Justice Court Fines Driver for No Chauffeur License
In Cedar Rapids and Des Moines climate area a Justice Court action shows L. L. Jedlicka of 629 First Street SW fined $25 and costs by Justice H. R. Churchill for operating a truck without a chauffeur's license. The report lists high low temperatures and city data preceding the notice.
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Cedar Rapids
New York
Bismarck
Omaha
Chicago
Sioux City
Davenport
Washington
Des Moines
L. L. Jedlicka
First Street
H. R. Churchill
Marriage Licenses Reported in Cedar Rapids and Toledo
Donald Raudebush of Toledo Ohio and Helen E Harman of Cedar Rapids appear in marriage license listings. John C Carney and Leota M Peters, both of Cedar Rapids, also listed for licenses.
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Donald Raudebush
Toledo, Ohio
Helen E. Harman
Cedar Rapids
John C. Carney
Leota M. Peters
Local notices report fines and births and deaths
A L Bliobenes was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding. Harold Biggart was fined five dollars and costs for failure to keep his car under control. Carolyn Beatrice Hayatt died at Ced ar Rapids hospital at 1130 PM Thursday. William Meliahr aged 59 died Friday morning at the Linn County Home. Dr William W Muir aged 60 died in a hospital Friday morning. St Luke’s hospital notes: Mr and Mrs Charles D Wood of 309 Fifth Avenue SW welcomed a daughter on Aug 20. Mr and Mrs Darrill Spanton of 906 D Avenue NW welcomed a son on Aug 21. Mr and Mrs Howard Yates of Palo welcomed a son on Aug 20. Mr and Mrs J R Harper of 2375 Blake Boulevard SE welcomed a daughter on Aug 20. Mercy hospital notes: Mr and Mrs Edward Simon of 1116 Westwoo Drive NW welcomed a son on Aug 21. Mr and Mrs Austin Hart of 124 Fifth Street SW welcomed a daughter born Aug 18, correcting a previous report of a son.
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A. L. Bliobenes
Second Street
Harold Biggart
First Avenue
Carolyn Beatrice Hayatt
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
William Meliahr
Linn County
William W. Muir
E Avenue NE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Charles D. Wood
Fifth Avenue SW
Darrill Spanton
D Avenue NW
Howard Yates
Palo
J. R. Harper
Blake Boulevard
Mercy Hospital
Edward Simon
Westwoodrive NW
Austin Hart
Fifth Street
President urges restraint in public agency debates
The president argues for avoiding public debate by agencies on controversial questions. He says honest differences of opinion should not be suppressed and officials must freely use information channels, but public argument is not a solution and would hinder agency work.
Sandal to Extend Life of Auto Tires
Detroit AP reports United States Rubber Co develops a tire sandal to extend tire life by 2,500 to 3,000 miles. Martin Castricum, 48, of the textile department, says no critical materials are needed and the sandal will launch to the public in about a month.
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Detroit
United States Rubber Co
Martin Castricum
Castricum
Two Die Four Missing In Bomber Crash
A medium sized bomber from MacDill field crashed near Lakeland during a routine training flight. Bodies of two crewmen were recovered but unnamed, four others were missing as the public relations office confirmed.
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Tampa
Fla
MacDill Field
Lakeland
Roosevelt warns Axis nations of fearful retribution to civilian crimes
President Roosevelt declares Axis barbarism will meet “fearful retribution” and vows to use evidence gathered from Netherlands Yugoslavia Luxembourg and other sources. He envisions future judicial trials for war criminals once victory is achieved and cites a saboteur trial as an example of legal procedure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United States
United Nations
Record Day in War Bond Drive Tops 37 Firms
Thirty-seven firms, the largest single-day total since the drive began, went over the top in the 10 per cent war bond campaign led by Craemer's with 102 employees. The Chamber of Commerce bureau reported two divisions with top listings and a long roster of smaller firms achieving the target.
