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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1945
Page
6
Daily Record outlines June 1945 rationing dates for meat foods blue stamps and sugar with stamps aliases. gas and fuel oil coupons schedules. airplane shoe stamps and next issues. Also lists divorces and justice court cases with fines for drunkenness, assault and traffic offenses, plus birth notices and local incidents.
SAN FRANCISCO INS reports the Imperial Rule Assistance Association formed in 1940 by Prince Konoye was dissolved on Wednesday. Radio Tokyo said the move aligns with government steps to convert the organization into a civilian volunteer corps for home island defense, with functions transferred to the Political Association of Great Japan.
Miss Ann Turner of Ames was installed as grand worthy adviser of the Rainbow for Girls at the twentieth annual session. Other officers named include Sue Stephens of Des Moines as associate worthy adviser and Mary Beth Duncan of Atlantic as Charity, with Vernita Vernon of Monticello as Faith and Mary Ellen Simmons of Bonaparte as treasurer. Appointee to the State executive committee includes Mrs Ethel A. Ballard of West Union.
Linn county plans a 45 minute meeting of all sales personnel at the Paramount theater at 8 15 a m on June 20 to bolster E bond sales. Lt Helen M Talboy a Des Moines resident and Anzio hospital nurse will speak. Bond sales for Tuesday totaled 74664 and the county's E bonds total reached 2 274 093 toward a 3 490 000 quota with 15 reporting days left.
Washington AP reports war bond sales to individuals in the seventh loan drive totaled 5.28 billion dollars, 75.4 percent of the 7 billion quota. E bond sales stand at 2.377 billion dollars, about 594 percent of the 47 billion goal.
A father and grandfather reflect on a six year old’s noisy rambunctious energy. The piece contrasts parental pride in a child’s daring with the nerves it unsettles. It questions whether both parents could stay as calm as the boy’s restraint and fear at near danger.
War Dads meet at the YMCA little theater at 7 30 Wednesday with Elmer A Johnson delivering Upholding Our Flag. Catherine Duster and Jean Gillen perform a patriotic dance while Jack Mordorst plays accordion and Fred Erickson handles piano specialties. event honors Flag Day and welcomes service members on leave.
The U S House approved a bill 251 to 105 outlawing the poll tax as a prerequisite to voting in all federal elections and primaries. The measure now goes to the Senate where similar bills stalled previously. Promoters led by Adam Clayton Powell and William Dawson argued the move would release 10 million citizens from barriers. Southern opposition labeled it unconstitutional and an infringement on states rights.
Washington AP said five of Iowa's eight Republican congressmen sided with the majority as the house passed and sent to the senate a bill outlawing poll tax payments as a prerequisite to voting in any federal election. Cunningham Dolliver Hoeven Le Compte and Talle voted yes. Jensen voted no and Martin Gwynne did not vote.
Pfc. Glenn J. Hansen of St. Paul Minnesota lost his left hand to a saber during a raid but used his carbine as a pistol to kill two Japanese and save comrades. He waited in a foxhole until dawn then trudged two miles to aid station carrying the severed hand. The action earned him the Distinguished Service Cross.
In Champaign Illinois Mrs Vashti McCollum a University of Illinois instructor filed for a court order to stop religious education in city public schools. Church leaders and the school board oppose the suit arguing it challenges state education. McCollum an atheist says the courses embarrass her son James Terry age 10 who is not enrolled.
President Truman urged Senate action on the United Nations charter for a peace organization before Congress recesses. Officials said he wants rapid ratification after the San Francisco conference drafts are submitted by the 50 nations, arguing delay helps opponents of U S participation. Senate and House debates touched on Russia’s role and tariff policy as part of postwar trade discussions.
Washington AP The Smaller War Plants corporation announced a plan to grant veterans a top priority to buy up to 2500 worth of surplus property. The plan, effective July 1, aims to speed surplus transfer from government stocks to veterans' businesses and deter unscrupulous buyers.
Lt. George William Holmes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Holmes of 369 Forest Drive SE, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement on four combat flights as a Flying Fortress pilot. A veteran of 35 missions against Germany, he also holds the Air Medal with three clusters and a Presidential Unit Citation. He attended Franklin High School, Coe College, and graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.
Petitions for permanent injunctions were filed in federal district court by the Quad-Cities Office of Price Administration against two Cedar County lockers. Burdette Easter operating the Lowden Locker plant and F G Port with K G Walker of Tipton allegedly stored and sold ungraded meat in violation of regulation order No 1 since 1945. Cedar County is among Quad-Cities district towns.
Patrick P. Bannon an Iowa City veteran pleaded guilty to assault and battery before Justice W A Ball on Wednesday. He received a $100 fine and costs with $75 suspended on payment of the remaining balance and costs. The charge was brought by Peggy Ann Glade of 233 Sinclair avenue SE.
