Point Wars Break Out Over Meat Ration Curb Plan
Across the nation butchers clash over meat rationing as heavy surplus prompts point devaluations to spur sales. OPA governs sign posting and reporting with rebates tied to mid May quotas and risk of license suspension for illegal price manipulation. Chicago shops donate excess sausage stock to orphans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Seaboard
New York
Boston
National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
OPA
Chicago
National Association of Meat Dealers
Dorothy Lamour Applies for Marriage License in Los Angeles
Film star Dorothy Lamour, appearing flustered yet happy, applied for a marriage license in Los Angeles on Saturday to wed Capt William Ross Howard III of the Army Air Forces. Howard, on brief leave from the San Bernardino air depot, was with her and both expected a possible delay of one to three weeks before they could wed due to California waiting period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Dorothy Lamour
William Ross Howard III
Army Air Forces
Howard
Army Air Depot
San Bernardino
Synthetic rubber plan spurs Midwest postwar talks
Delegates at a Midwest governors conference advance postwar planning and set committees to address peace era problems. Gillette advocates grain alcohol based synthetic rubber with Midwest plants to meet military and civilian needs by year end, arguing WPB material allocation is crucial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffers
Iowa
Washington
Gillette
Middlewest
WPB
John W. Bricker
Ohio
New York
Atlanta
San Francisco
William Anderson
Missouri State Planning Board
Therman A. Biddinger
Indiana Senate
Ernest L. Olrich
Minnesota State Council of Defense
Elmer J. Schnackenberg
Ilinois House of Representatives
New York Shifts Alimony Income Tax Liability to Wife
New York state income tax liability for alimony payments shifts from the husband to the wife, under a new law signed by Governor Thomas E. Dewey. The bill keeps the husband responsible for tax on alimony paid for his minor children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albany, N. Y
New York State
Thomas E. Dewey
Japan’s fishing fleet seen as wartime asset in Pacific
An analysis notes that Japan’s fishing fleet, including large 5,000 to 7,000 ton floating canneries with escort ships, has military significance beyond feeding the army and navy. It cites per capita crab and seafood consumption as part of wartime logistics and strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Japan
Driving Charge Will Follow Motor Mishap
Police say Robert Hasbrouck a 16 year old of 811 Third Street NW will face reckless driving charges after a collision at B Avenue and Thirteenth Street W around 515 PM Saturday. Melvin Shores 1709 Eighth Avenue SW reported the incident to Patrolmen Davis Overman. No injuries were reported though significant vehicle damage occurred.
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J. H. Walsh
Robert Hasbrouck
Third Street
B Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Dem
Prey Cleaning
Melvin Shores
Eighth Avenue
George Davis
Overman
Last tribute in Turner chapel for M H Collins
Brief services honored M H Collins vice president of the De Profundis at Turner chapel with about 300 relatives and friends in attendance. Burial followed at Oak Hill cemetery.
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Turner Chapel
M. H. Collins
The
de Profundis
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services announced for Mrs Lulu Bender
Funeral services for Mrs Lulu Bender who died Saturday at the Home for Aged Women will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Turner chapel conducted by Chester Ainsworth. Burial follows at Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Bender
Home For
Turner Chapel
Chester Ainsworth
Linwood Cemetery
Funeral services for Ida M Wean in Cedar Rapids
Ida M Wean a former Cedar Rapids resident died Thursday at her Chicago home Funeral services will be conducted by Rev J E DeLong at Moen chapel at 2 pm Monday Burial is planned in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the Moen chapel Monday.