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Craemer's
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company
Chamber of Commerce
Rapid Products Company
Iowa Windmill and Pump Company
Young Men's Bureau
The
Family Shoe Store
Allison Hotel
Home Specialty
Kacena Company
Midwest Advertising Company
Culver Motors Company
Palace Barber Shop
W. D. Lyon Advertising Company
Sullivan Bus Lines
East End Pharmacy
White Eagle Coal Company
Abram’s Furniture
Iowa Electric Welding
McKinley Grocery and Market
Upton Drug Store
Cedar Rapids Fuel Company
Ed McCoy Insurance
Holly Shop
Mill’s Skelly Service Station
Shell Oil Company
Model Grocery
Ted’s
Sixteenth Avenue Pharmacy
Log Bar Tavern
James W. Hell Company
Vavra__ brothers, Grocers’ and Butchers’ association
Zachar Brothers
Perley’s Food Shop
Cross and Company
Rathje Grocery
Kapoun Sausage Factory
Jerry Klinsky
Drapela Grocery
Allied air raid blitz targets French railroad hubs
Allied bombers and fighters carried out a major strike described as more than a raid. Fortresses dropped 261000 pounds of bombs and shelled targets from Rouen to Amiens, hitting the Amiens rail yard with 15 direct hits while Dieppe ground forces moved toward the coast.
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Dieppe
Royal Air Force
Amiens
Rouen
Abbeville
Flying Tiger Brother Joins Army After Scarsdale Hero Killed
CAMDEN S C UP Louis H Newkirk Jr brother of Scarsdale Jack Newkirk who was killed in action with the American Flying Tigers in China will report for duty Tuesday with the army engineers amphibian command at Camp Edwards Massachusetts as disclosed Friday
Willkie to Tour Near East and Russia for Unity Message
President Roosevelt said Wendell Willkie would travel to Egypt Arabia Palestine Syria Turkey Iraq and Iran as a special representative to tell those nations the truth about the American war effort and unity. Willkie would contrast Allied and Axis outcomes and stress autonomy under democratic principles.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell &. Willkie
Near East
Russia
Willkie
Egypt
Arabia
Palestine
Syria
Turkey
Iraq
Iran
Stalin
Axis
United Nations
Germany
Italy
Britain
Atlantic
Second Lieut Arthur H Adams Jr Ordered to Active Duty
Second Lieut Arthur H Adams Jr son of Mr and Mrs Arthur H Adams 623 Twenty first Street NE is ordered to report for active duty next Wednesday at Camp Joseph T Robinson Ark He graduated from the University of Nebraska last spring and married Miss Janet Steckelburg of Lincoln Neb Aug 9 He authored an article Work to be Done about peace after the war in Tomorrow Aug issue
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Arthur H. Adams, Jr
Arthur H Adams
Twenty-first Street
Camp
Joseph T. Robinson
Ark
Adams
University of Nebraska
Janet Steckelburg
Lincoln
Neb
Sergeant Edward Dwiggins Reassigned to Fort Benning
Edward Dwiggins formerly with Cedar Rapids Coca Cola Bottling gains promotion from private to sergeant and is transferred from Fort Oglethorpe to Fort Benning Georgia. He lives at 1210 Third Avenue SE.
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Edward Dwiggins
Third Avenue SE
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Benning
Cedar Rapids
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Soldier Horace Snow Transferred to Camp Young California
Private First Class Horace W. Snow transferred from North Carolina to Camp Young California per word to his wife of 904 Fifth Street SE. Snow is the son of Helen Snow of 310 Havenne NW.
