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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1942
Page
1
Readable data shows Sunday temperatures with highs and lows for Cedar Rapids New York and possibly other locations. The text lists Cedar Rapids at 72 and New York at 82 with garbled remaining items.
Sunday at 12:20 p.m. a short circuit in a truck generator at 317 Twenty-second Street NE sparked a still alarm. At 4:08 p.m. a fire of undetermined origin broke out in an attic at 1104 Tenth Street SE. At 6:14 p.m. grease in a gas oven in a lunch room at 1028 First Street East triggered a general alarm. Clarence Wilson and Marvin Levsen are named in the report.
Mrs. John O'Brien of 1612 Sixth Avenue SE died Sunday at 2 45 a m Miss Christine M Schneider died at 6 30 a m Sunday at her home 1614 Third Avenue SE Sister Mary Regina died at Mercy hospital at 5 am Sunday Joseph Just died at 6 am Monday at his home 1799 Mallory Street SW
Dominic Sanches of 1113 Thirteenth Avenue SW fined ten dollars and costs for breaking glass on the highway and lacking a driver license. M L Myers of 1408 Tenth Street SE fined ten dollars and costs for permitting an unauthorized person to drive. Clinton Kueble of Marion sentenced to 30 days in jail with 20 days suspended for no driver license. James O Neill of Cedar Rapids sentenced to 30 days in jail for intoxication. All cases heard before Justice H R Churchill.
John Burns and Charles E Crago each paid 25 dollars plus costs for drunk and disturbing the peace. Loretta Sindelar paid 25 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace. Ed Reed fined 25 dollars and costs for drunkenness. James E Brundrett taxed 25 dollars and costs with 15 dollars suspended for reckless driving. John Rugg 10 dollars and costs for speeding. Andrew Happel fined 2 dollars plus costs for failure to yield. charge for loss of vehicle control against David Darling dismissed upon payment of costs.
A list of newborns delivered Sept 12 to Sept 14 at St Luke's and Mercy hospitals. Parents include Gerald Ashley Burlington Street SW. Francis Brown Fifteenth Street SE. Gordon Malvitz Fifth Avenue SE. Glen Higbee Jr. Twenty sixth Street SE. Lumir Holets Burlington Street SW. Milo Soukup Thirty seventh Street NE. Don Miller Second Avenue SW. James Coleman. Gilbert Franklin First Avenue NE. Howard Bellow Nineteenth Street SW. Robert Conrad Avenue NW. George Fourth Street SW. Roy Harris Marion. Leo Hanson Ely. Bil Davis Sixteenth Avenue SE. Charles Cerveny Route 2 Cedar Rapids.
Practically all diplomatic letters address the President Excellency, a form not in accord with American custom and prompting consideration of alternative salutes.
AWG Hero Bill Reed told hundreds of Cedar Rapids plant workers on the noon rally floor that tools sustain the war effort. He described China experiences, praised production speed, and noted crates of Cedar Rapids machinery seen on docks. CIO leader Keith Churchill delivered a gift of cigarets from the local union.
Kubler, 18, of 1011 Third avenue Marion, teaching 13 year old Kathleen Hughes to operate a car, caused a collision on Tenth avenue and First street. John Lange of Springville suffered a compound leg fracture. Mrs. Lange had facial injuries. Kubler pled guilty to driving without a license and drew 30 days in county jail with 20 suspended for good behavior. Police Chief Miller made the arrest.
C E Sully Stuff of 219 Seventh Street NE posted a 500 bond in Justice H R Churchill's court and was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after colliding with a parked car on Marion boulevard. Police took Stuff to county jail after the 12 15 am Sunday incident.
Enlistment of six men in the marine corps was reported at the Cedar Rapids marine recruiting station Monday. Names listed include Carl F. Hettinger, John G. Krabbenhoff, George H. Fox, Ed mund G. Gould, George J. Vacik, and Eugene L. Gookin, with their addresses.
Lieut. Gen. S D Embrick and Admiral Albert W Johnson arrived in Mexico City for discussions with President Manuel Avila Camacho and his defense board on Mexican military operations.
Washington reports military officials consider a 13,000,000 man army in 1943 and may draft married men with children. Major General Hershey says compensating the military need could override industry and civilian home stability as mobilization goals rise beyond 10,000,000.