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Ida M. Wean
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
J. E. DeLong
Moen Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Moen
Vincent Stodola 73 Dies After Brief Illness
Vincent Stodola of Mt. Vernon and longtime Cedar Rapids resident died at his home Saturday at 6 15 p m after a brief illness Funeral services will be held at a Polansky funeral home time to be announced
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Stodola
Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Polansky
Ser
Mrs Leslie S Hamilton Dies After Forty Two Years In Cedar Rapids
Mrs Leslie S Hamilton 1718 C avenue NE died at her home Saturday. Born January 1 1877 near Dysart Tama county she studied at Dysart High School and Cornell College Mt Vernon. She married Leslie S Hamilton June 19 1900 and lived in Cedar Rapids 42 years. Survived by husband son Dr Hughbert C Hamilton Temple University Philadelphia and sister in law Grace Hilton Martin Los Angeles. Funeral by Dr Charles J Bready at Moon chapel 4 pm Monday burial Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie S. Hamilton
C Avenue
Belle Clayton Hamilton
Dysart
Tama County
Dysart High School
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Park
Thomas O'Keefe Dies Rural Iowa Farmer Leader
Thomas J. O'Keefe 62 prominent Cedar Rapids farmer died Saturday at a local hospital. He attended Cedar Rapids public schools, earned a degree from Coe College and a law degree from Creighton University in 1913. Survived by brothers George and John and sister Mae Aileen Parrish. Funeral at St. Patrick's Church Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Beatty mortuary handling arrangements.
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Thomas J. O'Keefe
Cedar Rapids
O’keefe
Coe College
College of Law
Creighton University
Omaha
George
John
Mae Aileen Parrish
Dubuque
St. Patrick’s Church
Beatty Mortuary
Death of Mildred McClary at Home
Mildred Rozetta McClary wife of Roy D. McClary of 1336 Third Street NW was found dead at home Saturday likely from a heart attack while with her six weeks old son. Born December 18 1911 at Oxford Junction Iowa. On 9th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Rozetta McClary
Roy D. McClary
Third Street
Oxford Junction
Arctic Tern Covers 22,000 Mile Annual Migration
The Arctic tern travels about 22,000 miles yearly in its migration flights, illustrating its remarkable endurance and long distance navigation.
Jeffers Considers Resigning Rubber Post After July First
Rubber Director William M. Jeffers said he may quit after July 1 if the program is on track. He warned several new Buna S plants and production lines must prove reliable, while urging confidence as output lags slightly but bugs are being ironed out. Officials expect July 1 to test whether U S rubber reserves can hold through the fall without plant shutdowns.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Jeffers
U. S
United Nations
Lifer Offers Eye To Sergt Schmid Guadalcanal Hero
A Oklahoma life-term convict offered one of his eyes to Sergt Albert Schmid the Philadelphia marine blinded at the Tenaru river battle on Guadalcanal. Thomas Workman 46 wrote two letters to Schmid and his father expressing his willingness to donate his eye if accepted.
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Philadelphia
INS
Oklahoma
McAllister
Tenaru River
Guadalcanal
Albert Schmid
Schmid
Thomas Calvin Workman
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Workman
Jobless Now Million Near Irreducible Minimum
Washington reports the census bureau counted 1 million unemployed, well under 10 million, nearing what officials call the irreducible minimum for jobless persons. The note reflects a lower bound estimate based on early figures and ongoing labor data.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Senators Scrutinize Hollywood Figures for Army Roles
Senate questions air over Sais and LaGuardia in promotions to brigadier general and possible general ranks. Truman urges better use of officers and mocks Hollywood colonels while Patterson criticizes Zanuck's dual roles and notes his transfer to inactive status after completing assigned duties.
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Truman
Hollywood
Patterson
Zanuck
Army Signal Corps
Twentieth Century-Fox
War Department
Mrs. Howard Freed on Bond in Tulsa Hotel Slaying Case
Mrs. Ella B. Howard, 44, divorcee, posted 10000 bond after being bound over for trial on a manslaughter charge in the slaying of Mrs. T Karl Simmons at the Mayo hotel in Tulsa. Judge Grady S Cornett reduced the charge from murder to manslaughter at the preliminaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Howard
Tulsa
Okla
Ella B. Howard
Mayo Hotel
Howard
T. Karl Simmons
Marvin Simpson
Common Pleas
Grady S. Cornett
Ed J. Mace
Mace
R. M. Murphy
Simmons
Lehman to Visit London for War Relief Information
Herbert H. Lehman, director of foreign relief and rehabilitation, will travel to London within days to gather data on war victim relief in Axis-liberated areas. He will not seek joint United Nations negotiations, which will be handled in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert H. Lehman
London
New York
United Nations
War-Age Personnel Listings Highlight Local Families
A long list of service members from Cedar Rapids and area towns is noted with their ranks, assignments, and home addresses. The items include Harold Vig killed in action in New Guinea and posthumous Purple Heart award, plus numerous promotions transfers furloughs and duty stations across the Army Air Corps Navy and Marines with relatives listed at various local addresses.
