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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1943
Page
1
Cedar Rapids residents Ersel E Law and Josephine B Diouhy obtained marriage licenses in the local registry. Officials recorded their details and filed the licenses for the civil ceremony.
George E. Ring died Sunday at his home 316 G avenue NW. Rudolph B. Vavra died Sunday at his home 1700 Fifteenth avenue SE. Mrs. Robert Fuller died Sunday in an Iowa City hospital after illness.
A fire started by spontaneous combustion in a bale of rags on Seventh Avenue between Second and Third Streets SE. The blaze remained confined to the bale with a still alarm in effect and no injuries reported.
Individuals listed include Guido L Dequatro at 113 A avenue NE for drunkenness with 25 dollars, Herman Bean of 316 First Street SW for speeding 15 dollars, Jonts A Leeper 608 Sixth Street SE for drunkenness 15 dollars, E L Patten 229 Twenty sixth Street SE for overtime parking 1 dollar, R Christoffsen 1408 B avenue NE for overtime parking 1 dollar, Arthur L Augustine 202 Twenty fourth Street Drive SE 1 dollar, R O Johnson 1620 Maplewood Drive NE improper parking 1 dollar, I J Henley 621 Eighth Avenue SE overtime parking 1 dollar with fines suspended on payment of costs.
At St Luke s Mr and Mrs Frank C Decious Mr Vernon a son April 17 At Mercy Lieut i g V O Hasek a son April 17 Mr and Mrs Paul Cramer a son April 17 space Spacek with an ordnance division at Stockton Calif Spacek s daughter April 17 at University Hospital Iowa City comma space space.
Lend-Lease Administrator Edward R. Stettinius Jr says the United Nations shipped 126 184 tons of food clothing medicines and other essentials to North Africa in four months. Britain sent over 350 000 tons of coal and other civilian supplies to aid railroads and industry. The program valued at about 26 250 000 dollars included 200 tons of seeds and aims to boost local farm production to meet forces needs.
Valparaiso Indiana reports former Nebraska senator George W Norris argues the Allies should rise above revenge in shaping a lasting peace He calls for compromise with enemies and adopting a Good Samaritan spirit in postwar diplomacy.
Cedar Rapids reports that Cendre Maragin entered the Cedar Ravics office as friend class matter. Payette Pull Leasec wire reports from Associated Press and United Press International note exclusive news rights. Subscriptions and carrier details appear mixed in the chaotic OCR.
The Office of Price Administration banned summer gasoline rations in the eastern shortage area and declared the pleasure driving honor system a complete failure. Traffic fell after the ban but rose again under the honor system, with counts on the Delaware river bridge and Merritt parkway reflecting fluctuating compliance.
Allied forces report ongoing patrols along the Enfidaville front as the Mareth line withdrawal reduces to minor clashes. Allied bombers smash Tunisian and Sicilian ports, sinking ships and destroying planes. Spaatz asserts air supremacy since Mareth line battles, noting 519 Axis planes downed since March 20 and near 1,000 grounded.
Grace Douma a Coe College speech student from Ottumwa will represent Iowa in the women’s oratorical division of the Inter-State Oratorical association tourney at Northwestern University Evanston Illinois April 22. Speech students from 11 Midwestern states attend. Douma won a superior rating in oratory at the state forensic contest in Oskaloosa in March.
The city council did not name a successor to Parks Commissioner Charles Kosek dead last Tuesday. Mayor Frank Hahn said four applications were filed and more are expected as the council meets Monday.
Leo B. Sedlacek is named commanding officer of the hospital station at Camp Shelby Mississippi and promoted to lieutenant colonel. He has served since before Pearl Harbor, previously a National Guard captain. Mrs Sedlacek and sons Bob Gordon to remain at Fort Scriven until school ends. Richard a pre med student at Coe College, lives with family in Cedar Rapids.
UPI reports Corp Ersate J Johnson of Basile Louisiana tells of Japanese soldiers surrendering to ride in American jeeps. A Marine recalls a laughing moment when a Jap in uniform chatted in English and asked for a jeep driver job. Johnson, injured last December, is recovering in a naval hospital.
