Marriage Licenses Proceed In Cedar Rapids Area
Frank Edward London and Velma Catherine Anderson both of Cedar Rapids are issued a marriage license. Joe F. Hynek of Swisher and anl Zakostelecky of North Liberty are granted a license. Temperature data shows Cedar Rapids New York 92 87 and Des Moines 70 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
New York
Chicago
Omaha
Davenport
Sioux City
Des Moines
Washington
Frank Edward London
Velma Catherine Anderson
Joe F. Hynek
Swisher
Anl Zakostelecky
North Liberty
Police Court Fines Three Drivers for Traffic Violations
Lester A Novak of 1819 Washington Avenue SE fined two dollars and costs for failure to keep vehicle under control. Fred Taylor of 1206 Twentieth Avenue SW fined two dollars and costs for failure to yield right of way with fine suspended. Robert Milota of 67 Seventeenth Avenue SW fined two dollars and costs for operating a motor vehicle with faulty brakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester A. Novak
Washington Avenue SE
Fred Taylor
Twentieth Avenue SW
Robert Milota
Seventeenth Avenue SW
Births Tell of New Arrivals At St Luke and Mercy Hospitals
At St Luke's hospital the Shedenhelm family of 1841 Mallory street SW welcomed a son on Sept 3. The Clemenson couple of 2725 Avenue NE also reported a son born Sept 3. Mercy hospital records show the Karban family of 1248 Third Avenue SE with a son born Sept 3 and the Wolfe family welcoming a daughter Sept 3 from Mr VerMon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Robert Shedenhelm
Mallory Street
Gerhart Clemenson
Avenue NE
Mercy Hospital
Charles W. Karban
Third ‘Avenue
Richard Wolfe
Vermon
Local Cedar Rapids Figures Obituaries in California and Idaho
Mrs A W Lownsbery once of Cedar Rapids died in Hollywood California on August 30 Mrs Joseph J Wherry formerly of Cedar Rapids died in Boise Idaho on Friday morning Gustus Arthur Sanders of 609 First Street SW died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 2 45 p m Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Lownsbery
Cedar Rapids
Hollywood
Calif
Joseph J. Wherry
Boise
Idaho
Gustus Arthur Sanders
First Street
Whisky fraud defendants surrender in Chicago case
Sidney Davis of Chicago joined John Factor and 10 others in a $1,000,000 mail fraud case. Davis pled innocent at federal court as Edwin K. Walker set bond at $3,000 and the case moved to September. Edward Mallon of Los Angeles plans to surrender Friday as the Cedar Rapids indictment charges 12 defendants with conspiracy and mail fraud affecting about 300 people since 1939 in whisky warehouse receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sidney Davis
John “Jake the
Federal Court House
Edwin K. Walker
United States
A. Bradley Eben
Edward Mallon
Los Angeles
Mallon
Cedar Rapids
Australia receives growing U.S. aid and support
Canberra reports Curtin says U.S. lend lease flow to Australia is rising with planes tanks guns and equipment making up much of the supplies while added items strengthen domestic production. He credits American forces in Australia for vital successes at Coral Sea Midway and in the Solomons and notes Australia provides supplies and services to U.S. forces in return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Australia
United States
John Curtin
Curtin
Autralia
Coral Sea
Midway
Solomons
Commonwealth
Cuttin
Ameridean
Cedar Rapids Man-Hurt in Car Crash
William G. Dochterman, 45, of 4613 Eighth street SW, sustained a broken right shoulder and fractured ribs when his car left the road and hit a ditch a half mile east of Bertram. He was found unconscious about 10 p.m. and transported to Mercy hospital. Sheriff Larry Condon said the gravel road curve caused the loss of control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Dochterman
Eighth Street
Bertram
Dochterman
Mercy Hospital
Larry Condon
Dieppe Raid Toll Reaches 170 Canadian Fatalities
Ottawa says Maj. Gen. H. G. Letson reports 170 Canadian soldiers were killed in the Dieppe raid. The figure comes as Allied forces assess losses after the French coastal assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
H.G. Letson
Dieppe
France
British air raid targets northwest Germany
Night raids by British forces against northwest Germany hit targets over the region. Reports describe a small bombing force striking key areas, with limited losses and unclear results. Air ministry details are sparse, but emphasis remained on strategic strikes rather than large-scale engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorton
Germany
Eerigen
Air Ministry
FBI Nabs Two Algona Ration Board Members Accused of Extortion
