U.S. Plans for Postwar Rule of Japan After V J Day
U S planning for Japan’s postwar occupation emphasizes unconditional surrender and heavy Allied control. Officials discuss possible retention of Emperor Hirohito only as a stabilizing figure, with industrial dismantling and strict oversight of Mitsubishi and other plants. Authority envisions swift, firm occupation depending on Japan’s behavior and willingness to surrender.
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Washington
INS
Japan
Germany
Hirohito
America
United States
Cairo
Home Islands
Roosevelt
Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek
Korea
State Department
Asia
Mitsubishi
Hara Kiri
Public ration notices and civilian birth and divorce items
Daily Record lists ration stamp validity dates for Meat Food Blue Sugar Gasoline and Fuel Oil categories. It notes stamps, next issue dates, and car mileage records, plus local court entries: minor-ward neglect fines drunkenness overtime parking and divorce decrees for Adeline Candler and Anabele B. Lohr. Also reports births at St Luke's Mercy and Mercy hospitals with family details.
Cedar Rapids Pairs Lead Local Marriage Notices
Loyd Mentzer and Hazel Bowers of Cedar Rapids, Harold Roscoe Yeoman of Monticello, Sylvia Anna Slavik of Cedar Rapids, Henry G. Heeren of Springville, and Doris G. Oswald of Marion are listed in a local marriage or notice circuit with partner locations and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd Mentzer
Hazel Bowers
Cedar Rapids
Harold Roscoe Yeoman
Monticello
Sylvia Anna Slavik
Henry G. Heeren
Springville
Doris G. Oswald
Marion
Warns On $5 Auto Use Tax Stamps Drive Next Week
Local Collector of Internal Revenue urges car owners to buy and display $5 auto use tax stamps on windshields by Monday with stamps available at post offices. Fines up to 25 dollars or 30 days imprisonment may apply for noncompliance after July 1. Boats require stamps by length, ranging from 5 to 200 dollars.
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Collector of Internal Revenue
Liberty ship Jonathan Elmer docks after hurricane voyage
The Jonathan Elmer carrying 390 reassignment troops arrived in New York after enduring a 70 mile per hour hurricane on the transatlantic run from France.
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New York
Jonathan Elmer
France
Lumber Yard Fire Destroys Ellis Lumber Warehouse
Burlington Iowa fire destroys Ellis Lumber company warehouse late Thursday. Fire Chief Robert Collatt estimates damage between 15000 and 20000 dollars.
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Burlington, Ia
Ellis Lumber Company
Robert Collatt
Byron Heneks Named To Iowa Labor Post
Byron Heneks, 58, of 1316 A venue NW, named deputy labor commissioner for Iowa by State Labor Commissioner Charles W. Harness. He will report for duty Monday in Des Moines. Heneks has lived in Cedar Rapids 55 years and worked as a machinist for Dearborn Brass and as a fire and casualty insurance broker.
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Byron Heneks
Avenue NW
Iowa
Charles W. Harness
Des Moines
Heneks
Cedar Rapids
Dearborn Brass Company
Phillips Quits as State Dept Aide
Washington AP report says William Phillips resigns as special assistant to the secretary of state. The decision follows reports he angered Britain while serving as Roosevelt’s personal envoy to India over free India policy.
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Phillips
State Dept
Washington
William Phillips
Grew
Roosevelt
India
Hindus Repair U. S. Planes Near Taj Mahal
Report from Agra describes a U S Army Air Forces maintenance depot near the Taj Mahal where C 46 Commandos are rebuilt on a Detroit like line. Indian workers are paid 15 to 130 rupees monthly with wage scales reflecting colonial norms and no women employed.
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Agra
India
INS
Taj Mahal
U. S. Army Air Forces
Curtis
Himalayran
China
Coroner Rules Imogene Stevens Guilty of Manslaughter
Coroner Theodore Steiber found Imogene Stevens guilty of manslaughter in the death of Albert Kovacs, 19, shot at a neighbor’s home in New Canaan. He cited liquor influence but said it does not absolve her. evidence included a tavern drinking spree and a dispute with Mrs. Milton over an illicit affair, with injuries around the Milton home.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Theodore E. Steiber
Imogene Stevens
Albert Kovacs
New Canaan
Stevens
Steiber
Albert
Charles Milton
Mr. Milton
Milton
Mrs. Milton
Miltons
Stev
Ens
Lived in Rags Buried in Pomp Kin May Fight Will
Chicago report on Chelestino Chiesa a man who earned a 250000 fortune yet died in poverty. He was buried in a 1000 dollar bronze casket in a lavish funeral attended by a few poor friends. Relatives may challenge the will, and investigators note possible additional wealth undiscovered.