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Horace W. Snow
North Carolina
Camp Young
Calif
Fifth Street
Snow
Helen Snow
H Avenne
Navy and Army Personnel on Leave or Training
Chief Boatswain's Mate Steve Stolba former Cedar Rapids police captain is on short leave from Great Lakes Illinois after preliminary training. Ensign Don Sinclair now on the Pacific coast and Elmer Boedy training at a naval radio school in Houston Texas. Sinclair was assistant manager at Long Bell Lumber Cedar Rapids. Boedy a clerk at Wilson and company Cedar Rapids. Private Robert Nelson son of Mr and Mrs C A Nelson 408 Ninth avenue SW recently graduated at Chanute field sent to Salt Lake City army air base. Seaman Robert White stationed at Great Lakes spends nine day leave with parents 1917 Higley avenue SE. Ernest C Waldee and Roscoe Bostwick of 515% First avenue SW begin training at Des Moines army signal corps. Corp John L Cocker left for officer candidate school in North Carolina after visiting father W S Cocker and Mrs Cocker 915 Seventeenth street NE. Kenneth L Byers son of Mr and Mrs James Vanda 527 Second street SW advanced to private first class at Camp Cooke California. Alvin Hurtt son of Mr and Mrs J J Hurtt 2800 Fruitland boulevard SW stationed at Camp Roberts California on 15 day furlough.
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Steve Stolba
Cedar Rapids
Great Lakes
Stolba
Ensign Don Sinclair
Meadowbrook Drive
Pacific Coast
Elmer Boedy
Naval Radio School
Houston
Texas
Ensign Sinclair
Long Bell Lumber Company
Boedy
Wilson and Company
Robert Nelson
C. A. Nelson
Ninth Avenue
Chanute Field
Army Air Base
Salt Lake City
Robert White
Mrs
Allen White
Higley Avenue
Ernest C. Waldee
Roscoe Bostwick
First Avenue
Army Signal Corps School
Des Moines
Kenneth L. Byers
James Vanda
Second Street
Camp Cooke
Calif
Alvin Hurtt
J. J. Hurt
Fruitland Boulevard
Camp Roberts
Yanks Sink Axis Sub Off Brazil Coast
Reports from Fortaleza say U S warplanes based in Brazil attacked and sent an Axis submarine to the bottom off the Brazilian coast marking the third such sinking this week. President Vargas announced convoys for Brazilian merchant ships with navy and air force protection in cooperation with U S units.
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Rio DE Janeiro
United States
Brazil
Fortaleza
Tauney
Dante
Getulio Vargas
Navy
Allied blow at Dieppe surpasses objectives in coast defense test
Air Mastery shows Berkeley sunk in heavy assault with large number of landing craft and tanks lost. Allied forces report major raid success, destroying German batteries and radio stations as German air strength suffers heavy losses. British observers note RAF superiority with hundreds of German planes scrambled and many shot down. Brig. Gen. Hunter praises American pilots for veteran-like performance in adverse conditions.
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Berkeley
Britain
Air Command
RAF
Americas
Dieppe
Frank O. D. Hunter
U. S. Fighter Command
Vichy Claims Dieppe Losses Against Allied Raid
Fernand de Brinon, Vichy representative, told a Paris cabinet meeting that Allied losses at Dieppe were 3,500 killed and 1,800 captured, mostly Canadians with some De Gaulle French. He cited a German report. no Allied confirmation supported the figures.
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VICHY
Fernand de Brinon
Paris
Dieppe
de Gaulle
de Brinon
Princess Margaret Rose Turns Twelve at Wartime Home
Princess Margaret Rose, 12, daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, marked her birthday discreetly at a royal wartime residence with no special celebration planned.
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London
Margaret Rose
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Hearing on M and St L Minneapolis sale proceeds
Federal Judge Gunnar H. Nordbye held a final hearing Friday on the proposed sale of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad with Minnesota opposing the plan. A decision likely will not be reached for several weeks.
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M. and
ST. L. Minneapolis
Gunnar H. Nordbye
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Hickenlooper Receives Honorary Degree at Parsons
Lieut B B Hickenlooper will be awarded a doctor of laws degree by Parsons College in Fairfield tonight. He will also serve as the principal speaker at the first wartime accelerated graduation exercise, lauded for leadership in civic and political life by college president Dr Herbert Mayer.
