Stamp and coupon notices plus local marriages and births
Daily Record lists valid food fuel and gas stamps through late February to March 1944. It records marriage licenses for William Barnes with Darlene Kitts and various divorce and vehicle offense notices. Also notes a fire alarm, several births at St Luke's Mercy Mercy hospitals and a corrected birth record for Raymond Cooley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s
Elmer Wendt
Ryan
Bert Hartenberger
K Avenue NE
William Goon
Park Avenue SE
Harold Groff
Fairfax
Mercy
Willis Grumman
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Cpl
Robert Cooley
Raymond Cooley
Gazette Receives Honorable Mention in Typo Contest
The Cedar Rapids Gazette earned an honorable mention in the Inland Daily Press Association fifth annual typographical contest announced at Inland's 60th midwinter meeting in Chicago. First place went to the Minneapolis Star-Journal, with Bloomington Pantagraph second and St. Louis Globe-Democrat third. Flint Journal also received honorable mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Inland Daily Press Association
Inland
Chicago
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
Minneapolis Star-Journal
Bloomington
Ill
Daily Pantagraph
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Gazette
Flint, Mich
Journal
Four Traffic Accidents Reported Monday Night
Four traffic accidents marred Cedar Rapids peaceful night. Mrs Anna Chehak and two passengers injured when her car struck a North Western switch engine at Ninth street and Third avenue SW. A semi trailer jackknifed at Sixteenth avenue and Ninth street SW blocking traffic. Street department used cad cinders for traction. Minor crashes reported on Third avenue Third street SE and Tenth avenue Seventh street SE with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ninth Street
Third Avenue
Anna Chehak
Eighteenth Street
North Western
Chehak
Sixteenth Avenue
Third Street SE
Tenth Avenue
Seventh Street SE
C R Woman Overcome By Carbon Monoxide Gas
Mrs. Jack Hoff of 1130 Fifth Street NW was treated at St Luke's hospital Tuesday morning after being overcome by carbon monoxide. Mr Hoff reported they had trouble starting their car and she collapsed upon entering the house. He was treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hoff
Fifth Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Yanks Take Isle Off New Guinea In Fast Move
Allied forces occupy Rooke Island in the Dampier Strait with no opposition reported. Marines seize Gorissi village on New Britain as Japanese troops retreat. Air bases at Rabaul Kavieng and Admiralty Islands subjected to heavy Allied bombing totaling 748 tons at Rabaul since Feb. 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Southwest Pacific
Rooke Island
Dampier Strait
New Britain
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
United States
New Britain Island
Gorissi
Cape Gloucester
Umboi
Tip
Rabaul
Bismarck Archipelago
Kavieng
New Ireland
Admiralty Islands
Every Inductee Seen in Combat
Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire predicts all future inductees will see combat duty before the war ends, stating the war will last at least three more years. He notes physicians may be kept in service during reconstruction and suggests stricter induction examinations as every new recruit must be able to perform full-time combat duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ross T. McIntire
Navy
McIntire
Congress of Medical Education and Licensure
McIintire
Japanese officers shoot own men to foil surrender at Kwajalein
U S Army sergeants Hudson and McGlinn, wounded in the same incident, testified that Japanese officers fired on their own troops to prevent surrender to Seventh Army during Kwajalein operations. The three wounded soldiers, including Pfc. Albert Davis, recover as reports describe the attackers fleeing dugouts and aiming to avoid back shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Hawaii
United States Army
Seventh Army
Kwajalein
Lawrence R. Hudson
Sacramento
Calif
Edward F. McGlinn
Northomne
Minn
McLinn
Hudson
Pfc
Albert Davis
Spanish Fork
Utah
Red Cross Offices To Close Two Days
Linn county Red Cross headquarters in Cedar Rapids and new Granby building offices will close Friday and Saturday for moving. On Monday the Granby third floor offices open and the post office building quarters will be vacated. The move provides more space for expanding federal agency demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Granby Building
Granby
Red Cross
Allied Planes Foil Assault on Atlantic Convoy
Royal Navy carrier based planes including Wild cats repelled an enemy air attack on a valuable Atlantic convoy about 380 miles west of Cape Finisterre. The action, confirmed Tuesday, involved Allied aircraft defending the convoy from aerial assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INL
Royal Navy
Cape Finisterre
Can't Keep Grandma in Her Chair
An old style kidney health ad promotes Doan's Pills claiming tired kidneys cause backache and other pains. It says the kidneys expel waste and that using Doan's Pills has helped millions for over 40 years to relieve symptoms and flush poisons from the blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Dean
Doan
Voters End Registration by March 3 for March 14 Primaries
