Meat Red and Blue Stamp Rates and Local Notices
Daily readings list meat red and blue stamp validity through late July to September 1945, gasoline coupons valid quantities, and nonrequirement of passenger car inspection certificates. Weather data for Iowa and Minnesota reports warm conditions with scattered thundershowers. Observations include divorce petitions and decrees, traffic fines, and birth notices from St Luke's Mercy and other area hospitals.
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Ge Gg
Iowa
Dulles Urges Ratification of Frisco Charter Without Change
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Foster Dulles urged ratification of the United Nations charter without reservations. He argued unity among the UN is key to lasting peace as Germany and Japan no longer pose the same threat. He warned enforcement failures of Versailles led to past conflicts and that ongoing tasks must be found to sustain Allied unity.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Senate
United Nations
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Japan
San Francisco
AFL
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
Norman Thomas
World Organization
International Council
Congress
Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Hiram Johnson
R-Calif
League of Nations
Johnson
Cmdr
Livingston Hartley
American Association For United Nations
Hartley
War Agency Funds Voted At Long Last
Congress sent a 769 million war agencies appropriation bill to the White House after six weeks of conflict over OWI and FEPC funds. The Senate fixed the Office of War Information at 35 million. FEPC received 250,900 for the coming year, half of its request, amid debate and Morse’s stand on minority rights.
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Washington
Congress
White House
OWI
FEPC
Senate
Office of War Information
House
War Labor Board
Congressional
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Morse
R-Ore
Three Killed In Collision Of Army Plane And Airliner
A Boston Miami Eastern Airliner carrying about 20 passengers collided with an army plane in Darlington county near Florence. A two year old boy aboard the liner was killed along with two army flyers. The mother of the child, Mrs A E Williams of Miami, remained seriously injured at McLeod Infirmary with three other passengers. Several passengers were seriously injured and two unidentified South Americans were listed among the injured.
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Columbia
S. C
Darlington County
Here
A. E. Williams
Miami
Fla
McLeod Infirmary
Florence
New York City
Luise Rainer Weds Publisher Robert Knittel in New York
Viennese film star and two time Oscar winner Luise Rainer married publisher Robert Knittel on Thursday at the Church of the Ascension in New York. She had been divorced from Clifford Odets in 1940 on charges of mental cruelty.
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New York
Luise Rainer
Robert Knittel
Church of the Ascension
Clifford Odets
Nimitz Imports Pheasants for Guam Headquarters
New York AP reports Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arranged shipment of 112 pheasants from California to Guam. He predicts the birds will thrive there due to suitable conditions, lack of upland game competitors, and absence of predators.
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Nimitz
Guam
New York
California
Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Nimitz
Aussies Dutch Closing on Japs Near Balikpapan
Australian and Dutch troops joined forces eight miles north of Balikpapan to outflank Mount Batochampar and threaten to isolate the Japanese stronghold. Other Australian units pushed inland northeast of Manggar while a third column faced heavy resistance inland from Spienggan Keitjil as tanks and flame throwers aided the advance.
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Manila
Balikpapan
Batochampar
Douglas MacArthur
Seventh Division
Manggar
Spienggan-Keitjil
King Leopold Considers Abdication at Austrian Chateau
At St. Wolfgang Austria a high level Belgian group including Leopold III and Prince Charles joins Premier Achille van Acker to decide if the king will return to Belgium or abdicate. The talks mark the latest step in a protracted crisis as American guards tighten security around the monarch.
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ST. Wolfgang
Austria
INS
Leopold III
Leopold
Prince Charles
Belgium
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Achille van Acker
van Acker
Brussels
U S Troops Hold Largest Reich Tract on V E Day
On V-E Day United States forces controlled about 78 700 square miles of prewar Germany, the largest Allied share. Soviet troops held 64 300 square miles in Germany, Czechoslovakia and Austria combined, with smaller areas by British and French forces. US units also held portions of Austria and Czechoslovakia alongside British and French allocations.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Austria
United States 18Th Army Corps
21St Army Group
U. S
Federal Agency Travel Cut Requested
Washington AP The Office of Defense Transportation urged agencies to cut travel by officials and employees Director J Monroe Johnson urged stronger reductions He called for stopping group meetings in Washington and elsewhere during this critical transportation period.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
J Monroe Johnson
Japanese POWs Question Hirohito Rule After Luzon Captures
A captured Japanese officer in the Philippines says killing Hirohito by American bomb would help Japan. He and others blame the emperor for the war while some see him as a figurehead. Prisoners note surrender shifts, with many seeking basic needs and less fanatical views as they face postwar reality.
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Luzon
Japan
Hirohito
Philippines
14Th Corps
Okinawa
Linn County Fair Association Incorporation Filed
The Linn County Fair Association based in Central City filed articles of incorporation. Board members include Charles Towers George QO Filloon T W Lewis Perry G Mills Charles B Towers and Lester A Falcon. Officers are Charles Towers president Perry G Mills vice president and T W Lewis secretary and treasurer. The group aims to foster an agricultural society advancing farming livestock and husbandry science.
