War era stamp and coupon notices with fines and births
Daily Record lists various ration stamps and coupons valid through spring and summer dates, including Meat Red, Gasoline No 11, Foods Blue, Sugar Coupon 30, and canning coupons. Also notes fines for speeding and parking violations, names residents and businesses, and reports several March 24 25 birth announcements at St Luke's Mercy and Marine Barracks.
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St. Luke’s
Harold Freese
Marion
Glenn Scott
13000 Avenue NW
Richard Hospodarsky
Grand Mound
Mercy
William Fisher
Route 2
Marine Pvt
Edward Houser
Walford
Allied Airmen Bomb Jap Island Bases In Pacific Drive
Allied airpower pounded Rabaul on New Britain and Hansa Bay in New Guinea with 160 tons apiece as MacArthur reports a sustained seven week campaign. Solomons bombers hit Rabaul and Wewak while Baboa and Kavieng airfields faced strikes, and a 500 ton cargo vessel was sunk in night operations.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Hansa Bay
New Guinea
Japan
Bismarck Archipelago
Douglas MacArthur
Wewak
MacArthur
Dagua
Vunakanau
Lakunai
Tobera
Dutch East Indies
Babo
Dutch New Guinea
Service Members Receive Medals And Transfers Across Posts
Pfe Harold R Frazier of 717 Fifth street SE earned the Good Conduct Medal at an Eighth Air Force station in England. Dale L McDaniel moved from Godman field to McClellan field Sacramento Calif per family notice. Lt W Neil Wednesday Richardson left Randolph field after visits to his parents and will train as a basic instructor. Staff Sgt Boyd E Lenway returns to Camp Polk after furlough with family. Walter H Jepson stationed at Pearl Harbor aboard a Navy vessel. Pfc D L Hershey a Marine landed on Pacific beach-head duty. Edward J Neville stationed at San Diego for boat training. Harry Mote returns to Camp Polk after furlough. Robert G Beers stationed at Camp Bennion Farragut Idaho. Lester Olson promoted to captain at Seymour Johnson field with family at Goldsboro. Capt Olson a former pastor and 1942 service entrant. Charlotte Hubbard visiting Cedar Rapids from Camp Howze Texas with sister Martha Hubbard at Fort Oglethorpe Ga. Lt James T Ross Jr and daughter on 13 day leave with mother.
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Pfe
Harold R. Frazier
Fifth Street
Eighth Air Force Command
England
McKinley High Sch. 1
Tri-States Theater Corporation
Camp Dodge
Robert G. Beers
Camp Bennion
Farragut
Idaho
Arthur Beers
Tenth Street
Bernard Beers
Fifth Avenue
Lester
Olson
L. T. Olson
Ninth Street
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
Army Air Forces Training Command
Capt
Waukon
Evangelical Theological Seminary
Naperville
Ill
First Congregational Church
Kingsley
Janice
Vivian
Robert
Goldsboro
Charlotte Hubbard
Charles M. Hubbard
Sixth Street
Camp Wolters
Texas
Camp Howze
American Red Cross
Cpl
Martha Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
Sioux Falls
S. D
Fort Oglethorpe
James T. Ross, Jr
Sharon Jean
Jack Mc
Military family notes from Cedar Rapids and beyond
Lt Ross heads to Camp Hale Colorado for five weeks of field maneuvers. Mrs Ross and Sharon stay in Cedar Rapids. Felter returns to Washington after an 18 day furlough. Kiracofe shoots expert on Camp Roberts range. McKenna stationed at Fort Custer. Blake classified bomber and preflight at San Antonio. Carter returns to Blythe after furlough. Worthen arrives in England. Meyer arrives overseas. Ragona transfers from Santa Ana to Mina-Loma Flight Academy.
