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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1944
Page
2
Daily Record lists ration stamp values for meat gas sugar and fuel oil valid through dates and note airplane shoe stamps. Traffic court fines for Jerry Klaner and John Tichy. Fire alarms gas leaks and lightning damage. Births at St Luke's Mercy and area households with names and addresses referenced.
More than 1,000 over-theroad drivers and helpers in the Twin Cities walked off their jobs Friday night amid a long standing dispute with truck owner members of the Midwest Operators association. Lou Hosking of St Paul said Kansas City drivers had been called off as well.
Des Moines AP John H. Gillespie secretary-manager of the Iowa Motor Trucks association said Saturday he did not believe drivers in Iowa would strike. He noted about 300 over the road drivers based here have agreed not to strike while the dispute sits on the President's desk.
Rep. Dies of Texas said the special House committee investigating un American activities would begin public hearings on the CIO Political Action Committee soon unless Attorney General Biddle took legal action against the labor group's political arm.
Navy officials announced that an attack transport under construction at California Shipbuilding Corporation yards will be named for Marvin H. McIntyre, the late secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Notice states Mollie R. Linville qualified as Executrix of the estate of Guy P. Linville late of Linn County Iowa deceased. Creditors to pay debts and all persons with claims to file them authenticated with the Linn County District Court clerk. Carl Hendrickson is the attorney.
The Cedar Rapids Gasette details publication inputs and pricing for various editions and delivery options. It notes Associated Press and United Press International wire services and lists carrier and mail rates, with geographic coverage for Iowa border towns and other states.
London AP reports over 1 100 Liberators and Fortresses attacked Dollbergen Hannover and Brunswick target oil refineries and aircraft plants. Italy based Fifteenth Air Force Lightnings with Mustangs struck Romania and Soviet bases while weather allowed visual bombing. Allies flew 4 000 sorties Friday and claimed 50 enemy planes down with 19 bombers and 22 fighters losses.
In Laurel Nebraska two four engine army bombers and an army fighter crashed in formation after a midair collision. Eight dead were counted quickly with many more feared. A parachuting flyer survived with minor injuries, saying nine men were aboard his plane. The aircraft were from Sioux City army air base.
Washington AP reports infantile paralysis near epidemic levels in three states and present totals through July 29 reach 3,060 cases nationwide, the highest since 1934. Weekly new cases 738, a peak for mid summer since 1916, with New York North Carolina and Kentucky hardest hit and declines in North Carolina over the past three weeks. Ohio Indiana and Michigan run above seasonal expectations.
London AP reports a rumor that a German stratosphere rocket launched two weeks ago could have reached another planet. The Tribune mused it might trigger an interplanetary war if inhabited beings view it as hostility, prompting questions on whether Earth faces a war between worlds.
HOLLYWOOD (UP) Screen star Jon Hall was treated for five neck slashes after a party at Tommy Dorsey’s home. Hall says two unknown men jumped him on the balcony following a quarrel with Dorsey. He also suffered a battered nose but was sent home to rest.
In Indianola Iowa a Gypsy camp north of town settled after a night of terror described by Warren County Sheriff Lewis Johnson. A pistol shot was fired, $175 stolen, and shouting ensued over which gypsy band leader is the husband of Theresa Mitchell, a county fair fortune teller. The sheriff arrived after midnight Wednesday and calm returned when one leader left.
The Cedar Rapids Gladiolus society hosts its fifteenth annual exhibition at Bever Park Pavilion Sunday from 10 am to 7 pm. The free event accepts entrants who grow gladiolus and features seedlings from Cedar Rapids growers, cross pollination results, and displays by the Cedar Rapids Woman's club. Officers and judges from local groups organize the show under Iowa Gladiolus society rules.
Allied reports say Japanese forces in north western New Guinea are in full retreat across Vogelkop peninsula as American landings at Sansapor bypass 30,000 enemy troops. MacArthur notes evacuation attempts by General Teshima’s Second Army are near end with Allied pursuit driving heavy losses and minimal Allied casualties on the peninsula.
Miss Virginia Dunahugh convalesces at Mercy hospital after an operation. The Rev Lyle K Anderson will speak on Jacob Returns to Bethel at the 9 30 a m Sunday service in Shueyville United Brethren church with Sunday school at 10 30 and Christian Endeavor at 8 p m. The Rev F S Bromer of Brickerville Pa former pastor will spend August in Cedar Rapids and fill the pulpit for four Sundays. he founded the Cedar Rapids church in 1905 and served as pastor 18 years. the present church was erected during his ministry. Prior to World War I American flag vessels carried about nine percent of U S imports and exports.
In Normandy a correspondent recounts chaotic tank columns advancing toward Avranches. Generals push through, prisoners are shuffled to correspondents, and locals celebrate with flowers and champagne as tanks roll past. A convent encounter reveals German prisoners surrender hesitantly, reaffirming American restraint.
The three man flying squadron, G. Francis Robinson, C. J. Reynolds, and C. F. Fisher, reported over 800 street contacts in Cedar Rapids aiding war labor recruitment as fair weather returned. After a five day drive to ease a 1200 worker shortage, they head home while the USES office tallies referrals and continues interviews, aided by 61 local merchants and Boy Scouts distributing literature.