Gov. Blue announced Ottumwa manufacturer Seth Barker as chairman of the Iowa development commission. Webster City farmer William H. Yungelas was named vice chairman. The body replaces the Iowa industrial and defense commission, which expires June 30.
World War I veterans have presented 1050 adjusted service bonds with a maturity value of 66675 at post offices since May 1. Bonds pay 63.50 each, including 50 principal and 13.50 interest, with no further interest after June 15. Morgenthau says bonds may be presented at any post office or Federal Reserve bank for payment by check to the registered owner after proper identification and signature.
In San Francisco A A Gromyko chairman of the Russian UNCIO delegation said the delegation cannot be responsible for UP dispatches dated June 7 and 8 claiming Russian policy was flexible on the veto issue. He stated no official Russian statement exists and urged the public not to treat the quotes as the delegation’s position.
Paris report quotes Col. Thomas J. Kane as saying German forces in retreat left delayed action bombs with 80 day clocks at key points including Cherbourg and Paris. One such device was linked to the 1943 Naples post office explosion. Bomb squads later removed 1,600 tons of demolition bombs found in Paris.
Seattle customers found no meat available as Tony Travelli ran out of supplies and displayed a lamb skeleton in his shop window prompting amused reactions from passersby.
Jim Scolaro elected commander of Hanford post No. 5 American Legion at the annual meeting in the coliseum. New officers include Clay Ellis George Thompson Walter Miller Russell Manatt Max Bromwell Ed Lundquist Harry Gardner and John Denton. Scolaro, Cedar Rapids resident since childhood, has served as city assessor since 1940 after WWI service with the Seventh division. Election marks a WWII veteran becoming vice commander for Ellis, with other vets Ralph Mack and Paul Ward losing by narrow margins.
The veteran, Craft, describes engaging enemy with spears and grenades, firing through withering fire, and verifying Japanese casualties. He claims about 85 enemy soldiers killed, plus captured weapons including knee mortars, machine guns, rifles, and ammunition.
Muriel S oeans of Springville died Tuesday after a lingering illness, tied to a brother-in law Berbee 2 Peet in Cedar Falls. Services Thursday at 2 p.m. Hunté funeral home Springville with Rev. Harold Hewitt officiating. Burial in Sprayeville cemetery.
Mrs Frank Lanka of 190 Twentieths avenue SW died last night. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 a m at the Janeba funeral home conducted by Theodore B Hluduchy. Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the Janeba funeral home.
The east side state store urges buying liquor permits now to avoid lines after June 30. permits cost $1 and require ration book or driver’s license. New brown two page books start July 1, with 350 issued by Wednesday noon. East and south side stores report annual sales in the thousands.
Linn county board of supervisors met openly Tuesday and issued three cigarette permits to Troy Winegar for the Twin Towers Cafe Floyd E Mitchell of Waubeek and Olive Brunskill for the Wee Blue Inn on Mt Vernon road SE Mitchell also received a class C beer permit The board accepted 48 from Stony Point Telephone Co to settle a 1922 bill totaling 66 78 including penalties due to the auditor Otto Hanzlik explained rural lines leave farmers with their own phones The board approved a 20 payment to William H Bleakly Linn county home steward for six months amounting to 120 to cover emergencies in running the home.
Former Rural Electrification Administration chief Claude R. Wickard is called "a joke" by Harry Slattery who resigned from REA last November. Slattery testifies to the Senate Agriculture Committee that Wickard created a political muddle with double-talk and double-dealing. Senator Ellender says the feud may be personal.
Washington United States treasury announces extended income tax exemption for service members redeployed to the Pacific. The period in which a serviceman overseas may stay in the United States without tax obligations increases from three and a half months to five and a half months after consult with the War Department on furlough and training timelines.
Dr. Frank E. Mossman 71 a former Morningside college president Sioux City Ia died Tuesday from a cerebral hemorrhage He led Morningside from 1918 to 1931 then became president of Southwestern college Winfield retiring in 1942 Born August 26 1873 in Urbana Ia he was ordained in the Methodist ministry in 1903 His wife and four children survive.
Two wounded veterans Lt. William W. Drury and Lt. James S. Silverman arrived in Cedar Rapids to boost war plant output. They will meet with H. J. Eberhart and Charles W. Smith to plan plant visits, aim to cut absenteeism, and explain front line sacrifices to workers. They tour 24 days across Iowa, part of a five‑team drive to keep vital production high.
The army will post representatives at highway check posts in eight states to spot purchase poultry moving to illicit channels. Purchases will be at OPA-fixed prices and apply only to poultry shipped to unauthorized destinations. Check posts span Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia Georgia Arkansas Missouri and Oklahoma, acting at Vie Mobilizer William Davis's request.
Des Moines, AP report shows the Des Moines Real Estate board sold 767 residences in the first five months of 1945, totaling 4,243,630 dollars at an average price of 5,532 dollars per home.
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