Red Cross Issues Guidance on Mail to Prisoners of War
The Lim a chapter releases tips for families sending letters and parcels to POWs and internees. Advice covers letter frequency and length, forwarding through a relative, safe return addresses, special routes via Teheran to Russia, and proper packing of parcels with replacements available at censorship stations to ensure men receive complete boxes.
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Parchapter
Lima
Japan
U. S.S
U. S
Teheran
Iran
Russia
Red Cross
Daily Record notices and stamps snapshot from 1944
April 25 1944 Daily Record itemizes meat red stamp book entries and valid dates for A through Q1 stamps with specific quantities. Also reports minor criminal charges for disorderly conduct reckless driving and parking fines, plus multiple birth announcements across St Luke’s Des Moines Greenville and other locations. Names include M H McBride Nancy Casteel W B Stevens G L Davies and others with addresses.
Navy Appropriation Bill Passes Senate at 61 to 0
The Senate approved a $32.6 billion navy appropriation bill by unanimous vote, the largest in history, with members pledging to keep the fleet at full strength in the postwar era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
Senate
City Tax Levy Half Collected, Miller Reports
City Treasurer Walter E. Miller announced on Tuesday that 22 501 percent of the 1944 45 tax levy has been collected and deposited. The current tax total reached $409 014 34 with an installment of $114 912 71 turned over by the county office Monday in current delinquent special and road taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Miller
Miller
Death Services for Edward Pokey Held in Tacoma Accident
Edward P. Pokey was killed Saturday in a war plant accident at Tacoma Washington. Services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Beatty chapel with burial in Bohemian National cemetery family lot and the body arriving in Cedar Rapids Friday for visitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Pokey
Tacoma, Wash
Beatty Chapel
Cedar Rapids
Bohemian National Cemetery
Services for Mrs Leo Rohlena in Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for Mrs Leo Rohlena route 2 Cedar Rapids will be held at the Janeba funeral home at 2 p.m. Wednesday conducted by Rev Zdenek Pauk. Burial will follow in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Leo Rohlena
Cedar Rapids
Janeba Funeral
Zdenek Pauk
Bohemian National Cemetery
Services for James Springer in Turner chapel
Nor way pioneer James Theodore Springer dies Sunday at age noted. Funeral at Turner chapel 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev L D Stubbs and Main lodge No 643 I C C F officiating. Burial in Mound cemetery near Watkins. Fellows member for about 60 years. IC CF members urged to meet at IC CF hall 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to attend.
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James Theodore Springer
Norway
Turner Chapel
L. D. Stubbs
Main Lodge
1.C.C.F
Mound Cemetery
Watkins
Anatas
I.C.C.F
Obituary: George Williams 1864 Cedar Rapids resident dies at 80
George Williams 80 longtime Cedar Rapids resident died at 4 30 p m Monday at 1734 Thirty fourth Street SE after a long illness He was born January 26 1864 in Ohio and worked for Penick and Ford before retiring July 5 1943 He leaves wife Orpha three sons Percy Edgar Louis a daughter Grace Savage Ontario California two sisters Lizzie Fox Corss Mich and Mattie Williams Ohio Fifteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Services at Beatty chapel Wednesday at 2 p m with Rev F H Ward officiating Burial in Shiloh cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
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George Williams
Cedar Rapids
Thirty-fourth Street
Penick and Ford
Ohio
Orpha
Percy
Edgar
Louis
Grace Savage
Ontario
Calif
Lizzie Fox
Escorse
Mich
Mattie Williams
Beatty Chapel
F. H. Ward
Shiloh Cemetery
Cedar Rapids Gazette Established by The Gazette Company
The Cedar Rapids Gazette is published daily and Sunday at 990 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It is a full service newspaper with wire reports from Associated Press United Press International and other services. Subscriptions available by carrier and mail with varying rates and editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette Company
3Rd Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
U. & Territories
Ee Company
Michigan Ue
Chicago
Fifth Aven
Detroit
Media Records
An.p.a
Blair to Blair Missouri Valley rail line resumes after flood
Railroad traffic resumed between Blair Nebraska and Missouri Valley Iowa across the Missouri River ten days after flood damage cut 190 feet of embankment on the Iowa side.
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Blair, Neb
Blair
Missouri Valley
Missouri River
Iowa
Yanks Retake Beach Positions At Anzio Front
Allied headquarters in Naples report American troops advanced on the center of the Anzio beach head recapturing three positions in the Cisterna and Carano sectors. German bombers hit Naples Monday night after a large Allied air raid against targets in the Balkans and northern Italy. Unofficial estimates put the raid force at 30 to 40 bombers. one raider was shot down.
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Naples
Anzio
Cisterna
Carano
Balkans
Italy
Bucharest
Ploesti
Romania
Belgrade
Sixteenth Avenue Club Meets Thursday Evening
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club will convene at 8 p.m. Thursday in its clubrooms on Sixteenth Avenue SW. A Davenport district DDT office representative will attend the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce for conferences from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Huss
Fourteenth Avenue
F. O. Hillman
Cedar Rapids
Society
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Davenport
DDT
Two 17 Year Olds Enlist in Naval Reserve
Cedar Rapids navy recruiting station reported enlistments of two 17-year-olds on Tuesday. They are William F. Jump of 396 Twenty Fifth Street SE and Richard G. Haack from Keystone.
