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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1944
Page
1
January 18 1944 issue lists stamp book expirations for meat and sugar and gasoline allowances, gasoline and fuel oil coupon dates, shoe and airplane stamps, and a long public notices section. Divorce petitions and decrees listed, police court fines for drunkenness and traffic violations, and multiple local birth announcements with Jan 17 18 dates.
CHICAGOAP In a briefing Col Bryan Houston deputy administrator for the Office of Price Administration voiced optimism that most processed foods may be freed from rationing by late 1944 if housewives and canners keep up their strong efforts. He cautioned that civilian gasoline allotments will likely be cut further as war needs grow especially if the European war lasts into fall. Houston announced five Minnesota counties will test a gasoline purchase permit plan to curb black market activity starting after February 1 and said farmers will receive R coupons for non-
A proposal suggests replacing highway fuel use coupons with a farm check book system. Farmers would buy gasoline from bulk plants using checks, preventing coupon leakage to filling stations and curbing black market operations.
Allied reports say American patrol crossed the Rapido north of Cassino probing the Gustav line while French troops took Sant’ Elia and Valvori northeast of Cassino. Canadians, tanks supporting the Adriatic flank attack, gained a foothold across a stream inland from the coast amid ongoing fighting on the Fifth and Eighth army fronts. Weather varied with clear and windy conditions, air operations targeted rail lines and yards from Pisa to Arezzo, and no Allied planes were lost.
War Production Chief Donald Nelson told industrial leaders that civilian production cannot resume until the war situation clears. He warned against diverting materials labor or facilities from essential to consumer goods, citing substitutions and steel baby carriage program to conserve scarce wood and materials.
Washington AP report notes the Senate defeated Senator Maybank's bid to suspend the 10 cent per pound federal tax on yellow oleomargarine. The vote was 55 to 23 after a heated debate. the finance committee had already rejected the repeal.
In the first year of war the fire loss to critical materials and facee faced the U S was $100000.
Emma Engle Tritle 73 of Central City died at her home at 12 30 a.m. Tuesday after a short illness Born December 14 1870 in Illinois she lived near Palo and Alburnett before moving to Central City four years ago She married May 4 1893 and observed their golden anniversary last year She was a lifelong Methodist and member of the American Legion auxiliary Surviving include her husband 10 children 22 grandchildren four great grandchildren three sisters Services will be held Beatty chapel arrangements announced later Friends may call at Beatty's
Jerome L Mul lin of 515 Ninth Street NW Cedar Rapids died Monday at 7 10 p m after a long illness in Iowa county on May 5 1865 he came to Cedar Rapids over 25 years ago He married Rose Hanson April 21 1902 at Parnell Ia A Valparaiso Univ graduate he taught and served as superintendent of Iowa schools for years He was a Des Moines Nursery sales rep for 20 years Surviving wife three daughters a son and three grandchildren Ten siblings preceded him Services Thursday at 9 a m St Patrick s Church Rev D J Lenihan officiating Friends may call Teahen funeral home Wednesday family requests no flowers
Ella Frances Earl widow of Frank Earl of Cedar Rapids died at 7 40 am in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. Survived by sisters Mrs James Lewis and Mrs Bert Earl, nieces Ellanor Earl Mary L Nesbit Elizabeth Heck Frances Hessing, nephews Leo George Love and Edward Earl. Member of Westminster Presbyterian church Cedar Rapids chapter 184 E S Turner chapel service at 2 pm with Rev James H Blackstone Jr. Burial Cedar Memorial park. Friends may call Turner chapel to 10 am Wednesday and at home to 10 am Thursday.
Funeral services for James Smrha of 1614 Fifteenth avenue SE will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Brush chapel conducted by Theodore Hlubacek. Pallbearers include Frank Grubhoffer Joseph Urban and Joseph Vacek for the C. S. A. lodge and Anton Nemec Frank Zbanek and Charles Turecherck for the Z. C. B. J. lodge.
Robert Wesley Mathes of five miles east of Central City died Monday. Dr. W Craig Tenney will lead funeral services at 2 p.m. at Brush chapel with burial in Linwood cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Korous who died Sunday at her home 319 Fourth Avenue SW will be conducted by Rev. I E Linkletter in the Moon chapel at 1 30 Wednesday Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery Riverside Ia Friends may call at the chapel
Mrs. Melvin McDonald of Roland Iowa died at 215 am Tuesday in the Oakdale sanatorium. A Dubuque University graduate, she taught high school in New Sharon Iowa and was married to Staff Sgt. Melvin McDonald.
Washington Sen. Byrd D Virginia says his economy committee will thoroughly probe the 100 billion dollar budget request for 1944 45. He cites large unexpended balances in War Navy Shipping and Maritime Commission and urges careful scrutiny of need for further appropriations.
In a 1942 note from Lou isiana Sgt McDonald, son of Mr and Mrs E C McDonald of 1210 Lincoln Avenue NE, is burial planned Sunday afternoon at Roland.
Services for Frank Dusil of Kansas City Missouri will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Polansky funeral chapel conducted by T. B. Hlubucek. Burial will follow in Hala cemetery in Johnson County.
Citizens Service corps leaders urge 3 000 volunteers to surpass the prior war loan total of 500 000 in tonight’s house-to-house pledges. WMT will broadcast results from 9 to 9 30 p m. Pledge cards cover January 18 to February 16. extra pledges beyond salary allotments are sought.
A long list of names and addresses appears for Northwest Northeast and Southeast precincts with division chiefs captains and sector leaders. Each entry provides a captain or district leader and multiple street addresses across various avenues and streets.
Linn County's casualty list on this page is a war loan promotion page listing Linn county war casualties and prisoners. Corrections or additions should be notified to The Gazette city desk.
The article lists precinct captains and sector leaders with street addresses for Precincts 3 through 6. Notable entries include R F Whitman at 826 Center Point Road NE and Ralph Stef fa at 435 Twentieth Street, with several associates in NE and SE districts.
Secretary Morgenthau said on a four network broadcast opening the fourteenth billion dollar war loan that the United States will demand unconditional Axis surrender and that the enemy must lay down its ideas as well as arms. He likened the enemy to an octopus with tentacles across three quarters of the earth and stressed destroying those tentacles before the heart. The program featured Eisenhower, Nimitz, Reagan, Crosby and Miller among others in a dramatic wartime broadcast.
Secretary of War Stimson announced a full investigation of political surveys conducted among troops overseas. He told Senator Green the high command denies knowledge of any army polling. preliminary abroad reports prompted the inquiry.
Joe Prochaska a 76 year old street sweeper for the city was struck Monday at First avenue and Sixth street by a car driven by Fred F Redies. Prochaska was taken to a hospital for examination and released after minor injuries were found.
The Rev. S. S. Sarincolou of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox church in Waterloo led a Monday ceremony burning the church mortgage. The church, built 15 years ago for about 40 000 dollars, had a mortgage of 9 000 dollars.
Omar N. Bradley famed for rapid execution of orders and nerve under fire. Eisenhower trusted him to master Tunisia and Western Europe while Bradly balanced a Missouri home life with golf dogs and bridge. He admired Marshall and his father, and lived by the axiom hit the enemy and find out what he has.
A national MacArthur for President organization formed in Chicago plans a nationwide draft, seeks to pledge Republican delegates, and place MacArthur on primaries ballots where allowed. Joseph P. Savage named national chairman, with state clubs from Ohio Illinois Minnesota Indiana and others represented.
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