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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1939
Page
18
Cedar Rapids students head back to classrooms amid sunny skies and mild temperatures. Police reports list several fines for drunken disturbances and traffic offenses in Justice of Peace Court. Deaths births and local incidents are recorded for the day with names and addresses.
Gordon Jackson of Seattle Washington and Phyllisee Foust of Galesburg Illinois. Marvin Hanson and Marie Minninger both of Cedar Rapids. Robert Lane of Plano Illinois and Izora Hansen of Cedar Rapids. Donald T. Altang and Veda M. Richards both of Cedar Rapids were issued marriage licenses.
Reports from the front describe Polish panic during nocturnal raids on Warsaw and other cities. Refugee trains bound for Riga faced door jams and crowds, while the army claimed gains near Cracow and along the Silesian line as German planes bombed train yards, factories, and suburbs.
Miss Vivien Buser sailed today from Oslo on the S S Oslofjord bound for New York City arriving September 14. Her parents Mr and Mrs Frank J Buser of 1830 Avenue NE were notified of the voyage through a New York travel office.
Earl Browder told the Dies committee that in 1936 a group of six or seven wealthy Republicans offered the American Communist Party 250000 to nominate President Roosevelt and then withdraw in favor of him. Browder said the aim was to weaken the Democratic vote by linking it to the party.
CAPETOWN UP The South Africa parliament voted 80 to 67 to sever diplomatic relations with Germany. Gen Jan Smuts proposed South Africa continue cooperation with the rest of the British empire.
Anti German rioting erupted in Johannesburg on Tuesday with crowds loyal to Britain. two German motor trucks and a German automobile were set afire. Windows at a German shipping line office were smashed and attempts to burn a German seed merchant's premises failed.
Interior Secretary Ickes and his wife welcomed a baby boy at Johns Hopkins Woman's Clinic in Baltimore. The 65 year old aide wed Jane Dahlman in Ireland on May 24 1938 after President Roosevelt arranged the match. Mrs Ickes is related to John Cudahy the U S minister to Ireland.
The world wide broadcast of Pope Pius XII scheduled for Wednesday morning has been canceled, NBC's representative in Rome reported.
BUDAPEST AP Three Balkan nations Yugoslavia Romania and Bulgaria Tuesday officially signified their neutrality in Europe s war.
The French government issued several decrees on Tuesday calling citizens to adjust daily routines to wartime conditions. The orders cover conservation, work, and civic duties as France mobilizes for the war effort.
German soldiers on the Siegfried line and French troops on the Maginot line reportedly posted signs reading We won t shoot if you don t shoot facing each other as experts forecast a major offensive. The British Royal Air Force said it bombed Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbuttel in its first raid, damaging two battleships with casualties reported.
Berlin officials say no agreement with Soviet Russia on Poland, aim to avoid quarrel with France and Britain. Germany’s air ministry reports first British attack, urges civil defense, anti aircraft batteries claim hits. Britain drops six million leaflets and broadcasts anti Hitler propaganda while targeting Wilhelmshaven Brunsbüttel and Kiel canal area.
In Rome Italy maintains neutrality with plans to resume international shipping while Italian press warns Mussolini’s bid to avert war failed. The Tokyo foreign office confirms Japan will stay neutral in the European conflict, signaling a cautious, lingering stance from major powers.
Bratuslava reports wounded Slovak soldiers recall being embedded between German forces along the Polish frontier. Javorina area, seized from Slovakia, was ceded by Poles without combat though Polish troops contested Slovak German advances elsewhere. Officials speculate Slovaks were used to deter desertions while Slovak envoy Ladislav Szatmary urged resistance against German influence.
Funeral services for 90 year old Mrs. Loret ta F Miller were conducted Tuesday at 3 pm in Moon chapel with Rev Marion Williams officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill cemetery. A Cedar Rapids resident for 65 years she was born in Pine Creek Illinois.
Elmer F. Roup 1318 Fourth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 12 20 pm Monday after a brief illness. He was born in DeWitt March 13 1912 and lived in Cedar Rapids 13 years. Survived by wife Barbara daughter Patricia Ann parents Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J Roup Cedar Rapids two grandmothers Mary Roup DeWitt Lena Schroeder Clinton and several aunts and uncles. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 p m in Polansky chapel with Rev Henry Scherer. Burial Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call after 2 p m Wednesday.
