Iowa Shippers Protest New Freight Rates on Soybean and Corn Oil
Cedar Rapids companies and an Iowa commerce petition challenge proposed Interstate Commerce Commission freight rate changes set to take effect January 15 1944. Sundberg cites 45.9 percent increases from Cedar Rapids to Chicago and Milwaukee risking supply of soybean and corn oil for food during wartime, with impact on Iowa’s dominant crops and processing. petitions argue lack of evidence and unequal treatment compared with cottonseed oil rates from the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Interstate Fee Commission
Washington, D. C
Harry F. Sundberg
James A. Lucas
Iowa Commerce Commission
Sundberg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Ill
Milwaukee
Wis
South
Chicago and Illinois Freight Association
Rationing notices and local court brief in Daily Record
Daily Record itemization lists meat gas and fuel ration stamps valid dates and quantities, shoe and airplane stamps, and sugar allowances. Includes divorce decrees for Richard and Libbie Gourley, petitions, police court notes, parking fines, and birth notices from Cedar Rapids area.
Beck Again Elected Chairman of Retail Merchants Bureau
John Beck was reelected chair man of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce retail merchants bureau at the executive board meeting. Earle G. Nichols was reappointed vice chairman and Carl Holstrom became chairman of the retailers committee for the fourth war loan drive starting Jan 18. The board urged continued service by 1943 bureau heads and commended Beck for last year’s work. Special representatives at the meeting included B T Perrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beck
Cedar Rapids
B. T. Perrine
Trees
Stony Point School Damaged by Fire Near Cedar Rapids
The Stony Point schoolhouse on Palo road three miles northwest of Cedar Rapids was badly damaged by a Tuesday evening fire. The blaze likely started in the basement and an electric clock in the schoolroom burned, pending repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stony Point
Palo Road
Cedar Rapids
Allies Seize Two Italian Heights
Allied armies in Italy report seizing two commanding positions against fierce Nazi opposition. Fifth army troops captured a 2,300 foot height on Sammucro ridge near Venafro and gained control of the Rome road bastion. Eighth army units took a ridge spur near Tommaso southwest of the Adriatic as Germans reinforce defenses around Cassino and Pescara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Italy
Fifth Army
Venafro
Sammucro
San Vittore
Rome
Eighth Army
Tommaso
Adriatic
Cassino
Pescara
Million Trucks Authorized for 1944 Production by WPB
Washington AP War Production board on Tuesday formally authorized 1944 production of 1,000,000 trucks and trailers for military and essential civilian use. About 80,000 trucks and 47,000 trailers and semi-trailers will enter civilian service, the rest to armed services and lend-lease. Except for orders for army and navy, vehicles will follow WPB rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Tires and wheels stolen from parked car at used lot
Kenneth Smith reported two tires and wheels stolen from his car while it sat at the Hearn Stevenson used car lot after a highway accident. The theft occurred Tuesday night and the owner valued the items at 60 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Smith
Nineteenth Avenue SW
Hearn- Stevenson
Smith
Death plunge in Chicago hospital kill 53 year old
Edward J. Hanson of Sioux City Iowa died after plunging from the fourth floor of an Illinois Central hospital in Chicago on Wednesday. The incident remains under investigation by local authorities and hospital officials. Hanson was visiting someone at the facility at the time of the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward J. Hanson
Sioux City
Illinois Central Hospital
Blind attorney appointed Jackson County attorney in Iowa
Maquoketa AP Ralph Kauffman 25 of Maquoketa was named county attorney by the Jackson County board of supervisors. He succeeds Paul Ahlers who resigned to join a Des Moines law firm. Kauffman, who is blind, led the senior law class at the University of Iowa and graduated in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Ralph Kauffman
Jackso County
Marines Repulse Jap Attack at Cape Gloucester
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS reports a major Japanese assault on Cape Gloucester was repelled by American Marines near Silimati Point. About 200 Japanese troops were killed as fighter planes from Admiral Halsey's command swept Ra Baul, downing 11 enemy fighters and raising the weekend tally of downed planes to at least 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Silimati Point
Douglas MacArthur
Admiral Halsey
South
Psychologist says Wack name hurts women’s army recruiting
Dr. Arnold A. Laird of Middle Haddam Conn. told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the nickname Wack harms enlistments in the women’s army auxiliary. He warned executives last year that the term is unfriendly and likely to deter men and women from joining. He compared Wack to offensive nicknames and urged reconsideration of the label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Arnold Anderson Laird
