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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1945

Page

8

Public Records and Birth Notices in Daily Record

The notice lists ration stamp validity for Meat-Red, Foods-Blue, Sugar, Gasoline and Fuel Oil, plus airplane shoe stamps and new bond details. Marriage licenses to Leon Heiman and Mary Nauteen Mahlon of Buffalo Center. Local fines for unlawful U turns double parking and drunkenness. Births recorded at St Luke's Mercy and nearby hospitals between Jan 6 and Jan 8.

OPA Leon Heiman Mary Nauteen Mahlon Buffalo Center

Breakins continued as youths confess in Cedar Rapids

Washington and Linn county authorities turned two youths over to Cedar Rapids after they confessed to the breakins. Deputy Whittemore and Inspector Kudina secured full confessions on Sunday. Police had pursued them since Holstrom’s car was stolen and suspect Burns and Wells stole the vehicle and alerted Camp Hood to hold Burns on December 30.

Washington and Linn Cedar Rapids P. J. Whittemore Bill Kudina Holstrom Burns Wells Camp Hood W.O.L

Cedar Rapids Realtors Pledge Unified Goals At Dinner

Don Hines new Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce president tells Cedar Rapids realtors at a Real Estate board dinner at the YMCA that local Realtors are selling Cedar Rapids. C E White presided as Miss Caryl Austin led a housing problems discussion with the Veterans' Service and Information center director.

Cedar Rapids Don Hines Chamber of Commerce

Ward's Court Battle Begins Amid Ward's Seizure Case

The government asks Federal District Judge Philip L. Sullivan for a temporary injunction to stop Montgomery Ward and its properties from interfering with army operation in seven cities. Sewell Avery and 15 Ward's officials face the suit as Hugh Cox cites risks to the national economy and wartime production. The dispute centers on a campaign against the War Labor Board.

Chicago Montgomery Ward and Company Ward War Labor Board Hugh Cox Philip L. Sullivan Sewell Avery Montgomery Ward Cox WLB

Yanks Bomb German Routes With Heavy Air Strikes

More than 700 American heavy bombers and about 200 Mustangs attacked rail and road lines from Frankfurt to the western front and at Nazi positions in Luxembourg and Belgium in the Ardennes bulge. The raids followed a large British strike on Munich and targeted Saar front supply centers.

London Frankfurt Germany Luxembourg Belgium Ardennes Bulge Eighth Air Force Saar Front Munich Belgian Bulge United States Ninth Air Force Hoyt S. Vandenberg Ninth

Police sweep weekend thefts in city

Police checked a string of minor weekend thefts across the city. Victims include Mrs Mary Atty reporting a coat watch locket cash and clothing missing from her home Sunday night, Mrs Fairbanks missing cash, Bozanek a gold watch from a company locker between Dec 22 and Jan 5, Heck a blanket camera shells and clothes from his car, E Murphy a sled, and Mrs Martha Brown a purse with $6 missing Saturday night.

Mary Atty Eighth Street Fairbanks Sixth Street Francis Bozanek Twenty Seventh Street Drive Quaker Oats Company Donald Heck First Avenue NW E. Murphy Rockford Road Martha Brown First Avenue

Yugoslav Crisis Deepens Over Regency Dispute in London

London Daily Herald reports King Peter refuse to name a regent and may press Premier Ivan Subasic to resign, raising fears of a civil war in Yugoslavia. The article notes tensions between royal authority and government leadership as instability grows.

London Ins London Daily Herald Peter Ivan Subasic

Airport company to build hangar and lab near northwest runway

A private firm secured War Production board approval to expand airborne radio equipment work for military needs and future commercial planes. Plans include a 100 by 100 foot hangar and 40 by 100 foot lab addition, hiring about 30 engineers, at the airport site with strict city and commerce department oversight. The project cost at least 150000 dollars and must align with the airport master plan and noncompete rules.

War Production Board Army Navy Max W. Burrell Howard R. Green Construction Company Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee

Rites for Mrs Christiansen held. funeral plans set

Mrs Lucy Christiansen died Saturday evening at her daughter's home and services are arranged with a 1 pm prayer at Snell funeral home Clinton and 2 pm funeral service at Charlotte Lutheran Church. Burial in Elvira cemetery. Details note an omission in Sunday Gazette.

Lucy Christiansen L. T. Kleppien Sixth Avenue Snell Clinton Charlotte Lutheran Church William Zable Charlotte Elvira Ernest Christiansen Tampico

Boy, 4, Burns From Upset Hot Coffee Pot

Don Schmidt reports his four year old son upset a pot of hot coffee Sunday, suffering second degree burns to the left arm and left chest. The child was treated at St. Luke's hospital and released after care.

Don Schmidt Donald E. Schmidt Second Avenue SE St. Luke's Hospital

Roosevelts Elected to French Academy Chair

President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Ghurebilt have been elected to the French Academy of Moral and Political Science. The announcement was made Monday and General de Gaulle signed the decrees.

Paris Roosevelt Ghurebilt Frenc Academy of Moral and Political Science de Gaulle

Nazis Battle for Esztergom as Soviets Hold Danube Line

Moscow said Soviet forces ousted from Esztergom after heavy German counter attacks aimed at relieving Budapest garrison. Russians reported 1,400 Germans killed, 300 captured, 49 tanks and 16 armored carriers disabled, while advancing near Komarom and within 60 miles of Bratislava and 95 miles east of Vienna.

