Women invited to aid with Republican platform writing
Washington AP report notes the GOP invites women to join its platform writing panel, with 1 man and 1 woman named per state delegation. The plan, led by Mrs. Chris Carlson, awaits convention approval as Dewey leads and delegates prepare for primary ballots in Nebraska and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican Party
G.O.P
Thomas E. Dewey
Harrison E. Spangler
Chris Carlson
Blue Earth
Minn
Spangler
Chicago
Nebraska
Illinois
Werdell L. Willkie
Dwight Griswold
Willkie
Congress
Griswold
Douglas MacArthur
Riley Bender
Dewey
John W. Bricker
MacArthur
Dwight H. Green
Robert R. McCormick
Henry J. Kaiser
Ingels Recalls Jungle Trek and Frontline Healing
Private Ingels describes a nine day rest at a plantation after seizure of the area on a New Georgia campaign. He recalls wading through swamp to cut barbed wire and a Sept. 16, 1943 wound that earned the Purple Heart after brief hospital care. He credits Red Cross aid and faith in God. He wears theater ribbons and VFW membership. He is on furlough with plans to return to Schick hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ingels
Munda Air Base
Guadalcanal
Navy
New Hebrides
New Zealand
Texas
Schick Hospital
Clinton
Red Cross
New Georgia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
One Song Leads to Cedar Rapids Jail Stint
Citizens in Cedar Rapids spent a night in the jail after an alleged musician frequenting the station arrived intoxicated with a violin and the tune Pistol Packin' Mama. Night Captain Howard Walsh quipped that if he cannot pay he can at least play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Howard Walsh
Two Men Booked on Tire Theft Charges
James Anderson aged 27 of 712 Eighth Avenue SE and Orville Beaner aged 38 of 2636 Fruitland Boulevard SW were arrested by Officers Murphy Davis and Henry Overman on larceny of an automobile tire and accessory charges. They were observed removing a spare tire from a car on the Third Avenue Bridge, then rolling it two blocks to their vehicle on the street. Both men admitted stealing the tire after police questioned them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Anderson
Eighth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Orville Beaner
Fruitland Boulevard
Murphy Davis
Henry Overman
Third Avenue Bridge
William Krueger
Sixth Street
Stockton Tipton Line Abandonment Approved
The Interstate Commerce Commission affirmed its earlier ruling to compel the Rock Island line to abandon 21.66 miles of the Stockon to Tipton branch in Iowa after a rehearing. Commissioners Splawn and Aitchison dissented.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island Rail Company
Stockton
Tipton
Splawn and
Aitchison
Russians Push 124 Mile Front Deep Into Romania
Zhukov’s forces report 330 towns captured, 30 inside Romania, as they drive from the Dniester toward Transylvania. Siret and Zhabie fall, placing troops within 20 miles of Hungarian held Transylvania. operations widen from Skala pocket while German divisions retreat.
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Zhukov
Rumania
Russian Ukraine
Bucovina
Poland
Siret
Czernowitz
Zhabie
Tatar Pass
Transylvania
Skala
Cernauti
Dniester
Czech
Report No Change in Bob Vesely's Condition
Mercy hospital attendants report Robert Vesely, suspended Linn county auditor, as unchanged Saturday evening. He is suffering from an overdose of sleeping tablets taken Thursday morning. Vesely regained consciousness late Friday and was said by his physician to be improving. He was being permitted no visitors over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Robert Vesely
Linn County
Vesely
Ace Gentile Scores Three More German Planes in Fierce Air Battle
Genial fighter Gentile, leading a mixed American force, described a Saturday mission as the roughest of his career. He claimed three more Focke Wulf 190s added to his tally after intense dogfights near Dieppe and during bomber escort duties. His wingman Lt John T Godfrey aided repeatedly, enabling multiple kills while escorting Fortresses and Liberators.
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Gentile
Hitler
R.A.F. Eagle
U. S. Army Air Force
Creation
Dieppe
John T. Godfrey
Woonsocket
R. I
Godfrey
Greenville, Ohio
R.A
Don J. M. Blakeslee
U. S
Army Air Force
Germany
Don M. Beerhower
Hill City
Minn
Irne W. Millikan
Malvern
Owa
Cedar Rapids Fire Alarms Three Grass Fires Within Minutes
Three grass fires were reported to Cedar Rapids fire department in a 17 minute span on Saturday. At 3 01 p m a grass fire at the rear of 1323 First avenue SW followed by 3 08 p m at 2956 Center Point road NE and 3 18 p m at 2022 Twentieth street NW all in rear locations.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Center Point Road
Twentieth Street
Bomb Ponape Bauxite Works in Pacific Offensive
Army medium bombers struck the Ponape bauxite works on Ponape Island as part of a sustained Pacific campaign. Airfields on Ponape were targeted with minimal anti aircraft fire. Dauntless dive bombers Corsair fighters and Navy Hellcats joined the raid, with no losses reported.