Middle Haddam
Conn
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The
Post-Gazette
Washington
Laird
Sordid Dry Move To Take Advantage Of Troops Charged
Representative Celler denounces a national prohibition push as a sordid bid to exploit soldiers in uniform. The New Yorker, a judiciary subcommittee member, warns prohibition must stay repealed and cautions against policies that would curb soldiers with alcohol. He urges the public to resist dry efforts, likening them to a Sahara encroachment on liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep. Celler
D-N.y
New Yorker
Judiciary
Sahara
Reds Schweinfurt a Disaster for Hitler
A Soviet commentator on a Moscow broadcast said the American bombing of the Schweinfurt bearing works inflicted a hard blow to Hitler's war machine and caused a catastrophic retreat on the eastern front. Allied raids on war industries are linked to worsening German military losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Schweinfurt
Germany
Hitler
Moscow
Roosevelt Starts Work on Message to Congress
Washington AP Roosevelt, recovering from grippe, begins drafting his annual message to Congress. He works from his bedroom with no appointments and plans to deliver the address next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Lindsay to Address Young Men's Bureau
Kenneth Lindsay, one of five men in the road machinery industry in the U S, who on Oct 29 attended a war conference with Undersecretary Patterson at Fort Knox Kentucky, will relay highlights of that conference at a 6 15 p m dinner meeting of the Young Men's Bureau of the Rapids Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Lindsay
U. S
Patterson
Fort Knox
Young Men's Bureau of
Th Rapids
Union and Truckers Barter WLB Hearing Demands
A War Labor Board hearing officer in Marshalltown heard seven motor express firms and Local 238 of the Teamsters on wages hours and paid vacations. The union seeks 15 cents an hour and an eight hour day plus two weeks paid vacation after two years. Companies offer a 19 cent raise and oppose a 48 hour week. Voting occurred Dec 6 in a prior NLRB election on wartime disruption. Hawkeye workers were initially denied voting rights due to notice issues.
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War Labor Board
Motor Express Companies
Local No. 238
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Helpers of America
Leo Lightner
Washington
Marshalltown
WLB
Department of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
H. and W. Motor Express
Hawkeye Motor Express
Merchants Motor Freight, Inc
Rock Island Motor Transit Company
Takin Brothers Freight Line, Inc
Keeshin Motor Express
Western Transportation
Winter Ice Causes Delays and Crashes Across Cedar Rapids
One inch of snowfall and a thin ice film slowed Cedar Rapids buses and traffic Wednesday morning with speeds reduced and delays of up to 25 minutes. Several minor auto crashes occurred on Third Street and First Avenue, while two drivers and a passerby avoided injury. Outlying plants reported few late arrivals due to travel conditions as temperatures fluctuated from the upper teens to the low forties in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Thirteenth Street
First Avenue
Merchant Marine Officer Candidates Now Being Sought
U S employment service Cedar Rapids office seeks officer candidates for the merchant marine and apprentice seamen. Needs include deck or engine time on vessels over 500 gross tons plus engineer officer candidates and machinists or engineers with three years study. War service vets entitled to job restoration and rehabilitation. more details from War Shipping Administration officer in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Shipping Administration
Federal Courts
Minneapolis
Minn
Yanks Raid Targets In Thailand And China
Liberators of the U S 14th air force flew deep into Japanese held Thailand Monday to hit targets at Lampang, while fighter bombers bombed and strafed Pingka in western Yunnan. All planes returned safely, according to a communique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
United States
14Th Air Force
Thailand
Lampang
Pingka
Yunnan
China
War Office says only a fraction of Nazi and Japanese lands liberated
The Office of War Information warns against optimism, stating only about a fourth of Nazi-occupied territory and a twentieth of Japanese-occupied lands have been freed. It notes Germany remains strong, Japan's empire spans vast fortifications, and about 390,000 square miles had been wrested from Germany with the Red Army reclaiming 315,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Nations
Japan
Office of War Information
OWI
Germany
Wehrmacht
United States
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Red Army
Navy Transfers Penrod to New Cedar Rapids Recruiter Post
George L Penrod longtime Cedar Rapids navy recruiting chief leaves for Des Moines at 8 am Friday After enlisting two years ago he helped recruit 3000 to 3500 men plus Waves and WACs He once clashed with a Wave ensign who called him that male yeoman prior to his reassignment Mrs Penrod and their daughter will stay at 1818 Washington Ave SE.
