Union Dispute with Wilson's Is Heard by Labor Board
A Cedar Rapids dispute between Wilson and Company and United Packinghouse Workers of America local No. 3 was argued before a War Labor board panel. Seven Wilson's employees faced issues on contract changes including union maintenance and checkoff while the union pressed for dues handling and job security. Other panel members included William Grant Cunningham and John A. Jordan.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
United Packinghouse Workers of America
CIO
Federal
War Labor Board
T J. Harold Ennis
Cornell College
Wilson
Wilson's
William Grant Cunningham
John A. Jordan
Senate Votes Food Inquiry Resolution Passes Unanimously
Washington AP reports the Senate approved a resolution by voice vote to probe food supplies. The measure authorizes five thousand dollars to fund hearings by the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee to address tightened meat and commodity availability.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Agriculture
U S Submarines Sunk Five Japanese Warships
The navy said American submarines in the Far East sank five Japanese warships including three destroyers and two escort vessels. They also accounted for 16 merchant vessels, among them a large tanker, a large cargo transport, six medium cargo ships, a medium transport and a small cargo vessel.
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Washington
INS
Navy
Far Eastern
Dikes of Sandbags Guard Cedar Rapids From Flood
Public Improvements Commissioner D L Williams led a week long effort to shore up sandbag dikes along A street SW Otis road SE and at low basins from Stumptown to Ellis Park as Cedar Rapids braces for the Cedar River crest. Army engineers inspected, provided 15000 extra sacks, and praised local work while police and veterans groups helped keep spectators away and traffic moving. Red Cross and local disaster officials coordinated evacuee readiness and ongoing contact with Williams and Police Chief Condon.
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Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
D. L. Williams
Otis Road
R Avenue
North Western Bridge
Williams
First Street
Public Improvements Department
Police Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion Auxiliary Police
Czech Guard
Red Cross
Dorothy Anderson
St. Louis Red Cross
Wells C. Peck
Linn County
Hubert A. Schimberg
Tom Condon
Ellis Park
Stumptown
Flood Warnings Persist As Cedar River Rises Near Iowa City
The article reports ongoing flood threats as the Cedar River continues to rise. Unloading halted due to water in pits. dry starch division flooded at Penick and Ford, with 20 buildings affected but production continuing. Rescue and protective actions include moving motors, evacuations along flooded routes, and calls for volunteer workers. The Cedar River crest reached over 21 feet in Waterloo, then receded slightly, while Des Moines River levels also eased.
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Poe
Penick
Ford
J. Max Widmer
Walter Dick
Davenport
U. S. Weather Bureau
Wapello
Waterloo
Cedar River
Red Cross
Omaha
Cedar
Des Moines
Four Articles on Food Shortage Series From AP
Washington farm reporter Ovid A. Martin explains why food is scarce in some areas while meat and eggs vary by region. The four part AP series, starting tomorrow on The Gazette farm page, covers exports to liberated and Allied countries and the policy decisions behind meat releases last year.
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Ovid A. Martin
Farm News
Washington
Associated Press
Gazette
Close Ration Office Until Tuesday Noon
Linn county war price and ration board will be closed to the public until noon Tuesday as all price panel members and volunteer assistants attend a meeting called by the Office of Price Administration in Des Moines.
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Linn County War Price and Ration Board
Office of Price Administration
Des Moines
Price Panel
Rains Extinguish Fires in Missouri Counties Warned
Jefferson City Mo AP reports heavy rains extinguished wildfires across central Missouri. Fires had burned thousands of acres of oak forest and threatened villages and communication lines, but rainfall by Monday eased the danger and allowed state forester to declare the blazes under control.
