Local Option Bill May Not Reach Senate
Iowa's local option beer bill faces an uncertain fate as Lt. Gov. Evans sends it to the No. 2 senate judiciary committee. If banished there, the bill could fail to reach the full senate. Meanwhile Dr. William McVane of Dyversville, a Dubuque County Republican, is discussed as a possible six year $4 500 state liquor control commissioner.
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Senate
Drys
Iowa Senate
Kenneth A. Evans
Judiciary Committee
Iowa Daily Press
Paul R. Bumbarger
Liberia
Cedar Rapids
Frank C. Byers
House
Judiciary 2
Dubuque County
State Liquor Control Commission
William McVane
Dyersville
Robert D. Blue
McVane
Dick R. Lane
Davenport
Iowa Senate Seeks Expanded Psychopathic Facilities
Gov Blue favors appointing the best suited officials while the legislature moves to improve care for the mentally ill in Iowa. Senators Elthon Byers Berg and Mercer and Rep Gardner planned a weekend visit to University of Iowa physicians to study enlarging psychopathic facilities to observe and possibly cure before commitment to state hospitals.
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Iowa
Leo Elthon
Elthon, Byers
John P. Berg
Cedar Falls
LeRoy Mercer
Iowa City
Soldier from Traer Missing in Belgium
Traer Sg t Warren Reid Miller 21 son of Mrs Sadie Miller has been missing in action in Belgium since January 11 He entered service from Tama county in August 1943 and sailed overseas in October 1944 He was a student at the University of Iowa before joining the army.
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TRAER
Warren Reid Miller
Sadie Miller
Belgium
Tama County
University of Iowa
Iowa January War Dead Total Hits 411
DES MOINES AP January proved grim for Iowa with 411 WWII deaths, the second worst month after August’s 426. State records show total Iowa war fatalities now about 4,660, compared with 3,578 from World War I.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Historical War Records Department
OPA praises Iowa car pool records in war effort
Des Moines AP report notes 78 percent of 5000 workers’ cars are over five years old while 15 percent exceed ten years. Walter D. Kline cites 105 Iowa plants with company directed pools and outlines high 4.2 and 4.1 occupancy averages at Des Moines depot and Collins Radice Cedar Rapids facility.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Walter D. Kline
OPA
Kline
Army Air Force
Collins Radice Company
Cedar Rapids
Veteran Home on Leave at Toledo Foresees Long War
Lt Clifton Spears, home in Toledo on 30 day leave after 34 months with the 34th division in Africa and Italy, says Berlin’s fall won’t end the war. He notes Berlin is not vital since it’s been bombed out and expects continued fighting over ferries. He adds the 34th would welcome relief but will return if ordered.
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the Gazette
Toledo
Clifton Spears
Africa
Italy
Spears
Berlin
Germany
Central City Soldiers Wounded and Returnees Named
Central City reports Cpl Harold R. Smith age 22 wounded January 19 in Luxembourg. He entered service in May 1943 and is with a Third Army tank destroyer unit active in France. Sgt Harry E. Proctor, 27, has returned to the United States from France and is a patient at Fletcher General Hospital in Cambridge, Ohio after four years in service with duty in Africa Italy and France. His wife and daughter stay with relatives Mr and Mrs George Fuller.
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Central City
Harold R. Smith
Luxembourg
War Department
Ralph Smith
Third Army
France
Harry E. Proctor
United States
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Ohio
Africa
Italy
George Fuller
Iowa Sets February War Bond Quota at 15.8 Million
Des Moines report says the Iowa war finance committee established a February quota of 15 8 million dollars to boost monthly bond sales by about 3 million. W L Clark notes fewer drives this year, with two big drives in spring and fall, urging steady purchases. County quotas list Linn 695000 plus other county targets across the state.
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Des Moines
Iowa War Finance Committee
Linn
Jones
Benson
Cedar
Iowa
Buchanan
Delaware
Clayton
Allamakee
Fayette
Johnson
Tama
Winneshiek
Sgt. Clark Ingersoll Rites at Tama Tuesday
Services for Sgt. Clark Ingersoll 30 who died last Thursday at the Amarillo army hospital will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Harrison funeral home in Tama. Burial will be in Maple Hill cemetery Mon tour. He entered service June 2 1942 and was stationed at Lubbock field Texas. A Tama high school graduate he was formerly employed by Tama State Bank and later a bank examiner. Surviving are his father Fred Ingersol Toledo his wife Mary Welman of Ottumwa and a sister Mrs Lola Harrison Dixon Illinois.
