Six Civil Rights? No, Six Cr. Deaths in 1943 Traffic
Six persons died in traffic crashes in 1943 within city limits, unchanged from 1942. Pedestrian deaths numbered five. one crash involved a car. The list includes Thomas E. Hoyle, Sleyman Bedra, Jerry Lewis, Edward Ted Sealy, S. P. Beatty, and James Leo Krausnick. Seilhamer, charged in one case, received a suspended sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Hoyle
Warren Read
Sixteenth Avenue
Sleyman Bedra
William Milton
Chicago
Third Street
Jerry Lewis
George L. Westcott
B Avenue
Third
Fourth Streets
Edward
Ted) Sealy
Margaret Pratt
First Avenue
Crescent Streets
S. P. Beatty
Thora K. Myers
James Leo Krausnick
Seilhamer
Fort Madison
Fire Loss in C R for November 1943
The November fire report shows total losses of 5014.73 with 475 uninsured. Building value set at 42800 and contents at 22000. Insured on buildings 26250 and on contents 13450. Buildings insurance paid 3336.73 and contents 1053. Loss on uninsured buildings 45 and uninsured contents 430.
City Council Creates Police Lieutenant Post and Grants Permits
The city council approved an ordinance creating the position of lieutenant in the police department in its first and second readings. It issued a class B beer permit to Nick Zervakis and class C permits to Alexander Homsey and Ferris Risk. It also approved transferring 5344.12 from water works to sewer rental fund for disposal service collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Zervakis
Third Street
Alexander Homsey
Eighth Avenue
Ferris Risk
Eleventh Street
The
Water Works Department
Sewage Rental Fund
Beeson Heads Safety Group for Linn County 1944
C L Beeson elected chairman of the Linn County Highway Safety Commission at the courthouse on Monday. W H Behrens named vice chairman. Fred C Henson and Tom Condon reelected secretary and statistical secretary. New member Beeson joins the board alongside Behrens. Six traffic fatalities were reported in Cedar Rapids in 1943 and eight in Linn County outside Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Beeson
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Linn County Highway Safety Commission
Elmer Seevell
Board of Supervisors
W. H. Behrens
Fred C. Henson
Tom Condon
Beeson
Behrens
Commission
W. D. Johnston
Iowa State Highway Commission
Safety Commission
W. D Johnston
John C Mullin
Marion
April meeting of the commission set for 1944 sessions
The commission announces quarterly 1944 meetings to be held on the second Mondays of April July and October. The notice outlines the schedule for upcoming sessions and confirms the meeting cadence.
OPA Chief Denounces LaGuardia Over Price Control Critique
Price Administrator Chester Bowles accused New York Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of ignorance and personal bias in response to the mayor's radio charge that the OPA had seven major failures in price control. Bowles denied partisan interests and rejected political dictation in a sharp letter defending the program.
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Washington (Lp
Chester Bowles
New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
OPA
LaGuardia
Little Flower
Bowles
Inayor
December 1943 Disease Report from City Health
The city health department reports 22 chicken pox cases in December 1943, along with six scarlet fever, seven whooping cough, and one each of mumps and measles. There were 77 deaths that month, including 41 men, with several ages listed and ten infant deaths.
