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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1943
Page
2
A truncated forecast segment shows temperatures for several cities. Readings include New York around 72 high 38 low and Omaha near 37, with Sioux City around 55 high and 30s for lows, indicating cool to mild conditions across the region.
Mrs. R. B. Van Cleve of 2505 A avenue NE faces double parking with $1 and costs. Thor Norland of 264 Twelfth street NW also charged for double parking with $1 and costs. Alvin C. Metcalf, route 1, Marion, cited for overtime parking with $1 and costs. Robert Calvert, North English, charged with drunkenness costing $50 and costs.
Fire calls logged Friday include a grass fire at 2044 Glenway drive SE at 2 37 p m with still alarm, another on Thirty seventh street between C and D avenues NE at 3 55 p m with still alarm, and a rubbish dump fire on Vernal street between G and I avenues NW at 7 53 p m with still alarm.
At St Luke s M r and Mrs William Taylor 533 F avenue NW a daughter April 3. Mr and Mrs David W Green North Liberty a son April 2. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Covington 1718 B avenue NW a son April 2. At Mercy M r and Mrs Dayle Moyer 1238 Sixth street SW a son April 3. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Phipps 1673 Eighth street NW a daughter April 3. Mr and Mrs Richard Jones 837 Tenth street SW a son April 3.
Mrs. Leslie S. Hamilton died Saturday at her home at 1718 C avenue NE. Miss Lulu Bender died Saturday at the Home for Aged Women.
Albert N Wade and Beth Hargis both of Cedar Rapids Stephen F Stramel and Velma L Rees both of Cedar Rapids Donald E Nelson and Norma Hughes both of Moline Il specified as residents in a local notice listing names and cities.
Topeka Kansas ALF M Landen 1936 Republican presidential candidate accuses a veil of secrecy menacing a satisfactory postwar peace solution. He cites secret hearings by the U S senate foreign relations committee and calls for more news from Washington.
The Truman committee discussed Col Zanuck’s seven to eight month status and faulted timing for action. Hugh Fulton noted Col Jack L Warner of Warner Brothers was in the air force then returned to inactive duty and drew company pay. Patterson defended officers not to testify. Truman and Brewster declined to press the issue. Army officers then showed training films to justify the program.
Widmer says he will meet with union members to seek an agreement and may refer unresolved issues to the War Labor Board. Lacy notes both sides view the current contract as a 40 hour week agreement.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to reference wire reports and advertising data, with scattered mentions of names and numbers but no clear events or Persons to summarize into a coherent news item.
Moscow reports the winter offensive ran 141 days from Nov. 10 to March 31. Germany lost 343,525 prisoners and more than 850,000 killed, with 185,000 square miles freed and total Axis deaths near 1.2 million in killed and prisoners. The Red Army cites a wounded to killed ratio above three to one.
Mrs Roy McClary aged about 32 was found dead at her home 1336 Third Street NW around 9 a.m. Saturday. Police believe she died in her sleep from a heart attack. Her six weeks old baby slept nearby when neighbor Mrs LeRoy Thomas discovered the body after a child could not wake anyone. Mr McClary worked for Martin Roasa Tractor Company and was away in Ottumwa. he returned home immediately.
Zimiri McCalley 78 died Friday night after a short illness at his sister Mrs Nora Caldwell’s home in Aberdeen South Dakota. His body will return to Cedar Rapids for services and burial. Born October 11 1864 in Linn County he worked in the livery business, later farming in Berlin North Dakota. Survived by siblings including G L McCalley in Cedar Rapids and brothers William Walker and Marvin Trenton Missouri.
