Daily Record notes ration stamp validity and local incidents
The Daily Record item lists changes in red and blue ration stamps effective next calendar dates, detailing meat sugar gasoline and shoe stamp validities through late summer and autumn 1945. It also reports fines for reckless driving, license issues, overtime parking, two fire incidents at Ellis Park and a gas leak fire on a motorcycle, plus birth announcements at St Luke's and Grand Junction noting a son and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks Department
Ellis Park
Paul Richards
Second Street
Japs Taken Captive Aid Americans
In CHUNGKING a camp near Nanwanchen houses Japanese prisoners who formed the Committee of Democratic Revolution of Japan. They supplied U S officers with targets and landing sites for B 29s and discussed postwar liberal government plans for Japan. The detainees enjoy certain privileges, study in a library, and anticipate aiding a democratic movement after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
INS
Committee of Democratic Revolution of Japan
Nanwanchen
Revolutionary Movement
Prince of Wales
Burma
Hirohito
Russia
Cedar Rapids Residents Noted in Justice Court Actions
Lowell F. Davis and Margaret Post of Cedar Rapids, Pres ley Ward Jr of Cedar Rapids and Evelyn Marie De Tar of Mt. Vernon are listed. Leo Leach paid $5 fine and costs for license overload by Justice Howard and Churchill. William Raymond Kendall and Madge Evlyn Kendall appear with Florence Bailey and Lester Bailey in court records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell F. Davis
Margaret Post
Cedar Rapids
Presley Ward, Jr
Evelyn Marie de Tar
Mt. Vernon
Justice Court
Leo Leach
Justice Howard &. Churchill
William Raymond Kendall
Madge Evlyn Kendall
Florence Bailey
Lester Bailey
UNRRA Alters Czech Diet With Dehydrated Foods
Prague reports show UNRRA introduced dehydrated apples dried meats and powdered egg as new staples. Women accustomed to sausages and dumplings adapt as condensed milk and tallow aid malnutrition and margarine stocks. Dr Marek credits UNRRA with improving two needy regions despite long shipments via Constanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin J. Steinkopf
Kenneth L. Dixon
Prague
UNRRA
America
Jaromil Marek
Food Ministry
Czechoslovakia
Constanta
Missing G.I. Arrives Home After Belgian Disappearance
Pfc. La Verne Wilson, listed as missing December 27 over Belgium, unexpectedly returned this week to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Wilson in Fairfield Iowa. He landed in New York June 18 and assumed his parents knew he would be returned to this country after a war department telegram June 2 said he had been returned to military control. The family had not received several letters from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
LaVerne Wilson
Belgium
Sylvan Wilson
Wilson
New York
War Department
Wilsons
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
The District Court in Cedar Rapids Iowa will hear on June 16 1945 at 10 00 oclock the instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of A D Ink deceased for proof and admission to probate Attorney A S Miller represents the court and the clerk Arthur Axmear is the clerk of the district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jows
Linn
A. D. Ink
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
France Recognizes Warsaw Regime Amid Poland Split
London reports the French government will recognize the Warsaw national unity regime in Poland. Stockholm says Ed ward Osubka Morawski's Warsaw faction will exchange diplomatic representatives with Britain and the United States as London may withdraw recognition of the London government once free elections under the Yalta formula are assured. A London Polish spokesman says his government will stay allied with the armed forces and rejects Warsaw's terms. Britain has funded the London group with millions for its wartime role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Warsaw
Stockholm
Edward Osubka-Morawski
Warsaw Group
Tomasz Arciszewski
Poland
Dublin
Montreal
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Western Cartridge trims 2200 jobs in three months
The War Department announced a manpower reduction at Western Cartridge in East Alton stretching over three months. About 2,200 employees will be released as part of a broader re adjustment in small arms production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Alton
Western Cartridge Company
War Department
Woman Worker Fractures Arm at Universal Plant
