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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1944
Page
11
Stamp and coupon lists cover meat gasoline foods sugar fuel oil and shoes with expiration dates. Local fines include Schultz driving violations Borgstrom Safely Brown and others plus births and marriages from Mercy St Luke's and Cedar Rapids pairs. Divorces petitions and licenses listed with names and addresses.
CHICAGO INS report says Philip K. Wrigley resigned as president of William Wrigley Jr. Co citing a shift in company policies. He will remain an active director and keep ownership of the Chicago Cubs.
Wayne Lonergan's defense rested after calling three witnesses in the case over his wife Patricia Lonergan's death. Defendant did not testify as the prosecution questions and alibi plans were developed.
Mort H. Singer 67 a renowned show man died Wednesday from a heart ailment in Chicago. He began as an usher in Milwaukee and rose to head the Mort H. Singer Theatrical corporation which operated 36 theaters in the Middle West. The Singer chain included the Cedar Rapids Iowa theater.
Robert F. Milota Cedar Rapids defense rental attorney director since December 1942 resigns to join the United States Navy as a lieutenant commander. He will report April 15 to Tucson Arizona for indoctrination at the University of Arizona. Milota is a University of Iowa law school graduate and a Coe College alumnus who has practiced law in Cedar Rapids since 1934.
President Roosevelt defended the army's stance against further Jewish immigration to Palestine. He said the military concerns over Arab unrest and operations are valid, while the civil question of a homeland for Jews should be settled later in peace. Senators Johnson Clark and Bridges urged Congress to override the war department.
The Rev. Russell Dix chaplain of Wesley Memorial hospital Chicago will give the principal address for the national hospital day program on May 12. Dr Karl Meister superintendent of St Luke's hospital announced the engagement and noted Dix's fame as an authority on ministering to the sick. Details of the program will be announced later.
Congress extends its session to Friday night to give President Roosevelt a chance to veto or sign the soldiers vote bill. Senate Leader Barkley notes the ten day window expires Friday night and a two week adjournment could allow a pocket veto. Democrats hear reports he may let the bill become law without a signature.
Washington AP reports the Dies committee on Wednesday named a long list of CIO unions accused of having strong Communist leadership. The unions include American Communications association International Federation of Architects Engineers Chemists and Technicians International Pur and Leather Workers Union and International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's union among others.
Henry Hall, 104, a Black man, faced vagrancy charges in police court after being found with $812. Judge Joe D. Neff dismissed the case upon learning Hall was saving the money for his old age.
Kansas City AP reports Albert Gain Black, resigning after 11 years at Farm Credit Administration, sees farmers exiting war with strong finances. FCA's $2 billion loan portfolio shrinking to $4.75 repaid per dollar and total farm debt near prewar levels. He warns against land price booms and favors subsidies if needed. Farmers show resilience despite draft losses, boosting output with limited labor.
Tokyo reports a shakeup in the Japanese high command. Gen Jun Ushiroku is appointed inspector general of the army air force and chief of army air force headquarters, likely ending the separate army air force command established in May 1942. Lt Gen Takeo Yasuda becomes a war councilor, unifying army command with the navy.
Hollywood Charlie Chaplin lost his bid to dismiss federal white slavery charges as his Mann Act trial moved toward a climax. Joan Barry denied attempting blackmail and the government rested.Barry claimed no payout or headlines deal and Chaplin's butler testified to overheard discussions and Chaplin’s alleged intimacy.
Rep Hall of New York warned the House that about 83 million cattle stockpiled could be slaughtered to supply leather as warm weather approaches. Rep Rankin of Mississippi interjected with a quip about the coming heat.
About 100 attendees watched a Boy Scout court of honor at Franklin High School Tuesday evening led by Harold Eggleston of Explorer troop E8. Seven Scouts earned advancement awards and Eagle Palm recipients included Dick Klink and Bill Krebs, with Arthur Winne receiving a Silver Palm.
George R. Bowne of troop 151 won the William T. Hornaday award as 137 merit badges were awarded. Life Scouts and members of the host troop E8 along with committee members R. E. Atherton R. H. Nowadzky and Kenneth Kohl participated in the honor court.
Harry Hopkins, a presidential aide, had an operation Wednesday morning at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. A noon bulletin described his condition as satisfactory.
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