Postwar planning ideas invited by Cedar Rapids council
A. L. Taylor sends letters to postwar planning council members soliciting suggestions for short and long term programs. The letter lists four focus areas employment distribution industrial development and public improvements and notes ideas already raised include local manufacturing growth a retail wholesale push an interstate distribution plan new industries river dam highways airport upgrades and parking facilities. Clare R. Marshall and Howard Hall co chair the committee.
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Cedar Rapids
Postwar Planning Council
A. L. Taylor
Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
Lcal
Rationing notices and local records from July 25 1944
Daily Record lists wartime ration guidance for meat foods blue stamps sugar and fuel oil with validity dates and quantities. It also records fines for offenses and multiple birth announcements and local marriage and birth notices including Wayne Anderson and Betty Herbert elders from Lisbon and Cedar Rapids.
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Wayne Anderson
Lisbon
Betty Herbert
Cedar Rapids
Brownell Accuses Roosevelt of Misusing Wartime Regulation
Herbert Brownell Jr. national chairman of the Republicans charged that a secret wartime conference between the President and an unnamed Democratic leader in Chicago was a partisan misuse of wartime regulation. He noted the meeting occurred during Roosevelt’s renomination address from a Pacific coast naval base. Brownell highlighted that Robert E. Hannegan, Democratic chairman, rode the President’s special train at a Chicago stop, calling the secrecy objectionable while upholding safety needs.
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New York
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Roosevelt
Chicago
West
Brownell
Pacific Coast
Robert E. Hannegan
Sleeping barber spared by burglar in Chicago loop
Jesus Martins, owner of a basement barber shop in Chicago's loop, and his sleeping friend Thomas Wilczynski were tied for nearly six hours by a would be thief who drilled into the jewelry store above. Martins freed himself and alerted police, who woke Wilczynski.
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Chicago
Jesus Martinz
Loop
Martinz
Thomas Wilczynski
Wilczynski
Dogs trained to locate mines aid military safe routes
The army uses M-dogs, elite canines, to find anti personnel mines and booby traps. After basic training, selected dogs receive extra instruction to detect mines in various terrains and weather, including non metallic mines that defy detectors.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Deaths Harmon Jennings Former Cedar Rapids Resident
Harmon Jennings age 90 formerly of Cedar Rapids died July 22 in Oakland California after a brief illness and operation. He lived with his daughter Mrs Reed C Nelson since 1933. Born Elkport March 23 1862 he leaves a daughter Mary Louise Nelson a granddaughter and a son Forrest H Jennings plus siblings and nieces. Burial is planned in Sheffield Iowa.
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Harmon Jennings
Cedar Rapids
Oakland
Calif
Reed C. Nelson
Meadowbrook Drive
Elkport
Nelson
Mary Louise Nelson
Forrest H. Jennings
Chagrin Falls
Ohio
Tillie Strube
James Patrick Malloy obituary details death and survivors
James Patrick Malloy, 69, of 702 L Street SW, died at home at 10:25 p.m. Monday after a brief illness. Born November 3, 1869 in Windam, Iowa, he was married to Josephine Fitzgibbons on January 16, 1900, at St Patrick's Church in Iowa City. He is survived by his wife, four daughters, three sons, and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending. friends may call at the lady mortuary Wednesday.
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James Patrick Malloy
L Street
Windam
James
Mary Rooney Malloy
Josephine Fitzgibbons
St. Patrick’s Church
Iowa City
L. H. Wenn
Lancaster
Ohio
Genevieve Malloy
Rock Island
Ill
Alex Jeremy
Mobile
Ala
James May Jr
Davenport
Gerald J. Malloy
England
Ambrose Malloy
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Lady Mortuary
Services Held for Ray H Sample at Moon Chapel
Ray H Sample died Friday. services were held Tuesday afternoon at Moon chapel. Burial planned at Cedar Memorial Park was deferred until Wednesday morning awaiting the arrival of his son from Bermuda, expected Tuesday evening.
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Moon Chapel
Ray H. Sample
Third Avenue
Cedar Memorial Park
Berumda
Mrs Marie Christian Dies After Lingering Illness
Marie Christian 64 of 710 H Street SW Cedar Rapids died Monday evening in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a lingering illness. She lived in Cedar Rapids nearly 25 years and was a Mt Zion Baptist church member. Survived by brother Alfred Jones St Louis, sisters Jennie Brown Keokuk Elizabeth Woodson Kansas City, two nephews and a sister in law. Services Thursday 2 pm at Mt Zion Baptist Church Rev D O Bell in charge. Burial Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call Rice funeral home Wednesday.
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Marie Christian
H Street
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Zion Ptist Church
D. O. Bell
Linwood Cemetery
Rice Funeral Home
Gallon Of Gas For Service Members Approved
Beginning July 25 servicemen on leave or furlough may obtain one gallon of gasoline per day of leave at the Linn County rationing office. The limit is 30 gallons, and eligibility requires the car gasoline book and leave papers. Certificates will be issued promptly.
