Daily Record May 15 1844 legal notices and crime items
Disturbing the Peace to Ralph Shook and Stella Witlacil fined. Drunkenness penalties for Shaffer Trimble. Stop sign violation fines for Severn and Ford. Overtime parking fine for Mary Ellen Ford. Grass fire at 2049 Eastern boulevard SE. Birth notices from St Luke's Mercy St. Charles Price Marion. Memphis Brokaw son May 11. Divorce petitions filed: McDonald and Austin cases.
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V. Spohn
Ralph Shook
Sixth Avenue
Stella Witlacil
Fourth Avenue
Bob Shaffer
H Avenue
Orville Trimble
Sixth Street
W. D. Severn
Blake Boulevard
Mary Ellen Ford
Marion
St. Luke’s
Leo Benischek
Twenty-seventh Street
Lester Raim
Walford
Leroy Krajci
Second Street
Buelford O’deen
Fifth Avenue
Paul Akin
Sixteenth Avenue
Mercy—St
Charles Price
John Finson
Winton Road
John Hartford
Fifteenth Avenue
Memphis
Tenn
O. Kingston Brokaw
Brokaw
O. L. Brokaw
Vernon Road
Radio Tube Price Ceilings Ordered
The Office of Price Administration ordered ceiling prices on wholesale and retail radio tubes to curb black market activity. Effective May 20, prices will resemble those from March 1942 as civilian demand rose while civilian supply lagged. Manufacturers receive more materials but scarcity will only partly ease.
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Washington
OPA
Iowa Use Tax Law Upheld as Constitutional
The U S Supreme Court, in a 7 2 decision, confirms Iowa two percent use tax on personal property bought outside Iowa for use in the state Jus tice Frankfurter writes it is a non discriminatory excise Taxpayers argued by a Minneapolis firm labeled as a retailer under the act, which was upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court with Justices Jack and Roberts dissenting.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Iowa
Frankfurter
Jack and
Roberts
Minneapolis
Statesaw
Iowa Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids Gazette Listing of Publication Details
Established 1263 by The Gazette Company and published daily and Sunday at 200 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa Entered in second class matter June 14 1932 at the Cedar Rapids post office under the Act of March 3 1879 Full Season Wire Reports Associated Press United Press International News Service The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to republication of all news credited to staff or others published in this paper and to local news. 38 cents 373 9.00 4B 1.00
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the Gazette Company
3Rd Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Mother's Day Holiday Rush Strains Cedar Rapids Trade
Florists report a booming Mother's Day as Easter level demand spreads across candy stores retail shops buses and the telephone company. Roses scarce at five dollars a dozen or more push deliveries by 5 am Sunday pooling efforts and long lines mark the weekend. Overseas orders via Florists Telegraph Association boost activity while sugar shortages hit candy shops with a thousand dollar loss cited.
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Cedar Rapids
Communist Official Endorses Roosevelt in War Effort
New York state Communist chairman Israel Amter endorsed President Franklin D. Roosevelt for reelection as the best path to unite forces for winning the war. In his keynote at the state convention Amter also condemned Governor Thomas E. Dewey as ethically unfit intellectually inadequate and politically irresponsible as a presidential candidate.
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New York
Israel Amter
Roosevelt
New York State
Amter
Thomas _ FE
Dewey
City Briefs Highlight Local Happenings and Notices
Mrs H J Lindahl remains a surgical patient at St Luke s hospital in the Glow room at the Gas Company Tuesday at 2 15 p m Marian H Savage named administratrix for the estate of E W Burgess who died Jan 20 C E Keller returns home from Mercy hospital 1215 Twenty first avenue SW The public welfare bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday noon at the Roosevelt hotel Mrs H BE Underhill seeks treatment at St Luke s for several weeks Robert L Clifton returns home from seven weeks at St Luke s Malta chapter OES Past Matrons meet Wednesday at the home of Lloyd Shettell 817 Nineteenth avenue SW Cleveland hobby show invites district residents to display hobbies or collections Entries accepted at the PTA room after 2 30 p m Wednesday Roy Decker of the American Legion asks commanders and presidents of local patriotic groups to meet Wednesday at 7 p m in the Memorial building to arrange Memorial day A 19 year old Central City resident described as a navy straggler pled innocent to larceny for a motor vehicle after allegedly taking a car owned by E W Lake of Marion from its Milwaukee roundhouse parking place last Wednesday
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Norman Pollock
Central City
Des Moines
G. K. Thompson
Pollock
E. W. Lake
Marion
Milwaukee Roundhouse
Tojo rallying Nazis as invasion nears in wartime briefing
London dispatch reports Premier Hideki Tojo telling Japanese to view German forces as confident and impatient while British broadcasts urge occupied Europeans to evacuate near rail and industrial targets. Rommel rumors spread of a possible Reich savior amid propaganda shifts.
