Hearing Date Set on Oxman Conspiracy Case
Motion to vacate Oxman 10 year penitentiary sentence scheduled for Aug 29 in Cedar Rapids federal court. Oxman seeks to testify in his own defense as Judge Robert C. Bell, appointed by Eighth Circuit judge Kimbrough Stone, will hear the motion. Oxman pled guilty in 1943 to conspiracy in the Factor whisky warehouse receipts case and is imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell P. Oxman
Cedar Rapids
Oxman
Robert C. Bell
United States
District of Minnesota
Kimbrough Stone
Eighth Circuit
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
Daily Record notices and births August 2 1844
Daily Record lists various ration coupon values for stamps across meat gas foods sugar and fuel oil with indefinite validity dates. It also records several court fines for drunkenness speeding and parking, plus multiple birth announcements and a marriage license notice.
Pfc Leonard Santon Wounded in France Receives Purple Heart
Pfc Leonard Santon was wounded in action in France on July 5 according to a War Department telegram to his parents Mr and Mrs Claude Santon of 524 Fourth Street S. He has been awarded the Purple Heart and is convalescing in an English hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Santon
France
War Department
Claude Santon
Fourth Street
England
Railroad brakeman dies on first day near West Liberty
Ray Holt, 26, of Des Moines, a Rock Island brakeman, was killed Tuesday after being struck by a freight train while walking along tracks near the West Liberty depot. It was Holt's first day on the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Ray Holt
Des Moines
Rock Island Lines
Holt
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Legal and Distribution Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company lists publication at 360 Grant Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It notes second class matter June 18 1932 and post office rights under the 1879 act. It credits Associated Press and United Press International and lists subscription rates and advertising contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Texas
Boy Saved from Hot Wire by Quick Jost
Jackie Hartman ten was saved from a trolley wire by Frank Ackerman after he climbed a freight car and grabbed the live wire north of the WCF and N depot. Ackerman jolted him loose, the boy was knocked unconscious, and taken to St Luke s hospital where doctors found only hand and knee abrasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Hartman
Tenth Street
Frank Ackerman
Eleventh Street
Wcf&n
Ackerman
St. Luke's Hospital
Delegates chosen for Republican district judicial convention
Linn county Republican leaders reconvened to pick 55 delegates for the Eighteenth Judicial District convention set for August 10 at the Linn courthouse. Delegates from Linn, Jones, and Cedar counties will nominate a candidate for the district judgeship to be decided in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
G.O.P
Jones
Cedar Counties
Linn
Eighteenth Judicial District
Joseph A. Mekota
Democratic Central Committee
Mekota
Floyd Philbrick
G. P. Linville
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
District Central Committee
Edwin Schluter
Cedar County
C. A. Coxsee
Jones County
Willis
A. Glassgow
Judicial District Central Committee
Cedar
City Briefs Highlight Local Events This Week
WPB will host a Chamber of Commerce visit Thursday from 9 30 a m to 4 30 p m. Lyman Arthur Euken of 612 L street SW was announced into the naval reserve. The Wallonian club meets Thursday at 1 p m for LCD luncheon at the M C A with speakers Miss Elizabeth Bender and Don Issett. Scouts approved for advancement were listed and will receive awards at a September court of honor. Red Cross home nursing school opened at the M C A with a local nurse and seven visiting nurses from eastern Iowa counties. Martha R Jenny of St Louis leads instruction for the six day course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Arthur Euken
L Street
Naval Reserve
Navy Recruiting Office
Wallonian Club
Elizabeth Bender
Don Issett
Kiwanis Club
Red Cross Home Nursing
M.C.A
Iowa
Martha R. Jenny
St. Louis
Red Cross Home
Meeting on Auto Price Ceilings in Iowa Tonight
