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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1945
Page
2
Tokyo report says Japan planned to print 90 billion yen in 500 and 1000 yen notes to year end but General MacArthur's HQ blocked the move. The finance ministry warned large notes would aid black market and tax avoidance in the war profits levy era.
Sunday forecast for Western and Eastern Iowa shows clouds and cooling from weekend highs in the 30s to 40s, with Monday milder in western areas and varying temps in the east. Local court actions list fines for parking and drunkenness, plus birth notices from Cedar Rapids and related communities with several families congratulated on newborns.
The Marine Corps lowered its enlistment period to two years effective immediately, with options still available for three and four year terms. Reenlistment within 90 days of discharge preserves the prior rank. Eligibility: ages 18 to 25 may enlist without prior service. 26 to 31 with prior service may join if not separated for more than a year.
The 92nd Buffalo Infantry took Mt Casala on the Fifth Army front in August 1944 after winter attacks. They captured La Spezia Genoa Alessandria and Turin and helped pin German divisions. Gen Clark praised the 92nd for contributing to the unconditional surrender of German forces in Italy.
Washington AP reports Britain trims Pan American Airways service from five to two round trips and reduces fares to less than half of other airlines, affecting transatlantic travel.
Bette Davis married her ex-boxer William Grant Sherry in a private Riverside ceremony Friday night. Reporters were not admitted to the church for the wedding which followed her earlier hope for a small church ceremony.
London reports that King Peter II intends to write a book revealing his relations with Marshal Tito. The Yugoslav parliament declared Peter’s royal rights ended, and a British official indicated readiness to recognize the new republic once official notice is given.
Loraine Schrader of 1501 Seventh Avenue SE is hospitalized at St Luke’s with pneumonia. Visitors are allowed. A Townsend mass meeting is planned for Sunday at the Pythian Hall located at 420 First Avenue NE, hosted by the Second District Council with a noon dinner.
Two juveniles were arrested at Union station Friday night as they tried to enter a stolen car. They admitted stealing the vehicle and several others during the past week for joy rides.
Patrolmen Felix Barta and Jerry Navratil arrested Louis L LaCour of Middleton Wisconsin Friday night on a charge of vagrancy.
Governor Dwight Griswold said he invited the seven other Midwest governors to a Wednesday meeting in Omaha to discuss maintaining order during the truck strike and potential arbitration. He warned the disruption could seriously harm public distribution of essential commodities. The telegrams went to Blue Iowa Vivian Colorado Thye Minnesota Sharpe South Dakota Randahl North Dakota Schoeppel Kansas and Donnelly Missouri.
President Truman told the Society for the Advancement of Management that industry must align with the public interest to keep high production and full employment. Secretary of Commerce Wallace urged using scientific management to meet modern economic challenges.
The Navy said Seaman First Class Paul I. Stewart 18 son of Senator Stewart was returned from the Pacific with a low discharge point score. Orders sent to a Hawaii base to move a group to Norfolk Va included Stewart by mistake. Senator Stewart said he had heard nothing and never requested the transfer.
The House passed a large deficiency appropriation bill Friday by voice vote totaling over 1.4 billion dollars for the current fiscal year ending June 30. It adds 24.5 million for temporary housing for homeless veterans 158.32 million for veterans hospitals and facilities and 122.275 million for navigation and river and harbor projects. A rider bars National Labor Relations Board funds for strike elections under the Smith Connally act. separate repeal legislation is planned for next week.
Courthouse Porferio G. Domingues about 30, and Jesus G. Rice 24, were injured in a Beverly bank car fight. Maximilian Vasquez, interpreter, told Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon Domingues returned intoxicated from Cedar Rapids at 3 am Saturday and started a fight. Rice did not identify his attacker. All three men are from Tampico, Mexico.
Alice Briles, 19, and Ruby Dodge, 23, were arraigned on vagrancy charges. Briles, with prior records, received six months in Linn county jail and a suspended five months. Dodge had six months with most of it suspended. Both women were arrested in a Cedar Rapids hotel with two men and gave addresses on NE Coldstream Avenue.
