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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1945
Page
2
United policy notes announce red and blue food stamps share dates each month. Red stamps cover ranges E2 J2 through Sept 30, N2 S2 through Aug 31, etc. Gasoline coupons and fuel oil rules updated with expiration dates. Several court cases, fines, and two divorces listed alongside birth notices and local incidents.
Henry Kooi, 42, of 505 Fifth Avenue SE, received a suspended 60 day jail term after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. Mittimus suspended on condition Kooi leaves Linn County by Monday and stays out. revocation possible for violations. Police linked him to the car theft after Kenneth Kemble reported missing keys.
John W. Rath of Waterloo Iowa was chosen chairman of the livestock and meat board after a two day session in Chicago. Other officers elected included Will Muller of Topeka Kansas as vice president W H Tornhave of Chicago as treasurer and R C Pollock of Chicago as secretary and general manager.
Sugar rations in the United States will stay at current levels for at least a year said Earl Wilson director of the CCC sugar section after inspecting drought devastated Cuban cane fields. He noted a CCC offer of 3.45 cents per pound for 1946 Cuban sugar and stressed ongoing tight rationing until production improves.
Ceder Rapids man Pvt George Willis Miller serving with the marines on Okinawa received a slight shoulder flesh wound shortly after the invasion. Son of Mrs Alfred Ramos of 1128 Fourteenth Avenue SE Miller was a Western Union lineman covering the East and Midwest before enlisting in February 1944. He has been overseas since December.
M. L. Myers, 40, was ordered to enter a plea by June 27 to a forgery count filed by County Attorney Carl Hendrickson. Arraigned before Judge Floyd Philbrick, Myers was arrested at his home and accused of passing forged checks including a $32.50 draft drawn on J. E. Benesh’s First Trust and Savings Bank account. The Benesh address listed was 1822 Eighteenth Ave SW, but investigators found no such account or person. Myers arrived at the jail on crutches after a fall in which he was said to have broken a leg. his wife indicated he could face jail.
American engineers and navy personnel repelled a Japanese banzai attack on Labuan island in Borneo. Allied defense, aided by Australian forces, killed at least 39 Japanese and claimed 14 more the next day. A U.S. private described fending off a saber attack during the night.
Ralph P. Glover of Chicago told Cedar Rapids engineers that quality and cost pressures complicate selecting a frequency range for speech and music reproduction. He spoke Friday night at the Chamber of Commerce rooms to the Cedar Rapids section of the Institute of Radio Engineers.
The Agriculture Department reports the 1945 spring pig crop totaled about 51,627,000 head, well below the government goal of 57,500,000. Fall crop projections aim for 35,300,000 with a government goal of 37,000,000, totaling about 87,000,000 hogs for 1945, up slightly from 1944 but far below 1943.
Iowa expects to produce 17,023,000 pigs in the year, about nine percent more than last year. Leslie M. Carl, head of the crop and livestock reporting service, says spring pigs total 11,799,000, up over 250,000 from 1944, with fall litters projected at 5,244,000 based on recent averages.
American and Russian commanders agree on withdrawing seven U S divisions from a northern bulge in Soviet occupation territory The Sixth Armored will return to the United States in late summer for possible demobilization or reserve status The 30th Infantry awaits redeployment and five other divisions will be deployed through the American occupation zone The withdrawal will last nine days in three phases with no contact between forces Cologne reportedly handed to British occupation forces
Des Moines officials placed a hold order on 130 cans of frozen liquid eggs from the Wet Egg Company Atlantic. Tests on 54 cans found a large percentage unfit for human consumption. The 3,900 dozen eggs were broken at Atlantic and stored at Central Service Cold Storage Co. in Des Moines.
Bruce Kippe was sentenced by Judge J. E. Heiserman to 10 years in the men's reformatory after pleading guilty to lar ceny of a motor vehicle. He had earlier received five years for escape after leaving prison farm No 3 on June 11 and stealing a car at Amber. He was recaptured at Cresco on June 15 and returned to Anamosa. his two companions remain at large.
At Mt. Vernon Iowa the Upper Iowa Methodist conference listed deacons and elders ordained and released long district lists of pastoral appointments across Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Dubuque and many towns including Ackley Alb i on Belle Plaine Clarendon and more with dozens of churches to be supplied noted for future assignment.
The verse portrays a belligerent force that seeks to rule through fear and suppression. It frames the tyrant as cruel and unrestrained, promising punishment for dissent and using threats to intimidate.
The House rejected a six month continuation of OPA by 177 to 126 and debated longer term price controls. Speaker Rayburn condemned the six month plan as confusing. Democrats blocked Republican moves to limit profits and require reasonable farm pricing.
President Eisenhower receives praise and a warm welcome in a Wisconsin town. He pays tribute to Truman and urges abatement of threats as officials sort out criminals. He recalls leading three million American service members in Europe and thanks those who could and could not return home.
