Rationing and Weather Notes in Cedar Rapids Area
December 8 1943 update lists rationing stamps for Meat Gasoline Foods Sugar and Fuel, with stamp validity through January and February 1944. Weather forecast for Cedar Rapids and blanketed towns calls for cloudy, colder tonight and Thursday with a low near 30, high 42, and recent temps around 25 to 36. Also records local divorces, marriages, fines for parking violations, fires alarms, and recent birth notices in Mercy and St Luke’s hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Chambers
Midight
Council Bluffs
Naval Air Corps Board Interviews Would-Be Cadets
Naval officers from the Des Moines office visit Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to interview high school students for naval aviation cadet training with officer commissions. A cadet selection board will operate in Cedar Rapids Thursday and Friday, December 16 and 17, from 9 am to 5 pm at the navy recruiting station in the post office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Aviation
Naval Air Corps
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Des Moines
Naval Aviation Service
Cedar Rapids Navy
Navy
St. Muilenburg
Roosevelt High School
Wilson High School
St. Patrick's
Soldier Held for Slaying of a Girl in Colorado
Littleton Colorado authorities guarded the county jail to head off mob violence as Army mess sergeant Frank Martz was charged in the brutal murder of Kath yJeen Ann Geist. Geist’s bruised body was found hidden beneath a sink in Martz’s Englewood apartment. Martz claimed he was too drunk to recall the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleton
Colo
INS
Frank Martz
Army
Charles Foster
Martz
KathyJeen Ann Geist
Englewood
Denver
Foster
Professor Woods Fined for Fast Driving to Class
Washington AP report says Dean George B. Woods of American University paid 20 dollars in traffic court on Tuesday for speeding to class, claiming his students would not wait for him.
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Washington
George B. Woods
American University
Turkish leaders arrive as allies hold staff talks
Turkey’s Inonu and a 15 member delegation flew in from Ankara amid Allied talks. Marshal Smuts met Churchill and dined with Roosevelt, but Turkish commanders did not take part in the staff discussions. The conference occurred on joint U S Britain and Russian initiative with Sergei Vinogradov representing the Soviet Union in Ankara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Sarper
Turkish Press Bureau
Germany
Jan C. Smuts
South Africa
Churchill
Roosevelt
Inonu
Menemencioglu
Fevzi Chakmak
Turkey
United States
Britain
Russia
Sergei A. Vinogradov
Ankara
Soviet Union
Report 550 Dead in New Quake in Turkey
A BBC broadcast reported 550 deaths and 12 villages destroyed in a new earthquake in central Turkey. The quake followed a November 27 event that killed 2,919 people and destroyed 3,321 buildings.
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Turkey
New York
Radio
Turey
Perkins Million More Women Workers Sought
Kansas City AP Frances Perkins says more than a million women must enter the labor force even as some war plants close. She cites doubled January draft quotas and plans to shift hard jobs to women from the 14 million women aged 18 to 60 with no jobs.
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Kansas City
Frances Perkins
National Labor Conference
Internal Strife Hits U S Senate Democrats
Washington. The fourth term issue sparks intra party turmoil as Sen. Joseph F. Guffey accuses southern Democrats and Republicans of an unholy alliance over a soldier voting bill. Sourthern lawmakers defend states rights and warn of peril to Democratic prospects if split persists. Byrd calls for Guffey resignation. Bailey and others voice strong warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
George H. Moses
Joseph F. Guffey
D-Pa
Roosevelt
Guffy
Josiah W. Bailey
D-N.c
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Guffey
Alben W. Barkley
Byrd
Senate Democrats
Barkley
Deaths and Obituaries in Cedar Rapids Area
Two obituaries detail the deaths of Pfe. Leroy Hendrix in a Colorado car crash and Martin G Riedel of Shellsburg. Riedel, a Quaker Oats retiree, leaves a large family including four sons and two stepsons, with services pending and body at Turner Mortuary.
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Martin G Riedel
Quaker Oats Company
Shellsburg
Wheatland
Cedar Rapids
Robert Riedel
Camp Roberts
Calif
George W. Riedel
Camp San Luis Obispo
Turner Mortuary
Death of Calvin P. Clark A Cedar Rapids Native
Relatives report the death Tuesday of Calvin P. Clark formerly of Cedar Rapids at El Reno Oklahoma. He served 40 years with the Rock Island railroad and was storekeeper at El Reno. A Washington high school graduate and past master of American Lodge Chicago he belonged to Medinah Temple AAONMS Chicago. Survived by widow a daughter Ruth Gisinger of Oklahoma City two Cedar Rapids sisters and a Chicago niece and a nephew. Burial planned in El Reno.