Miss Lulu Bender died at 8 30 am Saturday after a long illness at the Home for Aged Women in Cedar Rapids. Born March 12 1866 in Wyoming Iowa she came from Olin to Cedar Rapids in 1938 and lived at the home since. Survived by brother Thomas Bender Cedar Rapids and sister Mrs Laura Brandsma Muscatine she belonged to Olin Methodist church. Services set for 2 pm Monday in Turner chapel burial Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Retired Shellsburg farmer Charles Hatfield died Thursday. The Rev. Charles Bryden of Shellsburg will conduct services in the Moon chapel at 2 pm Sunday. Burial will be in Shellsburg. Friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs H Belle Hamilton died at her home after a long illness. Her funeral will be at Moon chapel at 4 p.m. Monday conducted by Dr Charles J Bready. Friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs. Sarah A. Small died Friday at her son Fred A. Small’s home in Cedar Rapids area. Services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Beatty chapel with Rev. H. K. Galloway and Rev. J. P. Van Horn officiating. She will be buried in the family plot at Dunkard cemetery ten miles north of Cedar Rapids. friends may call at the chapel.
Washington AP reports as meat point rationing begins households face warnings from the Office of Price Administration against point free sales. Despite improved stocks last week some locations show unrationed sales to avoid spoilage after a rushed pre rationing period.
The Brazilian air force sank an Axis submarine in February and is credited with six such sinkings. Rear Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, commander of the U S fleet in the South Atlantic, announced five additional Axis subs were sunk by U S forces.
The three-toed sloth travels about one mile in 41 hours on average, highlighting its exceptionally slow movement among mammals.
Seven Century Engineering workers from the sixth floor,a war industry, donated blood at St Luke's hospital on Friday afternoon. Donors include Beverly Bain Fay Abodeely Phyllis Tyler Grace Kirk Clara Hall Phyllis Sponar and Naomi Zumwalk.
Dr Gaius Glenn Atkins offers a Lenten meditation citing Luke 9 51 56 on self knowledge and spirit. He notes human contradictions in anger kindness devotion and cowardice urging prayer for grace and transformation toward divine guidance and love.
A total of 120 boys, 112 in high school, sat the army and navy V-12 qualification exam across six Cedar Rapids high schools. Most favored naval training as the Navy announced the program. Roosevelt school led with 35 applicants, followed by Franklin 30, Wilson 17, and McKinley Immaculate Conception 13 each, St. Patrick’s 12.
Leslie L. Lockhart of Alton Missouri appeared before U S Commissioner R L Whelan in Cedar Rapids on charges for failing to report address change and to report for a physical. A $2500 bond was set and the case continued for examination for military service. Lockhart was apprehended by the FBI in Cedar Rapids and held in Linn County jail.
The Belgian news agency said 12 Belgians were executed by German forces. Nine victims were from Liege, two from Luxembourg Province, and one from Verviers.
Dr A W Meyer associate professor of physics at Coe College since 1925 has been named special assistant to Dean Harve Geiger to oversee the instructional program for the army air forces unit. He arranged class schedules room use and flight training hours while continuing as coordinator of civilian pilot training.
City dairy inspector A R Menary released March test results showing milk must test at least 3 percent butterfat and cream at least 16 percent. Official plate counts must stay under 50 000 bacteria per cubic centimeter. Numerous farms and dairies appear in the list with varied butterfat, bacteria counts, and notes of raw or pasturized products.
Police investigated a vault burglary at the Dubuque Board of Education offices after thieves forced entry through a 15 inch wall and stole over 250 dollars in cash and 81 dollars in passenger bus tokens. The janitor found the break in early Saturday. the building had closed Friday night after civil service exams.
AP features gardening guide offers practical advice from agricultural experts. It covers seed depth moisture, tomato pruning to 12 inches, staking to five feet, corn in square plots for reliable pollination, seed box partitions to ease transplanting, and cautions about soil poisons near large plants.
The Office of Price Administration says it does not plan to ration additional foods now despite Western calls for poultry limits. The spokesman notes eggs and fresh fish may be rationed elsewhere, cites production variability as preventing poultry and fish rationing, and warns dealers against selling below point value without local board permission.
