Guthrie Probe Expands to Broader War Production Issues
The Guthrie resignation inquiry in Washington moves to wider WPB fields as Rep. Faddis previews hearings with industrial leaders and WPB officials, including potential testimony from Director Donald Nelson. Guthrie says the textile sector failed to plan for wartime needs and cites resistance from duck manufacturers over carpet-to-duck conversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert R. Guthrie
WPB
Faddis
D-Pa
House
Guthrie
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Thomas
R. J
Army
Navy
Sentence Cut for Former Fish Aide by Federal Judge
Federal District Judge F Dickinson Letts reduced George Hill's prison term to 10 months to three years for perjury before a grand jury probing foreign propaganda. Hill, former secretary to Rep Fish, had been sentenced Feb 6 to two to six years. The leniency plea cited Hill's recantation and cooperation as a government witness in the Viereck case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
F. Dickinson Letts
George Hill
Rep. Fish
R-N.y
Hill
Letts
Richard A. Harman
Harman
William Power Maloney
George Sylvester Viereck
Fighting Dollars Buy Defense Stamps and Bonds Today
A wartime call encourages every citizen to support America’s war effort by purchasing defense stamps and bonds. The appeal urges men and women to contribute through buying guns planes ships and blood on ships at sea, emphasizing the home front duty to fund freedom under fire.
Deaths of Cedar Rapids pioneer Anna R. Lesinger
Anna R. Lesinger longtime Cedar Rapids resident died at 7 30 p.m. at her home 218 Fourteenth avenue SE after 66 years in the city Born in Bohemia October 24 1853 she came with her parents at age 10 Surviving are six children thirteen grandchildren fifteen great grandchildren and a sister The body is at Polansky chapel pending funeral plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna R. Lesinger
Cedar Rapids
Fourteenth Avenue
Bohemia
Joseph
Rosalie Zerzan
St. Wenceslaus Church
J. W. Lesinger
George J. Severa
Mollie Stodola
Edward G. Lesinger
Joseph Blin
Marion
Lumir L. Lesinger
Los Angeles
Helen Struesky
Rosary Society
Christian Mothers of
Zofie Podlipska Lodge
Polansky Chapel
Funeral Services for Ralph James Martin Jr.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Moon chapel for Ralph James Martin Jr. who died from injuries in an accident at Clarksville Tennessee. Rev. Wm. C. Eckler will conduct. Burial is at Oak Shade cemetery in Marion. Born December 31, 1919 he married Wanda Farmer in July 1939 and worked for Concrete Materials and Construction. He was a Methodist. survived by wife parents a sister and several relatives. Friends may call at Moon chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph James Martin, Jr
Clarksville
Tenn
Moon Chapel
Wm. C. Eckler
Oak Shade
Marion
Martin
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt High School
Wanda Farmer
Concrete Materials and Construction Company
Methodist Church
Ralph Martin
Virginia
H. F. Martin
Franklin Grove
Ill
Myrtle O. Snyder
Obituary notices for Bartunek and Darrow
Joseph Bartunek 49 died at his sister's home Cedar Rapids at 3 p.m. Thursday after illness since January. Born Bohemia December 2 1892 he moved to Cedar Rapids in 1913 and worked as a janitor for Iowa Mutual Insurance. Survived by son Carl daughter Geraldine his mother four sisters two brothers and several Ced ar Rapids relatives. funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Brosh chapel with burial in Bohemian National Cemetery. Daisy May Darrow wife of Newell C Darrow died at University hospital Iowa City at 8:25 p.m. Thursday after a long illness born April 5 1880 Elkport Iowa. She came to Cedar Rapids 16 years ago from Manchester and was member of the Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bartunek
Charles Bohac
Wilson Avenue
Bohemia
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Mutual Insurance Company
Carl
Geraldine
Marie Bartunek
Daisy May Darrow
Newell C. Darrow
Sixteenth Street
University Hospital
Iowa City
Elkport
Manchester
Methodist Church
Obituary: Cedar Rapids Woman Survived by Large Family
Survived by four daughters including Mrs Levi Lehman of Dundee and Mrs John Morey of Cedar Rapids and seven sons all of Cedar Rapids. Four brothers and two sisters also noted. Funeral arrangements to be announced. friends may call at Moen chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Lehman
Dundee
John Morey
Henry Tietge
Charles Carstens
Cedar Rapids
Cecil Darrow
Chicago
Cleo Darrow
Fort Riley
Kane
Clair
Gerald
Glenn
Owan
Newell
William R. Godden
Salmon
Ida
Charles Godden
Durham
Okla
Herbert Godden
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Joseph Godden
Elkport
Isabelle Franks
Osage
