Rawson Named Argentina President After Castillo Resigns
General Arturo Rawson formally became Argentina's new president after Ramon Castillo surrendered the office. Rawson's 10‑man cabinet includes eight military leaders with only two civilians, while former minister Castillo was freed after resigning and two of his ministers were imprisoned. Guns were mounted in Plaza de Mayo as Rawson and aides prepared to govern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Horacio B. Oghanarte
Argentina
Radical Party
Buenos Aires
Arturo Rawson
Ramon Castillo
Rawson
Castillo
Axis
Sabo Sueyro
Segundo Storni
Diego Mason
Domingo Martinez
Domingo Pistarini
Jose Maria Rosa
Benito Sueyro
Horace Calderon
Pedro Ramirez
Rosa
Calderon
Miguel Calaciati
la Plata
Daniel Amadeo Y Videla
Montevideo
Uruguay
Drummond
Rio de la Plata
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Rio de Janeiro
Ruiz Guinazu
Justice
Guillermo Rothe
Rothe
Plaza
Plaza de Mayo
Government House
Calaciati
Navy
Mario Fincati
Racket Capitals Target Fake Army Camp Publications
Conference warns of purveyors selling patriotic papers free to service members and advertising deals to camps. A Texas case claims 115000 in ads for a publication meant for nearby army camps. Another scam involves fake repairmen posing as local firm agents to seize appliances for resale.
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Dennison
Thefts and Losses Keep Police Busy
Cedar Eke police patrols are active following multiple thefts. R C Montgomery reports a $300 diamond ring missing between Penick plant and his home on Seventh SW. Mrs Ferguson, an elevator operator, says her purse valued over $60 was stolen from a stool in a downtown store. A wristwatch worth $63 disappeared from a residence on 205 Sec SE. O'Brien at 2436 J Street reports a bad check for $1.96 and $27.26 in chicken orders.
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R. C. Montgomery
Penick
Ford
G. L.* Ferguson
O Avenue NW
Glasberg
Geuniter
O’brien
J. Street
Coe Student Shoots Five Bucks Worth Of Brer Red Fox
Jim DeYarman a Coe College junior shot five foxes the last December and again Friday with Mary Virginia Bolick a Coe sophomore. He killed five with six shots from a .22 repeater at distances from eighty to one hundred fifty yards. He learned a bounty of one dollar per fox at the courthouse and says he has earned five dollars.
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Brer Red Fox
Jim DeYarman
Twentieth Street
Coe College
Mary Virginia Bolick
Ottumwa
Coe
Fairfax
Beverly
Bolick
Jim
Brazilians Weigh Argentina Uprising With Cautious Watch
In Rio de Janeiro diplomats and military observers urged a wait and see stance after Argentina’s revolution ousted President Ramon Castillo. They see two main factors driving the move internal political maneuvering or an attempt to secure U S lend lease before UN victory solidifies.
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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 blasts the May 10 Supreme Court decision upholding the FCC authority to regulate radio networks as gravely jeopardizing a free radio in America. They say a station’s success depends on serving the public will and content choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Association of Broadcasters Executive Board
Supreme Court
Federal Communications Commission
America
Association
Eleven Furnaces Closed by Coal Lock Stoppage
Pittsburgh AP report states Carnegie Illinois Steel, a major United States Steel subsidiary, shut 11 blast furnaces due to beehive coke shortage caused by the coal strike. A company spokesman said the impact was more severe than expected and efforts aim to keep other furnaces running.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Czech Services At Cemetery Program Recital Of Anthems
The event features Moose drum and bugle corps Czech groups and Red Cross units with naval Mothers club members. Speeches from Mayor Hahn Col. Ehlert and Thomas Suchomel precede musical numbers by the Aircrew student band led by Capt Vesely and Karla Masaryk chorus under Esther Hronik Klersey. Czech pupils sing as inspection follows.
