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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1944
Page
2
Ration coupon details cover daily stamps for foods sugar gas oil shoes and fuel through 1945. Police court reports list drunkenness fines divorce petitions and decrees, intoxication case, stop-sign fines, parking violations, furnace and wiring incidents, a basement fire, and two births at St Luke's and Mercy hospitals.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette profile follows Johnny Fryrear a 47 year old radioman and World War II veteran. The piece details his combat experiences Bougainville and Bougainville firefights radar work and a long shipboard service. Fryrear recalls trench near misses and the dangers of khaki service while highlighting his optimism about the world’s future and plans to rejoin Seattle in January.
Admiral Nimitz announced 102 Japanese vessels were sunk or damaged in a three day carrier plane strike against Luzon December 13 to 15. The toll included 41 ships sunk and 61 damaged as air forces pressed the offensive near Manila.
Fred A. McDonnell 11 A avenue NW Cedar Rapids died at the Veterans Hospital Des Moines at 9 15 p m Monday after a short illness. Born November 1 1888 in Cedar Rapids he worked 25 years at Snyder Shoe Co and three years at Collins Radio He served in World War I. Survived by wife Agnes Zobel two brothers Thomas and Hal and sister Agatha The funeral is Thursday at St Patrick's Church with a requiem mass burial Mt Calvary cemetery military honors at the grave Friends may call Teahen Chapel Rosary tonight at 8.
Memorial high mass for Staff Sgt Anthony Palumbo son of Mr and Mrs John Palumbo of 1401 K Street SW will be conducted at St Patrick s Church Thursday at 8 30 a m by Rev D J Lenihan He was killed in action Oct 21 in the central Pacific Surviving are his parents a brother Mike a war prisoner and two sisters Mary Palumbo and Mrs Howard Rinderknecht.
Mrs W E Cornthwaite 71 formerly of Cedar Rapids and Marion died Wednesday at 8 15 a m at the home of her daughter Mrs F E Grempel Jr of Webster City with whom she had lived the last two years Born Anora Wagner at East Lynne Missouri March 20 1873 she married July 29 1889 in Osage County Kansas The Cornthwaites came to Iowa in 1892 and lived in Jones and Linn counties since 1895 except two years in Colorado Surviving five children Jess H Lyle Wash John A Ralph L Lola Clark and Mary Grempel 14 grandchildren two in service Lt Charles E Cornthwaite and Pfe Wilbur L Cornthwaite Services set for Free Methodist church in Marion with in Oak Shade Marion from Webster City day
Mrs Lillie Elizabeth Mastin wife of George W Mastin long time Cedar Rapids resident died in a local hospital at 10 25 p m Tuesday after a long illness Born August 15 1870 in Cottage Hill Dubuque county she had lived in Cedar Rapids for 17 years.
Mrs. Mastin, aged widow of July 11, 1891 marriage to Mr. Mastin at York Nebraska, died recently after years with her son Fred E. Mastin. Surviving are husband, three sons Frederick Earle, Albert Lee, Willis William. two grandsons in the navy and four granddaughters. She taught at Kenwood Park Methodist Church and services are set for Friday at 1:30 p.m. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
John M. Ford of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday at 10 20 p m after a lingering illness. Born January 26 1864 in Indiana, he was a carpenter for several years. Survived by two sons Clifford and Wayne Ford Cedar Rapids three sisters Ellen Miller Cedar Rapids Mabel Madison California Millie Tiesse Huron. Services Friday at 11 a m Brady mortuary officiated by Rev Frank Ward burial Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at Brady mortuary Thursday.
Elias Streeter of 6 Avenue NW died Monday. Rev. I E Linkletter will conduct services in the Moon chapel Thursday at 1 p m with burial at Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel.
Florence Longendyke 75 of Forty second Street SE died Monday. Services are set for 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Rohn chapel with Rev. Frank Ward officiating. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Wednesday evening.
Services for Mrs. Ira Edith Reeder of 1115 Second Avenue SE will be conducted by Rev. Paul L. Clark in the Moon chapel Thursday at 3 30 p m entombment is planned in the Chapel of Memories Friends are invited to attend the rites following a lingering illness in Oakdale Tuesday
The Red Army pressed toward the Czechoslovak communications hub of Kassa and crossed into Slovakia at multiple points. Soviet forces moved up to eight miles from earlier lines as part of an 80 mile front sweeping through southern Slovakia and northern Hungary, disrupting routes to the south.
Fragmentary notice from Cedar Rapids Iowa dated June 18 lists municipal matters at 3rd Avenue SE Cedar Rapids with reference to the Gazette. No clear actions or deadlines are readable beyond a general notice fragment.
Three Superfortresses from Saipan bombed Tokyo early Wednesday Japan time starting fires that crew members said covered a large area. The Twenty-first bomber command also said two B-29s bombed Nagoya early Tuesday, 12 hours after the second major raid on the industrial center.
Allied forces held St Vith at noon Monday as German columns probed from southeast toward Maspelt and from the east with panzers near St Vith. A deep thrust reached Stavelot and Butgenbach as paratroop elements entered Monschau. Allied countermeasures continued with pillbox clearance in Saarlautern and small gains near Colmar despite heavy bombardment and rough weather.
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