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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1942
Page
9
Weather forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for a warmer trend tonight and Tuesday forenoon. Autumn signs appear as leaves fall and temperatures ease, with Cedar Rapids recorded a Sunday low of 41 at 7 am and a Monday high of 68 by mid afternoon, the equinox due September 23.
At 4 35 p m on Sunday a false alarm was reported from 119 First Avenue SW. Company No 2 responded to the call with no further incidents noted.
William Goyer of 910 Eleventh Street SE pays $2 plus costs for discharging firearms in the city limits after a mid block turn without proper lookout. charge dismissed against John Keith of 1005 Memorial Drive SE upon payment of costs. Ted Longfellow of Westwood Drive NW fined $25 and costs for drunkenness and disturbing the peace.
Mercy hospital reports newborns for the Morrows Casey Phipps and Stoddard families with daughters and a son born September 19 through 21. St Luke's lists births for the Furry Smejkal and McShane households, all with daughters born between September 19 and 21.
Ed ward Thomas Hamilton, Mayo Kel ley at stake. James Henry Dye and Lola Edith Dye reach stipulations awarding alimony and attorney fees with household goods. Florence Marie Lane and George Lawrence Lane cross petition leads to custody for a minor, monthly support, furniture title, and dismissed petition. Judge G K Thompson presides over two cases, Judge C J Haas over one.
Two Cedar Rapids residents Arnold Lynn Mineck and Betty Stephenson are identified together in this item. The note notes their names and origin, but no further context or details are provided in the fragment.
Greenwich Connecticut police and search teams conducted a thorough search Monday after a report that two parachutes descended from a plane on Sunday. No verification was found of the sighting, and no further evidence was located.
Washington AP reports Rep. Tolan urging a clear choice between army and industrial manpower as millions more join the armed forces. Sen Hill introduces universal service for total mobilization to govern wartime resources, with McNutt hearings wrapping in two weeks.
Des Moines reports Iowa election officials prepared for voting by armed forces. 112 000 war ballots were printed at federal expense for soldiers and sailors, but only up to 5 000 may be used. Ballots carry federal offices only. Votes travel from soldiers to secretary of state, then county auditors, then election boards before the November 3 closing. Election boards will triple check to prevent double voting.
Notre Dame awards the sixtieth Laetare Medal for outstanding Catholic lay achievement to Helen C. White, a University of Wisconsin faculty member and president of the American Association of University Women, announced in South Bend.
Mrs W M Hubbard of LeMars a Christian education specialist will speak at St Pauls Cedar Rode in two meetings Tuesday and Wednesday She opens the Mothers club at 2 pm Tuesday with Your Child in a World at War and holds group conferences with department heads and teachers Wednesday afternoon The church school board hosts a homecoming dinner at 615 pm Wednesday where she will speak on More Power.
Joseph Bena 59 of route 3 Cedar Rapids died suddenly of a heart attack at 10 45 p m Saturday in Memorial hall Marion He was born February 24 1883 in Cedar Rapids and lived here his life farmed He belonged to Prokop Velky lodge 7 Z C B J Survived by wife Stella a daughter Mrs Raymond McArthur two sons Louis and Lumir a sister Mrs John Tucker two brothers Wendl and Frank and three grandchildren Funeral services planned at Polansky chapel Wednesday at 9 a m and St Wenceslaus church at 9 30 a m Burial in St Johns Cemetery Friends may call at Polansky chapel after 2 p m Tuesday
Loyd L Callier 46 died at his Viola home at 4 a m Monday after a lingering illness. Born February 5 1896 in Viola he worked about ten years with Cedar Rapids street department and farmed in Viola the last four years. Survived by wife Helen two daughters Mrs L B Blanchard Ottumwa and Mrs J D Konigsmark Cedar Rapids three sisters Mrs Irving Graham Davenport Mrs Fred Elliott Cedar Rapids and Mrs Joseph Howe Stone City two brothers Coleman Chicago and Louis Omaha and a grandson Philip Blanchard. Body at Loder chapel Anamosa funeral Wednesday at am in St Joseph s Stone City with burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery.
The Rev. Dr. H. K. Galloway will conduct funeral services in the Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday for Miss Isabel Springer a former Norway resident who died in San Diego California where she had lived for many years Burial will be in Mound cemetery near Watkins The body will arrive in Cedar Rapids Tuesday morning and will be taken to the Turner chapel where friends may call.
William T. Norris 52 of 640 Seventh street SE Cedar Rapids died suddenly of a heart attack at 11 45 a m Saturday in Golden Illinois Born in Kansas City June 20 1890 he lived in Cedar Rapids 25 years Survived by wife Anna two sisters Mrs William Bleesing and Mrs C E Marshall of Chicago and half sisters Helen Bean Wilmette Illinois Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p m Brush chapel with friends calling Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery
Word came from Cedar Rapids of the Sunday death of Mrs W B Thompson in Harvey Illinois mother of Mrs R L Naibert a former Cedar Rapids resident who is with Captain Naibert at Fort Warren Wyoming Mrs Thompson was a frequent Cedar Rapids visitor Funeral services set for 2 pm Tuesday in Harvey with burial there.
