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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1943
Page
14
The Atlantic fight reaches a crisis as Allied gains in U boat production, air cover, and convoy escorting tools suggest a shift in the war. Churchill and Royal Navy reports mix optimism with caution as U boat losses rise and submarine bases are bombed.
Miss Barbara Pauline Divishek daughter of Mr and Mrs John Divishek Amana and Leo Frank Ludvicek son of Mrs Anna Ludvicek Fairfax were joined in a double ring marriage Monday at 2 pm in the parsonage of the Reformed church Ely. The bride wore a white satin lace gown with a sweetheart neckline and veil with seed pearl tiara. Attendants were Adelyn Ludvicek and Joseph Divishek. A wedding supper followed at the Colony Inn and a dance at the Swisher pavilion. The couple will live on a Fairfax area farm where Ludvicek farms.
John B. Quinn, former Nebraska Dewey campaign aide and national vice president of the Young Republican clubs, calls a midwest draft Dewey conference ill advised. He doubts the venture’s success and responded after Nebraska Young Republican leaders announced plans for the gathering.
Gov. Harry F. Kelly imposed a midnight curfew and bars close times as Detroit braces for repeat violence after a week of rioting that killed at least 34 people and left 227 seriously injured. Federal and state troops aid 1,600 police in enforcing the order as looting continues in the Negro district.
The War Labor Board set July 7 as the opening date for reviews of shipyard wage agreements sponsored by the War Production Board's Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee. About 1,000,000 workers in 188 shipyards are affected. Unions have not yet stated demands, but expect wage increases matching living costs since June 1942.
Eugene F. Saxton 58 vice-president and secretary of Harper and Brothers died of a heart ailment in a New York hospital Saturday. He led the publishing firm in editorial and administrative duties for many years.
Detroit sociologist Dr C F Ramsay who led a study of nearly 500 rioters found that war related migration did not spark the Monday clashes between Negroes and whites. He said most interviewed had held decent jobs, wanted to return to work, and faced no real discrimination in schools or employment.
Lieutenant Colonel Harold W. Bauer a Marine Corps air ace from North Platte Nebraska earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for single handedly engaging a full squadron of Japanese planes over Guadalcanal destroying four and damaging a ninth before force landing from fuel loss. Bauer who shot down eight enemy planes and later went missing in the Solomon Islands area led a 600 mile ferry flight with 26 planes and attacked the enemy squadron while circling land near the USS McFarland.
Stalin thanked President Roosevelt for the of the Soviet people in a Moscow radio broadcast. He said conditions have been created for the final defeat of a common enemy and urged striking united blows from east and west for final victory.
Chicago AP reports the sixth region War Labor Board approved half day vacations each week for employees of retail stores wholesale and service establishments in six Midwest states with no pay reduction. The program, under the WIB wage stabilization effort, runs until September 15 1943 affecting Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota North and South Dakota.
A double wedding occurred Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church. Leone Andrick and George Popenhagen, and Libbie Cerveny and Delbert Krug tied the knot. Attendants and families exchanged greetings at receptions and dances in Atkins and North Liberty.
Nine campers complete two week health summer outing at Camp Good Health Cedar Rapids. Boys and girls aged physically handicapped from low income homes weighed in with gains while remaining children receive care under Public Health Nursing. Funds for operation come from The Gazette Camp Good Health Fund with local donations.
Mrs G A Hladky returns home after a 10 day stay at University Hospital Iowa City. Moose Lodge No 304 Cedar Rapids to meet Monday at 8 pm. Gazette ad section features timely July 4th tips and selling veggies. Lawrence Tinhart 28 Prairieburg charged with desertion of minor children arrested. Richard Logan 21 St Paul pleads innocent to bad check charge with $1500 bond. Many seek home grown vegetables via Gazette Want Ad. Runyan son Wesley 1100 Ninth NW had second operation at St Lukes Hospital. Gerude Melsh found safe in Ottumwa after missing since June 21.
Mr and Mrs Ed ward Ryan mark their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner and open house in Monona. They wed in June 1893 at St Patrick's church Monona by Rev James Corbett and lived on a local farm before retiring to Moo nona. Present will be P H Humprey and several of their 17 grandchildren along with children Esther Edmund Everett Watt Margaret Emmett Allan Rxvan Mary Louis Ryan and others.
FBI agents in 40 cities seized 786 men over 24 hours ending noon Saturday in a draft law sweep led by New York City with 161 arrests. San Francisco followed at 72, Los Angeles 46, and Chicago 31, according to Director J. Edgar Hoover.
The War Department reports the P 47 Thunderbolt may outmatch the Focke Wulf 190. The heavy U S high altitude fighter flew over France in two missions, shooting down two FW 190s and sustaining no losses. Powered by a 2000 hp Pratt and Whitney engine, it exceeds 400 mph and carries eight 50 caliber guns. It serves largely as bomber escort over Europe.
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