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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1945
Page
2
A mix of food stamp validity notices for February and March 2045, including Me at-Red stamps and sugar stamps with expiration dates, gasoline and fuel oil coupon details, and shoe stamps. Also lists several divorce decrees, traffic fines, tax and bank bill updates, and local birth notices with dates and addresses.
John Schultz 56 a Millersburg furniture dealer and mortician since 1908 died Friday morning of a heart attack. He collapsed while clearing a snow walk and died within minutes leaving a wife a son Virgil Schultz Cedar Rapids a daughter Mrs Vera Conaway Melbourne his father Fred Schultz Millersburg two brothers Henry Cedar Rapids Carl three sisters Mrs Ed Koehn Millersburg Mrs William Scheeler Cedar Rapids and Mrs Clare Gerard Iowa City and four grandchildren Funeral arrangements are pending.
Coast guard Coxswain Gene E. Oxley and Chief Radioman Joe L. Bowen spoke to workers at Iowa Manufacturing and other plants, detailing D-day dangers and convoy battles. They urged 100 percent attendance to shorten the war, noting blood, burns, and survival odds from German fire and torpedoes.
Washington AP report lists Fred M. Vinson Joseph P Kennedy Marriner S Eccles and Henry J Kaiser as possible lenders chiefs amid Roosevelt plans to separate lending from commerce. Senate delayed Wallace nomination and passed a bill to divorce lending powers with an annual GAO audit required.
The report notes 11 degrees at 7 p.m. in Dubuque and nine at midnight with snow beginning around 11 p.m. Friday’s low was recorded as nine. It mentions Mason City’s eight above as the state low and reflects on Candlemas Day and related traditions.
Linn county held regular and public bidders tax sales Friday in the courthouse. Gross income reached 5177.70 with 180 parcels sold for 4290.80 at the regular sale and 886.90 at the public bidders sale. Ten of twenty attendees acted as bidders and C. H. Petty chaired the board of supervisors.
Allied forces break into Colmar northern edge and push through the central Siegfried line restoring pressure on Strasbourg. American and French divisions clear 30 miles of Rhine left bank, reach Rhine at multiple points, and advance into German hamlets near Prum and St Vith as air and artillery targets disrupt reinforcements.
Thehouse passed 83 to 21 a bill allowing Iowa banks to make instalment loans up to 2500 with a charge not exceeding 6 per 100 or 1 percent monthly. An amendment to cap real estate loan interest at seven percent was defeated after a voice vote. The measure goes to the senate which approved without the seven percent clause. Several amendments limiting loan size and borrower scope were rejected.
The speaker asserts only two groups could seek peace for Germany, the armed forces leadership or the Nazi regime. After the July 20 assassination attempt, most military leaders were executed or silenced, making surrender near impossible without true authority to sign on an unconditional basis.
On a cold Thursday in Cedar Rapids residents notice dimmed streets as a brownout nears. Observers ponder if fewer window shoppers will push people toward cinemas while theater ads promise unchanged allure inside. Local managers expect the measure to speed brighter days.
Pvt Wayne Ross 25 entered service last June and was sent overseas in December. He sustained injuries in Belgium January 13 and is reported to be in a hospital in England. Word reached his wife at 950 M Street SW and his mother Mrs Mae Klock at 600 First Avenue NE.
A jury convicted Marine Pfc. Earl McFarland, Guadalcanal veteran, of first degree murder in the fatal assault on 18 year old Dorothy Berrum, a government clerk.
A. G. Keyes of Cedar Rapids was elected chairman of Linn county Red Cross at a board luncheon. Officers re elected include Mrs. Carl Ettinger as vice chair and Ervin F. Stepanek as treasurer. The board approved $50 monthly toward rural nursing salaries and noted nursing staff reductions from prewar levels. James Bell reported war fund returns over $168,000. New board members include Mrs. Bowdish, Mrs. Briggs, the Mines, Elliott, Cornell, and Yates.
A series of military updates notes Pvt Arch ie R Eckert Jr completing training at Tyndall Field Fla and receiving silver wings, Ensign Doug Wagner visiting his brother an apprentice seaman at Great Lakes, Lt Edward M Ward commissioned after officer candidate training at Fort Benning Ga, and Sgt William K Shaffer visiting Cedar Rapids relatives. Also listed are promotions and assignments for Robert W Dillon, Nancy Dee Houser, Art James K Fordice, Marshall D Cook, Pvt John Olson, John H Dolezal, Pvt George E Othmer missing in action in Belgium, with home addresses and family ties.
Japanese prisoners of war will be confined at the Clarinda camp in Iowa replacing German inmates. The Seventh Service Command in Omaha said the first contingent will exceed 250 and will be held in close custody with no outside labor. German prisoners from Clarinda were moved to other camps.
In Brussels, all five Socialist ministers in the Pierlot cabinet offered their resignations Thursday night but agreed to remain until Tuesday when the government’s future may be decided. Reports suggested up to five more ministers could resign, with two already under strong criticism.
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