Classified stamp and legal notices in Cedar Rapids area
The page lists various stamp coupon expirations for Daily Record programs and several local divorce petitions and city court fines. Names include Mildred Kimball James Kimball Enola Davis Robert Davis George Knapp Irene Comried Kinney Strothman Merl Boyles Elizabeth Ytsen and others with offenses and fines noted. Local births listed at St Luke's Mercy and a series of parking and yield violations cited with fees.
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George Knapp
Irene Comried
Cedar Rapids
Joseph P. Kinney
Mary Margaret Strothman
Merl Spencer Boyles
Elizabeth Salome Ytsen
Allies Nearing Gothic Barrier In Italy Front
British and Polish forces push German troops from ridge above the Foglia river after crossing the Arzilla. The Eighth Army breaks a key defense of the First Parachute Division and closes on the Po valley rim within 18 miles. Further north the Fifth Army limits actions to patrols as Germans withdraw to stronger positions in the northern Apennines.
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Rome
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Cassino
Foglia
Arzilla
Apennines
Pontassieve
Arno River
Florence
Fifth Army
Pravda Says German Attaches Remain in Ankara
Pravda asserts that German diplomatic, military, aviation and commercial attaches remain in Ankara twenty days after their scheduled departure. The article datelined Batum reports the stance as part of a friendly rupture with Nazi Germany while Turkey remains central in the shifting postwar context.
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Moscow
Pravda
Ankara
Batum
Black Sea
Turkey
French Will Join Allies in Pacific War
The Associated Press reports Radio France said Free French forces would join the Pacific campaign after Hitler’s defeat. They target French Indo China and vow to fight until the final crushing of China and Japan. Vice Admiral Fitch notes nearly 100 carriers in action, including 14 Essex-class ships aiding the Guam push toward the Philippines and China. He warns future raids will be powerful but the road remains long and hard.
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Associated Press
Radio France
Japan
Asia
Aubrey W. Fitch
United States
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
China
Fitch
Breach of contract suit against Pioneer Life by Krug Meissner
Linn county district court hears a breach of contract claim by Mrs. Martin Krug and Mrs. Anna Raetz Meissner against Pioneer Life Insurance. They seek 800 dollars actual damages and 4200 dollars punitive damages alleging transfer of contracts from Fidelity Mutual Benefit to Pioneer and repudiation of the policy. The petition notes Meissner’s June 19 1943 insurance with Fidelity and May 28 1936 takeover by Pioneer, with Krug as beneficiary daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Krug
Anna Raetz Meissner
Pioneer Life Insurance Company
Linn County
Meissner
Fidelity Mutual Benefit Insurance Association
Rockford
Ill
Pioneer Company
Allied Landing Raid Off Yugoslav Coast
Allied infantry artillery air and naval forces conducted a raid on Korcula, a Dalmatian island off the central Yugoslav coast. The landings faced no opposition, with casualties inflicted, gun positions damaged, and ammunition dumps blown up. The Balkan air force aided Partisan units in the peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Korcula
Marshal Tito
Balkan
Pilot Is Sentenced For Buzzing Town At Beatrice
Second Lt. Alvin J. Luongo, 20, of New York, a P-47 instructor at Bruning airfield, was court martialed and dismissed from service with forfeiture of all pay for leading a 30 minute low altitude buzzing of Beatrice Nebraska. Citizens testified he led three ships, two piloted by students, in the stunt.
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Harvard
Neb
Alvin J. Luongo
New York
Bruning
Beatrice
Perley Clark Former Linn Official Dies at 78
Perley O. Clark 78 longtime Linn county recorder and district court clerk died at 12 45 am Wednesday at his home 138 Twenty sixth street drive SE after illness from pneumonia and arthritis Born October 15 1865 in Central City he married Helen Hayes in 1888 and later Iva May Thiessen in 1937 He leaves two daughters and four grandchildren plus two sisters and a number of survivors Funeral arrangements are by Yocom Marion with services pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perley O. Clark
Linn County
Twenty-sixth Street
Central City
Ormus
Sabra Crosley Jordan Clark
Clarksford
Helen Hayes
Americus, Kaw
Iva May Thiessen
Des Moines
Sabra Paul
San Francisco
Adelaide Brinton
Houston
Texas
Edith Cunningham
Adelaide Jordan
Marion
Bertha
Aeene Francisco
Helen Jones Chalmers
Amsterdam
N. Y
Stanley Jones
Navy
Tacoma
Wash
Lynn Jones
Army Engineers’ Corps
Reno
Nev
Gordon Jones
Yocom Funeral
Yocom
Deaths Mrs. Leon Huntley 70 Duluth
Services were held at Crawford chapel in Duluth for Mrs. Leon Huntley 70 of 638 Fifteenth Avenue SW who died Monday in a Duluth hospital. Additional services will be held Thursday in Ellsworth Wisconsin with burial there. She was a member of the Spanish American War Veterans auxiliary and is survived by her husband two brothers John and Louie Huber of Ellsworth and two sisters Elizabeth Dodge of Ellsworth and Kathryn Ludkey of Fergus Falls Minnesota.
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Crawford Chapel
Duluth
Minn
Leon Huntley
Fifteenth Avenue
Ellsworth
Wis
Huntley
John
Louie Huber
Elizabeth
Dodge
Kathryn Ludkey
Fergus Falls
Infant Beauchamp Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital
Joseph Sidneyeauchamp three day old son of Mr and Mrs Mery Beauchamp of 1833 Fifth avenue SE died at 5 pm Tuesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Survived by parents a brother grandparents and an uncle and aunt. Body moved from Turner chapel to Linwood cemetery for brief services held at 11 am Wednesday.
