Weather and divorce notices mix in terse item
Temperatures show Cedar Rapids 53 37 Des Moines 51 36 Bismarck 47 32 New York 43 034 Chicago 51 38 Omaha 35 Davenport 53 40 Sioux City 51 37 DIVORCE DECREES. Glenna Lentz from John Lentz Nellie Maurine Shileny from Richard A Shileny. Theodore H Wesenberg 718 Fourth avenue SE died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Bismarck
New York
Chicago
Omaha
Davenport
Sioux City
Theodore H. Wesenberg
Fourth Avenue SE
Tuesay
Edwin Plotz Fined for No License by Local Justice
Edwin A. Plotz of 1405 Mt Vernon Avenue SE was fined 5 dollars plus costs by Justice H R Churchill for driving without a valid license.
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Edwin A. Plotz
Mt. Vernon Avenue
H. R. Churchill
Fire damages roof at 1440 A avenue NE rear
At 214 pm Tuesday a chimney spark set a roof on fire at the property occupied by John Nast, at the rear of 1440 A avenue NE, triggering a general alarm. Nearby births listed include a March 23 son for Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Thorington and a March 23 daughter for Mr. and Mrs. George Ohlen.
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John Nast
Mercy
Gerald Thorington
B Avenue
John Fitzgerald
E Avenue
Lawrence Hoyle
Fifth Avenue
St. Liuke’s
Harold Richter
Fourth Avenue
George Ohlen
Blairstown
Paul Ri
Local Driving Offenses and Fines Listed
John Fitzpatrick a cab driver at 615 Seventh Street SE was fined 25 dollars and 1 dollar 50 cents costs for speeding 46 miles per hour in a 20 mile zone. Frank Ehrenberger of 1825 East Avenue NW faced two counts, each with 2 dollars and 1 dollar 50 cents costs for failure to yield right of way and faulty brakes. Edward George Pulda, 16, of 630 Eighth Street SE, charged with failing to keep car under control, fined 2 dollars plus costs 1 dollar 50 cents with the fine suspended on payment of costs. Maude Baker of 365 Forest Drive SE cited for improper parking, fined 1 dollar and 1 dollar 50 cents costs.
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John Fitzpatrick
Seventh Street SE
Frank Ehrenberger
E Avenue NW
Edward George Pulda
Eighth Street SE
Allies and Germans clash across English Channel coast
Allied aircraft and German daylight raids exchanged blows along the English Channel and Boulogne area. RAF fighters targeted enemy communications in northwest Germany and occupied regions while Mosquito bombers hit the Saint Joseph Locomotive Works near Nantes. One German plane was shot down near Dartmouth.
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London
English Channel
Boulogne
Germany
St. Joseph
Nantes
France
England
Dartmouth
Students Build Model Planes For Navy Exhibit
Cedar Rapids high school students work weekly on 1/72 scale fighters bombers and bombers to aid pilot identification and training. Forty models from Wilson high school are displayed in a local window and will be shipped to the Navy for study by future pilots and OCD workers.
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Navy
Europe
Cedar Rapids High School
Grumman
Wilson High School
John Beck Company
South Pacific
Ernest Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
OCD
Ernest H. Christensen
Guadalcanal
Wilson School Club
Franklin
McKinley
Roosevelt
Ferris A. Clark
Wilson
J.g
Robert Horsky
Wilson School
Adrian Fulmer
Ira Mann
Norman Rice
Donald Conway
John Geiken
James Stoner
Planes of All Nations
Meat rationing explains point values for buys across meat types
The article details eight point categories for meats, butter, cheese and fats under OPA rules. It explains how points vary by cut and form, gives examples of high and low points, covers ready to eat products, rationing timing and the handling of coupon changes. It notes kosher meat values and retailer point adjustments and warns against rumors of suspensions.
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OPA
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Models on exhibit include famed warplanes and more
The display features Messerschmitts Lockheeds Zeros Wellington bombers Heinkels Junkers Aira Cobras Fokkers Hurricanes and the Stuka bomber. Viewers learn how each plane reflects its creator’s pride, surpassing even personal keepsakes.
