Patterson Assails Tire Recap Plan
Under secretary of War Robert Patterson testified before the Senate Banking Committee opposing a bill for a wide recapping program using new and reclaimed rubber. He argued the Army and war workers must have transportation and equipment, asserting victory would secure rubber while defeat would halt auto traffic and civilian supply.
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Washington
INS
Robert P. Patterson
Senate
Senate Banking
War Department
Gestapo
Spring Chicken Dinner Adopts City Briefs Theme
Solon Auditorium hosts a Fairfax St Patrick event with chicken dinner Sunday 11 45 to 2 00 reservations 50 cents at Young's cigar store. Police chase a man who passed a $1850 bogus check last week. Amos Wilson accepted it at 124 First Avenue East. Evangelist Eugene Palmer spoke Thursday at the Sunshine Mission.
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Fairfax
St. Patrick's
Young's Cigar Store
Amos Wilson
First Avenue E
The
Sunshine Mission
Eugene Palmer
Special campaign at Dairy Dale church guest speaker
A special campaign at the Dairy Dale community church last Sunday will feature a guest speaker. A 34.30 tax lien was filed in federal court Wednesday by E H Birmingham internal revenue collector against Earl G Christensen covering 1940 income taxes. Gazette carrier Ed Packingham lost 10 in 10 cent war savings stamps Tuesday night between the Gazette office and Sixth Street SE. His phone is 8466.
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Dairy Dale
E. H. Birmingham
Internal Revenue Collector
Earl G Christensen
Citizenship classes move from McKinley to Czech school
Three citizenship classes shift locations to the Czech school on Second Street at Tenth Avenue SE for summer. The English courses on Monday and Tuesday evenings and the government class on Thursday evenings will now meet at the new site.
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McKinley School
Second Street
Tenth Avenue SE
Water safety film and bass fishing talk at chamber meeting
The Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce hosts a meeting at the Chamber building tonight at 6 15 PM. R W Beckman Linn County conservation officer will show the water safety and bass fishing films.
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Young Mens Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
R W Beckman
Linn County Conservation Officer
Cedar Rapids Firms Merge to form New Legal Partnership
The law firms of Trewin Simmons and Trewin and Perrine and Albright both of Cedar Rapids have merged into Trewin Simmons Perrine and Albright. The new organization includes Haven Y. Simmons Harold R. Trewin B T Perrine and Justin W Albright.
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Trewin, Simmons and Trewin
Perrine and
Albright
Cedar Rapids
Trewin, Simmons, Perrine and Albright
Haven Y. Simmons
Harold R. Trewin
B. T. Perrine
Justin W. Albright
Confidence in Laval affirmed by Petain at luncheon
Marshal Petain declared his absolute confidence in Pierre Laval as French chief of government at a luncheon. In Iceland, codfish are used as a medium of exchange.
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Laval
Petain
VICHY
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Pierre Laval
Cedar Rapids to Oil Fourteen Streets in Recent Resolution
A resolution ordering oiling of fourteen Cedar Rapids streets was filed by street commissioner Dave Williams and placed on file. The measure will be up for passage at next Thursday's council meeting and lists streets including First Avenue FE, Sixth Street NW, Fifteenth Avenue SW, and others across multiple quadrants.
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Cedar Rapids
Dave Williams
First Avenue FE
Thirty Second
Thirty-third
Sixth Street
J Avenue
K Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Seventh Street
Fifteenth Avenue
Fourth Street
Twenty Ninth Street
C Avenue
Franklin Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
F Avenue
Collins Radio Company
E Avenue
Center Point Road
Fifteenth Street
Twelfth Street
Ilinois Central Railroad
Twelfth
Thirteenth Avenues
Thirteenth Avenue
Third Street
M Street
Tenth Street
Eleventh Street
Forest Drive
Liberty Drive
Memorial Drive
Twenty -Ninth Street
H Avenue
I Avenue
Deaths listed for Henry F. Jones and several others
Henry Francis Jones 76 a former Cedar Rapids builder died in Glendale California after moving to Cedar Rapids in 1907 and leaving in 1922 He is survived by two daughters two sisters and a brother The body will be taken to Eldora for burial Also obituary notices for Joseph A Hrdlicka and Bertha Elizabeth Doty with funeral details marriages and survivors noted
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Henry Francis Jones
Cedar Rapids
Glendale
Calif
Master Builders Association of Town
O. F. Paulson
Margaret Loeb
Los Angeles
Ida Sargent
William E Fain
Houston
Tex
Walter L Jones
Fullerton
Eldora
Japs To Release Cedar Rapids Couple From Bangkok Camp
Mrs Jay Clare Warner formerly Mary Louise Buser of Cedar Rapids and her husband, a former prisoner of war, are listed for repatriation on the first exchange ship. They were interned near Bangkok, Thailand, with other English speakers. Parents in Cedar Rapids learned of the news from Lt. Col. Howard Freese through war department channels.
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Jay Clare Warner
Mary Louise Buser
Cedar Rapids
Warner
Bangkok
Thailand
Japan
FE. J. Buser
Fourth Avenue SE
Howard Fresee
Information Bureau
U. S. War Department
International Engineering Company of New York
Warners
Department of State
War Department
Cedar Rapids Family Names in Funeral Note
Roy Dickinson and family members from Cedar Rapids share details for a pending funeral. The body rests at Beatty chapel as arrangements are prepared, naming Roy Dickinson Jr and Samuel MerrilJs as relatives.
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Roy Dickinson
Roy Dickinson, Jr
Samuel MerrilJs
Cedar Rapids
Beatty Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Marian Sykora announced
Funeral services for Mrs Marian Sykora of 73 Sixteenth avenue SW will be conducted in the Kuba chapel Friday at 2 pm by the Rey Zdenek Park. Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery. Pallbearers include Stanley Christie John Havlicek Leo Mraz John Seel Lumir Kopecky and Frank Rance. Friends may call at the funeral home. Boise Wagner formerly of the Grand hotel in Cedar Rapids died at the University.