The Office of Price Administration sponsors a meeting at 8 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss price ceilings on used cars. The event targets used car dealers from four eastern Iowa counties, with the public invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Hospitalized After Drinking Iodine
Mrs. Augustine Perez of 1209 Fifteenth Street SE was in serious condition at Mercy hospital after drinking a bottle of iodine. Police report says she met her husband about 830 PM Tuesday on Eighth Street and Eighth Avenue SE where she drank the poison. he knocked the second bottle away. No motive was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustine Perez
Fifteenth Street
Mercy Hospital
Americans Seize Jap Barge Base in New Guinea
Allied forces pressed toward the Philippines and seized a Japanese barge base near Sansapon after landing on both sides of the target before dawn. The operation followed a 200 mile advance with troops moving 10 miles west to secure the site about 50 miles northeast of Sorong, the main Japanese base on New Guinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HDQ
New Guinea
Philippines
Sansapon
Sorong
Couple Say Vows Across Continents at First Presbyterian
Virginia Saloom and Pvt Edward Nemecek wed in Cedar Rapids with proxy Harold Frontress acting for the groom in England. The ceremony required military permission and confirmations from England. Virginia is Roosevelt High School alumna. Edward McKinley High School grad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
England
First Presbyterian ‘Church
Blake Boulevard
Robert Little
Virginia Saloom
J. E. Moneypenny
Tenth Street
Pvt
Edward Nemecek
E. A. Nemecek
Vernon Read SE
Harold Frontress
Marion
Nemecek
Ordnance Department
Roosevelt High School
McKinley High School
Cherry- Burrell
Cancer Prevalence Varies by Ancestry in the United States
The study finds higher cancer incidence among US families of British origin than among those of Italian origin. Data suggest ancestry influences cancer risk patterns, with implications for targeted screening and research into genetic or environmental factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Major Cousin Promoted to Major and Receives Air Medal
Major James T. Cousin, 25, son of Mrs Vina Cousin of Paullina, promoted from captain to major and awarded the Air Medal for meritorious action on combat missions over Europe during the invasion era. A squadron commander in the troop carrier command, he has been overseas in England since March 1943 after entering service in April 1941. Mrs. Cousin, the former Christine Mull, lives with her parents Col and Mrs O W Mull at 1820 Grande Avenue SE Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Cousin
Grande Avenue
Cousin
Vina
Paullina
Coe College
England
Maj
Europe
France
Troop Carrier Command
Army Air Corps
Christine Mull
Col
O. W. Mull
Lt James White Wounded in Invasion Receives Purple Heart
Lt James C. W. White nephew of Mr and Mrs Thomas McDonnell of 2617 First Ave SE was wounded in the invasion of France. He commanded a fleet tug lost during landing operations and is hospitalized in France. he has been awarded the Purple Heart. White, now in San Diego, formerly lived in Marshalltown and was commissioned an ensign in 1940. He is also a nephew of Mr and Mrs Harry Hamilton of Belle Plaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. W. White
Thomas McDonnell
First Avenue SE
France
White
San Diego
Marshalltown
Harry Hamilton
Belle Plaine
Linn County Postwar Public Works Plan Moves Forward
The Linn County Board of Supervisors outlined a four stage postwar public works program with estimated costs totaling about 7.3 million dollars. The plan classifies projects by readiness from completed to idea stage and lists nine types including highways bridges airports schools health facilities and public buildings. Beeson said the third bracket would complete and modernize the 1200 mile secondary road system, providing gravelled outlets from almost every farm in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
C. L. Beeson
C. Coykendall
Ames
Iowa State Highway Commission
National Congress
Beeson
Board of Supervisors
Eye Don’ts for War Workers
Eye Donts for War Workers warns against unnecessary eye use and reading in poor light. It urges rest, proper eye care, and dust protection and promotes Lavoptek eye drops as a soothing remedy available at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavoptik Igdey
Dewey Leads 26 Governors in Talks on Federal Relations