London Danube Esztergom Budapest Moscow Hron River Komarom Pest Feodor Tulbukhin Berlin Hron Czechoslovakia Bratislava Vienna Vistula River Poland

River Front Line Fixed by Council

The city council passed a resolution to define the river front line along the Cedar river east of First avenue. The city issued a quitclaim deed to the U.M.L.C.A. for land on the west side of First street NE, abutting the river, as the Heatherington Letter Company purchased the other property. The YMCA could not clear title to the building, and the quitclaim was approved by the river front commission.

Cedar River First Avenue U.mlc.a First Street Heatherington Letter Company Y.M.C.A River Front Commission

Optimist Club to Hear Dr Dunnington Tuesday

The Optimist club will host Dr L L Dunnington pastor of the First Methodist church Town City Tuesday noon in the Florentine room Roosevelt hotel. He will speak on The Challenge of 1945 and the World Scene.

L. L. Dunnington First Methodist Town City Florentine Roosevelt Hotel

Roosevelt backs moratorium on Sherman act for insurers

President Roosevelt supports a general moratorium on Sherman anti trust action for the insurance business until March 1 1946 excluding boycott coercion or intimidation. He released a Jan 2 letter to Senator Radcliffe noting readjustment after a Supreme Court ruling that insurance is in commerce. The administration does not seek federal insurance regulation but sees no conflict with state regulation.

Washington Roosevelt White House Sen. Radcliffe D-Md O’mahoney D-Wyo Supreme Court

Flying Cross Awarded To Sgt. Black Marengo

Washington AP reports the Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded to Staff Sgt. George W. Black of Marengo Ja for actions with the Eighth Air Force during World War II. The War Department announced the decoration on Monday.

Sgt. Black Marengo

Report of Condition for United State Bank of Cedar Rapids

United State Bank of Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa reports December 30 1944 condition with resources totaling 2 718 700 63 including cash and US government obligations and loans. Liabilities show deposits 2 559 020 55 and capital accounts 148 088 09 with signatures of J Prochaska J Pochobradsky Jr and Charles Kriz and notary L J Pochobradsky Jr on January 6 1945.

Iowa Cedar Rapids Linn County United States U. S Esa Vile State of Ss We Prochaska J. Pochobradsky Charles Kriz Ty Rochaska Carenen i JY Poghobrad

Sulfa Compound Aids Skin and Scalp Sufferers

Modern science endorses sulfa drugs for local use against staph and strep infections on skin and scalp. Psoridisal, containing sulfanilamide, provides itching relief and scales removal, with a money back guarantee. Available at leading drug stores. Cedar Rapids and Royal Oak addresses noted.

Nu-Basic Chemical Products Co Royal Oak Mich Cedar Rapids

War Production official urges bigger output for war needs

Arthur W. Lineberry, head of the Quad-Cities War Production Board, told Cedar Rapids Rotarians that civilian production must surge to supply the front. He cited super critical items such as heavy artillery ammo, combat loaders, Superfortresses, A-26 Invader bombers, ship repair, and trucks, and warned shortages stem from front line demands and new tech. About 60 percent of current output is on schedule with 28 percent in critical programs, and 4,000 local workers have been lost since February.

Cedar Rapids Arthur W. Lineberry Quad-Cities War Production Board Lineberry Rotarians

Service Life Gold Seal policy offers $100 monthly sickness or injury

Omaha firm unveils a $1 month Gold Seal policy with up to $100 monthly disability pay, hospitalization benefits to $650, $6000 accidental death cash, no medical exam, first day disability, 10 days free examination, ages 15 to 69, mail registration in Nebraska.

Omaha Neb Reliable Service Life Insurance Company Service Life Insurance Company Dept Omuoha 2 Nebraska

Also Mentioned on This Page

Daily Record Norbert Noonan Coggon Paul Sterkman Vinton John Prusek Third Street Gordon Myers Charles Parry Keystone Roy Miller Dennis H. Connelly Denver-Chicago Trucking Company Concrete Products Company Center Point Road Milwaukee St. Luke's Harold Fillenworth Eighteenth Street John Lightner Grande Avenue Samuel Madlam Eleventh Street Mercy Thomas Barker Nineteenth Avenue Lowell Weede Clarence Turner Ninth Street James Shaw Thirty-second Street Joseph Kucera J. D Stevenson Third Avenue Vielsalm-La Roche Belgian Bulge Collins Department of Commerce Civil Aeronautics Administration Charles D. Nolan Company L. F. Whitney Company Thorpe Well Company Des Moines Lane Western Construction Company Ames Frank Young Mrs. Christiansen C. E. Tuttle Little Rock Ark Effie Edward Mary E. Tuttle Carie Cole Frank Davenport Hawley Sacramento Calif Isabel Robbins First Avenue NE Edward Manilaw Beatty Chapel Oak Hill Cemetery John P. Hogan Ninth Street NW Teahen Chapel Frenci Hotel Roosevelt Ball Telephone Laboratories Audiphone Company OF Iowa, Inc Union Bank Loule HW Sila Twenty-first St. SE Cedar Optimist Club Dr. Dunnington Sahara C.R. Fuel CO F.R United State Bank Adverter Hladky’s Fourth Avenue SE Barry Cain Curtiss Pkg Prt Milwaukee Rye Pumpernickel SALA Oleo Tin Libby Sauerkraut Juice Aran Redwing Sanford Red Cross Candy Bros. Mig. Co St. Leuit Mey Peoples Furniture Co People's Furniture First Avenue East
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