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London
Hideki Tojo
Occupied
Europe
BBC
Sweden
Erwin Rommel
Reich
Hitler
Rommel
Deaths Maude Woodman Carpenter Services Held
Death notice for Maude Woodman Carpenter 79 widow of Taylor Carpenter lists survivors Mrs A D Schodde Miss Susie Parsons and S L Randolph. Services are at 2 p m Tuesday Beatty funeral home with Rev D A Loferski. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Maude Woodman Carpenter
A Avenue NE
Taylor Carpenter
Beatty
D. A. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Two Obituaries From Fort Dodge Area
Frans Oscar Skult 80 longtime Fort Dodge resident died Sunday at his daughter's home after a two week visit Survived by three daughters two in Cedar Rapids one in Fort Dodge five grandchildren one great grandchild Services set for Tuesday 2 pm at Beatty chapel Young Mortuary Fort Dodge burial in Oakland Cemetery Orval Feres Bailey four year old near Marion died Sunday Cedar Rapids hospital born June 16 1939 in Cedar Rapids survived by parents grandparents and a great grandmother Friends may call Brush chapel funeral arrangements pending
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Frans Oscar Skult
Fort Dodge
M. O. Ultang
Knollwood Drive
Lucile Namen
Cedar Rapids
Daisie Martin
Beatty Chapel
Young Mortuary
Oakland Cemetery
Orval Feres Bailey
Orval L. Bailey
Marion
George Fitzgarrald
Charles E. Bailey
Lisbon
Henry Fowler
Brush Chapel
Curb Continued on Rail Freight Boost
Washington report says the Interstate Commerce Commission kept pending railroad freight rate increases until January 1, 1945. Shippers urged earlier collection but the commission found added revenue from April 1943 increases unnecessary under current conditions and that existing revenue meets national transportation policy goals.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
No Criminal Action In Deaths Of Babes
Coroner Edward G. McKay found no criminal negligence in the deaths of five infants at Lawrence and Memorial hospital New London due to boric acid mistaken for dextrose. The boric acid powder in a jar used for formulas caused multiple illnesses. the coroner could not determine who placed the acid in the jar.
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Norwich, Conn
Lawrence and Memorial Hospital
New London
Edward G. McKay
City Hall Grants Beer Permit and Appoints Weed Chief
The city council on Monday approved a class C beer permit for Marsite Williams of 1002 Tenth Street. They named Streets Commissioner Harold Eggleston I weed commissioner for the summer with weed-cut deadlines and reappointed E. M. Pinney to the river front commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marspite Williams
Tenth Street
Harold Eggleston
E. M. Pinney
River Front Commission
U. S. Rocket Guns Blast Jap Shipping at Rabaul
Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific used a new rocket gun on fighters and dive-bombers to destroy about 40 Japanese barges at Rabaul New Britain in an action aimed at thwarting evacuation or resupply efforts. The raid, supported by Thirteenth Air Force fighters and Dauntless dive-bombers, followed by heavy bombings on Wakde and Maffin Bay areas, marked the largest single-action sunk barge tally in six months. Ground troops elsewhere pushed mopping up in the Hollandia Aitape region, tallying 178 Japanese killed and 33 captured as total Allied casualties rose.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
South Pacific
Wakde
Maffin Bay
Sarmi
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Hollandia
Douglas MacArthur
Wakde-Sarmi
Hollandia-Aitape
U S Bidding for SKF Bearings
The Foreign Economic administration is reported to bid for the entire SKF ball bearing output in Sweden. Stanton Griffis, FEA representative, may spend up to 30 million dollars to channel SKF products to the United States and deny Nazi war needs. SKF Industries president William L. Batt backs halting shipments but warns the move could hurt morale and war production.
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Washington
Foreign Economic Administration
Germany
SKF
Sweden
Stanton Griffis
FEA
United States
Svenska Kullagerfabriken
SKE Industries, Inc
Philadelphia
George C. Marshall
William Li. Batt
WPB
Batt
SKF Industries, Inc
Nine Hogs Stolen From Central City Area Farm
Linn county investigators probe the theft of nine hogs from Harry Davis’s Central City area farm. Davis reported the loss to Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon, with the animals weighing 240 to 250 pounds each and described as half Berkshires and half Polands.
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Linn County
Harry Davis
Central City
Davis
Larry Condon
Parks Employes Salary Increases Surprised Council
The city council learned from the parks commission monthly report that Robert Black playground superintendent's pay rose from 220 to 250 dollars a month and Marion Wilson clerk's pay climbed from 182 to 140. Councilors, surprised, noted the need to stay within budget while Public Improvements Commissioner Dave L Williams questioned Ray Frame's status. The council asked Parks Commissioner Ed Stefan to ask the commission if Frame would also receive an increase.
