Weather and notices wrap around Cedar Rapids to Davenport
Temperatures listed for Cedar Rapids Des Moines Bismarck New York Chicago Omaha St Davenport Sioux City show high and low readings. Separately noted are divorce petitions Jane Hana versus Jack J Hana and obituary for Lynn W Nightingale 57 who died Saturday at 232 Twelfth Street NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Bismarck
New York
Chicago
Omaha
St Davenport
Sioux City
Lynn W. Nightingale
Twelfth Street
Fire at Allison Hotel Driven by Cigarette Stub
A Friday 3 16 p m blaze erupted in the Allison hotel airway from a cigarette stub. The fire was confined to the same area and a general alarm was sounded.
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Allison Hotel
Cedar Rapids Residents Named in Local Notices
Junior Franklin Brown and Virginia Williams of Cedar Rapids join Robert J. Kolarik of Cedar Rapids and Edith A. Stanek of Fairfax along with Ben F. Simonson and Myrtle Hermanson, both Cedar Rapids residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Brown
Virginia Williams
Cedar Rapids
Robert J. Kolarik
Edith A. Stanek
Fairfax
Ben FE. Simonson
Myrtle Hermanson
Local parking violations listed for several residents
Leonard E Keeley 820 Twentieth street SE improper/alley parking $1 and costs. Mrs C James Noell 2335 Linden drive SE improper parking $1 and costs. Kenneth Holly 1500 Second avenue SE overtime parking $1 and costs. Mauriice A Ginn 825 C avenue NW double parking $1 and costs. Mary Heldt 208 Thirtieth street drive SE overtime parking $1 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard E. Keeley
Twentieth Street
C. James Noell
Linden Drive
Kenneth Holly
Second Avenue
Mauriice A. Ginn
C Avenue NW
Mary Heldt
Thirtieth Street
Local Families Welcome New Daughters and Sons in April
Mercy-Corp and Mrs. Lawrence Grady report a daughter born April 23 at 420 Sixth Street SW. Charles Merriam and wife announce a daughter born April 24 at 1013 Center Point Road NE. St. Luke’s Ensign and Mrs. Raymond Churchill welcome a daughter born April 23. Churchill is stationed at Hollywood Florida. L. M. White of Marion greets a daughter born April 24. Leo J. Hruska of Lutherville Maryland reports a son born April 22. the Hruskas are former Cedar Rapids residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy—Corp
Lawrence Grady
Sixth Street
Charles Merriam
Center Point Road
St. Luke’s
Ensign
Raymond Churchill
Tenth Street
Ensign Churchill
Hollywood, Fla
L. M. White
Marion
Leo J. Hruska
Lutherville
Hruska
Cedar Rapids
Milo E. von Voltenburg
D. F. von Voltenburg
Sergt
von Voltenburg
Scottfield, Ill
Minnie Rogers
St. Louis
Sergt. von Voltenburg
Emmett Creighton
Greenwood
Miss
J. J. Creighton
George Creighton
Thirty-second Street
Albert R. Smith
Pfc. Smith
Coast Artillery
Vallejo
J. F. van Tasell
A Avenue
Harry E. Wharton
Harry Wharton
Fourth Street
Maureen Canavan
Avenue
Corp
Wharton
Aviation Machinists School
Gulfport Field
S. Thomas
Allies Move US Troops in Tunisian Campaign
Alexander’s headquarters announced shifting large US Army forces to a new sector after the El Guetar battle as Allied engineers kept roads open amid mud and dust. Allied air forces hit enemy supply bases in Sardinia and a merchant vessel near Sicily, with revised counts showing 31 Me 323s shot down over the Gulf of Tunis.
