Forty two divisions to return home in 1945
The War Department announced that 42 of 68 divisions that fought in Europe and the Mediterranean will be back home or en route by year’s end. It lists arrival progress, embarkation schedules for August through December, and notes some divisions will remain in Europe for occupation or later redeployment.
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Washington
War Department
Europe
Mediterranean
13Th Armored
Pacific Front
First Army
Pacific
Department
U. S
United States
20Th Armored
17Th Airborne Division
9Th Armored Division
10Th Armored Division
10Th Mountain Division
13Th Airborne
11Th Armored
Berlin
82D Airborne
101St Airborne Division
Transportation Corps
Says He Killed Girl Because She Jilted Him
Leo Pascarella aged 19 confessed to police that he killed Mrs. Marie Beavers Berridge a 25 year old nightclub entertainer on June 26 after she left him for another man. He wept quietly after his arrest in Saginaw Michigan on a tip from lodger Marcia Haas who said he talked of the romance and his intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Leo
Johnny” Pascarella
Marie Beavers Berridge
Saginaw
Mich
Marcia Haas
Pascarella
U S Cruiser Columbia Hit By Jap Air Attack
The navy said 60 sailors were killed and 124 wounded when the 10,000 ton cruiser Columbia was damaged in a Japanese air raid during the Lingayen gulf bombardment on January 6. After temporary repairs she stayed in action three days, then went to San Pedro for extensive hull repairs and electrical replacements, and has since rejoined the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Navy
United States
Columbia
Lingayen Gulf
San Pedro
Calif
July Plan For Canning Sugar In Des Moines Area
Des Moines OPA district announces July allotments for canning sugar. About residents who already received sugar will get none this month while those who have not yet received any may obtain five pounds if they plan to can. Clarence Turner district OPA food representative announced after reviewing local allotments and prior distributions.
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DES Moines
OPA
Clarence Turner
Goldwyn to Film Eisenhower's Life
Samuel Goldwyn received permission to produce a motion picture about General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Proceeds will go to non profit foundations chosen by Eisenhower and Goldwyn, dedicated to the principles for which Eisenhower and others fought in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Samuel Goldwyn
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Goldwyn
War Department
Eisenhower
Gen. Eisenthower
Truman Byrnes Not To Use Some Plane
Washington AP report says if President Truman and Secretary Byrnes travel by air to Berlin for the Big Three conference they will fly in separate planes. Byrnes would succeed to the presidency if anything happened to Truman, with Morgenthau then Vinson next in line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
State Byrnes
Berlin
Byrnes
Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau
Fred M. Vinson
Corn Borers Detected In Polk County Garden
AP reports the first European corn borers of the year found in Polk County at West Des Moines in a garden owned by R. R. Hill. Hill noted six 60-foot rows of corn were infested as the plants reached waist height and maturity.
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Des Moines
Polk County
West Des Moines
R. R. Hill
Hill
Sister Contest Over Lupe Velez Will Filed
Lupe Velez’s sister Mrs Josephine Anderson filed a will contest in Los Angeles accusing housekeeper secretary Mrs Beulah Kinder of conspiracy and fraud. Velez who died December 14 in Beverly Hills left one third of a $250000 estate to Kinder and named her trustee of the remainder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Lupe Velez
Josephine Anderson
Beulah Kinder
Deaths Mrs Arduser Dies in California
Mrs Nell Ross Arduser longtime Cedar Rapids resident died Friday at her Orange California home. Survived by husband Dr Leonard T Arduser. Services set at Coffey mortuary Orange at 2:30 PM Monday. Burial in Fairhaven cemetery. Ardusers moved to California in January.
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Nell Ross Arduser
Cedar Rapids
Orange
Calif
Leonard T. Arduser
Coffey Mortuary
Fairhaven
Ardusers
California
Memorial Rites Monday For Sgt John F Barton
Memorial services for Staff Sgt John F Barton killed in action on Okinawa June 23 will be held at 8 a.m. Monday at St Wenceslaus conducted by Rev Gilbert Lakatek. He is son of Mr and Mrs John Barton of 1113 Eighth Street SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Barton
Okinawa
John Barton
Eighth Street
St. Wenceslaus
Gilbert Lakatek
Services for Dr James I Gibson Conduct Monday in Turner Chapel
Dr James I Gibson aged 80 of 119 Thirty sixth Street died Friday from a heart attack. Services set for 3 30 p m Monday at Turner chapel. Body to be sent by train to Des Moines for burial Tuesday in Masonic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James I. Gibson
Thirty-sixth Street
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Stepanek Bys
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Stepanek Bys 70 will be held at 2 p m Tuesday at the Brush chapel. She died Friday at her son Franks home near Amana after a sudden illness.
