War Era Stamp Update and Local Court Notices
Daily records list valid food and fuel stamps for April 3 1944 plus details on shoe and airplane stamps. Also reports traffic violations fires births marriages and two divorce petitions in the area.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1944
Page
8
Cedar Rapids First Light Plant Brought by Barnum and Bailey
The Barnum and Bailey circus introduced Iowa’s first electric light plant to Cedar Rapids in June 1882 as a side show. Three days later leaders discussed bringing a similar plant to the city. The early Cedar Rapids plant used a 75 hp boiler and 30 to 40 kW generator, with about 60 arc lights, installed in a livery stable on A avenue. A 1887 upgrade added an 80 hp boiler and two AC generators for 650 sixteen-candlepower lights. Leaders recalled non Sunday/later hours. many local industries and seven newspapers benefited. Rotary board members chosen to lead take office July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum and Bailey's Circus
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Sutherland C. Dows
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Roosevelt Hotel
Dows
Light Company
First
Second Streets
James E. Hamilton
Merchants National Bank
Sinclair Packing Plant
Star Wagon Works
Eagle Woolen Mills
North Star
Stuart and Douglas
Quaker Oats Company
The
Gazette
War Ballot Board Is Set Up Amid War Vote Effort
A three man war ballot commission created by Congress to handle administrative actions under the soldier vote law urged state election officials to cooperate to maximize servicemen voting. The panel includes Secretary of War Stimson, Secretary of Navy Knox, and War Shipping Administrator Emory S. Land, with Stimson as chairman. They pledged to work with states to speed transmission and return of all balloting material and noted state laws and cooperation are crucial for service members to vote via absentee ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
War Stimson
Navy
Knox
Emory S. Land
Stimson
Tito Drives Into Serbian Interior
London reports Marshal Tito and large Yugoslav Partisan forces moving rapidly into the Serbian interior. Other Partisan units clash with Axis troops to a standstill in Montenegro Slovenia and Moslavina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Serbia
Tito
Josip Broz
Montenegro
Slovenia
Moslavina
Don Hines Named City Representative For Airport Work
City Council appointed Don Hines as the city representative for all dealings on the nine mile southwest Cedar Rapids airport project. The move aims to ensure immediate representation for preliminary talks with government and CAA officials as work resumes and original plans near completion. George Koch and engineers from the CAA are already in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hines Monday
Cedar Rapids
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
George Koch
Record output soars as plane production hits new March peak
Washington WPB official Charles E Wilson reports March plane output at 9 118 deliveries surpassing prior weight records by nine percent and exceeding 100 million pounds in airframe weight. He notes 86 5 percent of shipments were tactical types and says B 29 production was largely on schedule despite a small deficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Wilson
Army
Navy
WPB
Council Reappoints Appointive Officers and Opens Fiscal Year
Mayor F K Hahn and four city commissioners already re elected were sworn in by Judge Harry S Johnson. The meeting closed the 1943 fiscal year then reconvened to swear in and reappoint City Attorney Don Hines City Engineer Frank Young and other officials. The council named five banks as depositories for city funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. K. Hahn
L. D. Burgus
Dave L. Williams
Wes Benesh
Ed Stefan
Superior Court
Harry S. Johnson
Don Hines
Dwight Krumholtz
Vic Hasek
Clyde H. White
Frank Young
Harold C. Eggleston
Maude Krebs
H. H
Bill) Wage
Walter E. Miller
James J. Scolaro
R. E. Norman
Frank W. Pollack
Merchants National Bank
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Peoples Savings Bank
United State Bank
First Trust and Savings Bank
Curfew Lifted After Jerusalem Disorder Death Toll
British authorities lifted the curfew in Jerusalem Tel Aviv and Haifa imposed March 24 following a string of disorders that left nine British constables dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Aim to Prevent Speculation in Land Dealings
A national program to curb farm land speculation was presented to the Republican agriculture committee in Chicago. The plan calls for price regulation, wartime hold-the-line policy for labor and business, a 100 percent capital gains tax on postwar land sales, and measures to maximize per-acre food production while eliminating uneconomic farm units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican Party Committee On Agriculture
Bourke Hickenlooper
Iowa
National Farmers Union
Mystery of Big Bill Thompson's Wealth Still Unsolved
Chicago AP reports the estate of William Hale Thompson known as Big Bill the Builder left $1,466,250 in currency in two safety deposit boxes after his death with two more boxes to be opened. Thompson's attorney suggests there may be about $1,000,000 more, possibly from pre crash stock conversions and large sales of Middle West Utilities and Commonwealth Edison shares. Thompson's estate, valued at roughly $150,000, lacks a will, and questions about his finances remain unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Bill
Thompson
James W. Breen
Breen
Middle West
Insull
Commonwealth Edison
Associates
Claudius No More- And Aussies Lament
In Dutch New Guinea Anzac troops had relied on a talking skull named Claudius to entertain and distract them. The novelty drew gifts from locals, but with the ventriloquist officer transferred, Claudius has lost his voice and the mood turns gloomy at the jungle outpost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch New Guinea
INS
Netherlands New Guinea
Claudius
Aneta
Netherlands
Cold snap continues as Cedar Rapids logs freezing night
Cedar Rapids and nearby areas registered subfreezing readings with 19 to 21 degrees at dawn. The weather bureau forecast fair and warmer by today and tomorrow while skies stayed clear and bright sun lingered as spring neared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Iowa City
