Vets Vote Legion Post Into Politics In North Dakota
Lloyd Spetz American Legion post members voted WWII veterans over WWI members to enter politics, first U S post to openly participate. Robert P McCarney, ex ordnance man in North Africa and Italy campaigns, led call for action. He criticized do nothing home-front policy and cited housing as a example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck, N. D
Lloyd Spetz American Legion Post
United States
Robert P. McCarney
Ordnance Department
U. S. Army
John L. Lewis
Congress
Legion
McCarney
Dense Southern Weather Delays Visibility and Hint of Snow
Dense fog stalled visibility to 50 feet in the southern state while rain stayed non freezing. The weather bureau predicts possible snow Sunday and residents brace for travel impacts. Cedar Rapids saw a 30 degree high, holding into the evening at Chambers Inskeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Des Moines Man Injured in Tama Highway Crash
Fred A Illian 24 of Des Moines sustained a possible skull fracture and severe facial lacerations after a two vehicle head on collision on highway 30 eight miles east of Tama. He rode with Robert Ruby also of Des Moines. Doll of Davenport drove the other car. Illian was treated at Tama and taken to Deaconess Hospital in Marshalltown. He is brother of Cedar Rapids Gazette reporter Jack Illian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Tama
Fred A. Milian
Des Moines
Highway 30
Illian
Robert Ruby
Ruby
Clifford H. Doll
Davenport
Doll
Tilian
Deaconess Hospital
Marshalltown
Jack Illian
Cedar Rapids
Troop Arrivals Through Port Heaviest US Deployment
Over 40 000 American servicemen aboard 58 troopships set to arrive Sunday at 3 East Coast and 6 West Coast ports. Ships include the New York Pittston Victory from Antwerp with 1 517 troops and units, E B Alexander from Le Havre with 5 127 troops, Hampton Sidney Victory from Marseilles with 1 515 troops, and numerous others including hospital ship Wisteria and Santa Clara Victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Coast
West Coast
New York
Pittston Victory
Antwerp
Q.m. Truck
FA Bn
Eng
Long Pontoon Co
E. B. Alexander
le Havre
FA Observation
Q.m. Service
Hampton Sidney Victory
Marseilles
206Th
Jacob Lukenbach
Algic
Spetsae
Calcutta
Wisteria
Bremen
Smith
U.S.S. Langley
Seatrain Texas
H. Williams
Boston
Charles Stilles
Seattle
Makin Island
Shanghai
Tacoma
General Scott
San Francisco
Brazil
Manila
Wharton
Leyte
Rawlins
Currituck
Pearl Harbor
Los Angeles
Merrimac
Montrose
Guam
Sylvania
Saipan
Griggs
Noumea
Robin Wentley
Hollandia
Sovereign of the
Hitler’s Deathbed Testaments and Final Night Ceremony
The report recounts Hitler’s political testament naming a war cabinet with Goebbels as chancellor and Doenitz as president, his vow to continue the war, and his anti Jewish tirades. It describes Eva Braun marrying Hitler in the chancellery underground shelter, witnesses including Goebbels and Bormann, and their joint suicide the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Goebbels
Doenitz
Flaming
Eva
Berlin
Walter Wanger
Joseph Goebbels
Reichschancellor
Fuehrer
Martin Bormann
Wanger
Bormann
Byrnes Returns From Moscow Conference With Plans Discussed
After an 11 day Moscow meeting Secretary Byrnes, reporting on atomic power and governance of Japan, China, Korea, Romania and Bulgaria, said the conference established relations to ease future decisions. He traveled 13 000 miles home aboard a four motor transport, with Conant Cohen and Bohlen in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrnes
London
Japan
China
Korea
Romania
Bulgaria
Bevin
Britain
Molotov
Russia
Moscow
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Benjamin V. Cohen
State Department
Charles Bohlen
Foreign Service
Labor Tie-Up Threat Loosened at Cedar Rapids Plant
Lehti of Link-Belt Speeder said no strike was planned as wage talks proceed. A conciliation service director in Kansas City called the firm about a telegram from Charles W. Hobbie to Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach noting a threatened disruption. The plant union bargaining committee confirmed no strike, and minutes were signed by union reps. Harry Palmer declined to comment. Howard Cherry could not be reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehti
U. S
Harry Palmer
Wilson and Company
Howard Cherry
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Bus Driver Hurt In Truck Crash At Cedar Rapids Plant
Herman Kobusch a 43 year old Cedar Rapids city lines bus driver was hospitalized with a broken right ankle after a collision with a backsing Iowa Manufacturing truck at the Seventeenth street NE drive. Potts Wilson the truck driver was cited for failing to yield the right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Kobusch
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids City Lines
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Seventeenth Street
Potts Wilson
Sixteenth Street
Mound Farm
Kobusch
Mercy Hospital
Carl Sandberg
Wildwood Drive
Land reform across Soviet zone targets large German estates
In the Soviet zone farmers face land redistribution with 120 marks per acre payment, scaled to 1 600 prewar values. Small holdings under 250 acres are divided, with state quotas, and non Nazi former owners receive compensation for assets. Peasants may barter produce and face penalties for unmet quotas. Marshal Zhukov supports a free market to spur production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgi Zhukov
