Ration stamp schedule and public notices listed
The notice itemizes ration stamps for meat fuel oil and foods with validity dates and quantities. It also records multiple local court fines for drunkenness speeding and traffic offenses, plus birth notices at St Luke's Mercy Augustana hospital and a naval family detail for Roy E. Prescott.
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St. Luke’s
Rex Story
Marion
Mercy
Raymond Barta
Center Point Road
Arturo Jaxon
Fif— Avenue
Augustana Hospital
Chicago
Roy E. Prescott
Prescott
Edna Goodman
G. Goodman
Avenue
Navy
Pacific
Gasoline Rationing Violations Lead to Major Car Seizure
Police and county attorney confront a car loaded with gambling devices hidden behind removed upholstery. Rivkin alias Rotbiat is arrested after a theft and a stolen car report, tied to a wartime gasoline rationing certificate issued to Louis Rivkin of Chicago.
War era drug certificates and strange cargo probe
Police stopped Rotblat en route to Chicago with four small boxes of drug compounds and souvenirs from razor blades and bandages claimed as war product samples. He claimed Rivkin distributed shipments in four other cars and said his only pay was a commission. He emphasized voting plans and noted a 1-A to 2-A classification change.
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Rotblat
Rivkin
Chicago
Russians Close on Budapest as 14 Miles Slashed
London AP reports Russian troops penetrated 14 miles toward Budapest, pushing Nazi and Hungarian forces back south of Bugyi. Soviet guns roared near the capital as night battles lit the plains, signaling weakening German and Hungarian defense.
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London
Budapest
Bugyi
Moscow
Luncheon Honors Hickenlooper and Talle for Senate Race
Linn County Republican central committee hosts a 12:15 p.m. luncheon in the Crystal Bell Room of the Montrose Hotel for township and precinct committeemen and committeewomen. Gov. Hickenlooper, candidate for U.S. Senate, and Rep. Henry Talle, candidate for re-election, are honored. A public reception on the mezzanine from 1 to 3 p.m. follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Republican Central Committee
Crystal
Montrose Hotel
Gov. Hickenlooper
United States
Henry ©. Talle
Hickenlooper
Talle
Pvt Avon Hollepeter Dies in Nazi Prison Camp
Pvt. Avon Dale Hollepeter, 39, son of Mr and Mrs Verne Hollepeter of Cedar Rapids, died in a prisoner of war camp of diphtheria while stationed at Camp Roberts California and having served at Camp Carson and Camp Polk after leaving for England in June 194? The obituary notes his birth May 14 1905 in Koszta Iowa and lists his fiancé Louise Douglas of Cedar Rapids along with surviving relatives.
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Pvt
Avon Dale Hollepeter
International Red Cross
Verne Hollepeter
C Avenue NE
Hollepeter
England
Ucted
Holi
Peter
Camp Carson
Colo
Camp Polk
Camp Roberts
Calif
Koszta
Belle Plaine
Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Jensen Brothers Grocery
Pvt. Hollopeter
Garnet Jennings
Dallas L. Glee
Arthur Hollopeter
Miami, Fla
Elmer
Marcellus
Lydia M. Compton
Columbia, Mo
Lillian Hartz
Marengo
Louise Douglas
Hickenlooper Criticizes New Deal In Iowa City Rally
The governor assailed the New Deal as master over the people and accused 1,700 journalists of bias. He claimed farmers receive unneeded checks before election day and praised the Republican ticket while urging victory and swift return of service members. Rep. Martin defended his war- readiness record amid attacks from Clair Williams. He recalled World War I and warned against saber-rattling, as Hickenlooper prepared to speak in Iowa City Friday.
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Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
Clair A. Williams
Danville
Williams
Davenport
Martin
Gov. Dewey
Proper Storage: Fruits and Vegetables Prefer Humid Coolness
Fruits and vegetables keep best in cool, humid conditions. A dwelling cellar is often too warm and dry for optimal storage.
Roosevelt Urges Home Front Effort After Allied Victory
President Roosevelt lauded American women and workers who supported war production and warned that victory requires continued total home front effort. He cited over 2,000,000 tons of material and nearly 500,000 vehicles landed in France within 10 weeks, and urged endurance for future Pacific and European operations. Democratic Chairman Robert E. Hannegan attacked the Republican campaign as divisive and bigoted, insisting progress comes from achievement and courage.
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America
Roosevelt
Buzi
France
Democratic
Robert E. Hannegan
New York
Republican Party
Rites Planned for Reilly Children in Garage Fire
Services for James 8, John Raymond 5, and Dermis 3 Reilly children will be held at St. Wenceslaus church Saturday at 9 a.m. with Mass of the Angels. A private family service is set for 8:30 a.m. at Teahen funeral chapel. burial in St. John's cemetery. The fire's cause remains undetermined. candles in a homemade jack o lantern and hay plus an empty gasoline drum were involved.
