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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1945
Page
2
The February 10 1945 issue lists validity dates for Meat Red Stamps Foods Blue stamps and Sugar stamps with new expiration dates and quantities. It also includes gasoline fuel oil shoe airplane stamp details and a list of traffic penalties and public notices of births marriages and legal actions from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
United Press reports Tokyo broadcast stating Premier Koiso conducted a partial cabinet shakeup. Takeo Tanaka left his post to join the house of peers, while Lt Gen Harushige Ninomika was replaced as education minister due to illness by Count Hideo Kodama. Hisatada Hirose became welfare minister and took over duties of Count Hideo Tokama, now education minister.
Tama County discharged its remaining road bonds totaling 86 000 in 1944. County Engineer Ronald C Child reports 221 475 spent on county roads 67 954 on trunk roads and 126 979 on local roads. Over six miles of new roads were built 15 new bridges erected and 39 repaired. Surfaces cover 833 62 miles of 1175 1 road miles. Maintainers number 17 with roughly 23 men employed. Wages rose for maintenance 10 cents to 75 cents per hour and helpers from 65 to 70 cents while construction wages climbed from 70 to 85 cents.
The FCC said on Friday that Dubuque Broadcasting, operator of WKDB, has applied for authority to operate a new FM station on 45,500 kilocycles.
Iowa enjoyed the warmest day in three months with Cedar Rapids reaching 48 degrees and Council Bluffs 50 as a thaw continued. Forecasters expect a return to normal winter temperatures over the weekend amid cloudy skies and plunging overnight lows across the state.
The Bishop of Birmingham urged a new friendliness toward Germany and warned against harsh peace terms. Archbishop Downey urged ending intelligent fanaticism and militarism at home, while Bishop Headlam noted sufferings of Latvia and Estonia under both Germans and Russians and urged support for Russia.
London AP reports a German English language propaganda broadcast to Allied troops on the western front claimed brutal acts, including past Belgian killings, are justified by German self preservation, aiming to intimidate amid advances.
Floyd County Attorney Weston E. Jones said Mrs. Helen Brewer, who failed to appear in Osage court on a murder assault charge, was found at a Mason City hospital where she is under a doctor’s care. A bench warrant had been issued by Judge M. H. Kepler.
Text presents lines praising Edgar A. Guest as the poet of the people. It reflects on living superbly under sorrow and the virtues of faith courage and resolve. The verses urge maintaining high roads, courage, and building faith before hardship.
The Foreign Economic Administration released a 30 page report debunking 38 lend lease rumors as false. It refutes claims that cigaret shortages stem from lend-lease exports enriching the Axis and asserts no goods are being re exported to Britain or other nations. It emphasizes lend-lease exists only to defend the United States and aid Allies.
R. J. Phelps chairman and C. R. McCann member of the Johnson county ration board Iowa City have resigned ending a controversy that began last May. Des Moines OPA director Walter Kline had removed them then reinstated them later but both say they feel ignored since reinstatement.
Tipton Cedar County witnessed Winford White receive the Eagle Scout award at a high school gymnasium court of honor. Scout Executive W. C. Louder and Joe Davenport presented the honor. White is Cedar county’s third Eagle in 35 years with troops from London and Clarence in attendance.
Elmer Solberg aged 68 of 426 C avenue NE sustained minor neck injuries when a truck he rode in with Clarence Vrba of 1620 J street SW collided with a truck driven by Charles Hook at Third avenue and First street SE. Solberg was taken to Mercy hospital by ambulance. Vrba paid a $5 traffic court fine for failure to yield right of way.
Paul Blakely age 24, grandson of Mrs. Josephine Burkhart of Traer, was killed January 24 in action in Germany. He had served two years and been overseas since last summer. His father Adolph Blakely, now in Flat Rock Illinois, is a former Traer street commissioner and a past commander of Kubik Finch post American Legion.
Special to The Gazette Anamosa Lt. Douglas G. Hart, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey Hinrichsen, has been reported missing since November 18 on Leyte in the Philippines. He is the son of Mrs. Lily Hart and brother of Pvt. Ernest Hart, who was killed last August in France, while Sgt. Albert Lee Kula, wounded in Belgium January 12, is in the infantry.
John Edward Cook 64 a Cedar Rapids resident for 21 years died Friday in the Masonic sanatorium at Bettendorf after a year there. Born in Marion he was son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Cook and moved to Cedar Rapids. He worked for the state of Montana before illness. Surviving is his wife a son Edward Princeton Illinois a daughter Mrs. Maxine Toynton Chicago his mother Mrs. Henrietta Cook and two brothers William and Harry Miles City Montana two grandchildren and a half sister Mrs. Mary Gleason Marion. Services in Yocom chapel Marion with burial Oak Hill cemetery Central City.
Services for Mrs Catherine Elizabeth Dye who died in Center Point Friday will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday in the Christian church in Center Point with the Rev L Z Patton officiating. Burial will follow in Center Point cemetery. The body was to be taken from Beatty chapel late today to the family home where friends may call.
Services for Mrs Arthur Cox of 416 First Street SW are set for Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the Rohn chapel with Rev Clifford Miner and Cedar Rebekah lodge officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the Cedar Memorial Chapel location.
Services for Mrs Joseph W Jilek of 619 Memorial Drive SE will be at Polansky funeral chapel Monday at 8:30 a.m. and at St. Wenceslaus church at 9 a.m. Burial in St. John's Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday after 2 p.m. Mrs Frances A Jicha of 55 Twenty-second Avenue SW died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Saturday at 8:40 a.m. Born in Czechoslovakia in 1866 she came to the United States at age 15, later settling in Cedar Rapids in 1924. Surviving are her husband John and three children. Services will be at Polansky funeral chapel at a time to be announced.
