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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1944
Page
1
Lists validity and values for Meat Brown, Gasoline, Foods, Sugar, Fuel oil, Shoes coupons in various book numbers with expiration dates. Names marriages and divorces appear. fires reported with still alarms at two addresses 801 Second Avenue SW and 1318 Third Street SW. legal notices include marriage licenses and divorce petitions.
Services for Clara H. Morse 1875 Aug 2 McGregor born wife of W H Morse 1935 Bever Ave SE Cedar Rapids died after brief illness will be held 2 pm Monday at Turner chapel Dr Charles J Bready in charge burial Oak Hill cemetery She survived by husband daughter son three brothers six grandchildren and was active in St Pauls Methodist and several fraternal orders.
Milo Allen Heck 64 of 3354 Center Point Road NE Cedar Rapids died Friday at 7 10 p m after a brief illness He was born Blairstown Nov 6 1879 married Flora E Dickinson Oct 7 1900 He attended Cornell College Mt Vernon and belonged to the Presbyterian church Surviving are his wife five sons Miles Parker Donald Harpe Leo in Australia a daughter Mrs Helen Carabuiaeee and a brother Reuben The funeral is set for Monday at 4 p m at Turner Chapel Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
Services for Mrs. Anna Javorek who died Thursday in a Cedar Rapids hospital will be held at Polansky funeral chapel at a.m. Monday and at 10 a.m. Holy Church at Walford with Rev Stephen Tushak officiating. Burial will follow in Hala cemetery with friends invited to call after 4 p.m. Sunday. She was a sister of Mrs Barbara Svoboda. Mrs Mary
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Svoboda and Lawrence Jindrich, residents of Amana and Anton Jindrech formerly of New York, are noted in a local oath ceremony with one of them having preceded the other in taking the oath.
Frank Zavodsky died Thursday at his home 1011 Tenth Street SW funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Polansky funeral chapel Burial is in Dupont Cemetery with a military service conducted by Hanford Post of the American Legion at the grave Friends may call at the chapel after 4 p.m. Saturday.
Doris Rae Peters died in Austin Texas and services are set in Cedar Rapids at Barta chapel Sunday at 1 p.m. and at Federated church Shellsburg at 3 30 p.m. The Rev Pickett will officiate with burial in Shellsburg cemetery. The body arrives in Cedar Rapids at 6 a.m. Sunday from Austin.
Edith S Green aged 89 died at 1 p.m. Friday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. She had lived with her nephew W J McLean at 1700 Eleventh Street NW. Survived by several nieces and nephews. Services set for 10 a.m. Monday at Beatty chapel with cremation committal. Friends may call at Beatty's.
Olive Manning Clark aged 1018 A avenue NE died at Mercy hospital at 11 20 p m Friday from a heart attack suffered earlier at her home Coroner Frank T Hersch reported The body is at Brush chapel funeral arrangements will be announced later
Clarence Ernest VanAlst 60 of 4219 Center Point Road NE Linn County died at 1:30 a.m. Saturday in University Hospital Iowa City Services will be held in Turner Chapel at a time to be announced later.
The report notes a New Year morning low of 17 degrees between 8 and 9 am with 18 degrees at 7 am and 9:45 am. Humidity around 80 percent accompanied by a thin snow cover. Friday's high reached 30 degrees at 3:30 pm, dropping to 22 by 7 pm and at midnight.
Des Moines reports unusually mild conditions on New Year’s Day with fair skies in most areas and fog in the southeast. Forecasters expect warmer temperatures tonight and increasing cloudiness tomorrow, then a drop in temperature Sunday night with light rain or snow.
King George in a lengthy New Year honors list raises Gen. Sir Alan Brooke chief of the British imperial general staff since 1941 to field marshal. Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal becomes marshal of the air force. Richard Casey named Companion of Honor after serving as minister of state in the Middle East and governor of famine struck Bengal.
A Townsend meeting is scheduled Sunday at 2 30 p m in the hall 117 F avenue NW. The 1944 officers of clubs 2 and 7 will be installed and the public is invited.
Allied forces advance in New Guinea with Navy Seabee battalions moving into Cape Gloucester on New Britain to rebuild captured Japanese airfields. Marines consolidate positions as attacks wane and air base targets near Rabaul are identified amid broad Allied operations across New Guinea and adjacent islands.
