Food and fuel ration details and Cedar Rapids forecast
The issue lists meat and gasoline ration coupons valid through dates and quantities, blue foods stamps, sugar and canning sugar allowances, fuel oil coupons, shoe stamps, and an airplane stamp. Weather forecast predicts fair, warmer weather with Cedar Rapids highs around 39 and 41 today, plus overnight lows near 25. Local notices record overtime parking fines and recent births in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Spencer
Truckers Asked to Mail ODT Certificates
ODT certificates must be mailed to the Linn county war price and rationing board to secure second quarter 1944 gasoline rations. A. T. Pleune, chief clerk, says operators will receive a post card with pickup timing after mailing their certificate.
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Linn County
Stations Order 10 Days to Dispose of Dated Coupons
A. T. Pleune warns Linn board that all gas rationing coupons expiring April 1 must be disposed of by April 10. After April 10 these coupons will not be honored by the ration board or distributors. E and R coupons in book form bearing permit delivery of one unit must be discarded by April 10. Station operators must also dispose of all RK coupons on hand and cannot accept new RK coupons without special permission.
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A. T. Pleune
Linn County War Price and Rationing Board
Pleune
Post Office Clerks Auxiliary Meeting Postponed
City briefs report the postponement of a post office clerks auxiliary meeting. other items note visits and travels of local residents and military families, reductions in Red Cross Y M C A room hours, and a Des Moines man’s draft status inquiry plus a wallet theft of $150 at Shores company.
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Post Office Clerks Auxiliary
Lloyd Gilbert
Des Moines
Gilbert
Willard Burke
the Shores Company
Awards at Taylor School Cub Pack 12 March Meeting
At Taylor School the Cub Pack 12 March meeting honored members with rank and service awards. Bobcat recipients were James McCarthy David Gould Marshall Freeman. Wolf badges went to Richard Spinka Donald Bradley. Gold arrows to Jimmy Snodgrass Richard Spinka. Bear badges to Ted Lee and Richard Spinka. Silver arrow to Jack Luke. Webelos to Harvey Goodenough Jack Luke Donald Bomkamp. den chief cards to Neal Witte Donald Algrin David O Rourke. and service star and denner stripes to Edwin Byers.
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Taylor School
Bobcat
James McCarthy
David Gould
Marshall Freeman
Richard Spinka
Donald Bradley
Gold Arrow
Jimmy Snodgrass
Ted Lee
Silver Arrow
Jack Luke
Webelos
Harvey Goodenough
Donald Bomkamp
Den
Neal Witte
Donald Algrin
David O’rourke
Service Star
Denner
Edwin Byers
Oil Production Short of Demand in 1944 Says Official
In St Louis United States oil production will fall about 180 million barrels short of demand due to shortages in supplies manpower and transport facilities says W W Vandeveer district two director of the Petroleum Administration for War on Tuesday.
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ST. Louis
United States
W. W. Vandeveer
District Two
The
Petroleum Administration For War
Trio on Hill 260 Accounts For 60 Japs
Advanced Solomon Islands base report details three American soldiers Sgt Irving Drum and Pfc John C Britain and Pfc John W Colvard who manned a pillbox on Hill 260 for four days and killed an estimated 60 to 70 Japanese. Lt Sanford E Diamond recalls rescuing all but one wounded. Sgt Stanley Pyka was later evacuated.
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Solomons
INS
Bougainville
Hill
Hill 260
Irving Drum
Chicago
John C
Britain
Paris
Ill
John W. Colvard
Tallassee
Ala
Colvard
Hirohito
Sanford E. Diamond
Lansing
Mich
Diamond
Stanley Pyka
Lawrence Mathews
Liberty Center
Ohio
Harold Hill
Cottonwood
Minn
Pyka
Garand and Taylor Receive Civilian Medals
Secretary Hull on behalf of the government awarded the first Civilian Medals of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct to John C. Garand for the Garand rifle and to Dr. Albert White Taylor, chief physicist at the naval research lab, for radar development.
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Washington
Hull
John C. Garand
Albert White Taylor
Naval Research Aphatalaty
Cedar Rapids Welcomes Cpl Ruth Purcell Air WAC Recruiter
Cpl Ruth Purcell of the air corps joins the Cedar Rapids army recruiting station as an Air WAC recruiter after a wartime career in Lincoln Nebraska and Westinghouse plant work. Her family includes a WAC sister, a navy brother, and a husband in the army.
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Staf i
Cedar Rapids
Cpl
Ruth Purcell
Air Corps
WAC
Navy
Army
Cpl. Purcell
Westinghouse
Lima
Ohio
Virginia Curry
Fort Benning
Seaman
Robert Curry
Toledo
Pvt
William Purcell
Lincoln
Neb
Purcell
Air-Wac
Army Air Base
Air Wacs
West Coast
Lincoln Base
Fort Oglethorpe
Conway
Ark
Deaths: Fred A. Hohmann 80 of Cedar Rapids
Fred A. Hohmann 80, of 2029 Belmont Parkway NW, died at 3 a.m. Tuesday. Born June 28, 1863 in Germany, he came to this country at 18 and resided in Cedar Rapids over 50 years. He worked at Rock Island shops and Iowa Electric Light and Power. Survived by son Fred A. Hohmann Jr. of St. Louis, daughter Mrs. Jay Felgar of Cedar Rapids, brother C. L. Hohmann of San Francisco, and eight grandchildren. Private service 1:30 p.m. Thursday Beatty funeral home. burial Linwood cemetery.
