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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1943
Page
13
June 18 1942 Cedar Rapids forecast for warmer weather with a hot dry wind from the south. Readings show 82 at 2:30 pm, humidity down to 30 percent, morning low 58, clear sky. Coupons and fuel items noted with validity through summer and October and a brush pile fire on Forty second Street SE at 9 24 pm.
Mildred Michalek listed as heir of Tony Michalek and Fern Gardner referenced as heir of Russell Gardner in a probate notice detailing succession actions and potential property transfers.
Viola Gallagher sues Donald L. Gallagher and Gladys Pechar sues John A. Pechar in separate petitions for divorce as listed in court notices.
A series of birth notices lists families in Cedar Rapids and other cities. John Ivan Reid and Jeannette Maxa share Cedar Rapids ties with a newborn, along with D.C. Maher and Doris Brown in the U.S. Army. Mildred Sparling and M. Sparling also in Cedar Rapids welcome a child. Other births occur in Fairfax New York and Tulsa involving families including Hedges MacKay and Lawson with connections to military service and local addresses.
Fannie E. Robinson, wife of tap dancer Bill Robinson, obtained a Nevada divorce from Judge A. J. Maestretti on grounds of extreme mental cruelty. The Reno hearing concluded with the couple separate.
Des Moines Iowa Gov B B Hickenlooper reappointed Brig Gen Charles H Grahl of Des Moines as adjutant general and Lieut Col Ralph A Lancaster of Davenport as assistant adjutant general Both remain in federal service and do not draw state salaries Grahl also serves as state selective service director while Lancaster is assistant selective service director
Overtime parking fines imposed on Mrs. Louis V Cerveny at 1758 Mallory Street SW Mrs J Delaney at 2621 Wilson Avenue SW Mrs Cecil Reed at 826 Eighth Street SE George F Martinek at 347 Park Terrace SE Lilian Reynolds at 1410 Fifth Avenue SE all fined 1 dollar and costs Failure to stop for a signal Otis A Avis Walker fined 2 dollars and costs
Forty major U S aircraft manufacturers urged against government ownership or strict control of domestic and international air routes after the war. They called for limited postwar government action only in negotiations on international accords, safety standards, and fair access, while preserving free enterprise in air transport.
Washington AP reports Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt plans a possible South American tour this summer. No official announcement exists, but unnamed sources say details are forming with the Office of Inter-American Affairs coordinating. She has previously traveled abroad and recently studied Spanish, with Brazil among tentative stops.
Rapid City South Dakota five soldiers killed and five injured when a four motor Army bomber crashed and burned during takeoff at the Army Air Base. Base commander Major Bilis E Eno said no further details were available. Names of the dead and injured withheld pending notification of relatives.
Omaha dispatch reports Brig. Gen. Paul B. Clemens announced an imminent crackdown on non-essential lighting across nine states of the Seventh Army command. Plans target billboard, plant protection, and store window display lights due to coal shortages and recent work stoppages.
Courthouse records show W W Hasbrouck 52 of 4434 Mt Vernon road SE held in Linn county jail on a writ with a false check used to buy a horse. Deputy P J Whittemore assisted in the pickup Friday morning. Bonnie V Coy named administratrix for her husband Lee S Coy who died June 10 in Cedar Rapids. Clarence A Carter named administrator for Tressle Carter who died Feb 20. Charles Jenista named administrator for Regina Jenista who died April 15.
In May Linn county residents receiving old age assistance totaled 1724 with an average county payment of 2279 dollars while the state average was 22.57. Aid to the blind in Linn county averaged 2819 dollars with the state average at 29.17. Across Iowa last month 54174 received old age assistance and 1507 received aid to the blind. Ellen Hanson seeks separate maintenance from George A Hanson in district court.
Holders of A gasoline ration books should not send in empty books without an renewal application. The forms will be available after mid next week. Four items are needed for renewal: the application, the back cover, name and address, and a tire inspection record. ODT certificates and inspection records for T cards should be mailed now as new books arrive by July 1.
