Local court fines precede suspensions and fire reports noted
Carl Cassady 52 of 1121 Sixteenth Street SE fined 100 dollars and costs for disturbing family peace with payment due after a good behavior suspension. Kenneth Sundry 24 of Kenyon Minnesota and Ralph Herdies 18 of Decorah receive 30 day sentences for intoxication. Other entries list speeding, running a stop sign, a series of small fires and alarms, plus births: Elmer Kucera and Homer Spurgeon families welcomed sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Cassady
Sixteenth Street SE
Kenneth Sundry
Kenyon
Minn
Ralph Herdies
Decorah
James P Barry
Fourth Avenue SE
Pfann
Second Avenue
Justice Court Dismisses Overloading Case. Fines And Suspended Term
Clark Floyd receives 15 days in county jail for intoxication with 10 days suspended. Oscar Lundquist fined 2 dollars costs for overloading. Case dismissed for costs after licenses produced. Both heard in Justice Churchill court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Floyd
Oscar Lundquist
Justice Churchill Court
Infant son of Myr and Mrs Nye dies at home
The infant son of Mr and Mrs John Nye died at their home 3011 Waveland Drive NW at 1130 pm Tuesday. John J L Mudd age 79 was found dead in his car in front of his home at 615 am Wednesday. Alvin E Phillips age 75 died early today at the home of his daughter Mrs W S Perdue 2117 Greenwood Drive SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myr
John Nye
Waveland Drive
John JL. Mudd
Tenth Street
Alvin £. Phillips
WS Perdue
Greenwood Dine
Miller and Couples Listed in City Marriage Notices
John W Miller of Keithburg Til and Mildred Childs of North Brook HL. Arthur C Swanson of Winthrop Minn and Ellen Fisch of Mankato Minn, Walter H Staves and Evelyn M Northcott both Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W Miller
Keithburg
Til
Mildred Childs
North Brook
Arthur C Swanson
Winthrop, Minn
Ellen Fisch
Mankato
Minn
Walter H Staves
Evelyn M. Northcott
Cedar Rapids
Dodds Dog Killed By Streamliner at City Crossing
Jo Jo a five year old fox terrier owned by V L Dodds of 322 Second Avenue SE was struck and killed by a stream liner train at the Second Avenue SE crossing at 8 30 am Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo-Jo
Yo Lo Dodds
Second Avenue SE
Dodds
Hint Athenia Attacker Sunk By British Ship
London officials indicate the submarine that torpedoed the Athenia may have been sunk by a British warship. Churchill revealed in the House of Commons that the attack was without warning and 125 passengers are unaccounted for. The report also notes the sinking of two German vessels and references civil aviation authority actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Athenia
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
House of Commons
Churchill
German file accuses Churchill of sinking Athenia to trap America
Berlin charges in official foreign office release that Churchill staged the Athenia sinking to provoke the United States. It asserts the attack was a submarine without warning, and that the liner carried no guns or defensive armament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
INS
Foreign Office
Winston Churchill
Britain
Admiralty
Athenia
America
Air inspectors explain college flying at Cedar Rapids airport
Aeronautical inspectors Harold F. Mich and William B. Davis of the civil aeronautics authority will be at Cedar Rapids municipal airport tonight to outline the aviation courses planned for universities and colleges under the government's 4000 000 vocational flight training program. They will be accompanied by J P Morris. rep-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Cue College
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Iowa State College
Ames
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Harold F. Mich
William B. Davis
General Inspection
J. P. Morris
Major battle for Warsaw looms as German advance nears
Reports say German artillery shelled Warsaw while the Plonsk and Ciechanow line becomes a potential first decisive invasion battlefield. Polish reinforcements rush to the Ciechanow Plonsk front as tanks spearhead the northwest drive toward Nowy Dwor near the Vistula. Evacuations intensify as raids widen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
now-Plonsk
Warsaw
Budapest
Gdynia
Ciechanow- Plonsk Ling
Ede
Ciechinow
Plonsk
Uns
Nowy Dwor
Bug
Vistula
Plonsko
Poland