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the Gazette
Toledo
Clark Ingersoll
Amarillo
Texas
Harrison Funeral Home
Tama
Maple Hill
Montour
Ingersoll
Lubbock Field
Tama High School
Tama State Bank
Fred Ingersol
Mary Welman
Ottumwa
Lola Harrison
Dixon, Il
Men and Women In Service Channel Navy and Army Promos
Raymond F. Wall 24 promoted from ensign to lieutenant j g while stationed in the South Pacific. His wife Margaret stays in Jacksonville Florida. Allan Campagna on 30 day leave from the South Pacific before service school in Washington. Cpl Roy L Clouse arrives in the Philippines. Pvt Frank Smejkal in Europe with two brothers in service, Pfe Lumber and Pfe Richard Vernon wounded in Belgium.
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Raymond F. Wall
South Pacific
J.g
Thomas Wall
Fifth Street
Margaret
Jacksonville
Fla
Roosevelt
Wall
Corpus Christi
Texas
Pvt
Frank Thomas Wall
Camp Maxey
Allan Campagna
J. F. Campagna
G Avenue
Campagna
Washington, D. C
Cpl
Roy L. Clouse
Philippines
A Avenue
Dale Clouse
Eleventh Street
Frank Smejkal
Billy
C Street
Belle Avenue
Pfe
Lumbr
Richard Vernon
Belgium
Couple Found Dead In An Automobile
SIBLEY AP Harold Becker 18 of Little Rock and Audrey Arnold 16 of Madeira Minn were found dead in a car in front of a cafe near Little Rock ten miles NW at 3 am Monday Coroner A H Lockwood ruled carbon monoxide poisoning The cafe operator William Reese discovered the couple Arnold worked at the cafe
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Sibley
Harold Becker
Little Rock
Audrey Arnold
Madeira
Minn
Here
A. H. Lockwood
William Reese
Miss Arnold
Ehrenville Sgt Burtram Thibadeau Visits Parents On Furlough
Earlville reports Sg t Burtram Thibadeau, a three year veteran of overseas service, is spending a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Burt Thibadeau.
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Earlville
Burtram Thibadeau
Burt Thibadeau
Gazette Publishing Details and Subscription Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette published daily and Sunday at 500 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa entered as second class matter June 18 1932 under act of March 3 1879. The paper credits International News Service and The Associated Press for news. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with weekly and yearly prices and cities served. Allen Klapp Company offices are listed in Chicago New York and Detroit.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
3Rd Ave
Iowa
T International News Service
U. S&s
Allen-Klapp Company
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
New York
New Center Bridge
Detroit
Media Records
A.N.P.A
West Branch Soldier Ketchum Killed in Belgium
Pfc. Charles LeRoy Ketchum, 19, was killed Jan. 18 in action in Belgium, his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ketchum have been advised by the War Department. A high school senior when he enlisted in December 1943, he had been overseas since last November, and is survived by three sisters Marietta LaVonne and Betty and three brothers Kenneth Bobby and Jerry.
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West Branch
Charles LeRoy Ketchum
Belgium
Charles Ketchum
War Department
Marietta
LaVonne
Betty
Kenneth
Bobby
Jerry Ketchum
Fire Hits McLellan Store in Snell Building
A Sunday blaze of unknown origin destroyed the McLellan store stock at Fort Dodge. The fire began at the entrance to the store offices but spared other offices in the seven story Snell building where the store is housed.
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Fort Dodge
McLellan
Snell
James Anderson Injured in Action
Sgt. James Andy Anderson a paratrooper in a division with General Patton s Third Army was injured January 8 in Belgium and is in a French hospital. Anderson 107 Eleventh Street NW entered service in April 1943 and went overseas last August. he has a brother Jack who will soon complete boat training at the Great Lakes naval training center.
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James “Andy
Patton
Third Army
Belgium
France
Anderson
Eleventh Street
Jack
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Face Life with Courage and Hope Dr Laurie Speaks at Coe
Dr. James W. Laurie pastor of Central Presbyterian Buffalo told Coe College during Spiritual Emphasis week that God is at work in the world and near to help. He spoke in Sinclair Memorial chapel and at an informal fireside gathering in Voorhees quad as part of a two day campus visit with further talks scheduled at 10 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday.