A. E. Melsa of 706 Third Street SW, conductor, injured when his freight train left the rails near Burlington Thursday, was reported improving by Rock Island officials Friday. He would likely be moved to a Cedar Rapids hospital Friday night or Saturday. Two brakemen, C. J. Klima and Roy C. Hubler, both uninjured, remained in Burlington to bring the train back to Cedar Rapids.
British and German broadcasts tie the eastern Mediterranean to looming Balkan action. Greek sources say Thessaly’s plains and mountains are under guerrilla control with passes requiring permits, amid German threats and Italian occupation fears. Radio Moscow and London report troop movements, evacuation plans, and Mussolini purges as Germany braces for possible retaliation and a peace coup against Allied raids.
Barbara and Edward Sandler, children of Mrs Phylliss Sandler of 368 Seventeenth Street SE, will spend the summer in Chicago with Mrs Sandler's parents, Mr and Mrs M L Johnson. Mrs Sandler and two younger children will join in late July.
Veil Raymond Pence, claiming AWOL status from Fort Stevens Oregon, was held for military authorities after being arrested in a Magnus hotel tap room Thursday night. Mrs. Ellis Jane NW received a White House letter thanking her for a Roosevelt tribute photo showing a floral display at Ellis park with a war bond message.
Maidrite Sandwich shop at 1323 First Avenue SE was burglarized early Friday when thieves entered through a window and stole about 48 dollars from a crack in the cash box. Manager Ernie Gundling noted the money was normally kept hidden but the break-in succeeded anyway.
Olie Jones 62 died Thursday morning in a Barron Wisconsin hospital. Born December 25 1880 in Vinton he had lived in Barron for many years. Surviving are four brothers Zude Barron WI Joan Flandreau SD Miles Mt. Auburn and Wilson 4911 L street SW two nieces and a nephew Services will be held Sunday in Vinton with burial at Bear Creek cemetery Brandon.
Funeral services for Mrs William S Corbett of 632 First Avenue NW will be held at St Patrick's church Saturday at 9 am with Rev D J Lenihan officiating. Burial will be in Mt Calvary cemetery. Body moved from Monahan funeral home to the family residence where friends may call. Father Lenihan to recite the rosary at the residence Friday at 8 pm.
Washington AP reports that completing the eastward extension of the big inch oil pipeline around August 1 could tighten restrictions on Midwestern motorists while not easing civilian gasoline use in the East. An unnamed source says Midwest cuts now are avoided due to rail capacity, but pipeline opening would shift fuel deliveries east. The forecast aligns with a Bureau of Mines note that nationwide gasoline stocks are nearing critical levels except on the West Coast.
Harold J. Rowe, president of Ambro Advertising Agency in Cedar Rapids, was awarded the Ellis Plan Expert degree at a New York luncheon by the Ellis Foundation for distinguished public service. The citation noted Rowe’s military service, leadership roles in advertising associations, and lifelong commitment to applying management engineering for community benefit.
The report outlines 1944 plans to house 200000 prisoners by year end at an estimated 271 million dollars, with over 55 million for prisoner pay. It notes venereal disease reductions since 1941, a battle death rate of 20 to 25 percent, and radar enabling the Attu landings. Totals include 11.5 billion for pay, 2.46 billion subsistence, 1.89 billion clothing, 15.04 billion ordnance, and a peak 8,233,083 uniformed personnel for 1944, with thousands of officers and enlisted, including women in nursing and support roles.
In Springfield, Illinois, Allis-Chalmers workers returned to full production on night shift after a two day idle period. Don Schweitzer, the plant manager, announced both war plants resumed operations as union miners made a bid for a majority eligible to vote on a bargaining election following a United Mine Workers strike that began Tuesday.
A Dies subcommittee scheduled an inspection tour of the Poston Arizona war relocation center after concluding hearings in Los Angeles. The tour aims to assess conditions and operations at the facility housing evacuees from the West Coast.