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Goubellat
United States Army
Africa Corps
von Arnim
Tunisia
Alexander
Sardinia
Sicily
Gulf of Tunis
Dance for Service Men At Coliseum Tonight
The Masonic Service association sponsors a Memorial Coliseum dance for Cop Air crew and other service men tonight from 8 30 to 12. The USO runs the event and provides junior hostesses. Admission is free for uniformed men and invited hostesses. Music by Jack Parrish's orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Service Association
Cop
Memorial Coliseum
USO
Muale
Jack Parrish
Blegen Elected President of Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Theodore C. Blegen dean of the University of Minnesota graduate school was elected president of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association at its annual meeting. The conference adjourned after a long program including a debate on teaching American history and war related social studies with St Louis chosen as the 1944 convention site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore C. Blegen
Graduate School
University of Minnesota
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Charles H. Ambler
University of West Virginia
Morgantown
W. Va
Blegen
Clarence S. Paine
Lincoln
Neb
Louis Pelzer
University of Iowa
the Review
Curtis W. Garrison
The
Hayes Memorial Foundation
Fremont
Ohio
Herbert S. Schell
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
S. D
Laura A. White
University of Wyoming
Laramie
Wyo
Joe Patterson Smith
Ilinois College
Jacksonville
Erna Risch
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
American Historical Association
St. Louis
United States
O. F. Ander
Augustana College
W. J. McNiff
Miami University
Charles A. Anderson
Coe College
C. H. Ambler
Association
Harris L. Dante
Burlington High School
National Council For Social Studies
Iowa Council For Social Studies
Burr W. Phillips
University of Wisconsin
Europe
Morgenthau Tours Plant and Addresses Workers
Secretary Morgenthau inspected the plant with navy inspector Lieut Hodges, discussed lunch arrangements and rest rooms for employees, and spoke with workers and local officials. He noted a cafeteria would be added, praised organized labor, and urged attendance at a Sunday radio broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur T. Hodges
Navy
Edna Duncan
Roosevelt Hotel
Armed Services
Robert
Morgenthau
Springfield
Mass
Houdini of the chain gangs captured after Reidsville escape
Police halted a Savannah manhunt to trap two Turner accomplices as Forrest Turner nicknamed Houdini of the chain gangs was captured Friday night, a week after leading 25 inmates from Georgia's reputedly escape proof Reidsville prison. Four convicts remain at large. Turner, 28, had escaped custody eight times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Polid¢e
Forrest Turner
Houdini
Georgia
Reidsville
Turner
Help Win the War Save Waste Fate Sumpender
Wartime exhortation calling for public effort to conserve resources and support waste reduction campaigns. Appears as a broad civic appeal urging citizens to participate in rationing and material saving measures.
Foss Says Pilot Score Not Key After Guadalcanal
Marine Corps Captain Joe Foss, top flying ace with 26 Jap planes down, says no race to break Eddie Rickenbacker’s WWI record. He notes the value of pilots who protect leaders and fight, even without scoring, and recalls a five-plane day and a close call when a bullet whistled by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Foss
Washington
Marine Corps
Sioux Falls
S. D
Solomons
Eddie Rickenbacker
South Pacific
Foss
Guadalcanal
Morgenthau Arrives in Cedar Rapids for Iowa Visit
Secretary Morgenthau lands in Iowa for a nationwide radio appearance. Police escort and Secret Service protection accompany him as he surveys the countryside and coordinates stay arrangements for crew members at a local hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Gaston
Iowa Manufacturing Company
O.R.C
Henry Overman
Cedar Rapids
Howard Hall
Vernon L. Clark
Des Moines
State War Savings
Fred Smith
Washington
Gaston
Secret Service
Ted Gamble