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Chicago
Chelestino Chiesa
Chiesa
Scatteri
John Murphy
Ina Campbell
Jack Rubens
Rubens
Cook County Hospital
Mary
John
United States
Italy
Queen Elizabeth Arrives at Hudson Dock with 15000
The Queen Elizabeth the world’s largest ship reached her Hudson river dock Friday with 15000 aboard including 13658 servicemen returning from Europe. A festive welcome by boats and ferries filled the bay as troops crowded the decks and thousands waved from Manhattan rooftops. Notables aboard included Princess Juliana of The Netherlands, Senator Russell, Senator Maybank, and Representative Cooley.
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New York
Hudson River
Euope
Upper Bay
Lower River
Lower Manhattan
Juliana
Netherlands
Canada
Russell
Maybank
S.C
Rep. Cooley
N.C
Died at Daughter’s Home Sophie Suhr 1869 1936
Mrs Sophie Suhr died at her daughter’s Cedar Rapids home Friday at 6 10 a m after a long illness Born October 6 1869 in Galena Illinois she lived in Cedar Rapids 34 years Married William F Suhr 1892 he died 1932 Surviving two daughters and a son a brother and a grandson Services Sunday at 3 p m at Barta Hesser chapel Rev Allan Schoff officiating Burial Cedar Memorial Park cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Sophie Suhr
R. R. Groves
Galena
Ill
Cedar Rapids
William F. Suhr
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Groves
C. H. Colip
Des Moines
Wilbur C. Suhr
United States Army
E. E. Erbe
Foley
Minn
Claude Edward Colip
Barta-Hesser
Allan E. Schoff
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Obituary: Everella Brandon Dies at 74 in Cedar Rapids
Everella Brandon, 74, of 622 C avenue NE Cedar Rapids, a resident since 1912, died in a local hospital at 10:45 a.m. Friday after a brief illness. The body rests at Monahan funeral home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Everella Brandon
C Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Monahan Funeral Home
Services for Mrs Lillian Nelson Sholl
Mrs Lillian Nelson Sholl at 118% Third avenue SW died Thursday. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Rohn chapel with burial in Manchester cemetery. Friends may call at the Rohn chapel.
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Lillian Nelson Sholl
Third Avenue SW
Rohn Chapel
Manchester
Truman's Antidote For Going High Hat
President Truman told a Kansas City Jest ers' club lunch that his antidote for going high hat is the Bible. He cited Luke chapter six verse 26 and urged members to read it at home, warning that praise can precede a fall.
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Kansas City
Truman
Jesters
Aid Business Tax Proposal Tops Hurdle
The House Ways and Means Committee approved tax revision legislation to boost cash for business and industry during reconversion. It raises the excess profits tax exemption from 16000 to 25000 dollars, effective 1946, with no major changes to corporate taxes. The plan speeds rebates and refunds, extends postwar bonds, and accelerates carrybacks and amortization deductions.
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Washingtgin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hep. Carlson
Navy News to launch daily paper for Pacific naval men
Washington AP reports Secretary Fornstallaas ordered a daily newspaper for navy men ashore and afloat in the Western Pacific. The project starts with two editions, one at Guam and another in the Philippines, to be published Thursdays.
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Washington
Fornstallaas
Navy
Western
Pacific
Guam
Philippines
Navy News
Designs on Army By Communists
Washington reports from the House Military Committee show an interim finding that Communists have been active within the armed forces and aided from abroad. The study notes ongoing plots to overthrow the government and establish a Communist state, with a second report promised on their success inside the army.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Congress
H. Ralph Burton
Rep
Thomason
Texas
Burton
United States
Nati
Germany
Russia
Lt Heinke Killed in Panama City Plane Crash
First Lt. Melvin Heinke age 29 of Wausau Wisconsin was killed in a plane crash near Panama City Florida where he was stationed. His wife is Margaret Grissel daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Grissel of 2226 Upland drive SE. Funeral services will be held in Wausau. Heinke was shot down in action over France but escaped via the underground.
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Melvin Heinke
Wausau
Wis
Panama City
Fla
Margaret Grissel
W. R. Grissel
Upland Drive
Heinke
France
Month Old Ducklings Stolen and Petty Theft Report
Mrs. Alice Bowers reports eight month old ducklings stolen from a yard pen on Thursday. Marius Larsen reports a picnic knife and mustard missing from his car on Sixteenth Avenue SW at 10 a.m. Thursday.
