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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1942
Page
5
Chinese forces reportedly gained positions across the Kan river near Nanchang in Kiangsi province, threatening the Japanese Kiangsi Chekiang pincers drive. Shangjao fell near the Kiangsi Chekiang border as Japan targets railway control, while Allied offensives urged to strike toward Japan.
A four week refresher course for officers on the WAAC officer candidate school faculty opened at Fort Des Moines. The program focuses on leadership instruction as preparation for the WAAC training center opening around July 20 when 400 women arrive for preliminary training before regular recruitment. Col. Don C. Faith will lead the course with a six man staff.
The Glow Room hosts a cooking school in the Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co building Tuesday at 2 15 p m. Miss Evelyn G Prusek of Pasadena Calif visits her parents at 1024 Sixteenth Avenue SE. The Master and Journeymen Barbers auxiliary meet Wednesday at 12 30 p m for a Daniels Park picnic bringing a covered dish. Nine Railway Express Agency trucks in Cedar Rapids display air corps recruiting and bend sale posters this week per Sgt Vern W Small Army recruiting office.
Charles Pulkrab of 1003 Twenty sixth street SE suffered a head cut and body bruises when he was thrown from a horse in Bever park Sunday evening.
The United Brethren church invites all to a Bever park picnic Tuesday evening with a 5 PM sports program and a 6 30 PM dinner. Attendees should bring picnic supplies and ice cream will be provided.
Gateway City Transfer Company of LaCrosse Wisconsin has assumed the trucking route formerly run by Kaiser Truck Service from Waterloo through Cedar Rapids to St Louis. Harry F Sundberg traffic bureau manager of the Chamber of Commerce announced the change.
Two brothers from Oxford Junction paid $10 fines each in the court of Justice of the Peace Frank Shimanek after being caught snagging fish at the Oxford Junction dam. Conservation Officer Ray Beckman of Emery described the hooks as the meanest he had seen.
Philip Clark and Hugh Anderson, both 21 and from Syracuse, were detained by Cedar Rapids detectives Saturday as navy stragglers. Warrant Officer M C Madson said they will be sent to Des Moines then to Boston. They claimed a Boston yeoman promised a leave.
Adverts tout a new mild painless home treatment for piles by Dr A Johnson with 28 years of experience. The offer promises free information and medicines proven effective at the Dr Johnson Rectal Clinic in Kansas City Missouri.
They left Boston on June 4 to visit a relative of Anderson in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
A person sustained injuries but was discharged from the hospital after treatment early Sunday. Authorities have not disclosed further details about the incident or the condition of the individual.
One hundred copies of a new OPA price control bulletin are available at the Chamber of Commerce. The bulletin aims to inform retailers about general maximum price regulation and how it affects pricing practices.
John Stahlberg aged 38 of Monticello was found on a porch at 121 Third Street NW with his right side partly paralyzed. An Ambulance Service crew took him to St Luke's Hospital around 10 a.m. Monday. The homeowner who found him did not know how long he had been there.
Mrs Robert Mingo of 1844 Zika avenue NW was treated for facial lacerations after her car collided with a diesel engine near Fourth street tracks and Twelfth avenue SE around midnight Saturday. Her husband, driver Mr Mingo, sustained a nose injury. She remained in St Luke's hospital Monday in good condition.
Richard Lones, 29, YMCA, arrested on larceny in a warrant sworn by his wife before Justice H. R. Church ill. He was released on a $25 bond after appearing Monday. Mrs. Lones said they are separated and he took a box with an iron an alarm clock and other items from her mother's house where she stays.
The Rev. E Forrest Byers pastor of Bethany Congregational church leaves Tuesday morning to attend the general council of the Congregational Christian churches of America in Durham New Hampshire. He was elected ministerial delegate for the Davenport association and Mrs Byers will accompany him as far as Beaver Falls Pennsylvania. They expect to return about July 1.
Police hunted suspects Monday after vandals Sunday stole several metal house numbers from yards in the east end of town. The figures are missing from multiple homes, prompting an investigation by local authorities.
Police suspect children vandalized public property placing numbers on stakes. Six digits appeared in a yard on the 1800 block of B avenue NE and three more on the porch of a home in the 400 block of Sixteenth Street SE.
A Sea Scout committee asks the city to roof half the boathouse, citing river patrols on weekends and aid to boating and swimming parties. They estimate a full roofing costs about $2,000 and note they have already repaired the structure with limited funds. The council asked the committee to submit plans and estimates.
Cedar Rapids Kiwanis members observe the twenty seventh anniversary of Kiwanis founding in Detroit. W L Paxson will speak on All Kiwanis Week at a Roosevelt hotel luncheon. The Cedar Rapids club and others declare war on partisanship and bickering that could hamper wartime armed forces progress, pledges to Roosevelt.
Des Moines police sought a safe cracksman who opened a safe at Boyce's restaurant in downtown Des Moines on Sunday and stole about $500.
Eight men enlistments and a reenlistment are reported by Cedar Rapids recruit office Solidamaameaanamemeon. Walter L. Shelliyer of Columbus Junction reenlisted after a prior marine term. Five new Marines include Arthur D. Clark Jr and Robert Lee Hoehle among others with addresses in Iowa locales.
Safety Commissioner Wes Benesh opened a move to abolish the police department secretary job in Cedar Rapids by introducing a council resolution. Theodore Simon held the post and will retire July 1, with his resignation joining the police pension list under civil service rules. A clerk under the police chief will assume duties, not an appointive secretary.
Dr. F. M. Munich of Laurens elected state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to succeed Ray Echternacht of Monticello at the Iowa VFW convention in Newton. Other officers include D. G. V. Grewell Marshalltown as senior vice commander and Clayton L. Murphy Council Bluffs as junior vice commander. The 1943 convention was awarded to Mason City.
Lawrence Edwin Boden a 15 year old Boy Scout from Pikesville Maryland told police Saturday night he had parental permission to hitchhike to California. He remained in city jail Monday as authorities sorted out who would notify his parents Sergt Fred Carstens staff said.
Police charge juvenile work on the force and truant officer Stanley Jonas said Capt. Steve Stolba had telephoned the parents. Stolba later denied calling Pilil when questioned by Carstens. A motorist who offered a ride took the boy to the police station Saturday night. Stolba grew suspicious of the note authorizing hitchhiking to visit an aunt in California, and the boy confessed he wrote the note himself.
Mrs Lee Howard of a farm northwest of Mt Vernon was discharged from University hospital Iowa City last Thursday to convalesce after an operation June 2 to remove a brain clot arising from a fall on church steps Easter Sunday. Her condition is reported as good.
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