Seek to Avert Strike Vote by Aluminum Workers
Government officials pressed Friday to avert a strike vote by the CIO Aluminum Workers of America in seven Alcoa plants as 300 idle at Vernon California protested a claimed lockout of 30 skilled workers. In Detroit 475 AFL construction workers halted work at the tank arsenal on orders of Ed Thal threatening to fire CIO employees and hire AFL men. A Pittsburgh meeting studied options after the war labor board rejected a general $11 a day wage raise for 32 000 aluminum workers. A US labor commissioner urged no further action until settlement talks. The army warned that a stoppage would endanger air power amid aluminum supply concerns.
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CIO Aluminum Workers of American
Aluminum Company of America
Vernon
Calif
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
H. L. Weckler
AFL
Detroit Tank Arsenal
Ed Thal
Detroit Building Trades Council
Weckler
Charles R. Ward
United States Labor Conciliation
George E Strong
Army Air Corps
Peoria Railway Head Indicted Over Labor Act Violations
George P McNear Jr principal owner of the Toledo Peoria and Western railway was indicted on six counts for alleged violations of the national railway labor act including deducting union dues and failing to post required sections. Three other men Brokaw Dilley and Newdigate were indicted for explosives act violations. McNear had been previously acquitted of coercion allegations.
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Peoria
George P McNear, Jr
Toledo Peoria and Western Railway
T. P and W
McNear
Paul Brokaw
Cleveland
Harold J. Dilley
Delmar G
Chinese Forces Recapture Kwangfeng and Kiangsi Rail Area
An official Chinese report says Chinese forces retook Kwangfeng and bypassed the city earlier in Kiangsi. The drive also recaptured Kweiki Shangjao and other points, wresting a 60 mile stretch of the eastern Kiangsi railroad from Japanese control and dispelling the Fukien invasion threat.
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Chungking
Kiwangfeng
Kiangsi
Fukien
Kweiki
Shangjao
Miracle gift to paralyzed girl from shipbuilders at Liberty ship christening
Lorene Mitchell a 10 year old infantile paralysis victim who may walk after an operation received a $10,000 gift and a $500 bond from workers at Cal Ship during the Horace Mann christening at Terminal Island yards. The money is in a trust fund and she cites prayer to St Anthony as the miracle.
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Los Angeles
INS
Lorene Mitchell
Lorene
Horace Mann
Terminal Island
Parorate Shipbuilding Corporaton
Cal Ship
Ask Strict Rationing Of Tires for Trucks
Washington AP reports price and rationing boards urged to apply the strictest interpretation of tire sale rules for trucks with September quotas cut. The Office of Price Administration asked boards to limit sales to trucks essential to the war effort and public health and safety.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
RAF Bombers Raid Copenhagen Area Report
A Vichy dispatch to Reuters said Royal Air Force bombers attacked the Copenhagen region during the night. Heavy explosions lasted over an hour and windows in Malmoe area homes along the Swedish coast were rattled by the blasts.
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London
INL
Royal Air Force
Copenhagen
Vichy
Reuter
Nesws
Malmoe
Family Men to Be Drafted Before Christmas
Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said draft boards would begin calling men with dependents before Christmas. He outlined the order: single men with secondary dependents first, then married men whose wives work, then men with dependent wives, and finally men with wives and children.
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Evanston
Ill
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Bennett Triumph Frames New York Democratic Ballot
The New York Democratic convention chose Bennett over Mead by 623 to 393 with 509 ballots needed for nomination. Lehman congratulated Bennett and urged unity as Mead acknowledged the party’s bitter campaign. Bennett pledged support for Roosevelt foreign policy and praised Mead, while the party named Poletti, O Leary, Epstein, Merritt, and Johnson to run with Bennett.
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Roosevelt
Herbert H. Lehman
Farley
Bennett
Mead
Washington
Lehman
Brooklyn
Bennett-Farley
Charles Poletti
Joseph V. O’leary
American Labor Party
Henry Epstein
Matthew Merritt
Queens
Flora D. Johnson
Syracuse
Caroline O'Day
Reynolds Defends India Independence Stand Amid Criticism
Senator Reynolds rejects criticism of advocating immediate Indian independence. He cites unity and wartime goals, saying freedom now counters Axis propaganda. Barkley Connally and George warned such talks risk disunity while supporting independence after victory.
