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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1939

Page

28

Iowans Announce Weddings And Engagement News

Iowans share a autumn social calendar with multiple weddings and engagements. Bernice Kubovec plans marriage to Gail A. Wiese in Sept at the University of Iowa circle, while Helen Schoenthaler and Earl Holst wed in North English today. Marion Hansen and Frank Barber wed at Nashua, with receptions and home plans announced. Adele Barr Buesch and Dr J Galvin marry in Oelwein, followed by a breakfast, as Harriett Platner becomes engaged to George Caraway of Mount Vernon.

V. Kubovec Twentieth Avenue Bernice Gail A. Wiese Sioux City Hattie Wiese Anita Miss Kubovec Mr. Wiese University of Iowa University Hospital Wiese Rho Chi Teller Drug Company Helen Marie Schoenthaler Des Moines A. C. Schoenthaler Earl Holst John Holst Keystone Little Brown Nashua Marion Hansen Waterloo George W. Hansen Central City Frank A. Barber Cedar Rapids Jennie Barber William Kent Doris Gene Haines Coggon Maynard Hansen LaMoille Clearlake Hotel Mealey Mrs. Galvin Glenn Platner Marion Harriett George Caraway G. H. Caraway Mount Vernon

Gestapo Seals Traffic in Prague Karlin Quarter

Paris dispatch says the Gestapo has arrested many and banned all traffic at night in Prague Karlin, following discovery of an organization aiding the Allies. Havas reports the move targets suspected resistance activity.

Paris INS Gestapo Karlin Prague Havas

McEvoy Judgment Set Aside in Illinois Case

A default judgment of 3 255 dollars against J P McEvoy, noted magazine writer and Hollywood scenarist, in favor of his former wife Mrs Mary B McEvoy, was set aside by Circuit Judge Ralph J Dady in Waukegan Illinois.

Waukegan, Ill INS J. P. McEvoy Mary B McEvoy Ralph J. Dady

Submarine shortage and regrouping reported in Atlantic

The London Daily Telegraph, via Paris dispatch, says many German U boats in the Atlantic have exhausted torpedoes and some lack fuel. It adds a second group has departed bases to relieve submarines that have operated for two weeks.

London INS Atlantic Ocean London Daily Telegraph Paris

Loss Total At 200 Billions In Idle Economy Declares Report

Washington AP The national resources committee estimated the nation's loss from idle men and machines during low mood years at 200 billion dollars. The study argues price and production controls have replaced open markets and that rebuilding industrial capacity or housing for families would be possible if resources were fully deployed. It stresses a long term effort to increase individual value and fulfillment while rejecting share the wealth ideas.

Washington National Resources Committee Gardiner C. Means

Biddle Returns To Poland Amid Warsaw Aide Fears

American Ambassador Anthony J Drexel Biddle drove to Katyn Poland from Cernauti Romania but could not obtain word from Foreign Minister Josef Beck on the fate of six American consular officials left in Warsaw The state department said no report was made about embassy staff remaining in Warsaw but two aides later rejoined the ambassador amid the German attack on the Polish capital.

Katy Poland INS Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Cernauti Rumania Josef Beck Warsaw Biddle Beck State Department Washington

City briefs and personals in local notes and notices

Community items list meetings for Cub Pack No 19 St Rose circle and local organizations. Mention injuries from a scaffold fall at a farm near Charles Petrack. travel news includes visitors from Tustin California returning home.

Watson drug store pharmacist hosts two week visit

Mr Muller's nephew Eugene Wieneke accompanies him for a two week stay in Tustin where Muller operates the Watson drug store as its pharmacist.

Mr. Muller Eugene Wieneke Route One Tustin Watson Drug Store

Veterans of Foreign Wars Second District Meeting

A Second district meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held this afternoon at 2 in the Memorial building. A banquet, to be served at 6 p.m., will be followed by dancing.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Building

Train derailment blocks Eighth Avenue traffic

A switch engine No. 259 of Illinois Central derailed while moving four merchandise cars between First and Second streets on Saturday evening. One car also derailed. The engine and car were later rerailed and traffic reopened mid-evening after hours of work.

Eighth Avenue First Second Streets Illinois Central

Cars damaged in Second Avenue collision involving three vehicles

Harold Woodard and John LaGrange reported slight damage after a three car crash on Second Avenue between Second and Third streets SE at 4 15 pm Saturday. Woodard said he was traveling east when LaGrange stopped ahead and another vehicle struck Woodard from the rear.