Mrs. Sarah Johnson of 1321 First Street SW fractured her right arm at about 5 50 p m Friday at Universal Engineering corporation where she works. She was taken by Ambulance Service to St Luke s hospital and listed in satisfactory condition Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Johnson
First Street
Universal Engineering Corporation
St. Luke's Hospital
Sgt Harry Rich Killed in Action on Luzon
Sgt Harry L Rich 21 of Oakland and Fairfield area died in action on Luzon May 22 with the 32nd Infantry division. Overseas since April 1944, he married Donna Foglesong and left an eight month old son Freddie. He attended Walker high school and worked at Colonial bakery before enlisting in November 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Rich
32Nd Infantry
Luzon
Donna
Freddie
O. B. Hartman
Fairfield
M. J. Rich
Oakland
Rich
Walker High School
Colonial Bakery
Donna Foglesong
R. Gardner
Springville
Negro Soldier Failure Sparks Dixie Senate Attack
Senator Eastland of Mississippi attacked FEPC arguments in a Washington speech calling the Negro soldier an utter abysmal failure. He cited high ranking generals from a Europe trip, praised the 92nd Division's training, and condemned any unfair preferences that favor Black soldiers over whites based on political considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eastland
D-Miss
FEPC
Senate
Europe
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Charles A Godfrey Dies Milling Chief at 75
Charles A Godfrey 75 retired vice president and general manager of Beaver Valley Milling died Friday at Veterans Hospital after years of illness. He formerly served as president of the American Millers Federation. Surviving are a daughter a son two sisters and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles A. Godfrey
Beaver Valley Milling Company
Veterans Hospital
American Millers’ Federation
Threat to Strip Strikers Rights at Akron Plants
The War Labor Board threatened to withdraw union contract rights from 16,700 CIO United Rubber Workers in Akron if the two week strike continues. Chairman George W. Taylor said the board may modify directives on membership maintenance and check off, with executive session Monday to review the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
Akron
Ohio
George W. Taylor
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
CIO
United Rubber
William H. Davis
Fires Consume Jap Oil Plants At Balikpapan
Manila AP reports Allied air forces bombing Balikpapan on Borneo as 281 tons of bombs strike the oil center. Liberator and Mitchell bombers hit the target with light ground fire, while Kenney’s forces continue raids on nearby airfields and installations. Australian Ninth Division troops take Beaufort in British North Borneo and advance along the coast toward Miri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Balikpapan
Borneo
Far Eastern Air Force
George C. Kenney
Fifth
13Th Air Forces
Royal Australian Air Force
Kindari
Makassar
Celebes
Makassar Straits
MacArthur
British North Borneo
Ninth Division
Beaufort
Jesselton
Miri
Lt Melson of Atalissa Believed Killed in Germany
Lt. Weston Melson son of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Melson of Atalissa was listed missing in action since November 18 1944 and now believed killed in action in Germany. A letter to his wife from a bomber crewman stated Melson and the entire crew died when their plane was hit by flak. The flyer’s plane went down. he survived as a prisoner and learned of Melson’s death only recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Weston Melson
O. A. Melson
Atalissa
War Department
Wm. H. Naber
Zearing
Germany
Nelson
Melson
Two Mt. Vernon Vets Receive Discharges
Two pre Pearl Harbor veterans from Mt. Vernon return home after discharge. Sgt. Eldon Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Johnson, was flown from Italy to Florida and was thrice wounded in Africa and Italy. Glenn Nesley, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nesley, was captured in Africa, escaped, and rejoined service with the Seventh Army last December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Pearl Harbor
Sgt
Eldon Johnson
Dale Johnson
Italy
Florida
Africa
Glenn Nesley
John Nesley
Seventh Army
Janish Prisoner Returns After Seven Months
Staff Sgt. Daniel A. Janish, war prisoner of the Germans for seven months, arrives to visit his parents at 1710 Park Avenue SE with his wife Lela of Des Moines. He served with the Eighth Air Force and was shot down over Germany. after a 60 day furlough he will enter a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel A. Janish
Edward Janish
Park Avenue SE
Lela
Des Moines
Janish
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Carpathian Ukraine Ceded by Czechs to Soviet Union
