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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1943
Page
1
NE Morgenthau meets Gordon Ramsey of 1753 Avenue NE. The 15 year old Franklin High student says he saves for college and to help the war effort by buying war bonds. His bonds total 550 dollars in value from a 412.50 dollar purchase, funded by 480 dollars earned from a Gazette paper route over 14 months.
The Office of Price Administration reports coffee from El Salvador and Guatemala will enter the United States by an all rail route through Mexico. It notes the supply impact is limited but the rail line will help ease shipping shortages.
Police Chief Tom Condon announced May 1 as the deadline to obtain bicycle license tags. Unlicensed bikes will be confiscated after that date. About 3,600 bicycles are licensed citywide, leaving 3,000 unregistered. Licensing costs 25 cents per bicycle and may require a safety check by police staff. Several schools reported registrations led by Johnson with 138 bikes. other schools logging lower totals.
Arm your boy or girl with seeds and tools for the gardening drive. Planting begins this week in several plots supervised by Mrs Leonard J Smith. She will visit at 4 p m daily, visiting Cleveland Harrison Fillmore Lincoln Children's Home and later Polk and Garfield gardens. Unplowed plots will be prepared this week.
The note mentions people who said they had seen his Elmer the Great movies and wished to discuss baseball, hinting at a casual public interest moment and a light cultural tie between film memories and sports chat.
San Francisco AP reports comedian Joe E Brown wowed U S troops across the Pacific war theater from Alaska to New Guinea. He pledged a three month memorial for Capt Don Brown and returned home for rest before another Alaska tour. Brown lightened weight and greying hair as he entertained on jungle fronts and base hospitals, earning laughs among American and captured Japanese prisoners.
The Gazette reports 18 Cedar Rapids men killed, missing or wounded in World War II with names now verified as missing in action or wounded. It lists casualties from Cedar Rapids and Marion, urging readers to call with any corrections or additions to ensure accuracy.
Relatives report no new word from the war department about John E. Titus and Donovan Goodyear who have been missing for some time. Mile Webb is identified as a prisoner of war from Marion.
Freighters of the Great Lakes ore fleet entered Lake Superior with the aid of two ice crushers to reopen the vital iron ore route one month after last year's record. The move clears a key shipping lane as crews work to restore normal flow for ore traffic.
Clarence Edwards 22 claimed voodoo guidance led him to lure Joe Blumfield Jr 11 into the woods where he severed the boy’s hand with a pocket knife. Bud Holland later said he kept the severed hand for luck and Edwards was arrested with the hand in his pocket. The victim was listed in serious condition at a hospital.
Defense Transportation Director Joseph B. Eastman urged Washington taxi operators to coordinate services to improve equipment utilization and conserve vital rubber. He spoke Saturday on the need for better dispatching and shared rides to reduce wear and fuel use.
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