Ciechanow-Plonsk
1914 Neutrality Shift and War Declarations Noted
In 1914 President Wilson proclaimed neutrality and Hague mediation efforts. German attack on Liege repelled by Belgians. German transatlantic cables from Emden to Vigo cut by Britain. Montenegro declared war on Austria-Hungary. Russian army under General Samsonov advanced into East Prussia along the Mlawa to Allenstein railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Liege
Atlantic
Emden
Vigo
Montenego
Austria-Hungary
Samsonov
East Prussia
Mlawa
Soldat
Allenstein
England Sees War Aid and Loss as Raids Continue
Reports say armed merchant raiders are destroyed while crews are saved. A Danish fishing boat sinks on a German mine in the Baltic. The Bosnia torpedoed 125 miles off Ireland, with survivors to be landed by Eidanger. The Athenia torpedoing duty remains unknown in casualties. Britain drops more leaflets over Germany as economic warfare tightens. Ronald Cross leads the new ministry in wartime measures and hopes pressure on Germany rises soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Information Ministry
Baltic
Cunard Line
Walter Poole
Bosnia
Irish
de Bosnia
Eidanger
Woods
Greenwich
Athenia
Ireland
Germany
Ministry For Economic Warfare
Air Force
Navy
Ronald Cross
Government to curb food price rises under wartime strain
The White House said President Roosevelt directed the Justice Department to study the government's authority to curb profiteering in food. Officials aim to prevent skyrocket prices amid the European war while Agriculture forecasts general increases in domestic food and commodity prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
White House
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Department of Agriculture
Enrollment Down 148 in City Schools for 1939
Public schools show 9,279 pupils this fall, down 148 from 9,427 at the 1938 opening. Superintendent Arthur Deamer notes declines across divisions with elementary 4, AN, junior high 2,258, senior high 2,108, compared with 4,954, 2,579 and 2,193 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Deamer
City's Cash Balance and Warrants Reported by Council
The city's Aug financial statement shows a cash balance on Sept 1 of 309,109 with outstanding warrants 27,715. Of the adjusted budget appropriations of 1,323,326 the text notes further details in the report presented to the city council on Tuesday.
Cash balance and monthly receipts and disbursements
The cash balance at the beginning of August was 396,535 with receipts of 63,212 during the month. There were disbursements of 90,638 in the same period. The balance available September 1 for the remainder of the fiscal year was 779,886.
Deaths Alvin E Phillips longtime Cedar Rapids resident
Alvin E Phillips died suddenly at his daughter Mrs M S Perdue 2117 Greenwood Dr SE Cedar Rapids at 140 am Wednesday Born May 15 1864 in South Webster Ohio he moved from St Paul Minnesota to Cedar Rapids 13 years ago He married Luellia Jackson July 3 1884 in Portsmouth Ohio and is survived by two children Mrs Perdue and Frank C Phillips six grandchildren two sisters and a brother Funeral services 2 p m Thursday Turner chapel with Rev L H Stubbs officiating burial Oak Will cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin E. Phillips
M.S Perdue
Greenwood Drive
South Webster
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
St Paul
Minn
Portsmouth
Luellia Jackson
Perdue
Frank C Phillips
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Canada
Oran D. Phillips
Gertrude
Pearl Phillips
Va Phillips
Baptist Church
Turner Chapel
L. 10
Stubbs
Oak Will Cemetery
Mrs Vincent G Lucas dies in Ontario California
Mrs Vincent G Lucas a former Uns viciaus resident died at her home in Ontario California on Tuesday. Born Mae Welly she was daughter of Ellen and John Kelly of Fairfax and a St Josephs Academy and Cedar Rapids Business College graduate. She taught in Linn County before marrying Vincent Lucas and moving to Ontario. Survived by husband three daughters Eileen Bette Anne a son-in-law grandson David Mikesell mother and siblings. Funeral services set for Friday at St George church in Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent G Lucas
Uns Viciaus
Ontario
Calif
Mae Welly
Ellen
John Kelly
Fairfax
St Josephs Academy
Cedar Rapids Business College
Linn County
Vincent Lucas
Eileen
Bette Anne
Bob
Mikesell
Los Angeles