Gamble
Frank K. Hahn
Iowa
War Savings
B. T. Perrine
Linn County War Savings
Roosevelt Hotel
Tom Condon
Hahn
Perrine
Clark
Morgenthau
Stewart Peabody
George Albee
Coast Guard
W. E. Lenton
R. E. McCaffery
Avery Brace
Roy Mason
Treasury Department
Democrats’ Tax Bill Approved by Ways Committee
The Democratic sponsored pay as you go bill applying 1941 42 rates and exemptions was approved by the House Ways and Means Committee on a voice vote. It would shift to current 1943 income for tax year and collect one third of the reduced 1942 bill this year. The panel plans a Monday floor vote with debate limited to a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Robertson
D-Va
Congress
Treasury
Rep
Carlson
R-Kan
Damp Sunday Threatens Cedar Rapids Easter Parade
Showers and thunderstorms are forecast with stronger winds and cooler conditions Sunday forenoon. A weather note jokes about a carrier pigeon authority and an impending indictment for predicting rain. Temperatures recorded ranged from 40 to 78 degrees with high humidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Havelock Ellis
Carrier Pigeon Weather Authority
Hoyle
Jupiter Pluvius
Chambers
Service Men and Women Mentioned in Local Notes
Local military notes list promotions postings and leaves for personnel including Frederick H. Wittenburg at quartermaster corps Camp Polk promotions for Melvin J. McDonald and Aldrich Kremenak furloughs for Milo Von Voltenburg and Warren Erbe, overseas arrival for William Sowers and transfers for Kine Webster Krejci Morrison Morrell Johnson and others. Multiple families cited with home addresses and stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick H. Wittenburg
Death notices for Lynn Nightingale and others
Lynn W. Nightingale 57 retired farmer formerly of Central City and Waubeek died at home after a long illness. Survivors include wife Mildred son Lloyd brother Marion and sister Mrs Elmer Prior. Services Monday 2 pm Beatty chapel burial Central City cemetery. Also Mrs D S Fairchild 92 widow Iowa surgeon died Clinton Friday services Monday Clinton. Other notices mention Mrs J C Latham mother of Mrs F M Hargrave who died in Madison Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn W
Nightingale
Lynn W. Nightingale
Central City
Waubecek
Twelfth Street
Mildred
Lloyd
Omaha
Marion
Waubeek
Elmer Prior
Glassford
Ill
Beatty Chapel
Central City Cemetery
D. S. Fairchild
Iowa
Chester D. Salter
Knollwood Drive
Clinton
Madison
Wis
J. C. Latham
F. M. Hargrave
Bever Avenue SE
Sergt C R Zisko Wounded in Africa Action
Sergt Charles Richard Zisko was slightly wounded in action in North Africa on March 28. He has served two years in the army and was stationed at Camp Claiborne Louisiana before going overseas. He participated in the first American action in the African sector last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Richard Zisko
War Department
Charles Zisko
Hinkley Avenue
Sergt
Zisko
Camp Claiborne
Bus Army Truck Collision Kills Six at Camp Stewart
Six people were killed and 25 injured Saturday when an army truck collided with a bus carrying civilian employees at Camp Stewart in Georgia. Victims include R. Walter Sellers of Walthourville and Miss Gladys Vaughn of Cobbtown, plus four unnamed Black passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Stewart, Ga
INS
Camp Stewart
R. Walter Sellers
Walthourville
Gladys Vaughn
Cobbtown
Buresh Elected President of Cedar Rapids YMB
Richard H. Buresh of Kenwood Transfer named president of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Young Men's Bureau. He fills the vacancy from Bob Roberts resignation. Gerald A. Hiland elected vice president and P F Bezan son named to the bureau board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Buresh
Kenwood Transfer Company
Young Men’s Bureau
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Bob Roberts
Naval Reserve
Gerald A. Hiland
Baresh
P. F. Bezanson
Bureau
War Bond Drive for a .50 Caliber Gun
Forty contributors each paying 37.50 pool funds to purchase a single .50 caliber machine gun through a war bond drive. The note frames the effort as a community-backed military procurement.
