Obituaries and Birth Notices From Daily Record Sept 27 1939
Local hospital reports a birth for Mr and Mrs William Senlue Van Horne a daughter born Sept 26. St Lukes hospital notes a son for Mr and Mrs Lunar Pobuda Marion. Obituaries list Towa City figures Benjamin Franklin Dare 79 of 1124 Ninth Street SE who died at home Tuesday evening, Steve Kepros 44 of 212 Seventeenth Street NE who died at University Hospital Iowa City, and Nico Whitney trustee of 356 East Eighteenth Street SE who died in a local hospital at 12 40 pm Tuesday.
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St Lukes Hospital
M. Lunar Pobuda
Marion
William Senlue van Horne
Pos Nico Whitney
Eigtteert
Benjamin Franklin Dare
Ninth Street
Steve Kepros
Severteenth Street
University Hospital
Towa City
Marriage Licenses and Local Vehicle Incidents Summary
Marriage licenses issued to Robert A Daggett and Mary TL Wolkt of Cedar Rapids. A backfire in a truck owned by Francs Birky sparked in the 1000 block of A Avenue and Twelfth Street NW, prompting a 17 minute response by engine companies 2 and 35 and Hook and Ladder. Later, overheated brakes on a car owned by George Thompson at Enghth Avenue and Third Street SW caused a 11 minute alert.
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Robert A Daggett
Mary TL Wolkt
Cedar Rapids
Francs Birky
A Avenue
Twelfth Street
George Thompson
Enghth Avenue
Third Street
Divorces Granted in Cedar Rapids Case
Mildred Wood from Hubert Wood, 24, granted divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds by Judge C Haas. Mrs Wood awarded custody of two children. She remarried at Clinton on November 16, 1936, after a previous Cedar Rapids divorce on June 2, 1936.
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Mildred Wood
Hubert Wood
C. Haas
Paul F Dolan Faces Reckless Driving Fine
Paul F Dolan aged 25 of 926 F avenue NW was fined 100 dollars plus costs for reckless driving. A. R. Stephens of Marion was fined 10 dollars plus costs for speeding, case reference 42.
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Paul F Dolan
F Avenue NW
A. R. Stephens
Marion
Swedish Engineer Killed in Nazi Plane Attack on Airliner
A Swedish citizen, 38 year old G. R. Lamm of Stockholm, was killed when a German military plane fired on a KLM passenger flight from Malmo to Amsterdam over the North Sea. Fifteen passengers aboard were unharmed though the aircraft was struck at 2400 feet about 100 miles west of Heligoland. The incident threatens Dutch Swedish protests.
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Amsterdam
INS
Neutral
Sweden
North Sea
Malmoc
G. R. Lamm
Stockholm
KLM
Legion Expresses Neutrality Stand and War Preparedness
The Legion calls for neutrality while condemning all forms of ism including anti semitism and urges registration of all aliens The defense committee demands rapid expansion of army navy and air force to peacetime strength boost merchant marine as naval auxiliary and large appropriations to fund the program The Americanism committee attacks La Follette s Senate Bill 1970 against espionage in labor unions calling it a communist style ploy Whitewings clear debris as Legionnaires wives children parade for 13 hours on Michigan Boulevard
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National Defense Committee
Americanism Committee
Senate
Wis
Michigan Boulevard
Legionnaires
Army
Justice Butler Reported Improving after Illness
Supreme Court Justice Pierce Butler, suffering bladder trouble, was reported by physicians to have had a comfortable night and to be a little improved. The update came Tuesday from doctors in Washington.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pierce Butler
Warsaw Siege Broadcast Claims German Victory S
A German radio broadcast from Warsaw reports the city under siege, describing extensive destruction and hundreds of horses killed for food. It claims Warsaw is cut off, contrasts conditions with German-occupied areas, and blames Polish defenders for permitting the city’s destruction.
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Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Corset Injury Sparkes $5,500 Damages Award Appeal
In Albany a New York appellate division considers an appeal by Miss Anna Enright from a $5,500 damages award to Mr and Mrs Frederick Welch of Binghamton. Mrs Welch says a clerk pulled a two way stretch corset over her head causing pain and injury including a claimed dislocated vertebra. The lower court also awarded $1,000 for loss of her services.
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Albany
Milady
New York State Supreme Court
Anna P. Enright
Binghamton
Frederick P. Welch
Von Fritsch execution linked to Hitler speech
Paris report cites sources claiming Col. Gen. Werner von Fritsch was executed after criticizing Hitler's Danzig speech. The account says he spoke out at the front, a stool pigeon reported him, and two days later he was shot in the head by a Nazi.
