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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1944
Page
4
Lists of war time stamps stamps and fuel coupons valid through specified dates. Includes divorce petitions and decrees, police court fines for drunkenness reckless driving and parking, a car fire from backfire, and birth announcements from St Luke's and area hospitals.
Vesuvius continued to emit smoke and ash up to 20 000 feet Friday while lava flows subsided enough for some evacuees to return. Army bulldozers cleared main roads near the volcano as cinders piled up along the Naples south railroad. Veteran U S troops worked 24 hours straight to keep the line open.
GE Rhoads former Ottumwa safety commissioner pled not guilty to conspiracy charges. He was arraigned before District Judge E K Daugherty. Indicted with him, Herbert Bagg former Ottumwa clerk is accused of collecting payoff money from gamblers and bootleggers for the former official.
The civil service commission will hold a captain exam in the superior court room at city hall at 1:30 p.m. on April 7. It is open to all police department members with at least five years of experience.
Senator Len La Follette charged oleomargarine makers with deceptive advertising to sway the federal tax repeal fight. He cites widespread colorizing of oleo in ads to mimic butter and warns of agricultural monopoly influence in the industry.
Industrialist Henry J Kaiser announced a contract with the Netherlands Indies government to build 20 coastwise cargo vessels. He expects work to start before year end and plans to fund the project on a cash basis. He noted no War Production Board approval yet but expects none of concern.
The navy announced that American submarines have sunk eleven more Japanese supply vessels. The list includes one minelayer two small freighters three medium transports one medium tanker three medium freighters and one large tanker.
Services for George Edward Sigmund will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. at St. Patrick's church with Father Lenihan officiating. The Rosary will be recited Friday at 8:30 p.m. at the Tea hen chapel. Burial will be in the Bohemian National cemetery.
Services for William L. Harrison former secretary treasurer and general manager of the Universal Crusher company who died Tuesday will be held in Turner chapel at 2 p m Saturday Dr Lloyd Morris and Dr William M Evans officiate with burial in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
Services for Carl D Olney of 509 Fifth Avenue SE will be held at 11 a m Saturday at Brady chapel with Rev Frank Ward officiating Burial will be in Oak Shade cemetery Marion He was born Sept 8 1877 in Marion son of Charles and Margaret Olney Surviving are one half brother three nephews two brothers and other relatives Friends may call at the chapel Also notice of Louis R Richter fatally struck by a moving train in Davenport Mass at St Pauls Apostle church burial at Mt Calvary Cedar Rapids Surviving include wife two daughters and two sons and siblings and mother burial in Mt Calvary cemetery Cedar Rapids
Hollywood producer Lester Cowan plans a many location film about war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Filming will simulate Tunisia Sicily and Italy using desert locations and real war reporters cast as themselves or stand-ins.
Relatives in Cedar Rapids report the death of Theron Coon in Oelwein on Thursday. He was a brother-in-law of the late Justice E A Nugent. Two nieces, Mrs. Paul Sidlinger and Virginia Bixby, live in Cedar Rapids at 3214 Elm Avenue NE and 411 Eighth Avenue SE.
Services for Thomas F. Colgan who died Wednesday in Davenport will be conducted at 10 am Saturday in St. Patrick's Church by Rev. D. J. Lenihan. The Rosary will be recited at 8:36 pm Friday at Monahan Funeral Home, Knights of Columbus at 8 pm. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fairfax.
Frank Zaspal Jr aged 23 of 1802 D Street SW died at University Hospital Iowa City at 9 45 am Friday after a brief illness Born October 22 1920 in Cedar Rapids he lived here all his life and worked as a meat cutter for Me Too Grocery He was a member of the Eagles Indge survived by his wife Duro-
The obituary lists Jimmie and a son of Cedar Rapids with parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zaspal. A brother Louis is stationed at Camp Barkeley Texas and three sisters Mrs Virgil Eyre Washington DC Lottie and Emma Zaspal Cedar Rapids. Body at Janeba funeral home with arrangements to be announced. Friends may call at Janeba's.
Chelsea Massachusetts AP reports John Russo, a barber, struggles to care for year-old triplets without a washing machine or baby carriage. He can work only three days weekly due to constant baby care tasks, while his wife cannot hire a helper because of a shortage. The Red Cross is seeking donations of a washing machine and baby carriage to ease their burden.
William Allen aged 16 of Beloit and Leonard Reichert alias Eugene Dejewski aged 17 of Milwaukee pled guilty in Judge G K Thomp son's court to larceny. Each received a sentence not to exceed five years in the men s reformatory at Anamosa with appeal bonds set at 3500. They stole a car in Mt Vernon March 12 belonging to Letitia Beranek and were later captured in Ames and returned to Linn county by Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon and Mt Vernon City Marshal Ed Gill. They claimed escape from the Boys Industrial School at Waukesha on March 1 and admitted stealing four cars, the last wrecked in Ames. County Treasurer Frank F Bates office will stay open until 4 pm Saturday for Linn county residents to pay delinquent taxes due April 1.
