Daily Record Weather Report for October 31, 1939
The Cedar Rapids sun showed light clouds as temperatures climbed from a 24 degree low at 3 a.m. to 38 by midmorning and 53 by 2:40 p.m. Monday reached a high of 36 with a 29 degree low at midnight after a chilly night.
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Lowedar
Washington
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Mount Ayr
New Orleans
Sioux City
Galveston
Los
Charles City
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Chicago
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Fire Crews Respond to Two Home and Shed Blazes
At 4:38 p.m. Monday a defective smoke pipe at C. M. Hutchison’s home, 523 Twelfth Street SE, caused a still alarm after 22 minutes. At 6:57 p.m. Monday a fire in a tool shed belonging to Robert Steggall at 1606 K Street SW required engine companies 4 and 5 and hook and ladder after 12 minutes.
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C. M. Hutchison
Twelfth Street
Robert Steggall
K Street
Fines for traffic violations in Justice Churchill’s court
E. J. Nagler of Marshall Minnesota pays 10 dollars plus costs for speeding with a truck. J. Kenneth Stark fined 10 dollars and costs for passing in a prohibited zone. Junior Money penny 5 dollars and costs for no driver’s license. Herbert Reese 24 Kansas City required to obtain itinerant peddler license. All in Justice H. R. Churchill’s court.
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E. J. Nagler
Marshall
Minn
J. Kenneth Stark
Junior Moneypenny
Herbert Reese
Kansas City
H. R. Churchill
Edward Zisko Died at Home in Northwest Avenue
Edward W. Zisko, 57, died at his home at 1054 F avenue NW at 5 32 p m on Monday.
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Edward W. Zisko
F Avenue NW
Daughters and Sons Born to Several Local Families
Mercy hospital reports a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. William Sedlacek of Minneapolis on Oct 30. St. Luke's hospital records a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McMann of Central City on Oct 30 and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Snyder at 807 Second Avenue SW on Oct 30. Another son arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Williams of 712 Eighth Avenue SE on Oct 31. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kennedy of New Hampton on Oct 30. Mrs. Kennedy is formerly Miss Eileen Kelly, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Kelly of Cedar Rapids.
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Mercy Hospital
William Sedlacek
Minneapolis
St. Luke's Hospital
Ernest McMann
Central City
Robert K. Snyder
Second Avenue SW
Thomas V. Williams
Eighth Avenue
William J. Kennedy
New Hampton
Kennedy
Eileen Kelly
J. H. Kelly
Cedar Rapids
Rebuild Nerves and Health at Scattergood Hostel
John E. Kaltenbach, Scattergood hostel director, told Canopus club members at the Roosevelt hotel that refugees in West Branch are being supported to rebuild nerves and health while they adjust to life in the United States and learn English. He noted many are highly skilled and some already work with Indians in Oklahoma, with one Viennese leather worker employing 400 in New Jersey. He added refugees from Germany may create jobs for Americans as they invest abroad and bring capital home.
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Scattergood
West Branch
John E. Kaltenbach
Canopus Club
Roosevelt Hotel
United States
Society of Friends
Kaltenbach
Oklahoma
Germany
Thisman
New Jersey
Iowa
Russia Chief Claims Allied Aggression Justified
Russ chief asserts Russia maintained neutrality and that Soviet troops entered Poland only after the Polish state collapsed and ceased to exist. He says the action was not contrary to any neutral stance and framed as a response to a changed legal status.
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Russia
Polan
Poland
Ruth Judd Captured on Hospital Grounds
Ruth Judd is tracked moving between locations near a Phoenix hospital. She spent nights in a duplex eight blocks from her parents home and later visited a Tempe minister with a knife, demanding help to flee before returning to surrender to officials. She told Gov. Bob Jones she would come back and kept her word.
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Lon Jordan
H. J. McKinnell
Jordan
Judd
Tempe
Phoenix
State Hospital
Winnie
Mrs. Judd
Mel Larson
Sheriff Announces Halloween Patrol In Linn County
Sheriff Jim Smith says all patrol cars and personnel will be on duty Tuesday night across Linn County. Vandalism suspects will be jailed and have a chance to talk it over with the county attorney.
