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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1944
Page
1
Marines tour Garapan south of Saipan as silk obis and kimonos adorn opulent rooms and warehouses while Japanese civilians live in bare shanties with no plumbing. The scene contrasts luxury with squalor, bicycles and rubber stores amid war wreckage.
British submarines sank nine Japanese ships and damaged two more during recent Far East patrols. Submarines penetrated near Sho Seumawe on Sumatra, shelling installations and nearly destroying a freight train. Additional targets on Ross Island in the Andaman group were shelled and damaged.
Bombardier Alan L. Parker 21 graduated July 1 from the San Angelo Texas army air field bombardier school and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the air corps. Son of Mr and Mrs Claude L Parker 1624 J avenue NE he attended Coe college before enlisting in December 1942 and is now visiting his parents on a 15 day leave.
Military families report postings and training assignments across Fort McClellan Great Lakes Amarillo and Oceanside involving Pvt Donald W Davis Apprentice Seaman John Carstens Captain Robert Hahn Donald J Haverland Willard Voki Pvt James Richey Louis W Kelley Charles C Malecek Leland E Wade and Cpl Frank W Davidson with addresses in Ames Dubuque Shellsburg Sioux City and Sioux City area.
The article lists servicemen spending furloughs at home or visiting wives and families. George Gratian and Milo Lanka return from camps in Oklahoma, Great Lakes naval center staff reconnect with relatives, and Horace Snow takes a six day furlough from Camp Carson to be with his wife patient at St Luke’s hospital and his mother.
Dr A E Wiggam notes from Social Forces that the postwar era may see rising divorces as marriages decline and one in five ends in divorce, potentially up to one half by 1945. He suggests adaptability matters in success, citing Purdue's Tiffin test and Thorndike on intelligent response to life.
Cpl. Richard L. Hatlin, an air corps serviceman stationed at the Sioux City base, arrived at Mercy hospital with amnesia after police on Monday. He regained memory by Tuesday and is held at the hospital awaiting military authorities.
In Vatican City United States Secretary of War Henry Stimson and Myron C. Taylor met Pope Pius XII in a private 20 minute audience in the Papal library. Vatican sources say the talks covered key international and war matters with Cardinal Maglione present. Stimson’s Rome visit followed a Naples stop and a Cassino battlefield drive.
A thief in Indianapolis discovered too late a stash of gems worth 56000 hidden in a secret purse compartment after stealing it and taking 10 dollars in cash. The purse was abandoned in a telephone booth on Wednesday.
The speaker notes a shipboard routine where crew continually arrive to use the wash area. Within hours, the wash bowl is dirty again, forcing repeated scrubbing. A savvy Captain can stretch the tedious task through the day by guiding the crew and managing the flow.
Three persons were injured in traffic incidents Tuesday none seriously. Mrs Lee Irvine 37 of 423 Tenth Street SE and Mrs J C Stoddard 45 of 866 Fifth Ave SE were struck by a car driven by Francis Nunemaker 23 at First Avenue near Tenth Street E while crossing. Irvine sustained arm abrasions and a scalp cut while Stoddard had a right arm laceration and was not hospitalized. Nunemaker drove west on First Avenue and no charges were filed. Russell Shawber 16 of 1011 Tenth Street SW received a chin cut in a collision at Tenth Street and Third Avenue SE Tuesday night. The cars involved were driven by John Zaruba 1011 Tenth Street BA and Ray P Coleman Route 2.
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