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Jefferson City
State Forester
Parents Receive Purple Heart for Keith F Ottsen
Mr and Mrs George J Ottsen of 1122 Maplewood drive NE receive the Purple Heart awarded posthumously to their son Pfc Keith F Ottsen killed in action February 2 near St Vith Belgium. A division command letter notes burial in Luxembourg. Ottsen served with Patton s Third Army and earned the Combat Infantryman badge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Ottsen
Maplewood Drive
Pfc
Keith F. Ottsen
St. Vith
Belgium
Luxembourg
Patton
Third Army
Ottsen
Three Coe Students Win Forensic Honors at SU
Three Coe college students placed in the student senate on foreign policy at the University of Iowa Friday and Saturday. William Cohen of Cedar Rapids won a superior in the international government division. Barbara Chartier of Omaha won an excellent on the Russian committee.
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Coe College
University of Iowa
William Cohen
Cedar Rapids
Carlos Peangeay
Barbara Chartier
Omaha
Flood Crest Prompts Evacuations Along Chippewa River
Missis sippi swollen by tributaries drove evacuations in La Crosse and nearby lowlands as Chippewa River flood gates prepared. The stage reached 12.2 feet Monday night with a second crest of 14 feet forecast by Friday.
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Lacrosse
Wis
Mississippi
Chippewalls
Chippewa River
Red Cross Drive Office Still Open
The Red Cross War Fund office on the Granby building's second floor will stay open until all reports are in and audited. Co chair Harvey C. McClarey urged all divisions to complete and submit their reports at the office as soon as possible.
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Red Cross War Fund
Granby Building
Harvey C. McClarey
Realtors Hear Talk on Value of Legal Deeds
Otto L. Schiuter, chair of Linn County Bar on title standards, told Cedar Rapids Real Estate board members at a noon YMCA luncheon that warranty deeds protect against unrecorded claims, while quit claim deeds clear records on old contracts but offer no such protection.
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Otto L. Schiuter
Linn County Bar Association
Committee On
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Ym.c.a
Supreme Court
Schluter
Cedar Rapids Soldier Wounded in Luzon Campaign
Lt. Ray H. Sell, 26, of Cedar Rapids, was wounded in action in Luzon. He expects return to the United States. his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray A. Sell, 2525 A avenue NE, were informed. His left leg was hit and likely to be in a cast about four months after a battlefield promotion from technical sergeant to second lieutenant.
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Ray H. Sell
Luzon
United States
Ray A. Sell
Avenue
Sell
Medley Nabbed in Deaths of Red-Haired Women
Joseph Medley a 43 year old escaped convict was held for removal to Washington D C on a murder charge. Police held a fourth red haired woman with him when arrested. Medley suspected in deaths of women in Washington Chicago and New Orleans seized Sunday as he entered his hotel suite with his latest titian haired girlfriend.
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ST. Louis
Joseph Medley
Washington, D. C
Medley
Washington
Chicago
New Orleans
Jefferson Hotel
City Briefs Public Welfare Meeting At Montrose Hotel
The public welfare bureau schedules its monthly meeting for Tuesday noon at the Montrose hotel. Trawel chapter No 49 Royal Arch Masons meets in Masonic hall at 7 30 p m Tuesday to confer the Royal Arch degree followed by refreshments.
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Public Welfare Bureau
Montrose Hotel
Trawel
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Hall
Royal Arch
Reservations for Iowa Federation of Music Clubs Luncheon
Reservations for the Iowa Federation of Music clubs luncheon in Greene Hall at Coe College on March 24 must be made by March 20 with Mrs John Miller at 2 2645.
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Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Greene Hall
Coe College
John Miller
Final pinochle match settles Ely Jan I O O F title
The deciding pinochle game for the 1945 Ely Jan I O O F championship will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Sokol hall.
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Sokol
Bever Plat Approved by City Council
In a brief Monday meeting the city council passed a resolution approving a preliminary plat for Bever's seventh addition. The plat was submitted by J. L. Bever, owner of the property involved.
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Bever
J. L. Bever
Tire and wheel missing from E. C. Rathjen address
E C Rathjen of 720 Fifth Avenue SW reported to police on Sunday that a tire and wheel had been parked in and alongside his property.
