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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1944
Page
2
Daily Record lists various stamp coupons past and present including Moeat Red Evods Blue and sugar coupons with valid dates and quantities. It reports multiple traffic court fines, a back draft furnace fire, a bonfire, and several birth announcements. It also notes divorce decrees and petitions with names such as William Fooursy Vesely and Louise Markham, Chester Knapp, and Acie Paul Dorchester Knapp.
T N William of 32515 Fourth SW was fined 50 dollars after pleading guilty to drunken behavior and disturbing the peace. He was booked at police station after a disturbance at a rooming house on Fourth Street SW. Also recorded Saturday were three minor thefts including a flower box and flowers from Harry Ehrke and a $750 tricycle from Mrs Ben McGlashing.
Leon Clark twenty of 331 S avenue NW was fined twenty five dollars and costs in Justice H R Churchill's court this week on a charge of assault and battery on Charles Engelking the marshal He was arrested Thursday morning with Donald Jones of 106 S avenue NW and Alsn Butters of 723 Elgarine SW but charges were dismissed against Jones and Butters The deputies were P J Whittemore and Harlan Snyder
Washington agencies discuss a plan to cut the unlimited gas ration for certain border area drivers to reduce yardship allotments. The measure would affect only a small portion of drivers and is not expected to raise gas costs for all motorists.
A 100 foot Hudson river pier at Hoboken New Jersey was nearly destroyed by a four hour fire starting on a barge transferring cargo to a ship at pier 4. Loss estimated at 4 million dollars with 14 people treated for burns and smoke inhalation. Three barges and a derrick burned and one barge sank. No sabotage indicated.
A block-long row of oceanfront buildings in Wildwood including the Strand theater and seven stores burned early Saturday. Ten people were injured as flames raged, with Mayor Benjamin Congersoll estimating damage above 250000 dollars.
A tank puncture and shattering explosions tore through the Newhall refinery on Saturday. Evacuations spread over a mile square as flames engulfed the district. One woman reportedly missing after rushing toward the fire. A trucker blown from his cab suffered minor injuries and another was critically hurt. The blaze began when a laboratory flame ignited fumes from a burst naphtha line.
About 400 men battled a ferocious fire in Roosevelt National forest forty miles west of Fort Collins as they fought to check the spreading flames. The effort drew crews from Fort Collins and surrounding areas with air and ground support deployed to protect timber and nearby communities.
Allied forces report major gains across the Mortain area with recaptured towns and ground erosion east of Vire. British Second Army seizes two hills near St Pierre la Vieille as patrols link Orne with Canadians at Barbery. German losses mount with estimates of 200,000 to 300,000 killed or captured since D‑Day.
In Normandy near Hautteville a large American armored column passes a village shrine where French villagers led by Pere Lemaitre honor liberating troops. Soldiers remove helmets as the priest prays in French, and the crowd joins in a hymn of thanks. The priest bids farewell in French and English echoes gratitude.
Allies organize the Land Forces of the Adriatic to strike Axis targets in the Balkans. The first major operation, July 29, used land naval and air units to destroy much of a German coastal garrison near Spilje on the Albanian coast.
An Army Center Sentry editorial denounces pin up girls Varga and Petty as devils tools and surrender tickets. Chaplain William G Lavery from West New York argues the Esquire images corrupt GI morals amid Guadalcanal remembrances and war weariness.
Parke Davis chemists Louis Bambas and Louis Sweet developed promin, a sulfone drug aimed at fighting streptococci, with Mayo Clinic reports showing one third of 423 tuberculosis patients improved and able to return to work.
Charles Jaynes Jr a 14 year old evan gelist from Ohio will speak at the Foursquare Gospel Tabernacle 609 First Avenue SW SundayMonday and Tuesday at 745 p m He previously held meetings there in 1936 when eight years old Obed Bean 1004 First Street SW heard of his brother in law W H Williamson's death at Independence Missouri Friday morning Navy recruiting office announced George Casper Serovy 869 Seventeenth Street SE enlisted in the naval reserve as a seaman s c radio technician.
President Roosevelt toured a Navy base and military installations with admirals and generals aboard a ship, viewing thousands of troops and Quonset huts in steady rain. He spoke on postwar Alaska prospects, stressing defense needs, then faced a two hour delay as a severe storm kept the cruiser docked.
Miss Irma Graham twenty five pled guilty to embezzlement by larceny in Dubuque AP. She was sentenced to not more than five years in the women s reformatory at Rockwell City with the sentence suspended during good behavior. Graham is charged with embezzling fourteen hundred seventeen dollars from Kirchoff Ice Cream where she had worked as a book keeper for about three years.
Henry Van Dyke, 40, of Cottage Grove avenue SE, pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in Judge G K Thompsons court. He was fined 300 dollars and his license suspended 60 days after police arrested him.
The University of Iowa will drop its wartime accelerated three semester plan in fall 1945 and revert to the prewar two-semester system. For 1945-46, the schedule will feature two 18-week terms and an eight-week summer term, returning to the prewar structure used before 1942.
Ferris C Jameson aged 30 from 1817 Park Avenue SE was held on an investigation charge after Friday night arrest on Forty second Street north of Mt Vernon Road. Detectives Harley Simon and patrolmen George Davis and Frank O Neil reported several liquor bottles bearing Minnesota and Wisconsin seals found in his car.
