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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1941
Page
9
Seven people died in weekend automobile crashes across Iowa, boosting the year’s toll to 393, up from 333 on the same date a year earlier. The worst crash occurred near Hills when a car containing three youths hit a concrete bridge abutment in a lightning blinded moment, killing all aboard.
Iowa set a new all time record for highway fatalities in August with 77 deaths reported by the state department of public safety. Of the total seven pedestrians and two bicyclists were struck by cars while 68 were auto passengers and 36 of the deaths resulted from collisions with other cars.
DES MOINES. Charles H Grahl, state selective service director, urged students contemplating return to school this month to check with local boards about when they may be called for military training. He noted no blanket deferments exist. each case is handled individually and a student must qualify as a necessary man or face possible induction when his order number reaches.
DES MOINES AP Mrs Harris Ph D executive secretary of the Utah Taxpayers association will headline the seventh annual Iowa Taxpayers association meeting on Friday Oct 24 Joe L Long secretary said He will discuss cooperation between public officials and taxpayers in Utah economy and efficiency Gov George A Wilson will be guest of honor and speak after luncheon A forum on urgent governmental problems with county city and school officials will follow the luncheon
Des Moines plans to move Lindbergh’s speech to follow Roosevelt’s nationally televised address. America First officials say the change makes the schedule more convenient, with the President taking priority before Lindbergh speaks later in the evening.
Mrs Frank Heckman Jr 25 wife of a Logan farmer died in a Council Bluffs hospital after a week long illness attributed to encephalitis. The death was reported Monday in Council Bluffs.
In the Iowa City area seven highway deaths were tallied in a week. A Riverside trio died when their car crashed into a bridge abutment on highway 218 ten miles south of Iowa City. Driver Virgil Haney, 22, died after 40 minutes. Theresa Schnoebelen, 25, and her brother Le Roy, 20, died from injuries.
A Des Moines AP report states Iowa plans form an Iowa State Committee for Norwegian Relief Inc to raise 50 000 in Iowa before December 1 for Norway aid. Fifty Iowa Norwegians met to appoint a delegation to Roland to secure Rev Olaf Holen as chairman. The delegation includes Rev O Ingvoldstad of Chicago the group’s executive secretary. Reports warn scurvy is rampant in Norway due to vitamin C lack and families must wear wooden shoes as leather pairs are scarce.
Davenport police say Officer Hans Hansen, stabbed six times by fugitive Fred Magnus, is resting comfortably at a state hospital after responding to a disturbance call at Magnus’ mother’s home. Magnus, age 35, may be returned to the state institution.
Frank Miles, editor of the Iowa Legionaire, told a Des Moines gathering that the United States is closer to war than at any time since World War I. He warned a Greer incident will force a quick showdown and urged fighting Hitler off England or in Germany rather than on American soil.
The will of George J. Keller, former WPA director killed in an auto crash, was filed in Johnson county district court. It leaves the estate to Bertha M. Keller and the Iowa State Bank and Trust Company in trust with all income to Mrs. Keller. If she dies, the estate passes equally to three children: Mrs. Howard Grothe, Mrs. Ethyl Kenefick, and John L. Keller.
Wilber Peiper of Olin was fined 50 dollars plus 363 dollars in costs after a Monday court for reckless driving. His car hit a Marion police vehicle driven by Chief Gene Miller on East Eighth Avenue from Tenth Street, pinning the patrol car between a parked vehicle and Peiper’s machine. The officer’s car sustained heavy damage.
Mrs. Ralph Richardson of 1212 Fourteenth street announces the engagement of her elder daughter Ruth Culver of Marion to Ray Hoglund of Marion, son of Mr and Mrs William Hoglund of Mapleton. The wedding will be held Saturday evening at the parsonage of the First Baptist church in Cedar Rapids.