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E. C. Rathjen
Fifth Avenue
Dick Jones Home Victim of Serious Threat Operation Return
Richard C. Jones president of United Service Aides has returned to his home at 1972 First Avenue NE after a serious throat operation in Rochester Minnesota. He is convalescing and currently receiving no visitors.
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Dick Jones
Richard C
Dick” Jones
United Service Aides
Rochester
Minn
First Avenue NE
Walker man jailed in Linn county for intoxication
Harold Hemphill aged 40 of Walker was sentenced by Justice H R Churchill on Monday to 30 days in Linn county jail with five days suspended. He was arrested Saturday night by patrolman Jim Smith and Deputy Sheriff P J White.
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Harold Hemphill
Walker
H. R. Churchill
Linn County
Hemphill
Ff Jim Smith
P. J. Whittemore
Yanks Stage Biggest Raid on Berlin and Germany
More than 1,200 American heavy bombers attacked airfields and war plants in Germany while British planes hit railway targets southeast of Hamm and near Bielfeld. The Berlin raid, described as the war’s heaviest, left widespread destruction and fires across the city’s industrial districts.
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London
Germany
Hamm
Bielfeld
United Airers
Berlin
Witten
Bocum
Hanau
Frankfurt
Eighth Air Force
Rheinmetal Borsiga
Tegel
Borsig Armored Vehicle
Henningsdorf
Schlesischer
Stockholm
Radio Atlantic
Atlantic
Deaths Mrs Anne Smith 86 longtime Cedar Rapids resident
Mrs Anne Smith 86 widow of Joseph Smith and Cedar Rapids resident 77 years died at her daughter Mrs T B Angell 1624 C avenue NE Sunday at 5 15 pm after brief illness Born July 3 1858 in Austria she came to Cedar Rapids in 1868 Surviving include another daughter Mrs Ann Putman a grandson Donald M Thomas in the navy a granddaughter Mrs Wilbur Unash and a great granddaughter Mary Jane Anash Funeral 2 pm Wednesday Turner chapel with Rev Grant F Anderson officiating burial Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Anna Smith
Joseph Smith
Cedar Rapids
T. B. Angell
C Avenue
Austria
Angell
Ann Putman
Donald M. Thomas
Navy
South Pacific
Wilbur Unash
Portland
Ore
Mary Jane Anash
Turner Chapel
Grant F. Anderson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Widow Mrs Cornelius Dies After Brief Illness in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Nancy Shepherd Cornelius widow of William C Cornelius died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 6 p.m. Sunday after a brief illness. Born October 12, 1868 in Pittsburgh she moved to Cedar Rapids from Perry thirteen years ago and lived at the Home for Aged Women for two years. Surviving are five sisters and many nephews and nieces. She belonged to St Pauls Methodist church and the Degree of Honor. Services Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Turner chapel with Rev J E DeLong. Burial at Oak Shade cemetery Marion. Friends may call at Turners.
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Nancy Shepherd Cornelius
William C. Cornelius
Home For
Cedar Rapids
Cornelius
Pittsburgh
Perry
Kathryn Miller
San Francisco
Calif
Mary Yoch
Worthington
Death of Dona Moss at 3 in Cedar Rapids area
Dona Marie Moss aged 3 died Sunday at 5 15 p m after a brief illness at a local hospital. She was born in Anamosa on August 7 1941 and had lived in Cedar Rapids the past year. Survived by her father Staff Donald Moss of Fort Myers and her mother Nadine Moss of 207 Nineteenth Street NW.
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North Gasen Bridge
Ellis
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Lane
Ellis Park
Avenue Bridge
First Street
Quaker Oats Yards
Dona Marie Moss
Anamosa
Donald Moss
Fort Myers
Nadine
Nineteenth Street
Trucker urged to mail transport certificates for gasoline coupons
On Monday truckers were urged to mail Office of Defense Transportation certificates to the Linn county war price and ration board to authorize issuing second quarter gasoline coupons. A. T. Plenne, chief clerk, said most truck rations could now be mailed back to the users. Previously the user had to call for them in person.
