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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1942
Page
1
Local theater manager Gil bert Rathman reports two stars slated for Tuesday at Liberty Chapel in the Salute to Our Heroes program cannot appear due to circumstances beyond the committee's control.
Mrs J W Bowman entertained guests complimenting her sister Miss Harriet of Washington DC. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Wilbur Sebern of Cedar Rapids Mr and Mrs Benjamin Sebern of Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs W B Sebern and Miss Bernita Sebern of Marion.
Z N Lundy, chairman of the Marion post committee, reports the Legion pool was closed Sunday. J R Hayes, employed at Perry, spent the weekend at his home here.
Miss Blanche Hamm leaves for Belle Plaine to teach English and physical education. Miss Helen Hamm resumes studies at St Luke s training school for nurses Cedar Rapids after a three week vacation. Genevieve Parker returns Monday from Protivia where she visited her grandfather. Mrs Robert Boxwell hosts a luncheon with Mrs Alice Lininger Nora Lorence Sarah Ford and Leon Blinks. Mrs Clementine Schminke to return from Rock Island Ill. Mr and Mrs John L Gritzner and Teresa return Monday from Plainfield. Marion chapter No 10 R A M meets at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Masonic temple.
Sunday visitors at Mrs. Ellen McGuire's home included Miss Hazel Williams and Miss Elizabeth Williams of St. Paul Minnesota. Also present were Miss Helen Engstrom from Deerfield Illinois visiting her aunts Miss Ruth Engstrom of Marion and Mrs Harry Emerson of Cedar Rapids.
Mrs Katherine Bogart visits with her children Eleanor and Quentin and her mother Mrs Lenora Pabst as guests of relatives in Quincy Illinois over the weekend.
Mrs William Dippel of Davenport visits sister Mrs Elvie J Peterson. Mr Dippel, ex Marion resident, attends officer candidate training at Fort Knox. Weekend guests at B I Wooldridge home include Frank Wooldridge Edgewood and Dick Stevens Burlington with H C Frederick family Independence. Floyd S Parks hosts H C Lehman and son John Cleveland with Marian Parks from Cleveland visiting brother Tommy Parks. Tommy lives with Floyd Parks. Miss Mae Herbold leaves to resume studies at Council Bluffs School for the Deaf. Mrs Ruth Wilhelm of Rockford Ill visits L T Herbolds. Delmar Burns, raised in Will Kassler home west of Marion, transferred from Great Lakes to a destroyer. Miss Kathryn Kendall to sing Tuesday after all-club luncheon by Marion Federation of Women’s Clubs at the Presbyterian church.
Mrs Otto Koeppen of 2534 Fifth Avenue celebrated her daughter Dorothy's thirteenth birthday with a Saturday evening home party. Guests included Ber Nice Petrusch, Joan Jergensen, Shirley Jones, Darlene Williams, Helen Rathje, a Domer and Justine Carlisle.
Mrs Myrtle Beall Sheibley of Minneapolis visiting sister Mrs Harry Waline. A family dinner at the Waline home 410 Sixth Street Sunday included Mr and Mrs Carl Fernow Mrs Clarence Dirks and son Clarence Jr and Kathleen Waline of Marion Mrs Dale Storck and son Kenneth of Kansas City Mo Ray Beall and Harry Gifford of Cedar Rapids.
Mrs Roy Layer travels to Los Angeles to visit daughter Mrs Richard Alexander. Concord A and L club plans Friday meeting with Mr and Mrs Vernon Lent. Westminster Guild of the Presbyterian church meets at the manse Wednesday at 6 30 p m to go to Miss Alice Wallace home for a marshmallow roast.
Joe Bulman is ill at his home on Fifth Avenue. Mrs. George A. Kindler will go to University Hospital in Iowa City on Tuesday for treatment.
The September church night dinner of the Christian church will be held Wednesday at 6 20 p m Mr and Mrs W H Apple gate celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary this Sunday and will be the honored guests
Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Pringle and their children Joan Billie and Diane from Mt. Vernon attended the Briggle family eighth annual reunion Sunday at Memorial Hall.
Over the weekend the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Voorhies hosted Mrs. Voorhies' brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Gyldenvand along with their son Kenneth Gyldenvand his wife and son from Des Moines.