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Linn County
A. T. Pleune
Linn County Board
Union Asks F R Order Seizure of Aircraft Factory
The UAW CIO asked President Roosevelt to seize Wright Aeronautical’s Lockland plant after a mass walkout by as many as 5,000 to 6,000 workers amid the suspension of union officers. Company says two foundries idle but production not ceased. dispute centers on a suspended union committeeman.
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Cincinnati
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Roosevelt
Lockland
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Robert Spitzmiller
UAW
Spitzmiller
Japs Launch Heavy Attack on Hengyang
The Associated Press reports heavy Chinese losses as Japanese forces attack Hengyang, a key city on the Canton Hargkow railway. Chinese defenders hold positions while U S planes claim 45 aircraft destroyed near an airfield north of Hengyang. Chinese forces in Yunnan press efforts against Japanese positions near the Burma road to reopen the Ledo Burma route.
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Hengyang
Canton- Hargkow
United States
Tungting Lake
Yunnan
Burma Road
Tengchung
Lungling
Ledo-Burma Road
India
China
Pleiades Society Hosts Slumber Party At Chase Home
Members of the active chapter at Coe college held a Saturday night slumber party and breakfast in the home of patroness Mrs A E Chase 2225 Grande avenue SE. Ten women attended while the South Side Red Cross workrooms closed Wednesday due to lack of supplies. A bungalow canning school is set for Wednesday at 2 p m.
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Red Cross
Pleiades Society
Independent Women’s Social Organization
Coe College
A. E. Chase
Grande Avenue
Young Man Loses Arm in Sawmill Accident
Charles Rosell age 23 of 859 First Avenue SE was described as in just fair condition at St Luke s hospital after falling into a sawmill Monday and losing his left arm above the shoulder. He received blood transfusions at the hospital.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Charles Rosell
First Avenue SE
St. Luke’s
Babs Hutton Alleges Count Reventlow Holds Son for Money
Los Angeles taking aim at Count Reventlow in a custody suit filed by Babs Hutton wife of Cary Grant. She claims he abducted Lance to Canada to pressure her for money and that he concealed the boy to secure wealth.
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Los Angeles
Barbara Hutton
Cary Grant
Haugwitz Reventlow
Canada
Lance
Reventlow
Miss Hutton
New York
Young Lance
Jerry Iesler
Pasadena
British Columbia
Hutton
German eastern front command leaders named in continued feature
The article lists former German army leaders including Voelckers Gollwitzer Mueller Baron von Luetzow Traut Amler Krammt Steinkeller Conrady Trowitz Enbel Michaelis Mueller-Beulow Gehr Gottfried von Ermansdroff and Schmidt. Each held commands from army corps to fortified regions, headed by the central group on the eastern front.
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Erals Voelckers
Gollwitzer
Mueller
Baron von Luetzow
Traut
Amler
Krammt
Steinkeller
Conrady
Trowitz
Enbel
Michaelis
Mueller-Beulow
Gehr
Gottfried von Ermansdroff
Schmidt
German Army In East Echoes Nazi Control After Hitler Escape
London reports that Field Marshal Walther von Modewitz congratulated Hitler on surviving an assassination attempt, signaling Nazi influence over the armed forces. Eden told Parliament Germany’s upheaval is hard to gauge, with officials wary of leaks. Transocean warns of new decrees soon, while Busch and Lindemann are reportedly replaced by SS men amid a Nazi counter-plot to blame old generals. No civilian opposition rumors exist, suggesting military-centered resistance.
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London
Walther von Mode
Hitler
Reich
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Germany
Transocean
Busch
Lindemann
Baltic States
SS Sen
London Daily Mail
Showers Tonight and Wednesday Around Cedar Rapids
Scattered thundershowers are forecast tonight and Wednesday across Cedar Rapids and vicinity with little temperature change. Expect overcast skies and muggy conditions today, cooler readings expected by Wednesday as highs and lows trend downward from Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Sioux City
Decorah
Privately Owned U.S. Shipyards Built 1896 Merchant Ships
In 1943 private U.S. shipyards produced 1 896 merchant ships as part of wartime output. The figure reflects a major surge in private industry meeting naval needs and sustaining war logistics nationwide.
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United States
Francis Pameticky Wounded in France
Staff Sgt. Francis N. Pametic ky was wounded in France and is now in a hospital in England. His parents Mr and Mrs Frank Pameticky of Highview addition have been advised. Sgt Pametic ky left Cedar Rapids with the national guard.
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Francis N. Pameticky
France
England
Frank Pameticky
Highview Addition
Pameticky
Cedar Rapids
National Guard
Last Warning To Purchase Auto Stamps
Cedar Rapids deputies warn car owners to buy and display use stamps or face a $25 penalty starting August 1. Stamps cost $5 and must be shown on the windshield, with reduced rates only via evidence to the internal revenue office.
