Daily Record 5 1943 June 5 Civic Notices and Coupons
Weather readings show Cedar Rapids 74 55 Des Moines 69 54 Bismarck 49 41 New York 96 67 Chicago 20 58 Omaha 66 2 Davenport 72 58 Sioux City 65 49. Then lists of various wartime ration coupons with validity dates for Coffee Meat Gasoline Foods Sugar Canning Coupons and fuel oil.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Bismarce
New York
Chicago
Omaha
Davenport
Sioux City
Death notices for four area residents reported
John Alfred Young age 74 of 2415 Mt Vernon road SE died Saturday at 8 30 am Henry Chambers Hopker died Saturday at his home 1116 Twenty first avenue SW Mrs Charles Meskimen died Friday at the home of a daughter 336 Twenty first street NE Plimpton T Mitchell 388 Twenty first street SE died Friday at his home
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John Alfred Young
Mt. Vernon Road
Henry Chambers Hopker
Twenty-first Avenue
Charles Meskimen
W. H. Larkin
Twentyfirst Street
Plimpton T. Mitchell
Twenty-first Street
Gas Tank Leak Triggers Car Fire at D Avenue and Fifth Street
At 8:38 p.m. Friday a leaking gas tank caused a motor to ignite near D Avenue and Fifth Street NE. A general alarm followed as responders arrived to control the blaze.
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D Avenue
Fifth Street
Cedar Rapids Waterloo residents named in list of individuals
Names appear in a long roster of residents from Cedar Rapids Waterloo Washburn Water loo Central City Mechanicsville Waterloo in a grouped notice listing multiple individuals and their hometowns. The fragment references several pairs and associates across Iowa towns.
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John Lloyd Speake
Marion Edaburn
Cedar Rapids
Roger J. Schaefer
Washburn
Kathryn F. Mullen
Waterloo
Henry Joseph Anderson
Margaret Christina Andersen
Central City
Hugh J. Lamont
Mechanicsville
Geraldine Ione Green
Robert P. Whetstine
Irene B. McCaffree
Local Birth Announcements From St Luke Mercy and Homes
At St Luke s and Mercy hospitals families announce births on June 3 4 and 5. Names include Palen Van Orsdol Cisler Olson Miller Hass Holmes H n Williams Dravis Platz and others with sons and daughters listed at multiple addresses across NE SE SW streets.
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St. Luke’s
John Palen
Third Street
James van Orsdol
Second Avenue
Frank E. Cisler
A Avenue
Merle Olson
Newhall
John R. Miller
Fifteenth Street
William C. Hass
Mechanicsville
Mercy
Orvis Holmes
Marion
Norman H
Twenty-ninth Street Drive
John Williams
C Street
Harold Dradis
C Avenue
Argentine Revolt in Buenos Aires Topples Castillo Regime
Rawson leads about 7,000 troops into Buenos Aires seizing government offices abandoned by Castillo. A military junta now runs the country while the Supreme Court has not recognized any new government. The move follows accusations of ballot box manipulation and Castillo’s neutrality with Axis observers.
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Rio de Janeiro
Rawson
Buenos Aires
Castillo
Government House
Argentina
Pedro Ramirez
Juan Giovanelli
Benito Zuegro
Argentine Supreme Court
Knoxville Boy Killed in Rope Swing
Knoxville Iowa nine year old Jim mie Bentsen, son of Mr and Mrs Emery Bentsen, died Friday when a rope around his neck became entangled in a swing, breaking his neck.
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Knoxville
Jimmie Bentsen
Emery Bentsen
Newspaper subscription rates and office details.
Classified notice listing subscription prices by carrier and mail for AP and UP content, with pricing tiers for in-state and out-of-state? locations. Mentions Allen-Blapp Company office addresses in Detroit and New York and a media records reference.