Paul Braune
Ridgway to Head U S Delegation for UN Policing Talks
The State Department announced Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway will lead a U S military delegation to London to negotiate United Nations quotas for policing the world. He is Eisenhower’s representative with Gen. George C. Kenney Maj. Gen. John R. Deane Brig. Gen. Charles P. Cabell Cols. Herbert B. Mitchell Charlies G Williamson Capt. Dennis Knoll and Navy officers Admiral Richmond K Turner Capt. Elliott Strauss and Comdr. T. L. Morton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
State Department
Matthew B. Ridgway
United States
London
United Nations
Ridgway
War Department
Eisenhower
George C. Kenney
John R. Deane
Charles P. Cabell
Herbert B. Mitchell
Charlies G. Williamson
Dennis Knoll
Army
Richmond K. Turner
Elliott Strauss
T. L. Morton
Navy
Nazi Commandant Hanged At Maidanek Camp
Warsaw dispatch says Paul Hoffman, former commandant of Maidanek, was publicly hanged on the camp grounds as 15,000 Poles looked on from the surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Warsaw Dispatch
Paul Hoffman
Maidanek
General Motors Says Wage Increases Require Management Control
GM challenges wage proposals as regimentation arguing ability to pay cannot bind individual firms. The board plans to consider costs, prices, investment, and projected operations when deciding wage increases, potentially shifting vital management functions from executives to regulators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
Girl Injured Coasting Under Car In Sled Accident
Gloria Neckville sixteen of 1519 Fourteenth Avenue SE suffered a head injury in a sliding accident at Ninth Street and Twelfth Avenue SE. She and two others jumped from the sled as a car neared. the momentum carried them under the vehicle. Gloria was taken to Mercy hospital by Ambulance Service. the driver James Fanborg reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Neckville
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Ninth Street
Twelfth Avenue SE
Gloria
Mercy Hospital
James Fanborg
Mount Vernon Road
Forty-third Street SE
Corrections in Courthouse Notices and Local Events
The Gazette corrects Nadine Workman to Nadine Wertman in a divorce item. Also corrected: Milton Steff and Wilton Stefl misidentification for a daughter birth at St Luke's hospital. Joseph E Weber of New York visits his parents at 1019 Center Point road NE and joins Nu Epsilon Phi fraternity pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadine Workman
Nadine Wertman
Milton Steff
Wilson Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Wilton Stefl
Joseph E. Weber
New York City
E. N. Weber
Center Point Road
American Academy of Embalming
Nu Epsilon Phi
Fraternity of Embalmers
Maj Wray to Speak at Rotary Luncheon
Maj. Robert S. Wray, a prisoner of the Japanese for three and a half years, will address the Rotary Club luncheon at the Roosevelt Hotel Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. Wray
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Night clerk Byron Snodgrass in stroke at St Luke’s
Byron Snodgrass aged 60 of 1608 Washington Avenue SE suffered a suspected stroke shortly before 9 p m Saturday. He was found unconscious in his hospital room at St Luke’s and rushed there by the Ambulance Service. His condition was reported as fair late Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Snodgrass
Washington Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Army engineers reveal four-pound water purifier unit
Army engineers completed a compact four-pound water purification unit that can produce a half gallon of clean water per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Ninety Die in Holiday Weekend Mishaps
The Associated Press reports 90 deaths over the pre New Year weekend in traffic and miscellaneous accidents. Traffic crashes account for 54 deaths and other mishaps for 36, with figures broken down by state from Arizona to Washington. The safety council projects 375 to 400 traffic fatalities from Saturday through New Year’s Day.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Washington
Theodore Dreiser Funeral Thursday in Glendale
Funeral services for novelist Theodore Dreiser will be held next Thursday afternoon at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale California. Dreiser died Friday at age 74 from a heart attack and will be buried in the California cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
INS
Theodore Dreiser
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Calif
California
Veteran John W. Evans Named Cedar Rapids Building Trades Boss
John W. Evans 38 of Marion, World War II veteran, elected business manager of the Cedar Rapids Building Trades council to succeed the late Fay Merrill. Evans, honorably discharged from the Navy November 5, has been business agent of building laborers Local No. 43 since 1942 except for 14 months in military service, and has been a building union member since 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Evans
Marion
Cedar Rapids Building Trades Council
Fay Merrill
Evans
Navy
T the Building Laborers
Building Union
Minor Accidents From Slippery Cedar Rapids Streets