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Linn County
Marion man pleads innocent to lascivious acts charge
T. R. Laughridge, 42, of 3095 Tenth Avenue Marion pled innocent to a charge of committing lascivious acts with a ten year old Marion boy. He was arrested by Marion police and deputy sheriff, arraigned by County Attorney Carl Hendrickson, and released from Linn county jail on $2000 bond.
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T. R. Laughridge
Tenth Avenue
Marion
Jacobs
Harlan Snyder
Carl Hendrickson
Linn County
Cedar Rapids man pleads guilty to false statement charge
John Luenicka of route 3 Cedar Rapids pled guilty Friday to filing a false statement. He was fined $100 and costs after a county attorney’s information stated that State Treasurer J M Grimes received sales tickets used in a gasoline tax refund claim and that the tickets had been altered.
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John Luenicka
Cedar Rapids
J. M. Grimes
Grumman Pays $100 On Contempt Citation Typo
Clinton resident C L Grumman settled a contempt citation by paying 100 dollars instead of 31 000 due to a typographical error, as reported in yesterday's Gazette.
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C. L. Grumman
Clinton
Cedar Rapids Man Named Executor in Esser Will
C. V. Shepherd of Cedar Rapids has been appointed executor of the will of Marie B. Esser who died July 2. Bond was set at $5,000.
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C. V. Shepherd
Cedar Rapids
Marie B. Esser
Chinese drive on Kanhsien area regains more bases
The Chinese high command said Chinese troops advancing toward the former American air base city of Kanhsien in Kiangsi province captured the highway town of Tangkiang eleven miles west of their target and Fengkang, the sixth former United States base retaken in the ongoing drive.
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Chungking
Kanhsien
Kiangsi
Tangkiang
Fengkang
United States
Optimist conference honors Maupin in Minneapolis
Mr and Mrs Wyatt E Maupin of 2633 Country Club Parkway SE attend the fourth wartime conference of Optimist International in Minneapolis where Maupin will be installed as governor of the Ninth district The conference ends Saturday
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Wyatt E. Maupin
Country Club Parkway SE
Optimist International
Minneapolis
Maupin
Dvorak Treated For Cut Tendon At Wilson and Company
Anna L Dvorak of 1314 Third street SE was treated at St Luke's hospital Thursday for a cut tendon sustained while working at Wilson and Company.
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Anna L. Dvorak
Third Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Wilson and Company
Reverend Anderson Delivers Salt Sermon at Shueyville Church
The Rev. Lyle K. Anderson of United Brethren Church of Shueyville will preach on Salt at the 9 30 a.m. Sunday worship. Church school starts at 10 50 and Christian Endeavor meets at 8 p.m.
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Lyle K. Anderson
United Brethren Church of
June Health Report Summarizes Poliomyelitis and Other Illnesses
The June health report lists two poliomyelitis cases previously reported by The Gazette and shows they recovered. It also records five scarlet fever, nine measles, eight mumps, five chicken pox, and three whooping cough cases. Total June city deaths reach 58, including 31 women.
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The
Flyers Fight Stuck Bombs Over Tsuruga
Two B 29 crewmen fought a desperate battle at 15 000 feet to free three clusters of incendiaries stuck in their bomber above Tsuruga Japan as a rear door buckled. Sgt Robert L DeJong and a crewmate climbed into the bomb bay in freezing cold to detach the links and close doors with improvised tools aided by Lt Lawrence P Weber and Sgt Earl D Thorson who replaced arming pins and cut loose shackles.
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Guam
INS
Tsuruga
Robert L. DeJong
Pittsburg
Tinian
Earl D. Thorson
S.D
Larence P. Weber
Major Roy Ordered to Pay 4000 Dollar Liquor Fine
Major Harry E. Roy, 57, was ordered by a military court to pay a 4000 dollar fine for 16 liquor related counts at Camp Beale. The court sentenced 200 dollars monthly for 20 months, after dismissing eight counts. Roy, formerly UC Berkeley military science professor, has 306 years of army service (likely a text OCR error).
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Camp Beale
Calif
INS
Harry E. Roy
Ninth Service Command
War Department
Roy
University of California
U S Minesweeper Lost Near Borneo
The minesweeper YMS-39 was lost near Borneo due to enemy action. The 35 crew members suffered five casualties. three killed, one wounded, one missing, all enlisted.
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Washington
Born
Navy
Seventh Air Force to Attack Japan From Okinawa
The United States Seventh Air Force has been moved from Hawaii to forward Pacific bases to join Kenney's FEAF along with the Fifth and the 13th. The force will attack Japan from 10,000 feet and 10 feet, using bombers, fighters, and fire bombs around the clock, extending air cover from Okinawa across the Central and Southwest Pacific theaters. Bombers and fighter units strike Formosa, the Pescadores, Celebes, Moluccas, and New Guinea as operations support Australia and advance toward Japan.