In St Louis 26 Republican governors headed by presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey began conferences to reduce friction between local and federal governments. Ohio’s John Bricker, Dewey’s running mate, attended as Bricker denounced Smith’s America First ticket and reaffirmed commitment to religious liberty and free government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
Thomas E. Dewey
William, H. Wills
Vermont
Dewey
New Yorker
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Springfield
Ill
Union Station
Forrest C. Donnell
Missouri
Wills
Dewey and
Bricker
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Party
America First
Michigan
Smith
Butterfly Sweet Shop Faces 83000 Point Shortage
Des Moines district Office of Price Administration reports Cedar Rapids shop in arrears by 83000 points and granted a temporary loan of 6116 points to buy meat and butter while deficit is liquidated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Des Moines District Office of Price Administration
Butterfly Sweet Shop
Cedar Rapids
Scouts to Aid in Labor Recruiting
Cedar Rapids Boy Scouts among thirty volunteers assisting three trained labor recruitment interviewers in the city this week. William H. Simpson of Des Moines leads the U S Employment Service flying squadron and cities streets and depots as venues to urge workers to report for more information. Mrs. Alice Frazier of Sioux City joins as a clearance interviewer at the U S E S office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
United States Employment Service
Keith Benner
Waubeck Area
United States Employment Service Office
Simpson
Robinson
Reynolds
Fischer
Alice Frazier
Sioux City
Flying Squadron
U.s.es
Anti-Frill Move Prompts Simpler Gift Wrapping
Washington WPB urged merchants to skip decorative frills in Christmas gift wrappings to save paper. The move aims to conserve materials and reduce waste during the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WPB
Cedar Rapids records 94 degree high in year
The Cedar Rapids area reached a new yearly high of 94 degrees at 2 p.m., topping the previous 93-degree mark set on June 25. Humidity stood at 32 percent under sunny skies with little change expected for 24 hours. western Iowa expected showers and Ottumwa logged 1.06 inches of rain in the last day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Here
Ottumwas
Davenport
Onawa
Dubuque
Turn Down Rezoning Request on A Avenue
The City Plan commission refused Ted Strasburger and Mrs. T. H. Strasburger's plea to rezone 1308 A Avenue NW to B residential. Strasburger urged inaction against alleged zoning violations but was advised to file a formal complaint. Kilborn Photo Paper Co asked postponement of its Twenty-ninth Street SE rezoning request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Plan Commission
Ted Strasburger
T. H. Strasburger
A Avenue NW
Strasburger
Kilborn Photo Paper Company
First Avenue SE
Twenty-ninth Street
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Onman
Daily Record
Tom Quigley
Sixth Street
John V. Jakoubek
Third Avenue
John G. Crane
Sinth Avenue
George J Haddy
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Evelyn Wickes
Poute
St. Lukes
Donavon Dietrick
van Horne
Herbert Harford
George Kanellis
Fourteenth Street NE
Roy Blair
William McNalley
C Avenue
Clarence la Barge
Twentieth Avenue
Mercy
Homer G Judd, Jr
Judd
Estherville
Holland Grimm
Birmingham
Ala
Ted L. Kubicek
Mary Jeanette
Kubicek
Margaret Zimmerman
Carroll
Helen Maxine Cummings
Maurice Cummings
George N Stevens, Jr
Gertrude Alvina Stevens
Grace Hulshizer
Orville E. Hulshizer
Kian
Gasette
Leo Gther
S Territories
Hang Gazette
Ge Ae
Allen-Klapp Company
Michison Avenue
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
New York
New Center Ride
Detroit
Bedis Records
A.np
Walter Barngrover
Don Barnes
A. W Bass
Charles L. Benesh
David G. Bleakley
Frank C. Byers
C. F. Clark
L. D. Dennis
Lawrence Dutton
D. M. Elderkin
O. J Elsenbast
W L. Fahey
George E. Farmer
Willis Glassson
O. N Elifatt
Milo
James H Yulll
Harold Rowe
W. W Coguillette
City Briefs
Scout Board of Review
Sherwin-Williams
Third Ave
Dial
C. R
James White
John E. Lapes
Florist
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Tehel Bottling Co
William H. Simpson
Mrs. Frazier
Mercury
Brenda
Lusineas
al Gabardine
Coha
Cohama
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