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George L. Penrod
Lillis
Bing Crosby
Penrod
Cedar Rapids
Army
Marine Corps
WAC
Navy
Iowa
Des Moines
Pearl Harbor
Washington Avenue SE
Allan E. Poole
Allen Gene
Bombardier School
Midland
Texas
Marines and Navy personnel noted in Des Moines and beyond
Albert Artz a former professional boxer from 1129 C Avenue NW was accepted for service in the Marine Corps and left for San Diego. Henry Teahen, ex Cedar Rapids funeral director, advanced to second class in the Navy. Numerous others, including Pvt Richard Bading, Staff Sgt Richard Hootman, Pvt Warren D Hootman, and Pfc Marshall Cook, are on furloughs or stationed in England, Camp Stewart, or Pacific theaters with updates on relocations and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert “Kid” Artz
C Avenue
Marine Corps
Des Moines
San Diego
Artz
The
Gazette
Henry F. Teahen
Cedar Rapids
Teahen
Navy
Richard Hootman
Warren D
Samuel T. Hootman
Upland Drive
Hootman
South Plaines Army Flying Field
Lubbock
Texas
Army
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Albert Suchomel
Wesley Suchomel
K Street
Ordnance School
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Camp Butner
N. C
Lloyd T. Mulvany
A. C. Mulvany
Second Street
John V
Galveston
Gerald
Army Air Corps
Arizona
Myron R. Jensen
Sharon Anne
William H. Jensen
Twenty-second Street
Farragut
Idaho
William C. Grady
South America
Tenth Street
Floyd H. Weis
Pittsburg
Calif
Four Cedar Rapids Men Enter Navy Ship Repair Units
Four Cedar Rapids men who applied for entrance into the navy ship repair units have been inducted in Des Moines. Recipients are Robert W. Jensen of 713 B avenue NE, Robert G. Hughes of 118 Sixteenth Street SE, Lumir J. Dilask of 1531 Ellis Boulevard NW, and Robert E. Conrad of 1722 B Avenue NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Navy
Des Moines
Robert W. Jensen
B Avenue
Robert G. Hughes
Sixteenth Street
Lumir J. Dilask
Ellis Boulevard
Robert E. Conrad
Iowa fire prevention leaders named for 1943
Berlington won first place and Waterloo placed second in Iowa fire prevention activities for 1943, according to a report by T Alfred Fleming director of conservation for the national board of underwriters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Berlington
Waterloo
Iowa
T. Alfred Fleming
National Board of Underwriters
Holiday in Pork Rationing Vetoed
Washington AP reports that despite pleas from farm state congressmen, federal food officials rejected a two week holiday in pork rationing. A joint OPA and WFA survey found no nationwide pork surplus and warned temporary lifting could cause chaotic supply and distribution, especially in the East South and West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
Beurle Installed as Head of Pythian Lodge
Arthur Beurle at 1835 C avenue NE was installed as chancellor commander of Star of West lodge No 1 Knights of Pythias. Other year officers listed include Howard Jeffrey as vice chancellor F C Mittlestedt prelate D E Drake master of work and others. Installing officers were Past Grand Chancellor F D Sheppard Grand chancellor J W Stoddard and Grand master at arms S O Weaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Beurle
C Avenue NE
Star of West Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Howard Jeffrey
F. C. Mittlestedt
D. E. Drake
E. W. Hildebrand
George Buchan
