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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1944
Page
27
The issue lists wartime ration details for meat, foods, sugar, gas, fuel oil, and airplane shoe stamps valid through 1945 with specific book and coupon numbers. Police court items include Drunkenness Salmar Heng $10 fine, several divorce petitions and decrees, intoxication case, traffic penalties, and local incidents including furnace, wiring, and fire alarms. Births recorded at St. Luke's and Mercy hospitals are noted.
Adm. Nimitz announced 102 Japanese vessels sunk or damaged in Luzon carrier strikes December 13 to 15 with ongoing operations into the sixth day. The tally included 41 ships sunk and 61 damaged near Manila as Mindoro invasion forces advance.
A Cedar Rapids interview profiles Johnny Fryrear, a radiovan and former sailor. The piece details his wartime service from Bougainville to Great Lakes training, plus his lively newsroom persona and welcome-home reception led by Publisher Lawson Cummins.
A fragment notes Johnny, a pugilist, speaking on world affairs and the UN, then mentions spending Christmas with his wife at 11634 Third Avenue SE Seattle and reporting on January 19. It records as of 515 Tuesday, December 19, 1944, his mustache measuring four and a half inches.
Fred A McDonnell 1888 11 1 Cedar Rapids died at Veterans hospital Des Moines after a short illness. Survived by wife Agnes Zobel and siblings Thomas Hal Agatha. Funeral Thursday 9 30 am St Patrick's church with Requiem Mass burial Mt Calvary cemetery with military rites. Battery E Association attends. Rosary tonight at Teahen chapel.
Memorial high mass for Staff Sgt Anthony Palumbo son of Mr and Mrs John Palumbo of 1401 K street SW killed in action Oct 21 in the central Pacific will be held Thursday at 8 30 a m at St Patrick s church with Rev D J Lenihan presiding Surviving are his parents a brother Mike a German war prisoner and two sisters Mary Palumbo and Mrs Howard Rinderknecht
Anora Wagner Cornthwaite, 71, formerly of Cedar Rapids and Marion, died Wednesday at 8 15 a m at her daughter’s home in Webster City where she had lived the last two years. Born March 20 1873 in Missouri, she married in 1889 in Kansas and moved to Iowa in 1892. Surviving are five children, 14 grandchildren, and two in military service. Funeral at Free Methodist church in Marion with burial at Oak Shade cemetery. Body to be returned to Yocom chapel Weston from Webster City Thursday.
Mrs Lillie Elizabeth Mastin wife of George W Mastin a former 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 17 years.
Mrs. Mastin, wife of Fred E. Mastin, longtime Cedar Rapids resident, died after living with her son Fred for six years. Survived by her husband, three sons Frederick Earle Mastin Albert Lee Mastin Willis William Mastin four grand children and four granddaughters, she was a Kenwood Park Methodist Church member who taught Sunday school. Services set for 1 30 p m Friday with burial at Oak Hill cemetery.
John M. Ford died Tuesday night after a lingering illness aged 76. He was born January 26 1864 in Indiana, a carpenter, and is survived by two sons Clifford and Wayne Ford of Cedar Rapids and three sisters Ellen Miller Mabel Madison and Millie Tiesse. Services are Friday at 11 am at Brady Mortuary conducted by Rev. Frank Ward. Burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may visit at Brady Mortuary Thursday.
Services for Elias Streeter of 6 Avenue NW, who died Monday, will be conducted by Rev. I. E. Linkletter in the Moon chapel Thursday at 1 p.m. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel.
Florence Longendyke 75 of Fortytwoond street SE died Monday. Services at Rohn chapel Thursday at 2 30 p m Rev Frank Ward to officiate with burial in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Wednesday evening.
Mrs Ila Edith Reeder of 1115 Second Avenue SE died in Oakdale Tuesday after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev Paul L Clark in the Moon chapel Thursday at 3 30 p m with entombment in the Chapel of Memories. Friends may call at the chapel.
Soviet forces pressed within nine miles of Kassa, tightening siege lines around the Czechoslovak communications hub. The front extended over 80 miles in southern Slovakia and northern Hungary as Russians crossed into Slovakia at multiple points.
The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday editions at 600 andge Cedar Rapids Iowa. Entered as second class matter June 18 1932 at Cedar Rapids post office. Full leased wire reports AP United Press International News Service. AP exclusive rights to republication of credited news and local items.
Three Superfortresses from Saipan bombed Tokyo early Wednesday starting fires that crew members said covered a large area. 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 lines halted several German spearheads in the Ardennes as heavy fighting raged near St Vith and Malmedy. American units held ground though some detachments were cut off while German armor probed toward Liege and Monschau with paratroop support. Fighter bombers and heavy bombers pounded moving armored columns despite foul weather.
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