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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1943
Page
2
Readable lines show Cedar Rapids recording 78 and 71 for highs and lows in December, while New York City shows a 53 high and 76 and 78 in an unclear sequence. The fragment suggests regional temperature data without clear dates or full context.
A brief public notice lists Mr and Mrs Howard L Ross of 121 Second Street NE St. Luke's Bay 11 as the subject of a local real estate listing or action.
Joseph Stepanek, 73, of 2621 Dar Rapids beepital died at 6 13 p m and was pronounced at 6 15 p m Tuesday.
John Peterson of Clinton charged with larceny of a watch receives 30 days. F. O. Morarie, 70, and Ray Morarie, 40, of Central City charged with being intoxicated on fault and battery receive 15 days suspended. All cases before Justice H R Churchill.
List of individuals with charges and fines including John H. Burns 40 of 112 Tenth street NE for drunkenness 25 dollars. Jerome Coffin Ot tumwa fined 10 dollars for speeding 55 mph between Thirty-eighth and Fortieth streets on First Avenue E. Multiple others cited for double parking overtime parking failure to yield right of way and moving vehicle signals with fines ranging from 1 to 2 dollars and costs.
German broadcast claimed United States naval forces were en route to seize Martinique and Guadeloupe in the French West Indies while a British detachment was said to have sailed toward Dominica. Officials in Washington and London did not comment on the reports.
A Cedar Rapids man died in a local hospital at 6 15 p m on December 28 1869 after a period of illness. Survived by wife Anna a daughter Mrs Gordon Delaney of Cedar Rapids a son William six grandchildren and five sisters Mrs Mary E Bys and Mrs Joseph Chalupsky. The body is at the Brosh chapel awaiting funeral arrangements.
Services for John H. Kohl will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the chapel with the Rev. George Stauffacher officiating. Burial follows at Mt. Vernon. Friends may call at the chapel prior to the service.
Services for Mrs Walter L Leighton who died Monday at her home 2602 E Avenue NE will be led by Miss Mable Swanson a Unity Center leader in the Moen chapel at 2 p m Thursday Burial is scheduled at Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friends may call at the Moen chapel.
Des Moines dispatch says Mrs Hickenlooper, wife of Gov Bourke Benlooper, suffered a relapse. She remains in a Bedford nursing home with a heart ailment and little hope for recovery as of Wednesday.
Knox urges Cedar Rapids to keep summer hours unchanged to avoid heavier bus congestion as DDT partner National City Lines representatives discuss transit policy. The Keyes committee report reviewed shows prewar staggered hours, with no firm plan to alter schedules without War Transportation input.
Allied forces report a quick end to the campaign with massive prisoner captures and large booty from German forces. German officers express amazement at limited demolition as Bizerte and Ferryville docks suffer extensive destruction. Prisoners line up, and cleanup begins as bombed ports, ships sunk, and naval yards abandoned.
Doctors describe a diverse group of soldiers plagued by headaches, heightened hearing sensitivity, amnesia, widespread pains, tremors, and tremors. Despite fear of cowardice, they remain intellectually capable and hopeful that six months on the continent will restore many to civilian life or limited duty, though reentry to front line action is deemed unlikely.
The harbor jetties quays and dockyards were destroyed and virtually every waterfront building wrecked. Not a single house in Bizerte escaped damage. French barracks municipalite and Grand hotel, used as enemy headquarters, lie in ruins. They pledge to rebuild more beautiful than before.
Mrs Frances Skalsky 60 of 1124 Ninth Street SE Cedar Rapids ended her life Tuesday by hanging in a bathroom. Police and coroner Dr R E Munden reported she fashioned a belt noose, climbed a dresser, and leaped. Body found by neighbor Mrs Bessie Fisher. No note left. Born May 15 1881 in Bohemia she came to the U S 54 years ago and lived near Ely before Cedar Rapids. Surviving daughter Mrs Velma Donnan and a son-in-law in Texas, granddaughter, three sisters. Services pending.
Local advertisement promotes Lavoptik eye care solution for sore eyes and irritation. Claims soothing effect with a included eye cup and years of customer use, though wording is unclear and contains misspellings.
The Rev Ludvik Burian will lead a Thursday afternoon service at 2 p m in the Brosh chapel with burial at Bohemian National Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
The United Lutheran Synod of Iowa re elected all officers at the Tuesday afternoon session in Cedar Rapids. Officers include President E A Piper and Vice President R W Livers among others. The Synodical Missionary Society also reelected officers led by President Mrs A G Heitman and Secretary Mrs C A Kent. Meetings closed Wednesday afternoon.
Lorraine Rogers, 14, was hospitalized in Chicago as doctors probe a sneezing attack that began 24 days earlier. Specialists will study causes at one minute intervals. the episode follows a prior 17 day sneezing spell in 1941 and a later 18 pound weight loss.
A massive Axis surrender unfolds near Tunis as prisoners march in convoy toward unknown destinations. German officers, many decorated, ride in captured vehicles under flags of truce while Allied troops tally triumphs across the Tunisian front.
From Cap Bon to Medjez el Bab a 90 mile advance of German and Italian troops moves in pre-dawn darkness. Hitler's invincibles ride in various vehicles without escorts toward Allied prison pens as Allied forces tighten the siege around Tunis.
The new price ceilings apply to beef veal lamb and mutton by zone, with some cuts reduced from April 15 levels and others unchanged. Pork ceilings cover zone 4A in Iowa except several listed counties, and the measures run May 17 to June 1 alongside a further 10 percent reduction.
The Army plans to purchase 50 000 books through the Council on Books in Wartime. The Special Services Division will buy and distribute the volumes to troops, prompted by shortfalls in voluntary victory book donations.
The article notes Churchill's plan to shift cruisers and destroyers to protect North Atlantic convoys while the shorter routing to the Middle East and India saves hundreds of thousands of shipping space. It lists Churchill advisers and says Roosevelt’s top military team will be involved in ongoing high level talks with Churchill, with meetings scheduled through Tuesday and beyond.
Arthur P. Black of Washington former legislator and Lutheran Laymen’s Movement executive secretary told the Kiwanis club that peace in wartime depends on placing spiritual values above material ones. He warned that isolationism and belittling government undermine peace and invite future conflict.
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