Des Moines AP reports Ralph Harman says two Algona ration board members Clar ence A Phillips and George P Hawcett were arrested on extortion charges after three women employees alleged kickbacks from semi monthly pay. The women, Marjorie J Drayton Doris C Paetz and Winifred Plumb all of Algona, claimed 475 dollars were coerced. Phillips and Hawcett were to be arraigned at Fort Dodge before US Commissioner Harlow M Pratt. Harman noted statements from the suspects and OPA officials pledged full prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Ralph Harman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kossuth County
Algona
Harman
Clarence A. Phillips
Algona Chamber of Commerce
George P. Hawcett
Burt
Office of Price Administration
Marjorie J. Drayton
Doris C. Paetz
Winifred Plumb
Phillips
Hawcett
United States
Harlow M. Pratt
Fort Dodge
Ration Board
FBI
OPA
Iowa
Robert Adams
Local Servicemen Return and Promote in the Armed Forces
The notice lists multiple family members in the armed forces. George Grubich Jr. joins the navy as a radio technician at Great Lakes, joining three brothers who already served. William John Miller earns a corporal rank at Camp Berkeley. De Forest M. Olver serves as a cook at Camp Edwards. William Jelinek classified for army pilot training at Kelly Field. Donald Heim returns from furlough from Fort Ord. Robert E. Ward completes bombardier training at Midland and visits parents. Walter E. Dennis on 15-day furlough from Camp Polk with wife. Ray Mikota on 10-day leave from Portsmouth hospital. Frank J. Dostal promoted to private first class in Los Angeles unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Grubich, Jr
George Grubich
Eighth Street
Navy
Naval Reserve
Great Lakes
Sigma Sigma Fraternity
Cedar Rapids
Frank J. Dostal
John Dostal
Swisher
Los Angeles
Early Winter Frosts Hit Sweden and Occupied Lands
Frosts strike Sweden threatening early snow and crop damage including grain potatoes and vegetables. Berlin dispatches say German authorities order dealers and manufacturers to deliver 25 percent of portable stock and 10 percent of production to the state, for new winter war needs. Stoves may be installed in barracks, per Socialdemokraten reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Berlin
Socialdemokratens
Cedar Rapids Gazette Iowa Interests Column Note
Fragmented OCR text appears from Cedar Rapids Gazette with misc names and notices. Content includes rights line about Associated Press and news service credits, plus stray publisher and office references. No clear事件 or identifiable people or events emerge for a full summary.
Ray Begins Iowa School Tour For War Attitudes Speaking
Robert Ray a Davenport college junior left the Coe campus for a speaking tour at twenty Iowa high schools starting with Aplington His talk titled The Student and His Position in Regard to War outlines a student role in wartime The tour includes Clarksville Manly Manson Odebolt Harlan Atlantic Red Oak Bedford Slater Maxwell Farrar Story City Ames Roland Zearing Eldora Union Fort Dodge and Dubuque Ray has led the Pi Kappa Delta bureau since Coe organized it and has appeared before Cedar Rapids groups averaging three engagements weekly with over 200 talks in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Robert Ray
Toe College
Davenport
Aplington
Ray
Clarksville
Manly
Manson
Odebolt
Harlan
Atlantic
Red Oak
Bedford
Slater
Maxwell
Farrar
Story City
Ames
Roland
Zearing
Eldora
Union
Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Coe
Pi Kappa Delta Bureau
Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Allied Air Power Sinks Axis Vehicles in Egypt Operation
American medium bombers accompanied by British and American fighters struck Axis motor transport in the desert battle area. Axis airfields suffered heavy bomb damage and at least two German planes were destroyed. Over 200 Allied sorties were flown with no bomber losses, 12 fighters missing, five later recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desert
Rommel
Arthur Coningham
C F Clark Addresses Y M C A Old Timers Meeting
C F Clark spoke on Cedar Rapids in the 1870s during a Y M C A Old Timers meeting held in the Commonwealth Tea Room Thursday evening. Elmer Runkle served as toastmaster at a 7 p.m. dinner for forty. David Turner shared facts about Grant Wood's life and the Wood exhibit at the public library. B L Wick recalled a Canada trip and others added their experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Y.M.C.A
Old Timers’ Club
Commonwealth Tea Room
Elmer Runkle
David Turner
Grant Wood
Wood
B. L. Wick
Canada
Dr. Navratil heads to Detroit. rental ad seeks vacancies
