Scouts and Cubs Gather 41 Tons of Waste Paper
Forty one tons of waste paper were collected by 125 Scouts and Cubs Saturday sponsored by the Office of Civilian Defense. Trucks donated by Dad's Root Beer and Witwer Grocery aided the effort. City workers assisted. call OCD at 3-2601 to report collected paper. Lt Charles Vesely receives Bronze Star for meritorious service with the Eighth Air Force in England. He is a Coe College graduate and overseas 26 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Vesely
Eighth Air Force
England
Stanley Vesely
Twentieth Street
Coe
Vesely
R. J. Viach
Office of Civilian Defense
Viach
OCD
Dad’s Root Beer
Witwer Grocery Company
John Popelka
William Green
Joseph Shimek
Anton Soukup
James Milota
George Drews
Otto Slapnicka
Charles Basker
Steve Roosa
John Tomash
Claude Guthrie
Reuben Ford
Frank Kovac
Walter Boner
Earl E. Baldwin
Walter Buckalew
New Fascist Move in Italy
Allied military police report a hidden Fascist movement claiming 20 000 members seeks to seize Italy’s government. They plan a second march on Rome and run action squads, with crimes like bombs hidden in bouquets given to soldiers. Police say 35 leaders were arrested, including Guglielmo de Rossi, once Mussolini’s bodyguard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Guglielmo de Rossi
Mussolini
Rommel Named in Nazi Plot by BBC Broadcast
London based BBC in German said Marshal Erwin Rommel known as Hitler’s favorite general was among July conspirators against the Nazi leadership and would have sought an armistice with the Allies if the plot had succeeded. The claim cites Rommel’s death by wounds in France on July 17 and ties him to Generals Otto von Stuelpnagel and Alexander von Falkenhausen in Paris and Belgium.
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London
BBC
Erwin Rommel
Hitler
Rommel
France
Paris
Otto von Stuelpnagel
Alexander von Falkenhausen
Belgium
Fugitive Sought In Third Murder
Washington AP report says Joseph Medley, 43, escaped convict, is charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Nancy Boyer in a Washington apartment. He is also wanted for questioning in two other bathtub deaths, including L A Fisher in New Orleans and Blanche Kemerman in Chicago. Police seek him as the man linked to multiple recent killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Medley
Nancy Boyer
United States
Needham C. Turnage
Medley
Michigan
L. A. Fisher
New Orleans
Blanche
Merman
Rigo
Insura: s Breather Signed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed an inflation era anti trust monitor for the insurance industry on January 1 1848 the executive said the respite would allow side by correction of abuses and help insurers conform with a supreme court ruling holding them subject to anti trust laws
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Pfc. Robert A. Dahl Held as Prisoner in Germany
Private first class Robert A. Dahl reported by letter to his parents Mr and Mrs Emil Dahl of Omaha Nebraska formerly Cedar Rapids that he has become a German prisoner after being missing in action since December 18 His sister Mrs Adolph Ahrens resides at 1334 G Avenue NW
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Dahl
Germany
Emil Dahl
Omaha
Neb
Cedar Rapids
Adolph Ahrens
G Avenue
Rhine crosses fall as Allies drive toward Coblenz and Wesel
Allied forces push toward the Rhine in a decisive western front advance. U S Eighth air force defends a bridgehead against six enemy bombers while German and American anti aircraft fire fill the sky. First and Third armies breach the Eifel trap, freeing 9 000 prisoners and closing on Wesel and Coblenz as Ruhr targets endure heavy bombardment. The enemy loses 22 divisions or are too mauled to fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Eighth Air Force
U.S. First Army
U. S. Third Army
Rhine
Coblenz
Eifel
First Army
Ahr
Ahrweiler
Brueck
Ardennes
The
Eiffels
First
Wesel
Ruhr
the Rhine
Supreme Headquarters
Saar
Palatinate
Nes Coblenz
Ninth
Duisberg
Duesseldorf
Essen
Romania Regains North Transylvania From Hungary
Moscow reports that under the Sept. 12 armistice terms northern Transylvania has been returned to Romania. Stalin conveyed the news to Premier Petru Groza, with letters from Groza and Foreign Minister Tatarescu confirming the formal return and Stalin’s reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Stalin
Petru Groza
Romania
Transylvania
Hungary
Hitler
Groza
Gheorge Tatarescu
Veterans Center Council to Meet at Chamber of Commerce