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Joseph Sidneyeauchamp
Mery
Linwood Cemetery
Traffic Death Cut With July Fatalities Declining
The National Safety Council reports July traffic deaths at 1,770 in the United States, down from 1,790 in July 1943, a decline of one percent.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Cedar Rapids Forecase Records Rainfall and Cooler Trend
Forenoon shower in Cedar Rapids poured .35 inch of rain. The day was overcast and cooler, with a forecast of cooler tonight and Thursday. Temperature at 2:30 p.m. was 69, humidity 80 percent, and the day saw varied highs from Cedar Rapids to 79 and statewide highs of 82 at Burlington, Council Bluffs, and Davenport.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Onawa
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Gillette to speak in Cedar Rapids during Iowa visit
Sen. Guy M. Gillette of Cherokee arrives in Cedar Rapids for two days en route to Washington. He plans to speak at Wyoming at 8 p.m. Thursday and meet with Democratic workers in Anamosa at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. He will confer with Democratic County Chairman Joe Meketa and return to Washington with his wife and son Mark.
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Washington
Cedar Falls
Guy M. Gillette
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Wyoming
Anamosa
Sen
Gillette
Joe Meketa
Gillete
Mark
Flags Raised Over Hawaii by Colonial Powers Across History
In historical sequence, Spain raised a flag in 1555, followed by France in 1786, Russia in 1814, and Britain in 1843, marking foreign influences over Hawaii across centuries and shaping its early geopolitical landscape.
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Hawaii
Parents Hear from C R Sergeant Now in Paris
Master Sergeant Irvin Rowden of the engineer corps is now in Paris France according to a letter received by his parents Mr and Mrs William Rowden 1018 Fifth Street SE The letter was passed by censorship.
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Irvin Rowden
Paris
France
William Rowden
Fifth Street
City Briefs Highlight Local Events And Notices
A WPB representative meets Chamber of Commerce Thursday from 9 30 a m to 4 30 p m. Dr Carl M Kilmer of Mt Carmel Ill will lead tonight's service at the Church of God Laverue and Eighth Street NW. Mrs H G Franks reports Louis Benson, listed at 609 Sixteenth Avenue SW, does not reside there. The Linn County Radio club War Emergency Radio Service meets at 7 p m in the reception lobby for a business session and studio tour.
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WPB
Chamber of Commerce
Carl M. Kilmer
Mt. Carmel, Ill
Church of God, Laverue
Eighth Street
H. G. Franks
Louis Benson
Linn County Radio Club
War Emergency Radio Service
Rain Plan Moves Picnic to Glow Room at I I G E
In case of rain the Thirty-fourth division auxiliary picnic scheduled for 1 p m Thursday will be held in the Glow room of the Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric company. The Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club will omit this month’s meeting scheduled Thursday. The club will meet on regular schedule beginning with September.
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Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric ,Company
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
Young Men Enter Naval Service in Iowa
Wallace Herluf Hansen ages 17 of 624 Eighth Street SE was accepted into the naval reserve via Cedar Rapids recruiting office. Robert Duane Junge, 17 from Keystone, has entered the navy.
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Wallace Herluf Hansen
Eighth Street SE
Naval Reserve
Cedar Rapids
Robert Duane Junge
Keystone
Navy
Administratrices Named for Two Estates
Ruth Bartling named administratrix of Mary E. Van Doran estate who died in Cedar Rapids August 3. W L Crissman appointed administrator of Alice Bradshaw Bobblitt estate who died July 4 1942 in Cook County Illinois.
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Ruth Bartling
Mary E. van Doran
Cedar Rapids
W. L. Crissman
Alice Bradshaw Bobblitt
Cook County
Ill
Last Record dance closes season at Club One-9-Teen
Jim Westcot and his Swing Kings perform at the Pre-School Ball this Saturday from 8 30 to 11 30 p m at Club One-9-Teen. The event marks the season finale for the club.
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Jim Westcot
Swing Kings
Yanks in Paris Parade In Footsteps of Dads
In Paris the American infantry division parades past the Arc de Triomphe and along the Champs Elysees to honor France Unknown Soldier. Lt Generals Bradley Koenig and others review the march as crowds cheer under rainy skies. Soldiers in battle array march toward renewed action.
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Paris
Dads
Arc de Triomphe
Mer
Omar S. Bradley
Joseph Pierre Koenig
France
Champs Elysees
Place Vendome
Chelsee Place de la Conerrd
Rue de Rivoli
Bradley
Charles de Gaulle
Gonward L. Montgomery
Jacques Leclerc
Fifth Avenue
Dixie
Georgia
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Dorothy Grundy
Frederick L. Grundy
Mildred Kimball
James Kimball
Enola Frances Davis
Robert George Davis
Police Record
Albert E. Caldwell
Wayne, Mich
Geneva Schwartz
A Avenue
Zola Bucklin
Seventh Street
St. Luke’s
Gerald Demmel
Third Street
Lawrence Stein
K Street
Charles E. Dennis
H Avenue
Abe Hamed
Nineteenth Avenue
Mercy
John R. Howe
F Avenue
James E. Clark
Fred Labes
Cedar Ravids Country Club
H. Earl Fries
Seventeenth Street
Fred C. Feller
Thirty Third Street
E. A. Brinkman
First Avenue
T. B. Hlubucek
Dunreath Drive
Frank Barber
Robert Anderle
Thirteenth Avenue
Gothic
Pacific
Ask
Yugoslav Coast
Perley Clark
Linn
Clark
Marion Lodge No
Pont Gies
Lodge
R.A.M
Patmos Command
Ery
R.T
Jones
Huntley Services
Beauchamp
C.R. Sergeant
City Briefs
Bermuda Mills
Bermuda
William G. White
Hitler
Georgiana
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