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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1943
Page
9
Ration stamps and coupons for meat gas food sugar fuel oil and shoes are listed with book numbers and validity dates. Divorce decrees include Dorothy M. Watson and Frank L. Watson. City court entries report disturbances drunkenness reckless driving parking violations and trimming trees without a permit with fines and costs. Multiple birth announcements and marriages listed among Cedar Rapids residents and nearby towns.
Mrs George Prizler of 505 Fifth Avenue SE paid a $25 fine after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace in police court on Tuesday. She was arrested at the Taft tap room at 5 AM following an argument with her husband. After being told to go home she stayed to finish her coffee, delaying the police and prompting their station custody.
The Senate Judiciary Committee urged passage of a House approved bill banning poll taxes as a condition for voting. It charged most poll taxes target Negro and poor white voters, basing the claim on the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. Minority views argue abolition requires a constitutional amendment.
AP reports on how the presidents pledge for prompt wartime news faces questions about uniform application and whether expert oversight by Elmer Davis and OWI aides will emerge. Past conferences show gaps where reporters were barred, relying on officials rather than direct press access.
Bollis Hewitt 31 dies at his parents home while on 30 day convalescent leave from the Navy due to a leg fracture.
A group of Linn county selective service board 1 inductees left for Camp Dodge to begin active duty. The list includes Richard Orton Butters Don Henry Anderson George Edward Nemec Robert Alexander Parsons Thomas Orlando Hepner Frank J Kuenzinger Jr Howard F Helm Edward Loftus Eaton Regis Day Blair Quinn George Robert High Benjamin J McGlashing William Dale Gillam Harold Stockbauer Joseph S Brennan John L Welas Jr Maynard George Rowray LeRoy L Riggs Magness Dee Keeney Edward Joseph Horak George Henry Harmer Jr Charles D Roberts Kenneth Dale Halver Edwain James Truesdale and others.
The Cedar Rapids school board faced questions over offering the Roosevelt rink to the War Manpower commission for a trailer camp. Board members argued the action was only an emergency option and not a lease or sale. The board noted housing shortages risked making the city a critical labor area, potentially freezing contracts. the protest petitions were to be forwarded to the War Manpower commission if needed.
Iowa will issue the first aid to dependent children payments around January 10. About 1,500 needy cases were certified by January 1, with more expected as the month ends. The average grant will become clear after processing and mailing steps complete.
Secretary of the Navy announces Vice Admiral Frank J. Fletcher will command the North Pacific area. He succeeds Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, reassigned to the Southwest Pacific. Rear Admiral Sherwood A. Taffinder becomes commandant of the 13th Naval District.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey calls an extraordinary term of the New York Supreme Court to convene a special grand jury in Albany on Jan. 18. The probe will investigate crimes and misconduct in public office by lawmakers and aides in Albany County, following opposition from the Albany county Democratic organization. Republican leaders say the grand jury will address widespread rumors and charges against legislators and associates.
Clinton AP Judge W A McCullough former city attorney and current municipal judge said he will seek the Republican nomination to congress in Iowa's Second district He will oppose Rep Henry O Takie of Decorah in the June primary McCullough led a youthful curfew ordinance adopted last June gaining national notice He is a Clinton High School and University of Iowa College of Law graduate who practiced locally from 1926 to 1934 before becoming municipal judge.
President Roosevelt sends a Christmas and New Year message to disabled veterans in government hospitals. He thanks them for brave and honorable service and expresses national gratitude and continued concern for their welfare as he wishes them a merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce young mens bureau will host a free chicken and duck dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday for its last meeting of the year. Proceeds from last summer's corn detasseling project fund the Christmas dinner. A quiz show and entertainment by Jean Farney and Bob Davis with Benne Alter as master of ceremonies are planned. Arrangements are by L. Von Linder, Lee Winger, Frank T. Nye and Ken Hastie.
