Rawson Installed as Argentina's New President After Transfer
General Arturo Rawson became Argentina's president after Ramon Castillo resigned. The 10 member cabinet is primarily military with two civilians Rosa Calderon and another. Castillo and several ministers were detained or fled. anti aircraft guns guarded government buildings as Rawson's 7,000 marchers arrived from La Plata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Arturo Rawson
Argentina
Ramon Castillott
Rawson
Castillo
Rangon
Sabo Sueyro
Segundo Storni
Diego Mason
Domingo Martinez
Domingo Pistarini
Jose Marin Osa
Benito Sueyro
Horace Calderon
Pedro Ramirez
Rosa
Calderon
Plaza de Mayo
Government House
Calaciati
Navy
Mario Fincati
Drummond
Uruguay
la Plata
New Rackets and Patriotic Frauds Targeting Army Camps
Dennison reports on fakes flooding the market using patriotic fronts to reach army camps. A city saw 115000 dollars in ad sales for a publication claimed to reach soldiers. A separate scam involves fake repairmen visiting homes, promising free service, then selling the donated appliances elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennison
Thefts and Losses Keep Police Busy
Cedar Rapids police handled several thefts including a $300 diamond ring missing from near the Penick plant and home of H C Montgomery, a purse theft valued over $60 from a downtown elevator stool belonging to Mrs G L Ferguson, and a $63 wrist watch stolen from I Ginsberg’s store. A check used for a $1.26 chicken rose to $27.26 in value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Montgomery
Seventh Street
Penick
Ford
G. L. Ferguson
O Avenue NW
I. Ginsberg
Coe Student Bags Five Dollars Worth of Brer Red Fox
Coe College junior Jim DeYarman shot five foxes near Fairfax and Beverly while hunting with Coe sophomore Mary Virginia Bolick. His five kills, at 80 to 150 yards with a .22 Kilbourn Hornet, earned a $5 bounty collected at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brer Red Fox
Jim DeYarman
Twentieth Street
Coe College
Mary Virginia Bolick
Ottumwa
Coe
Fairfax
Beverly
Bolick
Jim
Brazilians Calm on Argentina After Revolt
Rio observers react with a wait and see stance toward Argentina's revolution. They doubt the overthrow of President Ramon S. Castillo signals a full break with the Axis or a major shift in foreign policy. The crisis may be an internal power move or an attempt to secure U S lend lease before UN victory is clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Ramon S. Castillo
Argentina
United Nations
Axis
Augustin P. Justo
United States
Ruling Perils Free Radio Broadcasters
The National Association of Broadcasters executive board says the May 19 Supreme Court decision upholding FCC authority to regulate radio networks gravely jeopardizes a free radio in America. It warns that a station’s success depends on serving the listening public’s will and program content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Association of Broadcasters Executive Board
Supreme Court
Federal Communications Commission
America
Association
Eleven Furnaces Closed by Coal Lock
Pittsburgh AP report says Carnegie Illinois Steel, a U S Steel subsidiary, closed 11 blast furnaces due to bee hive coke shortage caused by the coal strike. A company spokesman said the impact on operations was more serious than expected and efforts continue to keep other furnaces running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Czech Services Attend Cemetery Program Continue Page 1
The event lists 1.0.0-F lodge, Moose drum corps and Czech groups with Navy Mothers and Red Cross units. City officials and Czech Cemetery association leaders present. The Aircrew band and Karla Masaryk chorus to perform as pupils sing. Cemetery inspection follows the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose
Navy Mothers Club
South Side
American Red Cross
T. B. Hlubucek
F. K. Hahn
John F. Ehlert
R.C. T.C
Coe College
Thomas Suchomel
Czech National Cemetery Association
Stanley Vesely
Karla Masaryk
Esther Hronik- Klersey
Funeral rites for Mrs Hattie Meskimen in Turner chapel
