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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1938
Page
3
Active members of Delta Delta Delta sorority served as hostesses Monday at the chapter rooms for a luncheon honoring Mrs. Raymond E. Polansky of Los Angeles the former Miss Edith Winn. She is a guest staying with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Winn at 298 Thirty-fifth Street Drive SE.
Mrs James H Smith hosted a Sunday evening dinner in her home honoring her sister Mrs Lora Frederick on her birthday. Guests included James H Smith Mr and Mrs Leo Blum Mr and Mrs Charles Mather and daughter Dorothy Mr and Mrs Anthony Sedlacek Miss Eileen Smith James H Smith Jr Miss Joan Whitney Miss Marie De Wald and Miss Lila Daniels.
Mrs. Joseph Rajtora of 806 Eighth Street SE was surprised Sunday evening with a birthday party marking her sixty first birthday. Attending were Miss Mary Kurbey of Kenosha Wisconsin and several Rajtora family members including Art Rajtora with their son Dale Harold Rajtora with daughter Elsie Josephine William Podzimek Woodrow Rajtora Otto Rajtora and Mary Jennings.
Mrs Rose Wickham of 1922 Mount Vernon avenue SE and Mrs Pearl Frankhauser of Sac City left Saturday for Clearwater Florida to spend several weeks with friends and relatives.
Miss Anna TF rericks and her brother in law C A Kent reside at 1511 D avenue NE returning after visiting relatives and friends in Indiana.
Mr and Mrs Charles A Farr return with their daughter Mary Eleanor after a week at Lake of the Ozarks near Bagnell am.
Members of the Beta Phi Alpha sorority will gather Tuesday at 7 15 p m at the home of Miss Ruth Murray Blair s Ferry Road Marion for a regular meeting.
A reader notes how time heals a broken heart as Tom moves from heartbreak over Callie to by chance meeting Lois, bringing renewed hope. Dear Miss Manners columns advise patience and personal boundaries in relationships and offer supportive letters to Worried and Dee.
Editor notes century old boast that Germany could conquer the world is unfounded. The writer cites Charlemagne and Julius Caesar to argue German power has waxed and waned over 1900 years, asserting no historical basis for a modern empire under Hitler. He ends with skepticism over any future rise.
The Rev Ronald R Kratz a former Cedar Rapids resident and Creston Baptist pastor died at his Creston home after several months illness He was born May 29 1897 in Cedar Rapids a Coe College graduate and author survived by wife three children and two sisters Funeral arrangements to be announced
The widow of Thomas F. West, married in 1887 at the present residence, he died April 11, 1927. Survived by two nieces Florence Storrs and Jennie Batchelder, three nephews H S Bachelder D T Bachelder and E A Bachelder, and a long time First Baptist Church member in Cedar Rapids. Funeral announcements will follow. visiting hours begin after 6 PM Monday at Turner chapel.
Funeral services for Glenn Frederic Rhinehart age 39 will be in Brady chapel at 2 pm Wednesday conducted by Rev Frank Ward. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call after 7 pm Monday at the chapel. Born in Cedar Rapids March 18 1905 he was a lifelong resident. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs J H Rhinehart Cedar Rapids and sisters Miss Carrie Rhinehart and Mrs Madeline Shock of Los Angeles California.
Mrs Minnie Grace Miner 38 wife of A A Miner 1730 B Avenue NW died at a local hospital at 9 30 p m Sunday after a short illness Born Monticello April 29 1900 she had lived in Cedar Rapids twenty two years Survived by husband one son Arthur Jr father Peter Holmes and five brothers Edward Lester Eugene Earl of Cedar Rapids Donald Estes Park Colo and a sister Mrs Jennie Waller of Chicago Funeral services will be held Beatty chapel at 2 p m Tuesday Burial Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the chapel 7 to 9 p m Monday
Mrs John Jones 76 longtime Cedar Rapids native and former B. C. R. and N. boilermaker wife of Mr. Jones died in an Iowa Falls hospital after a short illness. She and her husband moved to Iowa Falls over thirty years ago. Survived by two sons John Jr Marshalltown and George Iowa Falls. four daughters Frances and Ethel Iowa Falls Minnie Hoskins Nampa Idaho and Lillian Vandeveer Alabama.
Funeral services for Miss Marie Laura Mauss who died at her sister’s home on Washington Avenue SE after a three month illness were held in Turner chapel. The Rev James H Blackstone Jr conducted the service with burial in Cedar Rapids Memorial Park cemetery. Honorary pallbearers included Arthur H Birney Floyd M Knapp Warren McAllister Carl Butterfield Everett Obrecht and Holbrook Morrison.
Funeral services for Henry C. Ryan, who died Saturday afternoon, will be held at Immaculate Conception Church Tuesday at 9 a.m. Rev. Msgr. John M. Molloy will officiate. Burial follows at Mount Calvary. Rosary is recited at 8 p.m. Monday at Monahan Funeral Home, where friends may call.
The city council postponed action on Sixth Street NW paving from G to Penn Avenues for a week after a protest with forty two signatures was filed. Opponents cite cost and future sewer and bus-routing concerns. supporters urge timely work and council will visit the site before the next meeting.
