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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1943
Page
3
Weather readings list highs and lows for several cities including Cedar Rapids Des Moines Omaha and Sioux City along with daily temperature figures. The section also records marriages divorces and a flood of public notices including licenses births hospital stays and police activity with names and addresses where available.
Eight Roosevelt Junior High students presented hobby displays in the school auditorium. Emmett Collister served as master of ceremonies introducing Bill Webber on trapping, Bob Zisko on stamp collecting, Jo Anne Everhart on perfume bottles, Bill Stodola on homing pigeons, Donald Stevens and Bob Von Stein on model airplanes, Anna Belle Gilmore on puppets, and Dwayne Minor on marionettes. Other students listed also displayed handicrafts and collections on stage.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s office announced British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden will arrive in Ottawa from the United States on Tuesday for a four day visit.
Soviet troops fight defensive battles north of Chuguey along the Donets river as Red forces launch a savage counter attack east of Belgorod, storming German trenches and reclaiming positions with many guns and ammunition.
Eden asserts Britain will honor treaties and avoid secret engagements while guiding the Commonwealth toward self government under the rule of law. He argues the British Empire must support independence goals within a voluntary, cooperative framework, offering leadership to member peoples.
The Navy on Saturday announced 24 additional casualties among the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Howard Dale Ver Steegh, a seaman first class and Grinnell Iowa native, was reported missing.
The War Production Board designates a special victory garden fertilizer with 3 percent nitrogen 8 percent phosphoric acid and 7 percent potash for home gardens. It is not for lawns or flower beds. Gardeners mix the fertilizer in a band along seed rows by hand, applying about one pound per 24 or 25 feet of row.
Rep Carlson argues against opponents who call the Ruml plan demagoguery and insists the tax system can be adjusted to a pay as you go method. He says current law would yield about 10 billion in receipts and the plan would prevent a spending spree by financing the war without unpaid debts.
Melvin J. Allan of Cedar Rapids in the Air Fighter Group has been cited by President Roosevelt for combat success in the South Pacific. Sergeant Allan, a member of the unit, served in the Pacific theater and is now in New Guinea after a year in Australia. He graduated from Roosevelt High School and enlisted in the air corps in October 1940.
Mrs Ruml recalls Bee Ruml as a boy who loved clean papers and orderly study spaces. His path led to Dartmouth and Chicago, later roles at RH Macy and the Rockefeller Memorial, with a broad career in economics and public service. He lives in Bronxville with three children, one son serving as liaison in Africa.
Railroad tank car shipments of petroleum to the Atlantic seaboard averaged 807 879 barrels a day in the week ended March 20, down 6 138 barrels from the prior week according to the petroleum area data for war.
In a London radio broadcast General Charles de Gaulle pledges a united French forces and ends rancor with General Henri Giraud. He aims to form one empire strength and voice for France, speaking after Giraud invited union March 15. He calls this a pivotal hour in France’s history.
President Roosevelt proclaimed May 1 as Child Health Day urging expanded protections for high school boys and girls balancing school with part time work vacations and full time jobs to ensure safety and healthy growth.
President Roosevelt signed a bill authorizing the sale of 100 million additional bushels of government owned wheat for feed at the average parity price about 103 dollars a bushel. The move aims to supply high protein feed for dairies and poultry farms and was expected to release the wheat quickly.
Berlin radio reported five ministers dismissed from Pierre Laval's Vichy cabinet amid ongoing defections by foreign diplomats to Gen. Henri Giraud. The ministers named were Joseph Barthelmy Jules Brevie Jean Francois Jannekyn Admiral Abrial and Rene Platon. The broadcast said posts were consolidated to strengthen Laval's power.
In Des Moines on a Friday session observers noted unapproved button pushes as members tallied votes with red and green controls. Initial roll calls showed 53 present, below a constitutional majority, prompting a second count that reached 56 and a brief adjournment before reconvening.
Gov Bourke B Hickenlooper freed page boys and committee clerks in the Town House of Representatives from voting duties after Friday’s session. He said youth tends to play and that a constitutional majority was present as employees indulged in the prerogative of fun.
Promotions and assignments reach from Iowa to Texas and beyond as servicemen and trainees are listed. Captain Anderson, aviator instructor at Eagle Pass base, and Private Lagomarcino linked to Missouri and Albion College are noted among many others including corporal Rocarek in Medford and sergeants Hootman and Craft at Fort Lewis and Cedar Rapids connections.
Sale of Dairydale school in Cedar Rapids nears with the board of education scheduling a special meeting next Wednesday to consider bids. Dairydale pupils have attended other schools since 1939, and one bid is on file for the property.
The cost of Red Cross standard food packages for American prisoners of war rises from 275 to 350 dollars per package and includes transportation to POW camps. Linn county chapter executive secretary Mrs Wells C. Peck announced the change on Saturday. The army and navy provide all standard food packages for American POWs. Private contributions are no longer accepted for these packages, though unrestricted gifts support general relief including medical supplies and comfort items not supplied by the armed forces.
Weather forecast shows delayed cold snap for Cedar Rapids and vicinity with lower afternoon temperatures and a low near 26 tonight. Light rain expected Sunday forenoon as temperatures gradually rise. News note includes satirical weather editor dialogue about cold weather.
Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Pownall has been named commander in chief of British forces in Iraq and Iran, succeeding Gen Sir Henry Maitland Wilson. Pownall had been commanding British forces in Ceylon under Gen Archibald P. Wavell. Wilson had succeeded Gen Sir Harold R.L.G. Alexander in the Middle East earlier this year.
Mrs A L Hoerner reported a Cedar Rapids store theft where her purse containing a diamond ring valued at 150 dollars and about 950 dollars were taken from a counter. Police also received reports of a lamp and bell from a bicycle owned by Don Eskelson and a starter from a car owned by Fred Schnoebelen.
The Portuguese government accepted a U S invitation to dispatch an air, military and naval mission to America early next month. The mission will include nine high ranking Portuguese officers.
Wearing a monocle or eyeglass helps create a poker face by masking facial expressions as the wearer holds it in position.
The Navy states the first auxiliary aircraft carriers are in combat zones with many more under construction on Atlantic and Pacific coasts. They aim to wage convoy defense and a triple threat against Axis forces, focusing on the North Atlantic. The program, led by Secretary Knox and Vice Admiral Horne, highlights vessels converting merchant ships to still fleet missions and ferrying aircraft.
A school board committee urges summer work to convert space into two classrooms, add six toilets, install two drinking fountains, and improve ventilation. Nurses should monthly report health and sanitary conditions to the board through the superintendent. The board sets new committee roles and to prepare a teacher wage schedule for contracts.
A 55 year old Chicago school janitor Louis Sprenzel was arrested by secret service agents on charges of threatening the life of President Roosevelt in letters written since May 1941. He pled innocent and was released on bond. The case was continued to April 2. Assistant U S Attorney John J Kelly Jr said the letters were hand printed in pencil and unsigned. The maximum penalty cited is five years and a $1000 fine.
Marguerite Faulkner named executrix of Nellie Faulkner estate deceased Linn County Iowa on March 19 1943. Creditors asked to settle debts and file claims with Linn County District Court clerk through Goldthwaits Naughton Attorneys.
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