Daily Record Weather and notices from December 15 1943
The paper reports temperatures for Cedar Rapids Des Moines Bismarck New York Chicago Davenport Sioux City and Omaha with highs and lows. It lists rationing details for meat gas shoes fuel oil and sugar, plus divorce petitions police court traffic court and births. Fire calls include several dwelling and facility fires with roof and chimney damage and alarms.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Bismarck
New York
Chicago
Homaha
Davenport
Sioux City
Ben E. Simonson
Myrtle Simonson
Leona Reynolds
Rockford Road
Absenteeism Rises At Several Firms In Flu Season
Absentee rates near 50 percent at Wilson and company Quaker Oats Link-Belt Speeder and Iowa Engineering. Towa Manufacturing shows nearly 50 percent above normal while Cherry Burrell and Century edge back from worst week. Century says most workers have returned after a bad last week.
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Towa Manufacturing
Cherry-Burrell
Century
Health officials warn of rising respiratory illness nationwide
By The Associated Press more than a million people suffer respiratory ailments nationwide as colder weather fails to curb spread. Reports from Madrid indicate Germany faces an influenza grippe epidemic comparable to Britain, where 709 deaths were recorded in a week. Health authorities stressed that.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Germany
Britain
Epidemic Comparison Echoes Across Cities
The report contrasts current illness levels with the 1918 influenza. Montpelier Vermont closes waters and schools as 40 percent of students fall ill. Utah notes public school absences 10 to 50 percent higher, Philadelphia faces 200000 cases with expert consultations, Washington DC reports tapering cases, while New York City notes high to lower employee and school absenteeism in rapid shifts.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Utah State Health Department
Philadelphia
Hubley R. Owen
Washington, D.C
New York City
Ernest L Stebbins
Fats Waller Dies on Train at 39
Kansas City report states Fats Waller band leader writer and actor died on a Santa Fe Chief train upon arrival at Union Station. Wallace Kirkeby his business manager said the pianist suffered a convulsion and possibly a heart attack after illness with flu. Survived by widow and three sons. He was famed for Ain't Misbehavin and Honey Suckle Rose and once played organ at Notre Dame cathedral.
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Kansas City
Thomas W
Fats” Waller
Santa Fe
Union Station
Wallace
Kirkeby
Waller
Honey ‘Suckle Rose
Lon
Fats
Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris
Europe
Community notices from Des Moines area clubs and events
R A Vick Preston lies at Veter ans hospital Des Moines. Free Cooking School Thursday at 2 15 p m. Townsend club No 7 meeting Wednesday 730 p m hall 117 F avenue NW. Elmer V Foulks enlisted in shipyard work under navy units program Cedar Rapids recruiting station. Cedar Rapids Townsend Caravan meets Thursday 730 p m hall 117 F avenue NW gift exchange. Mt Herman lodge 263 A F and A M dinner 6 15 p m Masonic hall Masters degree. Ambar Grotto Christmas party Friday 730 p m K P hall gift exchange and refreshments. Iowa Consistory Christmas party Friday Scottish Rite temple cards 830 p m dancing 9 12 refreshments. Committee includes Engel Beach and Murdoch Stitzel.
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Townsend Club No. 7
F Avenue NW
Elmer V. Foulks
Thirty-third Avenue
Navy
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Herman Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Ambar Grotto
P. Hall
Iowa
Scottish Rite Temple
Charles Engel
John Franklin Beach
Kenneth V. Murdoch
Harry G. Stitzel
Deaths Gideon J. Benjamin of Cedar Rapids
Gideon J. Benjamin died after a lingering illness in a local hospital at 8 15 p m Tuesday. Born April 12 1863 in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin he lived in Cedar Rapids for 55 years. He was a plasterer before retirement and married Clara B Church in Marion May 12 1917. Survived by wife two daughters two brothers a sister 11 grandchildren three great grandchildren five step children and other relatives. Funeral arrangements not completed Friends may call at Moen chapel.