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Ati Allen-Blapp Company
Michigan Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Detroit
Porene Lr Rawat of
Media Records
An.”.A
Churchill and Eden tour Tunisian front amid unity gains
Secretary Anthony Eden joined Churchill on a two day visit to British and American forces in Tunisia. Churchill praised anti U boat progress and the French unity pact between Giraud and de Gaulle. Eisenhower and other top commanders attended the conference. Churchill spoke to 3000 troops in Carthage ruins thanking Anglo American fighters.
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Eign
Anthony Eden
Churchill
Tunisia
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Marshall
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Arthur W. Tedder
Bernard Montgomery
London Radio
Carthage
Britain
Deaths Mrs Dytri to be Buried at Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Mrs Frank Dytri of 1707 C Street Southwest will be held at 3 30 p m Sunday at Barta funeral home. She died Wednesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital and will be buried in the Chapel of Memories mausoleum at Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
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Frank Dytri
C Street
Cedar Rapids
Barta Funeral Home
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Leo J Szicar Set In Cedar Rapids
Services for Leo J Szicar of 2504 Meadowbrook SE who died Friday morning in a Cedar Rapids hospital will be held at 9 a.m. Monday in the Polansky chapel and at 9 30 a.m. in St Wenceslaus church. Cadets of St George will recite the rosary at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Polansky chapel. Friends may call at the chapel Sunday from 2 to 9 p.m.
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Leo J. Szicar
Meadowbrook Drive
Cedar Rapids
Polansky Chapel
St. Wenceslaus
Cadets of
St. George
Death notices for Thomas B. F. Leinbaugh in Cedar Rapids
Thomas B. F. Leinbaugh died in San Antonio Texas Friday after a long illness. He was a retired railway mail clerk and had lived in Cedar Rapids until 1939. Benton N Leinbaugh of 1323 Hinkley avenue NW reports the passing and funeral arrangements await the arrival of Mrs. Thomas B F Leinbaugh from San Antonio.
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Thomas B. F. Leinbaugh
Benton N. Leinbaugh
Hinkley Avenue
San Antonio
Texas
Leinbaugh
Cedar Rapids
John A. Young Dies at 86. Lamont Mayor and Civic Leader
John Alfred Young of Mt. Vernon road SE died at his son J Arthur Young’s home at 8 30 a m after a long illness Born August 11 1868 in Lamont Iowa he served six years as Lamont mayor two years on the city council and belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church He is survived by three sons J Arthur Frederick W Riverside II Howard L Davenport a brother Rev F G Young Cedar Rapids two sisters Mary E Young Manchester and Mrs Frank Webster Lincoln Neb and a granddaughter Barbara Ejlen Young Davenport Funeral services pending friends may call at the Moen chapel
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John Alfred Young
Mt. Vernon Road
J. Arthur Young
Lamont
Cedar Rapids
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. Arthur
Frederick W
Riverside, Ll
Howard L
Davenport
F. G. Young
Mary E. Young
Manchester
Frank Webster
Lincoln
Neb
Barbara Ejlen Young
Moen Chapel
Henry C Hepker 72 dies after long illness at home
Henry C Hepker 72 of 1116 Twenty first avenue SW Cedar Rapids died at 10 45 am Saturday after a long illness. He was born February 7 1871 in Palo and came to Cedar Rapids in 1913. Survived by two sons O N Hepker Bertram Guy Hepker Cedar Rapids a daughter Minnie Kotek Cedar Rapids two brothers George Hepker Center Point Frank Hepker Marion three sisters Cassie McArthur Center Point Bertha Clark Mary Rabe Palo seven grandchildren five great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. A daughter Doris Oliphant preceded him in death. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Friends may call at Turner chapel.
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Henry C. Hepker
Henry Chambers Hepker
Twenty-first Avenue
Mr. Hepker
Palo
Cedar Rapids
Pennettie A. Morris
O. N. Hepker
Bertram
Guy Hepker
Minnie Kotek
Cedar
Mrs Charles Meskimen dies after long illness in Cedar Rapids
Hattie Maria Meskimen 71 wife of Charles Meskimen died at a daughter's home in Cedar Rapids Friday evening after a long illness Born August 31 1871 in Sheilsburg she lived in the Cedar Rapids area all her life She was married June 23 1908 at Albert Lea Minnesota Survived by husband two sons Charles Meskimen Jr and Guy L Cooper two daughters Bertha L Larkin and Banche M Mathies a sister and a brother fourteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren Services 2 p.m. Monday Turner chapel Rev Frank H Ward with Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War burial Linwood Cemetery funeral rites at grave by Ladies of the G A R Friends may call at the chapel.