City Clerk Maude Krebs warns voters must register by March 3 to vote in the March 14 primaries. Eligibility includes 21 years old, six months in state, 60 days in county, and no voting in four years without registration. Changes of address and name updates require filing at city hall. Office hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, extended to 9 p.m. March 3. Nomination papers deadline also March 3 at 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krebs
City Briefs Recap from Cedar Rapids Area Events
A Davenport district ODT rep will meet at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce from 9 30 a m to 5 p m Wednesday for conferences. Miss Elizabeth Windsor of Coe College is summoned to Urbana Illinois by her mother Mrs P L Windsor's death. The Service Club meets Thursday 7 30 p m at Jane Boyd Community House led by Mrs Lucile Bisinger with a valentine party to follow. Red Cross volunteers at Y M C A headquarters miss day or night classes due to gauze delay. South Side unit sews only Wednesday for lack of material. Red Cross asks volunteers to bring housewives and kitbags. another shipment hoped before new quota arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
ODT
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth A. Windsor
Coe College
Urbana
Ill
P. L. Windsor
Windsor
University of Illinois
Service Club
Jane Boyd
Lucile Bisinger
Red Cross Y.M.C.A
South Side
Red Cross Production
M.C.A
Charles Hi. Orton
Camp Blanding
Fla
Sixth Street
Henry Orton
Gerald C. Pettit
Camp Mackall
N. C
Nashville
Tenn
Third Street
Cories F. Long
Monte Cassino monastery used as German fortress reports
Allied observers describe the Monte Cassino monastery as a fortified German stronghold with enemy guns in embrasures and field telescopes overlooking the Cassino area. Leaflets from the Fifth Army warned civilians to evacuate, signaling imminent shelling. NBC reporter Max Hill notes uncertainty on refugee status inside the abbey during the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Cassino
Via Casilina
Rome
Liri
Eternal City
Cassino
Fifth Army
New York
Max Hill
NBC
Deaths of Anna Loufek and others in Cedar Rapids area
Anna Loufek 89 widow of Frank Loufek died at her Cedar Rapids home Monday evening. Survived by three daughters, four sons, a sister, 25 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Services Thursday at Janeba funeral home with burial in Bohemian National cemetery. Roy H. Skinner 68 died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. Survived by wife, son, granddaughter and two brothers. Funeral plans pending. Benjamin L. Hasbrook of Cedar Rapids dies and services will be held at Turner chapel with burial in Buckingham cemetery Traer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Loufek
Frank Loufek
Third Street
Czechoslovakia
United States
Cedar Rapids
Mary Landa
Anna Haijsman
Joseph Tefer
Joseph
Davenport
Anton
Villa Park
Ill
Charles
Minneapolis
Frank
Frances Vorlicky
Janeba Funeral Home
Theodore B. Hrubacek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Janeba's
Roy H. Skinner
Twentieth Street
Osage
Carol Louise Skinner
B. B. Skinner
New Jersey
Henry W. Skinner
Ft. Worth
Texas
Moon Chapel
Hasbrook
Benjamin L. Hasbrook
Fifteenth Street SE
Turner Chapel
Buckingham Cemetery
Traer
Earnest Zuber Files Voluntary Bankruptcy in Cedar Rapids
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in the federal district clerk's office in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday by Earnest Zuber of Marengo. Liabilities are listed at 1,033.47 with 25 in clothing and claimed exemption. Masonic Bodies to Meet. An important Scottish Rite Masonry meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the temple with Kilwinning Lodge of Perfection officers to be elected. The mid winter reunion is set for Feb 22 23 and 24 with a social hour and refreshments on Wednesday. committee members include Mr. and Mrs. Lester G Stastny and Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Melsa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal District Clerk’s Office
Cedar. Rapids
Earnest Zuber
Marengo
Scottish Rite Masonry
Kilwinning Lodge of Perfection
Lester G Stastny
Charles R. Melsa
War Dads Talk at Cedar Rapids Dinner Meeting
C. A. Lamphere national associate director of the American War Dads will speak at the Cedar Rapids War Dads dinner meeting Thursday at 6 30 p m at the Y M C A All men with a child in the armed forces urged to attend Reservations to secretary W J Scherrebeck The Rev Allen O Birchenough the national chaplain cannot attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Lamphere
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
Y.M.C.A
F. W. Flack
War Dads
Flack
W. J. Scherrebeck
Allen O. Birchenough
Smith pleads innocent on liquor charges in District Court
Kenneth Smith of 1836 Twentieth Street NW pled innocent on three Minnesota liquor charges Monday afternoon and was arraigned before Judge J E Heiserman. Police found about 170 bottles of whisky gin and rum at his home and two cars. Bonds set at 1500 with 500 per count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Smith
Twentieth Street
J. E. Heiserman
Minnesota
Smith
Vote Broadening of Donation Ban
The Senate unanimously passed a bill expanding the labor union political contributions ban to cover corporations and management organizations including chambers of commerce and boards of trade. The measure, tied to the Connally anti-strike act, adds employer groups and National banks to the prohibition with penalties up to 5000 dollars for violations and up to 1000 dollars fines and one year imprisonment for officers who consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Senate