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Linn County
Jim Smith
Man Says He Bought Stolen Hogs From An Associate
John Bauer near Waterloo faced Linn county officials over selling 10 hogs taken from Otto Fisher farm Linn township on Oct 24 Bauer claimed he bought them from a man only known as Dean Smith on Oct 25 and received a $26 check for the animals which he sold at an auction for $40 later that day Thompson will investigate Bauer’s story and check its details.
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Linn
Otto Fisher
Linn Township
John Bauer
Waterloo
Dean Smith
Smith
Bauer
G. K. Thompson
Harlan Snyder
Larry Condon
Thompson
Slade Begins Jail Term for Insurance Premium Cheating
Robert L. Slade of Cedar Rapids started a three month sentence in Linn County Jail on a one year term after a Oct 16 sentencing for cheating by false pretenses. The balance of the term was suspended. two weeks were given to arrange business affairs. The charge related to allegedly unauthorized insurance premium collections.
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Robert L. Slade
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Slade
September Term Ends in Linn County Court
Judge John T. Moffit presiding adjourned the September term of Linn County District Court at 4 08 p m Monday ending a scheduled session.
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John T. Moffit
Linn County
District Court
Grand jury reports to Judge Haas to open November session
Administrator transfers two thirds interest in a Cedar Rapids residence to Linn county to satisfy a $1,704 claim for keep and care at the Linn county home. The transfer was authorized in a Cedar Rapids man's estate Monday by Judge John T. Moffit.
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C. J. Haas
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
John T. Moffit
Ehle Estate Administrators Named for Harold Ehle
Josephine Ehle and D A Van Metre were named Monday as administrators of the Harold E Ehle estate of Mount Vernon who died October 27. Administrators bond is $2,000.
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Josephine Ehle
D. A. van Metre
Harold E. Ehle
Mount Vernon
Fascist leadership reshuffle signals party power shift
Mussolini replaced Starace with Ettore Muti as party secretary and named Rodolfo Graziani chief of staff, while Gen. Ubaldo Soddu became undersecretary of war. Francesco Piccolo took aviation post as Giuseppe Valle left both posts, reshaping Italy's military and party leadership amid signs of reduced Nazi influence in Rome.
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Paris
Rome
Ilduce
Starace
Alfieri
Ettore Muti
Rodolfo Graziani
Ethiopia
Alberto Pariani
Pariani
Ubaldo Soddu
Francesco Piccolo
Air Force
Giuseppe Valle
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Dino Grandi
Paolo Thion di Revel
Giuseppe Bottai
Ciano
Punchboards To Be Destroyed and Grocers Dropped Charges
Authorities plan destruction of punchboards seized Monday as grocers near schools face dropped charges. Named operators Gene Haddy, Earl Miller, Mrs. E. J. Burns, Wendell Lundgren, and Frank Pusateri run shops near various streets in the city.
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Gene Haddy
McKinley Grocery
Fifth Avenue
Earl Miller
Roosevelt
Thirteenth Street
E. J. Burns
Atlas Food Shop
Sixth Avenue
Wendell Lundgren
Wilson Grocery
J Street
Frank Pusateri
Pusateri
Tenth Street
Zane Grey Estate Valued Over 300000 in Will
In Los Angeles probate filings Zane Grey who died October 23 left an estate believed to exceed 300000 dollars to his widow Lina Elise Grey. The will was filed in the Los Angeles superior court late Monday and names Lina Elise Grey as beneficiary.
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Los Angeles
INS
Zane Grey
Lina Elise Grey
Los Angeles Superior Court
Proclamation Fixes Thanksgiving Day 1939 for November 23
President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues a formal proclamation designating Thursday November 23, 1939 as a day of general thanksgiving. He notes historical roots from Pilgrims to Washington and expresses gratitude for democratic progress, peace, health, welfare, and resource conservation. The proclamation is signed in Washington on October 31, 1939.
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Roosevelt
J. Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States of America
Republic
Washington
Iowa Fixes Thanksgiving Date For State Observance
Des Moines Iowa will celebrate Thanksgiving on November 30 rather than the national date of November 23 as designated by President Roosevelt. Governor George A Wilson approved the Iowa observance date.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Roosevelt
George A. Wilson
Cyrenus Cole Removed to Nephew's Home in Washington
Notice from Cedar Rapids that Cyrenus Cole former Fifth district congressman, confined in a Washington hospital, has been moved to his nephew Francis A. Cole’s home 6307 Thirty-third Street N Washington D C where he may be addressed.
