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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1945
Page
3
Daily records outline updated ration validity for meat foods sugar gas and fuel oil and clothing stamps with dates through late summer 1945. It lists stamp groups US Z5 A2 D2 B6 C6 B7 C7 and others with good through June July and August 1945 and notes gasoline and fuel oil coupon expirations. Several Cedar Rapids and Marion residents credited for births and a few fines and dismissals noted.
The Saron Lutheran Church at Second avenue and Third street SW will be renamed St Mark's Lutheran Church. Rex Carl L. Manfred announced the change, approved by the congregation and Iowa Lutheran conference. A brief renaming service will take place Sunday morning at the Hull Contortion usersie location with Manfred speaking on the significance of the new name. An amendment to the church's incorporation articles changing the name was filed with Linn County records.
About 22 East Iowans are sworn into the naval reserve including Cedar Rapids enlistees and others from Iowa cities. Names and addresses of new seamen and radio technician program entrants are listed, with several Cedar Rapids residents among the volunteers.
Edwin B Zeller executive secretary of the YMCA was re elected president of the Council of Social Agencies at the final meeting of the group before the fall session. Lena Vogt juvenile probation officer was elected vice president and Keith Benner Boy Scout executive secretary treasurer. Dr Reuben Hill of Iowa State College discussed family relations work in other communities.
A reflective piece likens roses to people requiring care and a lawn to a loved one’s patch, urging perseverance through doubt and effort. The speaker emphasizes labor, resilience, and hope that both gardens and relationships endure until better days arrive. The style nods to personal sentiment and garden imagery.
Salt Lake City WP. On his 100th birthday Joseph Charles Manning clocks in at Clearfield naval supply depot. Flowers and gifts fill his room as colleagues urge rest while he recalls Civil War logistics and compares past hardships to today’s soldiers. He praises modern mess kitchens and expresses impatience with whiners. He also notes joy in being around younger people, especially the girls.
Cedar Rapids relatives informed of four freed prisoners. Frank R. Whitehead from Stalag 17-B in Austria by the 12th armored division. he served as radar operator and gunner and earned the Air Medal. Lt. E. M. Lewis, captured in the Battle of the Bulge, freed May 2, 1945. his wife Lt. Helen Colby Lewis serves in Washington DC. Second Lt. Milo A. Raim missing since 1943, held in Stalags 3 and 7-A. last message Dec 30, 1944. Second Lt. William D. Mehegan, shot down over Germany, held at Stalag Luft 1. his wife resides in Cedar Rapids.
Washington AP report says OPA will slash industrial sugar to as low as 40 percent of 1941 levels, cutting bakers and candy makers by about half the 1944 supply. April overuse forced the move. Anderson warns the program lacks coordination and calls for central control under a single official.
An American reporter describes the moment Heinrich Himmler gasped his dying breath, detailing a chaotic scene around the room as the body lay in view and the first dispatches reached readers with stark, vivid account of the aftermath.
Davenport credited the show with selling 2 million dollars in all types of bonds. In Dubuque the event was credited with 1 million dollars in purchases.
Wilson school boys and girls announced Friday they invested 3925 in bonds and stamps in the seventh war loan drive. The initial goal was 2500 aimed to fund a 100 bond for each of the 25 Wilson alumni in service. Total bond and stamp purchases by Wilson pupils for the year reached 13489.35.
Washington reports the seventh war loan advancing with individual sales totaling 2.101 billion dollars, 30 percent of a 7 billion quota. Treasury officials call the pace encouraging as E bond sales reach 1.366 billion dollars, 34 percent of a 4 billion goal, with E bonds counted in total individual sales.
The Office of Price Administration through Enforcement Attorney R C Waggoner seeks a temporary and permanent injunction against Einer Larsen of West Branch doing business as Larsens Leather to stop further shoe rationing violations. Filed Friday in federal court in Cedar Rapids the petition alleges Larsen failed to account for his ration liability on March 23, 1945 as his shoes and ration stamp stock did not equal his ration responsibility.
DES MOINES AP Dick R Lane chairman of the state liquor commission said the War Production board July liquor production holiday would guarantee the state can keep its one fifth or quart per month per permit whisky ration for the rest of the year. He noted a possible August increase. The ration was cut from two bottles to one on April 1 due to distributor shortages. Whisky is the only beverage rationed at state stores.
SAN DIEGO Calif UP Joan Tychewicz four awaited transport to Chicago to rejoin her mother who in her haste to leave forgot her daughter until halfway across the continent Police and Red Cross located the girl in a home where her mother had worked Detective Lt Clyde Freed said Mrs Lucille Tychewicz maid in the home of Mrs R P Cowley Pacific Beach California had word from her husband’s mother Mrs Mary Tychewicz that Chicago juvenile authorities were looking for her In her hurry to get back she apparently forgot Joan Four other children were living with their grandmother The father was overseas Mrs Tychewicz was asked to provide transportation for the girl.
