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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1943
Page
3
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Robert Balm of 403 F avenue NW charged in justice court with operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license. He faces a $10 fine plus court costs.
Russell L. Pettis and Helen Pettis, both of Cedar Rapids, are recorded on the marriage licenses list.
Mrs Walter L Leighton died at her home 2602 B avenue. John H Xohl died Tuesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. John Ponocny died Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Louis P Mann died Monday at 510 B avenue NE Cedar Rapids.
At St Luke s Mr and Mrs Bernard O Black 2017 Linn and Mrs Robert C Burns Richmond Calif a son May 9 Mr and Mrs Kenneth O Deen 418 First Street SW a son May 11 Mr and Mrs Harold B Porter Mr Vernon road SE a son May 9 Mr and Mrs Earl R Listebarger a daughter Barbara Jayne May 7 Mercy hospital San Diego Calif Mr Listebarger seaman third class stationed at fleet service school Norfolk Va is son of Mr and Mrs Philip or 1619 Third street SW
President Roosevelt refused to accept the resignation of Undersecretary of the Interior Abe Fortas. Roosevelt acted on Secretary Ickes's recommendation, saying Fortas could best serve the country by remaining in his post despite draft age.
American troops held in a Tunis area prison camp were freed as British armored forces entered the capital. The German and Italian guards surrendered, with prisoners recounting food deprivation, a miraculous escape aboard a boat, and later flotillas evacuating the wounded and others.
British forces led a multi hour assault below Hammam Lif destroying about 25 enemy tanks and capturing over 5,000 prisoners including 600 from the Hermann Goering regiment. Messages from Hitler and Mussolini were found among the captures but offered little effect. Only one German plane, a Focke Wulf 190, was sighted and shot down.
Deputy Prime Minister Attlee told the House that Britain's First Army suffered 1200 casualties in the final Tunisian advance stage and 8400 since April 17, while the Eighth Army incurred about 2400 from April 20 to May 3. He praised Allied cooperation under Eisenhower and Alexander and noted the German armored division surrendered near Bizerte as American tanks entered the port area.
The Gazette published a V mail letter from First Lieut Howard R Klekar overseas. He praises the paper for timely delivery and truth about Cedar Rapids news. Klekar, a former University of Iowa student and son of Jeron E and (Mrs) Klekar of 1841 Hamilton St SW, was awarded the Air Medal in March.
Allied bombers and fighters began daylight raids across the continent resuming after a weatherbound weekend. Streams of raiders crossed the channel from Boulogne just after noon on Tuesday.
United Service Aides to meet at the bus depot at 1 a.m. Thursday May 13. Thieves broke into Davis cleaners at 1500 First Avenue SE Sunday night stealing 34 dollars from the cash register. A coat valued at 16 dollars was stolen from Mary Markham at the Montrose hotel where she works at the Food Fountain. The ninety sixth spring reunion of Iowa Consistory opens Tuesday with meals in the dining room and a banquet Thursday evening. The fifteenth degree work begins 7 30 p.m. Tuesday with further degrees on Wednesday morning and evening.
In Cedar Rapids the federal district clerk's office records liens against R. Glen Flora 88 B avenue NE for delinquent 1941 income tax of 17.05 dollars and against Walton A. and Dorothy E. Hickman of Toledo for delinquent 1941 income taxes totaling 5.61 dollars.
At a Monday dinner in the Roosevelt hotel the Optimists club entertained twenty couples and heard after dinner speaker Ralph Holbrook discuss Industries in Iowa. Entertainment Co-Chairmen Walter Brown and Ralph Minkler promised that ladies night will become a regular monthly feature, with rl Helming as president.
The Polish telegraph agency, via a London dispatch, says Leon Blum former Socialist prime minister of France is a prisoner in Majdanek concentration camp in central Poland.
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Refugees push carts of bedclothes, pets, and pans back to shell-pitted homes as fleeing Germans abandon mobile 88 guns after breeches are smashed. A battle-weary general declares Axis Dunkirk over and that only a few remain to fight while most troops yield.
John H. Kohl age 60 of 3533 First Avenue SE died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 10 a.m. Tuesday after a brief illness. He worked as a machine operator for LaPlant-Cheate Co for ten years and lived in Cedar Rapids 17 years. He was a World War I veteran married to Norma Smith in 1926 at Sioux Falls SD. Survived by wife, brother Christian Kohl of Cedar Rapids, a niece and five nephews. Services Thursday at 2 p.m. in Turner Chapel with burial at Mt. Vernon. friends may call Wednesday.
Nazi barges evacuating Bizerte harbor were crushed by an armored column's artillery and tanks. The German retreat failed as headquarters ordered sink them and declared mission accomplished. Streets, ships, and vehicles along the waterfront were left in ruins from months of Allied bombardment.
Services for Mrs. W. H. Roberts of 825 Eighth Avenue SE will be held at Bethel A M E Church Wednesday at p.m. with Rev. A. R. Parks officiating. Burial is planned in Linwood Cemetery. Mrs. Roberts died Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital.
