Local Obituaries and Notices from Cedar Rapids
John Hubacek 95 dies at home in Cedar Rapids at 4 15 p.m. Thursday. Mrs. John M. Matthews 32 dies in local hospital at 2 a.m. Friday. Augustus Finnegan 71 passes away at 527 avenue NW Thursday. Mercy hospital reports births: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs John Zacek and a son to Mr. and Mrs Russell Reed, both Sept. 12. Marriage licenses issued to Ellen Paul and Harold Pershing Rogers of Cedar Rapids.
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John Hubacek
Hamilton St
John M. Matthews
Nineteenth Avenue
Augustus Finnegan
Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
John Zacek
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Russell Reed
Third Avenue SE
Ellen Paul and
Harold Pershing Rogers
Cedar Rapids
10-20-30 Years Ago Sept 12 1931 In Cedar Rapids
A roundup of local notices reports Elmer Suthoff returning from a three month Ontario canoe trip and several accidents and market quotes. L J Nelson and Owen Phillips are injured near Glidden. one woman killed and another hurt. Charles W Bingham heads to the American Bar association meeting in Atlantic City. Local grain and livestock prices list wheat oats corn rye hay straw hens eggs hogs calves lambs. Other items note a rescue by Rev J Percival Huget in Charlevoix and an Albright painting donated to Guave library. Percy Woolwein injures from a factory shaft. Lewis Smid back from Europe. Sidney Leibsohn to Shattuck Military School.
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Elmer Suthoff
Ontario
Sioux Lookout
L. J. Nelson
Owen Phillips
Cedar Rapids
Glidden
Charles W. Bingham
American Bar Association
Atlantic City
Willard Haak
Marion
Lewis Smid
Europe
Sidney Leibsohn
Fairbault
Minn
Shattuck Military School
J. Percival Huget
First Congregational Church
Charlevoix
Mich
Adam Emory Albright
Guave Library
Ralph Vanechten
Ada A. van Vechten
Library Association
Percy Woolwein
Pelton Broom Factory
Ickes Understudy Differed On Oil Shortage Report
Acting Federal Petroleum Coordinator Ralph Davies disputed a senate report claiming no shortage of oil products or transport. He warned against complacency and presented new figures showing east coast petroleum stocks at 8,937,000 barrels, 13 percent below last year.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Federal
Ralph K. Davies
Davies
500 Missing In Turkish Quake
An estimated 500 persons were reported missing and believed buried in wreckage after an earthquake hit Van in southeast Turkey Thursday morning. A second aftershock in the afternoon caused additional casualties and damage as yet unestimated. Van, population about 40,000, is the provincial capital in an Armenian area.
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Istanbul
Van
Turkey
Sun Warms Cedar Rapids on Third Straight Day
The Cedar Rapids area enjoyed clear skies and mild warmth through Friday with a high near 76 degrees at 2:30 p.m. Humidity hovered around 20 percent as temperatures rose to 76 on Thursday afternoon, then dipped to the upper 50s overnight. Winds were light to moderate from the south, with expectations of partly cloudy skies into the weekend.
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Cedar Rapids
Ideal autumn weather across Iowa with scattered weekend showers
Described as invigorating and clear Friday with normal temperatures. Federal observers predict partly cloudy skies Friday night and showers in the west and north Saturday. Winds shift to fresh to strong south, with highs near 83 at Carroll and a 49 degree low at Marshalltown. No rainfall reported.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Carroll
Marshalltown
Roosevelt Pledges Navy Guard for Atlantic and Shipping
In a White House address Roosevelt argues to protect Atlantic shipping from Nazi submarines, calling raiders rattlesnakes and vows not to wait for strikes. He frames defense by keeping supply lines open and ships free on the high seas, amid a global broadcast of the speech.
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Hitler
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
High Seas
Red Sea
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Roosevelt’s war policy fuels mixed Senate reactions
Senators react to Roosevelt’s warning about defending American waters and potential use of expeditionary forces without a formal declaration of war. Aiken warns of trouble with the people if war moves without Congress, while Barkley and Connally defend the president’s stance and policy. Wood of America First condemns undeclared war as unconstitutional. Van Nuys labels the speech alarming and urges Congress for a concrete proposal.
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George D. Aiken
Mr. Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Congress
Barkley
Senate
Connally
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Robert E. Wood
America First Committee
Woodrow Wilson
Sen. van Nuys
This Shoplifter Meant Business
Police charged a 39 year old mother of five with shoplifting over three years. After visiting her Cambridge home they found 500 silk stockings 300 pairs of shoes 300 dresses 25 men’s hats 50 women’s hats 25 clocks 20 umbrellas and other items totaling about 5000 dollars.
