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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1944
Page
8
The issue lists ration stamps and fuel coupons valid through specified dates, divorce decree, and local notices. It reports fires, fines for traffic offenses, and birth announcements at St Luke's and Mercy hospitals with names and addresses where available.
Cedar Rapids purchasing agents urged to attend a noon meeting at the Montrose hotel. Harold K. Howe of LaSalle Steel in Chicago will discuss current developments and trends in Washington, D C, with emphasis for manufacturers.
Postal Life and Casualty Insurance Co offers an accident policy for ages 65 to 85 with benefits including up to 500 for death 100 per month for disability up to 100 for hospital care and other advantages. The plan costs 1 cent a day with 10 days free inspection no medical exam needed allocation of beneficiary details required for application.
Allied planes and torpedo boats reported sinking 22 enemy barges in New Guinea and New Britain operations. Marines near Cape Gloucester reported heavy casualties, while ground actions pressed from Alexishafen to Rabaul with bombers targeting Solomons bases.
A Cedar Rapids forecast warns of colder weather Tuesday night and Wednesday with fair skies. Monday night brought a sharp drop to single digits. 7 degrees by 9 am Tuesday, 8 at 7 am. 24 degrees marked at 1 pm. highs reached 40 on Monday with 42 at Council Bluffs.
Mason City woman Nellie M. Lighter provides a $1000 trust for her pet parrot in the Cerro Gordo county will filed Tuesday. The remainder after the parrot’s death goes to a charitable institution. most property goes to siblings and nieces and nephews.
Penick R E Decker was named president of Federal labor union No 18619 at Penick and Ford. Ralph Gordon was elected vice president, Ralph Cornthwaite financial secretary, and J A Whitmer recording and corresponding secretary.
Waste paper is needed for war work. Save it and deposit in school grounds or fire stations receptacles. Call 3 2601 and OCD truck will call if a load is enough to warrant a trip.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective service, urged keeping soldiers in uniform until jobs await them. He warned against sending troops home to unemployment zones and called for controlled demobilization to avoid economic disruption while meeting monthly draft quotas.
London AP reports Count Galeazzo Ciano was shot after conviction for voting to oust Mussolini. Four other Fascist council members Emilio de Bono Giovanni Marinelli Carlo Pareschi and Luciano Gottardi were executed. Nineteen former council members were convicted of treason with 13 in absentia. one man Tullio Ciannetti received 30 years. Verona Italy dated report.
New Delhi India New Allied forces have captured Maungdaw in Burma 60 miles northwest of Akyab on the western coast. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten announced the victory stating Maungdaw now under Allied control.
Dr P W Neuzil of Blairstown was elected district chairman for Scouting in Benton county with A W Langerak of Belle Plaine named as vice chairman at the district annual meeting in Vinton. Leslie Hays of Vinton was nominated district commissioner.
Nigerian leader Mbonu Ojike will address students at Franklin Abbott auditorium in the forenoon and at Wilson High School at 12 40 p m on Wednesday. He studied at Oxford and earned degrees at Ohio State and Chicago universities and says education will prepare Nigeria to join free nations. Dick Truesdale will introduce him at Wilson.
Two boys Earl Simbro 18 of Prairie City and John A. Culp 16 of Des Moines and two Des Moines girls Mary Brown 18 and Phylis Peirce 19 were charged jointly with first degree murder in the slaying of William H. Bare a Pleasantville filling station operator. They waived to the Marion county grand jury with bond set at 10 000 for the girls and no bail for the boys. Bare was shot during a Dec 22 attempted holdup. The hearing drew 300 to 400 spectators and eight to ten state troopers. The four were arrested Saturday as they applied for a marriage license.
President Roosevelt warns of a rightist danger in America and calls Congress to act quickly to advance an economic Bill of Rights. He praises pending legislation, vows to communicate with Congress, and urges federal voting rights for service members. He condemns selfish lobbies and domestic disunity as threats to national morale.
Congressmen gave a cool response to President Roosevelt's national service proposal. Senator Johnson of Colorado said it could never exit the committee, and House Military Committee Chairman May of Kentucky said he has never been hot for it and is not hot for it now.
The War Manpower commission said on Monday that salaried physicians dentists veterinarians sanitary engineers and nurses in essential activities may not change jobs without approval from the United States employment service.
Des Moines AP reports Major Karl W. Fischer former Iowa state commissioner of public safety now on the military government staff in Italy heads police and prisons in central Italy according to word received by friends.