David Mikesell
Ellen Kelly
Paufasx
Masses Anne
Gertrude Kelly
Norbert
Edward Wells
Anne Kells
Ontario Oalif
St George Church
Mudd Death Linked to Stroke at Home in NEL
John J L Mudd 79 of 1006 Tenth Street NEL was found dead in his car at 6 15 am Wednesday by his son Max. Coroner Dr Knieght said illness began about 4 am and death most likely from a stroke paraly sis. Survived by three sons Max Cedar Rapids William Maquoketa Melburn in U S areas San Francisco and two daughters Mildens Matthews Mount Vernon Hazelilyers Des Moines. Burial at Moon chapel at 2 30 pm Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John JL Mudd
Tenth Street
Max
Bol. Knieght
Melburn
United States
San Francisco
Mildens Matthews
Mount Vernon
Hazelilyers
Des Moines
Moon Chapel
Funeral services for Miss Sophie Boettcher
Funeral services for Miss Sophie Boettcher who died at her home on Third Avenue SE will be held Thursday at Immaculate Conception Church with Msgr John M. Molloy officiating. Burial follows on the family lot in St Johns Cemetery at Independence after a rosary at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie Boettcher
Third Avenue SE
Ain’ the Immaculate Conception
Sam
John M. Molloy
St Johns Cemetery
Independence
Msgr
Molloy
Funeral services for John A Newman changed to Thursday
Funeral services for John A Newman who died at his home on Tuesday will be held at Beatty chapel at 2 p.m Thursday instead of 10 30 a.m as previously announced The Rev Marion Williams and Crescent Masonic lodge will conduct the service Burial is in Cedar Memorial Park Friends may call at the chapel Crescent lodge members will meet at the Masonic temple at 1 30 p.m Thursday to attend the services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A Newman
Beatty Chapel
Marion Williams
Crescent Masonic Todec
Cedar Memorial Park
Crescent Lodge
Masonic Temple
Pam
Elmer F. Roup
Fourth Avenue SE
Polansky Chapel
Henry Lederer
Lottie Wood
Wilson Avenue
Rohn Chapel
E. D. Wells
Linwood Cemetery
Inquest Continued In Woman's Death In Fire
Coroners jury in Iowa City resumes inquiry into the death of Mrs. Carl E Williams burned at her farm home on August 30. Eleven witnesses, including fire observers and family members, appear as the panel investigates the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Carl E Williams
Iown City
Myron Walker
F. B. Volkringer
Roscoe B. Ayers
Krakow Captured as German advances reach Corridor
Nazi advances reach Bromberg and Graudenz as German communiques claim occupation of northern forts along the Corridor. Polish fronts report heavy losses and displacement while Britain and France absorb war news amid questions about a broader invasion.
Court House News: Multiple Personal Injury and Divorce Actions
A list of court filings includes a $10 000 personal injury suit by Aleve C Jacobsen for leg pelvic and knee fractures after being struck by a tick driven by Alfred HO Leinen near First Ave E and Sixteenth St. Other cases name Mary Votroubek in a $2 025 claim against Mrs John Cork from a May collision at Eighth Ave and Seventh St SE. Susie Johnson sues over a car collision with Norman Johnson at First Ave and Thirteenth St E. Building Supplies Co. faces a $400 claim over cancellation of a June contract. J N Panthes sues for $100 plus $800 for building repairs tied to a lease dispute. Bertha Ebs seeks divorce from Benjamin Ebs over cruel and inhuman treatment with child custody and homestead share requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleve C Jacobsen
Alfred HO Leinen
First Avenue E
Sixteenth Street
Thesday
Plant
Mary Votroubek
Phauanit
John Cork
Vothoubeks
Bath
Gadtres Votroubek
Eighth Avenue
Seventh Street
John CG Wittengle
H R Churchill Man
Susie Johnson
Norman Johnson
Othe
First Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Diss
P Ao
Brarmin Dome
Spemalts Company
Arrs Cocker
N Panthes
Phantulf
Roi
Albert
Bexs
Bertha Ebs
Benjamin Ebs
Criel
Emeline
Tle
District court judgment paid in Cedar Rapids well case
Charles D Nolan fulfilled a district court judgment of 1 345 99 on a Cedar Rapids contract suit against Armstrong Clothing company. The payment settled a lengthy trial over the water temperature for a well supplying air conditioning at the Armstrong store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D Nolan
Amestrong Clothing Company
Cedar Rapids
A Furs
E. Heiserman
Armstrong