Mrs Virginia Voorhies of Em Budo New Mexico guest of Rev and Mrs Gilbert Voorhies travels to Fairfield to attend a reception hosted by Rev and Mrs William Yingling. She is to wed Richard Milner of Albuquerque. Mrs Gilbert Voorhies and daughter Mrs Marion also attended.
Tickets for a Marion Parent Teacher Association production of Bubbling Over go on sale at Edison pharmacy. The show features Melvyn Arp as a college professor whose efforts to shut down a date bureau run afoul of two students played by Wilbur Clark and J O Sheets. Proceeds fund dental and medical aid for local children and inoculations against smallpox and diphtheria in Marion schools.
George Hutton reports five and one quarter inches of rain fell in Marion Sunday night. Mrs Edith Miller living with her parents at Morley for weeks. Howard Christian son and family visiting Ackley relatives. Marie Grunewald wedding in Blairstown attended by Minnie Schenken Carroll Roberts and A B Black. L E Peckosh obtain permit to build new home at 552 Fifth Avenue for 3000 dollars. Wilbur Stearns contractor. Weekend guests include John Chapman and family from Austin Minnesota.
Mary Manners advises breaking engagements or relationships when trust or safety issues arise. A reader considers ending an engagement to avoid unhappiness and reputational hurt, while others are urged to pursue separation or mutual freedom to reassess compatibility.
Des Moines hosts a three day Iowa Bankers association gathering with more than 1,500 bankers and staff. U.S. Senators Robert Reynolds and Alben Barkley will address sessions on economic outlook and postwar business, while the association names officers and directors.
Special to The Gazette. Rep William S Jacobsen cites Artemus L Gates in the Congressional Record after Gates was named assistant secretary of the navy for aeronautics by President Roosevelt. The account recalls Gates’s college and wartime heroism including naval air service duty at Dunkirk and a daring rescue under heavy fire.
The passage notes a man who, after the armistice, entered banking and married Alice Davison, sister of Trubee. It states that before turning 34 he served as president of the New York Trust Co., a leading New York bank, highlighting his rise in the financial sector.
Three damage actions arising from auto accidents near Tipton Stanwood and Mechanicsville are set for Cedar county district court filing close for the September term opening September 15 with Judge G K Thompson. Peter Denning sues the Salvation Army and John Shaffer for 1500 over an accident on primary road No 74 east of Tipton May 4. Ruth Buttke sues Daniel V Sherman for 2092 63 for car damage and injuries to herself and husband Walter on primary road No 30 near Stanwood August 10, 1940. Marvin Happel of Cedar Rapids seeks 70 from N D Gunn and Glenn Butler of Mechanicsville.
Ernest McMann also known as Ernie Thompson, a farm hand for Fred Valenta near Clutter, pled guilty to larceny of a motor vehicle before Judge L. J. Kirkland in Tama county district court. He received a prison term of up to ten years at Fort Madison with a $2000 appeal bond. McMann confessed to stealing a car from Mrs. Monroe Boyer of Clutter on August 26, the vehicle found in Collins. He was held in Story county jail in Nevada for Tama county officers after arrest by Deputy Sheriff Harry Mills.
Delta Funeral services were held Monday for Mrs Ben Moore at the Garrett cemetery in Delta. She died Friday at her Winfield home after an extended illness. Mr and Mrs Moore were former Delta residents.
A vintage ad urges men over 40 with impotence symptoms to seek help for enlarged and inflamed glands. It promotes Dr Ball Clinic at Excelsior Springs Maine offering a free book explaining conditions and potential relief with no obligation.
Alexander Forward of New York key official of the American Gas Association tells managers and engineers at the twenty first annual gas school and conference at Iowa State College that changing world conditions are tightening operations. He cites material shortages likely limiting new construction and reducing gas appliance production unless tied to national defense.
A Timken advertisement promotes the Wall-Flame Oil Burner as a means to reduce fuel waste. It asserts Timken’s efficiency and offers a dealer written bond guaranteeing economical operation, promising defense fuel conservation and personal savings.
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