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James W. Laurie
Central Presbyterian Church of
Buffalo
N. Y
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Coe College
Coe
United States
Laurie
Voorhees
Alice B. Salter
Y.W.C.A
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Two Men Pay $25 Costs On Drunkenness Charge
Herman J. Kleppe age 43 of 732 First avenue NW and Charles McLeod age 39 of 1134 Fifth street NW were fined $25 and costs by Police Judge Harry S. Johnson after pleading guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Kleppe resisted officers on the Roosevelt hotel mezzanine path to the station. McLeod faced charges following a complaint by his wife that he beat her upon returning home.
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Herman J. Kleppe
First Avenue NW
Charles McLeod
Fifth Street NW
Harry S. Johnson
Kleppe
Roosevelt Hotel
McLeod
Notice of Executor in Anna Blazek Estate Iowa Linn County
Notice states BLAZER Pred executor, appointed January 27 1945, for Anna Blazek late of Linn County Iowa deceased. Creditors must present claims to the Clerk of Linn County District Court and debts should be settled promptly. Attorneys Barnes Chamberlain Hanzlik Wadsworth listed as counsel.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Anna Blazek
Towa
District Court
Induction Sends 26 Men From Linn County Board No 3
Thirty or more pre induction furloughs concluded as Linn county selective service board No 3 outside Cedar Rapids sent 26 men into service Sunday night. The list includes Robert Burton Burns Cedar Rapids Floyd Brogan Cedar Rapids Harold Emery Texas Bernard Crowley Anamosa Raymond Hotz Marion Charles L Grier Marshalltown Bernard Rickard Walker John S Stookey Cedar Rapids George Shakespeare Central City Wendell Moore Alburnett Robert Zingula Marion Clarence Tudeen Marion William Butschi Coggon Clarence Boeserberg Marion Theodore Kahler Cedar Rapids Ralph Light Lisbon Donald Hollo way Center Point Albert Martin Jr Marion Guy Williams Marion Frank Daven s Cedar Rapids Phelps Manning Mt. Vernon.
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Linn County Selective Service Board
Cedar Rapids
Robert Burton Burns
First Street
Floyd Ernest Brogan
Harold E. Emery
San Antonio
Texas
Bernard J. Crowley
Anamosa
Raymond E. Hotz
Marion
Charlies L. Grier
Marshalltown
Bernard E. Rickard
Walker
John S. Stookey
Palo
John W. Walton
Mt. Vernon
Rey R. Quaas
Alburnett
Donald L. Dolezal
Walter Ehits
Monticello
Joseph W. Mitralsky
George K. Shakespeare
Central City
Wendell R. Moore
Robert V. Zingula
Clarence B. Tudeen
William W. Butschi
Coggon
Clarence L. Boeserberg
Theodore L. Kahler
Thirty-second Street
Ralph E. Light
Lisbon
Donald A. Holloway
Center Point
Albert W. Martin, Jr
Guy D. Williams
Frank E. Davens
Phelps K. Manning
War Dads Head Dr. H Roe Bartle Talk Feb 14
Tickets free for Dr H Roe Bartle national executive director of the American War Dads speaking Feb 14 at Memorial Coliseum Kansas City Missouri Doors open 7 15 p m for musical program speech and program begin 8 15 p m Tickets available from USC headquarters 108 Second Avenue SE Admission by ticket only
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H. Roe Bartle
Kansas City
American War Dads
Memorial Coliseum
U.S.C
Second Avenue SE
Coliseum
the Gazette
Bartle
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la Lee
Grd Avenue
S. E
Leyte
Albert H. Smith
Urbana Methodist Church
Dale D. Welch
University of Dubuque
Pvt. Smith
Alfred Smith
Urbana
Gov. Blue
Christian Science
Margaret Matters, C.S.B
New York City
Mother Church
the First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Second Avenue
First Church OF Christ
Scientist
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Lichty
Smith
Sgt. Proctor
Cpl. Smith
Sgt
Associated Press
McLellan Store
Barney
1St Ave
Betwee
Sa—suter
Lydia E. Pinkham
Saco
Navy
James Anderson
Sgt. Anderson
Pred Blazer
Barnes, Chamberlain, Hanzlik & Wads
Attormeys
Mary Miles
Tete Nee Oe
Emertt Corres
VapoRub
Kryptok
Second ST. SE
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