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Calvin P. Clark
Cedar Rapids
el Reno
Okla
Clark
Rock Island Railroad
Washington High School
American Lodge
A. F
A. M
Chicago
Medinah Temple
Ruth Gisinger
Oklahoma City
Stanley C. Moore
Leonora Clark
Mary Ellen Carter
Army
Obituary notices for Berkebile Minor and Ellwell
Death notices report Mrs. Lucile Shelley Berkebile former Cedar Rapids resident died in Monterey Park California Tuesday. Survived by husband Thomas Berkebile daughter son and three grandchildren. Services in Monterey Park. Cedar Rapids relatives learn Lewis C Minor 67 died in Magrath Alberta Canada. Emma Jewell dies Independence Iowa. Graveside service Thursday Keslin cemetery near Urbana. Moen chapel in charge.
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Cedar Rapids
Lucile Shelley Berkebile
Monterey Park
Calif
Washington High School
University of Michigan
Berkebile
Thomas Berkebile
Los Angeles
W. Hellman Avenue
Lewis C. Minor
Magrath
Alt
College Township
Linn County
Canada
Robert C. Smith
Alfred Minor
Paul Minor
Emma Jewell
Independence
Floyd I. Hinshaw
Keslin
Urbana
Moen Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Effie May Gilbert
Mrs Effie May Gilbert dies Tuesday at 1510 Third Avenue SE. Services set for Friday at 11 am in Beatty chapel with burial in Wyoming cemetery family lot. Friends may call at Beatty's.
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Pfe
Leroy Hendryx
Colorado
Rohn
John FE. de Long
Lafayette
Effie May Gilbert
Third Avenue SE
Beatty Chapel
Wyoming Cemetery
Beatty’s
British Destroyer Dulverton Lost at Sea
The Admiralty announced that the destroyer Dulverton has been lost. The London report states the vessel was missing after a voyage, with no immediate details on survivors or cause.
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London
Dulverton
Admiralty
Miss Fiedler Highlights Camp Fire Girls War Link
Miss Mary Fiedler of New York City, Camp Fire Girls field secretary, arrives in Cedar Rapids for a two day visit and conference. She says youth groups like Camp Fire are vital to postwar planning and outlines a new five point service for victory program for Bluebirds to Horizon scholars. A 730 pm panel and rally at the YMCA Keen Teen Klub will discuss the program and invite all interested parents and youth workers.
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Mary Fiedler
New York City
Camp Fire Girls of America
Cedar Rapids
Camp Fire
Camp Fire Girls
Keen- Teen Klub
Y.M.C.A
Bluebirds
Horizon Club
Farm Bureau Invited to Quebec Postwar Agriculture Conference
W A McLeod of Winnipeg urged the American Farm Bureau to join an international postwar agriculture conference in Quebec possibly in June. The proposed talks would gather qualified agricultural representatives from the United States England Africa Australia South America and Canada. H L Wingate cited England’s agriculture ministry readiness to cooperate and suggested including China in the gathering.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau
W. A. McLeod
Winnipeg
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Quebec
U. S
England
Africa
Australia
South America
Canada
McLeod
Ed O'Neal
H. L. Wingate
The
Georgia Farm Bureau
Ministry of Agriculture
Britain
China
Messages Reach Gripsholm Broadcast Listeners
Recorded voice grams via the International Red Cross in Geneva note listeners awaiting Gripsholm letters for Christmas. Mrs. Hagedorn mentions time to read and study and requests Spanish and Russian grammars. Lt. Wall recorded in November 1943. Letters to Mrs. Wall show postmarks from Syracuse Denver Greensburg Worland Oberlin Seattle Long Island Coleman Phoenix Winsted Sioux City. William C. Chamberlain of Saratoga, formerly Cedar Rapids, also heard the broadcast.
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International Red Cross
Geneva
Switzerland
Gripsholm
Hagedorn
Lt. Wall
Denver
Colo
Greensburg
Ind
Worland
Wyo
Oberlin
Seattle
Wash
Long Island
N. Y
Coleman
Texas
Phoenix
Ariz
Winsted
Harris Killed When Hit by Vehicle in Italy
Cpl. Arden D. Harris 26, of North Africa, Sicily and Italy campaigns, died November 11 1943 in Italy after injuries from being struck by a vehicle. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Harris of 1016 Eighth Street NW received confirmation from Maj. Gen. Ulio and a Nov. 27 telegram. Harris enlisted March 7 1941 and served in field artillery. He wrote of his nieces and family in his last letter and sent blessings to all.