Onawa
Marshalltown
Chambers
Deaths George W Berchenbriter age 78 in Cedar Rapids area
George W Berchenbriter, 78, died at 7:20 p.m. Sunday at his home five miles south of Cedar Rapids after a two week illness. Born May 14, 1865 near North Liberty, he lived near Cedar Rapids 44 years. Survived by wife Anna three daughters a son a stepson 21 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and a sister. Services at Brush chapel 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial in Shueyville cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Berchenbriter
Cedar Rapids
North Liberty
Anna
Frank Zeller
E. W. Stepanek
Emil Novy
Harry Berchenbriter
William Ceynar
Nettie Miller
Iowa City
Elizabeth Crowell Berchenbriter
A. J. Soik
Brush Chapel
Shueyville
Death of Ezekiel Rawlings in Cedar Rapids
Ezekiel Rawlings 74 of 1208 avenue NE died at 12 30 a m Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. He resided in Cedar Rapids for many years. Survived by son Everett Rawlings Spokane Washington and daughter Mrs Frank Foster Springfield Missouri. Body to be taken to Springfield Tuesday evening for services and burial. Friends may call at Beatty chapel after 10 a m Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezekiel Rawlings
Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Everett Rawlings
Spokane
Wash
Frank Foster
Springfield
Beatty Chapel
Sister Mary Magdalen Gorman Mercy sister dies in hospital
Sister Mary Magdalen Gorman died at Mercy hospital after a long illness. Born December 15, 1865 in DeWitt she joined the Sisters of Mercy in 1893. Survived by sister Mrs Theresa Ferran and numerous nieces and nephews with services at Mt Mercy chapel and burial in Mt Calvary cemetery. R B Sinclair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Magdalen Gorman
Mercy
Services for Zula Haynes Scheduled at Turner Chapel
Services for Zula Irene Haynes wife of Otis E Haynes will be held at 2 p m Tuesday in Turner chapel with Rev George Stauffacher in charge Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zula Irene Haynes
Otis E. Haynes
Turner Chapel
George Stauffacher
Oak Hill Cemetery
Basel Paper Attacks American Bombers For Swiss Errors
Basel's National Zeitung lambasts American crews for bombing Swiss soil, accusing them of ignorance of geography and irresponsibility. An INS report notes bad weather and navigation issues led the lead B 24 to strike a power plant and rail line, later causing deep regret when actual targets were revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Basel
National Zeitung
Germany
Holland Bakery Sold To Davenport Buyer
The Holland Home Bakery at 1447 First Avenue SE was sold to Ben C. Baasch of Davenport. Aug ust H. Venhorst announced the change and will continue living in Cedar Rapids after 30 years as owner manager. Baasch takes charge Monday. the bakery has operated 22 years at its present site and eight years prior nearby on Fifteenth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland Home
First Avenue SE
Ben C. Baasch
Davenport
August H. Venhorst
Baasch
Monay
Fifteenth Street
Venhorst
Cedar Rapids
Britain’s Dry Spell Worst in 30 Years
London reports a drought described as Britain’s worst in three decades with vast areas of the country affected. Water boards urge reductions in bathing, London’s water may be rationed this summer without heavy rain in two months. Dairy boards warn milk rations could fall. Churches pray for rain at Sunday services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Brittain
England
R A F Strikes Reich With Record Bomb Tonnage in March
London report says the Royal Air Force dropped 31 360 American tons of explosives in March, with 22 400 tons over the Reich. Frankfurt received 3 360 tons on March 18 and 22 in two separate raids. Weather hindered result assessment for March 18 according to an air correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Air Force
Germany
Occupied
Air Ministry
Reich
R.A.F
Frankfurt
London Daily Express
Labor Turnover Shows Decrease in January
The War Manpower Commission reported Monday that January labor turnover fell in most of the 26 regions surveyed. The brief release noted declines in several sectors, signaling a softer employment churn as year starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Manpower Commission
War Industry Turnover Rates Dip Below Last Year
A report based on a survey with the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows overall turnover in war industries lower than January last year and below the 1943 all manufacturing average of 7.25 percent. Iron and steel and shipbuilding posted higher rates at 7.67 and 9.95 percent, the only sectors exceeding the average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WMC
McNutt
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Fred Louis Berg
Fifth Avenue Se
Frank Scott
Tama
Mord Cassel
Twentieth Avenue SW
Edward G. Hartl
Marion
Lyman A. Howe
Fifth Street
Ray Hamilton
Center Point Road
Edward A. Topic
C Street
Twentyseventh Street
Charles A. Stevens
Sherman Street
Eastern Boulevard
First Avenue
Thirty-seventh Street
Thirty-third Street
Eastern Avenue
Prairie Drive
Eldon Dvorak
F Avenue
Lloyd Holubar
Twentieth Avenue
Kenneth Butler
A Avenue
David McNamara
Walford
Arthur Decker
St. Luke’s
Leonard Vokolek
Rockford Road
Francis van Skike
Paul Chapman
Stanwood
LeRoy B. Freeman
Sarah E. Freeman
Paul Clair Ables
Juliet Anderson
Waterloo
Eldon G. Anderson
Mary Karelvicz
Ruby Jeanette Knapp
Harold Perry Knapp
Marjorie Courtney
Thomas W. Courtney
India
Sremembertia
Moen
Boo First Avenue
Rotary Club
William J. Barron
Walter Grissel
Cyril L. Kegler
Alfred W. Meyer
John W Miller
Orville Rennie
Edwin B. Zeller
Serbian
Second Avenue
Claudius No More
Pais i57
C. R
Mary Magdalen
R. B. Sinclair
S. R. Ferguson
Erie
Sinclair
Britain
First Liqux City
Des Moines
UCL LU
Eredulay
DIAL
BTA
Libby
Fourth Avenue
O.D.T
Maxwell House Coffee
N.B.C
Nictebelauy
Leo A
People's Furniture
First Avenue East
Ora
Dr. J. ©. Landenberger
Optometrist
Third Street SE
Cedar Rapidi Fuel CO. ED
Soboda
WEA
OPA
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