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Cambridge, Mass
Roosevelt speech sparks broader war warnings abroad
A Vichy source calls Roosevelt's broadcast a new lap in U S policy and says it prepares American opinion for new risks. In Chungking, Chiang Kai-shek reports the speech as a prelude to a possible shooting war, with authorities noting heightened tensions and potential consequences.
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Vichy
Roosevelt
United States
Chungking
Chiang Kaishek
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt speech draws Allied victory closer and global responses
Netherlands Indies says the broadcast brought an Allied win closer and calls for U S action against axis raids in Pacific and Atlantic. ABC in Madrid notes the speech abandons neutrality myths. Brazilian papers place Roosevelt top on page one praising armed vigilance and U S defense. Fascist circles claim Roosevelt ordered navy to fire mid August, rendering the speech unsurprising.
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Netherlands East Indies
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
ABC
Spain
Germany
Iceland
Roosevelt
Imparcial
Vargas
Brazil
Rome
Roosevelt speech denounced by Soviet spokesman in strong tone
Moscow radio spokesman Lozovsky called Roosevelt a firm, energetic critic of German piracy and said the president delivered a serious blow to Germany in a political sense. He issued the first Russian reaction to Roosevelt's address on Friday night.
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Moscow
S. A. Lozovsky
Roosevelt
Germany
Lozovsky
CIO Council Head Points to Causes of Produce Strike
Lester W. Melsha president of the local CIO council says the Sept. 3 strike at Wilson and Company produce plant involved more than the discharge of one worker. He cites union failed negotiations over wages hours conditions and seniority as the key trigger. The UCAPW seeks 50 cents an hour for women 60 cents for men and a guaranteed 32 hour work week with overtime pay.
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Wilson and Company
Lester W. Melsha
CIO Council
UCAPW
United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing and Allied Workers of America
Melsha
Union Recognition Claimed After Prolonged Negotiations
After 40 hours of talks, Melsha declared the union the sole collective bargaining agency and the basis for a union shop, asserting seniority rights and clear recognition.
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Melsha
Two Couples Arrested For Fight At Tavern
Four people were arrested at the Green Lantern tavern on drunken and disorderly charges after a reported fight. Patricia Smith 33 Ray Burgess 50 Mr and Mrs Bert Shae teom 2538 Ellis Boulevard faced arraignment on Monday. Patrolman Louie Louvar reported warnings earlier and the group remained in custody with two released on bail.
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Green Lantern Tavern
First Street
Patricia Smith
Ray Burgess
Bert Shaeteom
Ellis Boulevard
Louie Louvar
Louvar
Burgess
Harry S. Johnson
Anderson
Auto Crash Fatal To Youth At New Hampton
New Hampton IA Angelo Gilbert 20 son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Gilbert Cresco was fatally injured when his car left the road and wrecked in a ditch four miles north of New Hampton about 2 a m Friday He was alone and returning from a Spillville dance authorities reported A likely sleep at the wheel caused the crash.
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New Hampton
Angelo Gilbert
Herbert Gilbert
Cresco
Spillville
Methodists Propose Treating Stamp Buyers as Bootleggers
In Iowa Falls AP report the Up per Town Methodist conference urged the legislature to treat federal liquor tax stamp buyers as presumptive bootleggers. The group also backed banning liquor near army camps and labeling liquor as poison, plus a nine point plan to curb advertising and restrict employment of minors or women in taverns. A slate of lay leaders was elected for the conference board with several new members named and several others rejected. Waterloo church is set to host the eighty second annual meeting in 1942. Traffic data notes 12,300 pedestrians killed in 1939.
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Iowa Falls
Upper Town
Leonard Davies
Cresco
Lester E. Booth
Oelwein
Dubuque
M. L. Mosher
Buell Maxwell
Davenport
H. D. Temple
Neil Lutes
J. M. Murphy
Sumner
Waterloo
Frank W. Court
F. R. Currie
Mason City
Dallas Harris
Hampton
J. H. Peet
Cedar Falls
Roosevelt to address AFL convention in Seattle
President Roosevelt agreed to send a message to the AFL convention opening in Seattle on October 6. He may read it via radio or have President Green present it. AFL chief William Green endorsed the radio broadcast of the president's address as timely and a strong restatement of freedom of the seas. The article ends with an unrelated note about a cuttlefish.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Seattle
William Green
Green
White House
AFL
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