The Carpathian Ukraine region containing about 750 000 people is ceded by Czechoslovakia to the Soviet Union. It is to be absorbed into the Ukrainian Soviet Republic after a demarcation with Czechoslovakia and ratification by Soviet and Czech bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Ruthenia
Carpathian Ukraine
Sub- Carpathian Ukraine
Podkarpatska Rus
Ukrainian Soviet Republic
Viacheslav Molotov
Zdenek Fierlinger
Kremlin
Josef Stalin
Radio
Moscow
Soviet Union
Red Army
Eduard Benes
Prague
Russian Ukraine
Homestead
United States
Zhatkovich
Supreme Council of the Soviet
Driver Fined $50 For Erratic Route
Charles Koranda aged 57 of Eighteenth Avenue SW was fined $50 and costs by Judge Harry S Johnson after pleading guilty to reckless driving at Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street at 2 30 a m Saturday Patrolmen said he drove erratically cut through a station drive failed to stop for the arterial highway and narrowly missed striking another car though traveling slowly Charles Kemme of 915 Nineteenth Street NW was fined $25 plus costs for reckless driving speeding 40 mph on First Avenue East without lights
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kemme
Nineteenth Street
Charles Koranda
Eighteenth Avenue
Ernest Holliday
Ninth Avenue
Robert van Dyke
Eighth Avenue
Chris van Dyke
Dorothy S. Howarth
Fourth Avenue
Harry S. Johnson
Kaoranda
Fifth Avenue
Tenth Street
First Avenue East
John Ers kine to wed Helen Worden in Albuquerque
John Erskine, author, will marry Helen Worden, noted newspaper and freelance writer, Monday in Albuquerque New Mexico. Both are prominent in literary journalism circles and prepare to start married life in the Southwest city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WEW York
INS
John Erskine
Albuquerque
N. M
Helen Worden
Rescued Trio Rejoins Hollandia After Shangri-la Glider Escape
Wac corporal Margaret Hastings Lt John McCollum and Sgt Kenneth Decker were rescued from a hidden valley near Hollandia New Guinea they had survived a May 13 plane crash in a glider tow by a low flying transport plane. The rescue involved medics paratroopers and a cliffside ascent to retrieve them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollandia
New Guinea
Wac
Shangri-la
Margaret Hastings
Oswego
N. Y
John B. McCollum
Trenton
Kenneth W. Decker
Kelso
Wash
Qut
McCollom
Cecil Walters
Decker
Charles J. School
Seattle
Henry E. Paver
Baton Rouge
George Allen
Salem
Ore
Pfc
E. F. Sims
Waco
Texas
W. S. Samuels
Decatur
Ill
Louise
William McKenzie
LaCrosse
Wis
OPA Accused of Politics In Meat Ration Cut
Paul Martin of Des Moines charged the OPA with playing politics with housewives at an Iowa Hotel association meeting. He argued the meat ration reduction targets restaurants and hotel dining rooms while households control menus and would not gain. He warned the move could boost black market and chiseler activity. George Haskell and Ed Boss outlined postwar hotel help plans and a 12 point program for small hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Nation
Congress
Paul Martin
Des Moines
Iowa Hotel Association
Martin
Towa Restaurant Association
Chester Bowles
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Ed Boss
Boss Hotel
American Hotel Association
William Wallace
Tangney-McGinn
George Podd
Chicago
Horwith and
Horwith
Military personnel on furloughs and leaves listed
Several service members on furloughs and leaves are named with hometowns and family. Pfc Calvin Statler returns from England to Schick hospital Clinton for pneumonia after two years overseas. Others include Raymond J. Driscoll and family, Cpl Donald L. Gray on route to Tyndall Fla, Ffc Jim Pickford en route to Camp Stone man, Pfc Robert L. Peck on 45 day leave, R H Oberhaus in the South Pacific, and Lt Alt awaiting reassignment at Will Rogers field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Statler
States
Eighth Air Force
England
Schick Hospital
Clinton
Harry Statler
Eighteenth Avenue SW
Raymond J. Driscoll
Frank Driscoll
Eighth Street
Merle P. Driscoll
Seoman
Larry B. Driscoll
Seaman
Corpus Christi
Texas
Cpl
Donald L. Gray
Rollo S. Pickford
Upland Drive
Pfc
Pickford
Camp Stoneman
Pittsburgh
Calif
Pacific
Robert L. Peck
Quartermaster
Fourteenth Street
New Caledonia
Guadalcanal
Guam
Jefferson Barracks
R. H. Oberhaus
South Pacific
Albert Hahn
Jack Oberhaus
Bever Avenue SE
San Pedro
Local Board Sends 13 for Induction
Thirteen men ordered by local board No. 3 to report for induction in the armed forces entrained early Saturday for Ft. Snelling Minnesota. They are Joe LeRoy Cooper James W. Koch Mt. Vernon Donald R. DeVault Walter A. Corum Harold D Woods Marion Mervin R. Watson Alburnett Raymond L. Truhlar Ely Forrest Fifield Cedar Rapids Floyd A. Lillig Raymond L. Henderson James P. Callan Central City Delmar Packingham Palo Vernon W. Balser Springville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces