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Pearl Harbor
Ponape Island
Truk
Japan
Caroline Islands
Ponape
Marshalls
Dauntless
Marine Aircraft Wing Four
Marshall Islands
Town offers $1600 reward for capture of dog mutilator
Eugene residents raise a 1600 dollar reward to capture the person who slashed two inches off the tongue of Buddy the terrier, pet of Mrs. Don Hawke. The dog was found whimpering in the yard as donations pour in from many parts of Oregon.
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Eugene, Ore
Eugene
Buddy
Don Hawke
Jaycees Elect Shenandoah Delegates To National Directory
Shenandoah Jaycees Maines and Don Moffett win national directory spots as Buresh garners 98 of 107 votes. Cedar Rapids group claims top honors in youth activities civic welfare fund postwar preparation and other divisions with Ames runner up for the Giessenbier trophy. Des Moines selected for next year’s convention with the theme Juvenile Delinquency. Waterloo wins traveling beef on the hoof trophy.
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Maines
Don Moffett
Shenandoah
Buresh
Cedar Rapids
Youth Center
Civic Welfare Fund
Henry Giessenbier
Ames
Waterloo
Jaycees
Des Moines
Services set for Stephen A. Doorley in Cedar Rapids
Stephen A. Doorley dies after brief illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Funeral services are at 9 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Church with Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. M. Molloy presiding. Burial in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Rosary Sunday 3 p.m. at Monahan Funeral Home by St. Rose circle. Foresters group at 7 p.m. Msgr. Molloy will lead 8 p.m. prayers. Friends may call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen A. Doorley
Cedar Rapids ‘Hospital
Immaculate Conception Church
J. M. Molloy
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Monahan
St. Rose Circle
Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters
Msgr. Molloy
Sedar Rapids Lasette Gazette Established 1983 Notice
The Sedar Rapids Lasette Gazette, published daily and Sunday from Cedar Rapids Iowa, is a 1932 entrant under second class matter, with full leased wire reports from Associated Press United Press International News Service. The notice lists subscription rates and offices in Chicago Detroit and New York, and states advertising and distribution arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette Company
3Ra Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Belows
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Cate
S&s
Allen-Klapp Company
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
New York
Detroit
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Nyere Besler
Services for Mrs. Margaret Nyere Besler of 218 Fifteenth Street NE will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Monday with Dr. Charles J. Bready and Malta chapter No. 415 O E S officiating. Entombment follows in the family mausoleum at Oak Hill. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Nyere Besler
Fifteenth Street
Turner Chapel
Charles J. Bready
Malta
E.S
Oak Hill
Budapest in mass flight as Hungarian capital evacuated
Reports from Bari Italy say crowds fled Budapest along highways in a pre Easter exodus sparked by the Fifteenth Air Force bombing of the rail hub. Evacuation described as orderly by Italian stations with citizens using any transport.
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Bari
Italy
Budapest
United States
Fifteenth Air Force
Red Army
British Broadcasting Corporation
Hungary
Marshal Tito
Josip Broz
Berlin
Bucharest
BBC
Bulgaria
Russia
Lana Turner files divorce suit again in Hollywood
Hollywood star Lana Turner files divorce papers against Stephen Crane. The two were previously divorced and remarried shortly before their baby was born, prompting renewed divorce action in this repeat marital dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lana Turner
Hollywood
Stephen Crane
East Waterloo Takes Drake 1944 Creative Awards Title
East Waterloo high school topped 66 Iowa entrants to win first place in the Drake University 1944 creative awards contest. Newsroom honors went to Norman Cherniss of Abraham Lincoln High School Council Bluffs for feature article and sports story. Denison high school led with two firsts in creative writing. Mason City, Dubuque and Immaculate Conception listed high in standings.
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Des Moines
East Waterloo
Iowa
Drake University
E. L. Callihan
Denison High School
Norman Cherniss
Abraham Lincoln High School
Council Bluffs
City Briefs and Meetings Advertised This Week
Red Cross volunteer services chairmen meet Tuesday at 10 am in room 204 of the federal building. Walter Ehrhardt and family travel to Chariton for Mrs Rasmussen's sister-in-law funeral. Cedar Rapids Coin Club meets at 8 pm Monday in the Roosevelt hotel, reports due from committee chairs. Open Bible rally at 7 45 pm Monday features Rev Willis Clay and Rev Charles Leaming. Hanford Post No 5 American Legion meets 8 pm Tuesday in the Memorial coliseum with a speaker and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Services of the Red Cross
Federal Building
Walter Ehrhardt
Fifth Avenue SE
Chariton
Cedar Rapids Coin Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Church of the Open Bible
Willis Clay
India
Charles Leaming
Waterloo
Hanford Post No. 5
The
American Legion
Memorial Coliseum
Linn County Nursing Service Dinner Meeting Set
The fourth annual Linn County Nursing Service dinner will be held next Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Kenwood Park Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Nursing Service
Kenwood Park Methodist Church
Brayton to Speak on Adaptability at Rotary Lunch
Arthur H. Brayton of Des Moines and secretary manager of the Des Moines convention bureau will address the Rotary club Monday at noon. He discusses adaptability and ingenuity in 1944 in a talk at the Roosevelt hotel luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Brayton
Arthur H. Brayton
Des Moines
Des Moines Convention Bureau
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Service-folk updates from Cedar Rapids area
Military families report post assignments and leaves across states and overseas. Names include D N Zimmerman, Richard Heaton, Jarene Wood, Joan Sweeting, Donald Zimmerman, Paul Brundidge, and Lt Margaret Connors with ties to Cedar Rapids addresses and other Midwestern homes.