Dr. A W Navratil of 2506 Mount Vernon Ave SE leaves Friday for a convention and clinical study in Detroit. The Gazette Want ads urge listing vacant rooms or apartments with a 7 day cancellation rate. Also, church notices mark the Lord's Supper at 9 30 a m Sunday with speaker Dr Wendell Henline and the Otterbein male quartet, plus 10 30 Sunday school and 8 p m Christian Endeavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Navratil
Mount Vernon Avenue
Detroit
The
Gazette
Shueyville
Wheel and tire stolen from car on downtown alley
Robert Tordik reported to police that a spare wheel tire and tube were stolen from his car while it was parked in a downtown alley on Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tordik
L Street
Aley
Cedar Rapids Police Motorcycle Reserve Corps Feature Reprinted
A Cedar Rapids police motorcycle reserve corps profile, originally in The Gazette this summer, is reprinted in Indian Motorcycle News August-September issue. The 26 member unit is trained for use in emergencies in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Police Motorcycle Reserve Corps
The
Gazette
Indian Motorcycle News
Ose
Tax assessor reports big gains in personal property valuations
Scolaro’s system reduces real estate burden while personal property soars from 7.59 million to 13.35 million. New buildings add 972 thousand to total assessments. personal property adds 2.148 million despite losses in money and credits. Homestead credits rise to 10,606 applications valued at 16.87 million with 421,709 dollars paid by the state. The plan aims to curb evasion with sworn inventories and awaits final distribution by County Auditor Vesely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scolaro
Bob Vesely
State Tax Commission
Courthouse Wanted in Mason City for False Check Uttering
Albert Kinsella 30 of Chicago was arrested in Cedar Rapids near midnight Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder with Detectives George Connell and Leonard Stusak. He had prior 1939 arrest for check forgery, served 15 years at Fort Madison, paroled last April. police, parole board and FBI notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Albert Kinsella
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Harlan Snyder
George Connell
Leonard Stusak
Police Department
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
State Parole Board
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Freight Line Named In Two More Suits
Two more suits filed Thursday against the Takin Brothers Freight Line over a July 8 crash on highway 150 near Walker. James Scott died. Ethel Scott Mowrey seeks 15,309.45 as administratrix, and Nora Baldwin seeks 15,000 for injuries. O C Butterfield named driver of the truck. Previously Margaret E Greene filed for 50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Takin Brothers
James Scott
Walker
Scott
Ethel Scott Mowrey
Nora Baldwin
O. C. Butterfield
Margaret E. Greene
Separate maintenance and divorce petitions filed in county clerk office
Two petitions for separate maintenance and two for divorce were filed Friday. Serena Dye vs Everett Dye cites cruel and inhuman treatment with marriage on April 25, 1924 in Marion. Betty S Belon vs Howard S Belon cites non support with marriage July 6, 1942 in Kahoka Mo. Lorraine Power vs Paul Power cites cruel and inhuman treatment with marriage May 20, 1940 in Tipton. Ervine W Williamson vs Bertha E Williamson cites cruel and inhuman treatment with marriage July 12, 1940 in Nashua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serena Dye
Everett Dye
Marion
Betty S. Bellon
Howard S. Bellon
Kahoka
Lorraine Power
Paul Power
Tipton
Ervine W. Williamson
Bertha E. Williamson
Nashua
Frogs Rain Over Chedgrave as Goose Gangs Clear Streets
In Norfolkshire villagers faced a frog swarm after a heavy rain. Frogs filled streets and homes until flocks of geese were released to eat the amphibians, ending the nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chedgrave
Norfolkshire
Licensing of Meat Packers Order Licensing Meat Packers
The Office of Price Administration will license the entire meat industry except retailers to curb evasion of price controls. Courts have begun injunction actions against about 115 meat packers wholesalers for alleged overcharging and upgrading. Effective Sept 8 packers wholesalers and custom slaughterers must hold licenses to sell regulated meat products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Omaha
Des Moines
Injunction Hearing Set for Sept 8 in Des Moines Food Case
Federal Judge Charles E. Dewey scheduled September 8 for a hearing on a temporary injunction against two Des Moines packing firms, Bookey Packing and Des Moines Packing. The Office of Price Administration seeks to restrain alleged price control violations by “upgrading” beef and veal to obtain higher prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Charles E. Dewey
