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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1941
Page
4
Art Muller of 217 Seventeenth Street SE was fined 5 dollars with costs for failing to yield the right of way. The fine was suspended on payment of costs.
A list of birth announcements includes Frances Laban of Monticello and Earl J A Kula of Anamosa with Max ine Rouse of Ironwood Michigan and R Keith Bex of Cedar Rapids, Mary Jane Hanna of Mount Vernon and Enoch B Prichard of Frostburg Maryland, St Luke's hospital noting a son Sept 25 and 26 births to several couples. Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs Mary Flury aged 71 at her daughter's home 1921 A avenue NE and Mrs Emma Truhlar aged 73 at her home 616 Fifteenth Street SE.
Richard Ritter was found unconscious with a fractured wrist after attending a football game at Coe field. Margaret Weiland dislocated her shoulder pushing a car stuck in mud on Otis road. William Kidder was injured crossing Twelfth avenue near Fifth street after colliding with a taxicab. Local markets show wheat around 80 to 65 cents, corn 41 to 65, oats 30 to 60, rye 85, hay 16, straw 6.50 to 8, hens 10 to 18, eggs 17 to 18, hogs 4.60 to 7.30, steers 7 to 8.50, lambs 4.50 to 7. Explosion at Cedar Rapids bottling works injures Richard Payn. Mrs Thomas Koza seriously injured by Milwaukee switch train at Thirteenth street crossing. Bernard Sprenger bequeaths 5000 to Immaculate Conception church for a new altar in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Sprenger.
Reactor reported troop movements on Lenin grads and Crimea as Nazi forces push toward Perekop isthmus. German high command claimed relentless destruction of four Red armies east of Kiev with prisoner totals rising from 492000 to 574000.
Soviet and British reports describe renewed German assaults from Crimea to Velizh near Smolensk. Moscow claims fierce fighting at Kiev front and losses for Germans while asserting large scale Soviet counter actions along the Dvina and near Leningrad with air support from British and Soviet pilots.
The inquiry sparked uproar as Willkie charged Clark with uttering an absolute falsehood about his pledge to keep the United States out of war. Clark maintained the record would prove his point, while the committee investigated media influence on reading and viewing choices.
Cobina Wright Jr of New York society says she will marry Corp Palmer Beaudette after he spent 1300 to charter a plane to Fort Lewis. She vows to continue acting and will wear a topaz ring and bracelet until an engagement ring arrives after his three month Georgia officers training. Beaudette’s family includes Pontiack Pontiac and O. J Beaudette founder. ex couple Mary Louise Lord and Corp Beaudette divorced with a five year old daughter.
Hollywood star Alice Faye said she would retire from the screen for a year or more to become a mother. She and orchestra leader Phil Harris wed May 12 in Mexico after a whirlwind courtship and were remarried at Galveston, Texas, last Saturday.
Federal grand jury returned 17 indictments, 13 secret, and one no bill. Merle Hanson died after a gun battle in Louisiana related to a stolen car charge. Two men pled guilty to driving stolen cars across state lines and received suspended sentences with two years probation. Other outcomes include liquor sale to an Indian and mail fraud convictions. Remaining secret targets at large. warrants issued for their arrests. Court also ordered settlement of $73,468.75 in notes between Cedar Rapids National Bank agent Cook and Paulsen Security Realty Corp.
Emma Trublar 73 widow of Bohumil Trublar died Thursday at 1 40 pm at her home 616 Fifteenth street SE after a ten month illness. Born near Ely Sept 24 1868 she was the eldest daughter of Frank and Antonie Smerchck and lived in Linn county most of her life. She leaves two daughters Mrs John C Yuza and Mrs Leonard V Koch. five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren plus a sister and several half siblings. Funeral Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Barta chapel Pastor Grant F. Anderson will officiate burial at Rogers Grove cemetery.
Mrs Mary Flury 71 formerly of Humboldt and longtime Cedar Rapids resident died suddenly of a heart attack at 9 15 pm Thursday at her daughter’s home.
Cornelia Himrod born in France on August 28 1870 and living at 1921 A avenue NE. She came to America 59 years ago and is survived by her daughter after the death of her husband Maurice in 1933. Body will be taken to Humboldt for 11 am Catholic services Saturday with Rev. Father Fitzpatrick. Burial at Humboldt Cemetery. Friends may call Beatty chapel after 5 p.m. Friday.
The article outlines 11 percent tax on firearms and shells, 24 percent plus 4 cents a pound for tires and tubes, five percent on rail bus air and ship tickets, and no new tax on cigarettes wines liquors beer or gasoline unchanged. It notes the millionaire pays 75 444 of 96 153 earned to Uncle Sam.
Nelson warns price fixing may be essential during emergency to prevent a crushing inflation. He opposes universal price ceilings and wage controls by law, arguing practical limits and rejecting 100 percent excess profits tax as unworkable.
Nelson argued for an incentive driven profit system while proposing a ceiling on farm prices. He admitted uncertainty on the exact level for the price cap.
Floyd B. Odlum said the nation is six months to a year late in starting a robust sub contracting program. He aims to recruit up to 100 000 sub contractors into a 60 billion dollar defense effort and to expand the DCS network to 100 or 200 offices nationwide.
Louis Hladek a 20 year old Powell Roofing employee fell three stories from the Cedar Rapids Sheet Metal company roof. He was unconscious at St Luke's hospital with a fractured skull and facial injuries after a hoist cable weight slipped and pulled him over the edge.
New York dispatch indicates a censored message from Le Havre France dated September 25 with fifty words omitted. The brief note reports a woe related to Derg and woroyves in the French message.
Washington tax specialists predicted privately that Congress would defeat Secretary Morgenthau's plan to cap corporate profits at six per cent during the emergency, signaling opposition from both Senate and House analysts.
New police chief Tom Condon led a two hour meeting with all commanding officers to curb factionalism and discuss department efficiency. He plans monthly gatherings and may hold additional sessions as issues arise while drafting a report for Public Safety Commissioner Wes Benesh.
Mayor Hahn announced a raise for police officers and a $750 increase for firefighters via a similar ordinance. He urged officers to prove critics wrong through actions. In four days the council appointed a new police chief, named an acting chief of detectives, and ordered a new set of rules as part of department rehabilitation.
Herman Beck of Mechanicsville was arrested Thursday for dragging gravel and sand from the Cedar river near the Ivanhoe bridge without a permit. State conservation officer Ray W. Beckman filed the charge and Justice T. S. Mitchell in Mt. Vernon fined Beck $75 plus costs. part of the fine was suspended pending settlement with the conservation commission over the gravel taken.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox arrived in Hamilton Bermuda to inspect U S defense bases in the British colony during a Thursday visit.
London based Paul Hartmann, former civil administrator of Oslo who escaped to England, told reporters on Friday that Hitler's new order in Norway has created utter chaos.
Huntington argues against a 35 year draft age as politics and cites army data showing 18 to 21-year-olds make the best soldiers. He notes costs to train under 25 versus over 25 and observations on parental influence and deferments amid calls for military training after high school.
Addison M. Parker a Des Moines attorney and former state senator left the America First committee local branch after Lindbergh’s speech linking Jews to war. He said the charge fuels racial bigotry and intolerance and urged disavowal.
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