The Senate adjourned Tuesday, ending the Seventy eighth congress first session. A joint resolution sets the second session to convene January 10, with House adjournment expected later Tuesday.
The agreement allows 48 hours of work weekly to April 1 with four Saturday hours paid at time and a half, base pay unchanged at 232.5 cents per hour. Drivers earn 41.25 weekly total, up from 39.60, while overtime, Sunday and holiday pay rules apply. Seniority governs heavy equipment jobs and seasonal workers keep higher rates. Municipalities may add shifts in emergencies. Hines refuses formal union recognition. Williams says the pact covers all street, park, and health department workers.
Secretary of the Navy Knox said the Pacific weekly air war summary shows 71 missions through Dec 20 with 19 enemy planes shot down in the Marshall Islands and 61 missions in the South Pacific involving 1,400 planes. He called Japanese air opposition negligible and very weak, noting puzzling lack of counter air activity.
William Thomas Redman aged 45 of 1128 Fifteenth Street SE was held by Aircrew authorities at Coe College on a charge of impersonating a soldier. He was apprehended in the Picadilly lap room Monday night by Lt Hoerner of the Aircrew.
Three Gestapo agents were killed in gunfire during a raid on an Oslo house by Norwegian forces, according to the Swedish Norwegian press bureau on Tuesday.
Cedar Rapids postal chief R T Lubbock said much mail would miss Christ mas targets as 150000 cards and 637 sacks of packages plus 538 parcels moved on Monday. Ill clerks limited service to one parcel post window Tuesday amid the backlog.
Maj. Gen. Oscar Griswold pledged that the Bougainville cleanup would be finished on schedule as American forces assume full army control. He noted the campaign's key to success is cooperation among ground sea and air units learned from Guadalcanal and New Georgia.
Prof. Charles C. Abbott of Harvard Business School reports 45 percent of 1943 working capital for industrial production came from government sources. He estimates 56 billion dollars financed industry this year, plus 22 billion for wartime facility expansion since 1939. Reconversion mainly affects aircraft, shipbuilding, and ordnance sectors.
John D. Lillig 75 vice president of the Peter J Seipple Lumber Co will have funeral services on Wednesday in Dubuque. He died unexpectedly prompting tributes from colleagues and local business circles.
The French Committee of National Liberation announced warrants for five former state officials on treason charges as part of a crackdown on Nazi sympathizers. Pierre Boisson and Marcel Peyrouton are already in custody. Pierre Etienne Flandin Tixier-Vignancourt and Andre Albert are also named, with custody status unclear.
London reports Tito’s Yugoslav Partisans advancing toward Zagreb with about 250000 fighters engaging nine German and three puppet divisions in major battles while holding 3 to 4 Nazi divisions in sporadic Istrian clashes.
President Roosevelt stated at a news conference that every soldier should have a chance to vote unless combat conditions prevent it. He had not read the soldier vote bill and did not know if the Senate version would grant the right. He indicated federal machinery would be needed to implement the policy.
Donald Conway of 214 Thirty first street NE was arrested by Patrolmen Jerry Navratil and Roy Walker on a reckless driving charge after following his car from Twenty second street to Tenth street in First avenue E. He pled guilty before Police Judge Harry S. Johnson and was fined $50 plus costs.
The Navy recruiting board arrives in Cedar Rapids for a four day interview session at the post office basement recruiting station. Men are sought for naval ammunition depots shipyards and repair units with H J Eberhart joining the traveling panel as a temp advisor.
Cedar Rapids Scout office announced holiday swimming series at the Y M C A pool. Classes run daily at 8 30 am this week and next exclude Saturdays and Sundays to fit holiday schedules. The program helps Scouts complete first class and merit badge requirements in swimming and lifesaving with new merit badge requirements.
A Dubuque sailor visiting Cedar Rapids found a folded receipt at the post office which concealed a $50 bill. He traced the owner by the name on the receipt via phone in minutes and a third party retrieved the cash. No reward was offered. Merry Christmas.
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