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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1945
Page
5
The issue lists wartime ration changes for red and blue stamps effective the first of each month, detailing meat, foods, sugar, gasoline, fuel oil, and shoe stamps with new validity dates. Police Court reports cite drunkenness fines, a roof fire at Dr Hauser’s home, and several birth notices plus driver license and parking violations.
Incumbents kept their posts in a Kansas City council election with Grand Knight listed among officers. New appointees include Rev J J Olinger as council chaplain and Richard Loftus leaving service. The Columbus clubholding corporation named seven directors William Stewart Leo Oswald Joe Klimes Emmett Keough Francis Foran Wesley Miller and Walter Grady. Directors will choose president and secretary. Plans set for another council initiation on Sunday June 24.
President Truman urged quick floor vote on permanent FEPC as southern opponents push the measure aside. House Rules Committee delayed action after appropriations panel deleted FEPC funding from the war agencies bill, sparking the White House protest that the move could end the FEPC and its work.
Harold Sexton aged 18 of 1212 Sixteenth Street SE was fined $2 and costs by Judge Harry S. Johnson in police court after pleading guilty to violating the air rifle ordinance. Police said he shot at birds with an air rifle and accidentally struck the 8-year-old son of Mrs. Verne of 1626 Thirteenth Avenue.
Washington AP sixty thousand irreplaceable industrial workers aged 26 to 29 face losing their draft deferments by fall as munitions cutbacks and reduced war urgency shrink the pool of key men. The inter agency deferment committee led by Paul V. McNutt will decide which cases remain indispensable and when six month deferrals expire. Some registrants may fail physical standards and deferments may be canceled before September or October.
Michael J Curran 87 died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a lingering illness. Born July 25 1857 in Cornwal lis West Virginia he worked 54 years for the Milwaukee railroad at Marion retiring in 1937. Survived by wife Margaret Murphy and children Guy Frances Sister Mary Raymond two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services at Immaculate Conception church with time to be announced. visitation at Teahen chapel Wednesday and Thursday.
John Oscar Ogren, former Olin resident and World War I veteran born November 5, 1894 in Sweden, died Tuesday at 2 30 p.m. after a lengthy illness. He farmed 30 years at Sin. Survived by two brothers Gustave Ogren of Silver Creek New York and Monte Rogers of Muskegon Michigan, two nephews and two nieces. A member of the Oli American Legion. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Turner chapel with burial in Cedar Memorial Park. friends may call at the chapel.
Dr. J. M. Franks of 427 Fourteenth Street SE was informed Wednesday that his brother M. D. Franks died Tuesday at his Long Beach California home.
A retrospective recounts the June 6 1944 invasion and the day’s events. It notes Allied air and naval bombardment, the German reaction, and President Roosevelt and Eisenhower messages as troops began the Normandy assault. The piece contrasts earlier enemy threats with the subsequent Allied advance and postwar returns.
A year after D-Day Iowa fights to reach its $82 million E bond quota before July 7. Linn county, Cedar Rapids and rural areas show progress but stay behind. $1,993,980 of the $3,490,000 E bond goal has been raised. The county totals rise as six Cedar Rapids theaters offer free shows to bond buyers, boosting the drive.
Cedric Woods, 41, a Des Moines bus driver, pled guilty to second degree murder in the death of Noel Camp, 33, of Spickard, Missouri. He received a life term in the state penitentiary after Camp's body was found May 7 with a head wound in his car seven miles north of Trenton.
Dean Shafer, 17, of Toddville, was fined $10 and costs by Police Judge Harry S. Johnston after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license and failure to control. He was involved in an accident at Sixth Street and Sixth Avenue SE with Dallas A. Jewell of 1018 Ninth Street NW on Tuesday afternoon.
Washington AP reports that purchases of E bonds on the seventh war loan day reached 1.992 billion dollars, about 49.8 percent of the 4 billion quota. Individual buyers spent 4.139 billion, 59 percent of the 7.0009 billion target. the campaign began May 14 and runs to June 30.
Chicago and national officials expect no quick flood of government surplus sales after V E Day. Surpluses from eight federal agencies totalled 1.5 billion dollars as of April 30, with April disposals reaching 44.2 million. Aircraft and equipment dominate stocks and 23 271 war planes valued at 987 million dollars are listed.
Brazil declared war on Japan, allowing the United States to use Brazilian bases for the Pacific theater. The move was not expected to shift the Brazilian Expeditionary Force from Italy to the Far East, but Brazil would assist the US in supplying its forces.
In Naples, the Rev Martin Niemoller stated he volunteered for service in the German navy in 1939 but was rejected. He, who later spent 12 years in a concentration camp, said he views war as just or unjust yet feels instinctively bound to serve in some way.