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Mary Stepanek Bys
Fifth Avenue SE
Brush Chapel
Funeral services for Dorothy Coleman drown victim
Funeral services for Dorothy Coleman 20 will be held at Beatty chapel at 4 30 p m with the Rev Earl Brockman of Marion officiating. Burial follows in Morrison cemetery north of Cedar Rapids. Her body was found Friday afternoon by Willard I Carson Troy Mills who had searched the Wapsipinicon river by air remaining details show Carson, a Troy Mills feed store operator, sighted the body after an aerial search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Coleman
Wapsipinicon
Beatty Chapel
Earl Brockman
Marion
Morrison Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Miss Coleman
Willard I. Carson
Troy Mills
Carson
Services for Mrs Minnie Kem ler
Former Cedar Rapids resident Minnie Kem ler died at her Denver home. Memorial services set for 11 a.m. Monday at Turner chapel with Dr H K Galloway officiating. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Kemler
Cedar Rapids
Denver
Colo
Turner Chapel
H. K. Galloway
Grande Avenue Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral arrangements set for Oscar Berg
Oscar Zelik Berg of Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital Thursday after 39 years residency. Services tentatively Monday at 2 p.m. in Turner chapel pending Cpl. Marvin Berg’s arrival from overseas. Rabbi Richmond to conduct. burial in Eben Israel cemetery.
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Oscar Zelik Berg
First Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Cpl
Marvin Berg
Rabbi Richmond
Eben Israel Cemetery
Family requests flowers be omitted for funeral services
Memorial notices state friends may call at the chapel. The family asks that flowers not be sent.
Albert L. Raymond Funeral Services Announced
Albert L. Raymond a Cedar Rapids lifelong resident aged 13 years in Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital Saturday in the Harper Aute and Re company office for the last 13 years services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Turner chapel friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert L. Raymond
Johnson Avenue
Harper Aute
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Ratification by Aug 1 Hoped For
Washington plans to fast track the United Nations charter through hearings before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Former Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. will open in favor, followed by Leo Pasvolsky and Green Hackworth. Eight opponents are set to testify next week, with additional proponents slated for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Committee
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
San Francisco
Leo Pasvolsky
State Department
International Organization and Security
Green H. Hackworth
International Court
Friay
City Briefs Cedar Rapids Club Meeting and CAP Drill
The Cedar Rapids Coin Club will meet Monday at 8 p.m. in the Roosevelt hotel. The Civil Air Patrol will meet for drill this morning at 10 o clock at the Hunter airport. Miss Pauline Kasey who underwent an appendectomy Thursday at St Luke's hospital will be permitted to receive visitors Monday. She is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Kasey 1617 Thirty fourth street NE.
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Cedar Rapids
Coin Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Civil Air Patrol
Hunter
Pauline Kasey
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mary Kasey
Thirty-fourth Street
Bicycle stolen from Fourth Street lot in Saturday theft
Lyle Kenry of 2384 Eighteenth street SW reported a red double bar bicycle stolen from the Fourth street parking lot. The theft occurred between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday.
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Lyle Kenry
Eighteenth Street
Fourth Street
Birth of Son to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Litke in Redwood City
A son was born Friday July 6 to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Litke in Redwood City California. Mrs. Litke is the former Nadine Morse daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl R Morse of 1801 Grand Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Litke
Redwood City
Calif
Litke
Nadine . Morse
Carl R. Morse
1801
Grand Avenue SE
Fire sparks from corncobs in freight car at Quaker Oats plant
Spontaneous ignition of ground corncobs in a steel freight car at the Quaker Oats plant on Fourth Street between A and B avenues produced a blaze Saturday at 4 09 p m. Firemen fought the fire for two and a half hours, moving the car to a track by the river and using a single large hose. A baby boy was born to Radio Tech. (3/g) and Mrs. Richard A. Rall at Independence on July 4, according to a message to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rall, 1654 First Avenue NE. Radio Technician Rall, a grandson of the Ralls, is stationed at Navy Pier, Chicago. his wife is the former Peggy Howland of Independence. Both are former Coe College students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Oats
Fourth Street
Radio Tech
Richard A. Rall
Independence
J. F. Rall
First Avenue
Rall
Navy Pier
Chicago
Peggy Howland
Coe College
Two Circus Men to Face Gambling Count
Iowa City AP reports two circus men charged with gambling will face trial in police court July 16. K. W. Drake is accused of permitting a gambling device on show grounds and Harvey Moore is charged with operating the device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
K. W. Drake
Harvey Moore
Shorter Hours for Linn County Rationing Office
A. T. Pleune announced a change in hours for the Linn County rationing office effective Monday. The office will be open Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., due to an OPA directive reducing weekly hours from 48 to 44.