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Messerschmidts
Willkie declines wage dispute mediation in CIO case
Detroit UP reports Wendell Willkie told the regional War Labor board he cannot serve as impartial arbitrator in a dues checkoff dispute between Consumers Power Co and the CIO because of past close associations with the company.
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Detroit
Wendell Willkie
Regional War Labor Board
Consumers Power Co
Utility Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
U S Plans Meat Control Advance Halted by Institute
U S agriculture officials said the government would press ahead with a meat control program to curb black markets and stabilize prices. The plan includes licensing slaughterers, consumer rationing, required set-asides for military use, and uniform price ceilings, with potential live animal ceilings considered later.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
American Meat Institute
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Price
Prentiss Brown
Meat Institute
Red Cross War Drive Hits 21.8 Percent Local Total
Audit of Cedar Rapids 1043 war fund show $14,199.71 received with $736.34 from outside city raising Linn County total to $14,935.95 toward an $85,000 quota. Seven more establishments awarded for staff contributions, including Linn Candles, Tokheim, Iowan Windmill and Pumping, Schimberg, Three Sisters dress shop, and Linn county social security office.
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Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Linn Candles Company, Inc
Tokheim Company
Iowan Windmill and Pumping Company
Schimberg Company
Three Sisters Dress Shop
Linn County Social Security Office
Spring Readings Signal Continued Mild Weather
Cedar Rapids area forecasts indicate mild temperatures near normal through today and Thursday forenoon with freezing levels above zero. The rustic weather chatter notes highs around the low 50s, a night low near 37, and a sunlit rise to mid fifties by early afternoon, with low humidity and a hopeful pigeon and astronomer quips about spring.
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Cedar Rapids
Iturbi Wins Custody of Two Grandchildren in California
Hollywood concert pianist Jose Iturbi gains custody of his two grandchildren after a two day hearing. He had charged his daughter Maria Hero 25 was not a fit caregiver. Demonstrations of affection marked the proceedings.
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Hollywood
Jose Iturbi
Maria Hero
Lieut Hersch Out Of Hospital To Rejoin Bomb Unit
Lieut Donald F. Hersch who was injured in a Bay of Suez crash on February 4 is out of the hospital and feeling fine. He plans to rejoin his bomber squadron in Tripolitania to help shatter Rommel's hold on Tunisia. He is the son of Dr and Mrs T Frank Hersch of 2127 Greenwood Drive SE.
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Lieut
Donald F. Hersch
Bay of Suez
Tripolitania
Rommel
Tunisia
Lieut. Hersch
T. Frank Hersch
Greenwood Drive
Woman Injured in Cedar Rapids Car Collision
A passenger, Julia Peacock, 44, of 328 Sixteenth Avenue SW, was injured in a two car crash at Fifth Avenue and Third Street SW around 10 p.m. Tuesday. She received facial and knee injuries but was listed in good condition at Mercy Hospital. Frank Ehrenberger, 20, paid fines for failure to yield and faulty brakes. he was the driver in the car Ehrenberger piloted, colliding with Fred Bumehreys, 25.
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Cedar Rapids
Fifth Avenue
Third Street
Mercy Hospital
Julia Peacock
Sixteenth Avenue
Frank Ehrenberger
E Avenue NW
Ehrenberger
Fred Bumehreys
Tenth Street
Green Leaders Demand Review of Union Raiding Claims
President Green of the AFL and CIO chief Murray testified before the Truman committee in Washington about union raiding. Green charged CIO raids threaten the war program and accused the NLRB of aiding them while Murray urged faster war mobilization and opposed civilian conscription.
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Washington
William Green
AFL
Philip Murray
CIO
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Senate
Truman Committee
Green
National Labor Relations Board
Murray
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Japs Damage U S Guadalcanal Field
Japanese planes attacked the American airfield on Guadalcanal causing some material damage with no personnel casualties, the navy said. American fighters strafed the enemy seaplane base at Rekata Bay in the central Solomons. results were not reported and United States planes returned.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Navy
Rekata Bay
Solomons
United States
Flour price fixing conspiracy indicted in federal case
A federal grand jury indicted sixteen flour milling companies eleven of their executives and the Millers National Federation on charges of conspiracy to fix prices for packaged family flour sold nationwide. The case cites about 45 million barrels sold annually with 81 percent milled by the federation members. Howard W. Files of Pillsbury Flour Mills is named among the defendants.