Mrs Hattie Maria Meskimen wife of Charles Meskimen died Friday at 336 Twenty first street NE Funeral services are set for 2 p m Monday in Turner chapel with Rev Frank H Ward and the Daughters of the Union Veterans Civil War in charge Burial will be at Linwood cemetery where Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic will conduct graveside rites Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Maria Meskimen
Charles Meskimen
Twenty-first Street
Turner Chapel
Frank H. Ward
Daughters of the Union Veterans of the
Linwood Cemetery
Grand Army of the Republic
Iowa News in Brief with Local Elections and Events
Lisbon sends Donald Siggins to Boys State in Grinnell. summer band concerts begin under Richard Lewis. Hopkinton plans first band concert. Ruth Littlefield to attend Merrill Palmer nursery school in Detroit. Irene Heiberger and Burdette Wilson wed in Arlington, California. Norway reports American Legion auxiliary officers elected. Central City installs new American Legion auxiliary officers. Clarence resident Henry 80 dies. services Sunday at St John s Evangelical and Reformed. Tipton notes Smokes for Yanks campaign efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Donald Siggins
Harry Siggins
Boys State
Grinnell
Richard Lewis
Hopkinton
Ruth Littlefield
Iowa State College
Home Economics Cabinet
Merrill- Palmer
Detroit
Ruth Schloeman
Leona Riley
Central City
H. C. Davis
American Legion Auxiliary
Ben Jeroms
F. C. Hyde
Leo Davis
A. D. Hatfield
John Kearns
R. H. Beebe
Flora Page
A. R. Hoffman
Wendl Krejci
James Slife
Ino Smid
Clarence—Henry
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Anna Klein
Stanwood
Rosie
William
Henry
John
Otto
Minnie Kahl
Lowden
Emma Benthien
Clarence
Women of the Moose
Esther Tipton
Services for Leo J Szicar Held In Cedar Rapids
Leo J Szicar of 2504 Meadowbrook drive SE died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Friday morning. Services set for 9 a.m. Monday at Polansky chapel and 9:30 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus church officiated by Rev. Joseph Syrovy. Rosary by Cadets of St. George at 7 p.m. Sunday at Polansky chapel. Burial in St John’s cemetery. Visitation 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo J. Szicar
Meadowbrook Drive
Cedar Rapids
Polansky Chapel
St. Wenceslaus Church
Joseph Syrovy
St. George
St. John’s Cemetery
Funeral services for John A Young in Lamont Iowa
Funeral services for John Alfred Young age 74 who died Saturday at his home 2415 Mt Vernon Road SE will be held Monday at 1 30 p m in the Lamont Methodist church conducted by Rev Hodgkins Burial will follow in Compton cemetery Friends may call at Moon funeral home until 10 a m Monday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Alfred Young
Mt. Vernon Road
Lamont
Hodgkins
Compton Cemetery
Moon Funeral Home
Funeral services for Plimpton T. Mitchell
Funeral services for Plimpton T. Mitchell of 388 Twenty-first street SE will be held in Turner chapel at 2 pm Tuesday with the Rev. James H. Blackstone Jr. officiating. Burial is in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for Henry C Hepker
Funeral services for Henry Chambers Hepker who died Saturday at his home 1116 Twenty first avenue SW will be held in the Turner chapel at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev Frank H Ward will officiate burial will be in the Pale cemetery friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Chambers Hepker
Twentyfirst Avenue
Turner Chapel
Frank H. Ward
Pale
Infant Hass Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital
Hass infant, son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Hass of Mechanicsville, died in a Cedar Rapids hospital on Saturday. Survived by a sister, Judith Diane, at home. Body sent to Turner mortuary with cremation committal held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Hass
Mechanicsville
Cedar Rapids
Judith Diane
Turner Mortuary
Services for Mrs. John E. Watson Held Today
Mrs. Watson aged 73 will receive services at Beatty chapel at 4 p m with Rev J B Eyestone of Mt Vernon officiating. Burial follows in the family lot at Shiloh cemetery. The notice lists Watson Services as the arranger and notes local burial arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Watson
Beatty Chapel
J. B. Eyestone
Mt. Vernon
Shiloh
Threat of New Mine Strike in 2 Weeks Raised