Martha Fisher
Shellsburg
Moen Chapel
Deaths: Mrs Emma Hayek of Linn County
Mrs Emma Hayek 408 Sixth avenue SW Cedar Rapids died at 4:30 am Friday after a brief illness. Born January 28 1873 she was the daughter of Joseph and Katherine Cerveny and had lived in Linn County all her life. She leaves son Leonard Hayek Ithaca New York six sisters and four brothers plus nieces and nephews. Her husband Joseph and a daughter Dorothy are dead. She belonged to Calvary Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Hayek
Sixth Avenue
Joseph
Katherine Cerveny
Linn County
Calvary Baptist Church
Dorothy
Leonard Hayek
Ithaca
N. Y
Agnes Loufek
Davenport
Josephine Dvorak
Swisher
Barbara Tehel
Fairfax
Frances Sonka
Independence
Rose Doupnik
Julia Petrak
Cedar Rapids
Frank Cerveny
Wesley
John Cerveny
Moen Chapel
James Edward of Perry Dies. Cedar Rapids Native
James Edward of Perry former resident of Cedar Rapids born there died at Perry on Thursday. He was a retired boiler maker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward
Perry
Cedar Rapids
William C Tiedje Dies After Long Illness at Cedar Rapids
William C Tiedje retired railroad clerk died at Cedar Rapids hospital at 11 50 a m Thursday after a long illness He born December 14 1886 in Tama resided in Cedar Rapids 38 years He married Mary Baker February 19 1942 She survives along with his mother Sophia Tiedje and sister Emma Tapfer both of Portland Ore Funeral in Turner chapel at 330 pm Sunday with burial in the mausoleum division of Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C Tiedje
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Tama
Cedar Rapids
Mary Baker
Sophia Tiedje
Emma Tapfer
Portland
Ore
Turner Chapel
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Funeral services for George Elmer Black held Saturday
Funeral services for George Elmer Black brother of Mrs. Mary Zarub will be conducted in the Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. The body will arrive in Cedar Rapids late Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Elmer Black
Mary Zarub
Daniels Street
Tucson
Ariz
Turner Chapel
Marion H Williams
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Funeral services set for William F. Jensen in Cedar Memorial Park
Funeral services for William Fred Jensen 1730 Maple Drive NW will be conducted in Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Saturday by Rev Charles J Bready Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Park cemetery Friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fred Jensen
Maple Drive
Turner Chapel
Charles J. Bready
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Economy in Govt Testing Point of Democracy's Fate
Dr. Dale D. Welch, president of the University of Dubuque, told the North Central Conference that economy in government, aside from war expenditures, tests democracy's future. H. R. Hanger urged savings in state and local taxes to relieve federal tax burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dale D. Welch
University of Dubuque
North Central Conference
United States Savings and Loan League
H. R. Hanger
Dubuque
House Robbery Reported After Vacation Return
Mr and Mrs H O Van Cleave reported to the sheriff that items were stolen from their Lincoln Heights home since November 1 1941 Missing were a woman's coat a clock a .22 calibre rifle an electric fan a flashlight and a gold watch Neighbor Mrs Charles Holder had alerted the sheriff March 12 that lights were on at the residence Deputy Pete Whittemore said a hole was cut in a basement window screen and the thief fired several shots into a bed before departing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. van Cleave
Lincoln Heights
South
Sheriff's Office
Charles Holder
van Cleave
Pete Whittemore
Whittemore
Working Wife Wartime Food Conference Topics
The Iowa Family Relations conference at Coe college explored shifts in marriage roles during wartime. Eve Lynn Mills Duvall urged a move from romance to companionship and co partnership with men in industry. Home management, nutrition, and food rationing were discussed by Dr Paulena Nickell, Dr Sybil Woodruff, Dr Mary Jean Bowman, and Miss Lucy Simpson, highlighting flexible family management and the role of soybeans in future diets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Mills Duvall
Chicago
Coe College
Iowa
Duvall
Paulena Nickell
Iowa State College
Sybil Woodruff
University of Iowa
Nickell
Mary Jean Bowman
Consumption Economics Department
Lucy Simpson
Community Nutrition Service of
Cedar Rapids
Destroyer Christened By Kin of MacArthur