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Artor
Old Marion Road
Ross
Field Artillery
Camp Hale
Colo
Sharon
Cedar Rapids
Pfe
Lumir F. Felter
Washington, D. C
Joseph Felter
C Street
Pvt
Flavian Kiracofe
Camp Roberts
Calif
Elmer Kiracofe
North Liberty
John W. McKenna
Fort Custer
Mich
George E. Blake
University of Florida
Gainsville
San Antonio
Texas
Paul Blake
B Avenue NW
R. H. Meyer
Fred Hansen
Forty-ninth Street
Robert F. Ragona
Santa Ana
Mina-Loma
Oxnard
Paul Ragona
Eighth Avenue SW
List of names in local notice
John Lawrence Wehr of Keota and Betty Jean Dirks of Cedar Falls, Edwin P. Dow of Forest City and Minnie C. McCormick of Britt, Harold Northrup and Patricia Carroll, both of Cedar Rapids, Harold Etzel of Marion and Vivian Kirks of Center Point, Harry Dean Ross and Iona Robeson, both of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lawrence Wehr
Keota
Betty Jean Dirks
Cedar Falls
Edwin P. Dow
Forest City
Minnie C. McCormick
Britt
Harold Northrup
Patricia Carroll
Cedar Rapids
Harold Etzel
Marion
Vivian Kirks
Center Point
Harry Dean Ross
Iona Robeson
Iowa City Pilot Lt Robert Coen Killed in Reno Crash
First Lt. Robert J. Coen 24 son of Mrs Mary E Coen Iowa City was killed in a plane crash near Reno New on a routine flight. A bombardier and navigator stationed at March Field Riverside California he earned his wings December 24. He married Pauline Becker of Anamosa last September and is survived by his mother his wife and brother Ensign William J Coen.
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Iowa City
Robert J. Coen
Mary E. Coen
Grand Avenue
Reno
New
Marchfield
Riverside
Calif
St. Patrick's High School
Coen
University of Iowa College of Commerce
Law College
National Guard
Air Corps
Pauline Becker
Anamosa
William J. Coen
Lenten Addresses Planned at First Presbyterian Waterloo
Dr. Eric L. Clitheroe associate professor of Bible at Coe College will speak on Lent at the First Presbyterian Church in Waterloo from Sunday through Tuesday. Women seeking WAC service can call Cedar Rapids recruiting station 27411 for noon or evening appointments if unable to call during 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. office hours, Lt. Candace A. Carman announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric L. Clitheroe
Coe College
First Presbyterian Church In
Waterloo
WAC
Cedar Rapids
Candace A. Carman
Carrier reports loss of war stamps on route
Robert Dunn of The Gazette reports loss of $9.35 in war stamps on his route near Thirteenth Street and Second Avenue NE. The missing stamps include seven $1 stamps, seven 25-cent stamps and six 10-cent stamps. He resides at 1244 B Avenue NE, phone 2-0325.
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Robert Dunn
the Gazette
Thirteenth Street
Second Avenue NE
B Avenue NE
Historic Cedar Rapids Gazette Ad and Masthead Fragment
Fragmentary notice from an old Cedar Rapids Gazette page shows publication details, pricing and service notes. It references established origin, wire services, and subscription rates with partial addresses and locations, indicating a historical newspaper format and classifieds snippet.
Explosion in Mine Kills 15 in West Virginia
A blast at a central West Virginia coal mine killed 15 men who were fighting a fierce fire. The explosion, likely from accumulated mine gases, ripped ground, charred poles, melted cars, and shattered windows a mile away as rescuers battled the blaze.
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Shimaston
State Mines Department
Thief on Cross Brings Cheer to Chicago Family
Dismas and Dempster Mac Murphy supporters donates $400 to Mrs. Carmella Costa and her four children in a Chicago flat. The gift funds beds and clothing as the Saint Dismas feast approaches. Local Legion members aided the effort.
