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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1940
Page
5
A series of birth notices from St Luke's hospital and various local addresses report multiple couples welcoming sons on September 7 and other dates. Also listed are residents from Cedar Rapids and Muscatine with names and home addresses, plus the death of Mrs Harriet G Hahn at 1841 Washington Avenue SE.
Rushville Indiana report notes Wendell Willkie offers farmers a nine point plan to raise purchasing power and employment. It includes soil conservation payments tax readjustment tariff policy rural electrification and increased farm loans and decentralization of administration with a push to find new outlets for farm products.
City council members examined proposed traffic signalization for Ath Street crossings. Rail representatives attended the conference, with data and a color motion picture illustrating installed equipment at busy Midwestern intersections. Members agreed protection could work in some districts but be a nuisance where commuter transit is heavy.
Two hit and run incidents reported with no injuries. Merle Plummer saw a car strike his southbound truck near Cold Stream Avenue and fail to stop. he could not ID the vehicle. H R Westfall said a door on the passenger side of his car was caved in while parked near 215 First Street SE between 2 and 2:30 p.m. he suspects a truck was involved.
In Rushville Indiana AP report farm editors voted Friday that Wendell L Willkie and farmer manager Joe Kramer should sell a carload of hogs for 775 a hundredweight. During the Q A editor asked if Kramer should sell his hogs now and Willkie posed the question to the room with a dozen voices calling yes and no votes unavailable.
Berlin reports large scale raids on London by night. Communique claims German air force attacked docks and oil tanks, caused fires, and damaged non military targets. Also claims attacks on Liverpool Manchester Weybridge Rochester Kenley and Thameshaven.
London and nearby regions endured a severe night of bombing as German raids caused numerous casualties. Fire crews and air raid wardens searched ruins while shelters protected residents, though many were wounded in residential districts and a northern England coastal area suffered heavy damage.
An after midnight British raid triggers multiple fires in Berlin with windows rattling and buildings trembling. A second plane returns to drop near the same spot amid deafening ground fire as red flares light the northern sky. two fires are quickly put out while a third burns for hours.
Lester Kaul 34, of 714 E avenue NW, faces larceny charges after police say he stole $23 from a woman’s purse while in her home about 11 am Friday. He allegedly chauffeured her downtown to cash a check, then left as she briefly spoke to a neighbor. Bond set at $1,000. he did not post. Kaul pled not guilty. Detective Condon and officers Stusek and Simon reported he had been drinking. prior drunk driving conviction noted from 1935.
Mrs Harriett G Hahn wife of Albert Hahn died at 1841 Washington Avenue SE Cedar Rapids after a long illness. Born Sept 16 1885 in Muscatine she lived in Riverside Town and Cedar Rapids 16 years. Survived by husband daughter Mrs G L Phillips two grandchildren Robert and Kay Jean Phillips sister Mrs Vada Tiedin brother H O Duncan. Funeral Monday at Turner chapel at 10 am conducted by Dr Marion Williams burial Oak Hill cemetery.
Ben Arthur Shaw died at 4 40 am Saturday after a long illness. Born June 19 186, in Oskaloosa, he lived in Fairfax 11 years and married Virginia Moon Oct 18 1888 in Moorefield Nebraska. He leaves wife, three daughters, six sons, a sister and two brothers, plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was a member of the Church of God in Moorefield Nebraska.
General services will be conducted in Turner chapel at 2 pm Mondays by the Rev Mr Arnold of Norway. Burial will be made in Fairfax cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Frank Chrisman 84 of Lafayette died at his home early Saturday. Born February 27 1856 in Newark Ohio he had lived in Lafayette 58 years. He is survived by two sons Will and John Chrisman of Lafayette. Funeral services will be held at the Christian church in Lafayette Sunday at 2 pm with Rev. William Wilson of Toddville officiating. Burial will be in Lafayette cemetery. Friends may call at the Dennison and Beatty chapel in Center Point.
United Press reports that intensified air raids on Great Britain have not matched pre war predictions of massive casualties or widespread destruction. During World War I 857 were killed and 2,058 wounded, with 1.4 million pounds in damage. In the current period only 1,075 civilians died last month, and Britain had prepared 150,000 emergency beds which Churchill notes remained unused as peacetime hospitals could handle casualties.
The Linn Wisconsin picnic returns Sunday at Thomas park in Marion as a reunion for Linn county residents with Wisconsin ties. The event began in 1934, with a cafeteria dinner at 12.30 and a social program plus sports activities in the afternoon. Committee leaders include William Buck as president James Courier as vice president and Mrs M O Winter as secretary treasurer.
Myron C. Taylor, President Roosevelt's special envoy to the Vatican, who is convalescing from a serious illness, has returned to the United States aboard the American Export Lines Excalibur.
William Mielke, a New Hampton farm implement dealer, sues in federal court in Cedar Rapids seeking a refund of 98880 in income taxes for 1937 plus 102 interest. He argues the business was a partnership and the net income was improperly charged to him alone. His wife Gertrude allegedly held a half interest through an oral agreement from 1926 and a written agreement a year later. The collector of internal revenue for the district of Iowa, Charles D Huston, is named as defendant. The refund claim was denied August 8.
Disappearance of a 13 year old German police dog reported by Blanche Krebs. Townsend club No 2 to meet in the Memorial building at 7:30 p.m with a joint session of five Townsend clubs. Lewis Couplin reports loss of a small billfold downtown with minimal cash and a driver's license. Edward Melcher will be soloist at the 1054 worship hour at the First Congregational church. Mollison organ selection from The Holy City. Mollison to perform at the organ with Mr Blank of Tri States Theater corp in a Paramount news reel alongside Wendell Willkie and Henry Wallace actions.