Obituaries note Albert Edward Chugg died in an Oakland hospital last Thursday. Services at Linwood cemetery at 11 a.m. Saturday with Rev. George Stauffacher officiating. Turner chapel calls until 10 a.m. Saturday. Chugg, a California resident for 24 years, is survived by his wife Grace Ho man. Harrison Young of Cedar Rapids for 50 years died in a fetal hospital Wednesday. Services at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Frederick H. Haag officiating. Burial in Linwood cemetery. Young worked 37 years for Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co. until retirement in 1941.
Former Cedar Rapids resident George Pirnie died in the Stevens hotel in Chicago on Wednesday. His body will arrive Friday afternoon and be taken to Turner chapel, with calling hours after 7 p.m. at the chapel.
Mrs Anna B Owen died at her home on 1914 Washington avenue SE. Services will be conducted at Beatty chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday by Dr. Charles J. Bready. Burial follows in Cedar Memorial cemetery family lot. Friends may call at Beatty's.
Daryl Munsell of 600 Third Avenue NW was released from Linn County jail by Judge Floyd Philbrick. Munsell and three others were sentenced to 30 days for an assault and battery tied to the slugging of a Century cab driver during a strike. A $600.45 federal unemployment tax lien against Iowa Iron and Coal Co. was recorded. Estate matters include Esther Embree of Whittier probate. Arthur Mott named administrator. Marguerite Bradley seeks separate maintenance from Donald Bradley. Bertha Spencer named executrix for Ernst Wenig of Cedar Rapids.
Walter Ewald of Sioux City began Friday his service as president of the Town Association of Small Loan Companies in Des Moines. New officers elected Thursday include W. C. Carpenter of Cedar Rapids as vice president, with Carpenter heading the Citizens iLoan company of Cedar Rapids.
County officials warn landowners to remove listed noxious weeds within set deadlines. Leafy spurge peppergrass sour or smooth duck or sheep sorrel by June 15. Canada thistle Russian knapweed buckhorn wild mustard by June 30. field bindweed wild carrot by July 15. horse nettle perennial sow thistle quack grass butterprint puncture vine cocklebur by July 30. If ignored, the county weed commissioner may act and bill owners for labor and materials.
AP dispatch from Des Moines reports rumors of steak and butter being sold without points in New York. OPA director Walter Kline debunked the rumors as groundless and urged farmers to avoid pointless sales while noting meat and butter point values are nationwide.
The body of Archie Tomkins, 53, was found hanging from a basement rafter by his son at 827 Tenth Avenue SE at 6:20 p.m. Thursday. Coroner T. Frank Hersch ruled death by own action after an earlier suicide attempt. Born May 39, 1891 in Clayton country Town, he lived in Cedar Rapids twenty years. Survived by wife Edna and nine children including Ruth Jeffery, Vernon, Mil dred Smith, Lyle, Fern Day, Lucile Tomkins, Marvin, Freda, and others. three brothers Harry, Elmer, and Edward. two sisters Grace Hester and Blanche Fomkins. Services Saturday at Beatty chapel at 4 p.m. Burial Cedar Memorial park. Call Beatty’s for details.
Secretary of State Stettinius returns to the United Nations conference in San Francisco and immediately briefs the American delegation on his discussions with President Truman.
Laurent H. J. Brackx, 51, a former United States naval reserve officer, was sentenced in New York to nine years in prison after being convicted of wartime espionage and violation of the censorship code.
Washington reports Democratic Leader McCormack urged a review of Pvt. Joseph McGee’s two year hard labor sentence for punching nine German POWs. McCormack called the Le Mans court martial verdict excessive and urged restoration to duty, citing Allied treatment of Americans and concentration camp civilians.
Memorial day poppy drive returns veteran Wesley McCalley in a wheelchair will oversee first avenue and third street SE sale. Cedar Rapids orders total 21 500 poppies prepared by Des Moines veterans hospital and Cedar Rapids volunteers to aid needy veterans and families.
An unclear report describes an aerial engagement with numerous casualties and aircraft losses. The narrative mentions a U.S. air squadron pressing attacks, a crash near a station, and ships or planes sustaining damage. The text is garbled but conveys intense combat and search for survivors.
Salt Lake City AP report says United Service Organization centers will remain open about two years after V-J day to aid demobilization. Elizabeth Luce Moore, chair of the National U.S.O. council, notes rapid expansion of activities in the Pacific and increased performances in Germany to sustain morale after combat.
Harlan Dobry of Wilson and Harlan King of Link-Belt Speeder were named program chair and membership chair for the Allied Industrial League for the balance of the year. The appointments were made by President Gayle Zedick at a league board of control meeting at the YMCA.
Complete review of Reich information and psychological measures to anticipate takeover. Describes leadership plans, training, and readiness posture with references to headquarters, command structure, and security stance amid rising influence. Notes containment strategies and potential threat indicators, including personnel rotations and activity focus across regions.
Decorah notes a local soldier, Mak ue, who served three years and has returned home from Okinawa. The message mentions his service five years ago and a receipt or reunion with family in the area. Additional readable fragments reference Mes and Faris in connection with the homecoming.
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