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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1941
Page
10
Edgar A Guest celebrates Halloween with vivid scenes of pumpkins witches goblins and a family night. A playful grandparent plans costumes trick or treating and a festive jack o lantern lights the way as children relive joy and memory.
Fireman Mike Skerik who runs traffic and alarm signals retires after more than 30 years as superintendent of the fire alarm system. He was surprised at the station on the eve of his Nov 1 retirement, with gifts from friend and Cedar Rapids Gazette editor Tait Cummins. He plans a west coast trip and further unspecified retirement plans.
LOXCON UP says Russia asked Britain to declare war on Finland Hungary and Romania. British and Russian quarters declined comment. It was reported the cabinet had the request under advisement as Moscow seeks to end Britain’s wartime status with Russia’s enemies.
Six former French leaders will face trial on charges of taking France into the war and bearing responsibility for the defeat. Edouard Daladier Leon Blum Maurice Gamelin Pierre Cot Guy Lachambre and M Jacomet are named. The Riom court ordered the trials after a grand jury inquiry.
Former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney decries modern young men as soft next to World War service veterans while speaking in Los Angeles. He criticizes the rank and file for lacking stamina and discipline observed in wartime soldiers.
They come from a generation of sitters rather than doers spectators rather than participants and reflect on the endurance shown during the war era.
Sir Keith Murdock, noted Australian publisher, says a German victory would bring Japan’s control of the Far East, resulting in enslavement and torture for Australia’s children.
Tokyo reports the United States has demanded from the Chungking government the right to maintain four unnamed naval bases in China. Japan condemns the move as a nefarious control scheme that threatens Japan and the Far East. Admiral Shigenori Tojo met eleven foreign ambassadors, with Ambassador Joseph C. Grew received as dean of the corps.
Two brothers from a farm near Tipton enlisted for four years in the naval reserve and set out from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines as they plan to see the world together.
Western Auto assistant manager Wilson reported a radio and toaster valued at 27 dollars stolen from the store at noon. John Beck's Athletic Goods clerk J B Sigmund told police a rifle worth 19 dollars was stolen from a box at the rear of the store. Seven railroad box cars near Fifth Avenue SE were entered before 8 pm but no items were missing, Rock Island special agent Jack Devin said.
City parks face a projected $40,000 deficit as the five eighths mill levy falls short of expenses. The department borrowed $3,000 from the dam repair fund last year, seeks funds for landscaping at Ellis pool, and adds a forestry division, widening costs.
Washington officials say Hampton Roads Virginia faces the nation’s worst defense housing crisis with as many as 30 to 40 families living in one house sharing a single toilet and bath, an OPM rent official reports Friday.
A brief note discusses how midlife changes affect women, describing crankiness nerves and mood shifts. It references Lydia E. Pinkham products as a suggested remedy and hints at societal attitudes toward women’s health in the period.
Wayne Hockett Jr justice of the peace at Sheldon was fined five dollars and costs for failure to yield after a crash at A Avenue and Third Street NE about 11 a m Friday. He signed a waiver and had been northbound on Third Street when his vehicle collided with Erwin Wood of Marion driving west on A Avenue. Police reported another collision near Second Avenue and Thirteenth Street SE injuring Carl Hoover. Hoover received first aid at St Luke s Hospital after his eastbound car began a left turn into Thirteenth Street SE. Ollie Henderson 825 Fifth Avenue SE drove a vehicle involved in that crash.
In an eight hour shift Duke of Windsor visits Detroit defense plants to observe war production firsthand. He toured several facilities to see how instruments of warfare roll off assembly lines during his eight hour whirlwind visit.
In Vichy France during a five minute protest against German hostages execution six observers, five men and one woman, stood at the Church of St. Louis while traffic and shop life continued. The gesture, called by Gen. Charles de Gaulle from London, aimed to honor Free French standstill demand. German commander Otto von Stuelpnagel later announced the release of two French POWs as compensation for information provided by families about terrorists.
Members of the South Side Civic club will be guests of the Iowa Electric Light and Power company for a lunch and program in the new boiler room at the Fifth street NE plant next Tuesday evening. Club members will meet at the C. S. P. S. hall at 5:30 and go to the plant. luncheon will be served and a conducted tour will complete the program.
Clues cover a crossword grid with hints for horizontal and vertical entries including college cheer, forms of be, mimic, peruse, music terms, and various abbreviations as well as geographic and biographical hints such as Spain and India. The puzzle references include a malignant fairy, a villainous character, and a note about a photographed vegetable prominence.
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