Jonathan Kohl of 519 Fourteenth Street SE died in a local hospital at 1 15 p m Friday after a brief illness. Born March 24 1859 in Lisbon he lived in Linn county all his life. Survived by three daughters Leila Gossett Cedar Rapids Willard Easterly Westwood N J James Caraway Monmouth IL a son Lawrence E Kohl Cedar Rapids 15 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren Services 2 p m Monday Turner chapel Lisbon cemetery burial Friends may call at the chapel.
A British airman was burned to death and seven U S and British naval men sustained minor burns when a fire swept the second floor of the junior officers quarters at Brunswick naval air station on Friday.
On July 21 1944 Bonnie B Larson was appointed and qualified as administratrix of the Larson estate in Linn County Iowa all persons owing the estate should pay promptly and all claims must be filed with Glen J McLaughlin attorney in the Clerk of Linn County Iowa district court
Washington reports the Senate Military Affairs Committee approved by 10 to 7 a war demobilization bill providing unemployment compensation up to 35 dollars weekly for two years after the war. The measure, a merger of Murray Kilgore and George bills, seeks federal standards and new postwar support including migration allowances, training subsidies, and enhanced veterans mustering out pay.
Cherbourg, third largest French port, is rapidly rising from German demolitions. Allied ships will soon discharge war cargoes here to speed victory. The city fell on June 27 amid widespread devastation though debris is moved enough for trucks to pass. Underwater obstacles and damaged quay structures are being removed or blown apart. Many derelict ships and sunken boxcars remain among wrecked quays.
Pfc Marshall B Nelson Jr sails to radio school in Madison Wisconsin after basic training in Denver Colorado. Cpl Wilson promoted in Mississippi medical corps. Sgt Andre promoted in South Pacific. Capt Roth promoted and assigned to Lincoln Nebraska as navigation and bombing instructor. Pvt Robert Williams stationed at Camp Hood Texas. Gerald O Hare returns to Westover Field Massachusetts as flight communications chief. Robert Sheets returns to Great Lakes naval training center to study electricity. Clinton Woodford discharged from Marines in San Diego. Pvt Robert Benesh on furlough after Aleutian service. brother Leonard at a naval air base in California. Pvt Thomas Sturgeon Jr heads to Camp Butner North Carolina after Camp Roberts California. Pvt James Sturgeon stationed in New Guinea after Australia service. Pvt Don Netolicky arrives in England transferred to glider infantry.
John Tichy of Ely was fined $2 and costs in police court after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace by window peeping. He was arrested by Patrolmen Frank O'Neil and George Davis at Twelfth avenue and Twelfth street SE after admitting he had been window peeping intermittently for more than a year.
DES MOINES AP Secretary of State Wayne M. Ropes mailed 200000 request blanks for Iowa general election war ballots to county auditors. Relatives of service members may apply starting Aug 29, with ballots mailed to military personnel Sept 13.
A nationwide census of pigs is planned in Germany on September 8, according to a Munich newspaper cited by OWI. The report notes the WFO or German authorities will conduct the count to gather livestock statistics.
The Iowa Federation of Labor convention in Burlington approved a plan to shorten the work week to 30 hours after the war without cutting weekly purchasing power. It backs one breadwinner per family where unemployment exists, promotes high school education with state and federal funding, and calls for labor’s friends over party lines. The meeting adopted protests over a Boone boiler inspector appointment and named Sioux City the 1945 meeting site.
PEARL HARBOR AP reports American troops, after heavy bombardment, won control of Mount Barrigada on Guam dominating the northern plateau. Last Japanese resistance was wiped out on the 674 foot peak. Eastern flank pushed toward Point Sassayan while western flank secured road junctions near Fin gayen. Ground forces pressed the Japanese into caves as Saipan and Tinian mop up continues. About 7,000 troops remain to be faced with total casualties near 7,893.
A Manchester unit of United Service Women, Delaware Unit No. 257, with 26 members, organized last November and now incorporated, reported four laprobes, 15 quilts, 20 wheel chair pillows, 104 fracture pillows, two pads, 81 handkerchiefs, 32 wash cloths from scrap materials. They sent 10 magazines to service members, collected 169 garments, sponsored two salvage drives, aided Red Cross, sent greeting cards on birthdays and Christmas, sent a delegate to a state convention, donated 15 to Red Cross and 25 to the blood plasma fund, and sponsor a 16 member Girls Victory club. Officers listed include Mrs. Walter J. Hilmer as president and others in specified roles.
Two juvenile boys confessed to burglarizing the Clyde residence at 1236 Eighth Street NW on July 30. Detectives said entry was made through a garage window, and the pair admitted the crime. The report also notes Frank Prochaska reported a rowboat valued at $20 stolen from its river mooring below the Sixteenth avenue bridge.
The navy preflight school at Iowa City is expected to stay in operation. University of Iowa dean C Woody Thompson told the High Twelve club that no official orders for any change have been received.
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