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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1944
Page
4
Mary Beard of the American Red Cross warns season brings hornet stings ticks chiggers and infections from scratching. She advises removing bee stings with tweezers applying baking soda paste or ammonia solution and soaking the body in a soda bath for multiple stings. For chiggers wash with kerosene or strong soap solution and let dry. for ticks remove carefully avoid leaving the puncture and apply iodine afterward to the bite.
Labor spokesmen from CIO and AFL testified against a National Labor Relations Board plan allowing wartime employers to challenge a union’s bargaining status within five days after a dispute is referred to the War Labor Board. President Murray warned the rule would create disorder and strife. AFL attorney Herbert Thatcher said leaders were 100 percent opposed to the proposal.
Washington sources report Fred Vinson says federal agencies move quickly to avert clothing rationing by revising cloth price ceilings to curb over finishing and upgrading while the War Production Board allocates yardages for low cost goods to ease shortages.
Officers of the Mu Phi Epsilon national honorary music society for women at Coe College were elected at the spring dinner in Mrs. Wurster's tearoom. Joyce Roberts Shilers Williamsboro junior is president Norma Jean Oliphant Center Point sophomore is vice president Sue Elliott Oak Park Ill sophomore is recording secretary Ruth Kubik 1422 Eighth Avenue SE sophomore is corresponding secretary and Dorothy Kucera Belle Plaine junior is treasurer.
Miss Nora Workman of Iowa State College recommends quiet conditions for home blanket washing. Wash one blanket at a time, five minutes per blanket, using mild soap and soft water with borax softener. Brush binding lightly, rinse thoroughly, and dry on two lines with even weight, avoiding sun and high heat.
Twelve 150 passenger government gliders were uprooted and demolished by violent winds at Wold-Chamberlain airport. Each glider weighed two tons and the set was valued at 200000 dollars. Tow-craft had just arrived to test the gliders before the storm.
Washington report says Rubber Director Bradley E. Dewey expects the synthetic rubber program will not free substantial alcohol for whisky production for at least 15 months.
Mrs. Nina Wilson of 816 Sixth Street SE discusses her four sons in the armed forces and her work at Wilson's sausage department. She notes Harold in the air corps, Donald Ray an aviation cadet, Glenn in a veterinary detachment, and Fred in the Pacific aboard an aircraft carrier. She recalls his nine major battles, wartime letters, rationing worries, and hopes for postwar Germany and Japan policies.
Iowa lawmakers hear Rep. Henry W. Burma push a receiving ward for the insane to classify and treat offenders properly. He proposes a statewide research bureau to aid legislators and urges modernizing higher education to aid returning veterans. Burma backs public schools, raises teacher salaries, and favors expanding farm to market roads before any continental highway, opposing higher taxes now.
Cedar Rapids internal revenue office said Friday that notices go to taxpayers who failed to file 1943 reports or pay full taxes. Many will receive notices after paying only a quarter. A June rush is expected for 1944 estimated tax returns as second quarter payments are due by June 15.
The body of Will Rogers will be interred in a stone crypt at the Will Rogers memorial in Claremore Oklahoma. His casket was moved from Glendale California and sent east. services here were kept private to avoid crowds. Rogers died in an Alaskan plane crash in 1935.
Washington officials outline a plan to dispose surplus U S transport planes to Britain to aid postwar civil aviation while preserving U S industrial interests. Britain would in return offer access to bases worldwide and leverage lend lease returns as possible sources. Will Clayton leads SWPA oversight with L Welch Pogue advising on aviation matters.
The Gazette lists Saturday showtimes for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times Marion with titles including Broadway Rhythm Passage to Marseille Girl in the Case Rationing Three Russian Girls The Iron Major The Rains Came Outlaws of the Desert Two Tickets to London Hi Buddy Sweet Rosie O Grady Crazy House Rookies in Burma Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with multiple daily screenings at each venue.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette publishes daily and Sunday at 200 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa and as a second class matter since June 18 1932. It details subscription rates by carrier and mail including editions Night Edition and 2 p m Edition with varying durations and states served. The notice lists Allied press services and advertising offices in Chicago New York Detroit and specifies media records associations.
Paramount presents Broadway Rhythm with George Murphy Gloria DeHaven Ginny Simms Lena Horne and Tommy Dorsey in a wartime era musical. Plot follows two generations of a touring demming family with Sam and Patsy seeking stage fame as others break into a Broadway show. The cast delivers solid numbers and notable acts by the Ross Sisters and Rochester.
The Dies committee postponed its investigation of the CIO political action committee until early June so Rep. Martin Dies can be in Washington for the inquiry. Robert Stripling, chief investigator, announced the delay of hearings that were to begin May 23.
ClintON (INS) Don Ameche and his wife will visit Schick hospital Monday and Tuesday. Ameche will entertain the men in the wards. The Coe college all girls band will play at the army reservation Sunday.
Hollywood gossip notes confirm Don Ameche and 20th Century Fox part ways after conferences failed to reach an agreement. Ameche’s Fox contract ends at the end of June after eight years with the studio, with prior Fox films mostly loaned out. He remains involved in touring camps as the split is described as amicable.
President Roosevelt will call a world monetary conference with a date set after talks with Treasury officials Morgenthau and White. Officials say more than 30 nations agreed last month on principles including an $8 billion international stabilization fund to underpin the conference.
Fred Rowson aged 26 an assembler at Clinton Central Steel Tube is charged with manslaughter for a fatal April 28 hit and run. He allegedly confessed striking Russell Cook on the highway after not seeing him and then drove home and to work.
Police tied Rowson to a deadly crash after Mayor Judd's new identification unit matched glass and paint fragments found at the scene to the suspect. He allegedly fled past the point of impact and learned the victim's identity at the plant before being arrested.
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