Henry Dencker of Chicago, en route from Des Moines where he has been working, stayed overnight Saturday with his brother in law Melvin Schmidt and Mrs Schmidt.
Mary and Joan Balster, juniors at the University of Iowa, spent the weekend here with their parents. The visit highlights family ties and college life for local readers.
Mrs. Dale Storck and her son Kenneth of Kansas City Mo arrived Sunday for a visit at the homes of her parents Mr and Mrs Carl Fernow and in the D B Storck and Harvey Trimble homes.
Edward McGuire Jr of Ottumwa has entered the University of Iowa. He is the grandson of Mrs Edward McGuire of Marion.
Beardsley Ruml, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, outlined remedies to two Senate Finance Committee objections to the pay-as-you-go tax plan. He proposed (1) not canceling 1941 capital gains tax, (2) a windfall tax on deaths in 1942, (3) averaging 1940 41 42 for credits above 10 000. He also suggested some first time taxpayers might defer 1942 taxes to avoid two-year payments in one year.
Rain and light showers expected in the south and east portions of Iowa. Burlington logged 1.13 inches in the past 24 hours, with Estherville Davenport and Atlantic recording 0.41 to 0.53 inches respectively. Weather officials caution that accumulations may vary across counties.
SAN FRANCISCO UP The Western defense command Monday dismissed as unfounded the Sesendin ae ac ee near Santa Bar bane Sautanneer sale Practically all the nitrate of soda used in the United States is imported from Chile.
Bernard Riley recalls U S Marines storming Tulagi Gavutu and Tanambogo in the Solomons campaign Aug 7 9 1942. Raiders are described as tall fearless and trained to endure bloodshed while naval aircraft provide support and aid. The reporter details landing moments intense combat and aerial battles with Japanese forces.
A proposed national World Series and Army Navy football lottery aims to raise six billion dollars annually and award a million in war bonds to the top ticket holder. The scheme, pitched to the Senate Finance Committee, would direct gambling toward patriotic ends though it has drawn little enthusiasm. Tickets cost 1.25 dollars and seek guesses on last batters' identities. top match wins a million in war bonds, with 199,999 other near-misses receiving bonds or savings stamps.
A survivor describes a chaotic night as a plane crash caused a deck fire and high winds. Early dawn reveals Marines firing from cocoanut trees, a Jap swimmer killed on the beach, and a mistaken landing at Gavutu before joining Tulagi operations amid heavy bombardment and wrecked buildings.
AP notes that by July 1 enrollment in Civilian Defense lagged in eight states in the region. Mrs Frost said the need for volunteers is clear and greater in the area, with Iowa not reporting figures.
A Denver-Chicago truck crashed into three vehicles on a rural highway en route to Vancouver. Mrs. Anuzis and her husband were fatally injured, with others sustaining cuts and abrasions as cars were jolted along a 30 foot embankment by the impact and residual cable.
In a tight Mobile Jackson playoff game a bleacher fan walked toward the pitcher's box and advised the Jackson hurler to throw the next batter a low pitch. Pat Moulton, league proxy, commented I ve seen everything confirming the unusual interruption.
Ted Harlan of Des Moines won 11 of 12 games to capture the Iowa horseshoe pitching title from a field of 12 entrants, succeeding Dale Dixon also of Des Moines who did not defend his title this year.
The heavyweight title bout between Joe Louis and Billy Conn could occur within two days. Conn left Pittsburgh Sunday with promoter Mike Jacobs calling him to New York, where a date of October 12 at the Polo Grounds is reported.
A German raider dropped four bombs near Seydisfjordur on the northeast coast of Iceland. There were no casualties or damage reported in the second raid in as many days, according to military headquarters.
The Browns defeated the Blues 2 to 1 Sunday night, evening the series at one win each as Madison and Springfield wait. Madison leads 2–1 with two wins, while Springfield trails 1–2 and needs two straight to clinch.
Davenport AP Des Moines marksman Birney Baker captured both the 20 gauge and small bore titles at the Iowa state skeet meet Sunday. He shot 99 of 190 in the 20 gauge and defeated Brick Strait of Des Moines in a shoot-off by breaking 25 straight birds for the small bore crown.
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