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Chicago
National Trade Association
United States
Millers National Federation
Howard W. Files
Minneapolis
Pillsbury Flour Mills Company
Subpoena Demands John L Lewis Testimony
Washington AP Truman of the Senate War Investigating Committee subpoenas John L Lewis to testify Friday after Lewis could not commit to appear. Truman said Lewis was urged by counsel Hugh Fulton to testify at manpower hearings and pressed for full cooperation from all parties.
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Washington
Truman
D-Mo
Senate War Investigating Committee
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Hugh Fulton
Five Sections of Coe Gym Readied for New Trainees
Major J S Lorr announced five Coe gym sections will house air force reserves arriving on campus. The ground floor has been floored to form a barracks room with double deck beds. Remaining trainees will use the physical education and freshman sophomore locker rooms and a recreation room. The May departure of the first group is planned after screening tests determine pilots navigators or bombardiers.
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Coe College
Air Force
J. S. Lorr
Coe
Greenhall
Greene
Cedar Rapids
Kiska Raids Aim To Keep Foe from Building Airfield
Washington reports an intensified American air offensive against Japanese on Kiska island seeks to stop the enemy from building an airstrip amid rugged Aleutian terrain. Better weather is aiding operations as Japanese workers push to complete a flight strip to base land planes.
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Kiska
Washington
America
Aleutians
Cadet System for Collegiate Soldiers
The War Department announced a cadet system for soldiers in college under the army specialized training program. Cadet officers will be chosen from the ranks and assignments rotated to broaden leadership development. No extra pay or allowances will be provided to cadet officers.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Cooking Class on Meat Alternatives at Bealth for Victory
The Bealth for Victory club hosts a cooking class Thursday at 10 am in the Paramount theater. Miss Louise Hathaway leads the sessions sponsored by the Office of Civilian Defense. Attendance is free to the public.
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Bealth
Victory Club
Paramount Theater
Louise Hathaway
Office of Civilian Defense
Ene
Deaths Bodies of Flyers Arriving Thursday
The bodies of Flight Officer Donald R. Krumm and Lieut. Benjamin Jump, killed in a four motor bomber crash near Blythe California, are due in Cedar Rapids Thursday. Jump’s parents are notified and services for Jump are tentatively set for Saturday at Immaculate Conception Church with Rt. Rev. Mser. J. M. Molloy presiding. The family requests donations to the Red Cross in place of flowers.
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Donald R. Krumm
van Horne
Benjamin Jump
Cedar Rapids
Blythe
Calif
Army
Jump
W. H. Jump
Twenty-fifth Street
Turner Mortuary
Krumm
Donald Lahman
A. H. Lahman
Fourteenth Avenue SW
Immaculate Conception Church
J. M. Molloy
Red Cross
Rites for Mrs Keeler Planned Thursday at Grace Chapel
Cedar Rapids widow Mrs Ellen C Keeler died Friday at her home 320 Nineteenth Street SE Services set for 4 p m Thursday in Grace Episcopal church chapel conducted by Rev D A Loferski Friends may call at the See chapel until 1 p m Thursday
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Ellen C. Keeler
Cedar Rapids
Nineteenth Street
Grace Episcopal Church
D. A. Loferski
WesenbergDies at Cedar Rapids Nursing Home
Theodore H Wesenberg aged 78 died at a Cedar Rapids nursing home at 4 p m Tuesday following a brief illness He was born August 20 1863 in Fond du Lac Wisconsin and later lived in Iowa farming and real estate before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1917 He married Adah Heyne June 28 1923 in Clinton He is survived by his wife a brother Albert H Wesenberg of Greeley Colorado and a sister Rose Lutterman of Ackley Iowa Funeral services will be conducted by Rev W A Jacobs at the Moon chapel at 1 30 p m Thursday Burial will be in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Also pending funeral details for Mrs Clyde Williams sister of J R Treichler of Cedar Rapids who died at Sheldon Iowa will be held at Oak Hill cemetery in Cedar Rapids at 2 p m Thursday conducted by Dr Robert Little The body will arrive in Cedar Rapids late Wednesday and be taken to the Turner chapel where friends may call until noon Thursday
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Theodore H. Wesenberg
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Fond du Lac
Wis
Iowa
Adah Heyne
Clinton
First Congregational Church
Albert H
Greeley
Colo
Rose Lutterman
Ackley
W. A. Jacobs
Moon Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Clyde Williams
J. R. Treichler
Sheldon, In
Oak Hill Cemetery
Robert Little
Turner Chapel
Tomasek Services for Mrs Emilie Tomasek
Services for Mrs Emilie Tomasek who died Tuesday at her home 1525 Sixteenth Avenue SE will be conducted at Barta chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday by Rev Zdenek F Pauk of Hus Memorial Presbyterian church Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
Mrs. Harvey R. Hoffman Dies in St. Paul
Mrs. Harvey R. Hoffman former Cedar Rapids resident died suddenly at her St. Paul home Saturday. Survived by husband and two sons Robert in St. Paul and James in Texas. Services and burial held in St. Paul on Wednesday afternoon.