A meeting of nearly 100 advisory council members from Linn county related organizations will be held Friday at 8 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce. Officers will be elected and committees named as the council discusses affairs and makes recommendations to the executive board for the center’s purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advisory Council
The
Veterans Service and Information Center
Chamber of Commerce
Linn County
Veterans Center
Deaths: Roy L. Wiese of Omaha former Cedar Rapids worker
Mrs. Blanche Matthiesser of 515 1st Avenue SW learned of the death Saturday of her brother-in-law Roy L. Wiese of Omaha Nebraska. A former Cedar Rapids Auto Supply employee he lived at 1549 Washington Avenue SE when a resident here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Matthiesser
First Avenue
Roy L. Wiese
Omaha
Neb
Cedar Rapids Auto Supply Company
Washington Avenue
Services for Hiram Lazenby in Turner chapel Monday
Services for Hiram P F Lazenby who died Thursday will be held at the Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Monday Burial will be in Palo cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram PF. Lazenby
Turner Chapel
Palo Cemetery
Sister of Mrs. Consigny Dies in Milwaukee
Mrs. Harry E. Myers learns of the sudden death of her sister Mrs. A. H. Consigny at the home of her son Edward Consigny in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Burial is planned for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Myers
Grande Avenue SE
A. H. Consigny
Edward Consigny
Milwaukee
Wis
Services for Everett Bingham in Cedar Rapids Monday
Everett Bingham a Cedar Rapids resident active in plumbing and electrical work in West Liberty for 35 years will have services at Barta chapel at 4 p.m. Monday conducted by Rev. Walter Smith pastor of West Liberty Methodist church. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Park. He died Friday at his home. Friends may call at Barta's after 4 p.m. today.
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Everett Bingham
B Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
West Liberty
Barta Chapel
Walter Smith
West Liberty Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Bingham
Barta
Obituary of Mrs Hattie Ireland 72 of Muscatine
Mrs Hattie Ireland aged 72 died Saturday after a long illness in a Muscatine hospital. Survived by three daughters Mrs Virgil Shaw Rockford Illinois Mrs Glen Gabbert Muscatine and Mabel Roland Cedar Rapids four sons Elmer Anamosa Deimer Howard Madison Wis and H C Ireland Cedar Rapids two brothers George Voorhies Center Junction and Charles Cedar Rapids. Services set for 11 a m Monday at Wittichs funeral home Muscatine and Federated church Lisbon with burial in Lisbon cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Ireland
Muscatine
Virgil Shaw
Rockford
Glen Gabbert
Mabel Roland
Cedar Rapids
Elmer
Anamosa
Deimer
Howard
Madison
Wis
H. C. Ireland
George Voorhies
Center Junction
Charles
Wittichs’ Funeral
Federated Church
Lisbon
Burns
Death of John Hines 60 Cedar Rapids Resident
John Hines aged 60 of 226 Second Street NW died in an Iowa City hospital after a long illness. He came from Vinton in 1910, worked at the Iowa Manufacturing Co for two years before his death. He married Alice Easterday July 24 1928 in Vinton. Survived by wife son Howard three grandchildren and brother Jacob Hines. Funeral announcements to follow with viewing at Moen chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hines
Second Street
Iowa City
Maspeth
N. Y
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Alice Easterday
Calvary Baptist Church
A. F. of
Howard
Jacob Hines
Brooklyn
Moen Chapel
Tokyo Raid Details From Tokyo Newspapers Report
A Royal Tass dispatch via the FCC notes Tokyo newspapers did not publish Sunday due to the Superfortress assault. Tokyo claimed 15 enemy planes shot down, 50 damaged, and 130 raiders in the fleet, a figure far below the actual count. Japanese premier Koisi announced readiness for greater trials as bombings and landings on the mainland were anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Tass
FCC
Kuniaki Koisi
Eye-Witness Tokyo Bombing From B-29 Over Japan
Eye witness Martin Sheridan recalls a massive air raid as 300 plus B-29s from Guam Tinian and Saipan dropped incendiaries on Tokyo. He describes the red glow smoke fires across multi block districts and the crew’s jostling flight aboard the plane Patches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Sons of Nippon
Guam
Tinian
Saipan
Toyko
Fifth Army Tightens Ring Around Vergato
The U S 10th Mountain Division of the Fifth Army seized high ground to the east and north to tighten the ring around Vergato, a doomed fortress town on the road from Pistoia to Bologna, Allied command announced Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