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Chicago
C.S.P
Dempster Mac Murphy
Chicago Daily News
Dismas
Christ
Paradise
Mac Murphy
Costas
Tropical Park
O.K
Ant Island Atoll Bombed For First Time
The Ant Island atoll near Ponape in the Caroline Islands was bombed for the first time by a navy search plane, announced by Admiral Nimitz. Ponape, an exposed Japanese held outpost, guards the eastern approach to Truk. No strike details were released.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Ant Island
Ponape
Caroline Islands
Navy
Chester W. Nimitz
Truk
Japan
Central Pacific
Identify Owners of Seized Whisky
Two hundred eighty five cases of liquor seized by state agents in an H and W Motor Express warehouse in Dubuque were owned by J. D. Harrington and E. L. Humphrey operators of the Hill Top Casino near East Dubuque Illinois. County Attorney E J Kean said he was preparing charges of illegal possession but would wait for guidance from Attorney General John M Rankin before filing.
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Dubuque
H. and W. Motor Express Company
J. D. Harrington
E. L. Humphrey
Hill Top
Dubuque, IL
E. J. Kean
Kean
Harrington and Humphrey
John M. Rankin
Congress Plans Easter Recess Beginning March 30
Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley announced an agreement with House leaders for an Easter recess from March 30 to April 12. The plan hinges on final approval in both chambers as lawmakers prepare for the holiday break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
House
Congress
Mellett Leaves Roosevelt Administration for Washington Star
President Roosevelt accepts Lowell Mellett’s resignation as administrative assistant and praises publishers willing to print opposing views. Mellett, veteran columnist hopeful, plans a Washington Star column after 1937 service leading war agencies including the National Emergency Council and the Office of War Information.
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Washington
Lowell Mellett
Roosevelt
Washington Star
Mellett
National Emergency Council
Office of Government Reports
Motion Picture Bureau
The
Office of War Information
Capitol Hill
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington) Star
Board of Trade to Vote on Outside Warehouse Receipts
The Chicago Board of Trade will ask members to vote on April 18 on a proposal to permit warehouse receipts for grain stored in approved outside warehouses to settle open futures contracts. Public warehouses in Minneapolis, Kansas City and Milwaukee would be eligible, along with Chicago warehouses licensed under the U S warehouse act.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City Board of Trade
Milwaukee Grain and Stock Exchange
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Farm Machinery Exports Under Lend Lease Questioned
President Roosevelt said farm machinery exports under lend lease amount to less than 2 percent of the U S supply and aid the army overseas as the 5,000,000 man force grows. Senator Clark introduced a resolution for a farm machinery production review and future foreign distribution plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Clark
D-Mo
Agriculture Committee
United States
Leo T. Crowley
Crowley
Ir. Roosevelt
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
James E. Markham
Lowell
Mass
Australia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Joan Barry Testifies in Chaplin Mann Act Case
Hollywood reports Joan Barry endured cross examination over alleged transportation to New York for immoral purposes. She smiled after a ruling limiting evidence on extraneous affairs and read a farewell letter to Chaplin describing their three years together as a dream. The judge granted a two hour recess as the testimony closed for the day.
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Hollywood
Joan Barry
Charlie Chaplin
New York
Jerry Giesser
Giesler
Miss Barry
Chaplin
J. F. T. O’connor
Tulsa
Okla
Charles
Bridget
Iowa Junior Bar selects new officers in Des Moines
Kenneth Nel of Mason City becomes president of the Iowa Junior Bar association replacing Boyd M. Cambridge who now serves in the armed forces. William F. McFarlin of Montezuma advances to vice president and Walter J. Willett of Tama becomes secretary.
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Des Moines
INS
Kenneth “. Nel
Mason City
Iowa
Iowa Junior Bar Association
Boyd M. Cambridge
Atlantic
William F. McFarlin
Montezuma
Walter J. Willett
Tama
Probate notice in Linn County estate capitalizing on real property
The District Court of Iowa Linn County notifies FRANCIS E. WINTZ ANNA WINTZ and all creditors that Anna Wintz Administratrix petitions to authorize sale of real estate Lot 20 and 21 Block 2 Corbett 2nd Addition Marion Iowa. Hearing set March 9 1944 at 9 06 AM at Cedar Rapids Court House unless objections are filed.