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Cedar Rapids
Ple
Internal Revenue Office
Revenue Office
Des Moines
Finishes Anamosa Term on Federal Charge
A U S commissioner issued a warrant for Jim Brewster of Kansas City Mo to be detained after his Anamosa reformatory term ends. He faces an information charge of transporting a stolen car from Kansas City to Greenwood Iowa in violation of the national motor vehicle theft act. The information was filed by William Danforth of Sioux City.
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Charles L. Benesh
United States
Jim Brewster
Kansais City
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Kansas City
Greenwood
William Danforth
Sioux City
Benesh
United States Grand Jury
U S and Britain Open Postwar Oil Talks
Washington hosts the opening of formal talks between the United States and Britain on postwar petroleum use. Lord Beaverbrook leads the British delegation, and Secretary of State Hull heads the American side. The discussions could shape broader pacts with major oil producers including Russia and Venezuela.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Russia
Venezuela
Lord Beaverbrook
Privy Seal
Hull
Fiji Islands Population and Geography Note
A statement notes the Fiji group contains about 250 islands with roughly 80 inhabited. It highlights the archipelago's scale and settlement spread.
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Fiji
Linn County Nears E Bond Goal With Seven Days Left
The county must average $103,106 in daily Series E bond sales over seven days to reach its $2,860,800 goal before midnight July 31. Monday's $58,913 boost brought total local sales to $2,139,059, with Cedar Rapids contributing $11,405,086 and the rural county $1,708,710 toward an overall $13,113,796, well above the $10,025,000 target.
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Linn
Cedar Rapids
State Guard Training Reviewed by Termohlen
Lt. Tom Termohlen spoke to the Canopus club at the Roosevelt hotel about two weeks of Camp Dodge training for Company L of the Iowa State Guard. The unit practiced gas mask use, riot control, and Enfield rifle target work, with four Thompson submachine guns issued to the company. The guard history runs from its 1942 formation to replacing the Iowa National Guard after induction. Forty former guardsmen are now in service.
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Camp Dodge
Iowa State Guard
Tom Termohien
Canopus
Roosevelt Hotel
Iowa
Termohlen
Iowa National Guard
Company L
Corn Products Reports 96 Cents a Share Profit
Corn Products Refining Co and subsidiaries reported six months ended June 30 after tax and depreciation profit of 3,284,939 dollars or 96 cents a share. This compared with 3,994,724 dollars or 1.24 a share in the same 1943 period.
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NEW York
Corn Products Refining Company
Two Marines Wounded in Saipan Fight
War department telegram reports Marine Pfc. Ernest W. Soukup 23 of Lincoln Heights SE wounded June 17 after serving since 1942 with action on Guadalcanal and Tarawa. Pvt. Raymond G. Cooper 19 of 1001 First Avenue SW wounded after 27 days of Pacific fighting. he describes a foxhole defense against Japanese assault on Saipan. Cooper’s prior service included Hawaii. Soukup previously worked for Century Engineering.
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Cedar Rapids
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Saipan
Ernest W. Soukup
W. Soukup
Lincoln Heights
War Department
Raymond G. Cooper
Marjorie Coope
First Avenue
Pacific
Cooper
Marine
Hawaiian Islands
Ross J. Cooper
San Francisco
Eicher Refuses to Issue Nye Subpoena
Chief Justice Edward C. Eicher refuses to subpoena Senator NN as a defense witness in the mass sedition trial. The senator messages he has no evidence that would prove or disprove the sedition charges.
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Washington
INS
Chie
Edward C. Eicher
Sen. NN
R-N. D
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Clare R. Marshall
Howard Hall
Daily Recordly
Ce . Prachar
G. Rohrer
G Avenue
Donald Rooks
Tenth Street
Ralph J. Price
Ninth Street
George Witwer
Merchants Bank
John R. Miller
Second Avenue
Stewart
Marion
Frank Peterson
Clinton
Robert Blakesley
Louis Darling
C Avenue NE
George Shildon
Dan Harker
Wellington Street
Mercy
Kenneth Wall
C Avenue NW
Lavanson Hawley
Sixth Street
F. R
Audiphone
Louis H. Sila
Sons
Beck
Sample Services
Mrs
Kichs
Union
The
Associated Press
City Briefs
Rosell’s Condition Fair
Lapes
For All
John E. Lapes
Babs
Count
Goering
Adolf
HG. Fussell
Okinow
Francis Pameticky
U. S
State Guard
Soukup
Minine Corps
San Diego
Century Engineering Company
Eicher
Nye
Lucky Tiger
Mothers
the Fletcher’s
Fletcher
Sasibal
Ste
Flor Gances Laboratory
Tee Cretaga Company Division
Steques Spcc SC. Saewar Ot
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