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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1944
Page
1
The page lists wartime ration stamp details for meat gasoline sugar and fuel oil, plus local traffic fines for several individuals. It also records births at St. Luke's and Mercy hospitals and public notices of divorce petitions, including Donald W. Gray vs Joy T Gray.
Worry over possible disciplinary action at Camp Bowie Texas followed a furlough visit, as John Trpkosh route 2 attempted suicide Sunday after missing his bus back to camp. He swallowed half a vial of iodine and was rushed to St Luke's hospital where doctors expect his recovery.
John Malbrue age 33 of 716 H street SW paid a $50 fine plus costs in Police Judge Harry S. Johnsons court after pleading guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Police report he threatened to shoot Davis of 723 H street after rousing him at 4 am Sunday.
The jury case of Leonard Kohl versus Reube Cecil L. Smith began in Judge G K Thomp son s court Monday. Kohl seeks 1819.24 in judgment claiming his truck parked at Sixth avenue and Tenth street SE on December 30 1943 was struck by a tractor trailer owned by Arp driven by Smith causing serious damage.
James Alfred Kerr 92 of 514 First avenue NW Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital Sunday at 6 42 am after a brief illness. He was born in Ohio August 30 1851 and had lived in Cedar Rapids 44 years after coming from Morning Sun in 1899. Survived by three sons and eight daughters, eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services in Turner chapel Wednesday at 2 pm with Rev Keith Irwin officiating. burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs Debora Freer Earl died Sunday at 11:30 a.m. at the family home after a brief illness. Born September 27 1864 in Linden Indiana she married Elbert Earl February 22 1883 in Cedar Rapids and lived here 76 years. Surviving husband a son Edward E Earl granddaughter Ellanor E Earl sister Mrs James Lewis nephew Leo Lewis all of Cedar Rapids. Turner chapel service is set for 4 p.m. Tuesday with Dr Marion H Williams officiating burial will be in Cedar Memorial park. Friends may call.
Joseph Nemecek aged 72 died suddenly from a heart attack at his home 817 B avenue NE on Monday morning after a year of ill health. He was born January 21 1872 in Cedar Rapids. Services will be held at the Barta chapel at 4 pm Wednesday with T B Hlubucek in charge and burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Joseph Klema died early Saturday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Janeba funeral home with burial planned in Truhlar cemetery west of Ely.
Services for George E Harms of 1209 Elmhurst Drive NE who died Saturday morning will be held Wednesday at a time to be announced later. Friends may call at Monahan Funeral Home.
The entire seven man crew was reported killed when a bomber crashed and burned near Wold-Chamberlain airport Monday. Witnesses saw a series of explosions as the aircraft hit the ground, and intense heat prevented access to the wreckage.
Five British press correspondents in Burma vow to file no more reports until censorship eases. They decry restricted information as the Burma campaign faces fresh scrutiny amid Allied strategists and leaders debating the Tiddim and Imphal operations.
Examiners blamed county auditor Robert M. Vesely for serious cash handling failures and unbalanced cash accounts. The 22 page report cites repeated shortages totaling 3 638 40 and notes double payments of unclaimed fees.
In Joliet Illinois Lee Waring age 12 died from a self inflicted head wound suffered Saturday night while showing off with his father’s pistol in front of his girlfriend. The tragedy occurred after he aimed the gun at himself and it discharged.
Federal court reopened the sabotage case of Louis Roemig Jr. with Leonard Rettig, a Mid Amana refrigeration plant employee, describing how Roemig demonstrated starting a $235,000 fire with matches near the pump room. FBI Agent Tracy Osborne also testified, reiterating prior statements from agents White and Hogan.
Cedar Rapids internal revenue office deputies remind employers to file first quarter 1944 withholding tax returns by April 30. Few returns have been received and enforcement will tighten. Many 1943 withholding returns also remain. those employers may expect early deputy calls.
Detectives search for a man who opened a savings account at Merchants National bank and swindled them of 98 by depositing a forged 123 check to Ronald A Mason of Hill Brothers Trucking. The teller noted Earnest Hill signed the check drawn on Peoples Savings bank. A second item reports Bernard Johnson of 1301 Thirtieth Street NE says his billfold was stolen from his trousers at the YMCA swimming pool.
Major Mary Bell former Coe college dean of women now with the WAC has been assigned to Fort Leavenworth as the first woman instructor at the command and general staff school She will be the only woman on the staff among 19 officers and begins duties soon She will join the general staff corps after serving as WAC director for nine states in the Seventh corps area from Omaha She visited Dixon Illinois to see Lt Evelyn Street also of Coe staff and Army Nurse Corps before reassignment.
Miss Nell Clausen president of the American Dietetic Association and Milwaukee Children’s Hospital dietitian will speak at the Iowa Dietetic Association spring meeting in Des Moines April 25 and 26. Attendees from the Cedar Rapids area include Edith Hayward St Luke’s Hospital treasurer Edna Shalla Iowa City Dr William M Spear Helen Courtney Ethel Henderson and Helen M Hunt all from Oakdale Sanitarium for a two day session on food preservation and wartime dietetics.
Allie Chief Reynolds former Cedar Rapids Raiders pitcher now with the Cleveland Indians must report for his physical examination on April 22. Reynolds plans to take his physical in Cleveland, having been counted on as a key member of Cleveland’s pitching staff.
An advertisement urges readers with high blood pressure to question why their condition has not improved and promises a cure through the Ball Clinic's earth correction and Excelsior Springs mineral waters and baths. It warns of serious health risks like stroke and kidney disease if untreated.
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