Mr and Mrs James H Maloney who live at the Roosevelt hotel bought the Kilian residence at 2329 Linden drive SE Cedar Rapids and will take possession July 1 The sale, handled by Yuill and Gohmann, is among Cedar Rapids largest in years The Georgian brick house sits on 31% acre with a cottage garage poultry house and stable Furnishings including French and Italian pieces are included The Kilian family plan to return from Tucson with their children and occupy the home on possession day
Captain Mike Enich known as Iron Mike of the 1939 University of Iowa iron men football team is recovering in a Pacific hospital from injuries suffered May 23. His parents, Mr and Mrs Peter Enich, said a Jap bullet entered his neck and exited his chest without striking vital areas. His wife lives in Grinnell.
Western Allied envoy missions from the United States Britain and France arrived in Vienna on Sunday to join the Russians in a joint administration of Austria. The four nation control body will require Big Four unanimity and aims to steer Austria toward political and economic independence after the Moscow declaration. A U S official said the first task is to assess Austrian resistance to Nazi control since the 1938 anschluss.
In San Francisco and Moscow urgent talks aim to avert a permanent Big Five veto split. Stalin reviews Soviet insistence on veto rights in world security council while Harry Hopkins handles negotiations in Moscow and Andrei Gromyko meets Stettinius in San Francisco. A weekend reply is hoped.
Karl Herman Frank former Nazi governor of Bohemia Moravia will be tried in Prague as a war criminal for the deaths of many thousand Czech men and women Prague radio announced Tuesday.
London reports that U S armies plan to hand over most German territory to British and Russian forces, remaining to occupy chiefly Bavaria in southwest Germany. The Ninth Army likely withdraws from cities like Leipzig and Magdeburg to the Russians, while the Rhine Ruhr area stays under British or allied control.
Allied talks stall over Cologne for France and Frankfurt for the United States as Ruhr fate remains unclear. U S aims to keep Frankfurt as a communications hub and entry point for forces, while Britain and France weigh strategic security and Belgian independence.
New York reports Tokyo propaganda claims for a network of underground fortifications in Japan. Domei says fortified positions include communications, stables, bathrooms, artillery, and connecting tunnels. they insist enemy bombing cannot destroy these hidden strongholds even if attacked.
Pvt. James L. Akers of Cedar Rapids was slightly wounded on Luzon May 11 after serving with Lynch Transfer prior to his induction. He trained at Camp Hood and departed for duty in October. Pfc. Allen D. Purington, 23, also of Cedar Rapids, was wounded on Iwo Jima March 23 with the loss of part of his thumb and eyesight. He underwent an appendectomy and is hospitalized in Chicago.
Auto use tax stamps for the new fiscal year begin July 1 and go on sale at 7 a.m. Saturday at the post office for $5 each. Postmaster Frank Baldwin urges car owners to buy and display the stamp.
Charles L. Brady of Western Union urged Kiwanis members to value courtesy as a business asset amid stock shortages and help-wanted gaps. He warned that even after wartime returns to production wealth rose while bankruptcies spiked, stressing honesty and customer appreciation as key to avoiding bankruptcy.
DES MOINES AP Four Iowa veterinary officials will attend a conference of livestock sanitation officials from seven Midwestern states in Omaha Wednesday. Dr. C C Franks state veterinarian and conference chairman will lead the delegation, joined by Dr. J A Barger inspector in charge of the U S bureau of animal industry in Iowa Dr. F B Wilson state district veterinarian at Guthrie Center and Dr. George A Hawthorne state district veterinarian at Clarinda.
A French spokesman in Beirut rejected reports that Gen. Paul Beynet, senior French general in the Levant, faced dismissal. The denial came Wednesday, amid rumors concerning Beynet's status and post.
The water supply at Camp Good Health in Cedar Rapids was purified by Ben Coates as part of a safety program for 60 physically handicapped children aged 6 to 12. Mrs Floy O Leary will supervise daily water testing and camp nurse duties, while local volunteers from St James Methodist church aided house cleaning. The project is funded by the Camp Good Health fund with a season budget of 3925 dollars and a remaining 1253 dollars needed.
Evelyn Nesbit was questioned by police in New York over the Langford murder at a Park Avenue apartment. Nesbit, aged 60 and linked to Marion Langford, said she had been with the widow when an unidentified man demanded money.
Funeral services planned in Humboldt Iowa for Mrs. R. J. Sayers 56 lifelong resident who died of a paralytic stroke. She is survived by her husband a 12 year secretary of the Humboldt County Farm Bureau three daughters and a son Corporal Keith Sayers stationed in England.
Hollywood AP reports writer producer Tom G. Geraghty aged 62 who contributed to over 100 films died on Tuesday. He participated in many productions across a long career in the movie industry.
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