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Manila
United States
Seventh Air Force
Hawaii
Pacific
Japan
George C. Kenney
Okinawa
Douglas MacArthur
Kenney
Far Eastern
Gen. MacArthur
Central Pacific
Southwest Pacific
FEAF
Formosa
Takao
Bokushi
Mako
Pescadores
China
Indo-China
Canton
Hong Kong
Borneo
Tanamon
Donggala
Celebes
Rites for Mrs. Geesey Set for Saturday in Cedar Rapids
Services for Mrs. Julia Church Geesey of route 3 Cedar Rapids will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Moen chapel conducted by Dr. Marion Williams. Burial is planned at Campbell cemetery. Friends may call at Moen's.
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Julia Church Geesey
Route 3
Cedar Rapids
Marion Williams
Moen
Campbell Cemetery
Moen’s
Hillsboro Welcomes Home Admiral Mitscher
Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher returning from the wars toured Hillsboro Wisconsin with his wife Frances. The town of 1000 prepared a simple celebration, flags, and a breakfast hosted by his mother Mrs Myrta Mitscher. He greeted locals in his shirt sleeves and recalled recent actions aboard the carrier Bunker Hill.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Marc A. Mitscher
Frances
Wiscasin
California
Washington
Myrta Mitscher
Naval Air
Mitscher
Bunker Hill
Services for Lena Wentz Fink Set Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Wentz Fink will be held Saturday at 2 30 p.m. in the Rohn chapel with Rev. Clifford Miner officiating. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Lena Wentz Fink
Rohn
Clifford Miner
Linwood Cemetery
Funeral Services for Mrs Albin Kosgard
Services for Mrs. Albin Kosgard will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Rohn chapel where friends may call. Theodore B Hlubacek will officiate and burial will be in Linwood cemetery.
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Albin Kosgard
Rohn Chapel
Theodore B. Hlubacek
Linwood Cemetery
Edward J. Paul of Cedar Rapids Dies After Brief Illness
Edward Jackson Paul 61 of 622 Sixth Street SE Cedar Rapids died at home Friday at 8 30 am after a brief illness. He worked for Iowa Manufacturing Co. Survived by wife Beatrice son Verne of Cedar Rapids and two granddaughters. Services plans are incomplete and will be announced later.
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Edward Jackson Paul
Sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Beatrice
Verne
Sister Cites Pact In Claim Against Lupe Velez Estate
Hollywood article reports Mrs. Josephine Anderson filing a $25,000 creditor claim against Lupe Velez estate alleging a secret pact to care for Velez unborn child. She also contests a will favoring Beulah Kinder and accuses Kinder of conspiracy amid probate proceedings and prior arrangements.
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Lupe Velez
Hollywood
INS
Josephine Anderson
Lupe
Local man Arthur Vittum dies in Cedar Rapids hospital
Arthur Vittum age unknown died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 4 30 p m after a life spent in farming. He came seven years ago from Reinbeck and lived with his brother Clarence on route 3 Cedar Rapids. Surviving are brother Ernest Wittum of Hudson two sisters Mrs C H Bean Moorehead Minnesota and Mrs Northway Triumph Minnesota. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Moon chapel.
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Arthur Vittum
Cedar Rapids
Reinbeck
Clarence
Ernest Wittum
Hudson
C. H. Bean
Moorehead
Minn
Asd Northway
Triumph
Don DeFore Heads to New York Then California
Don DeFore of Hollywood departed Cedar Rapids for Chicago on Friday after a weeklong visit with his mother Mrs. J. E. DeFore at 830 Seventh Avenue SE. From Chicago he will travel to New York before returning to California.
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Don DeFore
Hollywood
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
J. E. DeFore
Seventh Avenue SE
New York
California
New 57 mm and 75 mm Recoil-less Rifles for Infantry
Washington reports the War Department announced two new recoil-less rifles for infantry use. The 57 mm weighs 45 pounds and fires a two mile high explosive shell. the 75 mm weighs 110 pounds and yields four miles. Both have no recoil and equal sniper accuracy.
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Washington
INS
War Department
Infantry
Ordnance Department
Department
Small Arms Division
Research and Development Service
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Eisenhower and Montgomery to decide fate of German staff
In Frankfurt AP report, Gen Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery plan to decide soon on handling hundreds of German general staff prisoners. SHAEF says some officers may be executed as criminals while others are treated as military figures, all still in uniform.
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Frankfurt
Eisenhower
Montgomery
SHAEF
Los Angeles Quake Shakes Western Metro Area
A slight earthquake jolted western sections of the Los Angeles metropolitan area on Thursday night. No injuries were reported and shaking was felt across multiple neighborhoods and at several landmarks.
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Los Angeles
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