Dr L Murray of Minneapolis and Mt Herman lodge announce services for Charles D Huston in Turner chapel at 2 p m Wednesday. Huston a colorful Cedar Rapids political figure dies at 82 after a long illness with burial at Linwood Cemetery. Master Masons to meet at Masonic hall 1 30 p m Wednesday to attend.
Services for Hattie E. Canfield of 1200 K Street SW are set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at the Rohn chapel with Reverend Charles J. Bready officiating. The Women's Relief Corps will participate and burial will be in Linwood cemetery. friends may call at the chapel this evening.
Adolph Barta 72 of 1902 C street SW died at home Monday night after a brief illness. Born in Bohemia February 7 1871 he moved to Western Iowa at 13 and lived in Cedar Rapids 55 years. Survived by wife Mary four sons George Milo A Felix all of Cedar Rapids Lumir F of Los Angeles two brothers Joseph Frank both of Cedar Rapids a half brother Jerry Dohnalek seven grandchildren. Member of Karel IV lodge Z C B J and Modern Woodmen. Services at Janeba funeral home time pending.
Carl Edward Clymer 44 lifelong Linn County resident died suddenly Monday at John Knapp farm north of Marion. Services at Turner chapel Thursday at 2 pm with Rev. J Bruce Eyestone officiating and burial in Campbell cemetery. Survived by four sisters Lottie Dickey Lisbon Stella Phillips Franklin Park Ill Alice Millard Cedar Rapids Edith Etzel Marion and three brothers William A Cedar Rapids Fred Bertram and Cames A Clymer Lebanon Ohio.
Oliver Snodgrass aged 58 of 927 L street SW died Monday at 5:20 pm at University hospital Iowa City after a long illness. He was born near Toddville March 6 1885. Surviving are three brothers Robert Cedar Rapids and Eber Hud
Fred Henson was elected president of the South Side Civic Club at a Monday night meeting in the C.S.PS8 hall. He previously served as vice-president. Other officers include Lumir Struesky as vice-president Henry L. Feiereisen as secretary and Frank J. Trcka as recording secretary and treasurer. Installation is set for January 24 at 8 p.m. at C.S.P.S. hall.
Funeral services for James son of California and his Cedar Rapids sisters Mrs Rosella Barner and Mrs Celestia Ackerman will be at Beatty chapel at 10 30 a m Saturday with Rev L O Hopker officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery and friends may call at Beatty's.
Services for Ruben L. Wintz of 142 Kenmore Street NE who died Saturday in a Cedar Rapids hospital will be held at Turner chapel at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Rev. Dr. Marion H. Williams will officiate and burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery at Central City. Friends may call at Turner chapel.
Funeral services for Mrs Lillian Walton will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Moon chapel. The Rev Frank Ward will officiate. Burial will follow in Campbell Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. She died Friday in University Hospital, Iowa City, at age unspecified.
Cremation committal for John Vasicek 52 of 225 Fourteenth Avenue SE follows his death Monday at home. Service set for Wednesday at 2 pm at Kuba Funeral Home with T. B. Hlubucek officiating. Friends may call at Kuba chapel.
The fourth war loan campaign highlights 350 local guardsmen and 561 Navy, 72 Marines, 7 Coast Guard, 63 Waves, 40 WAC. Linn county totals show 7,096 in service with 42 KIA, 43 prisoners, 33 wounded, 27 missing. Investors urged to put 4.864 million in bonds, with 2.967 million in series E. Des Moines officials call for countywide participation.
Allied forces pressed toward Cassino as Fifth Army reached Cervaro and Mt. Pedro near Cassino. American units advanced on Mt. Rocchio while New Zealanders tangled with a German patrol. Sofia endured another night raid as Allied bombers pounded Bulgaria.
Noon on Jan 18 marks the county wide launch with church bells sirens and steam whistles for 15 minutes as county war finance committees begin aggressive house to house solicitations. Washington reports emphasis on person to person sales with work site outreach boosting bond purchases. A premiere event on Jan 20 at Paramount Iowa or State theaters offers a free ticket with bond of 25 dollars or more. Banks and post offices will issue bonds and other outlets will solicit or issue them.
Washington AP reports Second Lt. John K. Anderson of Iowa City is held prisoner by Germany. War department officials announced the status.
Aloysius J. Majerus a 22 year old coast guardsman from Defiance Iowa was rushed by light private plane to Watertown hospital after a wind battered flight from Galup Island in Lake Ontario. The island outpost requested aid and the coast guard garrison helped land the aircraft in high winds. The trip was expedited by a strong tailwind and took under ten minutes.
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