United Mine Workers and coal operators clashed over resumed talks with the War Labor Board delaying bargaining. Both sides asserted progress toward a new two year contract as a June 20 deadline looms and a strike threat lingers into late June if no agreement is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers
Northern
Southern
UMW
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
WLB
Wayne L. Morse
City Briefs Highlight Local Health and Police Incidents
Mrs Nellie Byrnes of 719 B avenue NE has been a patient in Mercy hospital for a week with visitors allowed. Sgt Fred Carsten of the Cedar Rapids police said a 15 year old Waterloo runaway named Frank Niswonger is in custody for his family. A sick transient Milo Roberts 53 of Ottumwa was taken from a box car near the Illinois Central round house to Mercy hospital. A woman Beatrice Mollenhauer 29 of Alburnette was fined $5 and costs for larceny. Judge Churchill suspended the fine and $2 costs were paid for her release after arrest in a downtown self serve drug store for pills valued at 29 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Byrnes
B Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Fred Carsten
Cedar Rapids
Milo Roberts
Ottumwa
Illinois Central Roundhouse
Beatrice Mollenhauer
Alburnette
Justice of the Peace
H. R. Churchill
Churchill
Harold R. Mingee
Kingman, Ariz
Corp
Donald E. Aalborg
Drewfield
Fla
A. W. Aalborg
Fifteenth Avenue
O. J. Sheel
Franklin High School
U. S. Naval Reserve
Sheel
U. S. Signal Corps
Des Moines
Navy
Leonard Sanket
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
E. M. Switzer
Sixth Street
Center Point Man Arrested for Desertion of Minor Children
Floyd Dye, 24, of Center Point, was charged with desertion and abandonment of minor children and arrested Saturday by Constable George Thomas. He is jailed in Linn County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Dye
Center Point
George Thomas
Linn County
Two Soldiers Held On AWOL Charge From Granite Mountain
Two soldiers Charles Warren Pence age 22 and Frank J Hauck 23 were arrested as AWOL from Granite Mountain California. Taken to Des Moines Saturday afternoon by Sergt Gerard H Burke of Des Moines Pence listed route 1 Palo as home Hauck gave Towner North Dakota as origin and both said they had been absent since April 19 after being arrested by deputy sheriff P J Whittemore on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Warren Pence
Frank J. Hauck
A.W.O.L
Granite Mountain
Calif
Des Moines
Sergt
Gerard H. Burke
Pence
Route 1
Palo
Hauck
Towner
N. D
P. J. Whittemore
Manhunt for Benny Noble Watson Escaped Clinton Jail
Cedar Rapids police searched for Benny Noble Watson alias Benny Watson after an escape from Clinton jail by sawing through bars. Authorities said he is held there for Illinois authorities on a larceny charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Benny Noble
Benny Watson
Clinton
J. H. Walsh
Watson
Noble
Illinois
Weather notes on rainfall and temperatures in Cedar Rapids
Havelock Ellis notes half inch of rain in Cedar Rapids Saturday. The day brought high humidity and an 80 degree heat index. Official high 63 degrees from 8 p m to 11 p m, low 55 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havelock Ellis
Cedar Rapids
H. Ellis
Roosevelt’s War Service Across Two Armies
Kermit Roosevelt returned to New York to recuperate after a London visit. He first joined the British army in 1917 as a command major with the Middlesex regiment, then transferred to the American army when the United States entered World War I. He later participated in the Norway campaign before returning to the United States in June 1941 and resuming active duty with the U S army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
United States
U. S. Army
Roosevelt Death Reported From Natural Causes in Alaska
Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt said her husband’s death in Alaska was from natural causes. Kermit Roosevelt Jr. and the family include Mrs. John Paltrie Dirck and Lieut. Joseph Roosevelt on duty in the Pacific. Surviving relatives are his mother Edith Kermit Roosevelt Saga more Hill Oyster Bay New York two brothers Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Archibald Roosevelt and two sisters Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and Mrs. Richard Derby.