Slippery streets in Cedar Rapids caused several minor accidents on Saturday evening but no injuries were reported. Patrolmen Murdock and Shimek investigated a collision at 8 45 p m between a Century cab driven by George Elmore and a car driven by Everett Nemer at First Street and F Avenue NW. The cab turned west from First Street while Nemer's car traveled east along F Avenue. Patrolmen Overman and Rubey responded to a second crash on Center Point Road NE at the viaduct involving John H. Hoover and James W. Bell with an additional impact by Leo J Rogers of Center Point on the Hoover coupe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Murdock
Shimek
Century
George Elmore
N Street
Everett Nemer
Tenth Street
First Street
F Avenue NW
F Avenue
Vernal Street
Overman and
Rubey
Center Point Road
John H. Hoover
Marion
James W. Bell
Linden Drive
Hoover
Bell
Leo J
Rogers
Center Point
Three Cars in Crash No Persons Injured
A non-personal injury accident on Fifth avenue and First street SW involved three vehicles about 4:30 p.m. Saturday. A 1938 Chevrolet coach driven by William J. Caldwell stopped to yield. another northbound car driven by Robert Marold struck Caldwell and hit a parked car of Marvin Doherty. Patrolmen Overman and Rubey investigated the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
First Street
William J. Caldwell
Maple Drive NW
Robert Marold
First Avenue NW
Caldwell
Marvin Doherty
Overman and
Rubey
General Brann dies in Tyrol hunting accident
Maj. Gen. Donald W. Brann deputy commander of U S forces in Austria was killed Saturday while hunting in the Tyrol. He reportedly lost his footing and fell over a cliff in the Kitzbühel mountains. Gen. Mark W. Clark announced the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Donald W. Brann
U S
Austria
Tyrol
Mark W. Clark
Brann
Kitzbuehel
Michael J. Molumby Death Notice in Immaculate Conception
Services will be held Monday at 10 am in Immaculate Conception church for Michael J. Molumby who died Saturday at his daughter’s home in Minneapolis. Burial in Mt Calvary cemetery. Body moved from Monahan funeral home to the son Francis Molumby’s residence for Rosaries Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immaculate Conception Church
J. M. Molloy
Michael J. Molumby
Godfrey Novak
Third Avenue SE
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Monahan
Francis Molumby
D Avenue NE
Women's Catholic Order of Foresters
Daughters of Isabella
Mol of Columbus
Msgr. Molloy
Hartson Paul Hartson dies in Des Moines Veterans hospital
Paul Pete Hartson of Davenport formerly of Cedar Rapids died in the Veterans hospital in Des Moines on Saturday. Born October 14 1898 in Hazleton he lived in Cedar Rapids most of his life and belonged to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Galbraith post 828 and Loyal Order of the Moose No 28 Davenport. Surviving are his widow a brother A D Hartson of San Diego four sisters Myrtle Morey Irene Cookson Muriel Harold and Ruth Cooper. The body will be brought to Turner chapel with funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Pete) Hartson
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Hazleton
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Galbraith Post
Loyal Order of the Moose No. 28
A. D. Hartson
San Diego
Myrtle Morey
Irene Cookson
Denver
Muriel Harold
Ruth Cooper
Chadron
Neb
Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Kathryn Gibson Dunshee
Funeral services for Kathryn Gibson Dunshee wife of Walter E Dunshee will be held at Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Monday The Rev Dr Robert Little to officiate burial in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Gibson Dunshee
Walter E. Dunshee
First Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Robert Little
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for Raymond Arnell held at Turner chapel
Funeral services for Raymond Russell Arnell who died at his son Sam Kenneth’s home on Thirty-third Street NE will be conducted at Turner chapel at 3 30 pm Monday. The Rev Dwight Webster will officiate and burial will follow at Shiloh cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Russell Arnell
Sam Kenneth
Thirty-third Street
Turner Chapel
Dwight Webster
Shiloh
Services for Eden A. Thomas Held in Moon Chapel
The of Eden A. Thomas retired Methodist minister dies after brief illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Funeral at 3 pm Monday in Moon chapel by Rev. Will Kirwin. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden A. Thomas
B Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Moon Chapel
Will Kirwin
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral for Wilbur King Set for Monday in Iowa City
Funeral services for Wilbur King, 38 Eighteenth avenue SW, who died in University hospital at Iowa City Friday night, will be held at 1:30 pm Monday in the Barta-Hesser chapel conducted by T. B. Hlubacek. Burial follows at Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call after 4 pm Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur King
Eighteenth Avenue SW
University Hospital
Iowa City
T. B. Hlubacek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Services for Frank Turner At Immaculate Conception Church
Frank Turner of Cedar Rapids will receive services at Immaculate Conception Church at 9 a.m. Monday conducted by Rt. Rev. Msgr. John M. Molloy. Burial details follow.
