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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1944
Page
15
OPA refused a request to require front 1942 license plates on 1945 cars in Iowa. A single 1945 plate will be issued for the rear, with a front windshield sticker. Officials cited state law and courtroom identification concerns.
Davenport Iowa, The Right Reverend Msgr James W Bulger, venerable pastor of St Anthony s church, died at his home Tuesday night. He was 85 and among five Davenport diocese priests ordained more than 50 years.
In Des Moines the Nash Finch wholesale grocery branch at Marshalltown was enjoined from delivering sugar to retailers without transfer of OPA ration evidence. The order followed an OPA finding the company was 12 742 pounds out of balance in sugar ration accounts. District attorney George O Malleys comment stressed need to maintain ration control.
Marion city and township war bond drive totals reach 110630 led by Reuben Smith as chairman. township sales 25938 with half the workers not reporting, city sales 84692 with about a third outstanding. quota stands at 225000 and workers urged to submit reports. campaign ends Saturday.
Mrs Minnie Belle King 77 widow of James E King died Wednesday at 3 25 am at her home 295 Third avenue after a brief illness She was born February 5 1867 in Harrisburg Pa and moved to Marion as a child She survived by a daughter Bertha Sackett five sons 13 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren a sister Lydia Brewer Services at YoCom chapel with time to be announced Friends may call at the chapel
A dense catalog of books across genres lists titles by S R Anna LL Strange to Nancy Naylor and many editors. Prices range from $1.00 to $7.50, with children's classics, art histories, military and war memoirs, fiction and poetry noted alongside publishers and formats.
Grace Harris and party of East Moline guests at the Ralph Oxley home were called to Marion by the death of Thomas H. Oxley. Twelve members of the Methodist K B B class met for a Christmas dinner hosted by Mrs. Harry Waline. Kathleen Waline sang carols. Miss Betty Jane Scott, daughter of the Archie Scotts, returns from a five month visit at Pasco Washington with her uncle and aunt the Ole Hansons. Baker Dallis Carsner arrived in Hawaii December 2. his wife has been advised.
Des Moines commissioner R B Laird urged the state executive council to relocate the Fairfield police radio station near Sigourney and to create a new station at an undetermined site. He also suggested moving the Des Moines fair grounds station west of the city for clearer signal, noting a second station would complete the system.
Des Moines report states the state executive council approved the Board of Education purchasing five Iowa City properties for the University of Iowa campus at 24,700 dollars from on hand funds. The council also approved lightning damage repairs at three state hospitals: Independence 740 dollars Mount Pleasant 1 025 dollars and Woodward 97 dollars.
Five of a nine man B-17 crew were killed and four injured when the aircraft from the Sioux City air base crashed and burned in a Minot area cornfield late Tuesday. Al Erb said the ship flew low over his farm and appeared to sideslip to the ground as his son Ray watched from nearby.
Officers-elect of the Masonic lodge are Worshipful master Harry Gibbs senior warden Glenn Slick junior warden Carl Hunt secretary Dr C B Rogers and treasurer Roy A Miller. Flyers listing dead are withheld pending next of kin notification.
A long standing remedy called Dr Teeling's Teething Relief is promoted for teething discomforts in babies. Marketed as trusted by mothers for over 50 years, it is sold at May's Drug Stores and other drug stores with a money back satisfaction guarantee.
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