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Harvey R. Hoffman
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
Minn
Hoffman
Robert
St. Paul and
James
Texas
Leona Lewis Rites Move to Manchester Chapel
The body of Mrs. Paul Lewis of 1245 Third Street NW Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Monday. It was moved from Moon chapel to Gill chapel Manchester for Thursday afternoon services and burial in Manchester.
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Leona Lewis
Paul Lewis
Third Street NW
Cedar Rapids
Moon
Gill
Manchester
Obituary for Mrs. W I Rice of Oskaloosa
Mrs. W. I. Rice of Oskaloosa and mother of Walter C. Rice of 1609 A Avenue NE died in Oskaloosa Tuesday. Services will be held Thursday.
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W. LI. Rice
W. I. Rice
Oskaloosa
Walter C. Rice
Danish Vote Defeat for Nazis in Occupied Denmark
Radio reports from Copenhagen say turnout was exceptionally high as Danes voted for democracy. The Nazi coalition appears to have lost eight of 148 seats with only 67,000 voting against democracy, while about two million Danes backed freedom and the United Nations.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Copenhagen
London
DNB
Berlin
Eric Scavenius
Christmas Moeller
Lonon
Moeller
United Nations
Folketing
What Hamburger Is Defined for Point Rationing
Washington reports that beginning Monday March 29 the Office of Price Administration will require hamburger to be beef ground from necks flanks shanks briskets plates and miscellaneous trimmings and fat. This marks the first federal specifications retailers must follow for consumer ground beef.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
East Side Board Sends Five More Inductees to Camp Dodge
Five more army inductees from the East Side Board left Cedar Rapids this week for Camp Dodge. Names listed include Roy Allen Loudermilk Kenneth A. Lund Clayton E. Markham Robert L. Pierson and Leslie J. Williams with street addresses in Commonwealth apartments Nineteenth street SE Twelfth avenue SE Twenty-fourth street NE and First street West.
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Army
East Side
Cedar Rapids
Camp Dodge
Roy Allen Loudermilk
Commonwealth Apartments
Kenneth A. Lund
Nineteenth Street
Clayton E. Markham
Twelfth Avenue
Robert L. Pierson
Twenty-fourth Street
Lesie J. Williams
First Street
Sullivan Fights Ulcer Pain Claim in Udga Ad
A vintage advertisement suggests John L. Sullivan faced stomach ulcers and indigestion while noted for heavy eating. It promotes Udga Tablets at 25 cents with a double your money back offer if the first dose does not convince, urging readers to return the box.
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Daily Record
Rambee
Aff
Glenna Lentz
John Lentz
Nellie Maurine Shileny
Richard A. Shileny
Justice Court
the Order
Wit Institution
Willkie
U.S
Havelock Ellis
Nostradamus
Chambers
Iturbi
3Rd Avenue
Dial
Green Rips Union
U. S. Guadalcanal Field
Theodore Wesenberg
John L. Sullivan
The
Women of America
Second Avenue SE
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