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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1944
Page
8
The item lists wartime ration stamps valid through 1945 for meats, foods, sugar, coupons for fuel oil and gasoline, airplane shoe stamps, and related restrictions. It also reports multiple divorce decrees and various local fines for drunkenness, traffic, and license violations, plus notices of births at St Luke's Mercy and Davenport.
Seventeen year olds may qualify for the Army Specialized Training Reserve program by taking a mental examination at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Des Moines recruiting headquarters. Those who pass receive transportation for a physical exam. applicants must enlist by January 1 and be under 17 years 3 months when assigned after graduation.
Senator Gillette of Iowa warns that allied unity is fraying and the public no longer knows the war’s aim. He urges a new explicit declaration of American objectives to prevent political loss of victory as he nears the end of his Senate career.
Gillette criticizes the Dum_barton Oaks talks for deep disagreements and decries a news blackout on the Eastern European front. He warns the world is denied access to the truth in a crucial hour and condemns proposed collaboration under totalitarian regimes.
The article notes that only purchasers of Series E bonds may vote in the bond drive and ballots are available at issuing agencies once stamped paid. Each bond purchaser has one vote per dollar of maturity value on bonds bought. no new entrants joined Saturday's voting.
The Linn county war finance committee says voters receive a ballot with Series E bond purchases. The ballot must be stamped paid by the issuing agency, voted at that agency, and left there to be forwarded to the war bond office in the coliseum. Ballots are counted only at the war bond office.
A mother who had been receiving votes, Mrs J F Kanealy of 1727 Fourth Avenue SE, asked her name be withdrawn, leaving 19 in the running.
Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. appeals to Americans to buy more war bonds to save lives and shorten the war. He cites Treasury figures showing over two billion dollars remain to meet the sixth war loan goal and emphasizes equipment superiority as key to early victory.
The Linn county war finance committee released standings for choosing a Cedar Rapids war mother to christen a Victory ship named for the city. Top vote getter Mrs Verne Sorenson led with 25 925 votes followed by Mrs Leonard Field 21 150 and Mrs George Victorine 20 900 among many contenders.
The Chinese high command announced that Japanese forces have been expelled from Kweichow province and driven back across the Kwangsi border.
Peete Avery of 611 Eighth Street SE reports a sports jacket stolen from a hook at the Taft grill on Saturday. E Keeley of 1608 Green Avenue NE reports a child’s sled valued at $3 stolen from the porch of his home Saturday night.
Mrs Mary A Doyle died Saturday at 5 pm in Sacred Heart hospital Le Mars where she had lived the last seven years. Born August 18 1863 in Mt Vernon she grew up there and graduated from Cornell college. She married John Doyle July 26 1887 in Lisbon and lived in Mt Vernon before moving to Cedar Rapids forty years ago. She leaves three sons Rev F W Doyle Imogene Ia J J Doyle Cedar Rapids and A J Doyle Chicago three daughters Sister Mary Ruth Le Mars Sister Mary Clarice Remsen and Katherine T Perley Cedar Rapids a sister Mrs E J Flynn Cedar Rapids and two grandchildren Her husband died February 13 1928. She belonged to St Patrick Church Cedar Rapids services will be held Wednesday morning at a time to be announced. Body will be moved from Teahen chapel to the home of son J J Doyle 9016 avenue NW Tuesday morning. Friends may visit the residence.
Obituaries note Dorothy Sloan Leas of Encinitas Calif died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Survived by husband Arthur Leas, parents Leonard and unspecified Sloan, sister Mavis Kinsall, and grandfather Edmond Elam. Funeral plans pending Cedar Rapids arrival. Also Rev. George L Zocher of Vancouver Wash dies after long illness. survived by wife, five daughters, three grandsons, and a Cedar Rapids connection. Charles L LeVin 87 dies in Cedar Rapids. funeral soon. Lumir Shimanek dies in Superior Wis with services in Tipton and Cedar Rapids. burial at Oak Hill Cemetery.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company and published daily and Sunday at 600 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It entered as second class matter June 14 1992 at the Cedar Rapids post office under the Act of March 3 1878. Full leased wire reports from AP and UPI. The Associated Press exclusively licensed to republication. Prices shown 4.00 3.78 4.15.
Stormliner was 40 minutes late leaving Cedar Rapids on Monday morning. Rock Island trains largely late except Twin Cities St Louis Zephyr Rockets. Milwaukee trains to Ottumwa and Calmar on schedule. Des Moines weather official Wurster reported 7.1 inches at 7 a.m. in Cedar Rapids, noting historical totals and regional comparisons.
City motorists were reminded that any car left at curbs for over 24 hours may be towed to the police station under city ordinance. Capt. Steve Stolba urged compliance as snowdrifts and inactivity created traffic hazards. Authorities expect enforcement as conditions improve.
Public Works Commissioner Dave Williams says crews began Sunday night and expect full snow removal by Monday afternoon. Nine plows operated citywide with three maintainers in the loop district. Snow go machines cleared piles downtown while nine trucks hauled snow. Minor accidents occurred with no injuries. Police towed 13 cars for $3 fees. Temperatures ranged from 21 to 29 degrees with overcast clearing later.
Hollywood report says screen star Ann Sothern and her eight pound daughter Patricia Ann are “getting along very nicely” as they settle in after the birth.
Rome reports a cabinet formed without Count Carlo Sforza or Action party members, signaling a shift in Italy with Ivanoe Bonomi leading a coalition of Communist, Christian Democrat, Labor Democrat and Liberal members. Palmiro Togliatti and Giulio Rodino named vice premiers, while the left’s influence tightens.
A Skorpion propaganda sheet reports that all ranks may liquidate commanding officers who order retreat, warning the privilege must not be abused. The notice targets German forces with a chilling command amid wartime discourse.
Seaman DeVere Wolfe has arrived in Hawaii per his mother Mrs E T Wolfe of 843 Second Street NW His father Electrician's Mate E T Wolfe is at San Francisco Lt William J Brown Jr has arrived in Burma with a field artillery medical detachment per his parents Mr and Mrs W J Brown 1962 First Avenue NE Sgt Virgil D Greenwood now in France with wife at 1307 D Avenue NE and his parents Mr and Mrs George E Greenwood of Vinton
Rome AP Maj George Knauer deputy communications officer of the Allied control commission was killed in an October crash of an army transport plane in the Mediterranean between Rome and Sardinia. Knauer, 53, body never found. He was the son of G H Knauer of 725 G avenue NW grew up in Cedar Rapids and his wife resides in Fargo North Dakota.
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