Thanksgiving Holiday Confusion Triggers Dual Observance
Cedar Rapids reacts to conflicting presidential and governor proclamations on Thanksgiving. Colleges and hotels weigh free days and late openings while banks and courts settle on two observance dates, November 23 and November 30, to balance commerce and study. Local merchants push a late start to the trading season.
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State Banking Department
District Court
United States
Cedar Rapids
A. L. Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
Alburnett Hosts Evangelical Group Meeting
The Alburnett Evangelical church hosted a district rally of eastern Iowa Evangelical churches. The Rev F W Wendland led a devotional, J A Haehlen and Mrs W B Tarr presided over ministerial and mission sessions, and Mrs W P Ulmer spoke in Chinese costume with Dr W P Ulmer presenting an illustrated address. Attendees came from Dysart LaPorte City Clinton Center Point Cedar Rapids Van Horne Alice Alburnett Lafayette Blairstown Belle Plaine Dubuque Kalona Columbus Junction.
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H. L. Sunderman
P. E. Miller
R. S. Hindman
H. F. Ying
C. A. Stauffacher
F. A. Pieper
W. B. Tarr
E. A. Donovan
W. P. Ulmer
China
U. S
Pilot killer confession ties Brookfield aviator to crime
Indiana police said Ernest Pletch confessed kidnapping and slaying of Carl Bivens of Brookfield Missouri after a forced landing near Bloomington. Bivens was found dead with two gunshot wounds, mouth gagged, coroner to hold inquest.
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Bivens
Pletch
Stiver
Missouri
Brookfield
Indiana State Police
Bloomington
Monroe County
Bethel
Carl Bivens
Indiana
Ernest Pletch
Claude Musgrove
Musgrove
Cherry Box
Shelby County
Frankfort Father of Suspect Dies After News of Arrest
Guy Pletch wealthy farmer and father of Ernie Pletch collapsed and died in a police station after learning his son had been arrested in a Brookfield Missouri flying instructor kidnapping murder case. He had spent the day at the station hoping to aid in the search. His wife has been under a physician’s care since her son fled to Missouri after stealing his sister's car.
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Ray Black
Pletch
Ernie
Wilton and Mount Vernon Obituaries Highlight Local Notables
William Valet, 56, dies suddenly at his Wilton home born in Cedar county. Survived by wife Ada Cook and two sons Gerald and James, plus siblings in Muscatine and Durant. Funeral Sunday at Trinity Evangelical Church. Harold Ehle, former Chamber of Commerce president, Rotarian and school board member, dies by shotgun. Funeral Tuesday at Mount Vernon Methodist Church.
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Wilton
William Valet
Here
John
Belle Valet
South Cedar County
Ada Cook
Northville
S. C
Gerald
James
Muscatine
Susie Chamberlain
Sally Pirkey
Mary Cole
Anna Heab
Mount Vernon
Harold Ehle
Methodist Church
Glen Rowley
Lloyd Gustafson
Ehle
Chamber of Commerce
Clifton Utley to Speak at St Paul’s Town Hall
Clifton M. Utley director of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations will discuss Current International Events at St. Paul’s Methodist church on Monday at 8 p.m. Admission is by season ticket with tickets at the door for out of town guests.
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Europe
Clifton M. Utley
Chicago Council On Foreign Relations
Town Hall
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Third Avenue SE
Utley
University of Chicago
Munich
Geneva
Algiers
Mexico
Iowa Alumnus Wins Four Freedoms Award for Editorial
Iowa City editor and University of Iowa alumnus Jesse Lyle Kinmonth receives the Four Freedoms award from the New Jersey Press Association for defending freedom of press speech religion and assembly in the Asbury Park Evening Press. Kinmonth, formerly of Columbus City, Iowa, graduated in 1895 and led the Vidette Reporter before directing editorial courage on civil liberties.