Cpl. Leon Ralston, son of Mr and Mrs Louis Ralston of 1404 East Avenue NE, has been awarded the Purple Heart for injuries suffered in Sicily. He was hospitalized for three months and the notice came to his wife in Mechanicsville.
Berlin radio quoted an announcement under Admiral Karl Doenitz name saying Johan Nes Moore, the famous U-boat captain, had failed to return from a mission. The report contradicted abroad claims of Doenitz resignation as supreme commander of the German fleet.
President Roosevelt, bedridden by grippe, urged New Year unity and continued cooperation for final victory. He called for support of an international organization of peace loving nations to secure postwar peace and security for generations, noting Allied unity grows stronger while fighting Axis powers and addressing postwar economic and social challenges.
Sen Walter F George argues subsidies inflate prices and debt, hinder farmers’ progress, and create uncertainty. He cautions wartime price controls may be essential and proposes a comprehensive new tax program to spur long term economic growth beyond subsidies.
The article reports on shifting wartime propaganda about Russia and potential uprisings in the Balkans, plus rail and steel labor tensions affecting perceptions of Allied victory. It includes descriptions of New Year celebrations, street scenes, and a drunken driving arrest in Cedar Rapids with details of a court filing about an overcharge under the Emergency Price Control Act.
A New Year’s Eve incident at a hotel ended with Louis Schultze 32 arrested after his wife reported a beating and threats to shoot at midnight. Also charged were Kuby and Van Antwerp for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Harry McSpadden faced public drunkenness after falling during a confrontation with a patrolman. Dale Clark and Harry Cray received lenient reckless driving charges for crashes near hydrant and junk yard.
BUENOS AIRES UP reports the government on Friday decreed that all Argentine political parties be dissolved. The move follows earlier bans on party activities and is tied to the June 4 revolution that replaced President Ramon Castillo with Gen Pedro Ramirez to curb corruption.
The U S state department said Spain has not recognized Mussolini's puppet regime in northern Italy and has no plan to. Ambassador Carlton J Hayes in Madrid delivered assurances after a department inquiry found the Axis claim to be baseless and labeled as flagrant lies.
ISTANBUL UP reported Hungary is preparing for general mobilization with orders drawn and ready to be enacted at the start of the new year. Hungarian subjects aged 18 to 60 have been forbidden by decree to leave the country.
Chariton AP reports six new automobiles were destroyed when a fire razed the Ream Motor Company garage Friday. Owner Miller Ream estimated the loss at 35000 dollars and said part was covered by insurance. Two cars being repaired, tires, antifreeze, and all equipment also burned in the basement blaze.
A blaze suspected to have started above the coal bin spread through Seymour public school on Friday, causing unofficially estimated damages around $50,000. Firefighters reported significant smoke and heat, with crews routing flames to limit further damage.
Walter McKinney, 29, of Waterloo pled guilty to robbery before District Judge Lovejoy and received a 10 year term in the men's reformatory at Anamosa.
Local notices report men and women in service across the nation. Velma Rose Love completes training and sails to Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. Pfc William L Sower awarded the Purple Heart for Gilbert Islands wounds. Neil Warner trains at Camp Wood Farragut Idaho. Robert A White returns to Savannah after Atlantic duty. Various transfers and postings announced including North Africa and England postings.
The War Food Administration outlines 1944 meat dividends by region with Great Britain and overseas forces at six percent, Russia at four percent, other allies and liberated areas about one percent, U S territories about one half of one percent. Most meat is pork. Four percent of total supply is held as contingency reserves to adjust for shifts in production and needs. Additional protein sources include poultry, fish, beans, peas, peanuts, and soya products with 20 percent more fresh fish expected.
Linn County Board of Supervisors on Friday moved 6500 from the domestic animal fund to the general county fund. The last warrant of the year drew 1500 from this fund to the Linn County Humane Society. The fund derives from fees collected for county dog licenses.
A rehearing on a wage increase request by Link-Belt Speeder Corp. employees, previously denied by the War Labor Board, is scheduled for January 5 in Kansas City. Glen Messner of Local 146 CIO United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers said the union seeks raises from 5 to 20 cents an hour.
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