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Fred A. Hohmann
Belmont Parkway
Germany
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Fred A. Hohmann, Jr
St. Louis
Jay Felgar
C. L. Hohmann
San Francisco
Beatty Funeral Home
Linwood Cemetery
Services for Claude Earl Penick and Ford chief electrician
Claude Earl, chief electrician for Penick and Ford, died Monday. Funeral services will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. James H. Blackstone Jr and Jan Hus No 51 1.C.C.F officiating. Entombment follows in the Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial Park. All Odd Fellows plan to meet at Sokol hall at 1 p.m. Wednesday to attend the service.
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Claude Earl
Penick and Ford
Turner Chapel
James H. Blackstone, Jr
Jan Hus
1.C.C.F
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park
Odd Fellows
Sokol Hall
Guns Halt Nazis North of Cassino
Allied artillery shattered a German assault north of Cassino on the road from Terelle and pounded the hotel areas Continental and Des Roses. German counterbombardment followed as Allied planes conducted 1400 sorties over central Italy and the battle line, with patrol clashes and ongoing air and sea strikes.
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Allied
Naples
Cassino
Terelle
Continental
Des Roses
Rome
Italy
Dalmatian
Oklahoma congressional race stirs national leaders
Democrats and Republicans watched Oklahoma’s special election closely as W G Stigler and E O Clark battled for a Democratic seat. Senate Leader Barkley urged support for administration aims while Bricker questioned Barkley’s involvement amid debates over New Deal policy and vetoes.
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Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
W. G. Stigler
E. O. Clark
Senate
Barkley
Moore
Okla
Clark
Dewey
Muskogee
Okmulgee
Congress
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Peace Strike in Berlin Rumored by Danish News
A Danish news service on Tuesday claimed 30,000 German and foreign workers staged a peace strike in Berlin with the slogan End it by Easter. The report was unconfirmed by other sources and the AP bureau in Stockholm urged caution.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Air Mail Rates Cut for War Prisoners and Internees
Postal bulletin from Cedar Rapids announces six cent air mail rates per half ounce to American prisoners of war and civilian internees in enemy and occupied countries matching overseas military mail. The change mainly lowers Germany-bound air mail. rates to Japan remain largely restricted and ineffective. Citizens are reminded to affix proper postage to letters to military personnel overseas to avoid delays.
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Cedar Rapids
Germany
Linn County Candidate Listings by Municipality
A continued list shows local races with candidates for assessor clerk justice of peace constable and trustee across towns including Ottter Creek Rapids Marion and Washington. Party affiliations appear alongside several names highlighting Republican and Democratic candidates.
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William A. Ball
Joe” Hammill
R. Spring Grove
C. A. Shaffer
R. Gifford McCright
R. Washington
Glen G. Matheny
City Election Committee Endorses Four. Benesh Wins
A political circular urged voters to smash the present city council, naming the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce and several business groups as controllers. It endorsed Meek Benesh Stastny and Schreckengast. only Benesh won. The CIO AFL and railroad brotherhoods were initially involved, but both disavowed the committee.
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Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Banks
Association of Manufacturers
Chamber of Commerce
The
Gazette
Meek
Benesh
Stastny
Schreckengast
CIO
AFL
Railroad Brotherhoods
Brotherhoods
Noted Cedar Rapids Real Estate Leader Dies at 76
Harold Clark a former First Congregational trustee and long time Cedar Rapids real estate figure dies at 76 after visiting Waterloo for a state real estate boards convention. He held numerous Masonic and fraternal titles and led Westwood and Belmont Park developments. Funeral Thursday at Turner chapel at 4 p.m.
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First Congregational Church
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Kadosh
Knights of Pythias
Mt. Hermon Lodge
Knights Templar
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Iowa
el Kahir Shrine Temple
Order of Eastern Star of
Military Order of Loyal Legion
Sons of the American Revolution
Malta
O.E.S
Trowel
RAM
Palestine Council
Apollo Commandery
White Shrine
Red Cross of Constantine
Canopus Club
Turner Chapel
Beer Price Hike Possible After New Tax
The Office of Price Administration says a 12 ounce beer may cost one cent more after April 1 or stay the same price. An eight ounce draught may rise by a cent or not. Retailers choose pricing by base period. Those using Oct 1-15 1941 base can’t raise a single bottle, while March 1942 base allows a penny increase.
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Washington
OPA
Submarines Sea Dog Sea Fox Christened at Double Launch
In Portsmouth New Hampshire the United States Navy christened the submarines Sea Dog and Sea Fox during a double launching ceremony held Tuesday marking their formal entry into service.
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Portsmouth
N. H
United States
Sea Dog
Sea Fox
Camp Dodge to Set Induction Record Friday
Camp Dodge will induct the largest group of men at one time in World War I or the present conflict, a record for the station and for the Seventh service command. The ceremony includes a public review at 1 p.m., uniforms issued Friday, with Maj. Gen. Charles H. Danielson arriving from Omaha for the formal induction ceremony.
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Camp Dodge
Orson B. Powers
Powers
Seventh Service Command
Charles H. Danielson
Omaha
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B. Smith
G Avenue
A. Sparks
A Avenue
Sweet Music Company
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Fourth Avenue
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St. Luke’s Hospital
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City Briefs
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A. A. Maeder
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Jack Makon
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Claude Earl Services
Linn
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Jimmy
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