Theft of 15 chickens at Robert Lawrence place
Deputy Whittemore investigated the theft of 15 white leghorn chickens weighing about 2 1/2 pounds each from the Robert Lawrence place one mile east of Prairieburg during the holiday weekend. A chicken house door was forced and the fowls were carried away in sacks to a nearby side road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Whittemore
Robert Lawrence Place
Prairieburg
Collicott Granted $25000 Claim In Mother's Estate
Delbert Collicott, proposed by Donald B. Herring as special administrator, receives a $25000 claim allowance from Judge John T. Moffit in Effie Collicott's estate. Effie died May 25, 1937. Collicott is regular administrator and sole legatee. The estate was reopened to permit the claim, based on a May 3, 1937 $25000 check, to settle a business interest and finish formal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Collicott
Donald B. Herring
John T. Moffit
Effie Collicott
Collicott
Divorce Actions Filed
Divorce actions filed Wednesday include Eunah Davidson versus Maurice R. Davidson, married at Central City June 16, 1935, Margaret Rasar versus Herman W. Rasar, married at Elk Point, South Dakota December 30, 1938, LaVon Miller against
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunah Davidson
Maurice R. Davidson
Central City
Margaret Rasar
Herman W. Rasar
Elk Point
S. D
LaVon Miller
Miller-Kehler marriage custody and tax exemption cases
Mrs Miller seeks custody of two children in a case tied to the 1934 marriage of Oha Miller and Estella Kehler at Meron and a 1980 Iowa City marriage to John M Kahler. Linn county supervisors report 86 applications for sole soldiers exemption on 1939 taxes payable in 1940 by veterans who did not file with their assessor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oha Miller
Estella Kehler
Meron
John M. Kahler
Iowa City
Linn County
Faltis Claims German Jews See Paris Attache Murder Framed
Joseph Faltis of Cedar Rapids says German Jews believe the Paris murder of a German consular attaché was a frame up. He notes two months before the incident German Jews declared wealth to the government and Nazi officials used it to justify anti Jewish measures. He references his own two month travel through Poland and Czechoslovakia and reports difficulties entering the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faltis
Germany
Paris
Joseph Faltis
Ceder Rapids
Ki- Waschub Weelne
Cvechoslovakian
Fingerprint clues sought in insurance office robbery
Detectives pursued fingerprints to locate suspects in an insurance office burglary. The report notes a weekend incident and mentions a missing cash stash and a potential insider or confidant connection, with no clear values or identities confirmed.
Unclear OCR Chronicle Describes Brief Jail Time
Fragmentary text cites a one day sentence and release in a case tied to a Tuesday event. References to detention, authorities, and a courtroom setting appear, but readable specifics about people, places, or charges are missing. The passage hints at a legal proceeding but provides few concrete details.
Car Ditch Near Cedar Rapids After Avoiding Unlit Road Sign
In an incident about 10 percent pain reported, Edwin Hetelt swerved to avoid an unlit road repair sign combine plom beni? near Cedar Rapids. Sheriff Smith led the scene at a county road where a damaged car hood and top were noted and the vehicle owned by John Hember.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hetelt
Pedins
John Hember
Andy
Dogs Go Mad and A Widow Near Death in West Orange
A distressed report describes a widow facing near death as a dog attack incident unfolds in West Orange. Neighbors and a companion try to assist while emergency services respond to protect the endangered resident.
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Homer Spurgeon
Shellsburg
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Coe
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Carl Fiinen
London Daily Telegraph
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England
Maree
Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Vincent G. Lucas
John T. Mudd
Waveland Diive NW
John Ji
Richard
LeRoy
Aes
Frank Nye
Mire
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Oak Hill Cemetery
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Elmer Roup
Krakow
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