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Marian Sykora
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids
Kuba Chapel
Rey Zdenek
Obituary Notice for Local Resident in Washington
A local resident who recently worked at the Burlington ordnance plant leaves a son James in town and a daughter Lucille Sota in California. Services will be held in Washington on Friday.
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Town City
Ordnance
Burlington
James
Lucille Sota
California
Washington
Obituary of John Baker 1885 Cedar Rapids native dies
John Baker aged 47 of Cedar Rapids died at 5 am Thursday after a lingering illness. Born March 8 1885 in Johnson county he lived there until moving to Cedar Rapids 14 years ago. Survived by wife Helen three sons Leonard Edward Joseph a daughter Mrs Bruce Barnes three grandchildren two sisters Mrs Joseph Hula and Mrs Charles Feyerbend and brother George Baker of Oxford. Body at Polansky chapel pending funeral arrangements.
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Bertha Elizabeth Doty
Detroit
Perry Merrill
Third Street
John E Doty
Robins
Cedar Rapids
John Baker
Wilson Avenue
Johnson County
Helen
Leonard
Edward
Joseph
Bruce Barnes
Joseph Hula
Charles Feyerabend
George Baker
Oxford
Polansky Chapel
Culp Lawsuit Near Stage of Written Briefs at Courthouse
After Wednesday's testimony in Allie Culp v. No 3 United Packing House Workers of America, both sides rest and will file written briefs to Judge G K Thompson. About four weeks needed for briefs. Culp seeks injunction against union officials alleging agitation for his dismissal. Testimony from Horace Gates Frank Severn and Otto Carstens Jr. cited. rebuttal witnesses include James McMillan Willie Williams Thomas Burnett Arthur Welch Clyde Jones Thomas Mason and Rev D O Bell.
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Allie Culp
United Packing House Workers of America
G. K. Thompson
Culp
Horace Gates
Frank Severn
Wilson and Company
Otto Carstens, Jr
John Morrell Packing Company
Ottumwa
James T McMillan
Wilson Company
Willie Williams
Thomas Burnett
Arthur Welch
Clyde Jones
Wilson
Thomas Mason
D. O. Bell
Divorces Filed by Cedar Rapids Residents
Two petitions for divorce were filed on Wednesday by Cedar Rapids residents. Rose Goodwater sued Herbert L. Goodwater seeking custody of their son Donald. Faith E. Connor sued Carlos J. Connor charging cruel and inhuman treatment.
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Cedar Rapids
Rose Goodwater
Herbert L. Goodwater
Donald Faith E. Connor
Carlos J. Connor
Child Custody Request Reveals Weekly Support Ask
The document shows a mother seeking custody of an eight year old son Andrew and requesting a twenty dollar weekly support payment. The filing outlines parenting arrangements and financial support as the key issues.
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Andrew
Three Cars Pile Up East of Marion Injures One
John Prazak of 213 Fourth Street NW suffered facial and knee cuts when three vehicles crashed at the intersection of highways 13 and 151, two miles east of Marion, at 9 50 am. He received emergency care at St Luke's Hospital and was released. The incident involved three westbound cars on 151, according to HP Trooper James E Clapp.
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John Prazak
Fourth Street
Marion
Prazak
St Luke's Hospital
James E. Clapp
Car Crash Sends Three to Silence Manors
In Magnolia Minnesota Harry R Nelson rear ended Mary E French of Escanaba Michigan after French car paused at a stop sign. The impact pushed the French vehicle into John Henry Oltmann of Anamosa Iowa. Prazak riding with Oltmann was thrown against the windshield and both cars suffered heavy damage per Clapp.
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Harry R. Nelson
Magnolia
Minn
Mary E. French
Escanaba
Mich
John Henry Oltmann
Anamosa
Prazak
Oltmann
Clapp
Sheriff Finds Missing Husband in Own County Jail
Pueblo Colorado AP report says Sheriff Tom Murphy searched two days at an anxious wife’s request for her missing husband. He eventually located the man hiding in Murphy’s county jail after shaving his mustache and using a false name.
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Pueblo
Colo
Tom Murphy
Murphy
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Patterson
City Briefs
Solon Auditorium
St. Bridget and St. Mary’s
George E. Smith
E. E. Reynolds
Waterloo
Post Office Clerks Auxiliary State Convention
Council
Henry F. Jones
Z. A. Hrdlicka Funeral
Joseph A. Hrdlicka
Fourth Avenue
Iowa City
Barta Chapel
W. Z. Henline
Oak Hill
Belle Plaine
Western
Morris Hrdlicka
Rude Auto Company
Hearn-Stevenson Company
Mary L. Brown
Marengo
Ed Kadera
West Branch
Paul Brown
Swisher
Charles
William
Williamsport
Everd Anderson
Uncle Sam
QWA Dairy Industry Commission
Iowa
TTC
CNC
UU Atll To Pena
I Daily
Busers
Boise Wagner
Boise
Boscoe" Wagner
Grand Hotel
University
Chica
Club
Wmtehel Bottling CO
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Liggett
American Optical Company
Underwriters’ Laboratories
A.C
Breaith
Libby
Scholl
Lic
Hall
Rexall
Rexall Drug Stores
Tiird ST
Third Ave
Third ST
P&g
Igc
Lady Esther
FITCH
Schratz
Ide
Paris
Max Factor
Make
Arthur Murray
Faith Odo-Ro-No
Amelia
Elkay
Griffin's Alchor Liquid
Elkay’s
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