Fair Warm Readings for Iowa Tonight and Friday
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight and Friday with no precipitation. Minimums fell to subzero readings across many cities, though Cedar Rapids reported 2 above zero at 9 am and later readings reached 24 degrees with 20 percent humidity. Temperatures rose after the cold spell, and officials predicted further relief with partly cloudy skies and warmer weather tomorrow.
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Fort Dodge
Ottumwa
Marshalltown
Carroll
Ames
Lamont
Mason City
Waterloo
Muscatine
Des Moines
Iowa City
Burlington
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Temperatures and rationing notes in Daily Record
December 16 1943 Daily Record lists temperatures for New York and Stour City. It details rationing with meat green stamps sugar fuel oil and shoe and airplane stamps, plus fines for disorderly conduct. Fire and emergency calls appear with locations and times along with recent births and divorce actions.
Navy to Interview Youths for Air Corps Training Friday
Lt. C. W. Muilenburg leads a Cedar Rapids recruiting visit to interview qualified youths for direct commissions in the U S Navy and for V-5 naval aviation cadets. The board seeks high school seniors age 17 or 18 and also has billets for graduates under 35 as deck officers and limited openings under 38 in supply. A full staff processes aviation applicants at the post office basement.
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U. S. Navy
C. W. Muilenburg
Cedar Rapids
Navy
Muilenburg
Naval Aviation
Post Office
A. S. Hawkey
Consistory elects officers and welcomes Haegg as Master of Kadosh
Henry E. Haegg was elected Master of Kadosh for Iowa Consistory. Ray C. Coutts as prior and James H. Smith as preceptor. Re elected were James W. Boling as chancellor Fred H. Killen as minister of state William C. Henning as almoner George F. Miller as treasurer Edward E. Sparling as registrar and Harry A. Palmer as executive member. George E. Farmer installed the officers. Fidelity company officers for 1944: Henry E. Haegg president M. M. Thompson vice president E. E. Sparling secretary-custodian George F. Miller and M. M. Thompson Clark resignation of George E. Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Haegg
Henry E. Haegg
Kadosh
Iowa
Ray C. Coutts
James H. Smith
James W. Boling
Fred H. Killen
William C. Henning
George F. Miller
Edward E. Sparling
Harry A. Palmer
George E. Farmer
City Firemen Given Two Months Back Pay
The city council passed a resolution awarding two months back pay to City Firemen John Maher and Roy Serowy who were recently discharged from the armed forces. They had their checks held while authorities determined entitlement to the first month after returning to work. They received one month’s pay during leave for military service.
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John Maher
Roy Serowy
Deaths Henry H. Siver 79 in Long Illness at Niece Home
Henry H. Siver 79 died about 9 a.m. Thursday at his niece’s home after a long illness. Coroner Dr. T. F. Hersch said death was from coronary heart disease. He had walked upstairs when stricken. Survived by niece, a daughter Theresa Johnston of Clinton, six brothers Allen, Robert, Bert, Frank of Lisbon, Lorenzo and Edward of Cedar Rapids, and sister Carrie Siver of Minneapolis. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Johnston funeral home Mt. Vernon. burial Lisbon cemetery.
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Henry H. Siver
T. F. Hersch
Linn County
Siver
Orlie C. Workman
Seventh Avenue SE
Theresa Johnston
Clinton
Allen Siver
Martelle
Robert
Bert
Frank
Lisbon
Lorenzo
Edward Siver
Cedar Rapids
Carrie Siver
Minneapolis
Johnston
Mt. Vernon
Lisbon Cemetery
Death Notice Frank M. Knight 76 Cedar Rapids Native
Word has been received of the death of Frank M. Knight 76 a former Cedar Rapids resident who died December 8 in Fort Wayne Indiana where he lived with his daughter Mrs. Harry E. Larimer He lived in Cedar Rapids 45 years before moving to Fort Wayne 27 years ago He is survived by his daughter five grandchildren a great grandchild a sister Mrs Ella Livings Belle Plaine a brother Thomas Knight Holstein and several nieces and nephews including Mrs J A Peck and Walter E Knight both of Cedar Rapids Services and burial were at Fort Wayne
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Frank M. Knight
Cedar Rapids
Fort Wayne
Ind
Harry E. Larimer
Ella Livings
Belle Plaine
Thomas Knight
Holstein
J. A. Peck
Walter E. Knight
Photographer James Gregory dies after three weeks illness
James Jay Gregory of Cedar Rapids died Thursday at 6 30 am after a three week illness. Born in Kuchang China he lived in Cedar Rapids for years and married Etta Garth on Sept 24 1912. A photographer for 27 years he specialized in children's portraits and was a St Pauls Methodist Church member. He is survived by his wife with funeral plans pending.