William Allen White, editor of the Ez peria Gazette, predicts the United Nations will sign an armistice with Germany at 11 a.m. February 9, 1946. His "time for victory" guess kickstarted a treasury sponsored campaign requiring only war saving stamps to enter. White becomes the first contestant in a contest offering a $2,500 war bond to the closest guess of the victory moment.
Des Moines United Press reports state Commissioner of Public Safety Karl Fischer reappointed three department heads. Clint A. Knee heads the state highway patrol in Adel, R. W. Nebergall runs the Iowa bureau of criminal investigation in Nevada, and John W. Strohm serves as state fire marshal in Clinton. Salaries: Knee 3200, Nebergall 3600, Strohm 3000. They serve at the commissioner’s pleasure.
In Reidsville Georgia six more escapees were captured at a roadblock in Soperton Monday, dropping the total to twelve fugitives from Friday’s prison break. Leaders of the group remained at large.
Washington. Chairman Wright Patman of the House Small Business Committee predicted Monday that petroleum shortages could extend gasoline rationing long after rubber ceases to be scarce.
Light British coastal forces under Lieut. Peter Dickens torpedoed and sank an enemy trawler off the Dutch coast Sunday, the admiralty said Monday.
Washington reports a near agreement on a pay as you go tax plan with 50 percent forgiveness collapsing due to Republican and Democrat objections. The proposal would cost more in coming years, requiring payment of un forgiven 1942 taxes over several years, and a vote hoped before Easter recess.
George E. Ring 73 longtime Cedar Rapids hardware dealer died at 6 45 p m Sunday at home 916 G avenue NW Born April 14 1870 in Herkimer N Y he lived in Cedar Rapids 45 years He married Lucy McCune August 1 1910 and is survived by wife two daughters Vida Machovec and Laura Jean Ring a granddaughter Phyllis Machovec two brothers L J Ring and Silvo Ring and three sisters Elizabeth Lane Louis Beltz and Mary Brogan Services will be at Brady mortuary at 2 p m Wednesday burial Linwood cemetery
Services for Mer E. Tanner aged 54 of 610 Thirty fourth Street NE will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Tanner chapel with Rev. Charles E. Bridges of Kenwood Presbyterian Church officiating. He died Saturday in an Iowa City hospital and burial will be at Palo.
Anna Fuller wife of Robert Fuller of 1438 Third Street NW died in an Iowa City hospital at 9 a.m. Sunday after a long illness. She belonged to Mt. Vernon Baptist church and Oak Leaf chapter No. 5 O.E.S. Survivors include her husband and a brother Will Hoskins of Memphis Tennessee. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church with Rev. D. O. Bell. Burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at Rice funeral home.
Rudolph B. Vavra, 61, of 1700 Fifteenth avenue SE, died at his home Sunday night after a lingering illness. Born in Czechoslovakia on April 10, 1882, he lived in Cedar Rapids for 32 years. Survived by wife Elizabeth and two Cedar Rapids sisters Mrs. Frank Loutka and Mrs. Frank Steklasa. Services to be held at Polansky chapel at a time to be announced.
Services for William D. Hepner of 2601 J Street SW are planned for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Beatty Mortuary with Rev. Merton B. Green of Kenwood Park Methodist Church officiating. Pallbearers will be members of the Carpet and Linoleum Layers Union Local 1057. Friends may call at the chapel.
War Production Board bans sale of permanent type anti-freeze with ethylene glycol for civilian passenger cars including station wagons and taxicabs. The order aims to limit this anti-freeze to commercial vehicles and stationary engines.
Finance Commissioner L. D. Burgus said the city will not supply water to residents with private wells and reservoirs. He urged property owners to hire private truckers to haul water, noting hauling costs exceed the charges, and estimated $80,000 to extend mains for Westwood residents would not be justified by the number of families served.
Colder tonight with a trace of rain and snow in Cedar Rapids and vicinity. Temperatures may dip to 24 as gusty wind continu es through the afternoon and diminish tonight. Snow and flurries disturbed conditions earlier, with some light snow in Decorah noted.
