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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1945
Page
11
Charles Steven recounts a journey returning from the Pacific aboard a large aircraft carrier bound for Tokyo. The account describes black dawn, catapult launches, knife-edged deck landings, perilous night operations, and the peril faced by young pilots and a landing officer rushing to guide planes to safety amid roaring engines and deadly close quarters.
Remmie L. Arnold of Petersburg protested to Maj. Gen. Lerch after being forced to give up a train drawing room to a German prisoner. Lerch cited Geneva convention policy allowing segregated travel for prisoners with contagious disease. He noted dining car use by the prisoner breached policy and said corrective steps are underway.
Hospital Service Inc of Iowa which operates the Blue Cross plan receives approval for the fifth consecutive year.
The approval certificate of the hospital service plan commission of the American Hospital association has been issued. The Iowa Blue Cross plan is sponsored in Cedar Rapids by Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals.
Pfc. George J. Oujiri age 20 an infantryman was wounded at Strasbourg November 26 and returned to the United States for hospitalization. He was flown with 16 other wounded from Scotland to Mitchel Field New York and is now hospitalized in Memphis Tennessee. He entered service March 1943 and went overseas last May with the Seventh Army.
A dense crossword style puzzle lists clues and partial solutions such as Morse Roman ruler Greek letter famed marshal and Babylonian god. It maps to a page 2 Sect 4 puzzle grid with animal, plant, and number themed entries across down clues and time worn reference terms.
Linn County Nursing Service will hold a council meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in room 703 Merchants National bank building. The Cedar Rapids Stamp club meets Monday at 8 p m in the Montrose hotel. Bungalow cooking school advertised for Monday Tuesday Wednesday. Buttermilk chocolate milk cottage cheese no longer rationed. Mrs C R Bickford called from Altadena Calif by illness of her mother. Leventhal's Furniture ad for luggage and army lockers. Rotary luncheon Monday noon at Roosevelt hotel features C E Burdine, chaplain at Iowa men’s reformatory. Mercy hospital auxiliary annual picnic luncheon at 1 p m Tuesday at the hospital.
A meeting will follow in the hospital library, with attendees expected to discuss ongoing patient care plans and related administrative matters. The note gives a brief outline of the scheduled gathering and its location within the medical facility.
Earl Bigham 52 of 1302 B Avenue NE suffered a stroke Saturday night while at work as superintendent in the Illinois Central roundhouse. He was transported to St Luke's Hospital by the Ambulance Service. Meanwhile the YMCA boys work committee will meet Tuesday at 1 pm at the YMCA to discuss a summer program for boys and plan a parents night program this spring. Men on the committee may also attend the lay men's Lenten luncheon Tuesday noon at the YMCA.
Ralph Melville, renowned glass artist famed for birds animals and vases shaped by hand pressure and throat and lip pressure, will present a program at Wilson High School on Tuesday at 12 40 PM. He has created glass patterns for Corning Glass Works and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
The Demosthenian literary society at the University of Georgia adds Winston Churchill as an honorary member, with officers noting the prime minister has accepted the honor.
Two Cedar Rapids seventeen year olds joined the navy last week while seven eastern Iowa youths enlisted in the naval reserve. Volunteers were Wayne Lee Smith and Joseph Franklin Parr from Cedar Rapids. Enlistees included John William Dooley Iowa City Dennis Francis Pesek Mt. Vernon Robert James Thoen nes Cedar Rapids William Lewis Boots Mechanicsville Clair John Stodola Palo Paul Edward Sword Cedar Rapids and Jack Melville Benzinger Cedar Rapids.
The Wilson Junior Hi Y club will be formally admitted to national Hi Y fellowship with a candle lighting induction at the YMCA little theater. President David Brunius will lead as officers Dick Curtis Jack Andrew Bill Fitch Jack Cooper and Jack Fulton are named with other members including Charles Dumond Floyd Davie John Jensen Robert Rocerek and Harold in the lineup.
Walter Cooper, Melvin Loeffler, Harvey Hixson, Ernest Dochterman, Paul Chukas, Doug Hamilton, Harold Whitmer, Jimmy Dorland, Clifford Brown, Glenn Matter, Jerry Jerman, Dick Svoboda, and Richard Mortland listed as members. Sponsor Donald Havlik, a Wilson high graduate and former member of Wilson i-Y, leads the group.
Don Gunn an Eagle Scout was elected chief of Tribe Waubeek during the reunion Friday night at the Chamber of Commerce with about 40 attendees. New council members include Dick Klinck assistant chief Roger Dauchy secretary Leo Peiffer keeper of the ritual and William Esderts of Vinton keeper of the relics and Indian equipment. Tribe Waubeek comprises Warrior Scouts with at least three years at Camp Waubeek.
Fairfield Indiana AP report says Rufus H. Meyers 73 president of Packwood Savings Bank died Saturday at Jefferson County Hospital. He is survived by his wife and four children.
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