House
Connally
Chambers of Commerce
Business Leagues
Boards of Trade
F. R. Jr Parking Citation Quashed In Miami
In Miami police records Lt. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. had a citation for overparking on Monday and Tuesday. Police Chief H. Leslie Quigg quashed the charge noting first offenses are commonly excused while Roosevelt was a naval officer in training at the sub chaser center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami, Fla
Henry Nelson
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
H. Leslie Quigg
Berry Named Head of Postwar Board
Doni Berry Indianola newspaper publisher was named chairman of the Iowa postwar rehabilitation commission at its first meeting Tuesday. Barr Keshlear Shenandoah was elected secretary. Berry planned to appoint a five man executive committee soon to work with him and Keshlear. The commission said it would represent Iowa as a whole and declined Rodney Selby as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Doni Berry
Indianola
Iowa Postwar Rehabilitation Commission
Barr Keshlear
Shenandoah
State Commerce Commission
Berry
Keshlear
Iowa
Rodney Selby
State Industrial and Defense Commission
Linn County School Board Supports Law Revision
Linn County school directors on Monday voiced support for revising Iowa school laws. The board includes Earl Brockman Marion Elmer Burr Alburnett J B Ringer Mt Vernon Mrs James Cunningham Waubeek and Louis Hinton Coggon. A meeting for all Linn County directors and officers is set for March 22 at 1 30 pm in the courthouse to discuss program arrangements with Walter A Shupp county superintendent of schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
County Board of Education
Walter A. Shupp
Plan to Lift Aircrew Restrictions Today
A precautionary restriction on Aircrew detachment students at Coe College due to a cold and sore throat outbreak was scheduled to be lifted late Tuesday. Lt. D F Sudduth said classes would resume Wednesday after the measure confined students to their rooms for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
D. F. Sudduth
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Concert Tonight
The Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra performs at 8 15 this evening in Memorial Coliseum directed by Prof Joseph Kitch. Featured soloist is harpist Miss Artiss de Volt, former Cedar Rapids resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Service Men and Women In The Country
A long column lists service personnel with leave dates and postings from Farragut Idaho to Pecos Texas and Jacksonville Florida. It notes promotions wings training transfers and duties for sailors marines and air corps members including Richard Butters Leonard Andrews Richard Bates Robert Black Max Batchelder and many others with family addresses and hometowns in Idaho Nebraska Iowa Florida New York and California.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Record
William Barnes
Darlene Kitts
Betty Jane Snider
William Edgar Snider
Josephine A. Livermore
Howard A. Livermore
LaVern Nelson
Clair Nelson
Marvin Nelson
First Avenue NW
Darrell Athey
Fifth Avenue SE
Edwin Smith
Eleventh Street
C. R
Ceat
Controls Strait
City Briefs
Church of the Brethren
Newsboys
the Gazette
Alex Fidler
Horace Spencer
State Theater
Henry Aldrich
Mrs. Jordan
W. K. Jordan
Cambridge
Mass
Dr. W. Ruml
Sru
John W. Zalesky
Tenth Avenue SE
John H. Kohl
Postwar Board
County School Board
Fred Astaire
Gracie Allen
George Burns
Gracie
Richard Butters
Seaman
Farragut
Idaho
Mrs
Orton Butters
Leonard Andrews
A Avenue NE
Jacksonville
Andrews
Fort Robinson
Neb
H. L. Andrews
First Street
Richard M. Bates
Gilbert Bates
Linden Drive
Pecos Field
Pecos
Robert J. Black
J. L. Black
Fruitland Boulevard
Twenty- Nine Palms
Minterfield
Bobby
E Avenue NW
Naval
Max Batchelder
Lulu Batchelder
Springville
Athens
Ga. Tech
Robert P. McHugh
Minnie McHugh
Third Avenue SE
Harlingen
Army Air Field
Richard N. Funk
Earl Funk
E Avenue NE
Camp Gruber
Okla
Camp Phillips
Kan
Robert L. Thompson
Floyd Thompson
Tenth Street
George Henry
L. E. Henry
Nineteenth Street
Roger Donegan
Francis McHugh
Eighth Street
Donegan
Port Hueneme
Alif
L. E. Bingham
Camp Campbell
Barbara Jo
First Avenue
William L. Capron, Jr
William L. Capron
Army Air Forces Pilot School
Williamsfield
Chandler
Ariz
Capron
Infantry
Fort Benning
Camp Adair
Ore
Fort Lewis
Wash
Loren Rodman
A. C. Rodman
Earl Miles
Farragut, Idaho
Naval Training Station
Norman
Naval Air Technical Center
Miles
Marion
Leslie S. Hackney
Michael
Second Avenue SE
Maxwell Field
Ala
Orville Koisto
Norman Koisto
Twelfth Street
Naval Hospital
Pensacola
Ledo Beach
Long Island
N. Y
Richard Hopkins, Jr
Richard Hopkins
Thirty-third Street Drive
Darold
Jack
Scottfield
E. D. Jack
Higley Avenue
Darwin B. Jack
Army
Rollins Brookner
Greenville
Pvt
Brookner
Truman Brookner
Cobban Court
Robert S. Giltrap
Casper
Wyo
R. E. Giltrap
Donald
Scotland
England
Giuliani
Army Air Forces
Warren I. Meeker
H. A. Meeker
Avenne NW
Whidbey Island
Lumir F. Stusak
Frank Stusak
Second Street
Bates
McLiugh
Carron
Von
PC. Ensemble
Coe
A. W. Peterson Co
Edding
First Street SE
Maytage Store
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