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Charles Meskimen
Hattie Maria Meskimen
W. H. Larkin
Twenty-first Street
Sheilsburg
Cedar Rapids
Albert Lea
Minn
Charles Meskimen, Jr
Guy L. Cooper
Bertha L. Larkin
Banche M. Mathies
Chicago
Herbert Montilion
Frank Z. Coburn
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Turner Chapel
Frank H. Ward
Daughters of Union Veterans
Linwood Cemetery
G.A.R
Plimpton T. Mitchell Dies After Long Illness
Plimpton T. Mitchell, 88, of 388 Twenty-first Street SE, died at his home at 5 35 p m Friday after a long illness. He was born January 15, 1855, in Washington County Pennsylvania and later moved to Cedar.
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Plimpton T. Mitchell
Twenty-first Street
Washington County
Cedar
Forum Speakers Outline Causes of Delinquency
A Linn County Christian Education forum at Second Christian Church blamed juvenile crime on parental failure wartime stress working mothers and weak standards. Judge Harry S Johnson Edwin Zeller Dr Alice Salter Miss Elizabeth Ider and Rev Earle Barclay spoke on recreation family duty and community action.
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Linn County of Christian Education
Second Christian Church
Harry S. Johnson
Cedar Rapids Juvenile Court
Alice Salter
Coe College
Edwin Zeller
Local pioneer lived in Iowa towns for decades
County Iowa native born in 1863 grew up near Clarence later moved to Clarence to work in lumber and contracting for 20 years. He served as city treasurer and on the town council, joined Westminster church in Cedar Rapids, and is survived by nephews Will and Floyd Mitchell of Waukee and Tom Mitchell of Los Angeles. Services Tuesday at Turner Chapel with Rev. James H. Blackstone Jr. conducting.
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Iowa
Hattie Viola Emerson
Clarence
Clarence Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Will
Floyd Mitchell
Waubeek
Tom Mitchell
Los Angeles
Calif
Turner Chapel
James H. Blackstone, Jr
Prison camps hold 36 688 enemy prisoners in U S
The army reports 36 688 enemy war prisoners in 21 U S camps with 22 110 Germans 14 516 Italians and 62 Japanese. Japanese at Camp McCoy Wisconsin Germans and Italians at Crossville Tennessee with separate compounds. Capacity about 55 000 and more camps planned.
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Washington
Army
United States
Camp McCoy
Wis
Crossville
Tenn
Camp Breckinridge Ky
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Camp Gruber
Okla
Hereford
Weingarten
Camp Wheeler
Lone German Plane Strikes Iceland Coast
A lone German plane strafed American military installations on Iceland’s coast. U S army headquarters reported no bombs dropped and no casualties.
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Iceland
Reykjavik
INS
U. S. Army
London Area Raided by German Planes
Small group of German planes dropped bombs and incendiaries on the London area and two other English towns early Saturday. One person was killed and several houses were demolished in a London suburb. One raider was shot down.
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London
Argentina Stands Alone as World War Shifts Diplomacy
At a 10 day conference Argentina under Castillo resisted breaking with Axis allies while quietly aiding Greece and considering a Spain Rome air route. Most republics severed ties. Chile joined the Allies, leaving Argentina amid isolation and mixed signals from Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Foreign Ministry
Argentina
Germany
Castillo
Pampero
Mt. Vernon Man Promoted to Major in Army
MT. VERNON G A Hunter received word Friday that his son Wayne L Hunter an army chap lain was promoted to major May 31 He has been in Australia since March 1942 Major Hunter entered the service with a second lieutenants commission while the army was staging maneuvers in Georgia At the time he was serving as chap lain in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta Previously he had served in a similar capacity at Alcatraz prison.
