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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1945
Page
11
Auto dealers say the government will decide eligibility for new cars, with optimistic talk likely to mislead. Most dealers are not taking orders, some carry long backlogs, and wait times range from 12 to 24 months. Veterans may receive priority, while others face uncertain access as wartime supply constraints loom.
Police traced two billfolds lost in Cedar Rapids Monday which held almost $300 in cash. Bernard Boots of Anamosa reported his billfold lost probably at the Iowa theater with $200 cash and ID papers. Frank P Phillips of Hector Ark reported a billfold with $95 and gas coupons at the post office. W W Hubbard of 1945 Bever avenue SE reported a garage break in with registration books cigarets pipe pouch and tobacco stolen from his car glove compartment.
The Gazette lists evening showings with multiple time slots for Paramount Palace Rialto and Marion theaters. Feature highlights include A Royal Scandal at 12 35, 2 50, 5 05, 7 15, and 9 40. Prisoner of Zenda. Garden of Allah. Brewster's Millions. Circumstantial Evidence. The Kess of the Kingdom. Follow the Boys. Navajo Trail. My Friend Flicka. This Is the Life. Sudan. Eve Knew Her Apples. Short subjects accompany each program.
Wilson Ingh school students in Cedar Rapids were elected to roles in the Junior Academy of Science of Iowa after a mail election announced by secretary D C Stroud. Bob Dickey of Keokuk was named president. Bernard Christiansen of the S O S club at Wilson, vice president. Beverly Anderson of S O S at Wilson, secretary. Ronald Jepson of Amos Hiatt junior high Des Moines, treasurer. Myra G Whilis of Wilson will be senior counselor. A E Walz of University High Iowa City will be junior counselor.
Bill Gibson II of 11520 Thirteenth Avenue SE and Robert Diaz of 1228 Tenth Street SF Ne groes received 30 day suspended sentences from Justice Howard R Churchill on Tuesday after they pled.
American ground forces reported new advances against Japanese on Luzon and Mindanao as Philippine based bombers raided Formosa and bombarded Borneo. The 31st Infantry division moved toward Daovao along the Kibawe Talomo trail, breaking resistance at Pulanu river crossing. The 37th Infantry along a mountain road toward the Cagayan valley penetrated deeper, with several Japanese tanks destroyed and strong points eliminated.
OPA price paper assistants will audit Linn county clothing stores to enforce price and marking rules on cotton garments produced under War Production Board orders. Pre-ticketed by manufacturers with ceiling prices, the goods account for about 85 percent of civilian cotton clothing. Violators face OPA price panel action and possible refunds or damages settlements to customers.
Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher said in Washington that the Japanese death by own action plan is "daily being reduced." He noted that only 10 percent of their planes get through U S air defenses, with 90 percent shot down and about 1 percent of the original total effective. He described the tactic as essentially dive bombing aided by self-sacrifice, more accurate than ordinary dive bombing.
President Truman asked Congress for a new lend-lease appropriation of 1.975 billion dollars to help end the war with Japan quickly. The request would join unobligated balances of 2.4 billion to form a total program of 4.375 billion, with Export-Import Bank aid to be expanded. The letter notes the program as a cooperative Allied effort and is shorter than the current year's funding by about 1.564 billion.
About 30 000 schools colleges and other institutions may receive surplus aircraft engines parts and aeronautical property for non flight use through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The RFC will mail catalogs and forms and charge only disposal and shipping costs.
DES MOINES AP One hundred eight chronic carriers of typhoid fever are listed in Iowa. The state health department says these are people who recovered but still carry the bacillus or acquired it yet remained immune. About 38 undiscovered carriers may exist. Carriers must register and sign pledges not to handle food or drinks while under supervision of local health officials and physicians.
Temple University awarded an honorary doctor of literature to Frank Luther Mott at commencement. Mott, dean of Missouri school of journalism and former head of Iowa journalism, received the degree from Temple official Robert McLean, AP president and publisher.
OPA Monday night ordered woolen and worsted mills to revert to their 1943 average prices effective June 9. Price Administrator Chester Bowles said the move would cut prices for wool woven fabrics by about 7 percent and for wool knit fabrics by about 4 percent, aiding civilian garment costs.
Radio program details NBC and CBS listings describe Doctor Fights returning to CBS at 8:30 to 9 p.m. with Cary Grant guesting as Major Livingston Pope Notell Jr. WBBM carries the network feed. Other shows and guest stars including Miller tribute events and Theater of Romance listings appear, with various stations noted.
Broadcast grid lists WMT NBC CBS and ABC programs. includes news Hour by Hour segments, later the June 6 morning and day parts with WGN WHO KXEL and other stations. Entries cover talk shows, soap operas like Light of Word, romance, music, and crime files, with anchors Jack Berets Phil etc.
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