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Gideon J. Benjamin
Engleside
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Clara B. Church
Marion
Hoover Hubbard
R. E. McCartney
Chicago
Edward
St. Paul
Minn
Joe
Winona
Oscar French
Harold Usher
Harold
Glen
Obituary: Lola A Rowell of Ames Dies After Illness
Lola A Rowell 1315 Fourth Street NW Ames died Monday at 10 45 p m after a week long illness in an Ames hospital She was born November 23 1894 in Bocinevills and married R B Rowell in February 1926 She leaves her husband three sons Robert Tom and Dick a daughter Patty her parents Mr and Mrs F O Bishop of Nevada two brothers Harley Bishop of Des Moines and Don Bishop of St Louis and a sister Jane Bishop Baker of Washington DC She belonged to the Methodist church and the P T A of Taylor school and Roosevelt high school The body will go to Rohn chapel friends may call Thursday evening Funeral arrangements are pending
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Lola A. Rowell
Fourth Street
Ames
Bocinevills
R. B Rowell
Robert
Tom
Patty
F. O
Nevada
Harley Bishop
Des Moines
Don Bishop
St. Louis
Jane Bishop Baker
Washington, D. C
Rowell
Methodist Church
Taylor School
Roosevelt High School
Rohn
Death of Cedar Rapids resident Myra J Aschenbrenner
Myra J Aschenbrenner 72 died at 3 a.m. Wednesday at her daughter Mrs Fred Bammert's home 1234 Tenth Street SE Cedar Rapids where she had lived 23 years after moving from Shellsburg her birthplace March 9 187. Survived by two daughters Mrs Bammert and Mrs Frank Spence of Marion a brother Elmer Sterns Cedar Rapids 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild She was a Church of the Brethren member Services 2 p.m. Friday Beatty chapel Rev H L Ruthrauff Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at Beatty's.
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Myra J.aschenbrenner
Fred Bammert
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Shellsburg
Bammert
Frank Spence
Marion
Elmer Sterns
Aschenbrenner
Church of the Brethren
H. L. Ruthrauff
Beatty Chapel
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Beatty's
Infant son of Hepkers dies in Cedar Rapids services
Private services were held in Beatty chapel Wednesday for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Ocie Hepkers of 66 Fifteenth avenue SW who died in Cedar Rapids.
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Beatty Chapel
Ocie Hepker
Fifteenth Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids
Burial at Shiloh Cemetery Follows Family Funeral
A funeral service was held for a family member on Tuesday with burial at 2 pm in the family lot of Shiloh Cemetery. The ceremony honored the deceased and reflected family ties.
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Shiloh Cemetery
Funeral Rites Set for William James at Moon Chapel
Private services will be conducted by the Rev. Floyd L. Hins shaw in the Moon chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday for William James who died suddenly Monday evening at his home 614 Fourth Street NW. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery. Please omit flowers.
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Floyd L. Hinshaw
Moon Chapel
William James
Fourth Street NW
Linwood Cemetery
Big Day Tuesday Hits 98 000 Christmas Cards
Cedar Rapids postal officials said Tuesday was the biggest day of the 1943 Christmas season with 98 000 cards handled. They aim for 100 000 daily to avoid delays and possible late delivery, noting 170 000 was reached last year before Christmas.
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Cedar Rapids
Brakeman Awarded 200000 Judgment in Injury Suit
Tracy J. Cropper of Columbus Ohio won a 200000 damage judgment against the Pennsylvania railroad after a mishap left him with a missing left arm and a right leg. He alleged defective hand brakes caused stalled cars and a collision with another car on a switching track.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tracy J. Cropper
Columbus
Ohio
Cropper
VFW Police Unit Dance Planned at Danceland Ballroom
The Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary police unit will sponsor a benefit dance Thursday from 9 p.m. to midnight at Danceland ballroom. Larry Hunter and his orchestra will provide the music to raise funds for equipment. The unit, led by Comdr. W. D. Corley, volunteers with the Cedar Rapids police department. Art Buckner chairs the dance committee. the public is invited.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Police Unit
Danceland Ballroom
Larry Hunter
Cedar Rapids
Senate Subsidy Unit Breaks Up in Discord
The Senate banking committee postponed a vote on ending food subsidies after a Tuesday night dispute. A Senate banking subcommittee had earlier sought a compromise in the subsidy fight, but split in disagreement and sent the issue back to the full committee.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Stiles to Head Cedar Rapids Chamber Dinner Talk
Dr Karl A Stiles chairman of Coe College natural science division will speak at a 615 pm dinner meeting of the unnamed Cedar Rapids Chamber bureau on What Happens to the Human Body in Flight with slides Reservations close at 5 pm Thursday Lee Winterberg bureau board chair will meet the new 1944 board at 515 pm Thursday to elect officers for 1944
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Karl A. Stiles
Division of Natural Science
Coe College
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Stiles
Warren N Keck
Chamber
Lee Winterberg
Bureau
French Citizenship Granted to Algerian Arabs
The French National Committee decided to grant full citizenship to Algerian Arabs who can read and write French and proposed reforms aimed at political and economic equality in Algeria.
