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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1941
Page
14
John Charles Cannon aged 56 of 807 Fifth Avenue SW died Wednesday at 1 a.m. in a local hospital. The death was reported in the Daily Record of September 17 1941.
Marianne L Foushee and Ken neth W Heefner both of Cedar Rapids Marcella Pechar and William J Kristan both of Cedar Rapids listed in the public notice.
Mrs. Harry Glessner operating as Harrys Delivery fined five dollars and costs by Justice W A Ball for employing a person without a chauffeur license. Fine suspended if the employee obtains a license.
D A. Rawson of Palo fined 50 dollars and costs for reckless driving. Ernest Van Cleve of 1347 Avenue NE fined 5 dollars for failure to yield. Robert R. Smith of Des Moines fined 10 dollars for speeding a semi trailer. Donavan A. Vanda of 1307 Twenty-second Avenue SW fined 10 dollars for speeding. Mercy hospital notes include a son for Mr. and Mrs Russell Thorne in Sept. 17 and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Goodenough on Sept. 17. St. Luke's hospital records show a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Andersen in Marion on Sept. 16. Tama couple Mr. and Mrs. David Sharpe reported a daughter on Sept. 16. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Jones a son born Sept. 15, correcting a prior report in Tuesday's Gazette.
The record shows multiple divorce filings with details: spouses and maiden names, marriage dates and places such as Cresco and Kahoka, Mo. rules on custody for children George Charles and others. alimony amounts including $25 per month. insurance and property provisions. judges including C J Haas and J E Heiserman. defaults and cruel and inhuman treatment cited in each case.
Rudolph Hurka, a Coe College senior, was appointed lieutenant colonel of the college ROTC unit, announced by Capt. Clark A. Russell. Mrs. Walter G. Peterson was elected president of the Cedar Rapids alumnae association of St. Katharine's schools in Davenport. Mrs. Lester T. Jackson was named vice president.
Mrs. Belle Carson of North English elected senior vice president of the Ladies of the G A R at Des Moines convention. Strand theater changes: A E Weld leaves for Waterloo. S A Wescott to take over here. Julius Doubenmier to Pueblo as assistant coach. Judges Wade speaks at Constitution Day in Greene's opera house. Bohemian Irish series ends with Bohemians 7 Irish 2. Slupnicka pitched for Bohemians. Race crowds and injuries noted at Dubuque motorcycle event.
DES MOINES AP Material costs led the state board of education to drop early expansion plans for the University of Iowa children’s hospital operating rooms. Bids overran the $45 000 appropriation by about 50 percent, triggering a formal rejection and a push to seek WPA aid. Indefinite delays also hit the Iowa State College agricultural engineering rebuilding project.
Cedar Rapids Gas Company began producing its own gas at noon Tuesday due to flood waters in southeastern Nebraska washing out a Texas to Chicago main line. President Mark Anderson said some gas enters the city via another connection, but the plant is handling most demand and repairs should follow as floodwaters recede.
Russians continued efforts to seize Osel island off Estonia and claimed sinking two German cruisers a destroyer five troop transports and eighty small craft. They also said they captured Rah massaari in Lake Ladoga with about eight hundred Finns killed wounded or captured.
President Roosevelt told reporters he and his aides did not pressure the motion picture industry for propaganda films. He dismissed the Senate subcommittee inquiry into propaganda and criticized the investigation as misdirected. He referenced a cartoon about Charlie Chaplin and read a telegram attacking isolationism to illustrate his stance.
In Damascus the Free French authorities proclaimed Syrian independence and named Sheikh Tajeddine Hassani as the republic’s first president. The proclamation comes amid wartime Allied control of the territory.
In Jefferson City, officials said the state would press strikers to return to work while mediation proceeds. The brief power cut halted waterworks supply, triggered alarms, and caused emergency steps for a child with infantile paralysis. Hospitals used manual respiration as surgeons operated by candlelight during the outage.
At the Wilson and Company produce plant a small strikefront cleared to normal activity with about a dozen women pickets. Rumors of behind the scenes negotiations circulated as union leader Robert Gustafson hinted at possible developments. The strike, led by United Canning, Agricultural, Packing and Allied Workers of America Local 10, involves about 25 women and 15 men. Meanwhile Linn county grand jury is mulling further testimony on Monday night riot at the plant where 14 nonstrikers were driven out and several men injured. Robert Bruce of Solon, charged with assault by striker William Freeman, appeared with counsel before Justice W. A. Rail.
The foreign relations committee report by Past National Commander Ray J. Murphy of Iowa urges endorsement of the President and Congress foreign policy, immediate repeal of the neutrality act, and united support to preserve the American way of life in a world of free men. Hanford MacNider of Iowa stresses a strong stance as the resolution is adopted.
The case was tentatively set for Sept 30 with the defendant unable to appear due to injuries from Monday night’s plant fracas. Freeman, in a separate action, faced riotous conduct charges and was released on $1,500 bond Tuesday night.
Weather forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for fair skies tonight and partly cloudy, warmer conditions tomorrow. The day featured cool temperatures, blue skies and light breezes with a 2:30 pm high around 76 degrees as humidity declined to 25 percent. Frosty hints followed Tuesday’s 82 degree peak, dipping to 53 at 5 to 6 am, then easing to 54 by 7 am.
MacNider urged the American Legion to declare the nation’s war aims openly while Chadwick noted unity issues before the resolutions committee. Churchill sent thanks for aid to the Allied cause, and Pershing acknowledged the Legion’s birthday greetings with gratitude for his World War I service.
Milwaukee AP report notes Iowa delegates at the national American Legion convention support mandatory arbitration for labor disputes in defense related industries. Mason City's Hanford MacNider brought the motion during Tuesday proceedings.
Iowa senators will discuss appointing John Naughton of Sioux City to replace the late George J. Keller as Iowa WPA chief. Howard Hunter WPA director indicated the discussion would occur Thursday with congressional sources. Communications in the last 24 hours urged Naughton for the post. he previously served as a district WPA supervisor.
James Noell who was badly hurt in a riding accident last July 16 shows clear improvement. He can eat normally and speak now. He will stay in a Geneva hospital for some time. The Noells live between St. Charles and Elgin, Iowa.
The article lists new sales taxes on various goods and outlines a steeply increased income tax schedule with personal exemptions and dependent allowances. It also details an inquest into a fatal hit and run near Gunder involving D E Lowe, noting Johnson died from a broken neck and crushed skull after being driven from Ossian.
The body of Joseph Johnson 27 farm hand was found on a gravel road six miles south of Gander at 6 am Wednesday. Clayton county authorities opened an investigation of mysterious circumstances still not solved by 2 pm. The body was found by Ernest Gulsvig who notified Johnson's employer Rolan Heins whose farm lies 150 feet north. Sheriff E W Carlsen and Coro-
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