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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1944
Page
2
A 1945 daily record lists various legal penalties for drunkenness speeding and improper parking with names and addresses. It also notes shoe and fuel oil coupon details valid through August 31 and several birth announcements from June. Additional notices include marriage and divorce suits and property disputes among multiple individuals.
Cedar Rapids hosts a week of Masonic centennial events with an instruction school at Masonic hall and Scottish Rite temple. Directed by John T. Ames the program runs daily with sessions at 9 am 1 30 pm and 7 30 pm through Saturday Monday and a centennial Iowa grand lodge session begins Tuesday in the Memorial building. The school conducts ritualistic work with candidates and will confer the first degree tonight and the second and third degrees on Saturday and Monday nights.
President Roosevelt told his news conference that fighting in France is making slow progress but remains progress. He noted the sea is a bit rougher and offered no other war news.
A group of American nurses sailed from a coastal town aboard a transport bound for France. They wore battle uniforms and carried duffle gear as they boarded the ship.
The region from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines faces more rain and cool, unsettled weather through today and Saturday. Temperatures fluctuated from a low of 45% degrees to 66 degrees, while 1.08 inches of rain fell in Cedar Rapids in the last 24 hours. Floods were reported in the south central portion, with crests forecast on rivers around Tracy, Eddyville, Ottumwa, and Van Meter as rainfall totals across cities ranged from about 0.65 to 2.60 inches.
Air operations over the last 24 hours saw 52 German planes shot down in the air and 26 destroyed on the ground, while Allied losses reached 35 fighters and five bombers. Allied heavy bombers blasted rail yards at Rennes Fougeres Alencon Mayenne and Pontaubault as German air activity dwindled.
Cedar Rapids Boy Scouts will be bond Rangers on June 22 as part of the fifth war loan campaign. At a Montrose hotel meeting 23 units approved the house-to-house solicitation led by Charles Gunn with Scout Executive K L Benner in charge. Ed Moorman requested the drive and Dr C Harve Geiger accepted for the Silver Beaver committee promising certificates and service bars to participants.
Soviet forces broke through from defense positions north of Iasi and captured strategic high ground above the Romanian communications center. The move is viewed as a potential opening phase of a broader eastern offensive, with reports noting advances on central and left wings.
President Roosevelt indicated he would be glad to see General Charles de Gaulle in Washington. He proposed two possible windows from June 22 to June 30 or July 6 to July 14, awaiting final word from De Gaulle while noting upcoming party conventions and the fall election.
The National Labor Relations Board ordered a bargaining election at Wilson and Company to decide if sealers clerks watchmen and wholesale market employees will join United Packinghouse Workers of America Local No. 3. The vote must occur by July 6 and would cover only those workers not already under the current contract. Harold Smith says the union seeks bargaining rights for the additional workers. Harry Palmer offered no comment.
A U S Ninth Air Force troop carrier base report recounts three American officers persuading German guards to lay down arms on the Cherbourg peninsula. They describe meeting White Russians Georgians Czechoslovaks and Poles who surrendered as American artillery neared their position.
President Roosevelt announced 1000 refugees from southern Italy would be admitted outside normal procedures and housed at an emergency shelter at Fort Ontario near Oswego New York for the war duration. A plan to create free ports in the United States seeks to shelter Nazi threatened Europeans during the conflict.
The Eighth Circuit in St Louis upheld Judge George C Scott's 1943 dismissal with prejudice of Frank Schwarz and co plaintiffs wage and hour suit against Witwer Grocer Co Cedar Rapids. The action claimed part of their work crossed interstate commerce and was subject to wage laws.
At the Iowa Association of Fire Fighters twenty first annual convention in Clinton H C Schrage of Waterloo was re elected president. Trustees elected were Fred Condon Cedar Rapids Boyd Arnold Mason City and Fred Pilgrim Burlington.
Funeral services for Joseph Abodeely will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at St John's Syrian Orthodox church conducted by his cousin the Rev. Thomas Abodeely with assistance from Rev. A Rihbany and Rev. Solomon Razook. Burial in St George's cemetery. Calling hours begin Saturday after 2 p.m. at Barta chapel.
Charles James Zika died at his home on 624 in Avenue NW Thursday morning. Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Barta chapel conducted by T. B. Hlubacek. Burial will follow at Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Services for Muriel Gurley, wife of Alvin J Gurley, will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Monday. The Rev Frank Ward will officiate and burial will follow in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Arthur M. Stitt of 1335 First Avenue SE died at his home Thursday. Funeral services will be in the Turner chapel at 2 Saturday with the Rev. Rodney Gould officiating and burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
Eleanor May Morgan born May 1 1878 in Cedar Rapids and lived here all her life died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 11 20 a m Friday after a long illness She was married to Harry V Morgan on March 8 1929 Surviving are two daughters Mrs Robert Johnson of Tonopah Nevada and Mrs Ruth Esther Sedore of New Orleans a brother Jay H Watts Cedar Rapids and a niece Mary Jane Wright Kansas City Missouri She was a member of First Lutheran church Cedar chapter OES UCT TPA and Jane Delano auxiliary to the Spanish War veterans Services will be held at Turner chapel with time to be announced Friends may call Saturday
A new river safety committee meets tonight in Police Chief Tom Condon’s office to draft rules for Cedar River boating. Harry Gunderson of the American Legion auxiliary police unit leads the effort to regulate river traffic andenable police oversight with volunteer helpers and boats offered for part time duty.
In Rome Crown Prince Humbert appointed Ivanoe Bonomi as premier to replace Badoglio after liberation. Bonomi, 71, former Rome Committee of National Liberation president, was chosen amid a push for unity. Badoglio declined forming a new cabinet.
Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire reported Roosevelt in better physical condition than the average man his age. The 62 year old president, after a month in South Carolina, improved remarkably due to a restful routine and a winter illness recovery. He returned May 7 and had a full checkup at Bethesda May 26.
The United States Junior Chamber of Commerce holds its third war conference and silver anniversary meeting in Omaha starting June 16 with the executive committee session and continuing through June 19.
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