Harold Woodard H Avenue NW John LaGrange Fifth Avenue SE Second Avenue Second and Third Streets Woodard LaGrange

Two Grand Rapids Women Injured In Cedar Rapids Crash

Mercy hospital reported no change in the condition of Jean Ann Fritz and Ruth Sullivan. The women were seriously injured in an auto crash west of Cedar Rapids on Wednesday. Sullivan remained in fairly good condition while Fritz was still critical.

Mercy Hospital Jean Ann Fritz Ruth Sullivan Grand Rapids Mich Cedar Rapids Miss Sullivan Miss Fritz

Godstone caves eyed as air raid shelters near Caterham

Fourteen miles of caverns extend underground from Godstone with passages 200 to 400 feet deep. Local authorities in Caterham consider the caves as potential air raid shelters in wartime readiness.

Godstone Caterham England

Forecast of Growing Demand for U S Farm Products

The Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecast a broadening demand for most American farm products in coming months due to the European war and higher domestic incomes. It warned against overexpansion, noting ample supplies and potential postwar price risks while predicting stronger Latin American trade and quicker domestic industrial recovery.

Washington Bureau of Agricultural Economics Bureau

German Siegfried Line Still Incomplete States Brussels

The London Daily Herald dispatch from Brussels reports continued delays on the Siegfried Line with workers expressing widespread dissatisfaction while laboring to finish the fortification.

London INS London Daily Herald Brussels

Camp Fire Girls Open Cedar Rapids Membership Drive

Miss Dorothea Canfield arrives as field secretary to guide a citywide Camp Fire membership drive running through December 1. The campaign uses a wheel in the Camp Fire office to track progress with groups of twenty girls, guardians, assistants and sponsors. Radio announcements on WMT will air from September 26 for two weeks, and each new enrollee earns a national honor.

Cedar Rapids Dorothy Canfield Texas Christian University At Fort Worth Canfield New York University Miss Canfield Camp Fire

Romanian Oil Dispute With Germany Raises Tensions

In Bucharest a German mission led by Dr Karl Claudius presses for large Romanian oil exports to supply German war equipment. Diplomats and oil producers say the oil Germany seeks is already pledged to French British or American firms, threatening a sharp turn in the stand off.

Bucharest Karl Claudius Germany

Neighborhood Boy Gang Harasses Residents

Police were asked by Mrs. Hattie Vaverka of 216 Fifth Street SW to monitor a gang of 20 or more youths causing damage in the alley behind her home. They reportedly threw rotten apples at Dr. T. W. Little and dirtied a freshly washed car, and neighbors say they are insulted when leaving their houses. Mrs. Vaverka named several ringleaders and urged an investigation.

Hattie Vaverka Fifth Street T. W. Little

Parked Car Breaks Away Crashes Into Boathouse

Albert Schultz 35, of 1600 N street SW, said his car rolled from Ellis beach on aSaturday at 1 15 p m and struck a boathouse on the Cedar river after slipping from its parking place near Ellis boulevard NW. Schultz suspects either a shove or brake failure.

Albert Schultz N Street Cedar River Ellis Beach Schultz Ellis Boulevard NW

Baruch Urges Stronger U S Defenses To Prevent Invasion

Bernard Baruch said the United States faces inadequate defenses amid shifting European and Asiatic politics. He urged a large army and air force, a stronger navy, and warned profits from war would be eliminated if the nation enters conflict. He favored deterrence to keep the U S out of war.

New York Bernard M. Baruch United States Baruch War Industries Board Roosevelt Washington

Substitute Limes For Lemons In Dessert Chiffon Pie

Mrs Gaynor Maddox NEA Service writer describes a lime based chiffon pie with lime juice gelatin egg yolk sugar and vanilla. The recipe yields a light green delicate filling and uses whipped cream garnish.

Gaynor Maddox NEA Service

Local permits issued during the last week list many dwelling and garage projects

A weekly permits roundup records numerous new dwellings and garages with costs ranging from 10 to 5 000 dollars. Projects span addresses across NE SW NW and SE including new dwellings at 120 Thirty seventh street NE 1507 Hamilton street SW and 2019 avenue NE plus reroofs remodels and additions for individuals and firms such as J F Messinger and Sons and Cedar Rapids and Iowa City railway.

