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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1943
Page
9
Daily Record lists ration stamps valid through January and February 1944 for meat gas sugar fuel oil and shoes, plus traffic fines, fire and gas incidents, and multiple birth announcements from Cedar Rapids and neighboring cities with dates December 30 31 1943 noted for new arrivals and family records.
Louise Jindrich, 25, of 253 Sixteenth Avenue SW, was fined $50 and costs after Patrolmen Eugene Morey and Jerry Navratil accused her of reckless driving on Thursday night. Arrest followed a stop light violation on Third Street and Eighth Avenue SE as she allegedly jumped a curb and drove erratically. She became abusive at the station and refused to let a passenger drive her home.
Allen Klapp Company with offices at 540 Michigan Avenue Chicago and 551 Fifth Avenue New York joins Scene Member of Media Records and ANPA Bureau of Advertising in Detroit as advertising representatives.
Cedar Rapids ministers announce the third annual interdenominational New Year's Day prayer service at 4 p.m. Saturday in Coe Chapel. Dr. David I Berger will preside, Ruth Buresh will play, and a lineup of pastors will lead prayers and hymns, ending with a benediction by Rev. H. K. Galloway.
Two B bomber crews with 24 officers and airmen aboard are missing over southern Idaho after departing Wendover on a combat training mission to Pocatello. Civil air patrol and ground teams probe amid fog and snow with no trace yet found.
Rep Sparkman said the army air force issued strict new safety rules to curb student fatalities. Beginning pilots may not fly night navigation until ten instrument hours, aircraft used at night must have full panel instruments, and a standard briefing outline will be provided. Eight cadet pilots died in a Dec night flight from Courtland Alabama to Corinth Mississippi and back, with most planes lacking advanced instruments. Courtland officials were relieved of duty following the crashes. Sparkman noted accident rates among student flyers are dropping as instruments training expands.
City briefs note New Year observances at St John s Episcopal and Olivet Presbyterian churches with holy communion and watch night services. A 17 year old joins U S naval reserve via Cedar Rapids recruiting station. Czech language prayer service at Hus Memorial Presbyterian. Westminster and Sunshine Mission also schedule watch night and fellowship events with gospel and evangelistic segments.
The Cedar Rapids Navy Mothers club received 11.10 from the Newman Booster club. Boosters noted Newman store employees give 10 cents annually for a Christmas exchange at the store’s party. This year the club redirected the funds to a welfare organization.
Probate notice announces Arthur L. Bye as attorney for National Bank executor of Mary L. Pinch estate in Linn County Iowa. It requests all creditors to file claims with the Clerk of Court and directs immediate payment of debts to the executor as of December 30 1943.
Cedar Rapids housewives were reminded that spare ration stamp No 1 in book No 4 is valid for five points toward pork or sausage items until midnight Saturday. Linn county War Price and Rationing Board chief clerk A. T. Pleune noted the stamp deadline and warned retailers to file ration token applications by January 8 to ensure supply when the token plan begins February 27.
Federal Judge John Bright on Friday imposed maximum terms on six Chicago gangsters and a Newark labor leader for extorting millions from the motion picture industry. John Roselli Paul de Lucia Louis Compagna Charles Gioe Frank Maritote Phil dAndrea received 10 years and $10,000 fines. Louis Kaufman got seven years and $10,000. The sentences follow prosecution recommendations and mark the Chicago syndicate’s grip on the underworld.
Mrs. W H Morse 68 wife of contractor W H Morse died at 10 55 am Friday at a Cedar Rapids hospital. Survived by son H H Morse of Cedar Rapids a daughter Mrs O O Scholz of Oelwein and six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Turner funeral home.
Anna Javorek widow of Martin Javorek died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 3 pm Thursday after a lingering illness. Born in Czechoslovakia on February 11, 1870 she moved to Johnson county at age eight and lived there most of her life with a 16 year stay in Silver Hill Alabama mentioned. She taught in Johnson county rural schools for 20 years. Surviving are a sister Mrs Magdalena Houser of Swisher and several nieces and nephews. two sisters and two brothers preceded her in death. Services at Polansky funeral chapel and Holy Trinity church Walford with time to be announced.
James Alvin Creutzer, 78, of Palo died Thursday night at a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. Born February 18, 1895 in Schaller, he lived in Palo 30 years and was a World War I veteran. He belonged to the Lutheran church of Schaller. Surviving are three brothers Edward John and William and a sister Mrs Anna O Farrel, all of Cedar Rapids, plus several nieces and nephews. Body to Barta funeral home. Funeral arrangements pend ing.
