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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1944
Page
13
Mrs. Anderson describes Three Oaks Farm near Wellman a 560 acre family operation with a large garden, extensive flower beds, and a kitchen built on conservation practices. The interview covers crops, hogs, ducks, muskrats, ponds, and community involvement along with wartime concerns and personal ties to Des Moines and Madrid.
Washington AP reports that as of August 5 eligible individuals may receive a certificate to obtain a stove if they have no other cooking method. Previously the need had to be for a stove in essential living or working space and summer cottages did not count.
Winchell marks 25 years in music praising American composers and performers from Los Angeles roots to Broadway era. He recounts mentoring Gershwin and Crosby, promoting Grofe and Bix Beiderbecke, and founding modern American music with The Rhythm Boys and others.
Mildred Maxine Wickham and Robert Louis Ulch wed at the Wickham home in Marion with Rev. Carl Krog officiating. The couple, attending friends from Cedar Rapids, plan to reside in Marion after a short wedding trip north. The bride, a Marion High School graduate employed by Cedar Rapids City Lines, wore a white jersey dress and orchid accents. the groom is set to enter the armed forces.
General Douglas MacArthur issued a statement after President Manuel Quezon died in exile in the Philippines. He called Quezon liberal and said his death would be a great shock to Filipinos and that Quezon’s aims would gain by time as his policies reach fruition.
The Republican Judicial District Central Committee for the Eighteenth Judicial District of Iowa calls a convention to nominate a candidate for District Court judge. The meeting will be Aug 10 1944 at 11:00 AM in Cedar Rapids Court House to fill the Linville vacancy, with delegates allocated by county based on 1942 gubernatorial votes. Signed by Edwin C Schlutes Cedar County G A Daxsee Jones County Willis A Glassrow Linn County.
British Eighth Army on a 21 mile front below Florence made slow gains in stubborn hand to hand combat. New Zealand and South African troops drove toward the southwestern and southern outskirts, with progress measured in yards after a day of hill fighting as German forces pulled back toward the city. The most advanced units were under five miles from Florence with shelling reported.
Army reserves at Coe College seek water coolers for the recreation center and gymnasium. The Red Cross camp and hospital committee appeals for donations as water equipment is scarce. A second dance will be held this Saturday night to fundraise.
A memorial mass will be said for Tech Sgt Philip Murillo at Immaculate Conception Church at 8 am Thursday. Murillo was killed in action July 7 over enemy occupied Europe. he served as an engineer on a Liberator bomber.
Notice is given that on August 4 1944 at 9 00 o clock A M in the District Court Cedar Rapids Iowa an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of A I Lenders late of Linn County deceased will come for hearing for proof and admission to probate Elliott shuttleworth and Ingersoll attorneys.
At a City Plan commission meeting, about 40 citizens faced Iowa Engineering and Castone Products reps seeking heavy industrial and commercial rezoning north of First Avenue NE. Penningroth led opposition citing home values and postwar priorities. the commission deadlocked and referred no action, urging further study and compromise.
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