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Draft deferred applicants meeting industry physicals and with some mechanical background and at least eight grade education are preferred and must not be employed in a war industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Ployment Service
Third St SE
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Daily Record
Justice Court
Hershey
College
Rotary
Sstantiebes
Gr the Gasette Company
Nod Waserny Ee
Ceca
Rap Neon Oo Cine
Matter
Ember
Weds Records
Grozny
Novosossisk
Black Sea
Tuapse
Pravda
Leningrad
Lake
Ladoga
Dewitt MacKenzie
Wide World Ansalyst
Libya
Suez Canal
Ccasus
Solomons
Coletal Services
Doom 22
Bulgars
C.R. City Hall
Harriett Swain Sullivan
Moen’s
Moen
Newsie
Armstrong
Marbelle
People’s Furniture CO
First Avenue
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