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Linn
A. T. Pleune
OPA
Plan $25 000 Addition for VFW Building
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 788 announces an immediate second story addition to its building at 709 Second Avenue SE. The project funds are in reserve with no campaign, authorized by the War Production board. The design by W. J. Brown includes a larger ground floor office area and a second floor with a meeting room dance floor lounge and dressing rooms. The enlarged steel and concrete building will be air conditioned and heated by city steam to serve a growing membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 788
Second Avenue SE
Veterans’ Service Department
War Production Board
W. J. Brown
City Steam
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Walter R. Payn
Cornell Larson
Charles Selzer
Stanley Bowers
Art Buckner
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Inc
R. P. Eaton
H. C. Forbes
William Broulik
Emil Vohaska
Funeral Rites Today For Accident Victim
Funeral services will be held today for Raymond Rhodes driver for the Eldon Miler trucking service in Iowa City who died Friday in a local hospital from injuries in a truck crash. The vehicle reportedly went out of control and plunged down a steep bank on a nearby highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Raymond Rhodes
Eldon Miler
Oakdale
French Move Into Rhine Province Seizes Control
French occupation forces began moving into Germany's Rhine province to take over from U S troops who have governed the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saarbruecken
Germany
Rhine Province
U. S
Racial Clash of Fighters on Isle Charged
Walter White of the NAACP reports a series of attacks by white marines on Negro navy men on a Pacific island. He describes bricks bottles hand grenades and smoke bombs used against camps and a Christmas Eve assault that left one sailor dead. White warns of bigotry undermining wartime unity and cites opposition from Bilbo Rankin and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle
Cincinnati
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Pacific
White
Navy Board of Inquiry
Board of Inquiry
Navy Department
Washington
Travel Access Changes for Rail Terminals and Pullman Cars
The war effort prompts a sweeping Pullman car withdrawal and travel policy. Army transport will use its facilities for wounded veterans, and coaches face added bus and airline burdens. Railroads report a 30 percent drop in passenger cars since WWI with a projected 105 to 110 billion passenger miles this year, while withdrawals affect routes from Chicago to Des Moines and beyond, reducing sleeping accommodations on several trains.
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Army
War Department
DDT
J. Monroe Johnson
AAR
Rock Island
Chicago
Des Moines
Peoria
Ill
Davenport
Chicago and North Western
St. Paul
Clayton Named to UNRRA's Council
Washington AP reporting that President Truman designated Assistant Secretary of State William S. Clayton as the U S member of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation administration council. He will replace Assistant Secretary Dean G. Acheson, with the announcement coming from the State Department Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William S. Clayton
United States
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Council
State Department
Clayton
Truman
Dean G. Acheson
Polk Constables Retain Powers and Walters as Counsel
Des Moines AP reports Constable B A Grossnickle of Avon Lake leads Polk County raids on clubs and confirms he has retained Des Moines lawyers B J Powers and Paul W Walters to advise without charge. They will not participate in prosecutions but may act as unofficial county attorneys for the constables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
B. A. Grossnickle
Avon Lake
Polk County
B. J. Powers
Paul W. Walters
Powers
Walters
Grossnickle
Cedar Rapids Men Wounded in Mindanao Action
Army men from Cedar Rapids and area reported wounded in action on Mindanao in the Philippines. Pvt Rudolph F Baxa 21 has served since October and worked at Witwer turkey farm. Pfc Thomas V Williams 36 overseas since September is seriously wounded and hospitalized with a convalescent furlough expected at home with wife Bethene and four children. Pvt Donald M Otterbeck overseas since February wounded June 8 with eye injury. wife Virginia and two sons at Mt Vernon road SE. former employee of Universal Engineering. Cpl Leo Stribling 23 son of John and Mrs Doveck wounded in the Philippines after seven months overseas and prior Shenandoah schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph F. Baxa
Pacific
James A. Baxa
Mindanao
Witwer Turkey Farm
Rosedale
Thomas V. Wiliams
Bethene
Vaundon
Hazel Doris
Velma Marie
David
Wilson and Company
Donald M. Otterbeck
Virginia
Donald, Jr
Gary Max
Mt. Vernon Road
Roy Wright
Fairfax
Otterbeck
Universal Engineering Corporation
Pfc
Kenneth Otterbeck
Field Artillery
Chicago
Cpl
Leo Stribling
John Doveck
Second Street
Philippines
Shenandoah
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Rae
Raa
Elmer A. Tuck
First Avenue NE
Paul L. Miller
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Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park
Tuck
Leonard Arduser
Sgt
Gibson
Oscar Berg
Raymond
City Briefs
Lapes
Florist
Third Avenue SE
Bhone
VFW
Rhine
Rankin
Bilbo
Travel
Pny
UNRRA
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Ass'n
Avenue East
Polk
ROHN
Elden B. Rohn
3Rd Ave
the Gazette Company
Srd Ave. SE
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
E. Oy
U. S. Territories
Allen-Klapp Company
Michigan Ave
Fifth Avenue
New York
New Center
Media Records
A.N.P.A
Meredith
Paradise
Third Avenue
Ceda
Rapids’ Funeral Home Beautiful
Bartahesser's
Barta-Hesser
Barta Hesser
Frank W. Berta
Jay W. Hesser
DIAL
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