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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1940
Page
11
George Bortz and Van Horne were fined $10 and costs for speeding. The offense noted was 45 miles per hour in a presumably restricted zone.
Henry VI Hooke 62 of 1124 Ninth Street NW died in a local hospital at 8 am Tuesday. Earlier on Monday at 433 pm a refrigerator compressor seized at the home of Mrs Lera Hodpin 829 First Avenue E caused a motor damage and activated the alarm.
Cedar Rapids couples Griffeth Wodtke and Rachel Austin announce a birth. Joseph Grover Lee and An toinette Marascuilo live at S and S Paul John W. Zalesky and Evelyn Louar in Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs Raymond Brown at 14522 B avenue NW welcomed a child. George Malatek of Solon and Robert Cook of Center Point Road NE report a daughter and a son born Sept 9. Ray Pickering of Keystone, Cory of Marion, Vernon Nelson of Pain, and Thiara Sue born Sept 5 to Mr and Mrs William Ebssrute.
Norbert Neidl age 38 of 1509 Sixteenth Avenue SE pleads not guilty to larceny of mason tools bond $50. Emil Johnson age 56 of 1102 Fourteenth Avenue SE sentenced to 15 days county jail intoxication 10 days suspended for good behavior. M Kearns Franklin ill fined $10 and costs improper passing. Fred Fox age 37 of 1315 Sixth Street NW pleads not guilty to assault and battery bond $100. Carmin McCreery Des Moines fined $25 and costs failure to stop at train signal $20 fine suspended during good behavior.
Police hunted for Betty Richardson of Aurora Illinois who allegedly traveled to Cedar Rapids and threatened suicide. A telegram from Branovich urged locating her alive and possibly in a hospital. An Associated Press inquiry and a letter postmarked Cedar Rapids heightened the alert as detectives checked hotels hospitals and the coroner.
The R A F raids over London followed German nightly assaults on the capital. Authorities reported bombs fell across central London including the City and near St Pauls, with hospitals and housing estates hit. Officials noted heavy losses on both sides and a grim British resolve to continue the fight.
Two year old Donald Wachal of 611 Second street SW fractured his left arm after a porch fall and was treated at Mercy hospital. The Ella Swan circle of Bethany Congregational church will meet Friday Sept 20 at 7 30 pm at Mrs Gertrude Rose 420 Eighteenth street NW. Mrs Laura Christensen widow of former assistant police chief was elected recording secretary of the Iowa State Police men's association women's auxiliary at Dubuque with officers Emrich Schnoor Allstot Hooper listed.
ECC president Eppley Hotels announced Tuesday that H C Carrier, formerly with the Hotel Fontenelle in Omaha and most recently manager of the Hotel Seelbach in Louisville, Ky, has become manager of the Hotel Montrose in Cedar Rapids. He succeeds G C Lee who had been in charge on a temporary basis.
Arthur Baer argues the nation will test a volunteer military system for sixty days and then use a truant officer if adequate enlistment fails. He notes political pressure on lawmakers, interparty fights, and White House influence during an election season.
Berlin reports Herschel Grynz pan is serving a 20 year penitentiary term after a French court sentenced him for the murder of Ernst vom Rath, a German embassy staff member in Paris, with the sentence to be carried out under German supervision.
Senate action sends a draft bill to conference as lawmakers clash over the Adams proposal and military trade. Iowa estimates 250000 to 600000 men may register for service, with about 8000 expected from the first contingent of 400000.
Sioux City man reports his dog shot by a .22 bullet at a Johnson avenue tourist camp and was euthanized. Henry Oltman sues Ona Mae Oltman for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment, married April 4 1938 in Benson Illinois. Louise Harris divorce suit dismissed without prejudice. State Auditor Co B Akers on annual county audit with Linn county officials. James H Hadad embezzlement case dismissed. Harold Palmer pleads not guilty to a statutory offense and failed to post bond. Ben McDonough seeks custody in divorce decree case. Ravenscroft vs Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Short Line and Wright dismissed. Nannie E Stansby note action against J M Tallman dismissed.
President William Green of the AFL announced at a Teamsters convention that the union will back any draft plan worked out by congressional conferees and signed by President Roosevelt. He said the AFL is not opposed to conscription if manpower is needed and that the voluntary system should be tried first.
The Giornale d'Italia reported on Tuesday that Germany will immediately launch a ruthless air sudden incident against the British civilian population, signaling a drastic escalation in air war tactics during the conflict.
Attorney General Robert H. Jackson urged employers to act fairly toward non citizens. He cited reports of firms firing aliens, warning such discrimination could create a grave national problem under the alien registration act.
London AP reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill will broadcast to the nation tomorrow at 66 p.m Wednesday, the address to be carried live across the country. The announcement came Tuesday night detailing the wartime speech.
Londoners endure three days of German raids with humor while women and children depart for safer countryside. Trains and roads carry evacuees as men, like Arthur Blake, stay to work and defend the city. The exodus favors women and children. men ensure the city endures.
Mr Roosevelt will address the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 8 30 to 9 p.m. Iowa time, in a late broadcaster decision after clarifying his stance on whether the speech is political. Early's statement noted the station basis for airing reflecting an exchange of time.
WMT Cedar Rapids announced it will air the President's speech, received via the Columbia chain from 8:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday Town time. Officials said Mutual Broadcasting System notified that the speech is political in nature and will be sponsored by the Democratic National Committee on the Columbia chain and NBC blue network, but not on Mutual or NBC red.
The report details a second arrest over theft of gasoline from WPA job sites. Affidavits allege Himes, a WPA truck driver, used county fuel for his car and later for a WPA superior's vehicle. The issue cites cross state links and notes aluminum sources in the region.
The Linn county Red Cross accepted a war relief quota of 2260 garments to England, the largest yet for the chapter. Materials will be shipped from St. Louis with a central production room under Helen Hubbard. Mrs George Walker aids, while Mrs Philip Shive leads knitting, and Miss Hubbard seeks local volunteer help.
The inventory lists 160 children's sweaters, 85 women's dresses, 160 girls' dresses, 60 layettes and 125 hospital shirts. Auction details and dates are not provided in the fragment.
New York dispatch reports the British Broadcasting Corporation quoted official German radio saying all German broadcasting may be curtailed. The German source cited military reasons and said it is not the proper time to explain them.
Senator Scott W. Lucas of Illinois led a Midwest push urging President Roosevelt to campaign actively for a third term. After a six hour meeting with state and national leaders, Lucas said Wisconsin Democrats doubt victory without a Roosevelt appearance and planned talks with National Chairman Edward T. Flynn and an eventual audience with Roosevelt.
A local pitch extols Lipton tea as wonderful tasting and capable of yielding over 200 cups per pound. The speaker urges couples to try the tea and notes grateful responses from recipients.
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