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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1945
Page
10
Rationing updates list valid meat blue stamps sugar and gasoline coupons with expiration dates. Divorces and court notices appear, plus local police and court actions, births and deaths, legislative actions, and traffic fines across multiple Minneapolis area addresses.
Red Cross Chairman Basil OConnor said the Soviet advance likely will not free many Allied prisoners. He named Stalag 357 near Poznan and Torun and suspected moves of Stalag 20 A and Oflag 64. The camps held British and American prisoners and lay in the eastern front path.
Crandic officials said three interurban cars will run tonight at 6 15 p m to accommodate attendees for Capt William Eddy’s lecture on Television in the Postwar World. The event at Macbride auditorium on the university campus starts 7 30 p m and is open to the public with free admission.
Buckleys CANADIOS Mixture, a Canadian cough medicine, is now made and sold in the U.S.A. Ideal for bronchial irritation and the common cold this winter. One sip provides instant action and a bottle costs 45 cents at May’s Drug Store Osco Drugs and all wood druggists.
London editors weigh whether retreating Germans will mass troops for a last stand inside the Reich as Soviet forces press a 400 mile eastern front. Analysts note Moscow reports show large losses but not a rout, with potential German defense focusing west toward the Oder and East Prussia as spring thaws delay river crossings.
Washington reports a six day embargo on most commodities into the central and eastern states to relieve a wartime rail bottleneck. Eastbound shipments from Cedar Rapids are limited. the measure runs until midnight Sunday and exempts vital war goods, livestock, coal, coke, and government bound traffic.
The Franklin Hi Y club holds its induction at the Y M C A with a 7 30 candlelighting ceremony in the Little Theater. McKinley Hi Y officers lead the program including Art Wall Wayne Harger Bob Sedlacek Jerry Cimburek Ed Zahoric and Ray Soren son. A W Salisbury Marion High principal speaks on The Challenge of Hi Y. Parents invited. new members listed.
Berlin reports 18 British and American agents executed after capture behind Soviet lines. Among them were Green and Khmer, who allegedly posed as a major. They planned sabotage, espionage, and economic- political acts for Anglo-American interests.
Blanche Maurinello wife of Chicago parks chief died at her mother’s home in Cedar Rapids after a long illness. Survived by husband Mary Swacka Cedar Rapids sisters Hartman Drivatskey brothers Swacka and a Chicago sister Kelly died 1988. Funeral plans pending arrival of her husband. Joseph Frank Nick 76 retired Penick and Ford employee died at 4:30 a.m. of a heart ailment. Survived by wife Della Dvorak Slick two sons Lumir J and Emil R Ilick a daughter and a grandson. Services Friday at Brush chapel in Mid Rapids.
Private services for Bethanna Buchan infant daughter of a Gunner’s Mate and Mrs John Robert Buchan were held in the Turner chapel at 10 30 a.m. Friday with Rev D Keith Irwin of Olivet Presbyterian church officiating. Burial followed at Cedar Memorial Park. Father’s navy duty in the South Pacific delayed arrangements.
Mrs Angeline Ladd of 412 Seventh Street SE Cedar Rapids died Tuesday morning in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Services will be Friday at 9 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church by Rt Rev Msgr J M Molloy. Burial is Cedar Memorial Park. Rosary will be recited Thursday at 8 p.m. by Msgr Molloy at Kuba funeral home where friends may call.
Services for Mrs. Mary Jakubec of 1527 K Street SW will be conducted at 2 pm Thursday at Kuba funeral home by Rev. Ethel Hillman. Burial follows in Bohemian National Cemetery. Pallbearers include Louis Jakubec, Walter Harvey, John Trimble, Ralph Hardin, Michael Chockolai, and John Kriz. Friends may call at Kuba's.
Services for Alva Van Alst who died by his own action in his garage on Fortieth Street and Mt Vernon Road SE will be held at Turner Chapel Saturday at 1 30 p m with the Rev Frank H Ward officiating. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery.
Rock Luben 77 of 22514 First avenue SW died at 9 am Wednesday after a brief illness. Survived by niece Mrs. Charles Rorabaugh of Cedar Rapids. Body at Barta chapel. Funeral arrangements pending.
FBI sponsored conference in Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce building drew 90 eastern Iowa peace officers to discuss radio issues cooperation among officials and crime apprehension. An afternoon session for 130 officers included the film Battle For Britain and plans for meetings in Ottumwa and Mason City.
The National Lutheran council annual convention elected Rev. Dr. Rees Edgar Tulloss, president of Wittenberg College in Springfield Ohio, as president.
