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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1944
Page
13
The page lists valid food and fuel stamps with issue books and expiration dates for January 1944, including Meats and Green stamps, gasoline coupons, sugar and fuel oil values, and shoe and airplane stamps. It also records divorce decrees and petitions, marriage licenses, and brief fire and alarm notices for the city area.
Clara H. Morse died Friday after a brief illness in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 pm in Turner chapel with Dr. Charles J. Bready officiating. burial in Oak Hill cemetery. She was born August 2, 1875 in McGregor and married Walter H. Morse in Algona December 31, 1902. Surviving: husband, daughter Mrs. O. O. Scholz of Oelwein, son H. Hamilton Morse of Cedar Rapids, three brothers Harold D. Lawrence and Carl Hutchins of Algona, six grandchildren. She belonged to St Pauls Methodist Church and several civic orders, and studied music in Trieste and Berlin.
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 and married Flora E Dickinson Oct 7 1900 Survived by wife five sons Miles Parker Donald Harold and Leo a daughter Helen Carpenter 13 grandchildren a brother Reuben Services Monday 4 p m at Turner chapel burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral arrangements are announced for Mrs. Anna Javorek who died Thursday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Services will be at the Polansky funeral chapel at 9 30 a m and 10 a m at Holy Trinity church Walford with Rev Stephen Tushak officiating. Burial will follow in Hala cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p m Sunday. She was a sister of Mrs Barbara Svoboda.
Weekly and annual subscription prices shown by carrier and edition. Mall Night Edition annual rates vary from 6 to 6.75 dollars. 2 p m edition seven issues costs differ by state and territory. no mail subscriptions in towns with Gazette carrier service.
Svoboda and Lawrence Jindrich, residents of Amana and Anton Jindrech formerly of New York City, are listed among those who preceded her in death in the obituary notice.
Frank Zavodsky died Thursday at his home 1011 Tenth Street SW. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Polansky funeral chapel with burial in Dupont cemetery. Hanford Post of the American Legion to conduct military rites at the grave. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Saturday.
The body of Mrs. Doris Rae Peters who died in Austin Texas will be flown to Cedar Rapids for a 1 p.m. service at Barta chapel on Sunday and a 3 30 p.m. service at Federated church in Shellsburg with Rev. Mr Pickett officiating Burial will follow in Shellsburg cemetery The body arrives in Cedar Rapids at 8 a.m. Sunday from Austin
Edith S Green, 89, died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 1 p m Friday. She had lived with her nephew W J McLean at 1700 Eleventh St 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 home. Linn County Coroner Frank T Hersch reports the death. Body remains at Brosh chapel with funeral arrangements to be announced later.
Clarence Ernest VanAlst of 4219 Center Point Road NE Linn County died at 1:30 am Saturday at University Hospital in Iowa City. He was 60. Services will be held in the Turner chapel at a time to be announced.
Unseasonably mild New Year day weather prevailed across Iowa with fair skies in most areas and clouds and fog in the southeast. Temperatures ranged from the mid teens to low 30s, with a cold snap expected Sunday night bringing light rain or snow and a rise in cloudiness.
King George awards field marshal to Gen Sir Alan Brooke and makes Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal marshal of the RAF. Richard Casey becomes Companion of Honor for war service as he takes governorship of famine‑stricken Bengal. The order, founded in 1914, is limited to fifty members and is not hereditary.
Town residents are invited to a Townsend meeting Sunday at 2 30 p m in the hall at 117 F Avenue NW The event will install the 1944 officers of clubs 2 and 7 and welcomes public participation.
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports Navy Seabee battalions moved into Cape Gloucester on New Britain after Marines secured the airfields. Marines consolidate positions as Japanese counter-attacks are repulsed with over 700 dead. Rebuilding aims to provide Allied air bases 275 miles from Rabaul while Australian forces push Japanese remnants on New Guinea.
Cpl Leon Ralston son of Mr and Mrs Louis Ralston 1404 East Avenue NE received the Purple Heart for injuries in Sicily His wife living in Mechanicsville notified the newspaper He was hospitalized for three months.
