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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1944
Page
7
The page lists wartime ration details for meat red stamps gasoline fuel oil blue stamps and sugar and canning coupons, plus a series of divorce decrees and police court actions. It records birth announcements, marriage licenses for William Bower and Nellie Furry, and several local incidents and penalties.
The State Department called reports from Algiers that the United States would deal with Vichy officials when Allied forces begin freeing France as false on their face. The statement clarified U.S. policy as no talks with Vichy.
Greyhound Teche officials said hundreds of passengers are stranded as a drivers strike freezes routes west of Mobile to New Orleans and east to Jacksonville Fla and Atlanta.
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced 38 escort aircraft carriers built in the United States have been delivered to Great Britain under lend lease. The ships, about 10 000 tons each, join Allied anti submarine efforts while 50 remain in US service. Title stays with the United States and options to reclaim after the war exist.
Word arrived from Cedar Rapids on Tuesday of the death of Dr. Harry Morgan Ivins aged 65 on Monday in Santa Cruz California after a lingering illness He practiced in Cedar Rapids as an eye ear nose and throat specialist from 1909 to 1943 Later moving with his wife Beatrice Skevington Ivins to be with their daughter Mrs S H Nigh Services are set for Thursday at Wessendorf funeral parlors Santa Cruz with burial there He was born near Grundy Center on July 27 1878 and educated at the University of Iowa receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1904 MD in 1908 and a postgrad in eye ear nose and throat in 1909 He was married January 31 1912 at Des Moines and organized Linn County medical relief He served as past president of St Luke’s hospital staff and was a member of Mercy hospital staff The Cedar Rapids public welfare bureau and various medical societies He was an Elk Mason and active in local civic groups His Cedar Rapids home was at 1832 Fifth Avenue SE He is survived by his daughter Mrs Nigh two granddaughters Joanne and Audrey Lee Nigh
Charles Logan aged 80 died at 5 am Monday in Milwaukee Wisconsin. He is the father of Mrs Aaron Delbridge of 156 Twenty fourth Street Drive SE who will attend services to be held in Milwaukee Wednesday.
Maud N Sund aged 63 of 2702 Mt Vernon Ave Cedar Rapids died at a local hospital at 9 25 p m Monday after a long illness She was born June 29 1880 in Denmark and lived in Cedar Rapids 44 years For 30 years she worked as a designer for Lyman Brothers Wholesale Millinery She was survived by a sister Mrs Leo Miller Cedar Rapids and a brother, the obituary notes.
Theft at Monticello Country Club, including golf balls shoes clubs and bags, was found Monday. burglars toppled keys from a piano spilled salt and sugar over the ballroom floor and emptied kitchen utensils from drawers. Sheriff Eichorn estimated damage in the hundreds of dollars.
Charles Lund of Albert Lea Minnesota is survived by six nieces and a nephew. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Beatty chapel with Dr. Marion Williams officiating. Burial will follow in the family lot at Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Anna Dorsey of 336 Seventeenth Street SE died in a local hospital Monday at 6 45 p m after a long illness born Sept 8 1876 in Anamosa married Nov 21 1898 in Anamosa she was a teacher in Jones county schools and a member of Immaculate Conception church Survived by husband daughter Margaret son Harold granddaughter Patricia Anne sister Kathryn Connery brother Michael Connery Funeral arrangements pending burial at Holy Cross cemetery Anamosa Friends may call Brady mortuary Wednesday Also reported P C Bennett 73 died in Iowa City Monday He lived in Cedar Rapids 26 years before moving to Independence three years ago In Cedar Rapids he worked for National Oats Survived by wife seven children Services 1 30 p m Wednesday Peoples mortuary Independence burial Winthrop cemetery
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity expects little temperature change tonight through Wednesday with rain or snow likely. Tonight’s lows range from 25 to 30 degrees, with 25 in most of Iowa and 30 in the southwest. Skies are overcast in Cedar Rapids while Monday highs reached 42 in Cedar Rapids and 45 statewide.
A spring blizzard blasted the Rockies on Tuesday with record fury for the year, dumping eight inches to two feet of snow across Colorado Wyoming northern Kansas and western Nebraska. The storm followed another in four days complicating wartime transportation and travel plans across the region.
Members of Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce retail merchants bureau receive invitations to a 6 15 pm meeting Thursday in a Salute to Cedar Rapids program honoring Wilson and company. Harry A Palmer will discuss Meat from the Hoof to the Table with a beef cutting demo and pork display.
Washington move slashes 93.5 million from 1944 45 agriculture department supply bill including rejection of a 50 million dollar budget bureau request for federal school lunch program Total recommended bill totals 535 244 192 in direct appropriations 567 995 779 under the 1944 amount with a large overall cut
Charlie Chaplin arrives at federal court in Los Angeles to face a Mann act white slave indictment. He appears confident and chats with his chief attorney Jerry Giesler as about 150 spectators crowd the courtroom awaiting the proceedings.
Washington AP Rep Miller says two sailors can back a claim that a U S task force was trapped by Japan off Alaska due to FCC bungling. Miller pressed Den ny on a prior task force report and alleged an Admiral Hooper was silenced by executive order. Denny rejected the accusation, insisting the charge is untrue and unproven.
Lt. Candace A. Carman and Sgt. Minnie Mai Williamson of the Cedar Rapids army recruiting station will depart Wednesday for a week long tour through the territory. They will stop in Monticello on March 27, Montezuma on March 28, and Grinnell on March 29 to set up information booths. Contact in those cities is at the post office building. Corp. Lillian Bergeron will keep the Cedar Rapids station open during their absence.
Judge J E Heiserman of Anamosa was appointed chairman of the finance committee of the Jones county district Boy Scouts at the Waubeek area council meeting in Center Junction Monday night. Fifteen Scouters attended from Anamosa Olin Langworthy and Center Junction. Other appointments named by Rev J K Delahooke include Lee Sanner Anamosa for organization and extension John McNamara Anamosa for advancement and Dr N C Wagner Olin for camping and activities. The district court of honor will be held in Center Junction March 30 and the district committee meeting will be in Anamosa April 17.
Des Moines Iowa Governor Hickenlooper rejected A A Couch Iowa Federation of Labor claims that the school code revision bill failed only to dirty politics. He argued the bill’s complexity and need for more study delayed passage and that committee action will yield condensed recommendations next session. He disputed Couch’s charge that 11 men control Iowa politics, saying many voters run the government.
Cedar Rapids marine recruiting station announced on Tuesday that enlistment quotas are open for 17-year-old men and for young women in the marine corps women's reserve. This marks the first time in months the 17-year-old men quota has been available. Interested youths should visit the recruiting station for details.
George Haskell of Des Moines, state director of the War Manpower commission, will speak at a Wednesday noon luncheon in the Montrose hotel. The talk concerns the Cedar Rapids employment system and purchasing agents plan to invite plant managers to attend.
EL PASO Texas nine army air force men were killed Monday when a bomber crashed in the vicinity of the base. Investigators and officials began to cordon off the scene as reports spread of the fatal accident.
On the outskirts of El Paso, field officials reported Monday night the death of Pfc. Donald V. Robinson of South English, Iowa.
Foreign Secretary Eden told the House of Commons that the European advisory commission formed by the United States Britain and Russia is already at work and holding regular meetings in London with a focus on coordinating postwar policies.
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