Attorney General Cummings reaffirmed that a Justice Department inquiry into alleged civil rights suppression in Jersey City last spring is ongoing. He disputed prior reports claiming the investigation was finished and found no federal violations, and promised an official statement upon completion.
Leroy Plum 20 confessed to robbing two groceries and shooting Patrolman Harold Swartley in Sterling. Plum was wounded in the knee during a shootout and later surrendered. He claimed Cedar Rapids residence and said he was arrested there Aug. 31, though Cedar Rapids records show no such arrest.
Charles A Safely died at a local hospital Saturday morning. Funeral services are set for 4 30 pm Tuesday at Beatty chapel with burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 pm at the chapel. He is survived by his wife and step daughter Mrs G E Osborn two brothers Edward of Sharboneau ND and Arthur M and a sister Mrs Lulu MacKinnon both of Cedar Rapids five nieces and two nephews.
Mrs. Allen S Beck of Mason City died Monday morning. She was sister of Miss Jenna Strahan Cedar Rapids principal. Funeral services scheduled Tuesday in Mason City. Survived by sister Miss Willa Strahan Muscatine two brothers Oscar Strahan San Marcos Tex Loyal Strahan Mason City a son Frederick Beck Mason City parents Mr and Mrs William Strahan Denison and cousin Mrs Edna Barrett Jackson Cedar Rapids.
The Duke of Windsor may return from exile to attend the funeral of his cousin Prince Arthur of Connaught who died in his sleep from a gastric ailment. He was one of the least known royal members but an intimate friend of the former king. They were brother Masons.
Attorneys for commission agents failed to obtain a postponement of a rehearing order in the Kansas City stock yards rate case. Examiner John C. Brooke denied delaying arguments on exceptions to the proposed order reducing rates and refused to set aside the opinion based on pre 1933 evidence.
Mrs. Mattie J. West widow of Thomas F. West died at her home 1513 First Street SW at 10 am Monday after a brief illness. Born March 27 1856 at Alton Illinois she came to Cedar Rapids in 1878 and resided here continuously since.
Thirty descendants of Charles Heiland of Rowley gathered for their first reunion in five years with Mr. Heiland as guest of honor. Attendees included numerous Heiland and Butterfield families from Cedar Falls Walker Rowley Cedar Rapids Bloomfield Mason City Plymouth Waterloo and Ke wanee Illinois along with three children nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren. A second reunion is planned for Independence.
Norman Kleppe and Bernice Stock both of Wilton Junction receive a marriage license. Charles A. Krejci and Lillian Marie Navratil, both of Cedar Rapids, are granted a license.
John Thomas Breslin returned Sunday night after a weekend in Chicago. Mrs Iva Fenner recovering at 340 Rockford road SW after illness at the All Iowa fair. City council granted Charles D Nolan permission to drill a well for Witwer Grocer Co in Third street SE near Tenth avenue. All Townsend clubs plan entertainment Tuesday at 7 30 pm at K P hall with a one act play, refreshments and dancing. Linn lodge 249 ladies auxiliary to the Rock Island Machinists will meet Wednesday at 7 30 pm at 838 First avenue E. Omer Mottet reported his black Tudor sedan stolen from Coca Cola plant driveway after 7 30 pm Sunday. Dr L L Dolson returned from Des Moines after attending joint directors meeting of National Chiropractors Association and Iowa Chiropractors Association. Two dancing couples will demonstrate jitterbug yam and Lambeth Walk Thursday night at Danceland. Henson and Slavik recently returned from Chicago convention of the Association of Dancing Masters.
Real Estate board members discussed a Florida court ruling exempting real estate salesmen from social security tax at a Monday noon YMCA luncheon. They debated whether the ruling could apply locally, but no action was taken.
Linn Griffin of Alhambra California faced reckless driving charges after a Saturday evening accident three miles west of Cedar Rapids on old highway 30. Sheriff James Smith filed the case and Judge H R Churchill fined Griffin $25 plus costs after Griffin rammed the rear of a car stopped for an arterial sign.
Lieut. H. Coldwell in charge of Iowa navy recruiting will inspect the Cedar Rapids station at the federal building Tuesday at 10 am. At noon he will address the Canopus club at the Roosevelt hotel about his travels in the Orient.
The city council approved a resolution of necessity for repaving and widening the Third avenue SE bridge from Fourth street tracks to the bridge end. No objectors appeared. The project, costing about 14000 dollars, will fund 45 percent with a PWA grant and the rest from the bridge fund or repair bonds. bids will be sought next.
A special meeting for all adult stamp collectors in Cedar Rapids and vicinity will be held at the Montrose hotel Tuesday at 7 30 pm. Trans Miss Philatelic Cedar Rapids Stamp club members and unaffiliated collectors are urged to attend. The Trans Mississippi Philatelic society convention and bourse at the Montrose hotel September 23 25 will be discussed. G W Borschel is society president. R W Hawkins is local chapter president and A E Washburn chairs the convention.
