Legal Notices From Cedar Rapids and Surrounding Areas
A series of court entries record fines for drunkenness and speeding across Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Names include Lester Kast, Stanley Chesmoe, Raywear Beret, James Basles, Dorothy Watland, Bud Fisher, Myra Falek, Lester Hoffman, Mary Staples, Harold Mahwan, Ina Sword, Harry Hoefer, Hilda Nelenn, Kenneth Bartosh, Norman Heald, and Ronse Hansen. Also noted are name restorations and marriages, with dates and locations such as Waukegan and Chillicothe. A newborn Delores Ann and a daughter for Lyle Stockwell are listed, along with the death of Anne Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A Basles
Cheago
Dorothy Fleaner Watland
Cedar Rapids
Bud Fieher
Myra M Falek
Lester F Hoffman
Mary Helen Staples
Ottumwa
Harold H Mahwran
Center Point
Ina I Sword
Harry W Hoefer
Rock Island
Hilda Nelenn
Davenport
Kenneth Bartosh
St Cloud Monn
Norman Heald
Old Capital Valley Conference Formed by Iowa City Schools
A new high school basketball league called the Old Capital Valley Conference was formed in Iowa City last week with 13 member teams from Johnson Muscatine Cedar and Washington counties. Members include St Marys Riverside Riverside Conesville Springdale Tiffin Solon Center Sharon Nichols Atalissa Cosgrove Oxford and Lone Tree. Officers are Robert Emola Riverside president R L Helt Solon vice president R A McBalin Atalissa secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Capital Valley
Johnson
Muscatine
Cedar
Washington Counties
St Marys of Riverside
Riverside Conesville
Springdale
Tiffin Solon
Center Sharon
Nichols
Atalissa
Cosgrove
Oxford
Lone Tree
Robert Emola
Riverside
R L Helt
Solon
R A McBalin
Fiery Cross Hoax At Franklin Game Revealed
Spectators questioned Ku Klux Klan presence at the Franklin Du buque football game after a fiery eight by five foot cross burned on a Belmont park hill between halves. Local students admitted constructing the cross as a prank ignited during intermission to create a dramatic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin-Dubuque
Hill Park
Ai Hill
Belmont Park
Franklin
Large Meteorite Streaks Across Sky Over City
John Olson reports a large meteorite seen Friday night around 745. The object flashed from east to west across the southern sky, illuminating the heavens with a binish flame. Olson lives at 910 Eighth Street SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Olson
Eighth Street
Olson
Weatherford Named To Bankhead Seat In Alabama
Alabama Democratic executive committee nominated Dr. L Weatherford of Red Bay to fill the late Speaker William B Bankhead's unexpired term ending January 3, 1941. It recommended Walter Will Bankhead succeed until February 1, with a special election then to fill the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
INS
Alabama
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Dr . L. Weatherford
Red Bay
William B Bankhead
Walter Will Bankhead
John H Bankhead
Bankhead
NBC Hears Dutch Salute Altered To Swimmer Pose
Reports from Holland say the Dutch people show appreciation for German efforts to cross the Channel by enlarging the Nazi salute into a breaststroke swimming gesture. The BBC in New York broadcast the remark on Saturday, noting the evolving display of allegiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Broadcasting Company
Holland
Kidnaper Displayed Bold Language and Subtle Class Cues
Experts describe the kidnapper as bold and clever in tone, using refined phrases and polite terms to mask brutality. They note deliberate misspellings and measured, “cultured” diction to imitate educated speech while framing the crime as an “unsocial matter” and portraying the infant as a guest or captive in a friendly light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
More Street Oiling Brings Increase In Assessment Income
The 1940 street oiling program ended Saturday and Finance Commissioner Jon Burgus announced higher assessment income than 1939. If a majority of property owners approve, the city oils a street and assesses the cost by frontage, with this year’s collections estimated at 10 700 dollars, up from 7 200 last year. The due date for oiling assessments is October 14, and Burgus credited the Streets Department under Commissioner Dave Williams for the stronger demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Burgus
Burgus
Streets Department
Dave Williams
Courage and Patience Advised to Hobbyists at Wilson High
Edwin A. Rowlands autograph collector spoke to Wilson high school students about hobbyist success. He cited 2,420 famous persons encountered and urged courage patience and salesmanship as key traits. His autographs include presidents motion picture stars and a shellacked Man o War hoofprint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin A. Rowlands
Wilson High School
Rowlands
Ransom Kidnapping Drama Shocks San Francisco Estate
A 4 year old was kidnapped from the De Tristan estate after a nurse and a chauffeur witnessed the crime. The kidnapper fled in a Lincoln Zephyr as federal agents intensified the nationwide effort, and the ransom note warned against contacting authorities while promising consequences for interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc de Tristan