Maurice Toomer filed for nullification of his Nov 2 Iowa City marriage to Gladys Toomer claiming coercion by threats and misrepresentation. A separate suit, begun Sept 28, seeks to establish paternity of a child born Aug 14 to Gladys Furman.
The larceny case against Melvin Eugene Wells of Anamosa was continued until next Tuesday by Judge G. K. Thompson to allow counsel representation. Wells was arrested near the Union depot with a stolen car.
Leon Harrington pled not guilty to a false check charge before Judge G K Thompson. He was brought to the county jail Friday night by Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder and Jailer Seth Hendryx on a charge filed in January.
B R Senft, 55, of 1136 Tenth Street NW, pled guilty Saturday and received a one year county jail term dating from November 23 on a false check charge arrested November 20. The sentence will be suspended after he serves 30 days. The check for 40 dollars was drawn on Palo Savings Bank and cashed at a Cedar Rapids filling station.
Marie Alice Hromek of 1715 Second Avenue SE was confirmed Saturday as executor without bond of the will of her husband Henry Joseph Hromek who died in Cedar Rapids November 12. She was named sole heir in the will dated February 16, 1924.
R E Choate and Minnie Choate won a judgment for 172 50 against Dawkins W Espy of Iowa. The Collins Radio Co was ordered to pay 113 67 it owes Espy to the Choates as garnishee.
Brig. Gen. Hanford MacNider of Mason City Iowa was booked as principal speaker for a banquet at the National Winter Conference of Legion department commanders and adjutants in Indianapolis He commanded the 158th regimental combat team in Luzon and will join National Commander John Stelle for the event that includes meetings of the national executive committee and over 30 national committees commissions and boards.
Nobel laureate Dr. Irving Langmuir and Sen. Harry Byrd spar over the pace and feasibility of a global ban on atomic weapons. Langmuir urges moving toward an international agreement and potential sea disarmament, while Byrd warns against secrecy and risks to American security.
Notice of sale on December 15 1945 at 10 am at the warehouse 407 2nd Street SE Cedar Rapids Iowa for the property of Ruth Novak held by the undersigned. Items include a round top stand vanity bench and related goods with proceeds to cover expenses and costs. Signed by V Fossen.
The Associated Press reports thirty five thousand troops arriving at east coast ports and five thousand at west coast ports. Ships list numerous units including eng battalions, ordnance, antiaircraft, medical, and transport companies from Le Havre, Marseilles, Antwerp, and other ports.
Parley stalls on wage policy as leaders from CIO and management clash over who should set pay. Mosher argues against inflationary pricing while Murray abstains from the talks. Final aims include arbitration backed disputes and no discrimination, with wage and machinery issues remaining the main points of contention.
Sgt Lester R. Fritz of the Marine Corps reports to New River North Carolina after 30 days with his parents in Marengo He has spent two years in the Pacific. Pvt Avon D Hollopeter son of Verne and family received posthumous Combat Infantryman’s Badge for duty in ground combat He remained missing before being confirmed dead October 4 1944 in a German prison camp hospital Sgt Dick Donegan was killed in action in Italy October 26 1943 and brother of mailman Roger Donegan who is home on a 15 day delay en route from 19 months in the Pacific. Sgt Donald P Rinard discharged after 26 months service with multiple Pacific theatre awards. He is the son of 1212 Oakland Road NE and was stationed in Des Moines after duty in New Guinea Neemford Island Dutch New Guinea Luzon Philippines and Japan.
Proclamation read by Gayle Zedick as Mae Auker notes nearly 300 participants on stage and committees. The program, six weeks of work, faced last minute changes due to flu with Harlan Dobry as master of ceremonies and John Cleator Jr assisting.
Maston Burch 65 was found dead Friday in a hog house on his Olin area farm by his wife. Jones County Coroner F L Harrington and Sheriff Henry Ichhorn said hogs mutilated the body. No inquest would be held. Survived only by his wife. they moved from Missouri six years ago.
