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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1943
Page
1
Local Birth Announcements Throughout Cedar Rapids Area
Mercy-Mr and Mrs Louis Kulish Jr Palo welcome a son on June 1. J W Jilovec Vernon announce a son June 1. St Luke s Mr and Mrs Joseph Melsha Cedar Rapids welcome a son June 1. Henry Aven Cedar Rapids route 1 announce a son June 1. Byron Hougen Cedar Rapids area 370 Twentieth St SE welcome a son June 1. James Reilly Cedar Rapids route 3 announce a son June 1. Maynard Downey 4303 Mr Vernon road SE welcome a son June 1. Guy DeWitt Waterloo and wife welcome a son David Gordon May 29. DeWitt is daughter of S W Griswold Cedar Rapids 1346 I avenue NE. DeWitts former Cedar Rapids residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy
Louis Kulish, Jr
Palo
J. W. Jilovec
Vernon
St. Luke’s
Joseph Melsha
Thirteenth Avenue
Henry Aven
Cedar Rapids
Byron Hougen
Twentieth Street
James Reilly
Maynard Downey
Vernon Road
Guy DeWitt
Waterloo
David Gordon
DeWitt
S. W. Griswold
I Avenue
Local Women Die in Cedar Rapids Hospital
Mrs. Frank Dutrt of 1707 C Street SW died Wednesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Mrs. John E. Watson of 628 Fifteenth Avenue SE also died Wednesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dutrt
C Street
Cedar Rapids
John E. Watson
Fifteenth Avenue
Ralston and Diehl Divorce Proceedings Noted
Audrey Ralston and Thomas J. Ralston appear in court papers while Dorothy A. Diehl and Wallace A. Diehl file related notices. The items indicate ongoing or scheduled proceedings filed in the appropriate jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Ralston
Thomas J. Ralston
Dorothy A. Diehl
Wallace A. Diehl
Local Names Listed as Residents in Unspecified Item
Horace Grimm and Ethel Ham blin both of Coggan Clarence Les Moore and Maxine Viola Butters both of Cedar Rapids Dale Elton Nelson of Darlington Wis and Janice Shriver of Kellogg Leo Edward Procok and Margaret M Byrnes both of Cedar Rapids Max Marshall of Cedar Rapids and Ruby June Erwin of Moines
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Grimm
Ethel Hamblin
Coggan
Clarence Les Moore
Maxine Viola Butters
Cedar Rapids
Dale Elton Nelson
Darlington
Wis
Janice Shriver
Kellogg
Leo Edward Procok
Margaret M. Byrnes
Max Marshall
Ruby June Erwin
Moines
Masonic Services for Davis in Central City
James H. Davis of Central City died Saturday at Mitchell South Dakota. Rites were held by the Mitchell Masonic order and Davis, born in Manchester England, lived in Central City where he ran a lumber business. He served as Linn county supervisor of roads and helped found the Linn County Telephone Company before it joined Bell. The family moved to South Dakota in 1905 and he held real estate interests in Mitchell. Surviving niece Mrs Wallace Hamilton of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blodgett
Central City
James H. Davis
Mitchell
S.D
Mitchell Masonic Order
J. Davis
Manchester
England
Linn County
Linn County Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company
South Dakota
Davis
Mrs Sheehy Heads Linn Women's Savings Staff
Mrs Edward Sheehy Jr appointed chairman of the Linn county war savings staff women's division by Chairman Beahl Perrine. Former chair Mrs Robert T Lubbock of Cedar Rapids had led both city and county outside Cedar Rapids divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sheehy, Jr
Linn County War Savings Staff
Beahl T. Perrine
Robert T. Lubbock
Cedar Rapids
Unions Win Voice in Steel 48 Hour Week Switch
Washington AP Manpower Chief Paul V McNutt grants labor unions the right to be consulted on hiring and firing actions at steel plants as the steel industry shifts to a 48 hour work week. Regional WMC directors will judge exemptions and layoffs with input from management and the bargaining agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Steel
McNutt
WMC
Cio-United Steel Workers
Submarine Sunk by Spencer Crew Rescues 40 U-boat Crew
The Spencer engaged a submarine, its crew abandoning the U-boat via the conning tower as depth charges and gunfire rained. The Spencer rescued more than 40 survivors, who appeared hysterical yet safe, while the crew vowed to shave only after achieving a confirmed sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Francis Johnson to Speak at Farmers Club Toast
Francis Johnson president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation since 1936 will address the Farmers club of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday noon June 8 at the Roosevelt hotel. He serves on the American Farm Bureau executive committee and has worked on Washington agricultural policy. Johnson runs a large farm near Terrill Ia and will discuss government farm policy for war production. Open to all farmers. reservations via the Chamber of Commerce by Monday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers Club
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt Hotel
