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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1944
Page
6
The March 27 1944 issue lists meat blue and sugar coupons by book and dates for A8 through F8 valid through May 20 and June 18, fuel oil and gasoline coupons with expiry. Police and traffic court notes itemize fines for drunkenness driving without license and various parking violations. Births and divorces records follow with names and locations.
Linn county's largest taxpayer Iowa Electric Light and Power company paid $107,333.03 to County Treasurer Frank Bates as the first half of the 1943 property taxes due by Sept. 30. District Manager Earl G. Nichols made the payment, covering most of the company property taxes and a small portion on Cedar Rapids and Iowa City railroad property.
Churchill declares joint air power will aid the Allies in months ahead. He cites Russia’s success against German forces, expects Rome’s liberation, and notes progress in the Balkans and Pacific. Mountbatten is enforcing Quebec decisions in Burma as fierce fighting continues.
The Rev. Grant F. Anderson resigned as pastor of the First Baptist church in Cedar Rapids. He will become pastor at University Baptist church at State College Pennsylvania and guide Baptist students at Penn State. He has held multiple civic roles and previously served in Kansas City and here since 1937.
Deputy Sheriff P. J. Whittemore seized a slot machine Monday at Delmer J. Fisher’s oil station and store in Center Point. Mothers of local schoolchildren had complained that children fed their lunch money into the machine and went without lunches.
London reports from Zurich cite Swiss telegraph dispatches claiming over 500 Italians were executed or killed in German reprisals after a fascism anniversary procession bomb. Rome announced 32 German officials died. hostages were seized including Badoglio's son Mario and other officials. Variation exists on Orlando and Di Revel's status.
Allied reports detail Japanese losses in Bougainville and nearby Solomons. An assault at Empress Augusta Bay yielded a brief penetration before American forces restored the line. American casualties were light against 300 Japanese dead. faudraaal operations include Manus Island mop up and attacks on Wewak and Rabaul with heavy Allied bombing.
New York AP reports a national drive to enlist over a million Congregational Christian Church members in a pledge to American participation in a cooperative world order. The program aims to unite churches and promote global cooperation.
London AP report says Soviet forces under Stalin captured Kamenets Podolski and pressed toward the Prut river on the Rumanian border. Big guns shell Romanian soil as infantry poised to surge across the Prut after crossing the Dniester. The drive widens as Soviets claim Byeltsi and threaten Odesa and Bucharest.
Multiple brief death notices from Cedar Rapids list Mrs. Minnie Housman dying at 8 45 p m along with infant Barry Lee Sanborn and Claude Earl and Ruby Irene McClure in the week. Details include birthplaces dates and survivors with scheduled funeral arrangements and burial locations.
NADINE SUBOTNIK and colleagues announce an all star Monday on CBS and NBC. Screen Guild Players features Basil Rathbone and Michael Curtiz with Jack Benny Barbara Stanwyck and more at 9 p.m. over CBS. Ed Sullivan guests Ethel Merman 6 15 p.m. CBS. Vox Pop interviews Red Cross aid veterans at 7 p.m. CBS and WMT. Cavalcade of America with Gunningham story So Sorry No Mercy airs 7 p.m. NBC WHO starring Pat OBrien. Phantom Lady stars Ella Raines Brian Aherne Alan Curtis for Radio Theater at 8 p.m. The Telephone Hour features pianist Josef Hofmann at 8 p.m. NBC WHO. Information Please at 9 30 p.m. NBC features Artur Rubinstein. Heidi Time at 9 30 p.m. over Blue and KXEL aims to place discharged servicemen in jobs.
The schedule lists Ed Sullivan, American Cavalcade, Vox Pop, Gay Nineties, Telephone Hour, Radio Theater Dr 1 Q Percy Faith Screen Guild and Top of Evening with Information Please hosted by Horace Heldt in a 1950s radio lineup.
Hour by hour program list from March 27 1946 to March 28 1946 shows broadcasts across stations WHO WMT WGN KXEL EXEL and more. It lists morning devotions news songs dramas and soap operas with time slots and program titles featuring Vict. Far and other shows.
Snow and rain spread across western and central Iowa with Estherville reporting six and a half inches while Cedar Rapids saw only a trace. Driving conditions improved today though highways were slick Sunday night. patrols noted varied snowfall totals in Spencer, Fort Dodge, Sioux City, Charles City and Mason City with temperatures ranging from the low 20s to the low 30s.
A fragmentary weather log shows temperatures from 34 to 37 degrees with 55 percent humidity and overcast skies. Cities listed include Ames Burlington and Iowa City with Sioux City and Spencer noted for low readings around 20 degrees.
Russian submarines attacked a Romanian Black Sea convoy evacuating troops from the Crimea. The British radio said nearly an entire Romanian division was lost in the strike, reported Monday.
London reports Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has set up headquarters at Breda in occupied Holland to direct anti invasion operations. The information arrived in London on Monday and is deemed reliable by Allied sources.
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