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New York
Kermit Roosevelt
Alaska
Roosevelt
Kiska Island
Belle Willard Roosevelt
Madrid
Kermit, Jr
John Paltrie
Dirck
Joseph Roosevelt
Pacific
Edith Kermit Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Oyster May
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Archibald Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Richard Derby
Senate approves 24 billion Navy Appropriation for 1944
Senate appropriations committee backs the navy 1944 bill totaling 24.850 billion dollars. It includes 9.118 billion for ship construction and 6.324 billion for auxiliary vessels and landing craft. The package covers armor and ammunition, 1,799 vessels under way, and 55,142 aircraft with prior totals. Also funded are public works, pay and welfare, floating drydocks, and merchant-ship defense installations. The agriculture appropriation bill at 820.681 million is approved with a 105.581 million increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Navy
Senate
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Agriculture Department
Joe Saltis Beaten and Dropped from Car in Chicago Street
Joe Saltis, former Capone associate and prohibition beer baron, was tossed from a car in a deserted Chicago street Saturday after being beaten with a mandolin. Four assailants were seen aiding the attack, and a physician reported he needed 12 stitches to close a deep cut on Saltis’ jaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joe Saltis
Capone
Saltis
Gable Directing Training Films For U S Air Forces
Capt. Clark Gable, former movie idol, is in England directing a six man crew to film training operations for the U S army air forces. He interviews returning crews photographs wounded and studies flying conditions to improve equipment and aerial gunner training. He works seven days a week and may return to the U S to screen films for air crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
England
Clark Gable
Mostar
U. S. Army Air Forces
Army
Gable
Luther S. Smith
Hollywood
U. S. Air Force
Nazi Europe
William R. Calhoun
Birmingham
Ala
Antwerp
United States
London
Purple Heart Award To C. R. Man Monday
Purple Heart medals will be awarded to two officers and 11 enlisted men at O'Reilly General Hospital Springfield in a mass ceremony Monday afternoon. Among the recipients is Pfc. Harold R. Flood of Cedar Rapids Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
O’reilly General Hospital
Pfc
Harold R. Flood
Cedar Rapids
Dempsey Divorce Trial Recesses to Mid Week
WHITE PLAINS N Y Ad journment of the Jack Dempsey Hannah Williams divorce trial until Wednesday has been granted by consent of both parties Supreme Court Referee J Addison Young announced Lawrence Hutch ens a private detective testified that Dempsey struck Benny Woodall named by him as a co respondent running from his wife's bedroom The detective said Dempsey floored Woodall with a couple of licks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Jack Dempsey
Hannah Williams
Supreme Court
J. Addison Young
Dempsey
Benny Woodall
Lawrence Hutchens
Woodall
Blue Cross Office Entered Money Gone
Cedar Rapids detectives report a theft at the Blue Cross Hospital service office Iowa theater building where $3.98 was taken from petty cash. A thief forced the door and entered Saturday night between 8:30 and 9:40 p.m. Nothing else was missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Cross Hospital
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Army Wife Reports $53 Stolen From Pocket
Mrs. Floyd Manley of 413 Eighth Avenue SE told police Saturday night that while sitting in a downtown tavern she had $53 taken from her pocket after receiving more than $80 in an allotment check that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Manley
Eighth Avenue SE
Army
Service members on furlough and station moves
Soldiers and sailors from Fort Benning to Drewfield and Camp Hill take furloughs or transfers. Families report promotions, relocations to North Africa and Pacific theaters, and training updates for Pfc Don W Johnson, Private Francis Nunemaker, Sergt Thomas McLaughlin, Private Charles McDonald, Richard Rubins, Private Charles Scolaro, Paul Usher, Lynn Kehm, Walter Crowley, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony R. Scolaro
Army Headquarters
Boston
Mass
Catherine Scolaro
Fourteenth Street
Paul E. Usher
Navy
Otto Usher
Zika Avenue
Camp Hill Training School
Farragut
Idaho
Lynn B
William
Tenth Street
Port
John D. Sage
Nineteenth Avenue
Coast Guard
San Francisco
John E. Schloss
Camp Custer
Mich
H. H. Schloss
Wilson Avenue
Charles W
Postpone Signup of Emergency Workers in Cedar Rapids
Due to intermittent rains registration of Cedar Rapids residents as emergency farm workers was postponed until Saturday, June 12. The Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce announced booths would be set up on downtown corners to sign up residents to aid farmers behind in field work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Young Men’s Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gen. Rawson
Horacio B. Oghanarte
Radical Party
Guinazu
Rio de la Plata
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Ruiz Guinazu
Justice
Guillermo Rothe
Rothe
Plaza
Free Radio—Broadcasters
Meskimen Services
Iowa News
Leo Szicar
John A. Young
Mitchell
H. C. Hepker
Hass
Watson Services
Mint
City Briefs
C. R
Flowers
Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde
FT D News
John E. Lapes
Florist
Third Avenue SE
Air Force
C. R. Man
H G Fussell
Okinow
Blue Cross
Don W. Phyllis Lowe. Johnson
Medical Corps
Fort Benning, Ga
Mrs
Alfred Johnson
Bever Avenue
Francis Nunemaker
Paterson
N. J
F. L. Nunemaker
E Avenue NE
Thomas E. McLaughlin
North Africa
J. F. McLaughlin
Twenty-eighth Street
McLaughlin
Charles J. McDonald
Wiliam” J. McDonald
Twelfth Avenue
George A. McDonald
Charles McDonald
Richard W. Rubins
New York City
Camp Shanango
Greenville
Frank Sobers
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
First Ave
Turner
Joan B. Turner
Funeral Directors
Second Avenue
Eighth
Reet
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