Washington AP officials weighed possible new rationing programs for coal milk clothing and electricity amid a pending budget request to cover six potential programs for the fiscal year starting July 72. Officials stressed no orders exist and disclosure could spark hoarding.
Donald Siank a 16 year old from Elkhart Indiana testified before City Judge Charles Hughes that he was effectively enslaved by Truck Driver James D Chuboy for 15 dollars a month earning only 25 cents weekly He claimed 5 a m to 11 p m work plus bag collection until 12 30 a m and that he was beaten with a pipe wrench When he complained his father was told to return him to work or face reform school The judge ordered Chuboy to appear for trial on charges of beating the boy
Clint on (Jack Calvin) Kelly, 42, of Cedar Rapids, was sentenced to ten years in the state prison at Fort Madison after pleading guilty to theft of tools from the Oliver Herring contractor shop.
BELEM Brazil up 56 passengers and crew perished when the Amazon river packet Moacyr burned Thursday night. Authorities believe an explosion sparked the disaster. Fire and salvage crews rushed to the scene as officials opened inquiries into the tragedy.
Seventeen year old youths from eastern Iowa were accepted for the naval reserve with one entering active service in Des Moines on Thursday. Named are Delbert E. Koep pen Keystone navy Howard F. Field Taft hotel Glenn L. Hoppe Middle Amana Richard H. Sev erin Keystone John J. Beckman 1802 D street SW Samuel J. Mit tan 712 Seventh avenue SE Donald C. James Martelle and Charles C. Dougherty 2924 Center Point road, all naval reserve.
Prof Dell Hitchner of Coe College outlined the origins of US Japan tensions at a High Twelve lunch at the Roosevelt hotel. He traced nineteenth century Chinese and Japanese governance, listed four conflict points immigration naval and commercial rivalry and aggression, and argued for teaching Japan war is futile. He predicted a long attritional war, Japan’s cities ruined, and calls for returning seized territories since 1895 and complete demobilization.
Treasury chief Henry Morgenthau Jr outlines a plan to raise 12 billion dollars in new taxes for fiscal 1944, 25 percent below the Roosevelt goal yet enough to cover about half war costs. The plan foresees no general sales tax but may include excises and a spending tax, with income and corporate rates likely rising. The new levy would start January 1, 1944, and Congress will consider it after a summer recess.
Eighty five Coe college men stationed at Camp Roberts California plan a Dad's Day program Sunday at the USO center. C M Angel and Bill Moore organized it with Capt Strozdas aiding. The event includes letters from home and messages from Iowa colleges to farewell the trainees around July 1.
Dispatches from Salinea near Gibraltar report three United States destroyers joining a British force already in harbor, comprising two aircraft carriers two battleships and twelve destroyers. The note, filed Friday, adds to mounting tensions in the region.
General Barzynski, commander of a major army quartermaster depot, visited Cedar Rapids to award the Army Navy “E” pennant to Quaker Oats and praised the local mill’s wartime supply work. He described the depot s four regionally linked depots, its central procurement role, and its function as a port of embarkation for supplies and air shipments. The officer spoke on nutrition research and food packaging at the depot’s large subsistence lab. He was accompanied by Major Carl Hilker Capt J Burkhart Harvey Ower and Al Nygren. His daughter Eunice Barzynski recently trained at Fort Des Moines and sent him an army Father s Day card, while his son Joseph J Jr a lieutenant colonel in the air corps commands the 77th reconnaissance group in Abilene Texas.
NEW YORK INS report says King George VI arrived in Gibraltar from North Africa on Thursday. He will inspect fortifications and observe army and air force exercises while his suite travels with two four engine bombers that landed at Gibraltar from Algiers earlier that day.
War correspondents attached to Allied headquarters were presented to King George on the balcony of his tree-hidden villa during a ceremony in North Africa.
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