Frank Zavodsky of 1011 Tenth Street SW died at his home Thursday at 2 45 p.m after a brief illness. Born June 13 1878 in Germany he came to Cedar Rapids at age 10 with his parents. A Spanish American War veteran he served 14 years in the U S armed forces in Company M Fifth Infantry. Surviving wife Emma.
City offices closed for 1943 year end as Walter Miller reports fines and license fees totaling over 3 700 dollars. City Auditor R E Norman compiles last payrolls while J F Scolaro gears up for the 17 500 homes field assessment next week. Commissions note light holiday activity as Police and Ambulance records edge toward year end. last 1943 events await Gazette press.
An obituary lists six step-children Walter C Luke Mrs Louis Michalec Cedar Rapids Mrs Ivan L Matteson Chicago Albert H Luke Plainfield 11 Martin C Luke Augusta Me and Private Elmer H Luke overseas. Five brothers Jerry Zavodsky Marengo Charles Zavodsky Cedar Rapids three sisters Mrs John Sullivan Belle Plaine Mrs Albert Kosta Chel sea and Mrs Edward Cherveny Keystone. Services in Polansky funeral chapel Sunday afternoon time to be announced.
Services for Joseph Kvach Jr who died Wednesday will be held Monday at 9 a m in St Wenceslaus Church conducted by Rev August Vojacek Burial will be in Bohemian National Cemetery Friends may call at the Barta chapel
Mrs Charles Peters born September 18 1909 on a farm near Shellsburg Iowa died at 4 p m Thursday in an Austin Texas hospital after a short illness. She leaves her husband Sgt Charles Peters in the army stationed at Austin a son Dale Waddell Urbana her mother Mrs Maude Van Dyke 620 I avenue NW Cedar Rapids a brother Harley Van Dyke Cedar Rapids and a sister Mrs Willis Bruce Shellsburg. Body sent to Barta funeral home funeral arrangements pending.
Orville Rennie, manager of the Paramount theater, Friday was announced winner of first prize in Twentieth Century Fox promotion contest for Happy Land in Town. This is Rennie's second award, his first was in the Moon is Down national contest where he took second prize.
Glenn H. Postell 27 of Los Angeles was committed to Linn county jail Cedar Rapids after a hearing before U S Commissioner R L Whelan on a federal charge of draft evasion. His case was continued pending papers from Los Angeles selective service board. Bond set at 2500 dollars.
Charles Wittenmeyer, Scott county GOP chairman, was named Davenport city Republican central committee chair Thursday. He succeeds Edward A. Doerr, who resigned.
Burlington Wis reporters recount Staff Sgt Baron S Fennesbeck winning the mythical diamond-studded gold medal of the world’s champion liar for a tale of a GI blood bank to feed Maryland’s mosquitoes. The entry claimed blood drains and I O U notes with comic Father’s Day cards and feisty insects resistant to gas and rifles.
Mr and Mrs Brown transfer apartments and receive lifelong rent free living in apartment B, a private room at Mercy hospital, and a $300 monthly income from the Sisters of Mercy. They list several parish schools in Iowa and Montana as part of the context for the arrangement. Mrs Brown states the couple planned the bequest during their lifetimes.
Forecast from Des Moines bureau expects warmer Saturday in Cedar Rapids and vicinity with no major temperature changes. Tonight’s low around 12 degrees, while Thursday’s high reached 26 and state highs hit 36. Cedar Rapids morning low 12 from 7 to 9, with 48 percent humidity reported.
Approximately $1,000 worth of damage was done to two trucks Thursday in an accident at Sixth avenue and Tenth streets SE. Cecil Smith of Marshalltown, driver of a large northbound trailer, crashed into a lime truck parked at the curb on Tenth street while Cecil Umbarger was at lunch. Smith said he dozed momentarily. The nap cost him $50 and costs on a charge of failing to have his truck under control.
London Reuters reports from Ankara that Prime Minister Winston Churchill, recently recovered from pneumonia, has left Cairo to travel to upper Egypt and plans to stay there for some time.
London reports confirm only 36 crew members survived the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst off the North Cape, a sharp drop from earlier Vichy radio counts of 1 460 survivors.
