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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1944
Page
8
A dated list details time bound ration stamps and coupons for daily use including meat, gas, sugar, and fuel oil with validity through specified dates. It also logs traffic and license penalties for residents, speeding, disorderly conduct, drunkenness, and other offenses, with names and fines noted before Justice Ball.
Berg of Fairfax H G Hansen of Waterloo and Mary Meyer of Elkader appear in a local notice listing individuals involved in a civic matter. The sparse fragment implies an attendance or recognition context among these named residents.
Chair man Woodrum said the army tentatively sets Oct 1 as the war’s end date against Germany at a postwar policy hearing. Rear Admiral Irish testified the navy expects continued Pacific operations through 1945, citing shortages of ships and parts hindering the effort.
Kouba born July 24 1912 Center Point lifelong Linn County resident. He graduated from Grant high school Cedar Rapids attended University of Iowa and married Vida Vernon July 20 1936 Springville. He supervised a rock crushing plant owned by John G Vernon Marion. Survived by wife three sons David Dale Jerry and his parents. Friends may call at the Yocom chapel.
Marine Cpl. Thomas J. Chukas was wounded in action on Tinian island and hospitalized somewhere in the Central Pacific. He has been overseas since January of this year, according to his parents Mr and Mrs James Chukas.
An Allied advance led by Leclerc entered central Paris at 7 15 a m with Sherman tanks infantry and engineers. Reports from Hotel de Ville and Port d Italie describe joyful crowds and Notre Dame bells, while German forces reportedly fall back and fight in suburbs. An American correspondent cites heavy artillery resistance as western and southern columns push toward Paris amid political tension.
Rep. McKenzie says WPB will issue quotas for this hunting season with a likely rise after German resistance collapses. Each licensed hunter may receive 100 shotgun shells 150 .22 cartridges and 40 center fire rounds via WPB certificates at ammunition dealers. By mid September dealers are expected to hold 65 percent of normal ammo.
Allied air bombardment reduced Germany's finished oil production by an estimated 49 percent during May June and July. The report cites Allied daylight raids and attrition of refineries affecting fuel supplies for the Nazi war effort. The data comes from Allied headquarters with AP as the source.
Jess B Pennett 1318 Eighteenth Ave SW Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 6 05 pm Thursday after a brief illness Born Center Point April 23 1887 he lived in Cedar Rapids the last year Survived by wife Helen and daughter Mrs Clarence Stusak Services set for 1 pm Monday at Beatty chapel Friends may call at Beatty's
Allied forces press the German pocket along the Seine from Elbeuf to Meulan and Fontainebleau. American, British and Canadian units push toward Le Havre while Germans fight to defend the last Seine crossings north of Elbeuf. Montereau falls to American control as bridgeheads are fortified and Luftwaffe counterattacks lose steam.
Cyrus M. Dukes 75 born Cedar Rapids died Monday at Wesley hospital Chicago after a career as assistant vice-president at Milwaukee railroad. He lived in Evanston and Mc Allen Texas. Survived by wife Kate M two children Ralph E. Dukes Skokie N Y and Ruth D Niles Rye N Y with sister in law J F Dostal 1627 Seventh avenue SE. Services were held in Graceland cemetery chapel Chicago.
Hattie Lou Foster four year old daughter of Sgt and Mrs Henry Hagist Foster of Des Moines died at 2 30 a m Thursday after a brief illness. She had been visiting at her aunt G L Sonday 1352 H avenue NE for two weeks. Born September 19 1940 in Iowa City she is survived by her parents a sister Hila Sue Foster grandparents Mr and Mrs B C Foster Wellman great grandmother Mrs Hila A Foster Cedar Rapids great grandfather H C Hagist Wellman and several uncles and aunts. Services will be held at the B C Foster home near Wellman at 3 p m Saturday in charge of Rev Robert Pinell burial in Keota cemetery. Body taken from Turner chapel to the B C Foster home where friends may call.
