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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1944
Page
10
Ration details list meat gas, sugar, fuel oil and shoes stamps with validity dates and quantities. Legal notices include fines for gambling drunkenness speeding and driving offenses. Births and marriages reported with multiple locations. Divorce petition noted for Jean M. McIntosh versus Warren L. McIntosh.
The War Food Administration approved higher ice cream output for July and August to use surplus milk. Regulations were amended to let frozen dairy manufacturers increase production to meet demand during the hot months.
Allied air forces including about 1,250 American heavy bombers and fighters struck Boulogne and Calais with an estimated 2,200 tons of bombs. RAF aircraft joined in targeting the northern French coast as part of a broader push ahead of the invasion.
Public Improvements Commissioner Dave L. Williams asks vacant lot and property owners to mow weeds as the city cannot hire weed cutters. Only one mower currently employed. usual crew runs 35. War industry draws manpower. unemployment service cannot supply workers. The city cannot maintain weed control without owner help.
A confusing night includes drivers debating orders to direct the tank crew while German snipers lurk. Parents guide children through dark streets to witness the American parade as Italians crowd hotels and seek news, many holding Communist flags and supporting dispersal of Fascist rule. Mussolini is reportedly with d Annunzio at Gardone.
Property owners on Tenth avenue SW filed a complaint against Diamond Block Coal alleging coal is loaded without treatment, causing coal dust to permeate the community. The case was turned over to the city health officer for investigation.
Allied forces push along Mokmer ridge toward Mokmer airdrome on Biak island as air and ground units destroy 24 Japanese planes and possibly six more. MacArthur reports heavy air battles over Babo and Ransiki with multiple enemy losses and American casualties. Dutch West Indies troops arrive in Australia to join the Dutch East Indies push.
Washington based radio host Drew Pearson charged Rep. Richard Kleberg of Texas had a Capitol page boy dismissed after the boy’s mother claimed he paid $39 monthly to Kleberg’s secretary. Kleberg denied knowledge, saying such matters are handled by staff.
William E. Naughton of 204 First Avenue NW was arrested by Patrolmen Roy Walker and Eugene Morey at 5 25 am Sunday. He faced possible drunken driving charges after patrolmen found his car idling and asleep on a crosswalk at Second Avenue and Tenth Street SE. He was awakened and taken to the station.
The Supreme Court ruled that benefit certificates issued by fraternal benefit societies are business in interstate commerce, making such societies subject to NLRB jurisdiction.
Moscow reports Soviet forces northwest of the Romanian rail junction of Tasi repelled heavy German attacks. The Soviet communique says 29 German tanks were destroyed or damaged and 44 planes were shot down. Nine German aircraft were destroyed elsewhere. German reports claimed advances in one sector.
Alta J Heil 62 wife of William E Heil of 916 Third Street SW Cedar Rapids died at 2 pm Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness Born August 4 1881 in Ely she lived in Cedar Rapids over 35 years She belonged to Praha Rebekah lodge No 5 Women of the Moose Zofie Podlipska and Lodge Vlastenky Survivors include her husband one daughter Leona K Heil two sisters and three brothers Services 3 pm Tuesday at Janeba funeral home with Rev W A Jacobs and Praha Rebekah lodge in charge Burial at Linwood cemetery Friends may call at Janeba’s
Katie Rock widow of Archie C Rock died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 5 35 am Sunday after a long illness She was born July 25 1865 near Parnell and lived in Cedar Rapids since 1918 Surviving are nephew District Judge J P Gaffney two nieces Rosetta Gaffney and Mrs Leonard Spaight Services at St Patrick church at 9 am Tuesday burial in Piersoll cemetery Parnell Rosary recited by St Patrick unit 1 at Turner chapel 8 pm Monday Friends may call at the chapel
Word reaches S E Wright of the death in West Chicago of her father R C Redman formerly of Clinton. Services will be held in Clinton on Tuesday with burial at Springdale cemetery. He was a North Western railroad conductor on the Clinton and Cedar Rapids run and retired in 1934. Surviving are his daughter Mrs E D Holister of West Chicago, another daughter, a son Robert of Clinton, and five grandchildren.
Services for Joseph Savoy of Royal American Shows conducted in Barta chapel at 10 00 AM Tuesday by Rev Frank Ward burial in Cedar Memorial park Friends may call at the chapel Services for John E Gable 91 lumber dealer Cedar Rapids for 52 years held at First Lutheran church at 2 PM Tuesday Rev Paul Luther Miller officiating burial in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at after chapel until 10 AM Tuesday
Robert Vesely resigned as Linn county auditor and filed to leave the Memorial commission and the library board of trustees. The city council accepted the resignations and named Ralph H. Clements to fill Vesely's library term. Vesely had chaired the Memorial commission. its unexpired term was not filled yet.