Hollywood gossip and casting chatter from Louella Parsons
Louella Parsons reports Monty Woolley and Gracie Fields reuniting for Sally and the Senator with Fields as an ex-dancehall girl and Woolley as a senator. Also notes plans for Susie Slagle's and other stars, and shifts in casting and project development at Paramount and Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally
Gracie
Monty
Montague Banks
Laszlo Vadnay
INS
Gracie Fields
Monty Woolley
Evening Showtimes From Paramount to Marion Theaters
The Gazette lists Tuesday schedules across theaters including Paramount Palace Rialto Strand and Marion. It lists titles such as Riding High In Old Chicago Banjo on My Knee Destroyer The Lady Has Plans Yukon Patrol and Let’s Face It with multiple daily showtimes and short subjects noted where applicable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Slagle
Augusta Tucker
Paramount
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Betty Field
Chicago
Marion
Assault on Cassino Hill Becomes Long Winter Trek
Clark Lee reports with American and Canadian troops marching toward Hill 850 behind Cassino in central Italy. The unit climbs through snow to a ridge while Luftwaffe planes attack at noon and again later, as they prepare for a night assault at 9 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Lee
Italy
Bob Capa
Liri
Doc Brashwick
Panama
Air Force
Cassino
San Vittore
Henries
WAC Overseas Totals Hit 3002 as Hobby Reports
Col Oveta Culp Hobby, WAC director, said 3,002 WACs are serving overseas with 1,789 in North Africa and 1,143 in England. Additional personnel are in Southeast Asia, Cairo, New Caledonia, and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oveta Culp Hobby
WAC
Wacs
North Africa
England
Southeast Asia Command
New Delhi
India
Cairo
Egypt
New Caledonia
Italy
Women's Army Corps
WAAC
War Department
United States
Hobby
Television Can Reach 59 Percent of People in Five Years
Rotary heard Richard H. Hooper of RCA project television reach after World War II. Transmitters could serve 157 cities, reaching about 59.6 percent of the population with 61.5 percent of purchasing power. He said 72,159,000 people in 17,252,000 wired homes could be reached, plus 10 million more via secondary networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Richard H. Hooper
Chicago
Radio Corporation of America
Former U S Power Board Chief Is Dead
Augusta Maine AP reports Dr George Otis Smith 72 former chairman of the Federal Power Commission died after a heart attack. He also led the Federal Coal Commission in 1922 to 1923 as part of Hoover era government agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
George Otis ‘Smith
Federal Power Commission
Hoover
Smith
Federal Coal Commission
Letters From The Boys From Sgt Kelsey In Italy Describes Frontline Life
Sgt Eugene A. Kelsey writes from somewhere in Italy in December 1943 about harsh cold rain days, drying socks in a truck, leaving behind civilian life, and the mud and destruction he observes. He notes fellow Iowa soldiers, limited bombing raids, and his role keeping trucks moving while seeing few German forces. He remarks on Italian houses built of stone, olive oil gathering, primitive farming, and steep mountain roads. He mentions censor restrictions on revealing exact location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Montana
Italy
Clinton
Iowa
America
Some Goods Soon To Reappear on Shelves in Cans
New war production order M-81 will allow certain products to return to tin cans. F J O'Brien, president of the Can Manufacturers Institute, says shelves will see these items within months after WPB released steel for packing. Items include alcohol antiseptics fuels and various fluids, plus syrups and varnishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
F J O’brien
Can Manufacturers Institute
Home Mix Cough Relief Promises Quick Savings
Advertisement touts a kitchen made cough syrup using sugar and water or honey, plus Pinex from a drugstore. It claims easy preparation, long-lasting shelf life, quick relief for cold coughs, and a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
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Ted Lewis
Russell
Aherneying Canis
Tate
Palace
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Neen Fortuyn Maver
Harring Skelton
Wenre Ball
Gene Kelly
Atm
Dennis O’keefe
Louise Allbritton
Louella Parsons
Hollywood
Uth Southard
Columbia
de Paul University
Victor Saville
Rita Hayworth
Harry Cohn
Sinatra - Crosby
Bing
Frank
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Pat Dane
Gregory Ratoff
Gregory O'Ratoff
Alex Korda
Leon Errol
Harry Lauder
Ann Rutherford
Copes
Farbara
Tanwyck
Joel McCrea
Walter Brennan
Ib Anjo
Cromwel
Bob Hope
Betty Hutton
Chester Morris
Jean Bales
the Gazette
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Henry Aldrich
Yeu i
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Dick Powell
LAG High
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Doc
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Col. Hobby
OFEN
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Joan Bennett
Walter Pidgeon In
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Richard Arlen
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Rotary
U. S. Power Board
Eve
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Ptuack
Whitm
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Donald Mac
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Everett
Fourth Street NW
Kelsey
States
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Iker
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Third Avenue
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