American Farm Bureau Federation
Johnson
Washington
Terrill
Presbyterians Protest Catholic Activity in South America
The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States voted to file a protest with the State Department over an overture accusing the Roman Catholic Church of attempting to undermine Protestant missions in South America. The Memphis presbytery sponsored the overture and the report was adopted without debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreat. N. C
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States
South America
State Department
Memphis
Committee On
Dowding Honored as Savior of Britain by King George
Recognition for Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding comes as he is made a British baron. The RAF hero of the Battle of Britain, Dowding led resistance against Goering’s Luftwaffe and saved England from invasion, later advising the U.S. and reflecting on military aviation life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
England
Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding
Adolf Hitler
Dowding
Royal Air Force
Britain
Hermann Goering
London
Hitler
R.A.F
Charles Portal
United States
Death services for Mrs. Sarah L. Hoag
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah L. Hoag will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at Janeba funeral home with Rev. L. T. Olson officiating. Burial is set for Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the Janeba funeral home. She is the mother of Mrs. Earl Randall of 1626 N street SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah L. Hoag
N Street
Janeba Funeral Home
L. T. Olson
Linwood Cemetery
Mary Dytrt Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital After Long Illness
Mary Dytrt aged 80 from 1707 C Street SW Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 4 15 a m Wednesday after a long illness. Born in Czechoslovakia on November 11 1866 she lived in Cedar Rapids 59 years. She married Frank Dytrt in Cedar Rapids on April 4 1905 and was a member of the Christian Science church. Survived by husband and a son Lumir Dytrt of Yeadon PA and a grandson Glenn Warren. Body at Barta Funeral Home with funeral arrangements to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dytrt
C Street
Frank Dytrt
Cedar Rapids
Czechoslovakia
Mr. Dytrtere
Cedar Rapid
Christian Science Church
Glenn Warren
Barta Funeral Home
Death of Birdie Della Watson in Cedar Rapids
Birdie Della Watson 73 wife of John E Watson of 628 Fifteenth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died in a hospital at 10 40 am Wednesday after a brief illness. Former Bertram resident she had lived in Cedar Rapids about a month. Survived by husband daughter Mrs Mamie Haffler and son Judson McIntosh both of Cedar Rapids. Services at Beatty chapel at a time to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdie Della Watson
John E. Watson
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Bertram
Mamie Haffler
Judson McIntosh
Beatty Chapel
Stewart Reelected Head of Knights of Columbus
The Cedar Rapids Knights of Columbus elected officers on Tuesday at the KC hall. Reelected are William J. Stewart grand knight William Fahey deputy grand knight Wilbur Coffey chancellor Emmet J. Keough recorder Norbert Engler treasurer Byron Bollinger lecturer Lee Oswald warden Bernard Early inside guard Richard Loftus Russell Torgler outside guards. Joe Carroll was elected advocate. A report on the Delwe state convention held May 24 and 25 was presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Flood Waters Submerge Twenty second Avenue Homes
Flooding left several homes on Twenty second avenue SW immersed in two feet of water after a storm sewer failed. Streets Commissioner Dave Williams reported no damage to city streets and bridges washed out across Linn county with approaches damaged near Central City. Temperatures hovered in the 60s and 70s with humidity high throughout Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twenty-second Avenue
Dave Williams
Victory Gardens
Linn County
Bill Behrens
Central City
Coal Strike Talks Edge Toward Temporary Travel Pay Plan
War Production board officials discussed conserving coal by limiting nonessential rail travel as talks between operators and Lewis stalled. Operators labeled Lewis adamant on a $2 daily rise while he offered a 1.50 daily underground travel allowance for 30 days, with a commission to study a permanent deal. Produc ers objected to cost and sought a permanent agreement and travel time limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Office of Defense Transportation
War Labor Board
Lewis
Ickes
Summer Uniforms Wrinkle Wacks Say
A Des Moines man, Col. Frank A. McCoskrne, told about 10 000 WAAC women what to wear as the corps shifted from winter to summer uniforms. The women worry the summer wool uniforms wrinkle badly, though the change is now official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Frank A. McCoskrne