Richard Fisher
J. L. Womachka
L. I. Kent
W. W. Lansing
M. Millian
F. D. Sheppard
J. W. Stoddard
S. O. Weaver
Youths Confess Tama Robberies
Four youths ages 17 and 16 were arrested in Des Moines for alleged juvenile crime ring activity. They confessed to stealing 14 automobiles in Polk and nearby counties and to breaking into two Tama grocery stores, including a December break-in at a Council Bluffs grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Tama Police
Paul Castelline
Polk
Tama
Council Bluffs
Castelline
Death of West Branch Soldier Is Confirmed
The department named five Iowa men killed in action in the Mediterranean area. Included is Pfc. Orville H. Loercher of West Branch. Navy records list Marine Pfc. Floyd V. Evans of Oelwein as wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Washington
War Department
Mediterranean
Orville H. Loercher
Navy Department
Floyd V. Evans
Oelwein
Fairfax State Savings Bank Report of Condition 1944
Report of condition for Fairfax State Savings Bank of Fairfax Iowa as of December 24 1943 shows cash and due from banks 193 257.86 with U S government obligations 15 100 and loans and discounts 1 789 32. Deposits total 877 278. Expected capital accounts 732 027.19 with undivided profits 4 782.00. Officials Lynch Chas A Elson J L Krall sign and certify, Jan 4 1944.
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Iowa
Fairfax
Linnaber St
United States
Smo
Bicek
Anceueta
Caes
Rap Lees
Linn County
Lynch
Presient
Chas
A. Elson
J. L. Krall
A Elson
Es ‘Krall Castac Ower
J. Lynch
Edna
Lloyd Lepebure
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Uary
Davenport
Richard Gourley
Libbie Gourley
Clayborne Dee
Second Avenue SE
Leta R. McCune
John A. McCune
Marguerite L. Hart
Martin L. Hart
Lucile Bisinger
Emil Bisinger
John W. O’barr
Frances McCurry
Gordon L. Jones
Barbara Krumbholz
Ehrke Roofing Company
B Avenue NE
Fifteenth Avenue
Eighteenth Street
R. G. Swan, Jr
Independence
Burdette Baldwin
Seventh Street
C. B. Atwood
Johnson Avenue NW
Lloyd Davis
Ninth Street
Don Anderson
F. J. Haster
C Avenue NW
Ira C. Gabel
Center Point Road
Russell F. Knapp
Merchants National Bank
St. Luke’s
Kenneth Beadle
Thirty-third Street
Max Hocken
Fifth Avenue
Carl H. Rudin
South Amana
Roger Borden
Melvin Green
Third Street
George Anderson
Fifth Street
Mercy
Louis Ungienk
Amana
San Francisco
Aigy Long
Long
Beck
Retail Merchants Bureau
Jackson County
Lindsay
Young Men’s Bureau
Wayne Bissell
Elmer Walters
Sixth Street
Third Avenue
Thirtyfourth Street
Robert Chado
Margaret Kemper
Fortieth Street
Chado
Thirty-fifth Street
Steve Wicke
Eighth Street
Eighth Avenue
Spencer
Chamberlee
Merchant Marine
St Joseph
C. R
Richard Bading
Joseph Bading
Fourth Avenue NW
Camp Stewart
Richmond, Va
Pfe
Marshall D. Cook
England
Mrs. Cook
Todeville
Evan M. Kearney
Camp Crowder
O. A. Kearney
Grande Avenue
Cpl
Miles H. Neff
Thirty-fourth Street
Warrensburg
Jack Goslin
E. C. Goslin
Fourth Avenue SE
Fort Monmouth
N. J
DeLos H. Gardner
L. G. Gardner
Mt. Vernon
Puget Sound Navy Yards
Bramerton
Wash
Bremerton
Justin “Whitey” Hinders
Olivine Kohl
Donald E. Aalborg
A. W. Aalborg
Dorothy McLaughlin
E. R. McLaughlin
Fifth Street NW
Pfc. McLaughlin
Beurle
Pythian Lodge
Fairfax State Savings Bank
RiNso
Sauerkraut
Dixie Dog Food
Ston
Lipton
Hills Bros
Palmolive
Alana
Best Foods
Iso
America
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