E. B. Cordell aged 73 dies Sunday in Boone Iowa. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Ed C Rudin and Mrs. Larrance and Mrs. Kelland Cutler, a son Roger Cordell, and five grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday in Boone.
Ten men were killed and five seriously burned in an explosion at Praco coal mine No. 10 in Birmingham Alabama, operated by Alabama By-Products corporation.
Ira Elizabeth Leighton aged 64 of 2602 E avenue NE Cedar Rapids died at her home at 4 10 p m after a long illness She was born August 10 1878 in Bates county Missouri She lived in Wellman and Grinnell before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1923 She was a member of Unity Center Cedar Rapids Woman's club and several veterans and Daughters circles She was a past president of the Nellie Norris auxiliary of the Grinnell post and is survived by her husband and a daughter Mrs
Clair R. Howard and two granddaughters Marilyn Lucinda and Elizabeth Jane Howard of Cedar Rapids along with sisters Mrs Albert Strabala of Stuttgart Arkansas and Mrs Gilbert W Smith of Palm Springs California and brothers J A Yoder of Boulder Colorado and D W Yoder of Lisbon await funeral arrangements. Friends may call at the Moen chapel.
John Penocny 82 of 1311 B avenue NE died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Monday after a prolonged illness. He came to America 60 years ago and lived in Cedar Rapids since. A former Rock Island Railroad carpenter and coach, he retired in 1930. Survived by daughter-in-law J and Mrs. Joseph Zelenda, a grandson Joseph Zelenda Jr, and two great grandchildren. Services at Barta chapel Wednesday at 4 pm with burial in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call after 5 pm Tuesday.
Services will be held Thursday at 1 30 p m in St Luke's Lutheran church McIntosh Minnesota for Bernard D Narveson who died Sunday evening at his daughter's home Mrs W J Conway 119 Thirty fifth Street Drive SE Burial is in the local cemetery Friends may call at the funeral chapel until 9 p m Tuesday
Services for Mrs. Antonie Stastny, 84, who died Monday, will be conducted by Theodore B. Hlubbacek at Kuba funeral home Wednesday at 2 30. Burial will be in Bohemian National Cemetery. Surviving are two daughters and two sons, several grandchildren and great grandchildren. A son, Stanley, died in 1937.
Funeral services for Arthur M. Safely of 904 Fifth Street SE will be held at Beatty Chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Frank Ward officiating. Burial will follow in Campbell Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel prior to the service.
Louis P. Mann, 58, of 510 B avenue NE, died at 9:45 p.m. Monday after a long illness. Born October 10, 1884, in Marshalltown, he had lived most of his years in the area.
A Cedar Rapids landscape gardener Albert E. Mann is survived by his wife Blanche a son and two brothers Eugene of Marshalltown and Claude of Cedar Rapids. The Beatty chapel holds services at 2 p.m. Thursday led by Rev Frank Ward with calling hours at the chapel.
Colder tonight with moderate frost and a low of 36 degrees. Strong winds ease tonight as cool Wednesday forenoon follows. A cloudless noon sight in Cedar Rapids contrasted with a quirky pigeons forecast and mild current temps. Last night ranged to 49, Chambers Inskeep read 70 by 2 30 pm with 35 percent humidity.
George A. Heikens rural rehabilitation director in Iowa for the Farm Security Administration resigns effective May 30 to operate his father's 160 acre farm near Postoria. Lafe Young, formerly of Ames and recent head of the tenant purchase section for FSA in Indianapolis, will succeed him as Iowa FSA administrator.
Iowa state highway patrolmen and 225 public safety workers will receive pay boosts. Commissioner Karl Fischer announced the raises total about 50 000 dollars annually. Patrolmen rise from 140 to 150 dollars a month and sergeants from 160 to 175. Clerical and other workers will receive comparable increases.
The Civil Service Commission announced a June 12 examination for law graduates and veterans to obtain government legal positions. Eligible are attorneys honorably discharged from service, new graduates, and disabled veterans or spouses with preference. Salaries range from $1,800 to $3,200. applications via Cedar Rapids post office window 8.
A total of $42,295 in back wages was paid to 720 Iowa workers during April by 129 firms found to have violated the fair labor standards act. Harold Chenhall, inspector in charge of the Iowa wage hour division reported. The Iowa companies paying more than $500 in back wages included Merchants National Bank Building Cedar Rapids $7,353 to 53 employees.
S. E. Coquillette, president the Merchants National Bank, said payments were made to bank employees in the bank building rather than to the bank proper. They were provided for by voluntary adjustments under the wage-hour act.
Lieut. Gen. Jacob L. Devers announced the U S Army in the European theater will keep Major Gen. Ingles as deputy commander and promote Major Gen. Idwal H. Edwards to chief of staff from acting chief of staff.
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