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Iowa City
Jesse Lyle Kinmonth
Iowa
Daily
Iowan
New Jersey Press Association
New Jersey
Asbury Park Evening Press
Kinmonth
Columbus City
University of Iowa
Vidette Reporter
Luella Swisher
Europe
Mrs Thos Nicholson Heads New World Methodist Women
Mrs Thomas Nicholson of Mount Vernon Iowa was elected president of the newly formed World Federation of Methodist Women. Other officers named include Mrs Franklin Reed of Westfield New Jersey as vice president and Mrs J W Masland of Philadelphia as treasurer. Nicholson also was reelected president of the Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary Society now in convention.
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Pasadena
Calif
Thomas Nicholson
Mount Vernon
World Federation of Methodist Women
Franklin Reed
Westfield
N. J
J. W. Masland
Philadelphia
Nicholson
Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Dysart Church Marks Sixty Fifth Anniversary Services
The First Evangelical church of Dysart observes its sixty fifth anniversary with morning and afternoon services. Rev. L W Bock of Cedar Falls is the guest speaker at the morning service. Marjoria Zimmer plays a flute solo and Noel Lenaburg sings a vocal solo. Pastor F W Wendland presides. The 2 15 pm afternoon program features brief addresses by local pastors and a historical sketch by John Messer, the congregation's oldest living member.
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Dysart
First Evangelical Church of
L. W. Bock
Cedar Falls
Marjoria Zimmer
Noel Lenaburg
F. W. Wendland
John Messer
City of Flint Controversy Over Murmansk Harbor Entry
The report details U S and German actions regarding the City of Flint vessel seized at Murmansk on Oct 23 1941. It notes claims of lack of navigation charts and later claims of defective machinery as reasons for internment and port entry. The American charge d affaires questions Soviet cooperation and calls for clearer facts on crew welfare and landing details.
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Murmansk
Charge D'Affaires
Berlin
Foreign Office
Flint
England
Tass
City of Flint
Moscow
Deaths Grafton McCoy Stonebraker 78
Grafton McCoy Stonebraker 78 former Cedar Rapids resident died Oct 22 at his San Diego home and was buried last Wednesday Greenwood Mausoleum San Diego He worked about twenty years for the Rock Island railroad as switchman yardmaster and later safety supervisor He moved to San Diego in 1928 Surviving wife and son Arthur Stonebraker both of San Diego
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Grafton McCoy Stonebraker
Cedar Rapids
San Diego
Calif
Greenwood
C. Lybarger
Switchmen's Union
Stonebraker
Rock Island Railroad
Chicago
Arthur Stonebraker
Death of Miss Mary Kutchera in Cedar Rapids
Miss Mary Kutchera died at 3 30 p m Saturday at her Cedar Rapids home after a four week illness. Born April 20 1870 in Richmond Iowa she was a daughter of John Kutchera Jr She resided in Cedar Rapids six years. Survived by three brothers John Jr Otto and Carl and five sisters Emma Bains Anna Hradek Flossie Horak Tina Heavlin Edna Drake. Body taken to Polansky funeral home awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Mary Kutchera
Fourth Avenue SE
Richmond
Washington County
Iowa
John Kutchera, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Otto
North English
Carl
Beatrice, Neb
Emma Bains
Parnell
Anna Hradek
Marion
Flossie Horak
Omaha
Tina Heavlin
Des Moines
Edna Drake
San Francisco
Calif
Polansky Funeral Home
Infant Son of Wolleat Dies Soon After Birth
Donald Dean Wolleat infant son of Mr and Mrs Don Wolleat 805 Eighteenth Avenue SW died at 730 pm Saturday at a local hospital soon after birth Surviving are the parents two sisters Arlene Marie and Yvonne Esther a brother Kenneth Eugene and grandparents G F Wolleat of St Paul Minn and Mrs A Linkenbach of Cedar Rapids Body taken to Kuba funeral home pending funeral arrangements
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Donald Dean Wolleat
Don Wolleat
Eighteenth Avenue
Arlene Marie
Yvonne Esther
Kenneth Eugene
G. F. Wolleat
St. Paul
Minn
A. Linkenbach
Cedar Rapids
Kuba
Funeral for Mrs. Martha Ann Dorian at Beatty Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Ann Dorian, 72, who died Friday night at the family home, 1310 Burch Avenue NW, will be held at 4 p.m. today in Beatty chapel conducted by Rev. Marion Williams. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Martha Ann Dorian
Burch Avenue NW
Beatty Chapel
Marion Williams
Oak Hill Cemetery
Rites for Mrs Freeman Held at Beatty Chapel
The funeral for Mrs. Freeman will be at 2 30 p m in Beatty chapel with Rev. James H Blackstone Jr officiating. Burial follows in Coggon cemetery.