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Naval Reserve
Cedar Rapids
William F. Jump
Twentyfifth Street
Richard G. Haack
Keystone
Mrs Wells C Peck Heads to Chicago to Meet Brother
Mrs Wells C Peck of 1815 First avenue SE travels to Chicago to see her brother Dr E Laurence Palmer of Cornell University who will address the Audubon club of Chicago Tuesday evening. She plans to return to Cedar Rapids Thursday.
Tools Stolen From Two Trucks In Tire Lot
Ralph D. Miller, manager of Iowa Metered Gas, reports theft of $95 worth of tools from two trucks parked in the Standard Tire company lot. Police were notified Monday.
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Iowa Metered Gas Company
Standard Tire Company
Ralph D. Miller
Linn County Court Schedules Set For Next Week
Law cases assigned for the coming week in Linn County district court include Nichols versus Lovely Lady Beauty Shop Milner versus Kemper et al Washburn versus Cohen et al Estate of Joseph Kladivo Ward and Company versus McArthur Briney versus Culver with sessions on Wednesday Friday Monday and Tuesday respectively.
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Linn County District Court
Nichols
Lovely Lady Beauty Shop
Milner
Kemper
Washburn
Cohen
Joseph Kladivo
Ward and Company
McArthur
Briney
Culver
Eicher Rebuffs Half-Trial Move For 28 Defendants
Washington judge Edward C. Eicher rejected a bid to halt the trial of 28 men and two women accused of disaffecting the armed forces. Defense attorney James Laughlin sought to call Rev Charles E Coughlin as a witness and asked to subpoena Henry Ford and Charles A Lindbergh. Ford denounced the attempt as false and defamatory.
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Washington
Edward C. Eicher
United States
James J. Laughlin
White House
Roosevelt
Laughlin
Charles E. Coughlin
Eicher
Henry Ford
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Ford
Daughters of Isabella Initiate Class of 32 in K of C Rooms
Miss Dorothy Lohman state regent and Mrs Laura Freeman regent led a class of 32 newly initiated members Sunday. Ceremonies occurred in the K of C club rooms with a banquet in the evening hosted by Mrs Flora Blum and Mrs Laura Luck and the J Maurice Tracy.
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Dorothy Lohman
National Circle of Daughters of Isabella
Laura Freeman
Our Lady of Perpetual Circle
K of C. Club
Yeing
Flora Blum
Laura Luck
J. Maurice Tracy
Army prisoner of war crafts nameplates for mayor and judge
Pvt. John Risk of Cedar Rapids now stationed at Camp Breckenridge Ky carved walnut nameplates for Mayor F K Hahn and Superior Court Judge Harry S Johnson. The plates feature polished wood and carefully lettered names and are placed on their desks to deter intruders.
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F. K. Hahn
Superior Court
Harry S. Johnson
Pvt
John Risk
Cedar Rapids
Camp Breckenridge
Risk
World War II heroes Kelly and Childers honored in Pittsburgh
Rep. Scanlon and Sen. Guffey joined soldiers Kelly and Childers at a war department press event. Kelly recounted firing all available weapons during 48 hours in Italy and described dropping mortars from a third floor. Childers spoke of peacetime squirrel gun skills and his Oliveto assault routing enemies with a carbine and rocks to mislead foes.
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War Department
Kelly
Scanlon
D-Fa
Sen
Guffey
D-Pa
Childers
Rep
Wickersham
Okla
Pittsburgh
Oklahoma
Italy
Oliveto
Ger
NELORE Promises Relief For Psoriasis At May's Drug Store
An advertisement touts NELORE as an external psoriasis treatment that removes scales and crusts and relieves itching. It offers a money back guarantee and markets a $1.50 jar available at May's Drug Store and other outlets.
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May's
Man Withdraws Near Valley After Picnic Move
A man began withdrawing about 200 yards into a valley as others moved to a nearby picnic area to tend to them. The fragment suggests a scene of relocation and care during an outdoor gathering.
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Mans
Budget seals wartime path with 24 billion pound plan
London reports the seventh wartime budget proposing nearly 24 billion dollars for 1945. Chancellor Sir John Anderson warns inflation risks rise as war ends and Britain seeks postwar trade. About 52 percent of spending to be raised by taxes with no broad tax hikes, only a penny per bottle beer tax and minor changes.
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London
Commons
John Anderson
Britain
Anderson
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Daily Record
M. H. McBride
Y.M.C
Nancy Casteel
Wilson Avenue
W. B. Stevens
Marion
G. L. Davies
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Charles Butler
Mt. Vernon
Hamilton Clarke
Washington Avenue
Burdell Humbert
Thirteenth Street
Robert Lake
Fifth Avenue
Don C. Cook
Fourth Avenue
St. Luke’s
Wilbert Schambacher
Vernon Haas
Mechanicsville
Carl Manfred
F Avenue NW
Des Moines
Fred J. Smart
Smarts
Greenville
D. C
Robert Hersom
Linda Deane
Hersom
Bette Harger
Dean Harger
E Avenue NW
Mae H. Hines
Leon F. Hines
Anna E. Daywitt
Earl R. Daywitt
Inez Crago
Charles Crago
Pokey Services
Rohlena Services
Springer Services
She Ecedar Rapids Gazette
Ted Ts
Leibsohn
Leibsohn’s
First Avenue East
Automotive At Head
First Avenue
W.S.C.S
Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service
C. R. Man
Army
TTA
ICL
CORO
Chevrolet
Cauley
Axminster
Ent
Boudoir
Bugs Armstrong
Pabold Seal
Chalings
A. W. Peterson Co
ST. SE
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