Two destroyers slid down the ways at Federal Shipbuilding in Kearny New Jersey. The U S S McCalla was christened by Mrs. Arthur MacArthur, sister in law of General MacArthur. The ship honors Rear Admiral Bowman H McCalla a Spanish American War hero. The U S S Lardner was sponsored by Mrs. Sidney F Tyler II a great granddaughter of Rear Admiral James Lawrence Lardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearny
N. J
INS
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Arthur MacArthur
United Nations Forces
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
U.S.S. McCalla
Bowman H. McCalla
U.S.S Newark
Cat Turned Over To Police Case Continued
The harboring a vicious animal charge against Mrs. Anna Gorup was continued after she turned the cat over to police. The animal attacked two neighborhood boys and is under observation by humane officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Gorup
Seventeenth Street
Harry Johnson
Gorup
Five hundred privately owned wagons to serve as ambulances
Five hundred privately owned station wagons will serve Baltimore as ambulances during the war emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Eye CGC for Possible Guard Duty in Iowa
Iowans eye the Civilian Conservation Corps as a potential guard source for protecting war industries and key utilities. The new war powers bill authorizes CCC enrollees for this task, with six camps totaling about 600 enrolled after April 1 and a seventh being liquidated. Enrollees are 17 to 23, many in the younger group. A provisional Iowa state guard battalion of nearly 300 trains at Camp Dodge and may be available after 30 days for emergency guard duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Moville
Missouri Valley
Oakland
Clarion
Corydon
Decorah
Iowa State Guard
Camp Dodge
French Could Not Imagine Tanks As Independent Units
Witnesses at the war guilt trial testified that France failed to treat tanks as independent fighting units. General Marcel Sciard said the doctrine held tanks could not operate beyond artillery range and were not refueled on the battlefield, leading to tanks running dry or being captured. Edouard Daladier argued the army concept caused the defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riom
France
Marcel Sciard
Belgium
Edouard Daladier
Army
April Term Petit Jury Drawn in Benton County
Special to The Gazette. Benton County opens April 6 with Judge B O Tankersley presiding. Petit jurors report April 13 include Blanche Albers Keystone Eleanor Andrews Vinton Hazel Back Belle Plaine Louis Bartacheck Belle Plaine and many others from Vinton Belle Plaine Shellsburg Norway Watkins and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Benton County District Court
B. O. Tankersley
Marshalltown
Blanche Albers
Keystone
Eleanor Andrews
Hazel Back
Belle Plaine
Louis Bartacheck
Josephine Beneshek
John Boddicker
Watkins
Mike Brecht
Norway
Maye Brown
Dysart
A. G. Carlson
Edward Cherveny
Fred Christensen
Blairstown
Earl W. Comer
Helen Conder
Annetta Crawford
Ida Crisman
Rush Cumberland
Urbana
Howard Dickson
George Dietrick
Alice Donels
Harold Drakos
Luzerne
James Eirp
O. F
Frank Humphrey
Eleanor Hunt
Flossie Inman
Joe Irish
Shellsburg
Edith Jack
Emil
Page to Face Suggs in North South Finals Golf Showdown
Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill meets Louise Suggs of Lithia Springs Ga in the North and South women's golf finals at Pinehurst N C on Friday seeking a sixth title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinehurst
N. C
Estelle Lawson Page
Chapel Hill
Louise Suggs
Lithia Springs
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Teahen
Our
Teahen Funeral Home
First Avenue West
America
Gene Gues Eseees
Bonagge
Pioneer
Ralph Martin, Jr
William C. Tiedje
Black Services
Stauffacher Joseph Brubaker
Ella B. Edwards
Long Beach
Calif
Jensen Services
Jemima
Cat
Police
Case
Eye Cgc
Seed Potato Headquarters
Acme Poultry Market
West End
F Ave. Bridge
Dial
First St. NW
Stoler's Bake Shop
Benton County
Jurgemeyer
Florence Kelly
van Horne
Fred Kern
Ed Kimm
Arthur Kirkman
Atkins
Henry Kreutner
Walter Lair
Virginia Lillis
Thelma Maag
Joe Malecek
Bertha Mathues
Center Point
Milo Melberg
Lelend Merchant
Garrison
John Meyer
Harry J. Miller
Viola Miller
Walt Miller
Mabel Reinhart
Mr. Auburn
Art Schmidt
Mary G. Schmidt
George Scheuler
Carl Seely
Adolph Selk
Ora Shirley
George Schultz
Walker
Frank Smith
Ancell Snyder
Jesse St. Clair
Clarence Steinbold
R. C. Struve
la Porte City
Joe A. V. Thomen
Helen Ullom
Clarence Anticdt
Elberon
Hazel Vogt
Esther Whipple
L. E Whitcomb, Jr
Carl Wilhelm
Jessie Wilson
George Winters
Igram-Kalell
M Ave
Center Point Rd
Hi. R
Sixth Street
Hamed Foods
Second Avenue
Sanitary Farm Dairies
Charmin
Rolls
Auaanis
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Rath's
Blackhawk
Pignigs Tb
16Th Ave
Chuck” Blazek
BULK
Jumbo Prunes
Rolls Co Cc
Lux
Hershey's
Sunkist
Loaf
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