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Algiers
Algeria
New Britain Invasion Seen Nearing Ground Assaults
Allied air forces pound New Britain targets as Ramu valley fights and Huon peninsula advance. Australian troops repulse three Japanese counterattacks while bombers hit Gasmata Rabaul Cape Gloucester Cape Hoskins and Wide Bay.
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New Britain
Southwest
Pacific
Japan
Gibraltar
Truk
Ramu
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Bougainville
Jane Christiaan Smuts
Germany
Douglas MacArthur
Gasmata
Rabaul
Lakunai
Cape Gloucester
Cape Hoskins
Wide Bay
Yanks Bomb Two Marshall Atolls
Pacific fleet announced U S bombing raids on Wotje and Jaluit atolls in the Marshall Islands. Army Liberators hit Wotje with one plane damaged by ground fire, while Navy bombers attacked Jaluit at dusk. A pilot was wounded by machine gun fire and several planes were damaged. Japanese raids on Tarawa caused no reported damage or casualties.
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Pearl Harbor
Wotje
Jaluit
Marshall Islands
Pacific Fleet
Tarawa
Gilberts
Navy
Linn county selects Dewees for road resurfacing contract
The Linn county board of supervisors awarded a $22,833.66 contract to C. B. Dewees of Marion to resurface 25.2 miles of local trunk roads in Linn Brown and Franklin townships with crushed rock. Bids came from Anderson Cedar Rapids Concrete Materials and Construction Springville’s J G Vernon. Mary Messinger dismisses her divorce action against Joseph Lynn Messinger without prejudice.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
C. B. Dewees
Marion
Linn, Brown
Franklin
Dewees
B. L. Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Concrete Materials and Construction Company
J. G. Vernon
Springville
Burma Urges Liberty Valued, Warns of Postwar Burdens
Rep. Henry W. Burma former Butler county sheriff and 1943 Iowa House speaker told Kiwanis members that liberty has cost a high price and must be safeguarded after the war. He warned against postwar overregulation and urged home, school, and church aid to curb juvenile delinquency. He noted his wartime hospital visit and his bid for the 1944 Republican gubernatorial nomination.
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Henry W. Burma
Allison
Iowa
House of Representatives
Kiwanis Club
Burma
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Butler County
Cadet Selection Board Visits Cedar Rapids for Two Days
A naval aviation cadet selection board will visit Cedar Rapids for two days to interview and examine 17 and 18 year old high school seniors and remaining vacancies for 19 to 27 year olds. Navy doctors and pharmacists mates will conduct full physicals as the V-5 program expands with eight months of V-12 college training credit.
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Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Cedar Rapids
Navy
C. W. Muilenburg
Comdr. Dudzinsky
Naval Aviation
Four Hunters Treed by Own Coon Dog in Hillsboro
In Hillsboro Wisconsin four men Harry Klepper Bob Howard and Earl and Roy Kinsella hunted a coon hound that went wild. The dog treed them for hours overnight until dawn when it wandered off. Howard called it war nerves and the men offered the dog for sale.
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Hillsboro
Harry Klepper
Bob Howard
Earl
Roy Kinsella
Howard
Fire ruins officers club in Palm Springs blaze
In Palm Springs California the Officers club of the 21st ferrying group was destroyed by fire Tuesday. Only salvage is a sheet music piece titled Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.
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Palm Springs
Calif
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