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E. T. Wolfe
Cedar Rapids
Northern Ireland
Herica
Eighth Street
Harold Vig
Norway
New Guinea
Army
Vig
Mandius Vig
Corp
Herbert L. Westrom
Army Air Corps
A. C. Westrom
Grande Avenue
Westrom
Great Falls
Mont
Jesse Tompkins
Clearwater
Fla
Chanutefield
Ill
Mary Lane
Fifth Street
Robert P. Ure
Fort Bragg
N. C
Seventeenth Avenue SW
New Orleans
John W. Havens
Marines
Jennie Havens
First Avenue
Tech
Havens
Pacific
Pfc
Ernest Hillmer
Coffeyville
Kan
Henry Mer
Belle Avenue
Hillmer
Joe Pokorney
Frank Pokorney
Second Street
Camp Phillips
Kaw
Kenneth M. Krumbholz
Otto Krumbholz
Twenty - Fifth Street Drive
Camp Dodge
Camp Kohler
Sacramento
Calif
Joe Stouree
Camp Butner
Joseph Stouree
Fourteenth Avenue
James Rozek
W. G. Rezek
Fifth Avenue SE
U. S. Naval Reserve Midshipman School
Columbia University
New York City
Allied air gains cited in North Africa drive
The report notes Allied air offensives since March 19 destroying 172 Axis planes while losing 76 Allied aircraft. Eisenhower returns to say British American French forces progress toward defeating the Axis in Africa, with commanders Alexander and Montgomery inspecting Mareth works and front lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Tunisian
Africa
Erwin Rommel
Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mareth
Mareth Works
$30,000,000 Bond Advertising Proposed in Senate
Washington AP reports Senator Bankhead plans a bill to let the treasury spend up to 30 million dollars a year on war bond advertising in daily and weekly newspapers. Bankhead says the measure is to pay for advertising space and not to subsidize newspapers.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate
Bankhead
D-Ala
Alabaman
War Plant Sweater Girl Question Still Very Much Up in Air
In Bridgeport the Chance-Vought plant faced a two month dispute over knitwear or denim for female workers. An agreement avoided the word sweater though 53 dissidents still push for knitwear on certain jobs. Ann Sheridan offered to help with sweaters while the firm planned two piece sanforized cotton twill work wear in two colors.
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War Plant
Bridgeport
Hollywood
Representy
Inettailly Arone
Ann Sheridan
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Midwest
Des Moines
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
F. C. Donnell
Missouri
Dwight Kraska
Harry F. Kelly
Michigan
Walter S. Goodland
Wisconsin
Dwight H. Aon
Illinois
Henry F. Schricker
Indiana
Jefferson Saneae
Midwest Plains
Collins
Bender
Thomas O'Keefe
Lifer
Sergt. Schmid
Assail LaGuardia
Lehman
Omy
Scienmoe
UT A
Michael
Mary Lou Miller
Fourth Avenue
Fort Knox
Leonard J. Nemec
John Nemec
First Street
Heart Mountain
Wyo
Craig A. Webb
Marine Corps
F. H. Webb
E Avenue
Paris Island
S. C
New River
Chester H. Roloff
Fort Meade
Robert W. Finch
Louis Finch
Thirtythird Avenue
Armored Forces
North Camp Polk
Tom Phelps, Jr
U. S. Naval Training Station
Camp Waldron
Farragut
Idaho
Tom Phelps
Fourth Street
Edward James Piedlau
Camp Bowie
Texas
Mary Piedlau
Seaman
Virgil H. Knake
M. E. Knake
Bob Jones
St. Petersburg
Hammerfield
Fresno
Lyman W. Jones
Twentieth Street
Robert J. Holets
Louis F. Holets
Archer Avenue
Camp Murphy
Clifford H. Jensen
Army Reserve Corps
Jensen
Henry Jensen
K Street
Dale L. McDaniel
Tunisia
Fondouwk
Fondouk
el Guetar
Amerifrustra
Kairouan
Paris
Faid
Morocco
Associated Press
Pont du Faris
Turner Service
Turner
Turner’s
John B. Turner
Funeral Directors
Second Avenue
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