Services for Mrs. Sarah Jane Haynes widow of John M. Haynes were held in the Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Frank H. Ward in charge. Burial followed in Cedar Memorize park. Friends may call at the chapel.
The War Department said it agreed to the Socialist party request for shortwave radio time to reach servicemen overseas. The Socialist address will have time equal to the President's Bremerton August 12 speech, deemed a political address. Other parties requested copies of correspondence on the matter.
Mrs Nino Ondler of Walker is critically ill in St Luke's hospital. Lois Brown seeks maintenance from Everett Brown in a district court suit. Robert Emmet Giblin, 308 Fifth street NW, has joined the naval reserve. They wed Feb 7 1934 in Union Iowa. The Rev C W Harrop preaches Shall We Be on God s Side or He on Ours at 11 am at Pale Methodist church. Rev Alex Sampson speaks at 9:30 am service United Brethren church Shueyville. Sunday school 10 am United Brethren. 2nd Christian Endeavor 8 pm.
Washington AP secretary of state Hull and John Foster Dulles issued a joint statement confirming partial agreement on discussing durable peace but not complete accord. They will continue talks as developments arise with Dewey adviser insisting nonpartisan public discussion is possible, while Dulles notes public debate may occur.
Milton Harris, 59, of 628 First Avenue NE, jailed in Linn County on $2000 bond after a district court charge of malicious injury to property. Harris allegedly tore and cut Na Lee’s clothing including fur coats and leather jacket in her room at 505 Fifth Avenue SE. Detectives Hanna and Marshall arrested him on a county attorney warrant. Harris arraigned before Judge G K Thompson and given until Monday to enter a plea.
Outside Paris, the Grand Palais burned during a circus show as a street battle between Germans and French Patriots erupted. Substation gunfire sparked flames through wood shavings, trapping many in the exits while reports cite numerous French and German dead outside the scene.
Production of Pratt and Whitney plane engines stopped at the Highland Park plant as 2 800 United Automobile Workers CIO members walked off in protest of pay classifications and lay off procedures.
William P. Smallwood testified at a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing about the Pan American Clipper crash in Nipe Bay Cuba on August 8. He recalled floundering in the water filled rear compartment and that passengers grabbed him believing he was a life raft while he tried to push them off. He said the engines were running too well, contributing to the high speed of the flight.
Tech. Sgt. Ronald F. Norton of Maquoketa receives the second Bronze Oak Leaf cluster to the Air Medal. He serves with Allied units in the Far East in the South West Pacific area.
Harold Leslie Fuller 23 of Central City is being held at the Cedar Rapids police station on Friday after being reported as A.W.O.L. from the Sioux City air base. Police say this is his third apprehension in the city for being absent without official leave.
Vice president Wallace touched down in Portland for a brief Maine stop. He said his purpose was not political, aside from boosting liberalism, a move he described as possibly political in name.
Company L of the Iowa state guard will bivouac overnight at Hawkeye Downs Saturday night. Capt. Paul Andersen announced crews will meet at the armory at 6 p.m. and form pup tents for an overnight stay with meals prepared by the mess section.
The Rev. Remiss Rehfeldt age 32 pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene at Council Bluffs was chosen Friday as superintendent of his church's town district. He succeeds Dr. Harry C. Powers named general superintendent by the church in Minneapolis last June.
More than 1,100 American heavy bombers, escorted by fighters, struck Peenemunde north of Berlin targeting flying and rocket bomb facilities, four aircraft plants, three air force posts, a research center, a synthetic oil plant, and the robot bomb station. At the same time, nine waves of Marauder and Havoc bombers attacked Brest fortifications for about an hour starting at 3 PM, with about 300 planes taking part.
A delegation that spoke to the city council on Thursday will meet President R E Choate of LaPlant Choate Manufacturing with the council at 10 am Monday. Mayor Frank Hahn said Choate agreed to join the discussion to resolve complaints about heavy machinery on Thirty second street SE Emerald avenue SE and Grove Court SE noise and drainage from the plant.
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