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Cedar Rapids
Cyrenus Cole
Fifth District
Washington Hospital
Francis A. Cole
Thirty-third Street
Washington, D. C
Local Man Killed After Fall at Tepee Site
Ten minutes after Andrew McRarsy 29 of Macon Georgia began with two workers at a Tepee site in Harlingen Texas he fell from a derrick and was killed.
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Harlingen
Tex
Andrew
Icrarsy
Macon
Rev Charles Martin to show Life of Christ at Covington hall
City briefs report a free motion picture event at Covington hall Friday at 7 30 p m with an offering accepted. Also notes a series of local thefts and small reports including an antique chair theft on a front porch, a radiator cap theft, and missing payment for appraised city lots.
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Charles Martin
Life of Christ
Covington Hall
Dinner honors New Conoco representative in Cedar Rapids
Continental Oil sponsors a dinner at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Montrose hotel to honor Park L. McCalley who becomes a Conoco representative in Cedar Rapids. H. P. Salem Cedar Rapids district superintendent will install him.
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Park L. McCalley
Conoco
Cedar Rapids
Continental Oil Company
Montrose Hotel
H. P. Salem
Mr. McCalley
College reporters visit Gazette plant Tuesday
Thirteen members of the Coe college class in newspaper reporting visited The Gazette plant on Tuesday along with their instructor Prof. Ethel Outland and secretary Miss Ruth Moon to tour operations.
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Coe College
Ethel Outland
Ruth Moon
George W. Bryant
College
Gazette
Youths Held On Tomato Toss Complaints At Oberer Home
After Frank Oberer complained that a gang of youths threw tomatoes at his Maplewood Drive NE house, six youths were picked up and brought to the station at 9 35 p m Monday. They denied the charges and were ordered to report to Juvenile Officer Fred Carstens Tuesday afternoon.
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Frank Oberer
Maplewood Drive
Fred Carstens
Peterson fights charges of reckless driving and peace disturbance
Charges against C. R. Peterson 31 of 1400 Second avenue SE for reckless driving and disturbing the peace by fighting were dismissed by Assistant City Attorney Harry Johnson on written request of the complainant. Edward J. Arnold accused Peterson of striking him after a minor collision at Second avenue and Second street SE.
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C. R. Peterson
Second Avenue SE
Edward J. Arnold
Harry Johnson
Arnold
Peterson
Second Avenue
Second Street SE
Kansas City man detained for peddling without license
Herbert Reese, 24, of Kansas City, was picked up by highway patrol Monday afternoon and booked in the county jail on peddling without an itinerant merchant's license after a grapefruit quantity was found. In Justice H. R. Churchill's court Tuesday he was dismissed for costs after promising to obtain a license immediately.
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Herbert Reese
Kansas City
Highway Patrol
Reese
H. R. Churchill
Fifth session of University of Scouting at Coe College
The fifth session of the University of Scouting training course will be held at Coe College Wednesday at 7 15 p m. A one day postponement is due to numerous Scout and Cub Halloween parties tonight. Speakers include James Manville on Troop Records and Rev Father M J Tracy on The Educational Value of the Uniform for Elements of Scoutmastership. Charles Young on Den and Den Meetings for Elements of Cubmastership and H M Wies on
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University of Scouting
Coe College
James Manville
M. J. Tracy
Charles Young
H. M. Wies
Marks of a Good Troop Ship or Pack
A concise guide outlines essential qualities for troops ships and packs within Principles Cubbing Scouting and Senior Scouting. It highlights leadership discipline service and communal bearing as core marks of a well rounded unit.
Teen Missing From Cedar Falls Found Hitchhiking Home
Eugene Stingley, 16, Cedar Falls, was picked up by the highway patrol west of Cedar Rapids on highway 30 around 5 p.m. Monday while hitchhiking. He told officers he wished to go to Chicago or Des Moines and was en route home with his father by 9:30 p.m.