The Chamber of Commerce board of directors will meet Thursday at noon at the Roosevelt hotel. Mercy hospital nurses alumnae plan a special meeting Friday at 7 30 p.m. at the hospital library. Dr David I Berger spoke at a Nebraska synod meeting in Kearney on Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Margaret Faxe underwent a hand operation at St Luke's hospital Tuesday. Fred R Kephart attended services in Win ton for his brother Frank A Kephart who died Sunday. Charles J Holmquist, ill at St Louis hospital, is improving after 30 years with Syndicate Clothing. Cedar Rapids police detained Fred Howard in connect ion with an adventure attempt. A semi trailer driven by Everett A Evans collided with a car driven by Franklin Forsythe. no injuries. Cubs Pack No 6 received aid awards for many members including Bob Moorman and others. Hugh A Orchard returned to Cedar Rapids to live with his daughter at 1263 First Avenue SE after years in Aurora NL.
Richard C Dick Jones manager of LaBudde Feed and Grain and chairman of United Service Aides is hospitalized in Rochester Minnesota after an operation for a throat ailment. He resides at 1972 First avenue NE.
A failure to have his car under control charge was pending Wednesday against Dave Johnson, 45, of 1452 Fifth Street NW, after his auto struck a parked machine owned by Elmer Carlson, 620 First Street SE, in front of Carlson's address.
E I Auer of 205 Guaranty Bank building told police that about $15 worth of extracts powders spices soaps and books were stolen from his rooms over the last two months. Geor gie Shonka of 1224 Second street SE reported a purse with $18 and keys missing Tuesday afternoon. Cars driven by Mrs L F Vane and Mrs Grace Fleckenstein collided at 4 10 p m at Fifth avenue and Sixteenth Street SE. Fleckenstein's car hit a light pole and was badly damaged but no injuries reported.
Washington leaders and top military officials met at the Congressional Library to discuss wartime strategy and public mobilization. Rep Wadsworth said the session would have a psychological effect on the work-fight-or-jail proposal, though no details of the legislation were discussed.
Los Angeles based Cecil B. DeMille lost a court challenge to stop the American Federation of Radio Artists from suspending him for failing to pay a $1 assessment aimed at defeating a political proposition. Superior Judge Emmett H. Wilson ruled the union could levy the fee and that DeMille’s rights were not impaired and the suspension process was proper. The injunction was denied and the suspension stands.
An Ot tumwa Iowa training flight from the naval air station ended in a crash two miles south of Martinsburg. The instructor was killed and a student officer seriously injured. Names of victims pending notification of next of kin.
The American Red Cross announces a faster mail system for American POWs in Germany. Mail may be routed via Sweden instead of Switzerland to save time, with daily air shipments from the United States to Europe continuing.
Pvt. Dick Gustafson’s first letter home after induction puzzled his mother. The opening line says Army life is O.K. but I hate to go to bed and the bed-making in the morning.
County board boosts 1945 salaries for courthouse jail and county home staff by 3.50 to 10 per month with Bleakly receiving the largest rise. Attendants at the county home gain 10 monthly. clerical staff get 50 cents hourly increases not to exceed 93.50 monthly.
Washington officials urge China and Yugoslavia to resolve internal disputes. Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew released two statements calling rival factions in both nations to reach agreements. The Yugoslav crisis and the Polish issue pose major Allied worries while King Peter, Tito, and Lubasic clash over a single government and regency.
Ted O'Hare of 825 Second Avenue SW suffered a broken right collar bone lacerations to the scalp and a mild concussion after slipping from a man lift at the Quaker Oats company Tuesday night. He was transported to Mercy Hospital by Ambulance Service.
Moscow broadcasts say German armies in the East are crushed and scattered with battle groups in cauldrons. Berlin radio notes new divisions forming and Russian offensives stalling, while Moscow reports Konev’s army massed along the Oder near Breslau. Berlin also cites loss of Szekesfehervar near Budapest to German counterattacks.
Des Moines Iowa lawmakers clashed over a plan to study and option potential houses for a governor’s residence. The measure failed 46 to 51, short of the 55 needed, as opponents urged economy and delaying real estate spending.
The Shenandoah, a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train from New York to Chicago, derailed at Versailles, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, causing seven cars to leave the tracks with no injuries reported.
The report shows cotton cultivation in 223 of Texas 254 counties indicating widespread farming.
B 29s strike Nagoya in a major air battle as Marianas based bombers shift focus to Iwo Jima. Casualties reported on both sides with Allied planes sustaining losses while Japanese claims vary. Carrier raids north to Okinawa and Formosa area actions continue as Pacific operations unfold.
Rome reports American patrols took heavy enemy fire while probing German positions south of Bologna on the Fifth and Eighth Army fronts despite bitter winter weather. Two German planes conducted separate bombing missions following an eight-plane raid two days earlier.
An old advertisement touts UDGA Tablets for ulcer pain gas indigestion heartburn and hyperacidity. It claims quick relief within five minutes and offers a double your money back guarantee with a 25 cent price and a cache of testimonials from millions of users.
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