U. S
10Th Mountain Division
Fifth Army
Vergato
Pistoia
Bologna
Income Tax Refunds Issued to Iowans Amid Overpayments
Des Moines reports that about 270000 Iowa residents will receive refunds of federal tax overpayments from 1943. Internal Revenue collector E Birmingham announced refunds total $9,327,537.62 as of Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Marion native Lt Frazee bails from B 24 after collision
Lt James Frazee son of Mr and Mrs J W Frazee of Marion piloted a B 24 from Pueblo base Colorado when a formation collision forced an emergency bailout. The ship, loaded with instructor crew and ordnance, tumbled in a spin before crashing. navigator suffered a fractured ankle. Frazee and co pilot survived with no major injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Frazee
James VW. Frazee
J. W. Frazee
Marion
Pueblo
Colo., Army Air Base
Frazee
Lt. Frazee
Cedar Rapids Coin Club Meets Monday Evening
City briefs note a bungalow cooking school on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. The Cedar Rapids Coin Club will meet Monday at 8 p.m. in the Roosevelt hotel. John A. McBride of 1532 Fifth Avenue SE states he is not the person fined in police court for window peeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bungalow Cooking School
Cedar Rapids
Coin Club
Roosevelt Hotel
John A
Jack” McBride
Fifth Avenue SE
James Yulga Jr Released After Forehead Cut
James Yulga Jr of route 3 was released from St Luke’s hospital Friday after treatment for a severe forehead cut from a fall from a second floor ledge. Several stitches were needed to close the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Yulga, Jr
Route 3
St. Luke's Hospital
Dentist Dr Raymond Johnson to speak on Peridental Disease in Cedar Rapids
Dr Raymond E Johnson of St Paul will lecture illustrated by slides on Peridental Disease and screen a University of Minnesota film on mouth health for a Cedar Rapids Dental Society dinner meeting at 6 30 p m Monday at the Roosevelt Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond E. Johnson
St. Paul
University of Minnesota
Cedar Rapids Dental Society
Roosevelt Hotel
Will of Grace Shores admitted to probate in district court
The will of Grace B. Shores who died February 25 at her daughter Mrs. A Hawkins home in Anamosa has been admitted to probate. Gordon B Shores of Cedar Rapids named executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace B. Shores
A. Hawkins
Anamosa
Gordon B. Shores
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Posts New Greece Mail Service
The Cedar Rapids post office announces expanded mail service to Greece. One ounce letters now allowed to Greece, along with postal cards. Postage rates are 5 cents for letters and 3 cents for postal cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Greece
Fire incidents at multiple sites including tar kettle plant
A fire at Concrete Products company 1297 G avenue NE was reported 9 23 a m Saturday and confined to the side of a one story frame building. A grass fire on a vacant lot at 2747 B avenue NE was reported 2 30 p m. At 3 14 p m a truck was sent to 823 Eleventh avenue SE to address oil flooding the floor from a heating stove at Frank Marcka s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concrete Products Company
G Avenue NE
B Avenue NE
Frank Marcka
Eleventh Avenue SE
John Liddle Injury Improves at Norman Naval Center
John Liddle former Franklin school athlete injured Thursday in a plane crash at the Norman Okla naval training center showed improved condition by Saturday at Norman naval hospital His parents Mr and Mrs George T Liddle have recently moved to Pasadena California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Liddle
Franklin School
Norman
Okla
Naval Training Center
Norman Naval Hospital
Liddle
George T. Liddle
Pasadena
Calif
Honor Weld at Chapel Tuesday
Tribute to retiring Coe College physics professor Dr LeRoy D Weld and recognition of honors students will be combined in a chapel service Tuesday morning at Coe College Sioux City. Dr Myron Graber dean of men and physics head and Dr C Harve Geiger and Dr H Peterson will appear with the Coe chapel choir in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy D. Weld
Coe Chapel
Myron Earle Graber
Eecolege
Sioux City
Eeespect
Prospect
Deg
Weld
Turner Company
Graber
Iowa Academy of Science
The
Physical Society
Heidelberg College
Ohio
University of Iowa
Morningside College
C. Harve Geiger
Coe College
On H. Peterson
Coe
Coe A Cappell
Dr. Weld
Keefe Says CCC Cover-Up Aims to Hide Scandal