Frances Farmer, former screen star, was ordered sent to the Western state hospital near Tacoma on an insanity complaint filed by her mother The King county sanity commission issued the order Her mother Mrs Lillian V Farmer told doctors Nicholson and Price commission members she could not control her daughter at home
Washington INL Gov Marriner Eccles urged Congress before the Senate banking committee to extend price controls for two years after the war to curb inflation. He argued the current one year extension is inadequate and stressed continued controls and rationing are needed to finance the war and maintain confidence in money. He favored extending the act without changes though admitted amendments may be desirable.
WPB Chairman Donald Nelson urged the shift from a national service law to a limited draft of 4-F and non fathers up to 45 not in essential industry. He warned the plan could put a million men into essential war work and endorsed Sparkman’s proposal for eligible induction if limited war work opportunities are declined.
Linn county war price and rationing board asks truck operators to mail their ODT certificates promptly so new gas coupons for the second quarter of 1944 can be issued without delay. A. T. Pleune, chief clerk, says coupons will be issued as soon as certificates arrive and operators will get post cards when ready.
Soviet forces led by Marshal Ivan S. Konev pressed toward the Prut as the First and Second Ukrainian armies say they advanced 35 to 62 miles from Tarnopol to Proskurov and deep into Bessarabia, bypassing Tarnopol and threatening Proskurov after breaking the Dniester line.
In Racine Wisconsin Wendell Willkie rebutted claims that he dismissed his 1940 campaign pledges as mere campaign oratory. He insisted a senator wrongly quoted him and apologized for the defamation. He dismissed charges that his plan for international economic cooperation was a boondoggle. He invoked his Indiana upbringing to defend his rise.
Former Finnish Social Affairs Minister Karl Fagerholm told a Nordic students meeting in Helsinki that Finns were com rades in arms of the people suppressing Denmark and Norway, a stance that irritated and confused those countries. He noted Sweden as a friend despite political changes.
At a Winston Churchill inspection of airborne troops in England two frightened rabbits darted across the field between lines of infantry and the viewing stand where Churchill and General Eisenhower watched. Churchill raised an eyebrow and smiled.
Oscar Junior Johnson of Waterloo, a draft registrant, was committed to Linn county jail in Cedar Rapids on a draft evasion charge after failing to receive board notices due to a relative's move. He sought service, but a $1,000 bond remained unpaid as FBI agents brought him before U. S. Commissioner R. L. Whelan.
The city council granted leave of absence to Jerry Navratil of the police and Richard Kretschmer of the fire department as they enter the armed services. It canceled class B beer licenses for A. O. Zahradnik and Floyd L Brecht and issued new licenses to Charles F. Fencl and Albert M. Seltrecht, both on 1326 and 20 First Street SE.
Turkish anxieties rise as German reinforcements flood the Danube region. Istanbul reports Nazi control of Romanian and Bulgarian Black Sea cities and deployment of troops under German officers. Turks fear a move into Thrace as German forces shift to Hungary Romania and Bulgaria.
London reports that Adolf Hitler summoned Balkan leaders from Romania Bulgaria Croatia and Slovakia to separate conferences as he seeks to fortify defenses against the approaching Red Army. Ante Pavelic and Josef Tiso were said to be summoned after the Romanian meeting.
Indications that Prince Cyril of Bulgaria regent for Boy King Simeon II and Prime Minister Bogdan Filov would be the final participants in the sequence.
Helen Ingram earns administratrix duties for the estate of her sister Libbie Pickerill who died in Rapids township on November 14, 1940. Delbert McArtor, 20, son of Mr and Mrs G J McArtor of 3219 Oakland Road NE, has entered Moline public hospital for infantile paralysis treatments by the Kenny method. No work will be done on Wednesday evenings in the surgical dressings workrooms at the Y M C A Red Cross production headquarters until further notice announced by Mrs L K Cornell. The city council approved American Legion Auxiliary request to sell pop pies on downtown street corners on May 27 for Poppy Day benefiting disabled veterans. The Rev Lyle K Anderson will speak on If We Suffer With Him at Shueyville United Brethren church Sunday morning. Church school at 10:30, Christian Endeavor at 8 p.m., and evening worship at 8:30 following the topic God So Loved the
Approximately 20 men are missing after an army raft capsized during a river crossing in Tennessee on Wednesday night. Two men swam or waded to shore. The incident involves the 2nd Army units in Ma Neuv ers. Authorities initiated search and rescue operations.
D F Merrill of the Cedar Rapids chapter of the American Federation of Labor will represent the district at a public industry and labor representatives meeting in Kansas City on March 31. The gathering, called for advisory panel members for War Production Board appeal cases, focused on housing and trailer programs the school system and social security.
Allied headquarters reported new bomber strikes hit Florence and Padua in northern Italy to disrupt enemy supply lines. American Marauders attacked the Campo di Marte yard near Florence, while heavy bombers targeted Padua rail junctions. In Cassino, New Zealand troops pressed German defenses with armor and artillery as air raids and shelling continued.
Japan announced a Greater East Asia Comic Strip Study society to use funny papers for overseas propaganda and news reporting. The move aims to produce comics under military and government sponsorship to crush the enemy and influence home front audiences.
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