Allied forces captured Rome and Catholic leaders expressed gratification. Msgr. Michael J. Ready called the liberation a very great victory and very heartening to all, while Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley prayed that the world could say on its knees Thank God.
Cedar Rapids post office warns that Christmas packages and cards for armed forces overseas must be mailed between Sept 15 and Oct 15. Parcels under five pounds, 15 inches by length, 36 inches length and girth combined, with one parcel per week per addressee. Exceptions possible for deployments around Oct 16, accepted until Dec 10.
Rep. Ploeser warned at the National Association of Retail Grocers convention that there are plans to make OPA a permanent postwar fixture in America. He cited a New York Times report noting Bowles urged readiness to take broad action to sustain industrial and farm activity after the war.
Gov and Mrs Bourke Hick enlooper were en route to Cedar Rapids from Des Moines to vote at Bever Park precinct. By 2 p.m the Tenth precinct led with 71 votes, the Eighth close behind, while Fourteenth and Eighteenth precincts reported the fewest ballots. Countywide precinct tallies compared to 1942 show light turnout with Republican governor candidates Blue Burma and Strickler campaigning at different cities as final election returns loom.
The Department of Justice said a federal grand jury in Detroit indicted four people on arms fraud charges. Three defendants are former Ford Motor Co employees accused of defrauding the government in handling subcontracts for machine tools used in building B 24 bombers at Ford plants.
Pleasant alkaline denture powder offers firmer false teeth for eating and talking. Sprinkle nine small FASTEETH on plates for a gummy free feel with no paste taste and helps reduce denture odor. Available at drug stores.
London AP reports Hitler acknowledged Rome’s fall and said the war would continue to force final victory for Germany. A German communique claimed Rome left to prevent destruction and Kes rling offered open city terms to the Allies via the Vatican, with civilian care plans and no troop moves in Rome.
London AP reports Lt Gen Mark W Clark asserting the German Fourteenth Army is unlikely to fight again after Fifth Army advances. He notes Rome’s capture with Allied air support from Gen Ira C Eaker, praises sacrifices, and cites 20 000 German prisoners taken plus ruined equipment. Clark also calls Rome’s utilities and cleanliness satisfactory.
Two men died Monday when a truck rear collided with a steel-laden truck ten miles west of Michigan City Ind Clifford Nauss of Cedar Rapids Ia and Fred Rexford of Flint Mich were killed Rexford rode with Nauss and the steel truck driver escaped unharmed A Cedar Rapids directory check could not confirm Nauss identity
The city council awarded Haegg Construction Company a sidewalk contract on a low bid of 5102.50 for 18 000 square feet of concrete walk at 28 cents per square foot and 50 cubic yards of excavation at 1 25 per cubic yard.
The grievance committee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen announced a strike ballot for 2,600 Pacific Electric workers. A strike would halt service on about 1,100 miles of bus and rail lines linking 55 Los Angeles area communities.
After a .33 inch rain, Cedar Rapids and surrounding Iowa areas saw cooler, unsettled conditions. Temperatures dipped from 73 to 63 degrees with overcast skies and light rain, while the state forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and continued cool weather through Tuesday. Fresh to strong winds blow as temperatures hovered in the 60s and 70s.
The National Labor Relations board certified the Amalga mated Meat Cutters and Butcher workers of North America AFL Local 170 as the collective bargaining representative for Cedar Rapids Renderers production employees in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Two production workers were affected by the certification after voting May 19 to name the AFL as their bargaining agency.
Tokyo radio asserted Japan is ready to launch the most formidable offensive against the Allies, aiming to cut China in two and foil American strategy. The broadcast said the moment to strike has come.
United States submarines continue to batter Japanese supply lines sinking 16 more enemy ships including one large transport, one large cargo vessel, seven medium cargo ships, and several smaller cargo vessels and transports as announced Monday.
British Admiralty reports submarines in the Mediterranean and Aegean have sunk 31 Axis vessels in recent operations, including 26 merchant ships and five navy auxiliaries, according to a Monday night release.
Tom Quigley of 1106 Sixth Street SE was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to keeping a gambling house. Five others arrested at Quigley’s poker game were fined 25 dollars and costs each. Patrolmen Morey Malavacek Badger and Walker led the raid, seizing 28 dollars in cash and playing cards.
Mussolini urged Romans to resist the advancing Allied forces and make life as hard as possible for troops approaching Rome, signaling a propaganda broadcast echoing the city’s radio message.
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