Commando Kelly’s Mother Awaits Return
In Pittsburgh Sgt. Charles E. Kelly, World War II hero and congressional medal of honor recipient, is coming home on leave from Italy. His mother Irene Kelly, deaf and nearly blind, had written to President Roosevelt asking for a few days with him to ease her loneliness.
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Pittsburgh
Charles E
Kelly
Stoop
Irene Kelly
Roosevelt
Charles
Mrs. Kelly
Sgt. Kelly
Italy
Distinctive War Ballot Envelopes Proposed by Commission
The war ballot commission urged states to use specially marked envelopes for armed forces ballots. Proposals include two parallel red lines on the face and space for "official election war ballot" text, plus markings "via air mail" and note that postage and air mail charges are waived.
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Washington
War Ballot Commission
Central Commercial Teachers elect officers at Des Moines
J. L. Brawford of Chicago was elected president during the convention. S. B. Traisman of Milwaukee became vice president. Florence Ludwick of Dubuque Iowa named secretary, and Mrs. Ray Warren of Fort Madison designated treasurer.
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Des Moines
J. L. Brawford
Chicago
Central Commercial Teachers Association
S. B. Traisman
Milwaukee
Florence Ludwick
Dubuque
Ray Warren
Fort Madison
Tight Neutral Ring on Nazis is U. S. Plat
Washington reports new American moves to seal off Germany with a ring of non-cooperating neutrals. Efforts to cut Turkish and Spanish shipments, curb espionage, and sway Turkey into war are described. Britain and the United States face a temporary stalemate on recognizing the French National Liberation Committee as Hull prepares a Sunday radio briefing.
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Washington
Germany
Turkey
Spain
England
Ireland
Sweden
Finland
United States
de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
London
Hull
CBS Network
Mussolini Says Allies Planned Public Exhibit in U S
Mussolini claims Washington sought his delivery to America for a high profile war guilt trial with him as the accused victim. He says the Americans would have publicly exhibited him and charged admission, per an April 1 Fremdenblatt interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Benito Mussolini
United States
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Milan
Paul Gontizon
Fremdenblatt
Washington
America
Mussolini
Government denies civilian auto production resumption plans
Cleveland reports that John Middlecamp director of the War Production board automotive division denied published claims that the government intends partial civilian automobile production restart.
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Cleveland
John Middlecamp
War Production Board
Saturday Night
Also Mentioned on This Page
S.O.P
Ilinois
Gov. Green
Oscar Carlstrom
Richard J. Lyons
Deneen A. Watson
Arnold
Stockton-Tipton
Stalin
Bob Vesely
Gazette
Carl Freese
Amber
Raymond
Pege 1
Ponape Bauxite Works
Doorley Services
Sedar Rapids
Media Records
Anpa Bureau of Advertising
Besler Services
Drake
Bungalow Cooking School
Dr. Rice
Tru-Site Optical Co
Edward R. Kuba Funeral Home
St. SE
D. N. Zimmerman
Eugene Zimmerman
Memorial Drive
Ed Beeson
C Avenue
Zimmerman
Pvt
Eugene Taylor
Hondo
Sioux Falls
S. C
Dorothy Cole
Fourth Street
Richard E. Heaton
Hawaii
South Pacific
R. C. Heaton
Fifth Street
Jarene Judy Wood
Veterans’ Hospital
Max Hite
Eleventh Street
Bob Berry
W. H. Berry
Park Avenue
Hot Springs
Ark
Army and Navy
C Avenue NW
Boston
Mass
Pfe
John Kelly
Hastings
Neb
Eugene Kelly
Tenth Street
Margaret Ann Connors
Army Nurse Corps
Frank J. Connors
Wilson Avenue
M. L. Newman
Walker
Lloyd Newman
Toddville
Hahala
Jerry) Reed
Hunter College
E. E. Reed
Johnson Avenue NW
Paul F. Brundidge
Farragut
Idaho
Jesse F. Brundidge
Joan O. Sweeting
O. B. Sweeting
Second Street
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Charles Krizek, Jr
Charles Krizek
Route 3
James Victorine
George Victorine
Second Avenue
Camp Bennion
Robert S. Waples
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
Yale University
F. C. Waples
Forest Drive
Cpl
Grant Davis
Greenville, Miss., Army Air Base
Warren Davis
G Avenue NW
War Department
Giles Wombacher
Yarnell
Richard
Commando
Jack Kohl
H. S. Rollo
Sabina Pelzer
Iowa City
Harold Stanek
Oldrich Stanek
Third Street
Great Lakes, Ill
Naval Training Station
Pet
Earl Cypra
Tillie Cypra
Cypra
Camp Pickett
Helen Josephine Kucera
Commando Kelly
Allies
Turner Service
Second Ave
Eighth St.s.e
Rapids
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