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Frank Turner
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids
John M. Molloy
Immacuate Conception Church
Rosary Service Then Visitation At Brady Mortuary
In Mt. Calvary cemetery the Rosary will be recited at Brady mortuary at 8 p.m. Sunday by Msgr. Molloy and the Knights of Columbus. Friends may call at the mortuary.
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Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Mrs Hedge Dies at 29 in Cedar Rapids Home
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Hedge 29 of 500 B avenue NE Cedar Rapids died suddenly about 8 30 p m Saturday at home. Linn county coroner Dr T F Hersch attributed death to natural causes and said no inquest will be held. She had been in ill health about two years. Survived by husband Frankie Hedge and two sons Larry 9 and Gary 5, also mother Mrs Frank Sandusky of Ladoga Indiana. Body at Janeba Funeral home with funeral services to be held in Danville at 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Hedge
Avenue
T. F. Hersch
Linn County
Frank Sandusky
Iladoga
Ind
Janeba Funeral Home
Danville
Services for Kathleen Long Held in Beatty Chapel
Services for Kathleen Faith Long two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd L Long of 826 Eighteenth Avenue SW will be held at Beatty chapel at 1 30 p m Monday Burial will be in Urbana following her death in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 5 30 a m Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Faith Long
Lloyd L. Long
Eighteenth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Beatty Chapel
Urbana
Services for Mrs Jessie Astrosky at St Patrick Church
Funeral services for Mrs Jessie Astrosky of 1126 Ninth Street NW will be held Monday at 9:30 am at St Patrick's Church with Rev D J Lenihan officiating. Burial follows in St John's Cemetery. The Rosary is recited Sunday at 8 pm at the home where the body lies, after being brought from Teahen chapel Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Astrosky
Ninth Street NW
St. Patrick’s Church
D. J. Lenihan
St. John’s Cemetery
Teahen Chapel
Death notice for Hollyce D. Brown in Los Angeles
Miss Hollyce D. Brown former Cedar Rapids resident died Friday in Los Angeles after a long illness. She was born in Mechanicsville June 25, 1889. Survived by two brothers R. D. Brown and Mrs. Borge Iverson of Cedar Rapids and Leland F. Brown of Jamaica New York plus several nieces and nephews. Burial in Pasadena California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollyce D. Brown
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Mechanicsville
R. D. Brown
Des Moines Soldier Killed in Collision Near Osceola
DES MOINES AP Cpl. Richard L White 33 of Des Moines was killed when his car hit a bus near Osceola. He was returning to Camp Crowder Missouri after a furlough with relatives. Cpl. Robert G Wagner 29 of Milwaukee was critically injured and four women on the bus had minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Richard L. White
Osceola
White
Camp Crowder
Robert G. Wagner
Milwaukee
Wis
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Clarence Beatty
Third Ave
Eter
Mars
Cedar Rapids Monument CO
3Rd Ave
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Reinhardt
U.S
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Call Century Cabs
Mics
Adv
Maj. Wray
Lapes Florist
S.E
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Rock of Ages
A. A. Hemphill
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Paul Hartson
Mrs. Dunshee
Arnell
Thomas Rites
Turner Services
Teahen Funeral Home
First Avenue
Frank G. Hedge
Long
Astrosky Services
ED Tawa
Rohn Funeral Home
Elijen B. Rohn
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