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MT. Vernon
G. A. Hunter
Wayne L. Hunter
Australia
Hunter
Georgia
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Alcatraz Prison
Nation Mourns Nile Kinnick Death at Iowa
University of Iowa athletic director E. G. Schroeder called Nile Kinnick a son to the department and a great loss to Iowa and the nation. He said Kinnick’s death saddens the country, noting war spared no one and Kinnick’s promising future was cut short.
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Iowa City
Nile Kinnick
E. G. Schroeder
University of Iowa
Nile
Iowa
Iowa City mourns Ensign Nile Kinnick in naval service
The University of Iowa community mourns the death of Ensign Nile Kinnick, the Hawkeye football idol, reported killed in line of duty. Tributes pour in from Track Coach George Bresnahan and Athletic Board Chairman Karl Lieb, who describe him as resourceful, principled, and full of promise.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Naval Service
Ensign Nile Kinnick
Naval Flyer
Hawkeye
George Bresnahan
Athletic Board
Karl Lieb
Bresnahan
Nile
Lieb
Kinnick
Waddy Davis
Iowa
Kinnick Death Lifts Iowa Youth Hero Image
Lieut. Col. Bernie Bierman paid tribute to Nile Kinnick noting he represented American youth at its finest. Bierman called Kinnick’s death in action a shock and tragic loss and said his sacrifice would inspire other youths in pursuit of valor.
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Iowa City
Nile Kinnick
Bernie Bierman
Iowa
Bierman
Minnesota
Kinnick
OPA Abandons Desk Drawer Rules but Seeks Souvenirs
Washington AP report notes the Office of Price Administration ditched a memorandum that would have numbered and named desk drawers for all staff from stenographers to executives. Officials said the public would not understand the procedure and OPA would face ridicule. Workers now seek copies as mementos.
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Washington
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Guadalcanal Hero Visits Decorah During Leave
Lieut. John Stanley Henderson of the Marines, a Guadalcanal hero awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, is spending a 30 day leave in Decorah and Minneapolis with his wife Helen Nelson Henderson. He recently returned from service in the South Pacific as a dive bomber pilot, having spent eight weeks at Guadalcanal. Both are Luther College graduates and Mrs. Henderson is the daughter of Mrs. Nora Sharp of Decorah.
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Decorah
John Stanley Henderson
Marines
Henderson
Minneapolis
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Helen Nelson
Nora Sharp
Luther College
Allies Bomb Wewak Airdrome in Ninth Day Raid
Allied bombers returned to Wewak New Guinea for a fourth heavy raid in nine days dropping 18 tons of bombs on the Japanese base. Liberators and Flying Fortresses flew in five groups and started fires and explosions likely destroying fuel and a dumps. anti aircraft fire was light.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
Wewak
New Guinea
Minor Waitress Accused of Beer Law Violations
A 19 year old youth and tavern operator waived to the grand jury and released on $300 bail after arraignment before Justice of the Peace Howard R. Churchill on beer law violations. Elsie Arends operator of the Ellis Inn 615 E avenue NW faced a charge of selling beer to a minor. Donald Ferrell 700 E avenue NW was charged with attempting to buy beer illegally as a minor. Ferrell admitted buying four quarts of beer at the tavern and named Arends as the waitress. He also received a $5 fine for operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license.
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Justice of the Peace
Howard R. Churchill
Elsie Arends
Ellis Inn
E Avenue NW
Donald Ferrell
Ferrell
Torpedo Squadron Eight Receives Navy Honors
The Navy announced decorations for Torpedo Squadron Eight from the Battle of Midway. Thirty members were recognized with Navy Crosses and the squadron’s pilots earned Navy Crosses while crews received Distinguished Flying Crosses. Only one survivor, Lt (j.g.) George H. Gay, returned from the attack.