Des Moines Packing Companies
Office of Price Administration
Dewey
OPA
Bookey Packing Company
Des Moines Packing Company
Latvian Vessel Torpedoed and Sunk in Caribbean
The navy said a small Latvian merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine around mid August in the Caribbean. Survivors were landed at a Gulf coast port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Caribbean
Gulf Coast
Deaths in Boise Idaho Native of Cedar Rapids
Mrs. E Eeen Seed of Cedar Rapids died at her Boise home Friday morning. She leaves her husband and a daughter Mrs Laura Harper of Boise, four sisters including Mrs Forest L Hart and Mrs Nell Schrader of Cedar Rapids, Mrs Frank Newman Center Point, Mrs S E Atherton Des Moines, a brother Harry Minehart Cedar Rapids, and one grandchild. Funeral services and burial will be at Boise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Wherry
Cedar Rapids
Boise
Idaho
Laura Harper
Forest L. Hart
Nell Schrader
Frank Newman
Center Point
S. E. Atherton
Des Moines
Harry Minehart
Funeral services for Clarence Hull at Barta chapel
Funeral services for Clarence E. Hull 72 who died of a heart attack at a hotel on First Avenue SE will be held at 2 p m Saturday in the Barta chapel Rev W Z Henline United Brethren church will officiate burial will be Cedar Memorial cemetery Hull born in Boone lived in Cedar Rapids 25 years formerly with Wilson and company Survivors include two sons Fred A Cedar Rapids and Charles E Moline two daughters Mrs Lucille Love Waterloo and Mrs Marie Clark Perry two sisters Mrs Kate Kendall and Mrs Hallie Payne Waterloo and a brother Dan Hull Ft Dodge Friends may call at the Barta chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Hull
First Avenue SE
Barta Chapel
W. Z. Henline
United Brethren Church
Cedar Memorial Cemeery
Boone
Hull
Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
Fred A
Charles E
Moline
Lucille Love
Waterloo
Marie Clark
Perry
Kate Kendall
Hallie Payne
Dan Hull
Ft. Dodge
Mrs A W Lownsbery dies in Hollywood after Cedar Rapids years
Mrs. A W Lownsbery known as Martha Fisher died August 30 in Hollywood California. Born in Ottawa Indiana, she moved with her husband to Cedar Rapids in 1889 and later entered business with S B Dix. She and Mrs Dix were sisters and the couple later joined in real estate with Thomas H Simmons. The family home in Hollywood welcomed Cedar Rapids visitors and Mr Lownsbery died in 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Lownsbery
Cedar Rapids
Hollywood
Calif
Martha Fisher
Ottawa
Lownsbery
S. B. Dix
Dix
Notable Cedar Rapids Friendships Span Years
Mrs. Lownsbery and her niece now Mrs. James W Bruner stayed connected with Cedar Rapids friends in recent years. Mrs. Lownsbery leaves a son Paul of San Francisco a daughter Mrs Carlton S Clancy of Alexandria Va and a sister Mrs A J Mitchel of Evanston Illinois.
Sanders Dies After Illness in Cedar Rapids Hospital
Gustus Arthur Sanders 61 of 609 First Street SW died at 2:35 PM Thursday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after months of illness. Born December 19, 1880 in Western he married Mary E. Cookman in 1907. Survivors include his wife two sons Frederick H. at Fort Benning GA and George E. Cedar Rapids two daughters Mrs W L Spencer and Edina Pearl Sanders Cedar Rapids a brother Frank Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs Ralph Melvin Ambridge PA and Mrs Kate Drew Cedar Rapids and four grandchildren. He was a member of Ben Hur lodge. The Rev J E Linkletter to conduct funeral services Sunday at 2:30 PM in Turner chapel with friends to call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustus Arthur Sanders
First Street
Cedar Rapids
Western
Mary E. Cookman
Frederick H
Fort Benning
George E
W. L. Spencer
Edina Pearl Sanders
Frank
West Point to graduate first air officers and pilots
West Point will graduate in January the first air officers in its history as part of a plan to compress the four year program into three and double annual officer output from 450 to 900 with about half trained as pilots. The committee also outlined pregraduation flight training at Randolph and Stewart fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
West Point
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Army
Reynolds
D-N.c
Randolph Field
Stewart Field
Nebraska scrap plan discussed by press leaders
Henry Doorly of the Omaha World-Herald outlined the Nebraska plan to accelerate emergency action. He noted that Nelson accepted the challenge while warning about government problems in collection, sorting, and transport of scrap and junk dealers paying prices. In Jersey City, dealers were reportedly losing $8 a ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Doorly