General Eisenhower lauds the British Eighth Army and American units for a shared Tunisian advance. He notes Allied cooperation under Alexander and Tedder, with Cunningham naval aid, facing heavy enemy concentrations in Fondouk to El Guetar while pursuing victory.
In Des Moines Hickenlooper delivers a brisk address on farm economies and social spending. He asserts farmers are cautious savers when funding education and culture, yet generous when money exists. His rapid dictation and calm voice impress politicos, signaling a rising national figure amid Bricker and Hickenlooper.
Long list of service members with hometowns and assignments. Warren H. Kintzinger leaves for basic training in Florida after enlisting in the air corps reserve. Others are stationed at camps and bases nationwide, including Fort Leonard Wood, Camp Polk, Camp Hood, and Camp Peary, with transfers noted to Norfolk, Mare Island, and Santa Ana.
Gov. Harry F. Kelly urged quick talk on bonuses for armed forces readjustment after war with emphasis on federal and state cost shares. A meeting runs through Saturday with similar discussions planned in New York Atlanta and San Francisco. President Clarence Dykstra of the University of Wisconsin forecast a surge in postwar education enrollment from 7000 to 17600 as demobilization nears and federal and state subsidies for veterans are considered.
The amendment quotes Attorney General Biddle as trying to intimidate AP franchise holders to aid Marshall Field. Shafer accuses the justice department of using an anti trust suit to force AP membership, while Sumners' six month postwar termination amendment passes. An anti reporting provision was narrowly defeated 196 to 133, with a separate 10 year prison and $10,000 fine penalty for non reporting, and a local report defense clause.
WAUKON M H Goede principal of the Waukon school the last 11 years was elected superintendent of Allamakee county schools at a convention Friday attended by 25 delegates from town and rural schools. He succeeds Lois Grimm who resigned because of ill health. On the first ballot Goede and Reher received 11 votes each for Reher Jordan and Rabenold one vote each. The second ballot resulted in 15 votes for Goede and 10 for Reher.
Fire raged through the salvage yards of Mar mis and Solomon in Dubuque early Saturday destroying a large quantity of hides old tires and bailed paper. Firemen were called at 2 30 am and fought the blaze for hours before it was brought under control. No immediate loss estimate was available.
A barn on the Ed Wislsel farm six miles northeast of Solon burned early Saturday. Fifteen tons of hay four horses and all harness were lost. Fire blamed on defective wiring. Solon fire department responded.
A London analyst argues a Tunisian Axis evacuation to Sicily is virtually impossible. He cites 150 mile Mediterranean distance, rough seas, allied air and sea power, and lack of Axis shipping as decisive factors. He recalls Dunkirk’s calm Channel conditions and large Allied evacuation as a cautionary contrast.
Volunteers will recruit more than 190 trained women and girls to assist Mrs. Dorothy B Hamilton in teaching Cedar Rapids and Marion women to conserve produce. Demonstrations will cover canning with pressure cookers hot water bath and ovens plus freezing drying brine and winter storage. Plans include sectional sessions starting May 1 June and July with trained refresher volunteers and 50 Linn County Home Economics club members and about 60 Red Cross nutrition graduates among participants.
Rep. John W. Flannagan of Virginia refuses to apologize for accusing David Ginsburg of dodging the draft, saying the matter was his own responsibility. He notes the FDR letter defending Ginsburg and challenges any “patriotism” claims by the President.
Dr Herbert Martin of the University of Iowa philosophy department will deliver the sermon Sunday at Peoples Church. His topic is The Greatest Thing in the World. A congregational meeting will follow to discuss calling Rev George W Marshfield of Detroit to the Peoples Church pulpit.
Mrs Esther Sanford aged 24 died from burns after an explosion blamed on feeding kerosene to coals in a small stove. Firemen reported the blast occurred Friday afternoon before she died.
A damaged OCR notice references a court matter dated the 19th day of a month, naming Goldthwaite and Neushton and other parties. It mentions claims, authentication, and a filing in a county. Specific names and details are unclear due to legibility.
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