Stockholm dispatch reports a new wave of Nazi terrorism in Norway after the execution of 34 patriots in reprisal for Karl Marthinsen's assassination. Marthinsen, Gestapo chief and Quisling ally, was killed Thursday. 19 patriots were executed Friday, with 15 more in Oslo as the purge continued.
Washington AP OPA Saturday fixed retail ceiling prices of 2.65 dollars a gallon and 67 cents a quart for anti freezes with four glycerine base. OPA said more of this war scarce commodity is now available to civilians.
About 1,300 American heavy bombers plus 900 fighters engaged Nazi jet planes in a major operation over Germany and occupied areas. Jets from Messerschmitt 262s proved elusive while American bombers hit targets including a 174 acre synthetic oil plant at Lutzkendorf and rail yards. Moosbierbaum petroleum plant near Vienna and a Duelmen fuel depot were also attacked.
Fourteen college presidents led by Bowman and Gates urge President Roosevelt to adopt universal military training. In a letter they argue immediate action would bolster U.S. stance for an international peace system and deter isolationism, naming signers from Pitt, Cooper Union, Rutgers, MIT, UPenn, Dartmouth, Temple, Amherst, Lafayette, Yale, Northwestern, Florida, Muhlenberg, and Georgia Tech.
Federal Judge Henry Graven issued a temporary injunction against Hygrade Food Products' Manchester plant in Dubuque restraining interstate shipping of cheese made from milk acquired before Feb 4 1945 and barring receipt of milk grading four or five by government tests. A final hearing was set for the April 24 term in Dubuque following prior inspectors reports and a Waterloo hearing.
Mr and Mrs K O Bakken were notified their son Lester died January 22 in Germany. He entered service November 17 1942 and served with the Ninth Army. The Bakken family has three other sons in service.
Robert McGregor receives a promotion from ensign to lieutenant j g as a gunnery officer on a Pacific gunboat. Genevieve Leonard arrives at Hot Springs Ark for illness treatment after an Atlantic flight and serves in the Women’s Army Corps in Paris. Elaine Nunnally, navy disbursement storekeeper, visits from Seattle on leave. Marshall Nelson Jr. transfers after electronics training to Fort Lauderdale area. George Oujsiri wounded in France and moved to England. Myrne Miller, seaman, to Cedar Rapids visit. Charles Groff on leave from Camp Fannin prior to Fort Ord. Rowland and Guy Groff serve with medical corps and engineers. James Dulin earns combat infantryman badge with Hodges’ First Army in Germany after Ireland return. Max Ramsey transferred from Great Lakes to Norman Oklahoma.
A trial examiner for the NLRB urges NBC and Blue networks to drop Petrillo and AFM in wage talks for record changers. The examiner backs hiring the National Association of Broadcast Engineers and Technicians as the exclusive bargaining group for technical staff after prior recognition of the independent union.
Mary Olmstead 18 of Des Moines was struck and killed Friday night on highway 28 near Norwalk by a hit and run truck driver. Her roommate Lila Linn escaped injury while Miss Sinn remained uninjured. Police hunted the fleeing driver as the accident occurred while the two walked to a basketball game.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 and published by The Gazette Company lists postal and subscription information. It posts rates for carrier and mail subscriptions, plus office addresses in Chicago New York and Detroit with miscellaneous business notes.
Sir Walter Citrine urged a world trade union conference to create an international TVA dividing Germany into Rhine and Danube valley authorities. He called for Allied control of Germany's economy, reparations, educational reform, and removal of war memorials.
United States daily newspaper circulation reached 45,954,838 in 1944, up 3.4 percent from 1943, across 1,744 English language dailies. Sunday circulation rose by 653,790 to 37,845,622.
Washington AP reports a rift in prospects for Wallace’s cabinet bid as the George bill to separate the RF C and loan agencies from the commerce department gains momentary traction in the House Rules Committee. Wallace backers say confirmation hinges on passage of the bill before Senate vote. Rep Cox signals he may back floor consideration if amended to remove Wallace from Export-Import Bank board.
A U S government sugar expert said up to 200 000 to 300 000 tons of sugar might be shipped from liberated Philippine areas to the United States before year’s end. Prewar imports averaged about 900 000 tons annually. Dismantled mills and diverted cane fields by the Japanese complicate estimates of how much sugar can be produced for export.
Rep. Marcantonio introduced a resolution urging President Roosevelt to recognize Italy as an ally in the war and extend lend-lease aid. He urged Congress and the public to press the Allied commission to increase the Italian bread ration.
A dozen year revival titled Chicago Theater of the Air airs at 9 p.m. Saturday over Mutual and WGN starring Betty Mulliner soprano and Bruce Foote baritone. The college story musical features Good News Lucky in Love The Best Things in Life Are Free and Varsity Pray.
A compact radio listings page notes events across stations WMT WLS WHO KXEL WE Judy Canova and others. Appearances include Mayor of Town Navy segment Danny Kaye Natl Barn Dance and Boston Symphony with performers such as Andy Russell Al Pearce and Herbert Marshall.
The page lists broadcast times and program titles for several stations including WGN WMT WHO and KXEL. Programs shown include The Barn Dance News Parade Meet Nays and various performers such as Judy Canova and Andy Russell with noted times from 6:15 p m to 10:45 am.
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