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Training Center
Fort Des Moines
Wacks
WAAC
Man of Numerous Operations Dies
Milwaukee attorney J. Leo Dalton aged 41 died Tuesday after his 24th surgery. Dalton joked that an operation is like a hair cut to me. He began with a bone infection in one leg at age 12 and endured numerous procedures over the years until a recent infection proved fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
J. Leo Dalton
Dalton
Russians Gain on Smolensk Front in Heavy Skirmishes
Moscow reports Red Army dislodges German troops on a Smolensk front stronghold and inflicts heavy losses in patrol and artillery actions from Leningrad to the Black Sea. Soviet raids target Polotsk Bryansk rail junctions, destroying ammo dumps and aircraft. One bomber is lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Leningrad
Black Sea
Lishhansk
Ukraine
Polotsk
Bryansk
Lishchansk
Linn county names 1943 weed commissioners and rates
The Linn county board of supervisors appoints weed commissioners Forrest Taschner Oliver Baker and Dewey Ondler for multiple townships in 1943. Mowing machine wages are set at 75 cents per hour, helpers 60 cents, and a man with team 80 cents per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Weed
Forrest Taschner
Cedar Rapids
Clinton, College
Fairfax
Fayette
Putnam
Oliver T. Baker
Marion
Bertram
Franklin
Linn
Monroe
Dewey Ondler
Boulder, Brown
Buffalo
Grant
Jackson
Maine
Otter Creek
Spring Grove
Washington
Canning Methods To Be Explained
Mrs. Dorothy B. Hamilton Cedar Rapids food preservation assistant leads a home canning demonstration at the Second Evangelical church 1803 Ninth Street SW tonight from 7 to 9 15. A second session is set for Monday 7 30 to 9 30 p m at Edgewood school No 2 Fairfax road SW Fruits and vegetables will be processed by the hot water bath and pressure cooker methods. Hamilton will show new jar lids rubber rings and explain using lemon juice to shorten vegetable processing time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy B. Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
Second Evangelical Church
Ninth Street
Edgewood School No. 2
Fairfax Road
House Debates Smith Connally Bill To Outlaw Strikes
The House approved a rules resolution 211 to 163 to bring up the Smith Connally bill aimed at outlawing strikes in government plants with a 30 day cooling off and secret ballot requirement. Rep Gore denounced John L Lewis as attempting to override the law and warned democratic norms could fall to dobocracy. Rep Colmer urged two hours of general debate before amendments with a final vote hoped for late Thursday or Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Rep. Gore
Dtenn
House
Gore
Congress
Lewis
Rep
Colmer
D-Miss
John L
Boy Bitten by Great Dane Award Given in 1942 Case
Judge G K Thompson awarded Larry D Van Fleet 175 dollars for injuries from a Great Dane bite on May 23 1942. The dog belonged to Robert S Wray and bit the 61 year old on the premises of John Lyle at 728 Twenty seventh Street NE. The suit sought 10030 dollars and the case against Janet C Wray was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Thompson
Larry Dwight van Fleet
Robert S. Wray
Dwight M. van Fleet
John Lyle
Twenty-seventh Street
Janet C. Wray
County approves insurance policy for county vehicles
Supervisors awarded bodily injury liability and property damage coverage on county automotive equipment with a premium of 751 to Iowa Mutual Insurance of Cedar Rapids. Bodily injury liability ranges from 5 000 to 10 000 and property damage coverage is 5 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company of
Cedar Rapids
Kinkead Drops Damages Suit Over 1940 Collision
Ralph E. Kinkead dismisses with prejudice his property damage case against Milton Smith in district court seeking 214.18 plus interest for a car crash on June 8 1940. The incident occurred about three-fourths of a mile north of Springville on county road C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Kinkead
Milton Smith
Smith
Springville
Judge awards 245 dollar judgment in Watsabaugh case
Judge G. P. Linville grants Doris Watsabaugh a 245 dollar district court judgment due to Walter Birch default. Birch allegedly owed 243 dollars for room rent to Albert King of 3016 Avenue NW, with King assigning the debt to Watsabaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Birch
G. P. Linville
Doris Watsabaugh
Birch
Albert King
Avenue NW
King
Joal Guest Slashes Wrists in Linn County Jail
Guerdon Cardey, 41, slashed both wrists with a safety razor in Linn County jail early Wednesday while serving a six month vagrancy sentence. He was hospitalized at Mercy hospital around 7 a.m. hospital staff reported he was in fair condition later that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guerdon Cardey
Linn County
Jim Smith
Mercy Hospital
Cardey
Lend Leases Receives 10 Million Payment From Giraud