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Reynolds
India
Allied raid on Portuguese island targets fuel dumps
Allied aircrews led a low level attack on a native settlement 17 miles south of Dili on Timor, hitting fuel or ammo dumps. All raiders returned safely with no Japanese opposition reported. A returning pilot said Jap soldiers fled into the jungle. The mission ended with the leader ordering beer for each crewmate.
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Macbisse
Dili
Farley Triumphs as Bennett Nominated Governor Candidate
In New York the Democratic state convention named Attorney General John L. Bennett Jr. as the gubernatorial candidate over U.S. Senator James M. Mead in a 623 to 393 vote. The choice, moved by Michael J. Kennedy, unifies a divided Tammany-Ross faction and follows a rupture with Roosevelt ally James A. Farley.
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New York
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
John L. Bennett, Jr
U. S
James M. Mead
Farley
Michael J. Kennedy
Tammany Ross
Nazis Report Red Raids in Poland
Soviet bombing planes attacked a wide area of German held Poland during the night. The Berlin radio cited a dispatch by DNB stating raids hit East Prussia General Government territory Upper Silesia and Posen.
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London
INS
Poland
Berlin
DNB
East Prussia
Upper Silesia
Posnan
Posen
Maria Brandon 88 Leaves 107 Descendants
Mrs. Maria G. Brandon of San Jose California died Thursday at age 88 leaving 107 descendants. She was survived by six children, 55 grandchildren, 39 great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Maria G. Brandon
Navy silent on Japanese claim of Makin defense
The navy department declined comment on Japanese assertions that an American attack on Makin island in the Gilbert group had been repelled. Makin, struck in a surprise Jan. 31 raid by a Pacific fleet task force, suffered heavy damage while Japanese losses included 16 ships and 41 planes.
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Washington
Navy Department
Makin Island
Gilbert
Makin
Pacific Fleet
Marshall
William F. Halsey, Jr
Picnic Planned by KC Knights at Ellis Park Sunday
Members of Council 909 Knights of Columbus and families will hold their annual family picnic at Ellis Park duck pond Sunday noon. A playground program includes horseshoe pitching and a softball game with kids contests. Attendees bring lunch and sugar. council provides coffee, cream, and ice cream free. If rain, move to the new KC club on Avenue at Eighth Street NE.
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Council 909
Knights of Columbus
Duck Pond
Ellis Park
Playground Recreation Department
K. C. Club
A Avenue
Eighth Street
Germans Moving Troops to Africa
Ankara reports that about 50,000 German troops have been shifted by sea and air from Greece to the North African front and Crete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Ankara
Turkey
Balkan
Greece
North African Front
Crete
Backing Truck Hits Girl Carrying Tot in Street
A panel truck backed into Shirley Pinsky 17 while she crossed with Harvey Gerdy 16 months old. The infant escaped injury. Shirley suffered facial bruises and was treated at Mercy Hospital. Driver Jedlicka was cited for no chauffeur license. employer Needham Young faces an unauthorized chauffeur charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Gerdy
A. Gerdy
Fifth Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Shirley Pinsky
L. L. Jedlicka
First Street
Jedlicka
Miss Pinsky
Justice H. R. Churchill
Needham Young
Fourth Avenue SE
Young
Justice Court Friay
Soldiers Absentee Ballot Bill Blocked In Senate
Washington AP report: the senate again deferred action on a bill to let soldiers vote by mail as Senator George of Georgia raised a quorum point. Democratic Leader Barkley of Kentucky said he would issue a call for absent senators to dispose of the bill Monday.
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Washington
Senate
George
D-Ga
Barkley
Kentucky
Monay
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H G Fussell
F.D.R
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U.S. Unity
Dwiggins
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Hickenlooper
Parsons
Aluminum
Associated Press
Kwangfeng
R.A. F
D-N. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Senator George
Walter
Great Britain
F. R
Ellis
K. C. Council
Buster Brown
Ford
Oxford
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