Washington AP Michael W Straus assistant secretary of interior said the bureau of mines is making synthetic fuels and gasoline The five year 30 million synthetic fuels demonstration program Congress authorized will be a long step toward a synthetic fuels industry He said the United States could declare oil independence if domestic petroleum reserves dwindle and it becomes necessary to switch to synthetic gasoline
Tipton Iowa reports Tech Sergeant Richard C White son of Mr and Mrs R E White received the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement in the Pacific theater. Attached to aviation engineer battalions he gathered news from A E F activities for distribution to the press and radio. A 1937 Iowa University graduate, he went to the Pacific in April 1942.
Gen Antonov presented a sweeping demobilization plan in Moscow to the supreme soviet calling for discharge of Red Army men in 130 age classes. The first group would depart in the second half of this year with cash bonuses clothing and food. Veterans would gain homes, jobs, farm repairs and home loans as the plan unfolds.
The Marines raised the Stars and Stripes over Okinawa at 10 15 Friday morning after the 10th Army declared enemy resistance ended. Brig Gen Lawrence Shick read the order of the day, as color bearers Sgt Ransell Burgess Sgt Bernard Ganger Sgt Donald Brainerd and Sgt William Ragland lifted the flag amid veterans and roaring warplanes.
Des Moines Register reports Sheriff Overturff, long absent from his courthouse post due to a leg injury and ulcers, sold his Des Moines home and moved to 157 acres split between two farm properties near Altoona and Mitchellville. He defends local gambling as mild compared with other cities. The World War I veteran, 49, began his term January 2, 1939.
The national debt rose by over three billion dollars in a single day, climbing past 250 billion as corporations sold during the Seventh War Loan drive, the daily Treasury statement shows.
Federal District Judge Michael L. Igoe approved the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad trustees petition to acquire equipment valued at 7 108 535 dollars. The action grants the railroad authority to purchase rolling stock and related gear under court oversight.
Ruth Elizabeth Swab ship's cook returns to Anacostia naval air station after a 10 day leave spent with mother Rosa Swab and sister Wilma. Seth Leonard Larson arrives at Great Lakes naval training station. Charles J. McNulty serves in Germany with the 17th airborne division earning the Bronze Star and CIB. Ensign Richard A. McClenahan returns from Caribbean duty and visits his parents. Lt. Melvin G. Stone returns from nine months in Europe, with his brother Homer E. Stone granted a Red Cross leave. Seaman William L. Selow on 15 day leave with wife Betty and mother. Rosalee A. Bunce on 10 day leave from Spar Barracks. Floyd E. Brogan on 10 day furlough from Fort Bliss, now assigned to Fort Riley. LeRoy L. Riggs on 17 day furlough from Fort Lewis. Edward Hale on 30 day leave after 21 months in the South Pacific. Gayled Fanton returns to Little Creek after four day leave. Donald A. Lloyd in the Philippines with a military police unit for 27 months.
General Eisenhower in Abilene faltered during a salute to a Boy Scout contingent. He first gave a military salute, then asked lifelong friend Charles Harger how the three finger Scout salute should be performed, then snapped to attention after confirmation.
Flight Officer Charles G. Agne of Tipton Iowa is missing over Nagoya after a raid, according to the war department. Agne, based in the Marianas, left Kearney Nebraska and studied at Iowa State College before enlisting in 1943 and earning his wings at Pecos Texas in 1944.
The government returned 354 Pennsylvania and two Virginia anthracite mines to private ownership after seizing them last month to curb a strike.
President Truman visited Mt. Rainier in Washington with Gov. Wallgren hosting at Paradise Inn. He spent time in a map room with Col. Harry A. Vaughn before skiing snow and driving part of the way himself, enjoying lunch of chinook salmon.
The Communist Political Association announces a special national convention set for July 26 to 28 to craft a new political line and refresh the party leadership. A three-member secretariat was named to act as authoritative spokesman, including William Z. Foster Eugene Dennis and John Williamson, while Earl Browder remains on the national board.
Paris report shows the U S 95th Infantry ordered to embark at Le Havre Friday for shipment home while the 2nd and 5th divisions arrive at assembly camps near Reims for redeployment. The 44th 87th and 13th armored divisions join July shipmen along with the 95th for Pacific duty after furloughs in the United States. Other units at redeployment camps include the 209th 541st 292nd and 577th field artillery battalions. The 118th evacuation hospital is en route to the United States. Of 11 divisions returning to the United States the 86th is already in the United States and 97th on the high seas headed home. The 104th is in final staging due to embark about June 26. The Eighth is due to embark at Le Havre June 27 28. The Fourth is moving to Le Havre for early embarkation.
Bishop Junius Ralph Magee of Chicago area and Mrs. I A Smothers of Evans ton named to Northwestern University board of trustees by President Franklin B Snyder. Magee pastored in Iowa Massachusetts and Washington and led as bishop of the St Paul and Des Moines areas between 1932 and 1944.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company and published daily and Sunday at 500 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It carries full leased wire reports from AP and UP and credits AP for republication locally.
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