Ft. Snelling
Minn
Joe LeRoy Cooper
James W. Koch
Mt. Vernon
Donald R. DeVault
Walter A. Corum
Harold D.woods
Marion
Mervin R. Watson
Alburnett
Raymond L. Truhlar
Ely
Forrest Fifield
Cedar Rapids
Floyd A. Lillig
Raymond L. Henderson
James P. Callan
Postmaster Klaus of Earlville Dies at 56
Earlville postmaster Norton Klaus died Saturday morning in a Dubuque hospital after a brief illness. Born February 22, 1889, he had served as postmaster since May 1 and formerly was a rural mail carrier. Survived by wife Catherine and children Cleon Puff, Ralph Meyer, Clair Klaus, Sgt. James Klaus at Camp Lee, Va, five sisters and two brothers. Services tentatively set for Tuesday morning at St. Joseph's church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlville
Norton Klaus
Dubuque
Catherine Cavanaugh
Cleon Puff
Ralph Meyer
Clair Klaus
James Klaus
Camp Lee
St. Joseph’s Church
Car Price Cut To Reach Consumers Under OPA Rule
Des Moines AP report says a four percent ceiling price cut on used cars must be passed to the buyer. George McDonald of the OPA price section notes dealers may add 25 percent or $160 after reconditioning and warranty, but margins must be based on the new lower ceilings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
George McDonald
Office of Price Administration
OPA
McDonald
Deaths Joseph C. Grisham 86 Cedar Rapids resident
Joseph C. Grisham 86 longtime Cedar Rapids resident died at his daughter’s home on Friday after a brief illness. He was born October 13 1858 in Adrian Illinois and married Cornellia Hiler in 1885. Surviving are four sons and four daughters with many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services Monday at Beatty chapel with burial at Shiloh cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Grisham
Cedar Rapids
Frank Strieff
Sixteenth Street
Adrian
Ill
Carthage
Cornellia Hiler
Acie
Tours
France
First Christian Church
Lomax
Ralph
Frank
Gordie
Masonville
Cleo
Milner
George Sanders
Maynard Bittle
Mt. Pleasant
Clyde Zook
van Nuys
Calif
Emily Haffer
Lodge Pole
Neb
David
Medford
Ore
Louis Kroft
Shadron
Beatty Chapel
I. E. Linkletter
Second Christian Church
Shiloh Cemetery
Beatty's
Rites for Mrs Isabella Brandon Held at Immaculate Conception
Mrs Isabella Brandon 69 of 622 C avenue NE died Friday. Rites set 9 am Monday at Immaculate Conception Church with Rt. Rev. Msgr J M Molloy officiating. She born July 11 1875 in Scotland and lived in Cedar Rapids 40 years. Husband Thomas M Brandon preceded her in death Nov 21 1939. Rosary recited by Msgr Molloy at 8 pm Sunday at Monahan funeral home. Burial Mt Calvary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella Brandon
C Avenue NE
Immaculate Conception Church
J. M. Molloy
Scotland
Cedar Rapids
Thomas M. Brandon
Msgr. Molloy
Dixie Senators Quit Filibuster
Southern senators dropped their filibuster against the Fair Employment Practices committee after a secret strategy meeting. They said they had enough votes to prevent attaching the FEPC amendment, which would require a two thirds vote, and signaled a direct showdown over FEPC money tied to the war agencies appropriation bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Senate
FEPC
War Agencies
Sentenced Adolf in '23 Back on Bench
London report says Judge Martin Dreiser who sentenced Hitler in 1923 is back on the bench. The Allied news service in Germany announced Dreiser was named head of the Starnberg provisional court in Bavaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Martin ‘Dreisser
Hitler
Allied
Germany
Dreisser
Starnberg
Bavaria
Appointment of Administrator for Prank B. Jansa Estate
On June 29, 1945, Barres Chamberlain Handit and Worth announce appointment and qualification as Administrator of the estate of Prank B. Jansa of Linn County Iowa. Creditors are asked to promptly settle accounts and file claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Linn County
Prank B. Jansa
Iowa
Barres
Chamberlain
Handit
Wi .Worth
House Approves Succession Bill by Voice Vote
The House passed a administration bill making the speaker next in line for the presidency after the vice president. If no speaker exists the president pro tem of the Senate would serve until a speaker is elected. A proposal for a special presidential election was rejected as unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Truman
White House
Rapids Owners Challenge City Assessments in Courthouse
