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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1944
Page
2
Public notices list ration stamps validity for meat gas and foods, with indefinite terms and date-based expirations. Traffic fines are recorded for speeding, overtime parking, and license violations. Births, marriages, and divorces are noted, including several local couples and a Pasadena twin birth.
Special to The Gazette reports Leroy Sampson home in Decorah hit by lightning during a Friday storm starting a fire. Estimated loss is about $500. Fire crews battled the blaze and prevented spread to nearby structures.
A compact record lists the Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company, with publication daily and Sunday from 490 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It notes copyright, wire services, and subscription rates for various editions and regions.
RAF and British Lancasters attacked the Paris suburban Villeneuve St Gorges rail yards after night assaults across France. Seven bombers are missing, weather was clear over the target, and an ammunition train may have been hit. Allied daylight sorties and air losses were reported with 25 German planes downed.
Delegates at a Friday gathering endorsed victory in World War II as a shared duty beyond party lines. Resolutions urged prompt veteran rehiring, praised Dewey Bricker leadership, honored Iowa agriculture, decried federal burdens on small business, praised Iowa labor, and called for tax reform. Speakers included Lt Gov Blue, Gov Hickenlooper, and former GOP chair Spangler.
First Lt. Merle D. Nieman, 26, receives the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters for actions over Nazi Germany including Berlin. Pilot of Fortress Shack Bunny, he has completed 25 missions and plans a home visit to Hawkeye with parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nieman, farm folks west of town.
Carl Misbach former fire department member and chief motor machinist’s mate on a sub chaser was listed as dead after his ship was blown up in the South Pacific. He went overboard and was not sighted. His mother Mrs. J L Misbach of 820 Second Street NW and his wife, now in Chicago, were notified.
Services for Frank J. Trcka of 504 Forest Drive SE who died Thursday will be held at Immaculate Conception Church at 9 am Monday with Rt Rev Msgr J M Molloy officiating. Burial in St Johns Cemetery. Friends may call at Polansky funeral chapel after 2 pm Sunday. Pallbearers: Joseph Stoddard Leo Cole August Kozel George Zachar Oscar Kisling Joseph Zachar.
Private afternoon services were held in the Rohn chapel Saturday for Kirk Edwin Krueger infant son of Edwin H Krueger and wife of 1352 Hinkley Avenue NW. He died Saturday morning in a local hospital and is survived by his parents a sister Karen Ann and grandparents H B Green. Burial followed at Linwood cemetery with Rev John E DeLong of Trinity Methodist officiating.
Mrs Dennis Mack formerly of 1127 K Street SW and long time Cedar Rapids resident died Saturday at 5 10 am in Mercy Hospital Clinton. Services set for Tuesday at 9 am at St Patrick Church Clinton with burial at Snyder funeral home. Survived by husband daughter Mrs A C Nielsen of Clinton three grandchildren Pvt John B Nielsen in France and Clinton residents Annajean and Alicemarie Mack two sisters Mrs J H Roy of Omaha and Paul Kushnick of Hammond Ind. Also notes services for Lawrence Nelson retired women's tailor of 1560 Fifth Ave SE Monday at 11 am Turner chapel with Rev David I Berger officiating burial Oak Hill cemetery calls may be made at the chapel.
Warren Wilson Israel, pharmacist and longtime Cedar Rapids resident for 26 years, died in a local hospital at 4:45 p.m. Friday after a long illness. Born in Waterford Ohio, he married Mary E. Huf ford at Fairfield Ia. and moved to Cedar Rapids from there in 1918. Surviving besides his wife are a son Rollin H. Israel of
Portmouth Virginia reports a Norfolk area family obituary note for L R Israel of Oceola Nebraska with two grandsons Cpl J W R Israel overseas and Pfc Frederick R Israel at Camp Gruber Oklahoma. Member of Mystic Shrine Kaaba Temple Davenport Iowa. Services in the Turner chapel at a time to be announced. Rev D I at Fairfield. Friends may call at the chapel.
John son county Sheriff reports July 10 plea of not guilty by Paul Stark route 3 Cedar Rapids to operating while intoxicated fifth offender and release on $2,000 bond. Dragline bucket worth 300 stolen from Page drag line in Johnson county road equipment. Oskaloosa Clay Products sues Dan Christensen Construction for 583.90 unpaid on 1,654.15 invoice from Sept 22 1943. Bethany Congregational church files incorporation papers naming Barker Porter Toomer Demony Block as directors. Employers Liability Assurance sues Wendell H. Towner for 976.61 allegedly paid to Denver Hog Serum Co with bonded status of 5 000. Globe Machinery sues W E Moffitt for 1 442.52 and asks temporary receiver in Linn county.
The weather bureau reports fair skies over most of Iowa this weekend though northwest counties saw heavy rain and a severe 15 minute hailstorm in Sheldon causing crop and building damage. Rain totals included 1.45 inches at Spencer and 0.86 at Decorah while Cedar Rapids reported none. Temperatures hovered around the mid 80s with a 92 degree peak at Sioux City and a low near 50 at Alta.