The Supreme Court in a 7-1 decision held that a statute barring impersonation of a federal officer applies to deceit aimed at inducing the target to act as they otherwise would not. Justice Black authored the opinion reversing a St. Louis district court ruling that dismissed an indictment against two men claiming FBI status. The decision also touched on labor violence injunctions and railway company reorganizations as context.
In a Sousse dispatch the Daily Express reports Gen Bernard Montgomery received an American Flying Fortress and its crew as a wager payoff after his Eighth Army captured Sfax four days prior. Monty had asked American generals what they would give if he took Sfax by April 15 and they agreed to grant him the aircraft and crew.
The Cedar Rapids Lions Club rented a half acre plot at Oakland road and Thirty-second street NE to sponsor a victory garden. Tom Brady, garden project chairman, said all vegetables will be sold and proceeds given to charitable organizations. The plot will be plowed Tuesday and planted by week’s end divided into six plots for team captains. The club aims for summer picnics near the plot during “working hours.”
Service members from the area are noted for promotions and assignments. Robert W. Cizek rises from corporal to technician fourth class at Camp Dodge, Genevieve Balik sworn into the Waves in Des Moines, and Bernhardt Kraus promoted to sergeant at Camp McCoy. Others return to camps, transfer to East Lansing or Madison, or take furloughs as naval and Army air forces training continues.
Four year old Billy Cummins son of Mr and Mrs Dewey Cummins suffered second degree burns when a coffee maker overturned spilling boiling water. He was treated at St Luke's hospital for burns on the chin neck hands arms chest and abdomen.
Baltimore AP reports a 20 year old shipyard welder among ten arrested for sabotaging ships by defective welding. He received one and a half years in prison as prosecutors call it the first such conviction in the nation. George Steele was earlier convicted for improperly welding 660 inches of ship steel at Bethlehem Fairfield yard.
Federal Judge George C. Scott signed an order dismissing a civil suit against The Shores company, the old Shores Mueller company and four Cedar Rapids men. Costs taxed to the plaintiffs. Plaintiffs include Thomas Liken and others. defendants include Van Vechten Shaffer Don Barnes Arthur Barlow Frank Byers. The court ruled earlier adjudications and Iowa statutes of limitations barred remaining claims.
In Boston a 20 month old girl Ann Sabbie was dropped from a fourth floor window into the arms of taxi driver James Carrabis who caught her as a fire trapped the family on the top floor. Four family members perished and others were injured in the blaze.
C. E. Stuff, 38, of 322 Second avenue SW, was fined $50 and costs by Police Judge Harry S. Johnson after pleading guilty to reckless driving. He was arrested by Patrolmen Claude Fellwock and Jerry Zenishek Sunday night for erratic behavior on Third street between Second and Third avenues SE. Stuff previously faced a $25 fine for a similar charge last January.
General Manager Kent Cooper of the Associated Press urged militant leadership by the American press to secure guarantees of freedom of world news at the next peace conference. He described government suppression and control of the press as a primary cause of wars in a New York report.
The treasury department fixed war plane prices for districts buying fighters or bombers named after towns. Bombers cost 196 060 dollars for two motors and 300 000 dollars for four motors. fighters about 2 800 dollars. Linn county aims for 12 four motor bombers and 15 fighters.
London report says prospects for uniting the De Gaulle and Giraud French factions brightened as Catroux returned to Algiers to renew talks. He carried counter proposals narrowing disputes to two issues the interim organization and transition to a permanent elected government after liberation.
In Moscow Pravda denounces the Polish exile government in London for asking the International Red Cross to probe German claims that the Russians killed 10 000 Polish prisoners. The paper calls the German charges low forgeries and accuses Germans of massacring Polish officers and Soviet citizens in Smolensk during the 1941 retreat.
Gen Douglas MacArthur joined Connecticut lawmakers in honoring Lieut Gen Jonathan M Wainwright held as a prisoner of war for his defense of Bataan and Corregidor. Mrs Adele H Wainwright acted as proxy at the capitol exercises receiving a cable from MacArthur praising her husband as an honored soldier who did his duty.
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