St Pauls Church of Youth will open Sunday at 9 40 am with a recognition service for 62 graduates advancing to the young people department and a welcome for 56 new members from the third grade to the junior department. Promotion day will be observed with Bible presentations. Morning schedule remains 9 45.
L. W. Anderson of a e Eighth avenue Third street SE service station reported to police Friday that he was duped out of ten dollars by a 45 year old Negro con artist who used a card trick. Two men, in a car with an Illinois plate, stopped for gas at about 7 pm and headed west on highway 30.
Harvey Mannen, 32, pled guilty in police court to drunkenness and disturbing the peace after police found him with a withdrawing visitor at 515 Fifth Avenue SE around midnight. Officers said his wife, Mrs Mannen, cowered as she claimed he struck her with a flashlight. Mannen was fined $50 plus costs. he claimed he had given another man in the house a mild thrashing before officers arrived.
Advertisement note lists grapes apples cider fries and fresh homegrown vegetables under classification 28 market place in the Good Things to Eat column.
Police recovered a truck tire and rim for Joseph Schultz of Castalia after he reported losing them while driving from Center Point to Independence. Schultz called from Independence to say the tire dropped off the car carrier, and a Fort Dodge trucker reported finding it. Motorcycle Patrolman John Stodola was notified and met the finder.
Frank L. McCormick of Des Moines, field supervisor for Equitable Life, was the principal speaker at the Oscar A Anderson eastern Iowa agency conference at the Commonwealth. Recognition was given to J. L. Wilson of Vinton, Durward Gibson of Manchester, Byron K Anderson of Cedar Rapids, W. Russell Deatherage of Dubuque, G. E Grunewald of Tipton, and Millie Arnold of Cedar Rapids for achievements and qualifications toward the Banff convention. Luncheon at the Commonwealth followed with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar A. Anderson hosting.
A warrant was issued for Leslie Trout 1206 Third Street SW charging assault and battery after a public dispute near 219 Third Street SW. Hearing set for 2 pm Monday. Witnesses described Trout striking back amid conflicting accounts from Pearl Hamor and Trout.
LaFonda Parker twenty is hospitalized with a broken left shoulder after a drunken youth Ed Orr twenty one fell in a near Clark Street area. Police say the pair had visited the Piccadilly tavern and Roosevelt hotel before the accident. Orr was driven home by patrol officers.
Marial Lingard, 23, of Marion, faced maximum penalty for lacking a license. A $100 fine and costs were imposed by Justice H. R. Churchill after County Attorney G. K. Thompson requested enforcement. An mittimus sent Lingard to jail for 30 days when he did not pay the fine. Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon arrested him.
Washington experts dismissed reports that Germany is building a tunnel under the English Channel to flood Britain. They cited three main obstacles including time to build 5-6 years, vulnerability to air attacks and flooding, and near impossibility of a secret exit for a German invasion force.
In Cedar Rapids the May 15 filing renews the bid to revoke William Fahey as guardian for Mary and Harold Hruska and Dr William Hruska and asks Dr Hruska be appointed guardian. Fahey, who succeeded the late Otto Sikora, posted a $20 000 bond after relatives objected and he later learned of Harold Hruska in San Diego. The amended application claims the Sikora estate administrator pressed for a successor and details Fahey's guardianship includes Cedar Rapids real estate, finances, and a $10 000 trust for Mary Hruska.
A fall on a broken sidewalk on Seventh Street SW near Second and Third Avenues on February 13 led Gerald Demmel a Cedar Rapids machinist to sue the city for 7500 dollars. Demmel cites ankle fractures among his injuries.
Faye Hambell Grieble sues Raymond Grieble in a divorce filed on cruelty grounds. Rose Ann Slaughter seeks divorce from Jesse JD Slaughter after a Maxwell marriage in 1897 and requests restoration of her maiden name, along with title to household goods, an automobile, and alimony.
Cecil Coffeen 29 of Marion was ordered released from county jail on his own recognizance by Judge C J Haas on state motion as he returns to Illinois his original home. Harry Klinckman 42 of Chicago pled not guilty to driving while intoxicated and posted a $500 bond. Velda L Glime seeks to increase child support and Henry Paul asks district court to modify a May 20 1936 divorce decree to gain custody of three children. Frances Paul now Mrs Samuel Smirke holds custody per the decree.
Judge C J Haas scheduled a hearing on D W Bates receiver of the American Trust and Savings Bank to sell Bever Park second addition in Cedar Rapids to JM Welch for 2950 dollars appraised value on Sept 16 at 9 am. A man from Forest City was released to Northwood officers after detention by Worth county and Linn county officials said a warrant for false uttering of a check had been issued in Worth county.
A waitress reported her purse containing cash was stolen at about 6 am after four customers and a drunken acting man left the inn. The purse sat on a dressing table in a rear bedroom. a house key was later found in a field behind the inn. The suspects' car had a fox tail on the radiator cap and headed east on Highway 30.
Cedar Rapids secured the 1941 convention of the Iowa Association of Insurance Agents after the 1940 Des Moines meeting. The three day event in early September will draw at least 600 visitors. Cedar Rapids led attendance, with 20 of 24 members present. George Cockburn Jr led the fire prevention committee as regional VP, announcing nationwide home fire prevention cards and a school outreach drive during Fire Prevention Week. A Cedar Rapids Fire Department model house displayed fire hazards at the convention.
The second infantile paralysis patient this month is a 4 year old girl taken to the University hospital at Iowa City Friday afternoon. Tony Trusty, assistant city health officer, said Saturday in his daily report to Dr. Vic Hasek. The city now has three cases on record with the July and early August cases released from quarantine. Three families remain under quarantine, but all patients have been moved to Iowa City.
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