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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1941

Page

4

Obituary notices from Iowa towns list multiple deaths

Davenport resident Mrs E T Foster 73 dies at home in Columbus Junction. Detroit native Charles H Dowson 74 dies in Iowa. Kalona widow Laura Shillig 82 dies after brief illness. Lamont Stephen Wintenberg 75 dies after long life in community. John F Shull dies near Frederic Wis. Ward. Frank Owen 82 dies in Iowa City. Mrs Clem Dietze 52 dies after brain tumor operation. Mrs Harry D Easton 68 dies in Oelwein. Funeral and burial details given for each.

Columbus Junction E. T. Foster Davenport Mary Lampher Alton Foster the Hill and Frederick Chapel Charles H. Dowson Detroit Mich Here Carl] Dircks Thomas Mary Dowson England Carrie Harrison John Davidson Whittier Calif William Oshkosh Ned Stephens Funeral Home Kalona Laura Shillig Johnson County Emory D. Baker Lawrence J. Shillig Ka Jona Isaac Lurae Kalona Methodist Church Sharon Hill Lamont Stephen C. Wintenberg Monticello Mr. Wintenberg Wintenberg Jennie Emmert Dubuque Methodist Church I. O. O. F. Lodge Donald Stevenson Park Brook Minn Delbert New York E. J Delhi Harry Florida Rhines Funeral Home Compton Victor—Ward John F. Shull Frederic Wis Marietta Capehart Corning Ark J. H. Shull Marengo Robert Victor Frank Owen University Hospital Iowa City Abraham and Cyrena Owen North English Owen Iowa Masonic Knights of Pythias Mary O. West Lillian Miller Adam Rathjen Nell Voss Richard Owen Clem Dietze Hazel E. Seaton William H. Seaton Millersburg Clements F. Dietze Moulton Iowa County Dietze Dean Paul Lee Laverne Merle Huntelman Marvel Dean Cleone Klaus Arlene Kutcher Oxford Cledith Goldfield Icle Wade Melvin Mento Keswick Pearl van Wanda Kelly Oelwein Oelwein Woman's Club MacDowell Club State Federation of Women’s Clubs

Ministers and Speakers Ad Include ADLA Tablets Ad

Advertisement urging ministers and speakers to use ADLA Tablets with Bismuth and Carbonates for quick relief from indigestion heartburn and fullness, recommending ADGA from druggists.

Myron Taylor Granted Private Audience With Pope

Vatican City report states Myron C. Taylor Roosevelt’s personal envoy was granted a private audience with Pope Pius XII Tuesday night. Taylor had met with Papal Secretary of State Luigi Cardinal Maglione and arrived after a long U.S. absence. He was said to carry an important message from President Roosevelt.

Vatican City Pius XII Roosevelt Myron C. Taylor Taylor Luigi Cardinal Maglione United States Barcelona William D. Leahy Alexander Weddell France Spain

Food Prices Rise 1.3 Percent In August

The Conference Board reports food costs climbed 1.3 percent in August while overall living costs rose 0.6 percent. Since August 1940 the cost of living is up 4.7 percent and 24.7 percent above the 1933 low, with rents up 0.2 percent and clothing up 0.9 percent.

New York National Industrial Conference Board

Buttermaker Fred Kelley Hangs Self in Plant Locker Room

Fred Kelley, 47, a Swift and Company buttermaker in Atlantic Iowa, killed himself in the plant locker room late Tuesday. A 29 year employee and father of 12, Kelley left no motive found by authorities.

Atlantic, Ia Fred Kelley Swift and Company Kelley

Test Blackout of Whole West Coast Planned

Vancouver report says Canada and United States plan a test blackout from California to Alaska. Mayor Cornett announced plans are in formative stage and coordinated under Mayor LaGuardia. No date set yet though it could come in the immediate future amid Pacific negotiations with Japan.

Vancouver B. C United States North American California Alaska J. W. Cornett Cornett Fiorello LaGuardia New York Civilian Defense Committee Japan Pacific

Teenager Kills Self With Ingenious Gun Arrange­ment

Nashville report says 15 year old Justin Potter Jr., son of a coal company president, died by his own action in a field. A bullet pierced his brain. no gun was found, and authorities concluded suicide despite an apparent murder setup.

Nashville, Tenn Justin Potter, Jr

Suicide Scene At Old Storm Sewer Well

A boy chose a storm sewer well as his death site. He used a grandfather's revolver wrapped with a handkerchief, tied a rock to the trigger with shoestrings, and placed both gun and rock on the sewer wall to push the rock into the well. Relatives offered no motive, noting he was imaginative but not widely connected.

Fifteen Year Old Twins Have Marriages Annulled

In Albuquerque a district court annulled the marriages of 15-year-old twin brothers Ivan and Irvin to Margaret 14 and Frances Gleason 15 after their mother, Margaret Rymes, argued the youths were too young. The twins had eloped a month earlier and remained living with parents as high school students.

Albuquerque N. M Ivan Irvin Margaret Rymes Margaret Frances Gleason Frances

U S Second Army Men Compare Favorably With German Vets

Observer reports U S Second Army in Louisiana showing high battle potential after a 10 hour battle. Seventh Corps units met tank warfare for the first time, with Illinois Thirty third and Thirty fifth divisions plus Missouri Kansas Nebraska Twenty seventh defending against First Armored and Second Cavalry divisions.

U.S Richard G. Hottelet Second Louisiana United States Ben Lear Seventh Corps New York Illinois Missouri Kansas Nebraska First Armored Second Cavalry

House Wren Sings One Minute Song On Repeating Intervals

A house wren performs a song lasting one minute and repeats the melody every two seconds, creating a steady rhythmic pattern.

House Wren

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