City Briefs note four first degrees to be conferred this evening at 7 in the Masonic hall. Trowel chapter Royal Arch Masons will hold a special session Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. at the Masonic hall.
Harry Tucker reported to police that about 35 dollars worth of tractor gears and scrap aluminum were stolen from his junk yard on Center Point road NE last Friday.
A group picks Welcome Reams as the preferred candidate for next year’s Pi 4 project allocation. The decision follows a formal vote among committee members and outlines next steps for implementation.
Soldier Gross is held in the city jail awaiting army authorities from Fort Des Moines. Detective L B Marshall said on Monday. Gross, arrested Sunday afternoon by Detective Al Wilson, admitted he had deserted from Camp Edwards Massachusetts about a week earlier.
Milton Carlac a Chicago youth pled guilty before District Judge O J Haas on Monday and received an indeterminate ten year sentence at the Anamosa reform school. Schuelke, also from Chicago, and Shirley Wright a 15 year old girl from Chicago face robbery charges in Cedar Rapids informations filed Monday related to an automobile theft Friday night. Their arrest Saturday in Iowa City halted a cross state flight through Michigan Indiana Illinois and Iowa. Carthage Illinois authorities hold a warrant for their arrest on armed robbery charges per a telegram to Inspector W J Kudrna.
Prof George D Haskell told Cedar Rapids Rotarians that price violations will be prosecuted after the educational phase. He urged cooperation of buyers and sellers to curb inflation and said wartime controls must extend to wages and farm products if Congress grants power. He noted Iowa has about 34 009 retail outlets with roughly 300 violators and warned of ongoing shortages and rationing for essential commodities.
Rain disrupted Pershing day events at Bever park shifting to Memorial coliseum where 24 men enlisted in the U S Navy were sworn in by Lt. Truman Jones. Flying Tiger Bill Reed received a hero’s welcome as crowds cheered the aviator and local bands performed amid war bond and stamp drives.
Soldier and Cedar Rapids native Sergt John T Melvin 25 drowned at Fort Bragg North Carolina on Labor Day. A Sunday dispatch to his aunt Mrs G A Sanders lists his parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Melvin of Ambridge Pennsylvania as survivors along with his wife and six siblings.
Christine M. Schneider 70 of Cedar Rapids died at 6 30 a m Sunday after a long illness. Born Keokuk March 27 1872 she lived in Cedar Rapids nine years. Iowa State Teachers College graduate she taught in Iowa cities for 31 years retiring two decades ago. Survived by three sisters a nephew and a niece. Funeral services were held in the First Evangelical church.
A report notes that Barta was moved to Keokuk for burial after being transported earlier, with the sequence showing a Monday arrival followed by the interment proceedings.
Mrs John O'Brien age 80 died at 2 45 a m Sunday at 1612 Sixth avenue SE after a two weeks illness. Survived by five daughters Cora Ruth and Velenda Stingley O'Brien Irvin Ganin and Sister Mary Jane Md and two sons John and William all of Cascade and Cedar Rapids Anamosa. Her husband’s burial was in St Martin's church Cascade at 360 am Wednesday and burial will be in St Martin's cemetery.
Sister Mary Regina, born December 25 1888 in Anamosa to Edward and Ellen McNamara, died after a long illness. She joined the Sisters of Mercy in Cedar Rapids May 24 1911. Survivors include her father and several siblings. A requiem high mass at Sacred Heart convent chapel will be held Tuesday at 9 am with Rev Herbert Holsters presiding and Rev Maurice J. Tracy delivering the sermon. Burial follows at Mt Calvary cemetery.
Joseph Just, 64, died at 6 a.m. Monday at his home 1790 Mallory street SW after a lingering illness. Born March 19, 1878 in Linn county near Ely, he lived in Cedar Rapids 32 years and worked 20 years for Cherry Burrell. Survived by wife Mary two sons Leo J. and Robert Just in the army air corps at Galveston Texas a brother Frank Just of Walford and a sister Mrs Joseph Klima of
Center Point area report notes funeral arrangements for an unnamed individual with details incomplete. Local records reference a Polansky cha or family involvement, but no further specifics are provided.
London dispatch says British forces seized Maevatanana on the main road from Majunga to Tananarive early Sunday as a southern column from Morondava advances inland with little resistance, according to a war office communique issued Monday.
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