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Paris
INS
George London
le Journal
Luxembourg
Germain
Baron Werner von Fritsch
London
von Fritsch
Hitler
Danzig
French police raid and seal Communist Party headquarters
Police acting under a cabinet decree raided at dawn and sealed Communist Party headquarters district offices smaller cells and affiliated unions. Conservative parties push to convoke parliament to expel 76 deputies and two senators as the cabinet outlawed the party and ordered dissolution of all related organizations and bans on dissemination of party materials.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Council of Ministers
Albert Lebrun
Communist Party
Communist International
New Kiwanis Club Officers Chosen for 1940 at Cedar Rapids
W. L Paxson named president of the Cedar Rapids Kiwanis Club for 1940. Other officers include Clyde L. Sanborn as first vice president, William C. Culver as second vice president and program chairman, Keith Dunn as treasurer, and Kenneth Farquhar as director. The change takes effect January 1.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Farquhar
C L. Fenner
C . Foster
Henry Kling
C. W. Lawrence
A. T. Pleune
Walter Schultz
America
Europe
B. L. Wick
Mr. Wick
Ribbentrop in Soviet Capital Talks on Poland Fate
The article notes negotiations in Moscow on Poland’s future after the war with the Narew Vistula and San rivers established as a temporary division. It reports German informants saying Berlin has not decided the political form of the territories it controls and remains to be negotiated.
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Poland
Narew
Vistula
San
Questioning Germany's postwar fate visions debated
The discussion centers on whether Germany should be placed under protectorate status similar to the Czech provinces or be carved into small autonomous rump states like Slovakia, shaping the future map and governance of the nation.
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Germany
Czech
Slovakia
Diplomats weigh German Turkish talks in Moscow
In Moscow German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop and Turkish counterpart Sukru Saracoglu meet as diplomats discuss potential new alignments rivaling the pact era. Speculation centers on a German Soviet military accord and a Turkish backed Balkan Near East bloc with Turkey as mediator on Western Europe peace efforts.
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Moscow
Germany
Turkey
Russia
Europe
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Tass
Poland
von Ribbentrop
Sukru Saracoglu
Baltic
Esthonia
Estonian protest to Moscow over Russian air violations
The Estonian government lodged a strong protest with Moscow about repeated Russian military flights violating Estonian neutrality. Foreign Minister Karl Selter led a delegation returning to discuss Soviet commercial proposals.
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Tallinn
Esthonia
Moscow
Karl Selter
Lindbergh and Borah Hold Unannounced Huddle
In Washington Col. Charles A. Lindbergh met secretly with Senator Borah of Idaho, a leading strategist opposing repeal of the American arms embargo.
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Washington
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
Senator Borah
Idaho
Woodring Johnson feud disrupts U S War Department
Washington reports bitter clash between Secretary Harry Woodring and Assistant Secretary Louis Johnson hampers wartime rearmament. President Roosevelt weighs plans amid calls for possible resignations and Navy department changes.
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Woodring-Johnson
War Department
Washington
Harry H. Woodring
Louis Johnson
Army
Leo M. Cherne
Johnson
Woodring
Roosevelt
White House
War Resources Board
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
U. S. Steel
Current Comment on Neutrality and War Powers
The piece argues that past and present international law offer no protection once war looms and warns Americans to avoid aiding any side. It notes England and Germany threaten contraband actions and urges restraint to prevent entanglement in a conflict, asserting neutrality depends on not aiding any party.
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Pees
England
Germany
Uncle Sam
Bergdoll Returns Secretly as Court Rules Jurisdiction
Brig. Gen. Irving J. Phillipson presiding over a military court overruled a defense motion on Bergdoll’s case. Capt. Joseph Dillion argued that Bergdoll’s 1920 court martial and later federal rulings allowed the military court to try him. The ruling makes Bergdoll liable to a maximum five year sentence for escape and desertion in time of war, or two and a half if in peacetime.
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Weinberger
Irving J. Phillipson
Joseph Dillion
Bergdoll
Romania bars Polish government chiefs from leaving
Romanian authorities restrict movements of Polish cabinet members who fled to Romania and refuse Beck permission to move. No communications allowed between Smigly Rydz Moscicki or Flanie cabinet members. Polish refugees complain as Britain denies visas to travel to England. Demonstrations will not be tolerated.
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Bucharest
Rumania
INS
Josef Beck
Beck
Flanie
Felicjan Slawoj- Skladkowski
Probe of 15 GM disputes ordered
The National Labor Relations Board ordered investigations into 15 General Motors plant bargaining disputes after dismissing GM's petition for elections. The board also set a consolidated hearing for all cases to proceed.
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Washington
INS
National Labor Relations Board
General Motors Corporation
World's Fair Cuts Admission to 50 Cents in October
New York The New York World's fair announced on Wednesday that admission will be reduced to 50 cents for October.
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New York
Community Chest Adds Salvation Army With New Admin Rules
The Salvation Army will share in Cedar Rapids 1940 Community Chest funds with eight other groups. New administration policies require monthly requisitions, bureau audits, and closer control of agency budgets to ensure efficient use of gifts and eliminate direct relief from Chest funds.
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Community Chest
Salvation Army
Welfare Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Roy E. Choate
la Plant- Choate Manufacturing Company
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Community House
Home For Aged Women
Sunshine Mission
Public Health Nursing Association
Young Men's Christian Association
Young Women's Christian Association
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Karl P. Blaise
Public Welfare Bureau
Social Welfare League
Linn County Relief Department
Relief Department
Blaise
Alice R. Kirwin
Migrating Mallards Skid On Open Ice Rink
Ducks misjudged an outdoor ice rink in Sun Valley Idaho and tail spinned into a pond then skidded onto the grass, causing a splashy scene on a Tuesday.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
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