Washington reports the Lend-Lease administration received a ten million dollar check from General Henri Giraud as part payment for lend-lease supplies to North African civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giraud
Washington
INS
Lend-Lease Administration
Henri Giraud
English Town Is Raided by German Bombers
Ten persons were killed in an East Anglian town bombed early Wednesday by German aircraft. Four were killed on one street where a single bomb shattered a large section as four or five enemy fighters swooped over the town around midnight. Pursuing Spitfires reportedly downed one invader. RAF planes conducted coastal and northern France targets. five enemy fighters were shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
RAF
France
Haskell Confirmed for War Manpower Post
Washington AP reports Senate confirmation of George D. Haskell as War Manpower area director for Des Moines area with jurisdiction over 90 of Iowa’s 99 counties. He will not cover Polk Story Dallas Jasper Madison Warren and Marion. E Lee Keyser oversees those counties. Haskell teaches economics at Iowa and has been information director for the Office of Price Administration in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
George D. Haskell
War Manpower Commission
Des Moines
Haskell
Iowa
Polk
Story
Dallas
Jasper
Madison
Warren
Marion
E. Lee Keyser
University of Iowa
Owa
Farm accident fatal in Webster City area
Patrick T. Burke age 40 a farmer ten miles southwest of Webster City died Monday night after a horse he was unhitching became frightened and dragged a heavy wagon over him. He did not regain consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Patrick T. Burke
Here
No Opposition to Chinese Aviators
Chinese medium bombers with strong fighter escort attacked Japanese supply routes in the Yangtze valley near Ichang as the enemy retreated in Hupeh. Tons of bombs hit communications with marked effect and allied air operations were credited with success. Japanese reports claimed a crushing offensive elsewhere amid heavy casualties on both sides.
City to Ship 12th Load of Tin Cans
Cedar Rapids will ship about 25 tons of tin cans this Saturday from the ongoing collection begun last October. Finance Commissioner L D Burgus says roughly 250 tons have been gathered in seven and a half months, with processing and garbage separated in transit. The cans go to a detinning plant in East Chicago Indiana for 12 dollars per ton. freight will be prepaid to save 3 percent, nearly breaking even.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Burgus
Burgus
Cedar Rapids
East Chicago
Ind
Davies Reaches U. S. from Russia
Joseph Davies, Roosevelt’s emissary to Stalin, arrived in Seattle en route to Washington. Major Williams announced Davies will report to the commander in chief. Davies declined interviews. The flight left Moscow Saturday, crossed Siberia, reached Nome Monday, and arrived in Seattle Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Joseph Davies
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Washington
Frank E. Williams
Air Transport and Control Detachment
Davies
Moscow
Siberia
Nome
Alaska
Allies Sink More Axis Subs in May as War At Sea Stirs
London AP reports Admiral A V Alexander says Allied convoy escorts sank more submarines in May than any month of the war, while U boats in the Atlantic decreased. He cites U S air force and Royal Navy bombing of bases, predicts growing impact of shipyards and factories on the Atlantic battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Atlantic
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
House of Commons
United States Airforce
R.A
Alexander
United States
DNB
Berlin
Belgium pilots outnumber Belgian forces in Britain
Count Robert van der Straten Panthez the Belgian ambassador to the United States said Tuesday night there are more Belgian pilots in Britain now than there were in Belgium during the Nazi invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert van der Straten-Panthez
United States
Britain
Belgium
Dakar Links Distances To South America And Europe
Dakar, in French West Africa, sits roughly midway between continents, about 1,860 miles from Natal, Brazil, and the same distance to Gibraltar, illustrating its strategic location for Atlantic travel and communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakar
French West Africa
South America
Europe
Natal
Brazil
Gibraltar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Record
High
New York
Sioux City
Masonic Services
Wallace Hamilton
Mrs. Sheehy
Linn Women’s Savings
Armed Services
Paul Victor Robert Stephenson
Iowa ManuFacturing Company
Presbyterians
Oman
3Rd Ave
Bis’ Voreign Eder
English Channel
Yangtze
Goering
Baron Dowding
Stewart
Knights of Columbus
Chambers
Rules Committee
Joal Guest
Tokio
Chungking
U. S
Russia
Taylor Ice Cream Freezer
WPB
Taylor
First St
Checker Electric Supply
Armstrong
Bargain
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