Local court records list drivers cited for traffic offenses
J I Gibson of 119 Thirty sixth street drive SE double parking with $1 and costs. Herman Ginsberg of 1811 Bever avenue SE charged with overtime for eye $1 and costs. Roy E Mil ne charged with reckless driving at one on costs. Accidents reported on First avenue E between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets.
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J. I. Gibson
Thirty-sixth Street Drive
Herman Ginsberg
Bever Avenue
Roy E. Milne
First Avenue E
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Local Births Reported Across Several Families
May births announced for Mercy at 1917 E Street SW and St Luke’s 124 Tenth NE with multiple families welcoming a daughter or son. Notable entries include Maynard Rowray at 820 C Avenue NW and Alfred Young at 1532 B Avenue NE. Frank Jenkins of St Louis and Mrs Hersom linked to Cedar Rapids are noted.
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Mercy
Fred Krumm
E Street
Maynard Rowray
C Avenue
St. Luke’s
Carl Cross
Tenth Street
Orville Sayers
Blairstown
Alfred Young
B Avenue NE
Alfred Rinderknecht
Marion
Milton Chedima
Fairfax
Frank Jenkins
St. Louis
Jenkins
John M. Hersom
Chicago
D. M. Hersom
D Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
Death of Joseph T. Ziskovsky in Cedar Rapids hospital
Joseph T. Ziskovsky of 2500 Johnson Avenue NW died Thursday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. The death notice records his name and location. no further details are provided in the accessible text.
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Joseph T. Ziskovsky
Johnson Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Residents Named in Local Notices
Lowell Willard Andreas and Nadine Betty Hamilton of Cedar Rapids, Ralph Darold Miller and Mary Cabalka of Cedar Rapids, Robert Barrigar Jr and Phyllis Cook of Cedar Rapids, Charles Clark and Lucille Albany of Cedar Rapids, Mildred Lucille Cunningham and Walter A Bishop of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Willard Andreas
Nadine Betty Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Darold Miller
Mary Cabalka
Robert Barrigar, Jr
Phyllis Cook
Charles Clark
Lucille Albany
Mildred Lucille Cunningham
Walter A. Bishop
Notable Names in a Beside-the-Scenes Report
A genealogical snippet mentions Alice V. Konecny and Paul Konecny, Orville Wright through Mildred Wright, George Minton, Robert Burke, and Daisy Irene. The fragment lists connections among these individuals with no clear event or date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice V. Konecny
Paul Konecny
Orville Wright
Mildred Wright
George Minton
Robert Burke
Daisy Irene dl
Cedar Rapids Weather Forecast May 14
A Friday forecast notes showers this afternoon with little temperature change tonight. Friday forenoon expected to be warmer, and Cedar Rapids area should see a clearer sky as the day progresses.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather notes reflect six straight rainy days in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids bulletin shows Friday May 14 a clear day but six prior days of rain memory, with last night yielding 0.16 inch of precipitation. Forecast signs point to more rain, while temperatures ranged from a 61 degree high to a 51 degree morning low with humidity around 60 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boss
Cedar Rapids
Tony
H. Ellis
Jody
Chambers
Universal Engineering wins Army Navy Production Award
The Universal Engineering corporation received the Army Navy Production Award for wartime efficiency. Chairman Van Vechten Shaffer praised staff effort and vowed continued work to aid the war, as employees Johnny Pine and others received insignia from Lt. Comdr. Pettee and a WAVES office letter from Undersecretary Forrestal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Engineering Corporation
Universal
van Vechten Shaffer
Everett E. Pettee
Naval Training School For Waves
Cedar Falls
Navy
James Forrestal
Daniels
United States of America
Warning Issued on Phony Check Artist
Cedar Rapids merchants were warned by the detective bureau to watch for a man who passed a bad check at a local restaurant on Saturday. The check, drawn on Merchants National, payable to Russel W. Hensley, bore the signature of R. L. King who has no account. A payroll date noted as ending April 30, 1943 appeared. The cashier, Pete Chiafos, described the suspect as about two years old, 150 pounds, light hair and complexion, wearing a brown jacket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Detective Bureau
Merchants National Bank
Russel W. Hensley
R. L. King
Pete Chiafos
Fourth Avenue SE
Friley Urges Free Speech In Oleo Publication Feud
Iowa State College officials defend wartime pamphlet linking oleomargarine to butter, asserting academic freedom. Dr. Friley and Dr. Finley cite right to publish facts while dairy leaders condemn omitted data and warn potential harm to the butter industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friley
Ames
Charles E. Friley
Iowa
Finley
Pemphilet
Bulletin
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Controversy Over Economic Pamphlet Angers Iowa Dealers
Ames secretary of the Iowa Milk Dealers association Clem O Neill denounces a pamphlet as worthless while Sioux City Milk Producers manager I W Beck says it is flawed. Dr W Schultz and editorials board defend the work as the product of federal conference input.
