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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1943
Page
2
The notice lists several coupons with expiration dates including High Low eries Coff 24 good for one pound through June 30. Meat J K L M and WN valid through June 30. Gasoline No 6 four gallons through July 21. Foods K L M through July 7. Sugar Coupon 13 five pounds through Aug 15. Coupons 15 16 five each for canning through Tw. Fuel oil No 5 eleven gallons. Shoes Coupon 18 sugar book one pair through Oct 31.
Mr and Mrs Frank Wharton at 1107 Lincoln Avenue NE announce the birth of a girl on June 18 at their home.
Howard J. Freeman of Clarence and Edna Lorrine Sejkora of Marion received marriage licenses.
A list of plaintiffs and defendants appears: Ann Gelski versus Henry Walter Semelroth. Betty J Semelroth. Leola M Kneffler and Edward J Kneffler. Puck Haber versus Sue Puckhaber. The items resemble civil matter party designations.
Edna L. Miller is listed as heir from Chester R. Miller, Lawrence Hoyle borne from Alice E. Hoyle, Eeva Butts linked to Gar mond Butts, and Opal L. Bean listed as heir from Lester Bean.
Mrs Mary Bures Milanowic aged 98 of 1021 Third Street SE died Thursday at 4 20 p m George Frye aged 77 of 1021 Fifth Street SE died Thursday in an Iowa City hospital Frank Michael Gerstner aged 67 of 1421 Seventh Avenue SE died Thursday at 9 30 p m at University hospital Iowa City Mrs Carl M phlaren aged died Friday at 1 30 a m in her home
The War Department announces the Army Specialized Training Reserve program offering 25 000 scholarships to male high school graduates aged 17 or 18 who met pre induction test scores last April 2 These volunteers will wear civilian clothes and not receive basic training during the scholarship period They will enter active duty for basic training after their eighteenth birthday and then join the reserve program Scholarships cover tuition food housing and medical care Applicants will be notified of eligibility
Gen. Henry H. Arnold told the House Civil Service Committee that the air forces plan a procurement of 118090 new planes as part of a 36.9 billion dollar program. The effort includes engines spare parts and equipment and calls for about 56000 more civilian personnel, totaling 386000, to support front line duties.
Hovey credits Iowa soldiers for hard fighting on the Tunisian hill overlooking Bizerte. He notes air, infantry and tank coordination, Italian soldier misperceptions, and Allied teamwork among American British and French troops. He recounts a near miss with a 500 pound bomb on February 13 and urges home readers to support the troops.
Forecast for Cedar Rapids continues warm and humid through Saturday forenoon. At 2 30 pm Friday the city reached 90 degrees with a humidity around 40 percent after a record warm night with 73 at 6 am and 78 at midnight.
CIO President Philip Murray warns congressional committees that labor will demand a rollback and subsidy program by July 15 if no effective plan is in place. He threatens to scrap the hold-the-line order against inflation and the Little Steel wage formula.
Special to The Gazette. Don Greinier slipped from prison camp No. 1 as search continued Friday for Raymond Nuender and Eugene Quenette, who aided Wednesday night escape from the reformatory dairy farm. Two other inmates who fled with them were captured about an hour later on a side road.
Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest 38, grandson of the Confederate general, is listed missing after a June 13 Kiel raid. Witnesses say his Fortress appeared intact with one engine smoking before breaking from formation. observers aboard the lead squadron saw the plane go down as enemy fire raged and clouds hid the scene.
President Roosevelt urged Americans on payrolls to save more than 10 percent and invest additional funds in war bonds. Treasury official Morgenthau said a much larger individual bond sale is needed, aiming for 18 billion dollars in the second half of 1943 after seven billion sold January to June.
The 1941-42 coal contract talks yield a new deal with about 20 cent daily raises after concessions. Absenteeism runs high: Pennsylvania 200,000 miners largely out, about 25 percent in West Virginia, 50 percent in Ohio, Alabama 4 of 26,000, Kentucky over half. US Steel cancels 10 blast furnaces due to coal shortages, costing 75,000 to 100,000 tons of steel per War Production Board estimate.
