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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1944
Page
29
Public notices include Ration stamps for meat gas and foods with validity dates and quantities. A court brief lists fines for drunkenness speeding and traffic offenses. Birth announcements record newborns at St. Luke's Mercy and Augustana hospital with parental details.
Patrolmen stop a car packed with gambling devices and wave a wartime gas coupon case. Rotblat, held on stealing charges, faced police with coupons and a war necessity certificate linked to Louis Rivkin of Chicago. Authorities hunted for Rivkin after the car theft.
Rotblat, a Illinois man driving with four boxes of drug compounds, claimed wholesale drug su ndries were for the war effort under a defense transportation order. He said he carried commissions, dispatched by Rivkin, and noted he favored voting plans, hoping to return to Chicago to vote. He faced 1-A/2-A classification changes.
London AP reports Russian troops pushed to within 14 miles of Budapest Friday night, with the front near the area south of Bugyi. German and Hungarian forces reportedly retreating as Russian artillery roars across the plains and the capital endures flares and shelling.
The Linn county Republican central committee will host a luncheon at 12 15 p.m. Monday in the Crystal ballroom Montrose hotel for township and precinct committeemen and committeewomen. The event honors Gov Hickenlooper, candidate for U S Senate, and Rep Henry O Talle, seeking re election. A public reception on the mezzanine from 1 to 3 p.m. will honor the two candidates.
Pvt Avon Dale Hollopeter 39 died in a German prisoner of war camp from diphtheria per a report to the International Red Cross. Son of Verne and Mrs. Hollopeter of Cedar Rapids he was missing in action earlier. Inducted in 1942 he served at Camp Carson Camp Polk and Camp Roberts before heading to England. Born May 14 1905 in Koszta Ia he worked in groceries with Jensen Brothers and later lived in Cedar Rapids. Survived by parents a sister Garnet Jennings a nephew Dallas Glee two uncles and several aunts. He was engaged to Louise Douglas.
The Iowa governor denounces the New Deal as master not servant, claims propaganda and farmer checks mislead voters, and backs the Republican ticket. Rep. Martin defends his war-time voting record amid campaign heat. The piece notes upcoming Hickenlooper remarks and general post with climate gardening tips.
Services for three children of Mr and Mrs James Reilly route 3 who died from burns in a garage fire will be held at St Wenceslaus church Saturday at 9 am with a private family service at 8 30 am at Teahen funeral chapel. Burial is in St Johns cemetery. James 8 John Raymond 5 and Dennis 3 died in Mercy hospital after a fire likely caused by attempting to light candles in a homemade jack o lantern. The garage held hay a gas drum and other items. Call hours arranged at Teahens.
President Roosevelt speaks of continuing wartime teamwork and deepening ties with world leaders. He hopes to extend peace, create jobs for veterans, avoid 1929–33 economic collapse, and build homes, auto access, highways, air travel, television, and new peacetime inventions. He stresses unity and sustained vision.
President Roosevelt salutes civilians and especially women for supplying war materiel and keeping homes running while warning that victory still hinges on sustained U S production. He cites 2 000 000 tons of supplies and nearly 500 000 vehicles landed in Europe in 10 weeks. Democratic Chairman Hannegan denounces Republican tactics as divisive.
Independence police hold Byron B. Parker 44, an Illinois Central foreman, on charges tied to the fatal Wednesday shooting of Mrs. James Howard 25 of Waterloo. Parker admitted the shot came from a .32 automatic used to quiet a payday party on a dining car four miles east of Jesup. authorities label the gun accidental according to Chief R W Nethergall. Six gang members fled but were captured. all but Parker are reported as Black and from southern states. Parker, a railroad employee since 1915, formerly lived in Slidellia.
Lt Albert E Ennis commander of the Fighting Corsairs ground section returns to the United States for reassignment and furloughs. The unit of 250 officers and men shot down 135 planes in under 20 weeks and includes Ennis of Cedar Rapids. His wife and two sons reside in Santa Barbara California.
Archduke Otto heir to the Hapsburg thrones arrived in Lisbon from the United States. The report came via Reuters from the Portuguese capital on Thursday night.
Allied air offensive reports say Superforts bombed Rangoon rail yards cutting support to Japanese forces tied in a Leyte death trap. An eight hour convoy battle off Ormoc left 27 Japanese planes downed. MacArthur said the Leyte-Samar campaign nears its end as Chinese forces recapture Lung Ling and curbs in the South China Sea unfold.
SAN DIEGO AP reports Japan has been reduced to a fifth rate naval power by recent battles near Formosa and the Philippines. Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher, commander of Task Force 58, said on return to the mainland that Japanese naval aviation has slowed due to supply problems and cannot speed up.
In Houston Texas a large crowd heckled Senator W Lee O Daniel for thirty minutes during a Thursday night speech An egg was thrown and participants wore red noses and black eyes He blamed the disturbance on Washington ordered communists and New Deal supporters while noting advance warnings of a Gestapo style performance
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