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Clem O'Neil
Ames
Iowa Milk Dealers Association
I. W. Beck
Sioux City
Sioux City Milk Producers Association
W. Schultz
Pama
0. H. Brownlee
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Chester Davis
Margaret Reid
Albert G. Hart
Walter Wilcox
Department
Playground Group Meeting To Consider Superintendent Applicants
A meeting of the playground commission promised by Mayor Frank K Yahn was set for Thursday afternoon at the offices of Chairman Otto Ambroz. Ambroz said applications for the playground superintendent post would be reviewed, with at least three candidates known including a Cedar Rapids man, a Lincoln Nebraska applicant, and a former Cedar Rapids woman now in Virginia. The position remains vacant as of now.
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Universa
Shaffer
Ordnance
Armed Services
Pfc
Robert Jungjohann
James Sufficool
Cedar Rapids
John Vavra
America
Playground Commission
Frank K. Yahn
Otto Ambroz
Ambroz
Lincoln
Neb
Seana
Stamp Valid June 16 For a Pair of Shoes
The Office of Price Administration announced that stamp 18 in ration book 1 will become valid June 16 for one pair of shoes. No decision had been reached on how long the coupon would remain valid. The measure aims to simplify wartime purchasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
U Boats Withdraw From Mediterranean Sea
London radio broadcast reported German Admiral Doenitz pulled most U boats from the Mediterranean after the Tunisia defeat. The fleet will be reassigned to Atlantic shipping lanes, as the Mediterranean is deemed a second-rate war theater despite Italian concerns over an Allied invasion risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Earl Doenitz
Mediterranean
Tunisia
London
Atlantic
Americans Draft 7-Point Schedule For Food Parley
In Hot Springs Virginia the American delegation to the United Nations food conference outlines a seven point draft. It emphasizes nutrition as fundamental to well being, progressive goals for nutrition, agricultural shifts to meet basic needs, expanding production for the hungry, and policies to widen world trade and consumption capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
United Nations Food Conference
Allied advance on island faces stiff Japanese resistance
Secretary Stimson described two landing forces on opposite island shores. Col. Frank L. Culin Jr. led the Holtz bay area troops while the southern assault commander was unnamed. Initial landings met light resistance, but inland fighting intensified with machine guns on a central ridge. Northern troops gained high ground overlooking Holtz bay after repelling counter‑attacks with naval support. Casualties were light. weather is cold and large stocks of guns and ammunition, including an intact anti aircraft battery, were captured and used against the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massacre Bay
Stimson
Holtz Bay
Frank L. Culin, Jr
Culin
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Daily Record
Gue Ey
Pauline Stallman
Florence Paulus
Ralph LaTour
United States
Germany
Leonard Drew
Lodge Vavra
Melvin DeVore
U. S. S. Truxton
DeVore
International Association of Machinists
Army
Color Guard
American Legion
Hanford
Coe College Military Band
Grant F. Anderson
Eighth Street
B Avenue NW
E” Pennant
Collins Radio Company
LaPlant- Choate Manufacturing Company
Century Engineering Corporation
A. N. Heggen
Des Moines
Ralph A. Bartlett
Osceola Cooperative Creamery Association
Clarence Nielson
Independence
The
Wapsie Valley Creamery Inc
Ella
Mediterranean Sea
Attu
Unie
Ealer
Biutex Billing Co
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Craemer
Misses' Coats
Wn Yoo
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