Delaware County Farmer Injured in Limestone Crusher Accident
A 50 year old farmer, Fierstine, was seriously injured when he stepped into a limestone crusher opening while operating the machine on the Herman Schneider farm, three miles southeast of Manchester. He was taken by his sons Clair and Charles to Manchester for first aid, then to St Luke’s hospital in Cedar Rapids. Saturday morning his condition was listed as fair.
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Manchester
Dudley Fier- Stine
Herman Schneider
Fierstine
Clair
Charles
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Lewis Admission to AFL Protested
Springfield news reports Lloyd A. Thrush, state president of the Progressive Mine Workers, protested Friday against admitting John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers to the American Federation of Labor terming Lewis "the high priest of dictatorial unionism."
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Springfield
Ill
Lloyd A. Thrush
Progressive Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
French Statesman Dies in Nazi Prison
NEW YORK AP NEC reports from Bern that Georges Mandel former French minister of the interior and ally of Georges Clemenceau in World War I has died in a German prison.
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New York
NEC
Bern
Switzerland
Georges Mandel
Georges Clemenceau
Confer Degrees At Iowa State Friley Speaker
Iowa State college conferred 420 degrees and certificates at a Friday night commencement with Dr. Charles E. Friley delivering the address. Graduates by counties included Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls, Marion, and many others with degrees in home economics education, engineering, dietetics, zoology, forestry, and agriculture education.
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Iowa State College
Charles E. Friley
Cedar
Everett Frink
Clarence
Lewis Baer
Tipton
Donald Henderson
West Branch
Clayton
Naomi Winkler
Elkader
Delaware
Helen Fife
Manchester
Fayette
Jeannette Kiel
Johnson
William Baird
Iowa City
Jones
Doris McColm
Anamésa
Elizabeth Murfield
Martelle
Linn
Robert Carstens
Cedar Rapids
Jane Herdlicka
Ary Kiley
Joseph Klinsky
William Paulsen
Joé Stoddard
Dick Wildman
Morris Gater
Coggon
Frances Hill
Margaret Siggins
Lisbon
Margery Lary
Marion
la Verne Seikora
Tama
Warren Krafka
Elberon
Vacation Church School in Lisbon
A daily vacation church school opens Monday at the Lisbon Methodist church in the Sunday school rooms. Mrs. R. O. Lewis leads the primary department with worship by the staff, and music is directed by Mrs. Harold Ringer. The youth program covers character education world citizenship life of Christ and leisure use. Teachers include Mrs. Adolf Nelson Mrs. R. A. Nuffziger and Mrs. N. A. York with Jane Yount assisting in handwork. Henreietta Bowder is pianist. A small registration charge covers expenses. A program is set for June 20.
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Lisbon
Methodist Church
R. O. Lewis
Harold Ringer
Adolf Nelson
R. A. Nuffziger
N. A. York
Henrietta Bowder
Jane Yount
Iowans Wounded in North Africa Names Released
The War Department released 15 Iowa soldiers wounded in action in North Africa. Included are Corp Edward J. Fry and next of kin Mrs Emma Fry of Garrison. Sergt Eldon D. Johnson and Dale F. Johnson of Mt Vernon. Sergt Glenn M. Mathes and Charles E. Mathes of Tama. Lt Norman B. Newton and Mrs Helen M. Newton of Vinton.
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Washington
War Department
Iowa
Corp
Edward J. Fry
Emma Fry
Garrison
Eldon D. Johnson
Dale F. Johnson
Third Avenue
Mt. Vernon
Glenn M. Mathes
Charles E. Mathes
Beautiful Street
Tama
Norman B. Newton
Helen M. Newton
West Ninth Street
Vinton
Navy Casualties Rise to 23 218 in War Toll
Navy on Saturday announced 14 new casualties eight missing and five dead and one wounded, with four changed from missing to dead. Total casualties to kin since December 7, 1941 reach 23 218 including 7 374 dead 4 707 wounded and 11 137 missing across navy marine corps and coast guard.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps and Coast Guard
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