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Moose
Navy Mothers Club
South Side
American Red Cross
T. B Hlubucek
F. K. Hahn
John F. Ehlert
R.O. TC
Coc College
Thomas Suchomel
Czech National Cemetery Association
Stanley Vesely
Karla Masaryk
Esther Hronik- Klersey
Funeral services for Mrs Hattie Meskimen announced
Funeral services for Mrs Hattie Maria Meskimen wife of Charles Meskimen will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Turner chapel with Rev Frank H Ward and the Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War in charge. Burial follows at Linwood cemetery with Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic at the grave. 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 Civil War
Linwood Cemetery
Grand Army of the Republic
IOWA NEWS IN BRIEF ITEMS FROM SEVERAL CITIES
The Gazette summarizes brief local items from Lisbon Hopkinton Norway Central City Clarence Tipton and Tipton. Highlights include Dibulls at Boys State nominees concerts band directors marriages Legion auxiliary elections senior regent and a fundraising drive for the Smokes for Yanks campaign totaling 60 dollars 73 cents.
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Wopkinton
W. Schmitz
Mopkinton
Irene Helberger
Delhi
Burdette Wilson
Hopkinton
Arlington
Calif
Norway
American Legion Auxiliary
Clara Rose
Elsie Miller
Kate Boddicker
Mary Taylor
Clara Pickart
Ruth Schloeman
Leona Riley
Central City
H. C. Davis
Ben Jeroms
F. C. Hyde
Leo Davis
A. D. Hatfield
John Kearns
Anna Klein
Stanwood
Rosie
William
Henry
John
Otto
Minnie Kahl
Lowden
Emma Benthien
Clarence
Tipton—Osceola Morden
Women of the Moose
Esther DeForest
Margaret Barkhust
Kathryn Carlisle
Abbie Gerber
Tipton
Funeral services for Leo J. Szicar 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 with Rev. Joseph Syrovy officiating. Cadets of St. George to recite rosary at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Polansky chapel. Burial in St. John's cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
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Leo J. Szicar
Meadowbrook Drive
Cedar Rapids
Polansky Chapel
St. Wenceslaus Church
Joseph Syrovy
St. George
St. John’s Cemetery
Funeral services set for John Alfred Young Lamont Iowa
Funeral services for 74 year old John Alfred Young who died Saturday at his home 2415 Mt Vernon road SE Lamont Iowa will be held Monday at 1 30 p m in the Methodist church conducted by Rev Hodgkins Burial will follow in Compton Cemetery Friends may call at Moon Funeral Home until 10 a m Monday
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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 388 Twenty first street SE who died at his home Friday will be held in the Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday in charge of Rev James H Blackstone Jr Burial will be in Cedar Memorial park cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for Henry Chambers Hopker
Funeral services for Henry Chambers Hopker who died Saturday at his home on Twenty first avenue SW will be held at Turner chapel at 4 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. Frank H. Ward officiating. Burial will be in Pale cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Chambers Hopker
Twentyfirst Avenue
Turner Chapel
Frank H. Ward
Pale
Infant Hass Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital
The infant son of Mr and Mrs William C Hass Mechanicsville died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Saturday. Survived by a sister Judith Diane at home. Body taken to Turner mortuary where cremation committal was held.
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William C. Hass
Mechanicsville
Cedar Rapids
Judith Diane
Turner Mortuary
Services for Mrs John E Watson at Beatty Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs John E Watson age 73 will be held at 4 p m today in the Beatty chapel Rev J B Eyestone of Mt Vernon will officiate burial in the family lot Shiloh cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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John E. Watson
Beatty Chapel
J. B. Eyestone
Mt. Vernon
Shiloh
Threat of New Mine Strike in Two Weeks Ahead
United Mine Workers and coal operators see a possible new contract as the War Labor Board sticks to its policy amid a pending strike threat. The UMW warns of a third strike by June 20 if no agreement is drafted, with work resuming on Monday while negotiations continue.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Northern
Southern
UMW
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
WLB
Wayne L. Morse
City Briefs Touch Mercy Hospital and Local Incidents
Mrs. Nellie Byrnes of 719 B avenue NE remains a Mercy Hospital patient for a week with visitors allowed. Sgt. Fred Carsten says a 15 year old Waterloo runaway boy named Frank Nis wonger is held for his family. Milo Roberts a 53 year old transient from Ottumwa was taken from a box car to Mercy Hospital. Mrs Beatrice Mollenhauer 29 of Alburnette was fined five dollars and costs for larceny, with two dollars paid for release. Police say she was arrested in a downtown drug store for taking pills worth 29 cents.
