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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1944
Page
2
Stamps valid through late February and March across food and fuel items list No. 1 to No. 4 coupons. Public notices include multiple divorce petitions and several traffic and parking fines with names and addresses. Also reports births at Mercy and St. Luke's with dated Feb 7 to Feb 8.
The city health department reports January totals: 13 chicken pox, 12 scarlet fever, 3 whooping cough, 3 measles. There were 70 total deaths, with age group breakdowns from under one to 85 plus, including 13 deaths in the 80 to 84 range and others across 65 to 94.
A Kansas City doctor’s invention claims to correct reducible ruptures without straps or belts and offers a 30 day trial with a free 3.50 truss. Send requests to Physician's Appliance Co. at 3462 Koch Bldg 2908 Main St Kansas City Mo for the trial.
The Senate sent the soldier voting bill back to the House without a record vote after attaching the Green Lucas federal ballot proposal. The amendment allows overseas personnel to choose federal or state ballots and seeks a conference to resolve differences with the House. Senator Wilson of Iowa opposed the plan. Senator Gillette favored it but was not recorded.
Pfc. William L. Sowers from Cedar Rapids describes his Tarawa experience as a second wave landing and a machine gun volley that struck his helmet just after reveille. He suffered only a headache and is en route home on a transport. The correspondent notes his age as 25 and gives his address at 1628 M Street SW.
Henry Adams of Iowa Manufacturing, recently returned from the WPB in Washington, D. C., will speak on Washington Bureaucracy at a Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce dinner. Miss Frances Marshall will provide piano music. Henry Gundling calls a board meeting at 5 15 p.m. Thursday and reservations are due by 5 p.m.
London AP dispatch from Istanbul reports 49 Polish army officers arrested in Jerusalem after declaring Poland’s future hinges on friendship and cooperation with Russia. The broadcast notes the arrest occurred amid Red Polish tension and international commentary.
When colds strike the home the comforting touch of mothers provides assurance. Mothers have a unique way to treat cold miseries with sympathetic care.
Howard Handleman reports from Kwajalein Island on February 1 as American front line troops employ tanks flame throwers and satchel charges to overpower Japanese pillboxes. The action follows cautious close assaults with riflemen engineers and grenadiers advancing under fire.
Denald Flamm, former WMAC owner, testifies before the House FCC probe linking White House confidants David Niles and Thomas Corcoran to the sale of WMCA to Edward J. Noble. He claims pressure to sell came from threats to his license and that Dempsey acted for Noble in the 1941 sale, with prior FCC action in 1938.
Tokyo radio told Japanese listeners that swift American blows have plunged the Central Pacific war into an acute phase. It said the United States is eager for a speedy decisive battle and that American tactics aim to destroy Japan’s sea and air strength. The broadcast claimed the information was specific.
German military attaché and top Japanese naval officers were placed under house arrest in Buenos Aires on Tuesday accused of directing a large Axis spy network across Argentina and the Americas.
Deductions for rental on safety deposit boxes are allowed on federal returns only when the boxes are used mainly to safeguard income producing securities. The return must show some income from those securities. boxes with only war bonds or papers with no regular dividends or interest cannot deduct the rental.
J H Bormann of 1959 Park Avenue SE was appointed Tuesday by James W Bell to serve as secretary for Linn County Red Cross war fund campaign. He previously worked with Hutchinson Ice Cream. Headquarters are in the Federal building basement and will move to the Granby building once Red Cross offices open.
Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the Federal Reserve board, cautioned against premature tax cuts and urged pursuing a balanced budget as soon as possible after the war.
The United States pressed Finland to make peace with Russia and Britain or face consequences, while Moscow warned of retaliation. Radio Moscow noted Finnish talks of a separate ceasefire, and Helsinki reported more air alarms and refugee queues as evacuation plans for children under six were expected.
Service members praise war bond efforts with monthly payroll deductions and Christmas gift prompts. Countywide sales reach 7,226,925.50 toward 8,800,000 goal. Series E lagging at 1,345,466.50 of 2,967,000 with 47 percent of E quota fulfilled. Local theaters offer free admission to bond buyers.
President Roosevelt pins Congressional Medals of Honor to Lt Gerry H Kisters and Marine pilot J Kenneth A Walsh. Kisters earned the Medal for Sicily and Tunisian campaigns, while Walsh shot down three Japanese planes at Vella Lavella in 1943.
New York AP reports two executives assumed control of the OWI overseas division after Elmer Davis asked resignations from three officials. Edward W. Barrett, ex Newsweek editor, becomes executive director of the branch, while Thurman L. Barnard, former post service bureau head, is named assistant executive director.
Nine candidates including Beatrice Nelson Mary Colbert Laura Van denberg Mabel Vandenberg Helen Newcomer Irene Gateris Phyllis Snyder Jane Kupka and Jerry Kupka contend for Miss Paper Doll of 1944 at Iowa City venue Paper Doll. Election set for this weekend.
Public Improvements Commissioner Dave Williams recommends increasing the wattage of three street lights near First Avenue and Thirtieth Street E and one light on Linden Drive SE from 1000 to 2500 lumens. City council approved the plan on Tuesday.
Reporter Richard W. Johnston describes U S troops on Kwajalein island assaulting a fortified Japanese position. Tanks breach two foot thick walls as demolition charges collapse the structure. After hours of combat, final attack orders come from Lt Col John Finn and Japanese defenses crumble.
The Mechanics Educational Society of America halted its general strike in Michigan and Ohio war plants on a temporary basis. The executive committee, led by Matthew Smith and George White, will seek a National War Labor Board decision in Washington Tuesday while maintaining the right to resume action if government labor policies are unsatisfactory. The board ordered the walkout to end and summoned Smith and White to explain the strike.
Miss Jeannette Coughlin of Dubuque takes temporary charge in the Cedar Rapids federal district clerk's office for two weeks starting Monday. Miss Bessie G. Engle, regular deputy clerk, will return after a monthlong leave of absence and resume duties.
A Sokol meeting at Soko hall honored members in service with a plaque. About 200 attendees heard John Mokrejs speak of his internment by the Japanese after returning to the United States on the Gripsholm. Mokrejs headed an International General Electric subsidiary in Shanghai before the war.
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