John A. Newman until a long illness at his home 314 Fifth street NE Cedar Rapids Tuesday at 10 30 a.m. He was born in Dubuque October 4 1871 and moved to Cedar Rapids 26 years ago. A retired Milwaukee railroad engineer he belonged to Presbyterian church at Marion Crescent lodge A F and A M Ambar Grotto and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Survived by wife Lulu three sons Charles A Cedar Rapids Kenneth E Wilmington California Wesley T San Antonio a stepson Ivan Peterson Elmwood Park Illinois two daughters Jessie Stewart Cedar Rapids June Lutz Des Moines 11 grandchildren two great grandchildren. Funeral 10 30 a.m. Thursday Beatty chapel conducted by Rev Marion Williams and Crescent Masonic lodge burial Cedar Memorial park. Friends may call at chapel.
Gerald Clark on 257 Twenty fourth avenue SW Cedar Rapids died at home after a long illness at 2 59 p m Monday He was born August 1 1907 in Fort Dodge and lived in Cedar Rapids 13 years He married Elizabeth Sommers September 3 1927 and they had three children Betty Jo Ann and Robert He is survived by his mother Mrs Fred Black Mallard Iowa two brothers Alo Clark Grand Meadows Minnesota and Roger Clark in the U S Navy in China and his stepfather Fred Black Mallard Funeral services will be at Turner chapel at 2 p m Wednesday with Rev Elton D Wells of Trinity Methodist church officiating and burial in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
Miss Sophie Boettcher 1861 12 29 Buena Vista died at home 1426 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids at 11 40 p.m. Monday after a lingering illness. Survived by sisters Lenda Ida Henrietta of Cedar Rapids and brother Henry J. Boettcher of Sioux City. Funeral arrangements include rosary Wednesday 8 p.m. and funeral Thursday 8 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church led by Msgr John M. Molloy. Burial in St. John's Cemetery Independence.
Wilson avenue SW resident dies in local hospital at 4 28 am Tuesday after fracturing a hip in a fall at home the previous Wednesday and then contracting pneumonia. Born February 20 1853 in Zanesville Ohio she moved to Cedar Rapids in 1882 and had lived there since. She was a Trinity Methodist Church member. Surviving foster daughter Mrs E B Enders a brother J W Leasure a niece Miss Elsie Leasure and two granddaughters Mrs Dwayne Johnson and Miss Phyllis Enders, both of Cedar Rapids and Los Angeles respectively.
Friends may call at the Rohn chapel Tuesday evening as a funeral notice is issued for a resident of Angeles California and a later public announcement will follow.
Edward Moler died at his home 1720 Blake boulevard SE at noon Monday after a month of illness. Born April 19 1858 in Nicholas county Kentucky he lived 17 years in Cedar Rapids after leaving near Maquoketa where he farmed 35 years. Survived by daughter Mrs J Goff Cedar Rapids and sister Mrs Jeff Van Meter Andrew Ia. Services in Beatty chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday conducted by Rev E Winslow Brown burial Linwood cemetery friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs Hazel Morrell Page 56 wife of H E Page Beverly Cattle owner died Tuesday morning in Kansas City She lived here five years 1930 to 1935 Survived by husband two daughters Ione Page and Bernice Page Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon in St Paul Minnesota
John R Short died at his residence 1341 Burch avenue NW at 7 am Monday. Funeral services will be held at his home at 2 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev I E Linkletter. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday evening.
Frank M. Edmonds aged 74 of Centralia died Wednesday at Centralia. Burial took place in Elmwood Cemetery. He was the father of Mrs. May Netherton of 129 Second Avenue SW Centralia. A son Ray Edmonds, formerly of Cedar Rapids, lives in Centralia.
Survivors recount a torpedo attack on the Athenia off Greenock as the Swedish luxury yacht Southern Cross aided with searchlights. Many passengers wore improvised slings and begged for newspapers on debarkation. Crewmen told of hearing the submarine nearby and an internal explosion as the ship listed and sank.
Dr Bready states half of Germans oppose Hitler, warn war would cost up to a million lives in the first month. He reports traveling through interior Germany with his family, facing border questioning and denied entry by Nazi police. He notes safety only while harvests lasted, then hostilities began after harvest completion.
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