Theft of 10 000 Lucky Strike cigarets from a Nash Finch company loading dock truck late Thursday afternoon was reported by company officials. The cigarets valued at 70.
Holdouts against New Year closings will keep a Cedar Rapids post office building open on Saturday with army navy and marine recruiters at desks and deputy collectors in the internal revenue office. Postal offices will close though one citywide delivery and one citywide collection at 5 p.m. will occur. No rural route deliveries. Banks and other public offices will be closed for New Year’s Day.
Adolf Hitler in a grim New Year message to Germany warned that there would be no victors or losers in the looming struggle, only survivors and annihilated. He asserted Allied landing would be met with an appropriate welcome and said Britain has lost balance of power and is at the mercy of its allies.
UC medical school disclosed that gramacidin, a soil bacteria product, competes with penicillin in cures. Dr Henry Brainerd reported the drug is more than 1000 times as active against germs and cheaper and easier to produce. It has been used successfully for impetigo boils infected wounds burns and ulcers with dramatic results.
Washington AP report shows the budget bureau estimates 197 512 fewer civilians on the federal payroll now than six months earlier. June 30 civilian total was 3 252 598. The bureau’s needs suggest a larger reduction than agencies anticipated in late 1943. Budget Director Harold D Smith praised workers nationwide amid wartime efficiency goals.
The Office of Price Administration announced that wounded servicemen may receive special gasoline rations for travel to and from convalescence. The Army and Navy requested the action, noting that driving could aid recovery. Leave papers and a doctor’s certificate proving motoring would help must be shown to local ration boards.
An official release said thirteen Japanese planes were destroyed when Allied fighters intercepted a bomber formation off the Arakan coast. No Allied aircraft were lost in the engagement.
An old fashioned remedy note promotes Penetro as a two way cold relief product. It claims soothing nasal and throat congestion and stimulating local circulation. The ad emphasizes mothers rubbing it on and notes pricing at 25c for a single can and 35c for double supply.
A roundup lists Anthony Pusateri promoted to staff sergeant at Pope Field Fort Bragg N C and families notified. Donald Spaight on V-12 leave from Notre Dame visits his parents. Mose Nassif with Quartermaster at Camp Lee Va. John B Kaylor Jr returns to Fort Riley after Marion visits. Arthur Clark Jr Marine lands Tarawa with 1123 Third Ave SW parents. John Schreckengast visiting Berea Ohio family. James C Foushee moved Camp Wallace Texas to San Diego. Warrant: W J Valenta on furlough visiting parents while stationed Waycross Ga. Marvin Peden and family visiting Eagle Pass Texas. Larry Jedlicka promoted to technician fourth grade in N Africa. Leslie Nye of Camp Claiborne EN listed with Des Moines family in Iowa. John Lieb Jr heavy bomber pilot in Pacific area. three crewmates decorated Purple Heart. Lieb’s wife in Ames. Charles Bowers lands in North Africa. Gail Schwarz returns to Alameda after leave. Stephen Stramel transferred Jefferson Barracks Mo to Kansas State College Manhattan Kan. Sgt Gordon Blood transferred Kingman Ariz to Miami Beach Fla to enter officer candidate school.
A Chicago woman returned an expensive Christmas slip her husband bought and sought credit. The clerk found two slips charged, though the customer claimed only one. The remark Maybe your husband is cheating on you sparked a fight that required two men to separate.
Washington AP: Fifteen railroad unions rejected President Roosevelt’s arbitration basis for their wage dispute and insisted overtime be adjudicated independently. Army control of railroads appears likely as early settlement prospects dim. Unions accuse the administration of bungling and fear combining overtime with the four-to-ten cent raise could change the award.
A crash near Vincennes Indiana killed four people including farmer Benjamin J Gowen and his wife and two Army flyers Capt Harry C Arp and A C Harry C Fricke. Gowens five year old daughter survived with burns.
In the District Court of Iowa Linn County Wes Prenosil and Florence Prenosil sue Archie Blaine and Home Owners Loan Corp and unknown claimants over North 115 ft of Lot 31 SE quarter Section 9 Township 83 Range 7 Linn County Iowa They seek fee simple title to the same land and to bar any adverse claim They also seek judgment against Archie Blaine for 297 95 dollars for money paid on a mortgage cured by fraud and invalidity Case set for February 1943 Cedar Rapids Iowa: Bean ie PME Attorneys for Plaintiffs 908 Americas Building Cedar Rapids Iowa
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