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James Jay Gregory
Meadowbrook Drive
Kuchang
China
Gregory
Cedar Rapids
Etta Garth
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Stewards
Mrs. Mary L. Finch Dies in Waterloo
Mrs. Mary L. Finch 1517 Bever avenue SE died Wednesday in Waterloo. Formerly of Mt. Vernon she lived in Cedar Rapids for years and belonged to the First Church of Christ Scientist. She leaves a brother Edward McClelland Beaver City Nevada and three nieces. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Cedar Memorial Cemetery conducted by a reader from the First Church of Christ Scientist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Finch
Bever Avenue
Waterloo
Mt. Vernon
Finch
Cedar Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist
Edward McClelland
Beaver City
Nev
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Gideon J. Benj am in Cedar Rapids Hospital
Services for Gideon J. Benjamin, who died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Tuesday, will be conducted by the Rev. H. L. Ruthrauff in Cedar Rapids.
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Gideon J. Benjamin
Cedar Rapids Hospital
H. L. Ruthrauff
Services for Mrs. Rowell at Rohn Chapel Friday
Services for Mrs. R. B. Rowell of 1315 Fourth Street NW will be held Friday at 2 30 p.m. in the Rohn chapel with Rev. John E. De Long officiating. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery. friends may call this evening at the Rohn chapel.
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R. B. Rowell
Fourth Street NW
Rohn Chapel
John E. de Long
Linwood Cemetery
New Rector of Grace Church In Cleveland
The Rev. Paul L. Clark becomes rector of Grace Episcopal Church and will preach his first sermon at 11 am Sunday. He succeeds Rev. Verdon L. Shattuck Jones, now a navy chaplain, born in Denver and mostly raised in Ohio. Clark studied at Akron College and the University of Akron, and ordained in 1926 by Bishop Ivins. He previously served 18 months at St. Andrew's Kenosha and 17 years with St. James Cleveland.
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Paul L. Clark
Grace Episcopal Church
Clark
Vernon L. Shattuck Jones
J.g
Navy
Denver
Colo
Ohio
Akron Business College
University of Akron At
Akron
Nashotah Seminary
Nashotah
Wis
St. Andrew’s Chapel
Kenosha
Benjamin F. P. Ivins
Milwaukee
St. John’s Church
Delafield
W. A. Peterson
St. James Church
Cleveland
Driver 3 Hours in Ditch After Crash Amputation
James M. McNamara 45 of 730 Fourteenth Street SE suffered severe injuries after a crash near Tama Tuesday night when blinded by a truck and veered into a ditch. He was found three hours later and transported to Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids, where his right leg was amputated.
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James M. McNamara
Fourteenth Street
Mercy Hospital
Tama
Mt Vernon Honors Roll Dedication Ceremony
Dedication services for Mt. Vernon high school honor roll were held Wednesday with Mayor Nelson introducing Ralph Heasty of the Chamber of Commerce. The board was financed by the chamber, a large portion, as John Klimo accepted the honor. Music by the municipal band directed by Dillon Holcomb accompanied guests including local pastors, Lt. H O Lestage Jr and Seward Merritt. The list includes 199 local service members and a gold star for Sam Koch.
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MT. Vernon
R. A. Nelson
Ralph Heasty
Chamber of Commerce
al Morrissey
Chamber
John Klimo
Dillon Holcomb
W. G. Rowley
J. B. Eyestone
Truck Drivers Host Saturday Theater Party
Truck Drivers Local No. 238 will host a Christmas theater party at the Paramount Theater at 10 a.m. Saturday. Mrs Genevieve Carringer secretary of the union announced the change from a Christmas party to a theater program for families of union members and invited families of members from Sunsh r Mission the Home for the Friend less and the Community House.
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Sunsh R Mission
the Paramount
Genevieve Carringer
Carringer
Driver Crashes Into Rail Engine in Heavy Fog
Arthur Lee Bliobenes, 45, of 820 Second Street SW, suffered lip and chin abrasions and a knee injury after his car struck a Milwaukee switch engine at Third Street and Ninth Avenue SE. He said fog prevented him from seeing the train or crossing guard before impact.
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Arthur Lee Bliobenes
Second Street
Milwaukee
Third Street
Ninth Avenue
Bliobenes
109000 Christmas Cards In C R Mail Wednesday
Cedar Rapids post office reported a 1943 high of 109000 Christmas cards handled on Wednesday. Postmaster Frank B Baldwin said cards are rising about 10000 daily and warned that peak daily mail volume may not reach last year's 17000 in time for Christmas.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank B. Baldwin
Officials Hope Rail Walkout Prevented By Mediation
Cleveland AP reports railway and government leaders expect a nationwide rail strike set for December 30 to fail to materialize. A mediation session in Chicago will involve railroad officials and union presidents including Fraser and Pelley, who express optimism for a settlement.