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Cpl
Arden D. Harris
Italy
Charles D. Harris
Eighth Street
Harris
J. A. Ulio
The
United States
Cpl. Harris
Cpl. Warris
Yanks Polynesian Waiter Diet Story Captures War Time Humor
In a Pacific station mess Lt James McKinney describes Polynesian waiters who eat GI soap cake and refuse to use jam on bread. Despite language gaps he shares prayers and gestures, noting daily kneeling and friendship meaningfully formed with American personnel.
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William J. Worden
U. S. Airforce
Pacific
James McKinney
Hawkinsville
McKinney
Soup Status Under Rationing Clarified
Rationing Specialist N H Falk of the Omaha district OPA explains soups status under the new plan. Condensed or concentrated soups stay rationed with points, while ready to serve soups are off the ration list and point free.
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Omaha
Sns
N. H. Falk
Oelwein Woman Killed In Elevator Accident
Edna McGregor a 33 year old hotel cook died after being trapped in a passenger elevator between floors when a motor burned out. Hotel manager Vern Paschall found her after smelling smoke and freed the car an hour later. She struck her head on the floor and died from a skull fracture.
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Oelwein
Edna McGregor
Mealey Hotel
Vern Paschall
Turkish Parley Communique From Cairo Meeting 1943
The communique from Cairo reports leaders Roosevelt Inonu and Churchill met December 4 5 and 6 1943 with Eden Menemencioglu and Hopkins in attendance. It highlights the alliance among Britain Turkey and the United States and notes a review of the general political situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Roosevelt
United States of America
M. Ismet Inonu
Winston Churchill
United Kingdom
Anthony Eden
M. Numan Menemencioglu
Turkey
Harry Hopkins
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Inonu
Churchill
Cairo conference affirming unity among US Turkey Britain and Soviet ties
The Cairo talks examined policy across three nations with joint US Turkish and British interests. The discussions found close unity in world concerns between the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, alongside longstanding ties with Turkey. The meetings proved useful for future relations among the four nations involved.
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Ation
United States of America
Turkey
Great Britain
Cairo
Soviet Union
Committee Makes Cuts in Tax Bill
The senate finance committee on Wednesday ratified the house approved liquor tax increase to nine dollars a proof gallon while trimming other excise rates. The revisions are estimated to produce a net loss of one hundred twelve thousand dollars in new revenue.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
CIO Files Complaint Against Button Firm
A National Labor Relations Board hearing set for December 9 in Washington Iowa will examine a complaint by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers CIO against American Pearl Button Co The union says after a brief shutdown three women were recalled late and a printed pamphlet Employment and Labor Policy violated the act.
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Washington, Ia
National Labor Relations Board
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Cio
American Pearl Button Company
Machine Department
Committee Kills Paid Bond Acts
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 11 to 10 to table a bill authorizing paid government newspaper advertising to promote war bond sales. Treasury opposed as a subsidy and proponents argued it would extend bond message to rural areas without subsidies.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-N.c
Treasury Department
Department
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Felton Elected President of Iowa Fair Managers
Harold Felton of Indianola was elected president of the Fair Managers' Association of Iowa with C. C. Nichols of Cresco as vice president. New directors include Garet Van Stryland of Warren and Harold Creighton of Hampton. The secretary-treasurer will be chosen at the next board meeting. The group urged revision of state fair laws for postwar use and to present proposals to the upcoming legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Harold Felton
Indianola
Fair Managers’ Association of Iowa
C.C Nichols
Cresco
Garet van Stryland
Warren City
Harold Creighton
Hampton
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York
Davenport
Bronx City
Barbara Elliott
John Elliott
Mary Ann Blessing
Rudolf F. Blessing
Paul Whiting
Irene Kroupa
William H. Lohr
Betty Chadima
Eugene J. Hickey
Pullman Hotel
Louis C Raitt
Twelfth Avenue SE
Floyd H. Knapp
A Avenue
John Barnett
Claude Millard
Route 1
Wilbur W. Ring
Daniels Street
Paul Chesmore
Tenth Street
R. L Wilson
Godfrey Platz
Nineteenth Avenue
First Avenue
Harry Fleagle
Fleagle
Mercy Hospital
Mercy
Robert Hyde
Eighteenth Street
St. Luke's
Richard Alman
O Avenue NW
Elmer Overfield
Mt. Vernon Road
Vernal Stimson
Marion
Donald Spicher
Third Avenue SW
Wilson
SASON
U.S. Senate
Democrats
Rohn Chapel
Martin G. Riedel
Lucille Berkebile
Gilbert Services
Miss Fiedler
Quebec Farm Conference
Reveal Harris
Dees A
CIO
Button Firm
Felton
Felts
Pompadours
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