The Rev. W A Jacobs will conduct funeral services at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Moon chapel for Mrs. Dora Payne Hopkins who died Saturday at her sister Mrs FE Campbell’s home at 524 Twenty first street Nye. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Paul F. Sprague, 52, longtime Cedar Rapids resident, died Monday morning in a Portland Oregon veterans hospital. The death report was received by Clarence Gourley at 1022 Nineteenth Street SE from Sprague's sister.
General Douglas MacArthur has awarded Captain Robert L. Morrissey of Nebraska the Distinguished Service Cross for his leadership of nine pursuit planes in action against Japanese attackers over Horn Island near Australia. The award recognizes extraordinary heroism and aerial skill displayed under enemy fire during combat operations.
At a legion convention, leaders urged perseverance and shared burdens of wartime austerity. Donald M. Nelson warned of a lower standard of living to win the war, while Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear urged resilience amid expected heavy losses. AFL chief Green pressed unity for victory. The Legion voted to admit current war veterans and spouses to its ranks, backed President Roosevelt, and called for tighter controls on Japanese internment camps and no special privileges for Japanese residents.
The navy said enemy submarines sank a United States ship in the North Atlantic in early July and a British vessel in March. Survivors from both merchantmen were landed at an East Coast port.
Cedar Rapids city trucks carry No 4 cowbells to warn housewives when to place processed cans by refuse receptacles. Finance Commissioner Lou Burgus says the loud bells give time to remove cans, with daily pickups around 3000 pounds and a 45000 ton monthly quota in sight.
Cedar Rapids monthly meeting of the public welfare bureau is set for noon Tuesday at the Montrose hotel. Several local residents travel for professional and personal reasons, including visits to hospitals and colleges, with notices of illness, travel, and community events among the snippets.
Rapids and vicinity are invited to attend an Institute on general disease nursing starting Friday at the city hall. Dr. R. N. Sorensen of the Town state health department Des Moines will deliver the first lecture at 2 p.m. Friday on the fourth floor of the city hall.
Thomas Shay formerly of Cedar Rapids now residing in Rock Island Illinois suffered a crushed foot while employed by a Bettendorf construction company in Bettendorf last Saturday. He is admitted to St Luke's Hospital in Davenport for treatment and recovery.
In about three weeks Nebraskans gathered 136,171,012 pounds of scrap, nearly 104 pounds per person in the state, with years of human interest stories fueling the drive. Neighbors organized through local papers, from hair pins in a dead bird’s nest to old tractors, while a widow donated a German helmet cap and a town pulled an old bridge from a stream bed. Citizens felt valued, united in service, and eager to help win the war through collective effort.
Washington authorities disclosed that Japanese Lieut. Commander Takeo Ezima, posing as an engineer with New York offices, was linked to the German espionage ring broken in June 1941 with 33 Nazi agent arrests in New York. Ezima fled to the West Coast and sailed for Japan after the arrests.
In July and August American airmen conducted 23 bombing raids on Japanese targets in occupied China French Indo China and Burma. They shot down 28 Japanese planes and probably six more, destroyed 30 enemy aircraft on the ground, with five American fighters lost. One pilot remained safe. Chinese ground crews aided, and Flying Tigers joined after AVG’s disbanding.
Washington news: Senate Finance Committee rewrites tax law to drop notary oath for individuals, allowing affirmations of accuracy instead. The move aims to speed processing of millions more returns and imposes a 90 percent ceiling on federal income tax payments, targeting only top earners of $1 million annually, countering Roosevelt's salary cap proposal.
DES MOINES Iowa State Comptroller C Fred Porter denied saying Clyde L Herring's financial management was the finest in the state's history Koop a Democratic publicity writer had claimed Porter endorsed Iowa's financial management during Herring's first term Porter said he never made such statements and refuted the charge as unfounded and inaccurate.
Optometrists from Eastern Iowa will gather at the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids Monday night for a dinner and lecture program. About 50 attendees are expected. Ralph Barstow of Oklahoma is noted among the participants.
A scientist economist and lecturer will be the principal speaker. His address will cover various professional problems and expand a program in which optometrists work on eye problems among older men recalled for wartime labor. Dinner at 6 30 p.m. with program at 7 30 p.m.
A Cedar Rapids recruit recalls bayonet drills with 12 dummies, barbed wire entanglements, and firing at targets caricaturing Hitler Mussolini and Hirohito. He notes homesickness relief from letters, uneventful crossing via Iceland, and a convoy split with over-age destroyers. He hopes to return as a second lieutenant to inspire cheers in Dieppe Paris and Berlin.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces its establishment in 1883 by The Gazette Company with John L. Miller as publisher and Harry Boyd as editor. Es Hoyt serves as managing editor while the paper lists Associated Press United Press International news service and full leased wire reports. Advertising reps include Allen Klapp Company with offices in Chicago New York and Detroit.
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