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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1944
Page
6
Meats and foods stamp validity updates list A and MB book coupons with expiration details and canning allowances. Traffic court records show fines for speeding, control, and parking offenses plus two couples welcomed new births. Divorce decrees and petitions included Ralph Vavra Evelyn Vavra and Donald W. Gray Joy T. Gray.
Worry over possible disciplinary action for arriving late at Camp Bowie Texas after furlough spurred John Trpkosh route 2 to attempt suicide Sunday. He missed a bus back to camp, swallowed half a vial of iodine, and was rushed to St Luke’s hospital for treatment where recovery is expected.
John Malborue 33 of 716 H street SW paid a $50 fine and costs after pleading guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace in Judge Harry S. Johnson's court. He was arrested at 4 am Sunday by Patrolmen Carl Badger and John Hlavacek after allegedly rousing Winston Davis at 723 H street W and threatening to shoot him over alleged misconduct with Malbrue's former wife. Davis said he ducked when threatened, noting a prior incident last January where Malbrue struck his wife with a chair.
The jury case of Leonard Kohl versus Reuben Arp and Cecil L. Smith began in Judge G. K. Thomps on's court. Kohl seeks $1,819.24 judgment for damage to his truck parked at Sixth Avenue and Tenth Street SE on December 30, 1943 after a tractor trailer owned by Arp and driven by Smith collided with it.
Obituaries detail deaths of James Alfred Kerr Debora Freer Earl Joseph Nemecek Joseph Klema and George E Harms in Cedar Rapids area. Reports note ages birthplaces and survivors. Services set at Turner chapel Barta and Monahan funeral homes with burial planned at Linwood Cedar Memorial Oak Hill cemeteries.
AP reports all seven crew members perished when a bomber crashed and burned near Wold-Chamberlain Airport. Witnesses saw a sequence of explosions as the plane hit the ground and intense heat prevented access to the wreckage.
Five war correspondents from major British outlets will file no reports from Burma until censorship relaxes. The protest followed sharp criticism of the Burma campaign and reflections on strategic choices and leadership.
Linn county auditors examine Vesely's 1944 records and find cash shortages totaling 3638.40 dollars for 1943 and early 1944. The report accuses Vesely of carelessness and neglect in handling funds, reveals uncashed checks totaling 1474.23 dollars, and notes a double payment involving Neola Swanson. The new auditor Coutts reports missing currency tied to an unaccounted refund.
Lee Waring aged 12 died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while showing off his father's pistol to his girlfriend, Saturday night in Joliet Illinois.
Federal court resumes as Louis Roemig Jr. faces a jury with testimony from Leonard Rettig of the Middle Amana refrigeration plant. Rettig described Roemig and accomplices near the pump room on June 11 and Roemig allegedly admitting starting the fire with matches. FBI agent Tracy Osborne echoed prior agent testimony on the case.
Cedar Rapids internal revenue office deputies remind employers to file withholding tax returns for the first quarter of 1944 by April 30. Few returns have been received, and enforcement will be stricter. Many 1943 returns also remain outstanding, and unfiled employers may expect early calls from deputy collectors.
Detectives seek a man who opened a savings account at Merchants National Bank last week and forged a check for 123 dollars to Ron ald A. Mason of Hill Brothers Trucking. He deposited 25 dollars and took 98 in change. The check proved forged, drawn on Peoples Savings Bank. Also listed is Bernard Johnson reporting his billfold stolen at the YMCA pool.
Major Mary Bell, former Coe College dean of women, joins Fort Leavenworth as the first woman instructor at the command and general staff school. She will be the sole female on a 19 officer staff and begins duties soon. Bell, now in the general staff corps, has been WAC director for nine states in the Seventh corps area, after a visit to Dixon NL to see Lt Evelyn Street.
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. Cedar Rapids attendees include Miss Edith Hayward of St Luke's hospital treasurer of the state association Miss Edna Shalla of Iowa City Dr William M Spear Miss Helen Courtney president elect of the Iowa State Medical Record Librarians association Miss Ethel Henderson president of the Iowa X ray Technicians association and Miss Helen M Hunt dietitian of the Oakdale sanatorium.
Cedar Rapids based pitcher Allie Reynolds of the Cleveland Indians has been notified by Selective Service Board No 1 to report for a physical examination on April 22. Reynolds may take the examination in Cleveland if he wishes and is regarded as a key member of the Indians pitching staff.
A health notice promotes the Ball Clinic program using mineral waters and baths at Excelsior Springs to address high blood pressure. It urges readers to identify and remove underlying causes rather than rely on temporary drug relief. The ad frames blood pressure as a warning of systemic trouble and offers a treatment path through its health correction system.
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