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Nellie Byrnes
B Avenue NE
Mercy Hospital
Fred Carsten
Cedar Rapids
Milo Roberts
Ottumwa
Illinois Central Roundhouse
Beatrice Mollenhauer
Alburnette
Justice of the Peace
H. R. Churchill
Churchill
Desertion and AWOL Soldiers Detained After Camp Absence
Floyd Dye of Center Point 24 was arrested by Constable George Thomas for desertion and abandonment of minor children and is jailed in Linn county. Soldiers Charles Pence 22 and Frank Hauck 23 were held in Des Moines after being found AWOL from Granite Mountain California. Pence listed Palo Route 1 as home, Hauck Towner North Dakota. They told Deputy Sheriff Whittemore they left camp April 19.
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Floyd Dye
Center Point
George Thomas
Linn County
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
Thomas E. McLaughlin
North Africa
J. F. McLaughlin
Twenty-eighth Street Drive
McLaughlin
Army
Charles J. McDonald
William J. McDonald
Twelfth Avenue
George A. McDonald
Charles McDonald
Richard W. Rubins
New York City
Camp Shanango
Greenville
Frank Sobers
Jail escape suspect Benny Noble Watson sought by Cedar Rapids police
Cedar Rapids police searched Saturday night for Benny Noble also known as Benny Watson who escaped Clinton jail by sawing through bars at a window. Capt. J. H. Walsh cited Clinton information that Watson or Noble is being held for Illinois authorities on a larceny charge.
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Cedar Rapids
Benny Noble
Benny Watson
Clinton
J. H. Walsh
Watson
Noble
Illinois
Rain Drenches Cedar Rapids Saturday Weather Notes
The Cedar Rapids area saw half an inch of rain on Saturday. Humidity rose with a high of 80 degrees and a city high of 63 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., while the low dipped to 55 degrees as reported by Havelock Ellis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havelock Ellis
Cedar Rapids
H. Ellis
Death of Kermit Roosevelt reported in Alaska
Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt said his death in Alaska was due to natural causes after a bomber mission over Kiska island. The Roosevelt family includes widow Belle Willard Roosevelt, four children, mother Edith Kermit Roosevelt, and siblings Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt and Archibald Roosevelt with other relatives.
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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
Theodore Roosevelt
Archibald Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Richard Derby
Senate approves 24.85 billion Navy bill for 1944
Senate Appropriations Committee on Saturday backs the Navy 1944 appropriations totaling 24.8507 billion dollars. The package includes 9.118 billion for ship construction and 6.324 billion to finish up to 1 million tons of auxiliaries and 1 million landing craft. It also funds 1.594 billion for armor and ammunition, 1.2 billion to complete 1,799 vessels, and 4.5837 billion for 27 642 new planes. Additional major items cover public works pay and welfare, floating drydocks, merchant vessel defense installations, transportation of goods, marine corps 1.0027 billion, and coast guard 467.8 million. The panel also approves the 1944 Agriculture Department appropriation of 820.681 million, up 105.581 million from the House.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Navy
Senate
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Agriculture Department
Saltis Beaten and Dumped From Car in Chicago
Joe Saltis, a prohibition beer baron and former Capone mobster, was tossed from an automobile on a deserted Chicago street Saturday. Witnesses saw four men shove him from the car and attack him with a mandolin. A physician used 12 stitches to close a head wound.