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Office of Defense Transportation
Linn County War Price and Ration Board
A. T. Plenne
Mrs Emma Sampson Dies at Home Near Norway
Mrs Emma Sampson wife of Ira Sampson died at her home near Norway at 3 am Sunday after a long illness. Born December 17 1877 in Walford she lived in this area and Minnesota most of her life. Surviving: husband four daughters three sons seven grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm Turner chapel with Rev Donald Cummings officiating. Burial in Norway cemetery.
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Emma Sampson
Ira Sampson
Norway
Walford
Sam
Minnesota
Mr. Sampson
Marion
Carmelete Johnson
Perley
Minn
Pearl Shea
Fairfax
Irene Hasley
Andrew Weland
Mason City
Amos
N. E
Martin Weland
Lillian Winger
Nora LeGrand
North Liberty
Anna Yanecek
Sampson
Methodist Church
Turner Chapel
Donald Cummings
Norway Cemetery
Cedar Rapids man dies after brief illness at 60
Frank B. Wharton 60 of 1107 Lincoln Ave NE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 10 30 p m Saturday after a brief illness Born Warsaw Ind Nov 26 1864 he married Katherine Cahall July 24 1918 in Philadelphia Pa A World War I veteran he served 10 months overseas as a navy fireman 1 c Surviving wife three Cedar Rapids daughters Mrs Clara Rinderknecht Mrs Katherine White and Judy Kay Wharton a brother John Cedar Rapids and three grandchildren Beatty chapel 4 p m Wednesday with military services at Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at Beattys
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Frank B. Wharton
Lincoln Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Warsaw
Ind
Philadelphia
Katherine Cahall
Katherine
Clara Rinderknecht
Katherine White
Judy Kay Wharton
John
Beatty Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Beatty’s
Services for Jacob Estes in Turner chapel Monday
Jacob Estes of Cedar Rapids for 50 years died Saturday in a Des Moines hospital after a brief illness. Services will be in the Turner chapel at 4 p.m. Monday officiated by Rabbi Richmond. Burial will be in Eben Israel cemetery.
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Jacob Estes
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Turner Chapel
Richmond
Eben Israel Cemetery
David Jarboe Obituary Notice
David Jarboe 37 of 1325 Third Street SW died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 10 55 a m Monday. He was an employee of the Rock Island railroad. The body is at the Barta chapel with funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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David Jarboe
Third Street
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Barta
Finnish vote backs leftist candidates in parliamentary election
Helsinki AP reports Finland's voters backed extreme leftist candidates in a weekend parliamentary election seen as a test of national sentiment toward Russia. The results show substantial support but no decisive victory, reflecting broader political currents.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Reds Take Baltic Base of Kolberg
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army captured the Baltic naval base of Kolberg after a 13 day siege. Units pushed west along the Pomeranian coast to support Zhukov near the Oder mouth while German forces reform defenses near Koenigsberg Braunsberg Heilingenbeil and along the Dan zing and Gdynia pockets remain.
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Moscow
Kolberg
Pomeranian
Gregory K. Zhulows
Oder
Stettin
Wollin
Zhukov
Lake Balaton
Kol
Baltic
Danzig
Gdynia
Danzig Bay
Braunsberg
Heilingenbeil
Tama hunter Leonard Cherry in critical condition after rifle accident
Leonard Cherry 31 of Tama is in critical condition at a Marshalltown hospital after a .22 rifle discharged in the back seat while hunting Sunday. His intestines were perforated in seven places. He is married with four daughters and works at Central Fiber Products in Tama. his parents and sister Gladys are in Florida.
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TAMA
Leonard Cherry
Marshalltown
Cherry
Herbert Cherry
Howard Cherry
Cedar Rapids
Central Fiber Products
Gladys
Florida
Tax Collectors Might Have a Rummage Sale
The internal revenue office prepares a lost and found for items left during the income tax rush. Gloves, mittens, a green wool mitten, a drawstring purse and other small items are awaiting owners to claim them by dialing 4412 or visiting the office.
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Internal Revenue Office
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