Washington AP Roosevelt approves Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming Federal Works administrator as government representative for this year's national war fund drive. Fleming, a Burlington Iowa native, urged government workers nationwide to over subscribe their goals in support of armed forces, Allies relief, and local welfare.
Special to The Gazette Franklin Nelson a14 disappeared last Saturday afternoon and was found Friday night in Davenport seeking a job in a bowling alley. His parents Mr and Mrs T F Nelson of 325 Brown Street brought him back to Iowa City.
Lt. Ted Davis, 25, bombardier, was killed in a plane crash in Italy per a war department message. He was the son of Theodore Davis of Mediapolis and brother of Mrs. Ene Vannice of Columbus Junction. He had been overseas several months and flew several missions before enlisting. He worked on the family farm and attended Iowa State College at Ames.
In Chicago the Democratic delegates contend with Wallace’s bid for a vice presidential nomination as Vice President Wallace arrives to push for re nomination. The convention opens Wednesday with a strong foreign policy plank and hearings to begin Monday. Names floated include Barkley and Kerr while Roosevelt’s stance remains unclear.
Dr. Karl P Meister of Cedar Rapids will deliver the sermon Sunday at the Vinton Methodist church. Mrs Ralph Smoyer of Minneapolis Minn has returned home after visiting her husband's mother Mrs C E Beck. Shueyville United Brethren service will be Fair Play with your Own Life with worship at 9 30 am and church school at 10 30 am. T B Stoball presiding elder will speak at Bethel AME 512 Sixth Street SE. Union services with Mt Zion Baptist at AME Sunday evening.
At the University of Iowa in Iowa City a memorial service honored late president emeritus Dr Walter A Jessup. President Virgil M Hancher praised his leadership during World War I and turbulent years, saying the university rose to front rank among American schools. Speakers included W Earl Hall Forest C Ensign William R Boyd and Willard Lampe. Ashes may someday be brought for a memorial at the university.
Lapp Laboratories of Nevada Iowa admitted untrue claims about livestock and poultry feed. FTC announced a stipulation to end alleged misrepresentation. Products were said to contain 30 percent organic minerals and to prevent worms and disease or stimulate feather growth and hatchability of eggs.
Korine Buckner, 35, auburn-haired dress designer, was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $2,000 for fraudulently obtaining servicemen's allotment checks from two of the 15 or 16 husbands she claimed to have married, according to Detroit court records.
First Sgt. Roy Larkin resumed duty on June 27 after being a prisoner of the Italians since March 10, 1943. The return was confirmed by his wife, Mrs. Violet Larkin, of 216 Sixth Avenue SW, with word from the war department. Larkin was captured in Africa.
A long list of service members is reported on leave or arrival in England Italy New Guinea and at training centers and bases including Eagle Pass Texas Camp Chaffee Ark Craig Field Selma Alabama and Fort Lewis Washington Also noted are promotions transfers and family visits by parents spouses and siblings across multiple towns and states with several 15 day 30 day and 14 day furloughs documented.
Sperry Gyroscope introduces an attitude gyro a new flight instrument that lets pilots perform aerobatic maneuvers without ground reference by providing a constant picture of position relative to the earth surface.
District Judge Harold D. Evans ruled the city council had discretion, not duty, to grant a class B club beer permit to the Iowa City post Veterans of Foreign Wars. The VFW sought a writ of mandamus after initial filing, but the court found no overstep of jurisdiction by the mayor or council. Edward O’Connor represented the VFW.
The item references the VFW, City Attorney Kenneth M. Dunlop, the mayor, and the city council in connection with a local matter. The exact action or outcome is not specified in the readable text.
DES MOINES AP Two German prisoners Wolfgang Karzer and Karl Tomola escaped from their Scottsbluff Nebraska POW camp between 6 pm Thursday and 6 am Friday. Karzer, 22, 5 ft 3 in, 146 lb, blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion, speaks English and German, an engineer in civilian life. Tomola, 41, 5 ft 7 in, 158 to 178 lb, brown eyes, blond hair, ruddy complexion, receding forehead, speaks English and German, a Canadian bank clerk in civilian life. One man may carry a bundle of clothing. Both wore blue wool shirts, blue wool trousers, and GI shoes.
Michael Whalen of stage and screen will manact Antantixe on a program with Georgia Gibbs on Moore-Dur, airing at 7 p.m. Saturday across CBS and WBBM. Robert Armbruster conducts the orchestra and chorus as the Boston Pops promise another concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday on Blue and KXEL. An anti-Grieg piece inspired by Peer Gynt headlines Headliners Tonight.
A detailed hour by hour listing of radio programs across stations WHO WGN WMT EXEL KXEL and others for Saturday July 15 2041 and Sunday July 16 1044, including News shows Dance programs and musical segments with times from 6 p.m. through 11:45 a.m. Next day notes include religious services and roundtable discussions.
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