Two equity petitions filed in the clerk’s office challenge city property valuations. H W Ribble of Rapids Products sues over 325-327 and 329 Second Avenue SE with assessed value $24 495 and Rapids Equipment over 220 Sixth Street NW with $12 085, claiming assessments exceed 60 percent of actual value after May 29 board of review denied appeal letters. Mayor F K Hahn shown as defendant as chair of the city board of review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
F. K. Hahn
City Board of Review
H. W. Ribble
Rapids Products Company
Second Avenue SE
Rapids Equipment Company
Ribble
Sixth Street
Board of Review
Prizler Dennis Faces Third Drunken Driving Charge
Prizler Dennis pled innocent Saturday before Judge Floyd Philbrick to a third DUI charge. Bond was set at 11 500 as he was arraigned by Assistant County Attorney W Howard Smith. Extensions were granted to allow county authorities to be present when he enters a plea. Prizler, 42, was arrested Sunday morning on Highway 30 by state patrol officers. He resides at 636 Seventh Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Prizler
Floyd Philbrick
Prizler
W. Howard Smith
Philbrick
Johnson County
Seventh Avenue SE
Kruel Sentenced to Six Months for Larceny
Harry Joseph Kruel, 30, of 124 Third Street SW, guilty of larceny, receives six months in Linn County jail from Judge Floyd Philbrick. He admitted taking a 21 jewel Hamilton watch, valued at 75 dollars, belonging to E. E. Stephens of 114 Third Street SW, sold for 10 dollars at a local pawn shop. The county attorney urged the six month term due to Kruel’s lack of prior criminal history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Joseph Kruel
Third Street
Linn County
Floyd Philbrick
Kruel
Hamilton
E. E. Stephens
Stephens
Thirteen Applicants Sit County Teaching Examinations
Thirteen applicants took teachers examinations on Wednesday Thursday and Friday for uniform county certificates to teach in rural elementary schools. Examinations were held in the office of County Superintendent Walter A Shupp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Shupp
Administrators Appointed for Two Cedar Rapids Estates
The court named Gertrude N. Newlin to administer the estate of her husband Claire J. Newlin who died in Cedar Rapids on April 27. Bond set at 8000 dollars. Louis V. Melsa named administrator for the estate of Frank B. Jansa who died in Cedar Rapids on June 23. Melsa Route 2 faces bond of 7500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude N. Newlin
Claire J. Newlin
Cedar Rapids
Louis V. Melsa
Frank B. Jansa
Cedar Rap
Idgy
Melsa
Pay Raise Explained by Linn County Supervisors
The Linn County board of supervisors said on Saturday that 1945 Iowa legislature raises excluded the county attorney and school superintendent offices as these were funded last February. The law granted 20 percent raises not to exceed 800 dollars to the principal and deputy in each office. Other staff in those offices received spring increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Iowa
Anderson defendant in suit over refrigeration contract
Orville D. Anderson of 703 Fifth avenue SE faces a petition filed Friday by the Utilities Engineering Institute of Chicago seeking judgment of 229.50 on a contract for correspondence lessons in mechanical refrigeration and air conditioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville D. Anderson
Fifth Avenue SE
Utilities Engineering Institute of Chicago
Contempt of Court Ends 20 Day Sentence for Raue
William Raue, 38, of 333 Third Avenue SW, began a 20 day sentence in county jail on contempt of court. He was brought in by Deputy Sheriff P J Whittemore on a warrant issued by Judge G K Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Raue
Third Avenue
P. J. Whittemore
G. K. Thompson
Kopecky Divorce Petition Dismissed By Judge
The divorce petition of Milo J. S Kopecky against Helen E. Kopecky was dismissed by Judge Floyd Philbrick on the plaintiff's motion. The couple married June 27, 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo J. S Kopecky
Helen E. Kopecky
Floyd Philbrick
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A. B. Smutz
A Avenue NE
Grand Junction
D. O. Gliem
Gliem
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Bob Considine
Tzou
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Kunming
Kano
Liberty Village
West Point
Pearl Buck
Margaret Mitchell
Dale Carnegie
Arthur Axmear
Cmierk District Court
A. S. Miller
Western Cartridge
Harry Rich
Dixie Senator
Spencer Davis
Daniel Janish
Erskine
Miss Hastings
Jack Wian
National Youth Administration
George Haskell
Haskell
Army Air Corps
Lynne Roberta
Frank M. Davis
Ellis Boulevard
Alt
Will Rogers Field
Okla
Local Board
Klaus
Brandon Services
Dixie Senators
Adolf
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