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Robert Black
Playground Commission
Marion Wilson
Black
Lincoln
Neb
Miss Wilson
Dave L. Williams
Ray Frame
Frame
Parks
Ed Stefan
Commission
OPA Boosts Sugar For Pharmaceuticals Production
Washington AP reports the Office of Price Administration raised sugar allotments to pharmaceutical manufacturers by 25 percent. The boost is retroactive to April 1, the start of the current quarter, to support increased drug production.
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Washington
OPA
Cedar Rapids boost raises firemen and police pay
City council approves a flat 6.75 monthly raise for Cedar Rapids firemen and policemen retroactive to May 1. New pay scales end the three year requirement, with starting salaries at 155.25 for both departments and various post titles adjusted to 160 and higher. Ordinances pass first and second readings, with seven day table prior to final passage.
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F. K. Hahn
Public Improvements
David L. Williams
Cedar Rapids
Fire Departments
Commando Kelly Wins Silver Star in Italian Campaign
Sgt. Charles P. Kelly of Pittsburgh known as Commando Kelly received the Silver Star in absentia for gallantry along the Rapido riverfront during the night of January 21 to 22. He had earlier earned the Congressional Medal and assumed command after the officer in charge was killed, leading his platoon through artillery mortar and small arms fire. He becomes the first to win both the Medal and Silver Star in the Italian campaign.
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Naples
INS
Charles P
Kelly
Pittsburgh
Rapido
Senate Panel Cheers Forrestal Nomination for Navy Chief
The Senate naval affairs committee unanimously endorsed James V. Forrestal for secretary of the navy and gave a standing ovation when he appeared before the panel. Forrestal, a former undersecretary, was invited to respond after the committee acted, reversing the usual order of questions before action.
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Washington
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Senate
James V. Forrestal
Ration-Free Status Extended for Pickled Fruits
Rationing for pickled, spiced and brandied fruits will continue for another month, with the item returning to the ration list at the start of July instead of June. The update was announced Sunday night by the Office of Price Administration.
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Washington
INS
OPA
Soviet Flyers in Extensive Raids Across Front
Soviet air force conducted deep strikes against German rail hubs and troop concentrations along a 600 mile front. Long range bombers hit Brest Litovsk Polotsk and Narva in three night raids, with 55 explosions reported. two Soviet planes were lost. Soviet naval planes sank 12 enemy ships in the Black Sea and Gulf of Finland, including three transports. Red troops repelled German tank assaults near Tiraspol.
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Moscow
Red Air Force
Brest
Litovsk
Poland
Polotsk
Narva
Brest Litovsk
Black Sea
Gulf of Finland
Crimea
Red
Dnestr River
Tiraspol
Center Point Man Hurt When Struck on Highway
James H. Taylor, 58, of Center Point, was hospitalized in Cedar Rapids after being struck on Highway 13 near Central City early Sunday. Deputy Harlan Snyder reported Taylor stepped into the path of a northbound car driven by Ervin Price Jr., 17, of Coggan, who said he swerved to avoid a parked, unlit vehicle. Taylor’s condition was listed as good at St. Luke's hospital Monday.
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James H. Taylor
Center Point
Cedar Rapids
Highway 13
Central City
Harlan Snyder
Taylor
Ervin Price, Jr
Coggan
Price
St. Luke's Hospital
Not Familiar with Plans but Takes Over in Castelforte Assault
A daring push at Castel Forté in the Liri valley features Capt. Charles Debreteuil, publisher in Dakar, who seized command after a tank column stalled. From atop the lead tank he surged into Castel Forté, guiding tanks and infantry to clear the town amid heavy shelling as German prisoners and civilians affected by the battle are noted.
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Larry Newman
Fifth Army
Castel' Forte
INS
Liri
Charles Debreteuil
Dakar
French West Africa
Debreteuil
Castelforte
Lirl
Police Arrest C R Man In Larceny Of Suitcase
John Heslop of 521 Fourth avenue SE was arrested Monday on a daytime larceny charge for stealing a suitcase of clothing from Loren Davieson’s room at 217 Sixth Street SH. Heslop admitted taking the case. Police also reported burglaries and vehicle thefts, including $53 stolen from John C. Kucera at 1528 Fourteenth Avenue SE and a Plymouth sedan stolen from Union Depot parking by Leo Ward. Eric Wilson left a briefcase in a truck after riding from Marion to First Avenue and Twelfth Street E.
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John Heslop
Fourth Avenue SE
Harley Simon
Leonard Stusak
Loren Davieson
Sixth Street
Heslop
John C. Kucera
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Leo Ward
Union Depot
Eric Wilson
Iowa City
Wilson
Marion
First-avenue
Twelfth Street E
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