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James Reilly
Route 3
St. Wenceslaus
August Vojacek
the Angels
Teahen
St. John’s Cemetery
Reilly Boys
James
Mercy Hospital
John Raymond Reilly
Dermis
Teahen’s
Roosevelt's Vision for Postwar Peace and Progress
He urges continued wartime teamwork and broad talks with world leaders including Turkey, Persia, Arabia, Abyssinia, Liberia, and Siam. He argues nations seek peace and urges America to lead with vision, avoiding booms and busts, and to create homes, cars, highways, airplanes, and new technologies for a peaceful future.
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Turkey
Persia
Arabia
Abyssinia
Liberia
Siam
America
Man Confesses Fatal Shooting Near Independence Iowa
Des Moines AP Byron EB Parker 44 a railroad foreman is held in Independence in the fatal shooting of Mrs James Howard 25 a Waterloo resident Parker admitted the shot from a .32 automatic revolver taken to a workers dining car near Jesup to quiet a payday party Nebergall said Parker claimed accidental discharge Six gang members were returned to Independence three from Waterloo and three from Dubuque all but Parker were Negroes Parker's home was Slidell Iowa and he had worked for the railroad since 1915.
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Des Moines
Byron EB. Parker
Illinois Central Railroad
Independence
James Howard
Waterloo
R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Nebergall
Parker
Fish
Dubuque
Iowa
Slidell
Railroad
Eggs and boos fly at O Daniel speech in Houston
A noisy scene in Houston as an egg was hurled at Senator W Lee O Daniel during a Thursday night address. Boos and heckling persisted for about 30 minutes as he denounced alleged Communists and New Deal supporters, claiming advance warning of a planned disruption. He continued reading the speech into a microphone broadcasting statewide.
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Houston
Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
O’daniel
Washington
New Deal
Ground section of Fighting Corsairs reassigned and furloughed
Lt. Albert E. Ennis leads the Fighting Corsairs ground unit which shot down 1354 planes in under 20 weeks. The unit, comprising 250 personnel, receives reassignment and furloughs as Lt. Ennis’s family plans a Cedar Rapids move next week.
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San Diego
Calif
Fighting Corsairs
Marine
United States
Albert E. Ennis
Cedar Theson
H. E. Winn
Thirty-fifth Street Drive
Ennis
Chester W. Nimitz
Solomons
New Georgia
Bougainville
Patrick
Michael
Santa Barbara
Cedar Rapids
Austrian Pretender Arrives in Lisbon
Archduke Otto, pretender to the Hapsburg thrones of Austria and Hungary, arrived in Lisbon on Thursday from the United States, according to a Reuters dispatch from Lisbon.
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Lisbon
London
INS
Archduke Otto
Hapsburg
Austria and
Hungary
United States
Reuter
B-29s Hit Burma Port as Japan Rushes Pilots to Leyte
Allied air and sea actions around Leyte heighten pressure on Japanese forces. B-29s struck Rangoon rail yards and Bargoon port while a fierce eight hour air battle formed off Ormoc. MacArthur said the Leyte-Samar campaign nears its end as Allied ground forces close in on Ormoc and Carigara Capoocan.
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Burma
Bargoon
Japan
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
War Department
Rangoon
Ormoc
MacArthur
Leyte-Samar
China
Burma Road
Lungling
United States Liberators
South China Sea
Chungking
Donald M. Nelson
Twenty-fourth Division
Carigara
First
Capoocan
Leyte Valley
Baybay
Mt. Catmon
Japan Reduced to Fifth Rate Sea Power Says Japan Fifth Rate
SAN DIEGO Calif AP Japan has been reduced to a fifth rate naval power by recent battles off Formosa and the Philippines. Vice Admiral Marc A commander of Task Force 58 reported on his return to the mainland. The admiral said Japanese naval aviation had tactically been eliminated, but warned the Pacific war would slow due to supply problems.
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San Diego
Calif
Japan
Formosa
Philippines
Marc A
Taskorce 58
Pacific
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Daily Record
Carlton L. Chaney
Grand Hotel
Harry Rouse
Urbana
Leo Griswold
C. W. Hall
Third Avenue SE
T. Reed
Seventh Avenue SE
Mney
M. G. Swords
Swords
Springville
Franklin Kidwell
Fourth Avenue
Third Street SE
Carl Hendrickson
Harvey Simon
Leonard Stusak
Howard Walsh
Rotbiat
Louis Rivkin
W. Twenty-sixth Street
Chicreo
George W.W. Knauer
Sardinia
Joseph Eastman
Defense Transportation
Walter W. Bilson
Reds
Ripley
General Pershing
Bintuonrs
Roy Johnson
Kong Features Syndicate
Buffalo
H. O. Talle
Decorah
Congress
Frida
Berlin
Hannegan
Reilly
Dennis Relily
OLD Mill
U.S
LT. Ennis
The
Associated Press
Tweeduroy
St. Moritz
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