Seattle AP report describes nam Putnam posing as dean of the School of Aeronautical Engineering at MIT and claiming guest speaker status at a Junior Chamber event. He told tales of ferry piloting and being shot down, later admitting he was a beginner and held on a charge of information to obtain.
Secretary Knox told the House naval affairs committee there is a strong chance of crude oil shortages from American sources late this year or next. He supported a navy oil reserve expansion and favored a method similar to the Elk Hills-Standard Oil contract, while the justice department urged condemning Standard Oil’s $146 million Elk Hills stake.
London AP reports Mussolini era OVRA forces seized eleven thousand one hundred fifty people in a week to curb a possible fifth column ahead of Allied invasions. Of those, seven thousand nine hundred Communist detainees and three thousand two hundred fifty anti fascists included separatists from Dalmatia. Gentile urged Italians to resist cowardice as food and clothing ration penalties threatened for non-supporters.
Iowa Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper arrived in Washington after a Columbus governors conference to discuss food price roll back with federal leaders. He praised the meeting’s seriousness and urged continued state federal cooperation for the war effort amid possible funding and authority hurdles.
Vice president Wallace criticizes Ollie Atkins for winning the grand prize at the White House News Photographers association exhibit praising war‑effort photos and calling the zoot suit image incongruent with the times. Atkins, a former Washington Daily News photographer now with the Red Cross, pretends defeat as Wallace jokes about the judges’ choice.
Washington AP reports the pay-as-you-go income tax requires quarterly estimates and payments for 1943 for many taxpayers. It explains who must file and when, penalties for underpayment, and farmer exceptions, with final returns due March 15 and Dec 15 revision options.
German dispatches report a Soviet breach south of Velikie Luki 80 miles from the Latvian border but German counter attacks sealed the gap. Moscow says Soviet scouts and artillery destroyed 12 dugouts and eight machine guns on the western front. Germans lost 19 planes in daylight attacks near Lowe. four Russian planes were shot down.
City briefs note Reverend Everett Pearson will address attendees at 9 30 a m Sunday service at the Shueyville church. Robert G Allard aged 17 of 1223 Fifth Street NW has enlisted in the navy and Gerald W Hopkins aged 17 of 212 Thirtieth Street Drive SE has enlisted in the naval reserve.
Citizens encouraged to sell excess crop through The Gazette Good Things to Eat Want Ad. Call 2-1121 to place the advertisement.
Stephen Prochaska and Albie Kvetensky of Cedar Rapids were married at 3 p.m. Thursday by Judge G. Pinville. It was the first marriage performed by Judge Linville since he assumed duties in the Eighteenth judicial district in Jmed. Frank Troyak and Caroline Miller served as attendants.
23 volunteers staffed the Linn county war price and rationing office in Cedar Rapids Thursday evening. A T Pieune secretary said no work Friday evening due to lack of supplies, but more volunteers will be needed Monday if supplies arrive by then.
Members of the Hellenic Orthodox Church received a letter from Paul H Alling chief of the division of Near Eastern affairs in Washington praising the loyalty expressed in a message sent to the President. The message followed a May 23 celebration noting the victories of Bizerte and Tunis with a special high mass and a mass for soldiers who died on the battlefield. The services were conducted by the priest Rev John as.
John Zuber 52 of the Allison hotel was charged with drunken driving after his arrest at Third avenue and Fifth street SW by Detective Leonard Stusak and Patrolman E. Morey. He pled guilty in Judge G. P. Linville's court and received a 300 dollar fine, paying 25 dollars plus costs with the balance 25 dollars monthly. A pint bottle of whisky was found in his car. witnesses said he drove erratically and struck a parked car belonging to A. E. Shannon of Waterloo on the Third avenue bridge.
A long list details multiple service members and family connections. Preston B. Hanson earns wings and a second lieutenant commission after Wilson High School Cedar Rapids, with Pasadena junior college prior. Others include Private George Krejci transferred to Pueblo Army Air Base and Corporal Kalous at Westover Field Mass., plus numerous promotions, transfers, and training notes across camps, bases, and ships.
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