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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1944
Page
3
Government ration details list several coupons for meat food fuel and shoes with valid dates and limits. Local fines for alley parking and speeding accompany a series of birth and marriage announcements and a batch of divorce petitions. Military family news includes a Pisma Beach birth and a Southwest Pacific assignment.
George Robinson age 16 of 15312 Tenth Street SE Hopkinton was arrested by Hopkinton marshal Leo Drumbarger after a crash. He faces parole violation in Eldora but is held in Cedar Rapids jail. He admitted four thefts: May 9 from Clinton DX lot recovered at Marion. May 9 Paris laundry truck recovered in Cedar Rapids. May 12 Farrell car at 110 Eleveth Avenue SW recovered in Riverside Park.
Tornado killed Hoyt and Maxwell area residents Frank Maxwell a 44 year old farmer near Mingo drowned rescuing livestock and Leonard Eliott a farmer near Ames died of a flood related heart attack. Widespread damage reported across Odebolt Sac county Turin Castana Monona county Washta Cherokee county.
The House approved legislation to build 1 000 000 tons of landing craft at an estimated cost of 1 800 000 000 dollars. Navy funding supports Pacific operations and amphibious tactics, with overall armed forces impact noted by Chairman Vinson. A separate bill authorizes 65 000 000 dollars for naval ordnance and facilities including 15 000 000 for rocket gun development.
Gilbert A. Perkins 78 of 430 Ninth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Friday night after a brief illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born July 23 1868 near Winthrop he married Margaret Wagner January 14 1890 in Judsonia Arkansas. He worked 31 years with Warfield Pratt Howell Co and since 1928 was elevator operator in the American Trust building. He belonged to First Baptist Church. Survived by wife a daughter Mrs Lionel A Walker a brother L S Perkins and two sisters Mrs Julia Leach and Mrs C A Hannon. Services Sunday at 2:30 in Moon chapel conducted by Rev Grant F Anderson. Burial Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Death notices from Cedar Rapids report Mrs. Albert Grimm 48 of 125 Fourth Avenue SW died at 6 07 am after a year long illness. Survived by husband daughter Evelyn Clarke and three brothers and five sisters. Pfc Felix Saldana killed in a Rapid City plane crash. body to be taken to family home with funeral details pending.
Charles H Kramer died Thursday in Grinnell. Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Sunday at Monahan funeral home with Rev I E Linkletter officiating. Burial will be in Mt Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday.
Eastbound Rock Island Rocky Mountain Rocket derailed west of Casey Iowa after a flash flood washed out track. Four coaches two baggage cars and an express car left the rails but remained upright with no injuries reported. Rerouting efforts were hindered as all lines faced similar washouts.
Wing Commander Fraser outlines Britain's leaflet raids since 1914 and how modern nursery trips train crews to drop precise propaganda over occupied Europe. The piece details leaflets delivered to Germany France Holland Belgium Norway Denmark Italy and more with weekly newspapers and monthly reviews. It notes dramatic increases in 1941 and 1944 totals and current rates of 11,200 leaflets per minute.
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl warned Cedar Rapids manufacturers and draft officials that men under 26 face slim deferment chances due to essential war work. He noted those over 30 may avoid calls if in war vital jobs and praised local boards and industry for cooperation. He outlined deferment forms and new staffing reactions to changing manpower needs.
Dr Karl P Meister superintendent of St Luke s hospital will deliver the sermon at the Mt Vernon Methodist church at the 11 am service Sunday. The will of H P Usher who died May 4 in Cedar Rapids has been admitted to probate. His wife Mary D Usher was named executrix. The marriage of Beverly Butler and Warren Butler took place Jan 20 in Cedar Rapids and was annulled Saturday by Judge G K Thompson. Mrs Butler was restored her maiden name Beverly Flaherty by the annulment. Gets 30 Days Lowell Trumbo 34 of Independence was sentenced to 30 days in the Linn county jail Saturday by Justice H R Churchill. Trumbo was charged with intoxication on a public highway.
Two lost or stolen reports were filed on Friday. Mrs William Burlrow of 1103 Center Point Road NE reported a wrist watch missing from a dresser drawer where it had been kept a week earlier. Charles F Kolesick of 2956 Center Point Road NE reported a lawnmower stolen from his back yard Thursday night.
A. T. Pleune of the Linn county war price and rationing board says book holders may save gas coupons for trips but must use coupons only in the car those allocations were issued to. Band C holders cannot use rations for fishing or vacations and pooling gas for longer trips is not allowed.
Private Ivan C. Bys is promoted to assistant cook at Camp Shelby Mississippi. Charles L. Krueger a Seabees machinist mate second class is transferred to Key West Florida. Lt Clyde J. Winne returns to MacDill Field after leave in Cedar Rapids. John Donald Armstrong rises to chief petty officer and radio man. Aviation student Seymour Ohsman visits family on leave from the University of Toledo. Joseph Nassif is promoted to sergeant at Camp Fannin Texas. Theodore Trefny, in Italy, promoted to technical sergeant. Apprentice Seaman L Rex Brady assigned to Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Seaman Hurley E Pettengill returns to Farragut Idaho after leave.