Iowa filed 322 applications for federal PWA grants at the regional office in Omaha, 69 more than Missouri which had the second most. Missouri led the eight states in the north central region in the total cost of proposed projects.
A fragmented remark from Willie Willis hints at ambitions toward law and public service. The quote references growing up to become a lawyer or hold a government position, reflecting early career expectations.
Meetings for the Community Chest drive opening Sept 28 are set this week. The program committee met at the Montrose hotel while mercantile division groups plan sessions at 6 p m and 10 30 a m. Mrs Paul Huston leads the women’s division with majors and captains named for Tuesday 9 30 a m selection.
Harry G Harmon 52 of Lisbon died in a town hospital Monday after a brief illness. A lifelong Linn county resident born near Mount Vernon he moved to Lisbon in 1916. Survived by Bertha Groll his wife three children Glenn Annice Ruth a sister Myrtle Cunningham and brothers Laurency Nelson. Funeral services Wednesday at Johnston funeral home conducted by Rev Philip Brunn. Burial in Lisbon cemetery.
In Bucharest former Premier Nicola Iorga told an Abrud audience that Roumania would join democratic powers in wartime. He warned against Germany and condemned the fanatics whose demands unleash hatred and brutality.
Clandestine romance on a Long Island beach ended in double tragedy when a Bronx librarian, 28, and her athlete admirer, 29, were found bullet torn and dead on the sands. A rustic cabin scene with liquor framed the incident as the estranged husband is suspected of precipitating the fatal act.
London AP reports Flight Lieutenant J Adams holder of a world altitude record of over ten miles died when his Royal Air Force bomber crashed at Farnborough Hampshire and burst into flames alongside a companion.
Officials of the House committee investigating un American activities said hearings will resume in Washington or New York late this week or early next. A final decision hinges on progress in material preparation.
Born to multiple families in the Cedar Rapids region a series of births announced includes daughters and sons at Mercy and St Luke’s hospitals. Names and addresses appear for several families including Berger Trzil Duncan Zahradnik Slauson Kejler Ebel and Fox with October and September birth dates and ties to radio figures and Cedar Rapids lineage.
Hassan Sabry Pasha, Egypt's war minister, arrived in London Monday night and was welcomed at the station by Leslie Hore-Belisha and officials from the admiralty and air force, signaling wartime linkages during the visit.
The San Francisco Bay region faces a threat of shortages as a citywide strike by 6,000 department store workers coincides with a month-long warehouse dispute. Groceries liquor drugs and hardware shops are closed along with public warehouses raising alarm from the hospital conference led by H B Hatfield and appealing to Mayor Angelo Rossi to avert a potentially deplorable crisis.
Glen Ilgenfritz and Maurine Stewart were arraigned on larceny from a person after allegedly taking 30 dollars from Lars Johnson during a ride Friday. Bonds set at 2500 dollars each, with pleas due Tuesday at 9 am before Judge Ring. In a divorce cross-petition, Melvin Kuba seeks divorce from Leona Kuba on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds, filed July 21, with custody requests for two children.
Arrangements were made to amplify sound in Westminster Presbyterian Church basement rooms for a 7 30 pm Monday evangelistic service led by Rev Charles Fuller of Los Angeles a nationally known radio evangelist. Fuller recently closed a week of meetings at Waterloo Hippodrome and will speak again Tuesday night at West Liberty. He has broadcast nationwide for four years with outlets across the three major networks. Special church music will be provided by the church choir plus prominent local singers.
Nearly 100 attendees from Vinton Cedar Rapids Marion Town City Muscatine Clinton Davenport Dubuque and Central City joined the mid Eastern W. W. G. association rally in Central City. Betty Butters was reelected president and Lora Peal of Cedar Rapids was chosen secretary treasurer. Main speakers included Mrs Frank Asquith and Miss Gulbhanu who spoke on International Bridges under the theme Bridges. The next meeting will be held in Muscatine.
Chicago police traced Frank Joseph Kolesiak who confessed involvement in the arson that killed eight in the Hotel Center fire on April 6. He said he acted with Emil Gurrieri to exact revenge on the owner who ousted them, detailing the gasoline-soaked flames on the third floor and their escape.
Prague reports Czech workers hasten completion of a bomb proof cement and steel shelter in the U S legation garden. Wilbur Carr the U S minister guides Washington contact as consular officials handle inquiries about safety and citizenship amid war fears. The shelter built on an old wine vault has capacity under fifty and is approved by both Czech and U S governments.
The city council on Monday introduced a resolution of necessity to start a three-section sewer project with a public hearing set for Sept 29. Section one covers Thirtieth Street Drive SE from Second Avenue to Indian Creek SE, section two includes Thirty-first Street Dive SE and Grove Court Emerald Avenue and Sidres Street, and section three runs on Thirty third Street SE from Mount Vernon Avenue to Henderson Street.
A Cedar Rapids woman Mrs Herman Graban credits Natex with easing years of constipation indigestion gas and headaches after thirty days of use She reports improved appetite calmer nerves and less leg pain urging others to try the herbal compound sold at May Drug Store 215 Second Street SE and meeting Natex representatives there.
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