Dies Demands Name Disclosure In Communist Front Probe
Senator Dies and colleagues clash over why a list of 563 names was kept secret. He accuses officials of hiding links between high paid federal staff and a Moscow linked front, calling the league a Soviet instrument and urging full public disclosure before congressional reauthorization expires.
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Communist Party
Dies
American League For Peace and Democracy
United States
United States Congress
Cresco Man Returns From European Tour
Harald Normann arrived home in Cresco Iowa after touring Europe since last August and being detained due to the war. His father Dr H M Normann met him in La Crosse Wisconsin and he was joined by his brother Rev Rolf Normann from New York. The brothers sailed to New York aboard the S S Rotterdam.
Fire damages roof at Wickham home near Mount Vernon
A Friday fire three miles north of Mount Vernon damaged the roof of the Carl Wickham residence. The Mount Vernon Fire Department saved the house, which sits on Emma Plattenberger’s farm.
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Mount Vernon
Carl Wickham
Emma Plattenberger
Armistice Day Ceremony At Municipal Plaza
Hanford post American Legion observes Armistice Day with a 10 55 a m ceremony at the Municipal plaza. Walter A. Meyer leads a program featuring the Coe college ROTC band Iowa National Guard units US 5S N R Dows Camp 4 and veterans organizations. The bugler will sound, the national anthem plays, a Legion firing squad fires volleys and taps while 11 bombs are set off starting at 10 45 am.
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Hanford Post
American Legion
Municipal Plaza
Walter A. Meyer
Coe College
R.O.T.C
133Rd Infantry
Iowa National Guard
Dows
U.S.W.V
World War Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Officers Reserve Corps
Legion
Marshalltown Boy Killed In Cavein At Old Gravel Pit
Robert Wagner nine year old was killed in a cave in at an abandoned gravel pit in Marshalltown. He and three companions crawled into a tunnel buried under three feet of sand when the earth collapsed. Rescue efforts failed to revive him. Coroner R. C. Wells reported.
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Marshalltown
Robert Wagner
R. C. Wells
Wagner
Wells
Iowa debaters to meet British team in annual clash
University of Iowa debaters Loren Hickerson and Merle Miller will face George J. Bean of Liverpool and Victor Hugh Parkin of New South Wales on November 15 in the sixteenth annual international debate at Iowa. The proposition asserts the United States should pursue a policy of complete isolation. the British team will argue the negative while Iowa argues the affirmative.
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Iowa City
Loren Hickerson
Merle Miller
Marshalltown
University of Iowa
George J. Bean
Liverpool
Victor Hugh Parkinson
New South Wales
Australia
Craig Baird
Iowa
United States
U.S. Chamber Urges Labor Act Revision
The U S Chamber of Commerce urged revising the national labor relations act calling it a threat to economic recovery. It accused labor committees of dilatory tactics and proposed changes including eliminating majority rule and recognizing employer certification rights.
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Washington
INS
National Labor Relations Act
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Senate
House
Chamber
B. C. Heacock
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Congress
Teachers to debate five year plan for better schools
Officials of the Iowa State Teachers Association announce a five year program proposing increased state support for schools teacher tenure and a minimum wage law to be considered at the convention starting Thursday. Sir Walter Raleigh never set foot on the mainland of North America.
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DES Moines
Iowa State Teachers Association
Association
Sir Walter Raleigh
North America
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