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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1944
Page
13
The page lists wartime ration details for April 28 1944 including meat red stamps gas coupons sugar and fuel oil and related validity dates. It also notes overtime parking fines and a series of birth announcements and divorce petitions filed in Cedar Rapids and Anamosa with names and counties.
Allied invasion vessels massed in western and southeastern English harbors were targeted by German bombers. Berlin said German torpedo boats sank three British ships totaling 9,100 tons off the south coast, and that air attacks against shipping near the southwest coast were effective.
Washington AP reports the WPB allows unlimited import of aged rums three years and older with waivers for most nations except the French West Indies. A decision on that exception is expected soon as stocks grow in Martinique and other Caribbean areas due to prior trade suspensions.
Fifteen workers died of smoke and fume suffocation when a fire broke out in the hold of a naval ship under repair at Norfolk Navy Yard. At least 20 others were overcome. All victims were from Portsmouth or Norfolk. The cause remains undisclosed and injuries were not serious among the survivors.
Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts of the Union of South Africa arrived in England by air for the first wartime conference of British empire leaders. He was met by Canadian Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King and New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser.
Tokyo radio reported Japanese submarines attacked a force of Allied aircraft carriers east of the Marshall Islands on Wednesday and scored two hits on one carrier.
Obituaries list several Cedar Rapids area deaths including Edward John Harris fatally injured by a truck at Third Avenue and First Street SE with services set in Turner chapel and burial in Linwood cemetery. Other notices include Joseph Hottinger and Samuel Burt, both with services planned in Turner chapel and Spring Grove cemetery, plus infant Joseph D. Mottet and Samantha Nevada Richardson with respective services and burials announced.
Mrs. Margaret E. Runkle age 85 widow of George O. Runkle of 1221 Fourth Ave SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 4 55 pm Thursday after a long illness. Survived by daughter Mrs Wellwood Nesbit of Madison Wis son Milo H Runkle two sisters Mrs Etta Furnas and Mrs Minnie Brierly five grandchildren Hall Runkle Nancy Sue Mary Martha Nesbit all of Madison Wis member of First Congregational church Turner chapel conducted by Rev W A Jacobs burial Lisbon Cemetery.
Special to The Gazette from Des Moines Chief R W Nebergall who led the Anamosa men's reformatory investigation says criticism of the reformatory and Warden Davis stems from two or three individuals no longer benefiting and a small number of disgruntled ex workers, all discharged for the reformatories good.
New York OPA chief Chester Bowles warned rationing may continue after the war. He outlined a tentative timetable with end of overall rationing tied to the Pacific war, while noting sugar and other items may end later. He cited durable goods as likely scarce during postwar reconstruction and proposed phased easing by region and commodity.
William Franklin Knox known as Frank Knox guided US Navy expansion from a low strength in World War I to a fleet of over 1 000 ships by 1944. Born in Boston January 1 1874 he served with Roosevelt’s Rough Riders and led cavalry in World War I before politics and diplomacy. Surviving family includes widow Annie Reid and three sisters in Ohio Chicago and Michigan.
Chinese authorities announced Japanese troops occupied the strategic railway hub of Chenghsien in northern Henan as part of an offensive to clear the Peiping Hankow line. The entry occurred on the morning of April 22, marking a setback for Chinese defenses.
Federal court heard Montgomery Ward and company seek dissolution of a temporary injunction blocking government control of Ward properties in Chicago. The case centers on claims the seizure violates the Constitution and Fourth and Fifth Amendment protections.Judge Holly to rule next Tuesday on whether to dissolve or continue the injunction.
A federal injunction orders Avery and other Montgomery Ward officials to turn over corporate records and facilities to Tayl or to continue business operations. The government says plant operation was seriously interrupted, while Avery claims resistance met during property invasion and argues management should not lose rights under the constitutional form of government.
Clarence F. Helschner is promoted to manager of the United States Employment Service office in Cedar Rapids. H. J. Eberhart will focus full time on War Manpower Commission duties as area director. Similar shifts occurred in Davenport Waterloo and Sioux City to meet WMC demand. The Cedar Rapids U S E S office and WMC director oversee Cedar Jones Linn Iowa and Benton counties.
Dr Myron L Koenig associate professor of history at Coe college led an Information Please style quiz at a High Twelve luncheon in the Roosevelt hotel He posed current events questions to three expert panelists and penalties ranged from an Indian war dance to a Fred Allen takeoff
Forecast calls for fair tonight and cloudy Saturday in Cedar Rapids and vicinity with increasing winds and scattered showers tomorrow. Iowa high 69 at Iowa City, Decorah low 26. Cedar Rapids reached 88 from 2 to 4 pm with 34 at 7 am. other readings included 64 at 7 pm 50 at midnight and 46 at 9 am.
Donna Nelson aged five died at a hospital after suffering severe burns from a stove explosion at the Nelson farm five miles south of Creston Indiana. Her father Harry Nelson sustained minor burns.
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