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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1944
Page
5
Community notices report blood plasma fund contributions from Sorosis and several clubs, church groups and individuals. Services are set for M. J. Nicholson at Yocom chapel with burial in Cedar Memorial Park. many local residents are named in updates on illnesses, calls from relatives, and social events.
James I. Dolliver of the American Legion World War II liaison committee travels from Fort Dodge to Washington for a two day national committee conference. He will present plans to promote legislation and opportunities for education employment and rehabilitation of returning veterans.
Col. William L. Ritter is appointed chief of staff of United States army forces in the Middle East succeeding Col. Clyde D. Keith who takes over the Middle East service command.
Victor Leona Gorsh daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Gorsh and Dan Murtha son of Mr and Mrs Louis Murtha were married Monday by the Rev E A Cone in a small ceremony.
A digest of hometown items: Mary Jane Talle wedding in North Carolina to Lt. William Penn Tilton Jr. Seniors present plays in Victor and Van Horne. Winneshiek eighth grade commencement May 23 in Decorah. Wapello opens youth recreation center. Lowden reports April salvage totals of fats tins and waste paper.
Death notices from several towns list services and burials for Mrs Frank Yuska Mrs Theodore Hillyer Miss Louise Jurgemeyer Mrs Emil Messer and Torgrim Jacobson along with surviving relatives and church and cemetery details across Traer Tipton Keystone Victor and St Olaf.
Architects assess the cost of returning the Iowa State fair grounds to prewar condition. Secretary Lloyd Cunningham says a fair this year is unlikely but planners want ready figures for a possible cash settlement. Restoration may take about a year, with rebuilding of partitions, sidewalks, and reseeding already underway.
Storm Lake and Buena Vista county residents joined a day long homecoming for Maj. Gen Edmond B. Gregory quartermaster general of the U S Army. The events included plant tours, a Buena Vista College visit, a food for victory parade and a dinner at the L E Caffey farm where a Hampshire hog was presented. A chamber of commerce banquet capped the afternoon activities.
Des Moines Iowa Gov Rourke B Hickenlooper after Salt Lake City agriculture talks plans to convene his Mackinac conference agricultural sub committee in the East at an early date to study specialized eastern problems and hold a later meeting in the South to discuss southern issues. He criticized government regulation as hampering production and distribution. The Salt Lake City session included cattle feeders sheep producers beet and potato growers and western fruit growers with problems similar to those of midwestern farmers.
Otto E. Michaels of Rockford Illinois pleaded guilty in Black Hawk county district court to illegal transportation of liquor. He was arrested April 18 for transporting 25 cases of Illinois sealed whisky. The whisky will be distributed to hospitals under court order.
A scholarship fund exceeding 3400 dollars was raised in honor of Professor B. J. Lambert retiring head of the civil engineering department at the University of Iowa. The pledge was announced Tuesday night at a dinner marking his seventieth birthday.
Fort Atkinson reports Anna Wenthold named sole heir and executrix of John C Wenthold who died March 1. Preliminary inventory lists property mainly real estate valued at 30 756 with debt of 4 600.
Harold K. Wright, superintendent of the Methodist hospital in Sioux City, becomes president of the Iowa Hospital Association at its wartime conference. New officers include Sister Mary Mercy and Louise Cordis as vice presidents, Lilyan Zindell as treasurer, Verne Pangborn as secretary, and Dr. C. Fe Obermann as trustee. The group notes public prepayment plans are a key social trend and that about 175000 Iowans are enrolled in Blue Cross.
Chief Yeoman Howard Price visited Toledo to see his parents after five and a half years abroad. He entered the navy in 1934 and served in the Philippines China and Australia, surviving Cavite bombing and earning two campaign stars. He will marry Jane Baker of Cedar Rapids on May 6 during a 30 day leave before reporting to Washington D C.
VINTON Thirty Benton county registrants left Vinton Monday for induction into the army. Included were Carl E. Johnson Lewis F. Kenney Mahlon J. E. Steepleton Delbert L. Rice Lloyd Lovell Ray O. Dufresne John R. Wescott Paul H. Meeks Willis Dake Frank L. Arensberg William T. Flickinger Harley C. Woodley Raleigh K. Johnson Cleo A. Toney Adelbert Prichard Earl F. Park Melvin R. Janss Donald D. Campbell Roy C. Herzberger Joe J. Rieder Jess A. Pederson Gerald E. H. Lenten Francis H. Kimm Franklin W. Boddicker Robert L. Benn LaVerne Langham Merl E. Bruch John R. Brody John J. Herman Arthur H. Wilson.
Eight more Tama county men have entered the service in the last few days. Walter Pritchett of Toledo and Oris W. Hinegardner of Montour join the navy along with James G. Pavelka of Clutier and Kenneth J. Dvorak of Chelsea. In the army Edward W. Lee of Tama joins as do Robert B. Waller of Dysart, Duane Street of Tama, and Roy Jacobsen of Traer. Lee has four brothers in the service.
University of Iowa plans postwar growth with a new law building beside the law commons on the west campus. Acting dean Percy Bordwell cites crowded quarters and curricular updates focusing on government agencies and evolving practitioner duties.
The Iowa Inter-church council began operating after an organizing meeting in Des Moines attended by about 400 representatives from eight denominations. Participating groups include Congregational Christian, Friends, Methodist, Church of the Brethren, Evangelical, United Brethren, Baptist and Disciples of Christ with John J. Montgomery elected president and multiple church leaders named to executive and program roles.
Pvt. Harry G. Glawe of St. Olaf was killed March 27 in action in Italy, the War Department informs his parents Mr and Mrs Albert Glawe. No further details were released.
The War Department announced three Iowa recipients of the Legion of Merit on Wednesday. They are Lt. Col. Joseph M. Colby of Lake Mills Major Milton M Miletich of Albia and Tech Fred M. Graham of Council Bluffs.
AP reports twelve airmen died when two four engine B-24 bombers collided during a training flight 12 miles northeast of Yuma. One plane carried seven crew including three officers returning to March Field Riverside California. The other B-24 carried three civilians and two Camp Callan soldiers en route from San Diego to Tucson. Wreckage separated by three and one half miles. Names of six of seven Army crew killed released at March Field. Staff Sgt. Richard L. Hittle 20 from Blencoe Iowa cited among the dead.
Mass funeral services were held at Grenierfield for 10 officers and men who died when a bomber crashed into Delight mountain and exploded near Epsom New Hampshire. One victim was Second Lt Ardath R Gannon 27 Rockwell City Iowa.
Floyd Del mar Winterowd of Waterloo has been released on a $5,000 bond from the Dubuque county jail after being charged with manslaughter in the auto crash that killed Bernard Wedener, 57, of Dyersville.
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