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Chicago
Joe Saltis
Capone
Saltis
Purple Heart Awards Set At O'Reilly Hospital
In Springfield Missouri two officers and 11 enlisted men at O'Reilly General Hospital will receive Purple Heart medals in a mass ceremony Monday afternoon. Among the recipients is Pfc. Harold R. Flood of Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Springfield
O'Reilly General Hospital
Pfc
Harold R. Flood
Cedar Rapids
Gable Producing Air Force Training Films in England
Capt. Clark Gable, the former film star, is in England directing a six man crew to film U S army air forces training at multiple stations. He arrived seven weeks ago under orders from Brig Gen Luther S Smith and has flown once over Nazi Europe in the May 4 Antwerp raid as an observer. He plans to return to the United States to screen films for air corps trainees and continue documenting crews and wounded, while refining aerial gunnery and equipment.
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U. S
England
Clark Gable
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
Dempsey Divorce Trial Recesses to Mid Week
White Plains N Y ad journment of the Jack Dempsey Hannah Williams divorce trial until Wednesday by consent of both parties was announced by Supreme Court Referee J Addison Young. A private detective testified Dempsey struck Benny Woodall named by him as a co respondent after catching him fleeing his wife's bedroom. The detective Lawrence Hutch ens said Dempsey floored Woodall with a couple of licks.
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White Plains
Jack Dempsey
Hannah Williams
Supreme Court
J. Addison Young
Dempsey
Benny Woodall
Lawrence Hutchens
Woodall
Blue Cross Office Entered Money Gone
Cedar Rapids police report a theft at the Blue Cross Hospital service office in Iowa theater building where $3.98 was taken from petty cash. The intruder forced the door and acted Saturday night between 8:30 and 9:40 p.m. No other items were missing.
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Blue Cross Hospital
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Army Wife Reports $53 Stolen in Downtown Tavern
Mrs. Floyd Manley of 413 Eighth Avenue SE, wife of a soldier and mother of three, told police Saturday night that $53 was taken from her pocket while she sat in a downtown tavern after receiving more than $80 in an allotment check.
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Floyd Manley
Eighth Avenue SE
Army
Women and Men in Service Highlight Local Families
Phyllis M. Lowe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Lowe, is commissioned a WAAC third officer after graduation at Fort Des Moines. The article lists numerous local service members on furloughs, transfers, and duties from Drew Field to Camp Hill, Indiantown Gap, and North Africa, with addresses in Cedar Rapids and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis M. Lowe
P. E. Lowe
Twenty - Ninth Street
WAAC
Fort Des Moines
Don W. Phyllis Lowe. Johnson
Medical Corps
Fort Benning, Ga
Mrs
Alfred Johnson
Bever Avenue
Anthony R. Scolaro
Army Headquarters
Boston
Mass
Catherine Scolaro
Fourteenth Street
Paul E. Usher
Navy
Otto Usher
Zika Avenue
Camp Hill
Farragut
Idaho
Postpone Signup of Emergency Farm Workers in Cedar Rapids
Due to intermittent rains registration of Cedar Rapids residents as emergency farm workers was postponed to Saturday, June 12. The Young Men's bureau of the Chamber of Commerce announced the booths would be set up at prominent downtown corners to sign up residents able to help farmers delayed by heavy rains.
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Cedar Rapids
Young Men’s Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
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FTC News
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Florist
Third Avenue SE
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Blue Cross
Francis Nunemaker
Paterson
N. J
F. L. Nunemaker
E Avenue NE
Lynn EB. Kehm
Camp Phillips
Kan
University of Wyoming
G Avenue
Walter Crowley
Naval Aviation
St. Mary's College
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Co. L. Crowley
Tenth Street
Charles M. Hubbard
Sixth Street
Corp
Marion G. Fitzgerald
A C. Fitzgerald
Twelfth Street
Fitzgerald
Indiantown Gap
Harold R. Mingo
Kingman, Ariz
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Drewfield
Fla
A. W. Aalborg
Fifteenth Avenue
Oo. J. Sheel
Franklin High School
U. S. Naval Reserve
Sheel
U. S. Signal Corps
Leonard Sankot
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
FE. M. Switzer
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
First Ave
Turner
John B. Turner
Funeral Directors
Second Avenue
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