Rep. Frank Keefe charges the Commodity Credit corporation is trying to cover up a scandal larger than Teapot Dome after CCC denies FBI inquiry into grain and egg speculators profits. Three CCC officials were dismissed as Keefe calls for broader investigations and congressional control of government corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Frank B. Keefe
R-Wis
Commodity Credit Corporation
Teapot Dome
Keefe
CCC
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Keith Heimbaugh
FBI
Rep
Heimbaugh
Congress
Byrnes May Remain On Job After Nazi Fall
Washington AP War Mobilizer James F Byrnes may reconsider his decision to quit when the European war ends and stay on the job until the senate acts on the world security organization. Byrnes had tried to resign but Roosevelt urged him to stay. With Europe’s war nearing end, colleagues expect Roosevelt to keep Byrnes to help push the league treaty through the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Senate
World Security Organization
Friends
Byrnes
Roosevelt
House
Supreme Court
Vinton Man Held on Check Passing Count
Darwin Fairhurst, 24, of Vinton, was arrested Saturday night at Danceland on a warrant. He allegedly forged Henry Streller’s name to checks for 14 and 18 dollars and passed a 31 dollar check at the Syndicate after cashing several legitimate Streller checks at Armstrongs. He claimed he cashed under 30 dollars in total and said he was employed by Collins Radio since October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin Fairhurst
Vinton
Danceland
Leonard Stark
Harley Simon
John Hlavicek
Vinton Justice
Henry Streller
Collins
Armstrongs
Streller
Fairhurst
Airhurst
Army
Collins Radio Company
Yanks in Gains In Luzon Hills
Manila reports Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced American forces crossed into Antipolo in the Luzon hills, with the Sixth Division advancing southwest of Montalban. The 158th Regimental Combat Team pushed toward the Lake Taal to Batangas Bay road network. Heavy bombing struck Zamboanga as Kenney’s far eastern command dropped 300 tons on defenses and depots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Antipolo
Douglas MacArthur
Montalban
Lake Taal
Batangas Bay
MacArthur
Tokyo
Zamboanga
Key City
Mindanao
George C. Kenney
Far Eastern Command
Major Mary Bell Publishes In Army Magazine
Major Mary Bell of the WAC and former dean of women at Coe College wrote an article for Military Review titled Who Gets the Ribbons and Why. She is an instructor at Fort Leavenworth’s Command and General Staff School and is among the few women to publish in this military literature journal. The piece details all decorations and their awarding conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bell
WAC
Coe College
Military Review
Gazette Company Established Daily Edition in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, founded in 1883 by The Gazette Company, published daily and Sunday from 500 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. The paper carried Associated Press United Press International wire usage and listed subscription rates by carrier for various durations. Located at Allen Company 540 Michigan Avenue Chicago and 551 Fifth Avenue New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette Company
3Rd Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Pids
Allen Company
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
New York
New Center
Detroit of Media and A.N.P.A
Survivors Tell Of Japs Burning Prisoners Alive
The account from Puert Princesa prison camp on Palawan details 140 American POWs burned or shot as guards torched shelters with gasoline and torches. Survivors Bogue McDole and Barta, aided by Riverbark, describe the brutal massacre and subsequent manhunt by Japanese patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Puerto Princesa
Palawan Island
Philippines
Robert E. Riverbark
Savannah Ga
Palawan
Mindoro
Puert Princesa
Rivenbark
Marin
Douglas W. Bogue
Omaha
Neb
Cpl
Glen. W. McDole
Des Moines
Navy
Fer
J. Barta
Salt Lake City
Bogue
McDole
Bart
T McDole
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Sun
Scouts
Bronze Star
Rhine-c
Ontin
Remagen
John E. Lapes
Florise
Third Avenue
Veterans Center Council
Lazenby Services
Mrs
Journeturner & Son
S.E
Martin Sheridan
iBoston Globe
UC. S&s. Press
Leo P. Ziemianski
Buffalo
Thomas C. Moss
Aurora
Ill
Pac
ROHN
Elden B. Rohn
Prop
City Briefs
Mail Service
Honor Weld
Moon's
East
Vinton Man
Luzon Hills
Army Magazine
Che
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Joseph L. Myler
Henry F. Teahen
Walter M. Krebs
Krebs
Iowa Memorial Company
Third Ave
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