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District Court of
Iowa
Linn County
Ruben L
Wintz
Francis E. Wintz
Anna WI
District Court
Anna Wintz
Corbett
Lane
Marion
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Notice of Appointment of Administrators in Linn County
Prolate notice records the appointment on March 24 1944 of Thomas Wiley and J C Dahms as administrators of the estate of William G Deason in Linn County Iowa. Creditors and claimants are told to file claims with the county clerk and to make payment as required by law. Attorneys B I Wick and Z B Jahnaw assist as administrators counsel.
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State of Iowa
Linn Count
Willam G. Deason
Ig Et
Linn County
Iowa
Old Issue Soldier Recounts Army Prewar Tales
An Old Issue, a veteran still in service, recalls prewar army life and clashes with draftees. He boasts of longer service and more payroll ink than newbies drink coffee, often silencing younger recruits.
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G. I
Iowa Obituaries and Funeral Notices Summary
Multiple brief death notices from small-town Iowa communities list names ages and survival details. Parnel l Alfred Gilford 61 Cedar Rapids Waterloo barber died Friday. John W. Hutton 85 Jones county resident died Friday Monticello. Elsie Smith Robbins 28 Shellsburg wife of A C Robbins died Thursday with family survivors. Beatha Anderson 58 Decorah died March 22 Albert Lea Minn burial in Decorah. Albert F Randolph 87 Marengo died Thursday Koszta details of services Sunday. Mrs Arnold Gross 29 Colesburg funeral Friday. Emma Boettcher 73 Clarence died Friday with several daughters and a son. services Monday at St Johns Clarence.
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Parnell
Alfred Gilford
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Bobby
Monticello
John W. Hutton
Jones County
John McDonald
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Shellsburg
Elsie Smith Robbins
A. C. Robbins
Beverly
Clifford Ray
Alfred Claire
Iowa
Federated Church
Decorah
Albert F. Randolph
George Share
Koszta
Koszta Methodist Church
Victor
Belle Plaine
Colesburg
Arnold Gross
Herman Holthaus
Glenn
Elmer
Richard Holthaus
Florence Show
Chicago
Clarence
Emma Boettcher
Minnie Warner
Tama
Laura Albert
Lost Nation
Edna Mingst
Eleanor Hulse
Henry
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Evangelical
Italy Uses 12 Million Acres For Wheat
Of Italy's 70 million productive acres, 12 million are devoted to wheat production, reflecting agriculture focus amid national land use.
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Italy
Dean Phillips foresees postwar debt and demand shifts
Dean Chester A. Phillips of the University of Iowa College of Commerce warned that the public debt may never be fully paid, with interest paid to bondholders as in Britain after Napoleonic wars. He cited stable postwar interest rates, deferred demand for housing and consumer goods, and a solvable labor problem, arguing science will boost business and later prosperity.
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Chester A. Phillips
University of Iowa
College of Commerce
High Twelve Club
Cedar Rapids
Dean Phillips
England
Deaths Zaspal Services Held for Frank Zaspal Jr
Funeral arrangements announced for Frank Zaspal Jr who died Friday morning at University hospital Iowa City. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Monday at Janeba funeral home officiated by Theodore B Hlubacek. Burial in Bohemian National cemetery.
Obituary for Mrs Emma McGowan
Services for Mrs Emma McGowan widow of William McGowan will be held Monday at 2 in Turner chapel with the Rev William Porter officiating. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Doctor Advice Proved Outdated in Sleep Anecdote
Lt. Gen. Vandergrift recounted a field hospital tale to the District of Columbia Medical Society. A patient unable to sleep sought guidance and recalled a prior warning not to eat before bed. The doctor replied that science has advanced in two months, underscoring evolving medical guidance.
House Passes Bill To Finance REA
Washington AP report says the House approved a $567,995,779 appropriation for Rural Electrification Administration for fiscal year starting July 1. The chamber rejected amendments to bar salaries for staff, and to block draft or price control laws used to push farmers into crop programs. Vote 171 to 135.
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Washington
House
Rural Electrification Administration
Fridday
Senate
Ask
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James F. Mote
Nineteenth Avenue SW
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O. A. Carter
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Charles L. Worthen
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Robert Coen
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Tipton
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MT. Vernon
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Bethel Brown
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