Early Saturday reports show eastbound trains late by about 12 hours with additional delays on several lines. A washout and rerouted services caused widespread postponements, while some trains ran near normal on the Milwaukee line. Dispatchers described circuitous routing via Illinois Central and Wisconsin routes to reach key points through Tama and Marion.
The Federal Communications Commission authorized KGLO in Mason City to modify its license and change the corporate name to Lee Radio Inc. The move affects the operator of the Mason City Globe Gazette affiliated station.
Red Willow county selective service head S D Bolles claimed orders to call in 4-F registrants and discharged servicemen for interviews to place people to work. Lincoln and Washington offices denied issuing such orders though Bolles pressed the move as a city effort to reduce loafing and increase essential labor.
Lt Hal Nelson of Wellman reported missing in action since April 28 after flying to England. He is the third Wellman man missing in action recently. his wife Neva Wells lives in Iowa City. Also listed missing is S/Sgt John O Brown, tail gunner on a Flying Fortress, in Italy. his parents Bert and Mrs Brown were advised and his mother received roses on Mother's Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Toerber of Massillon have been notified their son Pfc. Mearl Toerber age 27 is missing in action in Italy.
Des Moines AP Henry W. Burma Republican nominee for governor said Clarence Knutson of Clear Lake joined his state headquarters as campaign advisor. Knutson previously managed Senator George A. Wilson's campaign and is a former state representative and president of the First National Bank of Clear Lake.
Fairfax commencement exercises for St Patrick's high school will be held Sunday at 8 30 a m in St Patrick's church Fairfax. Graduates include Germaine Stallman Laurance Schulte Clarence Spellerberg John Karal and Harold Zenisek.
Chinese garrison encircled at Loyang claims to have expelled Japanese forces from the Loyang communications center while reporting 2000 enemy casualties. Concurrently Chinese units push toward Sinyang in Henan with a southern thrust and northward railway gains.
Soviet naval planes attacked the Finnish port of Kotka 62 miles northeast of Helsinki damaging jetties and port installations. Moscow said Soviet troops killed more than 800 Germans in counterattacks in Stanislawow in southeastern Poland and on the Dnestr river west bank near Tiraspol.
The Linn county relief department reported 546 relief and service cases in the latest month, down from 827 in a similar period in 1943. Of the 546, 80 were general relief family cases, 63 general relief single cases, 103 medical only, and 300 service cases. April saw 128 applications with eight rejected, 31 accepted for relief and 83 for service, six pending. 159 received medical aid, 103 of whom had no other care.
Cedar Rapids engineers will visit Iowa City soon to decide the pool location for blueprints. Bonds for the pool were sold at auction to Carleton D. Beh Co of Des Moines for 62500 dollars.
In Linn County Iowa the District Court will hear on May 24 1944 at 9:00 A.M. the instrument alleged to be the last will and testament of Maud W Carpenter deceased for proof and admission to probate. Dated Cedar Rapids May 18 1944. Thur Axlear Clerk District Court Carl Hendrickson Attorney.
Lt Col David H Bachus, decorated hero, urged Des Moines Chamber and Corn Belt farmers to release more corn for market. He warned that corn shortages could cripple war materiel, including penicillin and plasma supplies, risking higher casualties. War Food Administration has frozen corn sales except to the government in 125 counties across five Midwest states including Iowa until needs are met.
The House passed by voice vote a bill to compensate widows and children of World War I veterans regardless of disability at death. Estimated first year cost is 30 million dollars, rising to 60 million annually later. Current payments cover only war-connected disabilities with set monthly rates.
Decorah hosts two hundred bankers for Group Four of the Iowa Bankers Association. Unanimous resolutions pledge continued sale of war bonds oppose continuation of the Production Credit Association and urge simplification of income tax requirements. Officers elected include H. Tangeman of Garnaville as president and A. B. Keppler of Dubuque as secretary.
Newhall forms a Boy Scout troop organized by Glenn Sablonsky of Cedar Rapids. Leader Max Broscha with assistants Merle Olson and Wayne Miller directs the unit. Executive committee includes Joe Alberts Henry Haerther Supt Rogers Merle Gardeman John Lyons and George Paulsen. Sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association.
Robert Laird became the first person in Chicago crime history fined for impersonating and illegally wearing the city dogcatcher uniform. He was fined 25 dollars on Friday.
Dale Pearson a 17 year old from 810 First Street SW was injured at a railroad crossing on Seventh Avenue and Fourth Street SE when a pedal from a troop train’s bicycle hit him after he stopped his bike and walked behind the train to fetch candy. He suffered a dislocated right kneecap and was taken to Mercy hospital.
Jack Guzik, linked to the Capone gang remnants, told the state's attorney it was a $1,700 holdup and not a kidnapping. He named three masked robbers he could not identify, after previously claiming he was visiting friends during an April disappearance.
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