A wintry storm swept into Iowa bringing freezing rain and rain showers across the eastern region while western areas saw flurries. Cedar Rapids reported 32 degrees and light freezing precipitation as dozens of towns logged rainfall amounts, and a larger coastal storm caused 45 deaths with vessels missing off the northeast coast.
Eyes In corporated of Iowa City filed articles of incorporation in Des Moines with the secretary of state. Capitalized at 15000 dollars the firm lists officers President William C. Ferguson of Iowa City Vice Presidents Dr. L. B. Ferguson of Waterloo and W Lawrence Oliver of Des Moines Secretary Treasurer Leslie J. Ferguson of Iowa City.
Berlin AP reports the Allied Control Council signed a law banning military training and outlawing war veterans groups, parades, or military demonstrations in Germany as a move to curb militarism.
Davenport authorities extended a cross state dragnet for Raymond Hedden 38 of Peoria Illinois after he shot and killed Leslie Klaus 37 Davenport and wounded his wife Agnes Hedden as they walked downtown. An autopsy confirmed Klaus died of lung and heart injuries.
Donald T. Nagle twenty two of Davenport was shot and killed early Saturday as he fled a downtown alley from a night merchant patrolman in Rock Island. Patrolman Orville S. Bryan said he gave two halt orders and fired a warning shot before shooting as Nagle attempted to climb a fence. Nagle wore an army air force uniform and died instantly.
Cedar Rapids shippers cooperate well with a Friday freight hold request from agents to pause all less than carload shipments Saturday and Monday. The move, supported by Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau manager Harry F. Sundberg, aims to clear cars docks and freight houses following a Midwest truckers strike.
Washington AP reports the OPA announced hard coal price increases averaging 19 cents a ton, effective Saturday. Householders and other users of anthracite will pay the higher prices as the same average boost granted to Pennsylvania producers.
General George C. Kenney, commander of the Far Eastern air force, stated there are no records showing Charles Lindbergh obtained any Japanese planes. The remark was made on Friday amid ongoing wartime inquiries into air power acquisitions in the Pacific theater.
Dr William Jepson 82 longtime Sioux City physician and surgeon died Friday night. Born in Aarhu Denmark June 29 1863 he graduated from Iowa University in 1886 and taught surgery at Iowa and Sioux City College of Medicine. He led multiple medical societies and served as surgeon in WWI. Survivors include two sons and two daughters.
Sylvia F Helmich aged 86 wed Herbert Helmick aged 78 in Denver in a sixth marriage after saying loneliness drives her to more vows. Helmick, born near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, claimed nineteen siblings and five late husbands. the couple wed by a justice of the peace.
Dean Hollinsworth of Centerville was fined with costs after pleading guilty to failing to stop for an accident. His car struck H J Barta near F Avenue and Elk Boulevard NW on Friday night, then hit W C Stodola, injuring three cars. William Clark, of Second Street and Fourth Avenue, faced charges for loss of vehicle control after a crash with Lee Grimm of Vinton.
Des Moines AP reported authorities speculated that the green Hudson tied to the John Malink kidnapping may have belonged to one of the three captors. The car, towed to Ormsby Minnesota for 35, was found abandoned with a Chicago woman's driver license inside. State officers think the trio would have left the vehicle if not for the tow fee.
Emir Mohammed of Los Angeles files for divorce from his 25 year old American wife Princess Paresha Al Rashid claiming cruelty and seeking custody of their four month old daughter Hubbia. He says he wants to raise her as a Mohammedan princess. Previously the wife, daughter of C M Whiting of Marshalltown Iowa, sued for custody and cruelty but the husband argues the California residency requirement was not met.
Ottumwa Dr. L. R Wellstead was found guilty of second degree murder by a seven woman five man jury after deliberation. The defendant faced sentencing set for December 10 by Judge H. C. Taylor. County Attorney John D. Mom said the penalty ranges from 10 years to life in prison.
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