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Alice Bowers
Avenue NW
Marius Larsen
Wilson Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Taft weighs limits on American troops in league action
Taft, commenting on Vandenberg’s plan, questions congressional authorization for U S military action under a proposed 11 member security council. He suggests limiting use of American forces to areas beyond specific zones like Europe until Congress approves.
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Taft
Vandenberg
Security Council
League
Tait
Congress
Europe
Youth 15 Loses Arm in Monona Truck Collision
Special to The Gazette reports 15 year old Joe Krieg of Dubuque lost his right arm in a morning collision half a mile south of Monona. His brother Raymond 22 driver of the Krieg truck owned by Guinta Fruit Co. was slightly injured. Walter Peterson of Monona suffered minor injuries. The Kriegs were taken to Postville hospital.
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the Gazette
Monona
Joe Krieg
Dubuque
Raymond Krieg
Guinta Fruit Company
E. W. Carlson
Elkader
Krieg
Alpha Rendering Company
Hawkeye
Walter Peterson
Peterson
Krieg Brothers
Postville Hospital
Young Krieg
Balance for Britain in United States reaches 3.5 billion
Washington AP Harry White told the senate banking committee Britain now has a balance of 3.5 billion dollars in gold and securities on deposit in the United States. Taft said questions were asked and White will be recalled for further hearing on postwar money matters and potential grants.
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Washington
Harry White
White
Great Britain
Poultry Dealer Must Pay $806 Judgment for OPA Violation
In Fort Dodge Iowa L D Treloar a poultry dealer agreed to pay 80613 in a government case alleging buying and selling poultry above OPA price ceilings. An injunction was issued to restrain further violations of the price rules. The judgment equals triple the amount Treloar profited from the over ceiling sales.
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FT. Dodge
United States District Court
L. D. Treloar
Severe Windstorm Damages Farms in Northeast Iowa
A wind storm from southwest of Waukon to the east caused damage between 4 and 5 a.m. Thursday. At Frankville a 36 by 70 foot barn on Paul Behns farm was destroyed with losses estimated at 3000 to 4000 dollars. Seven small buildings and several large trees fell at John Grotegut’s farm. A building west of Waukon toppled onto telephone lines cutting service to Ossian and Postville. The Decorah weather station recorded 0.63 inches of rain.
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the Gazette
Decorah
Waukon
Frankville
Paul Behns
John Grotegut
Ossian
Postville
Chester
Government
Rep. Tom Martin Returns From Europe War Visit aboard Acadia
Rep. Thomas E. Martin of Town City Ta along with seven fellow House military affairs subcommittee members spent a month in Europe inspecting redeployment and have returned to Washington aboard the hospital ship Acadia. Chairman Durham said only two complaints came from 779 patients in the same ward: it is too hot and it is 100 cold.
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Washington
Thomas E. Martin
Town City
House
Europe
Acadia
Durham
North Carolina
Sgt Palumbo Returns From Nazi Prison Camp
Sgt Michael Palumbo, prisoner since February 12, 1944, son of Mr and Mrs John Palumbo of 1401 K Street SW, Cedar Rapids, returned home Friday morning. He was among Cedar Rapids men who went overseas with the 34th Division, saw action in Ireland Africa and Italy, and was captured in Italy. His brother, Staff Sgt Anthony Palumbo, waist gunner on a Liberator, was killed October 21 in a raid on the Bonin Islands.
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Michael Palumbo
John Palumbo
K Street
Cedar Rapids
Ireland
Africa
Italy
Anthony Palumbo
Bonin Islands
Central Pacific
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Floyd Ferne Raftis
Eighth Street
Lemuel W Elmore
Center Point Read
John McLaughlin
Jim Block
Donald Lee Duncan
Iowa Avenue SE
Peter Jorgensen
Clinton
D. G. Basker
Twentieth Avenue SW
K. J. Wall
D Avenue NW
G. R. High
Forest Drive SE
St. Luke’s
Everett Hoch
D Avenue
Fred Merritt
Twenty-third Street
Mercy
Matthew Ruzicka
Belle Avenue
Leo Miller
Mechanicsville
Ray Bagley
Second Street
Phyllis Barrigar
Robert Barrigar
Edward Kosina
Dorothy H Kosina
Beverly Beltz
Robert Beltz
William A. Kuda
Darlene Kuda
Adeline Candler
Raymond H Candler
Anabele B. Lohr
William H. Lohr
Iowa Labor Post
U. S
Bob Considine
Special Army
Coff
Ben Gallob
Internal Revenue
John B.turner & Son
Mrs
Sophia Suhr
Lt. Heinke
C. R. Girl
Britain
Craemer’s
Gay Sun
Shantung
Craemer
Tom Martin
Sgt. Palumbo
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