de Tristan
Hillsborough
Calif
San Francisco
Williams
Miss Foley
FBI
San Francisco Examiner
Lincoln Zephyr
Nat J. L. Pieper
G-men
City Briefs Report Theft From Local Resident
Gaylord Young reports the theft of a set of speed wrenches valued at 22 from his car parked on 1018 A avenue NF Tuesday night. A rain contingency moves the Veterans of Foreign Wars picnic to the armory at Prairie Creek picnic grounds. Fairfax St Patrick's chicken dinner Sunday 11 45 to 2 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord Young
Avenue NF
Prairie Creek
Armory
Fairfax
St Patrick's
Wilson High Paper Wins International Second Place Award
The Wilsonian earns International second place in a 1940 critical service contest under Medill School of Journalism Northwestern University. Editors include Anna Mae Andresen as editor-in-chief and Betty Subotnik as associate editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilsonian
Wilson
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
Anna Mae Andresen
Betty Subotnik
FSA Officials Close Iowa Conference at Roosevelt Hotel
Farm Security Administration officials from 47 eastern Iowa counties closed a three day conference at the Roosevelt hotel Friday afternoon. The meetings focused on office organization and calendaring work, with coaching on uniform coverage of families eligible for FSA loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
Iowa
Roosevelt Hotel
FSA
Woodman Spared The Tree Report Stages A Mystery
A 5 23 a m report to police said a man using car headlights chopped down a tree between Bavemne Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. Patrol officers could not locate the woodman or the damaged tree despite a search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hrabetin
Bavemne
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Enlistment of Howard V Steinmitz in Regular Army Reserve
Howard V Steinmitz aged 27, son of Mrs Hazel A Smith of 1118 B Avenue NW, was enlisted for four years in the Regular Army Reserve at the Cedar Rapids station on Saturday. Enlistment opens eligibility for reserve service to men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard V. Steinmitz
Hazel A. Smith
B Avenue NW
Regular Army
Cedar Rapids Station
Army service record mentions Stein mitz at Fort Riley
The source notes that Stein mitz served at least a year in the regular army with an honorable discharge. It specifies service in the eighty fourth field artillery at Fort Riley Kansas from September 1933 to 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinmitz
Eighty-Fourth Field Artillery
Fort Riley, Kan
Andersons to Represent Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters in Philadelphia
Oscar A Anderson of 2204 Ridge Way SE and Byron K Anderson of 2217 B Avenue NE leave Saturday for Philadelphia to join the Life Underwriters Association of Cedar Rapids at the national convention of Life Underwriters Monday through Friday. Oscar attends the general agents and managers conference Tuesday. Byron attends ceremonies linked to the 200th anniversary of the University of Pennsylvania, of which he is an alumnus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar A Anderson
Ridgeway Drive
Byron K. Anderson
Avenue
Philadelphia
Life Underwriters Association of Cedar Rapids
Jife Underwriters
Oscar Anderson
General Agents and Managers
Byran Anderson
University of Pennsylvania
McNary Critiques New Deal Farm Policy and Trade Treaties
Republican candidate McNary denounces the New Deal farm program as a patchwork and opposes reciprocal trade treaties he deems inadequately ratified. He urges parity prices over parity payments, and argues for farm price independence from foreign markets while promoting domestic demand and industrial use of farm outputs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Senate
McNary
Roosevelt
Ciano Paper Hints Spain To Declare War On Britain
In Rome the Lega newspaper, owned by the Ciano family, signaled that Spain will join Italy and Germany against Britain. It said the trio now forms the decisive Axis lineup and Spain has a role in reconstruction and in settling accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciano
Spain
Britain
Rome
Leghorn
Galeazzo Ciano
Great Britain
England
Italy
Germany
Axix
Negotiations With Japan Falter in Indochina Crisis
The French Indo China government said negotiations with Japan weakened on Saturday after earlier signs the crisis spanned. A separate note describes a walking stick insect that freezes when a light is flashed on it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoil
Japan
Germans claim cloud roentgen weapon used against London
Berlin reports an air ministry spokesman saying Germany has developed and deployed a cloud roentgen system to see through clouds for bombing London. The device resembles a small television set mounted beside the pilot, with engineers guiding missions and locating anti aircraft batteries as needed. An editor's note questions the logic of diving beneath transparent clouds after sighting fixes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Air Ministry