Chris OQ. Skaar Thirty Seventh Street L. Curtis Wood Thirty-fifth Street K. W. Pigman M Avenue John Rohlena Hamilton Street Herman Westfall M Street Ella D. Smith Eighth Street A. B. Nicholas Oakland Road J F. Messinger Marie J. Dorland A Avenue Charles Pospishil Seventeenth Avenue Jennie Holubar Secure Avenue Charles E. Anderson Nineteenth Street A. C. Briles Eighteenth Street John W. McKenna K Street Ed Strasburger F Avenue Frank Goodrow First Street Lula Davis Otis Road Frank Sburanek Nellie Broberg First Avenue Joe Felter C Street Mr. Ehrenberger Fourth Avenue Stanley Pazour Eighth Avenue Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Tenth Street Phillips Petroleum Company Fourteenth Avenue Anna Bell B Avenue Eli Abodeely Sixth Street J. W. Tubbs Sixteenth Avenue First Lutheran Church Ea Avenue S. D. Graff Agnes Clair Gallagher Twelfth Street Charles Beck Eighteenth Avenue Leona J. Polansky Second Street Mary Lund Anna M. Bell Tenth Avenue Joe Dvorak Twenty-sixth Street Floyd A. Thompson Emma Kriz Elma Rose John J. Hartl David Kvapil Sixth Avenue Howard Forsyth H Avenue M. F. Cox Washington Avenue D. T. Stanton Eleventh Avenue Alfred Ramos Fifth Avenue C. W. Hawkins Eleventh Street W. J. Robison Wildwood Drive Charles Smith Iowa Electric Light and Power Co Carl Stevens, Jr Twentyfirst J. W. Yardho Oakland Avenue Libbie Vishek H. R. McMullen Slavia Realty Company Ce Street Leo C. Sedlacek Fifteenth Street NW William Soukup Avenue NW Glenn Campbell Dunreath Drive Joe Hradek Nineteenth Avenue SW

Bulgaria Declares Official Neutrality

Sofia Bulgaria AP reports Bulgaria declares neutrality Sunday as Germany remains allied in the ongoing world war context. The move signals a shift in stance amid rising global tensions and calls for peace.

Sofia Bulgaria Germany

Kaunas Evacuation Ordered Amid Polish German Hostilities

An exchange telegraph report says 35 000 schoolchildren invalids and aged persons have been evacuated from Kaunas as a precautionary measure due to Polish German hostilities. The evacuation was ordered by Lithuanian authorities to safeguard vulnerable residents.

London INS Kaunas

Romanian Stand On Soviet See League

Polish inquiries on Romania’s stance if Soviet forces seize Polish Ukraine met with a firm reply. Romania would consult the League of Nations before enforcing its anti Soviet treaty with Poland.

Bucharest Rumania Russia Ukraine League of Nations Poland

No U.S. Protest On Ship Detention

Washington officials said Saturday no protest had been made over the detention of merchant ships by Britain. About 70 vessels from many nations are held under guard off southeast England during a contraband cargo search, with officials noting few, if any, are American ships.

Washington State Department England

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bernice Kubovec Helen Schoenthaler Adele Barr Buesch Lasswell Harriett Platner Merchants National Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Bette Third Street Bungalow Cooking School Cub Pack No. 19 Lincoln School St. Rose Circle Immaculate Conception J. J. Doherty Merle Burton Thirtyfirst Street St. Luke's Hospital Ernest J. McMann Eighth Avenue SW National Association of Power Engineers Sokol Hall Royal Arch Masons Masonic Hall Royal Arch F. W. Hann Forest Drive Rotary Club Roosevelt Hotel West Indies Caribbean The First Baptist Church Marjorie Walters Sixteenth Street Louis Konicek Charles Petrack California Engelbert L. Muller Calif Muller Marie Muller Fourth Street A. D. Muller Burch Avenue Co. P. Wieneke Bel Ie Star Jewelry CO Vv. F. W. District Meeting U. S Camp Fire Girls St. Paul’s Church Brabbitt-Taylor Music CO King Band First Ave Iowa Cars Pe Laundry Co Continental Buffet Newman’s Hotel Roosevelt Cadow
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