Omaha World-Herald
Nebraska
Dear
Nelson
WPB
Jersey City
Hirschauer Named Nazi Air Defense Chief in Germany
Germany announces Adolf Hitler appoints General Friedrich Hirschauer as head of anti aircraft defenses for the nation. British sources say the move betrays alarm over the increasing destructiveness of Allied air attacks. Hirschauer previously led the 17th German air district forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Friedrich Hirschauer
Hirschauer
Schroeder
Gas Explosion Rocks Midtown New York
Police reported two dead and several injured in a gas blast in a sixth floor apartment of a 15 story Midtown New York building near prominent hotels including the Waldorf Astoria. The blast caused extensive damage and disrupted the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Midtown
Waldorf Astoria
Wake Island Bond Premiere Guests Include Marines
Cedar Rapids hosts a Wake Island premiere next Tuesday at the Iowa theater with six Marines from Iowa City pre flight school as guests. Edward Arnold and Frances Dee will appear, and the program includes the Karla Masaryk chorus and a campus orchestra led by Prof. Joseph Kitchen. Security teams from police, Iowa guard, and Czech guard will control crowds, with bond-based admission of 25 to 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Iowa City
Wake Island
Iowa
William A. Foote
John A. Ward, Jr
Walter Latham, Jr
Frederick J. Dahlesden
Marshall F. Getchell
Paul B. Long
Foote
France
Long
China
Edward Arnold
Frances Dee
Joseph Kitchen
Cee College
Karla Masaryk
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Gordon Hughes
Police
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Guard
Czech Guard
Hughes
Red Army renews thrusts on German left flank in Caucasus
The noon communique says German forces crossed the Terek River near Grozny in the eastern Caucasus as the Red Army renews attacks on the German left flank. Soviet forces reportedly fought enemy units crossing a water barrier near Mozdok and took one inhabited point on the northwestern front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Army
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Terek
Grozny
Caucasus
Mozdok
Des Moines Man Indicted for Murder in Neighbor Shooting
Francis L. Grady, 33, allegedly lost his temper and fired a revolver into a neighbor's home, fatally wounding Mrs. Glenn Ballard, 26, mother of three. Grady is held without bond in the county jail pending murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Francis L. Grady
Grady
Glenn Ballard
Axis Sub Attacks Ships Off Australia
An enemy submarine attacked and damaged an Allied merchant ship off the southeast coast of Australia, but the vessel reached port on an undisclosed date. General MacArthur's headquarters announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Australia
General MacArthur
Brakeman Dies as Two Freights Collide in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls article reports 60 year old Larry Newton of Cherokee Iowa died after a collision between an Illinois Central meat train and a local freight on a main line near Sioux Falls. Newton was unconscious and scalded by steam from a boiler while others escaped. Investigation ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Illinois Central
Larry Newton
Cherokee
Newton
A. F. Halfpap
Mother of a Sailor Takes WAAC Cook Post
Mrs Frances Keran Steele a 44 year old Des Moines resident and mother of a sailor is assigned to the women’s army auxiliary corps as a cook. She has long worked in eating places and her son Albert Keran Steele 24 is a navy cook at Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Frances Keran Steele
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Steele
Pella
WAAC
Albert Keran Steele
Navy
Naval Air Station
Pearl Harbor
T. H
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Daily Record
U.S
Ight. R.A
On-N.-W
Miller
John Miller
Eighth Avenue SW
William John Miller
Camp Berkeley
Texas
de Forest M. Olver
O. D. Olver
Westwood Drive
Camp Edwards
Mass
Frank Jelinek
Avenue NW
William
Army Air Corps
Kelly Field
Donald Heim
Fort Ord
Esther Heim
Ninth Avenue SW
Robert E. Ward
Midland, Texas
Mrs
M. C. Ward
Sixth Avenue SE
Walter E. Dennis
Camp Polk
Dennis
Robert Roseberry
Sixth Street
Ray Mikota
A. A. Mikota
Third Avenue
Portsmouth
Gazetta
Associated Press
United Frese International News Service
Trier
Il Téton
Miet Intime
Ead
Egypt
Y.M.C.A. Old Timers
City Briefs
E CII
Frank Hahn
Mason City Police
Dreseing
Kribbean
Wall Services
Nazi Air Defense
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Axis
John E
Lapes
Third Ave
Okinow
Craemer’s
Uncle Sam
Buster Brown
Parents Magazine
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