Germany
London
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Leo Abbelohde
Technical Chemical Institute of Berlin
Lorenz Werkt
Cedar Rapids youths receive mixed sentences in two break-in cases
Three Cedar Rapids youths including 17 year old Harvey Wehde 19 year old Gladys Wehde and 17 year old Ted Kasner pled guilty to two break ins at Campus drug store and Fred Sorensen drug store. They received indeterminate 10 year reformatory terms suspended for good behavior with four month jail terms. Gladys Wehde to serve 30 days with release on good behavior. The cases highlight youth leniency and juvenile referrals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C J. Haas
Harvey Wehde
Gladys Wehde
Ted Kasner
Cedar Rapids
Cartier
Anamasa Reformatory
Miss Wehde
Rockwell City Women's Reformatory
G KK Thompson
Wehde
Kasner
Thompson
Rockwell City
First Avenue
Twelfth Street
Fred Sorensen
Sixth Street
Anamosa Reformatory
Mt Vernon Man Given Suspended Sentence On Break In
Chauncey Simmons of Mount Vernon, 53, charged with breaking and entering, pled guilty after a July 16 not guilty plea. Judge C J Haas suspended an indeterminate 10 year term at Fort Madison penitentiary for good behavior, reportedly including remaining out of Iowa. Simmons was arrested after a prowler report at the J. E. McClelland home in Lisbon by Marshal Ed Gill and Sheriff Jim Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Simmons
Mount Vernon
Fort Madison
C. J. Haas
Simmons
G. K. Thompson
Iowa
Ed Gill
Jim Smith
J. E. McClelland
Lisbon
Permitted To Pay $300 Drunk Driving Fine In Monthly Installments
Glenn McMurrin, 32, of Cedar Rapids, charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, was fined $300 and costs by Judge C. J. Haas. An immediate payment of $25 was required, with the remainder to be paid in $25 monthly installments starting Nov. 1. McMurrin was arrested Aug 12 after a collision with a star route mail truck near First Street and Fifth Avenue SW. He withdrew a not guilty plea on Aug. 14 and pleaded guilty Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn McMurrin
Cedar Rapids
C. J. Haas
First Street
Fifth Avenue
Dickinson Sentenced For Forged Checks In Cedar Rapids
Roy Dickinson, 52, of near Palo, pleaded guilty to two informations charging uttering a forged instrument. He received two concurrent 15 year terms at Fort Madison penitentiary after withdrawing a prior not guilty plea. The charges stem from two checks for 20 dollars and 27.83 dollars passed at Skinner market and Hatch Brookman lumber in Cedar Rapids last February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Dickinson
Palo
Fort Madison Penitentiary
H. C. Ring. Dickinson
Skinner Market
Hatch and Brookman Lumber Company
Cedar Rapids
Counterclaim Filed In $12.25 Sales Contract Action
In a counterclaim, the defendant responds to a $12.25 sales contract suit brought by Ben. The filing asserts defenses and seeks dismissal or relief as appropriate under contract law. The document outlines the parties and the procedural posture of the case.
Madison firm seeks dismissal in agency duplication case
H. Anderson Manufacturing Company of Madison Wisconsin and Jacob F Selzer move to dismiss the petition and contest a $500 judgment. The defendant claims agency duplication in an area where he says he was assigned as an agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Anderson Manufacturing Company
Madison
Wis
Jacob F Selzer
Will of Margaret Healey Probate Grants Executor
The will of Margaret Healey who died September 10 was probated Friday. Named beneficiaries from the will dated November 25, 1935 include sisters Lucy Mc Donnell and Mary McDonnell a nephew Edmond J Dunn and a niece Sister Mary Edmund Lucy McDonnell named executrix of the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Healey
Lucy McDonnell
Mary McDonnell
Edmond J Dunn
Mary Edmund
Rental suit seeks 1593.25 in Third Street service station lease dispute
IL H Jacobson sues Martin Nelson doing business as the Friendly Service Station for judgment of 1593.25 in a rental claim action. The complaint rests on an alleged oral lease of the Third Street SE service station property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IL H Jacobson
Martin Nelson
Friendly Service Station
Third Street SE
Palmer gets three years suspended for statutory offense
Harold Palmer, 32, of Springville, pled guilty to a statutory offense based on a 15-year-old complainant. Judge H C Ring at Fort Madison penitentiary sentenced him to an indeterminate three-year term with suspended sentence on state recommendation. Palmer must stay out of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Palmer
Springville
Fort Madison Penitentiary
H. C Ring
Palmer
G Thompson
Real Estate Partitioned in Marion County Court
Saturday decree assigns shares in Marion real estate dividing property among Leroy A Rey nolds Gordon A Rey nolds and Ralph E Reynolds each one ninth. Ethel L Windt and Ralph E Reynolds as Tinzie Dray estate administrator receive one third. C E Pearson named referee. Appraisers M F Robb Ed Sigfred and Earl Booze named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haas