Berlin radio quoted an announcement under Admiral Karl Doenitz name saying Johannes Moore failed to return from a mission. The report contradicted abroad claims of Doenitz resignation as supreme commander of the German fleet.
President Franklin D Roosevelt, bedridden with grippe, urged Americans on New Year’s Day to continue cooperation for final victory and to support an international organization of peace loving nations to maintain peace and security for future generations. He noted the United Nations approach, the shift from defensive to offensive, and planned postwar efforts to combat disease, malnutrition, unemployment, and other social ills.
Senator Walter F. George warns subsidies hinder postwar growth in air sea and industry and urges a new tax program. He argues food subsidies fuel inflation raise debt and limit farmer planning while subsidies distort prices and fail to improve prosperity.
Reports discuss propaganda lines about Soviet Desertion and Balkan uprisings, plus railway and steel strike tensions affecting Allied victory hopes. Observers note celebrations, late-night activity, and public watch services as authorities report a drunken driving arrest and a price control case involving Fern Berry versus Carney Clothing for hose overcharges.
At a downtown hotel revelry ended with arrests for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Louis Schultze 32 of 1049 Elizabeth Ave SW faced charges after his wife alleged threats to shoot at midnight. Kuby Van Antwerp and Schultze were kept in custody. Harry McSpadden faced drunkenness after a fall following an attempted swing at a patrolman. Additional intoxicated individuals were cared for at the station. Da le Clark and Harry Cray faced reckless driving charges related to hydrant impact and near collision near A Avenue NW and Second Street SE.
In Buenos Aires the government decreed the dissolution of all political parties, reversing earlier bans on party activity. The measure, tied to the June 4 revolution that ousted President Castillo in favor of Gen. Ramirez, targets ending corrupt practices in politics.
The Spanish government denounces Axis claims that Spain has granted diplomatic recognition to Mussolini's puppet regime in northern Italy as flagrant lies. Ambassador Carlton J. Hayes in Madrid confirmed Spain has no such recognition and no intention to do so after a state department inquiry.
ISTANBUL UP reports Hungary is preparing for general mobilization with orders drawn and ready to implement at the new year. Citizens aged 18 to 60 are banned from leaving the country by official decree.
CHARITON AP Six new automobiles were destroyed when fire razed the Ream Motor company garage Friday. Miller Ream owner estimated the loss at 35000 and said part of it was covered by insurance. In addition to the six new cars which were stored in the basement two other cars which were being repaired tires a supply of anti freez solution and all equipment burned. The flames broke out in the basement of the one story brick structure.
Fire believed to have started above the coal bin spread through the Seymour public school Friday causing damage estimated unofficially at fifty thousand dollars.
Walter McKinney aged 29 of Waterloo pled guilty to robbery before District Judge Lovejoy and received a 10 year sentence to the men's reformatory at Anamosa on Friday.
Multiple North American servicemen and women are listed with training allocations, transfers, and awards. Velma Rose Love completes training and joins Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. Pfc. William L. Sower earns the Purple Heart after Gilbert Islands action and convalesces in Oakland. Neil Warner, Dale Bollhoefer, Earl Beck and others begin boat or sea training at Farragut Idaho or Camp Wood Farragut. Lt. Glenn F. Hruska interns at St. Luke's Duluth then heads to Carlisle Barracks. Rudolph Ceppl promoted in England. Gail Schwarz returns to Alameda after leave. Sgt. Stanley Pokorney reports to Camp Phillips. Emil L. Cuhel departs Biloxi for air corps transfer. Cpl. Walter Spirker moves from Camp Calif to Camp Bowley. Thomas Burkes completes Navy boot and progresses.
Officials described wartime rationing plans for 1944 covering meat, gas, and other protein foods. They explained percentage distributions among Allies and the United States, with reserves not assigned to any group and used where most needed. Projected 20 percent more fresh fish and increased supplies of poultry and beans were noted.
Linn county board of supervisors moved 6500 from the domestic animal fund to the general county fund. The final warrant of the year drew 1500 from this fund to the Linn County Humane Society. The fund collects fees from county dog licenses.
A rehearing of the wage increase request by Link-Belt Speeder workers, 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 per hour.
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