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Cleveland
National Mediation’ Board
Chicago
Brotherhood
H. F. Fraser
The
Order of Railway Conductors
John J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Daniel Loomis
Western Carriers Conference Committee
Fraser
A. F. Whitney
D. B. Robertson
Alvanley Johnston
T. C. Cashen
Reds Near Kiev Regain Initiative
Moscow reports Gen. Vatutin’s First Ukrainian Army has launched a second offensive in the Kiev Bulge, driving Germans from key positions along the Dnieper west bank and signaling a potential German pause after fresh counterattacks. Nearby, Gen. Konev’s forces widened positions west of the Dnieper following the Cherkassy and Kremenchug bridgeheads, with control extending along a 65 mile frontage and a 250 mile west-bank corridor. Berlin claims new offensives near Nevel and Zhlobin were repelled as Moscow gave no confirmation.
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Moscow
Nikolai Vatutin
Kiev
Eterev River
Vattle
Vatutin
Red
Ivan Konev
Dnieper River
Kremenchug
Cherkassy
West Bank
Dnieper
Nikopol
White Russia
Vitebsk
Zhlobin
Berlin
Nevel
Gomel
Ford Plane Plant Damaged by Fire
Fire severely damaged the large Pratt and Whitney plane engine facility at the Ford Rouge plant in Detroit causing a halt in war production. One worker was injured and no others were overcome by smoke.
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Detroit
INS
Pratt and Whitney
Ford Rouge
Promotion of Richard A. Wing to Major
Word is received of Richard A. Wing being promoted from captain to major. He is the son of Mr and Mrs F E Wing of 1429 Sixth Avenue SE and a 1939 Coe College graduate. Major Wing is stationed at an Army air base in Murac California as squadron executive officer. Mrs Wing and their son reside at 1353 B Avenue NW with her parents Mr and Mrs Tom McAllen.
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Richard A. Wing
F. E. Wing
Sixth Avenue SE
Major Wing
Coe College
Army Air Base
Murac
Calif
Wing
B Avenue NW
Tom McAllen
Three German Plead Guilty At War Trial In Kharkov
Three German army members pled guilty before a Russian military court on charges of complicity in mass murder during Nazi occupation of Kharkov. They faced possible death sentences as the first war crimes trial held by a United Nations tribunal. Langfeld testified he beat a Russian woman and killed her to stop cries, describing guards letting dogs maul prisoners after rations.
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Kharkov
United Nations
Reinhardt Retzinv
Berlin
Secret
Hans Ritz
Marienwerden
Wilhelm Langfeld
Frankfort-am- Main
Mikhail Bulanov
Langfeld
Cedar Rapids War Chest Surpasses Goal by Over Forty Four Thousand
Final audit shows Cedar Rapids war chest total at 204487.29 dollars, surpassing the 160059 goal by 44438.29. City drive chairman Glenn O Fletcher notes nearly 50 percent came from cash payments with 83607 paid at campaign close and 8474 added since. remaining funds to come from pledges over eight months.
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Cedar Rapids
Glenn O. Fletcher
City Drive
Fletcher
Christmas Week Store Hours in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids retailers will stay open until 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday next week and close at 6 p.m. Friday before Christmas. The hours were approved at a November Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce merchants bureau meeting, though some stores opposed the plan.
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Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau
Budget reserves frozen for emergency use in next year drive
Funds have been frozen for extreme emergencies or to reduce the next year's war chest goal. Some average funds will cover deficits in Linn county townships that missed quotas, Cedar Rapids underwrote all county quotas, and credits will be applied to Cedar Rapids workers living outside the city within the county.
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Linn
Cedar Rapids
Community contributions credited to residents’ communities
The passage states that donations or contributions, as agreed before a fundraising drive began, will be credited to the community where each contributor resides. This underscores local recognition tied to participants' home communities.
Tot Suffocates in Pediatrics Ward Tragedy
A hospital report cites congenital heart disease as a factor in a suffocation death of a child in the pediatrics ward. No negligence is found against attendants. The ward housed 22 children with 3 nurses on duty plus the floor superintendent. A second family tragedy occurred four months earlier when Walter Long died in a highway crash near Cedar Rapids.
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Walter Long
Gary Dean
Cedar Rapids
Alcorn Funeral Home
Vinton
Federal 35 mile per hour limit slows national speeds
A federal order setting a 35 mph maximum reduced traffic speeds nationwide. Average travel speed dropped to about 37 mph across the country as motorists adjusted to the new limit.
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Fourth Avenue
George Willets
Eighth Avenue
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Nash-Finch
Moose Lodge
E. E. Swan
Seventeenth Street
Union Bus Depot
Mercy
Verne Hammond
Donald Yungman
Fourth Street
Theodore Thorson
Neal Hoover
Sixth Street
St. Luke’s
Ellsworth Brown
Fifth Street
Roger L. Northcott
Marion
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Harry Foster
Margaret Morrison
Harry Morrison
Benjamin Rites
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