In a 55 to 19 Senate vote, the George bill creating an Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion passed, replacing the Murray Kilgore measure on unemployment pay. The plan extends coverage to 3.5 million government workers, funds state solvency, and sets a presidential director with a 12 member advisory board, but omits six month vocational education and subsistence payments.
Stockholm AP reports unconfirmed Danish press claims 11 Danes were executed in Copenhagen Gestapo cellars as reprisal for German policemen's deaths. Sabotage persists in Denmark with Jutland rail lines blown and two German ships damaged in Danish shipyards.
Cpl Harry C Vernon aged 25 was wounded in France in July per a letter to his father Jess C Vernon of 928 Fifteenth Avenue SW He is hospitalized in England and has served about eight years in the army with two years overseas including North Africa prior to England.
Washington reports that the new international security body will curb the assembly's power. Real authority to preserve peace will rest with the council of the United States, Britain, Russia, and China, plus rotating members. The assembly becomes a forum for discussion and a clearinghouse for technical groups advancing world welfare.
In Salt Lake City Mrs. Annie Tucker aged 84 will wed John H. Koffel 83 a retired Burlington railroad man next week. The couple met while both were employed at the Salt Lake Mormon temple. Koffel credits his success to never saying an unkind word to a woman.
Notice states on August 11 1944 the undersigned was appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of George P. Hardy of Linn County Iowa deceased. All debts should be paid to the Executor Merchants National Bank Cedar Rapids Iowa. Those with claims must file them in the Clerk of Linn County District Court. Attorneys Franken and Keyes.
Service members and families are noted with 15 day leaves, furloughs, and transfers across bases including Camp Gordon, Blytheville, Gate addresses in Florida and Ohio, with promotions from lieutenant to lieutenant (j.g.) and major. Names include Don Newhouse, Joan Gale Fulton, W Wade Wardesty, Frank P Henry, Maynard Rowray, Walter Hoffman, G L Ferguson, I B Molander, Robert Walker, Dallas Jewell, Ray Jewell, William Norris, Robert Green, William Green, Vincent Nolan, and others tied to addresses in Arkansas, Ohio, California, and Colorado Springs.
Trucks from Dubuque firms resumed operations on Saturday while officials anticipate broader resumption of services from Hi Speed Motor Express Sioux City Key City Transfer and other Iowa companies. Some firms expect widespread operations to restart Sunday night or Monday morning.
Earl Stark of Truck Drivers union No. 238 reports about 100 to 120 drivers held by a strike are returning to highways. Kenneth Wall of Denver-Chicago Trucking says 43 men were back on the road. Hawkeye Motor Express secretary C A Farr notes 30 to 35 truckers resuming trucking as they move out.
James Michael Hayek died at home after a brief illness. Born in Cedar Rapids on August 29 1943 he was the son of Mr and Mrs Clarence J Hayek of 6n Seventeenth Avenue SW. Survived by brother Carol George grandparents George C Huber Spillville and Matt Hayek Fort Atkinson two great grandmothers Rozina Klimesh Spillville and Barbara Kurash Fort Atkinson. Services at Polansky funeral chapel Monday at 8:30 a.m. and St Ludmila church at 9 a.m. Burial in St Johns Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Sunday.
The army Friday pulled troops from Philadelphia Transportation Company units as a federal grand jury investigates the six day transit strike that shut down city movement. Guards were removed from buses trolleys subways and elevated trains 4 52 am with vehicles to run without guards except at night Guards will be on duty 8 pm to morning to assign to each vehicle.
Omaha report notes Democratic gubernatorial nominee George W Olsen addressing the state convention. He compares his situation to a boyhood mishap with apples in Nebraska City, saying he has nothing to unload and expressing gratitude for support from fellow Democrats.
PEARL HARBOR U P An American aerial task force from newly won airfields in the lower Marianas attacked the Volcano Kazan group of islands on Wednesday. It marked the opening of land based softening operations against the inner ring of island fortresses guarding the Japanese homeland. Forty seven tons of bombs were dropped on the Iwo Naka airfield the largest island in the Kazan group. Iwo is 756 miles southeast of Tokyo. The raid signaled greater use of land based planes from Saipan Tinian and Guam to supplement carrier forces under Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher. The Seventh Army Air Force Liberators conducted the attack. Enemy fighters attempted intercepting but caused no damage.
Victor Herbert themed program titled Herbertiana Festival airs 8 to 9 p.m. Saturday on Mutual and WGN with Attilio Baggiore Virginia Haskins and Bruce Foote as soloists. performances by WGN Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Henry Weber Adele Giraud Milena Miller.
Radio guide lists programs on multiple stations from 6:00 to 9:15 PM including WMAQ KXEL WMT WGN WHO and BMB. Notable slots include Roosevelt Theater of Air National Barn Dance and Guy Lombardo with Barry Wood across channels.
A dense listing of radio programs across stations WHO WGN WMT KXEL and EXEL for Sunday afternoon and evening. Entries include music programs Talk shows comedies and dramas featuring hosts and show titles such as Roosevelt Good Will Playhouse Natl B Nanc and Sunset Reel. The schedule notes times from 4 p m to 10 45 p m with various regional programs and repeating news updates.
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