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State Investigation Bureau
Eugene Stingley
Cedar Falls
Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids
Highway
Chicago
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids Coin Club Plans Exhibit At Montrose
The Cedar Rapids Coin Club met Monday at the Montrose with A. E. Washburn president. Charlie Marsden became librarian, G. W. Borschel assistant librarian. Members featured A W Jenista Frank Gorup Harry E Winn and Borschel and Washburn on the program. The coin exhibit will be shown at the Montrose Dec 3 with the Stamp club. Next meeting is Ladies Night on Nov 13 at the Montrose.
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Cedar Rapids
Coin Club
Montrose
A. E. Washburn
Charlie Marsden
G. W. Borschel
A. W. Jenista
Frank Gorup
Harry E. Winn
Borschel
Mr. Washburn
Stamp Club
Waterloo youths released to parent after bicycle theft flight
Two Waterloo youths aged 16 and 14 who admitted fleeing after a policeman surprised them stripping a stolen bicycle were released to a parent who promised to turn them over to Waterloo authorities. They were questioned after arrest Monday afternoon in an empty coal office near the Shaver station. One teen had lived in Cedar Rapids before moving to Waterloo last fall.
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Waterloo
Shaver Station
Cedar Rapids
Lutheran Anniversary Marks Protestant Reformation
October 31 marks the Protestant Reformation as Luther nailed his 95 theses on the Wittenberg church door. A preaching mission will be held to observe the Lutheran anniversary and reflect on the date that began the reform.
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Martin Luther
Wittenberg
Germany
Preachers at First Lutheran Church Invite Public Tonight
This week nightly services at First Lutheran Church on Tenth Street and Third Avenue SE conclude with Pastor Henry Scherer delivering "The Yearning of God." The public is invited to attend tonight.
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First Lutheran Church
Tenth Street
Third Avenue SE
Henry Scherer
Gillette Named Wire Chief at Northwestern Bell Cedar Rapids
D. C. Gillette of Des Moines is named wire chief for Northwestern Bell in Cedar Rapids, replacing L. L. LaRue who becomes district plant exchange supervisor in Council Bluffs. The change takes effect November 1 per manager M. H. Morrison.
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D. C. Gillette
Des Moines
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Cedar Rapids
M. H. Morrison
Gillette
L. L. LaRue
Council Bluffs
Chiropractors to Attend Spine Lecture in Cedar Rapids Area
Chiropractors within 75 miles of Cedar Rapids plan to attend an illustrated lecture titled How to Straighten Spines and Prove It at the Montrose hotel at 8 p.m. Tuesday by Dr. Vinton F. Logan, secretary of Logan college of Chiropractic. Plans are under way for a 120 hour extension post graduate class in spinal corrective work in Cedar Rapids, announced by Dr. Hoyt Thomas, secretary of the Linn County Chiropractors study club. Dr. Logan and assistant Dr. Nixon recently completed a similar class in Detroit.
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Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Vinton F. Logan
Logan College of Chiropractic
St. Louis
Hoyt Thomas
Linn County
Truck Rolls Into House After Parked Vehicle Breaks Fence
An unattended truck on a hill rolled into Mrs. Anna Popelka's home at 967 Fourteenth Avenue SE. Police traced the vehicle and questioned M. L. Myers at 1408 Tenth Street SE, who said he sold it to Art Miller three months ago but hadn’t transferred the license. Miller agreed to pay for damages to the house.
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Anna Popelka
Fourteenth Avenue SE
M. L. Myers
Tenth Street SE
Truck owners face registration and wheel cramp charges
Police said Miller could not show a driver's license and the truck’s brakes could not be checked due to a dead battery, requiring tow. The case was sent to the highway patrol and Myers and Miller were ordered to report Tuesday for improper registration and improper wheel cramping on a hill. After transferring the truck and Miller showing an instruction permit, charges were dismissed.
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Miller
Highway Patrol
Myers
Snowdon Vision of Lakes and Mountains in Clear Weather
Observers in good weather report 32 lakes and 36 mountains visible from the summit of Snowden, England's highest peak. The panorama highlights a broad landscape and reflects on the extent of distant features visible from the hilltop.
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Snowden
England
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