Marion Real Estate
Leroy A Reynolds
Gordon A. Reynolds
Ralph E. Reynolds
Ethel L. Windt
Tinzie Dray Estate
C. E. Pearson
M. F. Robb
Ed Sigfred
Earl Booze
Hearing on sale of Cedar Rapids bank property set Sept 30
Judge C J Haas schedules a hearing on the application of D W Bates receiver of Iowa State Savings bank to sell real estate in Wellington Heights Second addition Cedar Rapids. The lot with a two story garage is offered for 1250 by Irving L Tucker and Iva Mae Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D W. Bates
Iowa State Savings Bank
Wellington Heights
Cedar Rapids
C. J. Haas
Irving L. Tucker
Iva Mae Tucker
Judge orders bond filing releases U S Fidelity as surety
Judge H C Ring rules that upon filing a new $10 000 bond by Mabel T Kirk and Dollie E Tabasinsky as administratrices of the Emma Tabasinsky estate the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company will be released as surety on the administratrices bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.C. Ring
Mabel T. Kirk
Dollie E. Tabasinsky
Emma Tabasinsky
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Divorce suit between Roy Reynolds and Frances Reynolds
Roy Reynolds of Cedar Rapids sues Frances Reynolds for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment. They married in March. A Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. was awarded $157.80 judgment in a sales contract action against Paul Gartner. A $250.20 consent judgment was returned in an account action against Robert H. Harger. A plaintiff’s motion for new trial was overruled in a $200 injunction bond case by Martha A. Winne. Defendants were Arthur C. Winne and E. M. Pinney. A $500 personal injury auto case was dismissed without prejudice. Sale of a 120 acre Bertram township property approved in estates of Nellie and Reuben Thompson. A title action decree returned Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronse M Hansen
Merrill Hansen
H C Ring
Cedar Rapids
Frances Brechlin
Henry A Brechlin
Judge Ring
Waukegan
Frances Mealhouse
Vera Mo Crossley
Grover C Crossley
C Jitans
Vera M Craft
Chillicathe
Roy Reynolds
Frances Reynolds
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
J. E. Heiserman
Paul Gartner
C. J. Haas
D. C. McCormac
Blumer Brewing Corporation
Robert H. Harger
Heiserman
Martha A. Winne
Arthur C. Winne
E. M. Pinney
Second Street
Eighth Avenue
George W. Bell
Emil Merta
Bertram Township
Nellie
Reuben Thompson
Twe R. F. Thompson
John Thompson
Ring
Decree Quieted Title in Linn County Real Estate
Mary E. Minor has no right in Linn county real estate adverse to Al berta M. Laker and Esther S. Stamy and Leo J. Trachta and Leona R. Trachta. Judge Heiserman gave a decree quieting title to Linn county property in Charles Sellers. BF Goodrich Co was awarded a $121.52 default judgment by Judge Heiserman in an account case against Lovell Myers. Edith Bodie and Gilbert E. Mains executors of the George Gilbert estate settled and dismissed with prejudice a $703.58 note against Warren Pyle. A divorce action by Freda McPeak against Darrel McPeak was dismissed without prejudice. First report of R. M. Menary as receiver for the Melrose dairy was approved by Judge Ring. A $3,038.04 note suit against C L Rigby by Robert Cook as Cedar Rapids National Bank shareholders' agent was settled and dismissed. Ruth King versus Orland King was submitted to Judge H. C. King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Minor
Linn County
Alberta M. Laker
Esther S. Stamy
Leo J. Trachta
Leona R. Trachta
Heiserman
Linn County Real Estate
Charles Sellers
BF. Goodrich Company
J. E. Heiserman
Lovell Myers
Edith Bodie
Gilbert E. Mains
George Gilbert
Warren Pyle
Robert
Cook
Cedar Rapids National Bank
C. L. Rigby
Pictures Of Aliens Registering Banned By Govt
Government orders ban photographs of aliens during the registration process. Postmasters must forward clippings to Washington with an explanation. Officials insist the law forbids releasing information about registered aliens even in posed pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Immigration
Washington
Uttley
Post Office Department
French Colony Joins De Gaulle In Pacific Shift
The New Hebrides colonial administration has joined General Charles de Gaulle. The governor-general also took control of New Caledonia, a French spokesman said Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
New Hebrides
Pacific
Charles de Gaulle
New Caledonia
Notice of final accounting in Carrie Wiley trust case
In the District Court of Linn County the final report and accounting of Merchants National Bank as Trustee for Carrie Wiley trust are on file. Hearing is set for 10 AM October 2 1940 for the allowance of trustee and attorney compensation. objections must be written before that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Tows
Linn County
Carrie
Wiley
Merchants National Bank
Tranter
Trewin
Simmons and Trewin
White
Merchants National Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Simmona and
Altorneya
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