Germans Admit Mobilization of Youths and Veterans for War
United Press reports German propaganda broadcasts admit mobilizing youths of 18 and veterans 40 and older for war service. Experts discuss Europe’s total mobilization and the aim to form a reserves army to repel an Allied invasion, amid signals Hitler’s talks with Balkan allies delay full federation under Nazism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Radio
Berlin
Rommel
North Africa
Sicily
Mediterranean
Germany
Heinz Rose
Rudolf Fischer
Fuehrer
Europe
Hitler
Radio Schedules and Programs for April 25 1913
Hour by hour listings show WMT WGN KXEL WXEL and others scheduling films news sports and music. Notable acts include Arthur Hal Crumit Gene Autry and Jack Benny with programs across morning afternoon and evening periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WMT
WGN Dinsourne
WGN
Bob Hawk
Holb
K Who
Burling
Thomas
Land
WGN Capital
Abie
Rose
Porter
WGN Spelling Bee
Henson
WMT Lutheran Fir
WGN Victory
Ward
Martha
WMT World News
John Thomas
Ginsburgh
WGN Radio
Canarie
WHO
Ron Vespers
WMT Organ
A. Kostelanetz
Iowa
KXEL
Green Hornet
WMT Family Hour
John Gunther
Steelmakers
Shirer
Ed Murrow
Irene Rich
Gene Autry
WMT Army
Arlington
WGN Garden Gods
Wnoue
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Daily Record
Pisin
Jane Hana
Jack J. Hana
Coliseum
Gseette Campana
Filter Red
Lee
Minnesota
New York Times
America
Carl Wittke
Oberlin College
Joseph Meckota
Mrs. Damon
Arthur Collins
Madge Taylor
Avenue NE
Miss Taylor
Organized Labor
Phillips, Oram
G. H. Oram
J. A. Phillips
Mr. Morgenthau
Farm Credit Administration
Fishkill
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Sedjenane
Qeou
Mateur
Medjez el
Bou Arada
Pichone
Djebibina
v'Lake, Zkelbia
Kairouan
eOudna
el Aouaria
Meuzel
Medjez el Bab
Pict
Stanley L. Miller
Mike Miller
Camp Chaffee, Ark
Pfc
William Sowers
M Street
Warren H. Erbe
Truaxfield
Madison, Wis
Seventh Avenue SE
O. P. Erbe
Highland Drive
Aldrich Kremenak
Joe Kremenak
Twentieth Street NW
Newark, N. J., Army Air Base
Allen Neale Weaver
Camp Millard
C. H. Weaver
First Avenue
Betty Anderson
Fort Dodge
Robert J. Kine
Farragut
Idaho
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
George Kime
Thirteenth Street
Bernard W. Webster
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Advanced Aviation Radio School
Memphis
Stanley T. Morrison
San Antonio
Texas
Anamosa
Donald Elgin Johnson
B. F. Johnson
B Avenue NE
Great Lakes, Ill
Stanley G. Vosburgh
Camp Barkeley
van Vosburgh
Second Street
D.S. Fairchild
3. C. Latham
C. R. Zisko
Africa
Buresh
YMB
United Press
Nadine Subotnik
NBC
WMAQ
Herbert Evatt
Dave Elman
Chicago Theater of the Air
Holy City
Tailey
Helen Talley
Paul Lavalle
Blue Network
Vari
Ety
William Bendix
Groucho Marx
CBS
WBBM
Virginia O'Brien
Donald Dickson
David Elman
Nation
Fvening
Gaturday
WGN ‘Theater of Who
Tomlinson
Parac
Hert
Ickenloon
Finchville
Sanae
WGN L. Welk
WMT Prazier
Gran
Chicago Nites
Kxei OC. Calloway
D. Roberts
Heatherton
Cavallero O
WGN E
Howard O. Who News
Wao
Swern Kxew
Pietsch
Gene Baker
Legion
Gao
M. Wmt
Crusaders
Crusaders ‘Who St. Amb. Servi Exel Ghuret
Jack Benny
Kxel News
Pears
Church of Big
Am. Forum
McCarthy
Uratter
Purr
W. Winchell
Fred Alien
Lotte
Kxel Church of All
WGN J
Joy O
Wee Phil Baker
Utley
Sanders
Buriin
New Te
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