This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1946
Page
8
The wooden St. Joseph's Catholic church, built in 1886, burned Thursday night around 8 20 after an electrician nail touched a live wire in the basement. Rev Raymond McGrath says losses reach about 20000 with 11000 insured. the rectory sustained smoke and water damage. He vows a bigger, better church soon.
The London area U.S. Army transportation office released the passenger list of war brides and children of American servicemen sailing on the Argentina from Southampton around Jan 26. Included are Peggy E. Ham of London wife of M/Sgt. George W. Ham from Solon, Rosemary Berdo of Cambridge wife of S/Sgt. Charles W. Berdo of Washington, and Betty Downs of Cornwall wife of MoMM (2/c) Leslie V. Downs of Independence.
Kristian Prestgaard, a renowned Norwegian author editor and gladiolus hybridizer, died in Decorah on Friday morning at age 79. He served as special correspondent for Norwegian papers at the 1893 Columbian Exposition, founded the Norwegian language Posten in Decorah in 1897, and led as editor-in-chief from 1923 until his death. He was knighted by King Haakon in 1926.
Virginia Munier and Robert Beach wed at the Munier home with Rev. James P. Gable officiating. Attendants were Mrs. Theodore Munier and Ralph Beach. The bride, Marion High School graduate, works as cashier-bookkeeper for the Light company. After a brief honeymoon, the couple will farm southeast of Marion.
In Washington Iowa Thursday night William Voight Jr Chicago assistant executive director of the National Izaak Walton league criticized army engineers and the reclamation bureau for dredging rivers and streams and ruining wildlife refuges in the Upper Mississippi river valley. Ries Tuttle Des Moines league president presented the charter to Dr A C Peterson Washington county chapter president as 590 members form the largest charter membership in the nation.
Naomi Doebel reports on a Iowa State college building industry conference where experts urged deferring public works until private demand stabilizes. They favored housing and reconversion of war plants for peacetime use, with public works as a later priority, bonds allowed for future funding, and calls for a flexible modern code similar to Indiana’s.
DES MOINES UP Gov Robert Blue named a six man veterans housing committee Friday to address Iowa s critical housing shortage. Members include D M Kenworthy Cedar Rapids Howard W McLaughlin Des Moines Ralph Stuart New Hampton Walter T Robinson Des Moines Alex Miller Des Moines and Marvin Schmidt Waterloo.
Memorial services for Dale A. Murfield of Anamosa who died in Japan on November 28 will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the United Brethren church by the Rev W. T. Boston and Cedar County American Legion posts. His family requests no flowers be sent.
Des Moines report says a plane carrying food for A F of L workers landed twice inside picket lines around the Des Moines Ordnance plant. Harry Booth of the United Rubber Workers said the aircraft aided workers inside as the plant, custodian of the war facility, remained shut with guards on site amid a jurisdictional labor dispute.
Eastern Iowans slated to return to U S ports include Cedar Rapids Lost Nation Mt Vernon Marion Cedar Rapids. Many arrival dates are estimated and passenger lists may be in error.
Richard J. Sweitzer a Cedar Rapids Army dischargee will become secretary of the University of Iowa Y M C A on February 4. The group had no full time secretary since 1941. A Washington High Cedar Rapids and Iowa State College graduate, Sweitzer taught and counseled in Cedar Rapids Y camps 1933 to 1935 and led the Y M C A at North Dakota State College 1936 to 1942.
Fayette plans two special elections one on February 5 to decide a 15 year franchise for Interstate Power for electric service and another in March on authorizing bonds of 100000 dollars to fund a new Fayette consolidated school district building project.
Five Hyperion lodge No. 186 Knights of Pythias members will be honored for half a century of continuous membership at a Monday night ceremony in Manchester. Honorees are Melvin J Yoran, Jay W Lewis, Charles J. Leeds, A. W. Stearns, and Burton Clark. Francis G. Gosling will present with Dr. Robert L. Van Voltinbergh assisting. Grand Chancellor Ben E. Kubby attends, joined by R R. Hibbs. Dinner at 6:30.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.