Yamashita Plea Seeks Halt to War Crimes Trial in Manila
Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita appealed to the Philippine Supreme Court to halt the Manila war crimes trial and restore him to military prisoner status. The filing seeks habeas corpus and a prohibition writ amid charges of mass murder rape and cannibalism, with potential transfer to the U.S. Supreme Court if denied. Witnesses testified of murders bayonet and grenade attacks, including a Chinese boy recounting a bayonetted sister and his own stab wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines Supreme Court
Yamashita
Supreme Court
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Spain
Soledad Lacson
Felicidad Asturias
Ang Kim-ling
Los Banos
Ang
Meat stamps valid Fi through Ki and local ration office noted
Daily Record reports meat red stamps Fi through Ki now valid with rationing office at the American building corner First Avenue and Second Street SE, chief clerk A T Pleune. Weather outlook covers Cheyenne and Iowa with cloudiness, showers, and colder changes midweek. local notices include a rabbit hutch fire incident, speeding and stop sign fines for George E Fisher, and several birth notices across multiple families with dates November 10 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Building
First Avenue
Second Street
A. T. Pleune
Probers plan Hoover talk on Pearl Harbor data
Republican members Rep. Keefe of Wisconsin and Rep. Gearhart of California scheduled a 10:30 a.m. Tuesday meeting with FBI Director J Edgar Hoover to probe what the agency learned of Japanese plans before December 7 1941. Keefe also affirmed allegations about a major witness being held incommunicado at Bethesda Naval Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Pearl Harbor
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Rep
Keefe
R-Wis
Gearhart
Rcalif
Hoover
Honolulu
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Tito Paces Early Yugoslav Returns
Belgrade returns from Yugoslavia's first postwar election show Marshal Tito's National Front winning about 80 percent of votes in Belgrade for the national and federal assemblies. If the trend holds nationwide, a republic could follow, though main opposition parties did not field candidates. Observers reported no disorder or military pressure in Belgrade or Serbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
National Front
Tito
Serbia
Dewey Urges Public Interest Over Labor Strife
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey urged both labor and industry to put the public interest first in a nationwide radio address at Cornell University. He warned that force and violence are gone and that peaceful conference table bargaining should replace strikes and burdens on the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Labor and Industry
Dr Salisbury to Speak at Kelvin Society Meeting
Dr Winfield W Salisbury, Collins Company director of research, will speak at the Kelvin Society on Tuesday at 7 30 pm in room 25 Science Hall Coe campus on Sources of Nuclear Energy He is a noted physicist and fellow of the American Physical Society and Sigma Xi He has worked at UC Radiation Lab MIT and Harvard and has ties to the armed forces The meeting has been postponed twice due to his out of town duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield W. Salisbury
Collins Company
Kelvin Society
Science Hall
Coe
Salisbury
American Physics Society
of Sigma Xi
Collins Organization
Illinois
University of Iowa
Radiation Laboratory
University of California
Thechusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard
Henry Hromek Gazette veteran noted for art of makeup
Henry Joseph Hromek born Ely November 18 1878 joined The Gazette as it settled on First Avenue. He advanced to assistant foreman of composing, built a Cedar Rapids show garden, collected curios from Napoleon’s chair straw to a 10 inch cannon ball, loved flowers, chess bowling and dramatic art. He helped The Gazette grow from 4,000 to 49,000 circulation. He married Marie Marek in 1905 and survived by wife two sisters and a brother. Funeral pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hromek
Cedar Rapids
Napoleon
Fort Sumter
Bohemian Dramatic Society
Mr. Hromek
Daily Gazette
Hank” Hromek
Henry Joseph Hromek
Ely
Albert
Josephine Sladek -Hromek
Marie Alice Marek
James Hruska
Louis Bredle
Ralph
Marvin
Trinity Methodist Church
Typeeresaien Union
Mt. Hermon Lodge
A.F
A.M
Robbers Crack Four Safes at Burlington
Police said three business offices were entered Sunday night in Burlington. Two safes were tampered with at the Hawkeye Gazette office where about $25 was taken. Safes were also broken into at Northrup Hatchery and Dehner Seed and Supply Co. but nothing was stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Burlington Hawkeye
Northrup Hatchery
Dehner Seed and Supply Co
Frank Miles to Speak at Legion Tuesday
Hanford Post of the American Legion will hold its regular meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Coliseum Auditorium. James, a war correspondent and veteran of both world wars, will speak after the initiation of a large class of Legion candidates. A social hour with refreshments will follow in the armory room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanford Post
American Legion
Audimony
James
Armory Room
John Deere workers reject wage increase offer in Waterloo
At least 1,000 John Deere Tractor Company employees, members of United, rejected a management proposal for a 10 percent wage increase and will continue negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
John Deere Tractor Company
United Sect
Strike ballot in electrical plants asked
The United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for a strike vote in 270000 workers at General Electric Westinghouse Electric and the electrical division of General Motors plus 73 other firms over a $2 daily wage demand That move could cripple production of radios refrigerators and other electrical gear in 22 states A broad labor mobilization followed in Canada with sympathy actions at Windsor Ontario plants and a 24 hour walkout planned by UAW Local 200 leaders plus a seamen union pledge to cover Great Lakes ships The strike wave also touched San Francisco bread vendors and lumber and steel talks with tentative resolutions and planned strike votes later in November
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CID United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
National Labor Relations Board
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Company
General Motors
Canada
Ford Motor Company
Windsor
Ont
Roy England
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Canadian Seamen’s Union
San Francisco
AFL
Bay Area
Northwest
Semet-Solvay
Tonawanda
N. Y
United States Steel
Benjamin Fairless
Schwellenbach
CIO Steel
OPA
Detroit
UAW Strategy Committee
UAW
R. J. Thomas
City Briefs on Meeting and Hospital News
The C. S. A. central committee will meet in the C. S. P. S. hall at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Harry M. Wilson of 717 Third Street NW is a patient at Mercy hospital with no visitors allowed. George S. Holmes of 125 Twenty Ninth Street Drive SE has returned home after treatment for a leg bone fracture at Mercy hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. A. Central Committee
Harry M. Wilson
Third Street
Mercy Hospital
George S. Holmes
Twentyninth Street Drive
Car theft reported at Third Street and Eighth Avenue SE
W. E. Fleming of 1721 Avenue NE reported his green coupe stolen on Friday night while parked at the intersection of Third Street and Eighth Avenue SE. Police are investigating the theft and reviewing nearby surveillance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Fleming
1721
Avenue NE
Third Street
Eighth Avenue SE
Mission speaker to address Can War End War theme
Elder T. J. McMicken of Marion speaks at the Sun Shine Mission this week with the Monday evening topic Can War End War. Services start at 7 30 o clock and a group of young people will sing gospel choruses. Meetings continue through Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. McMicken
Marion
Sunshine Mission
Watch Thefts Reported At Residences And Hotel
Mrs Franklin Rainbult of 500 Third Avenue SW reported a $25 wrist watch stolen from a second floor bedroom dresser while she was at the grocery store Saturday. Harriet Schneider a student from Iowa City reported a $37 50 wrist watch stolen from the ladies lounge at the Montrose hotel Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Rainbult
Third Avenue
Harriet Schneider
Iowa City
Montrose Hotel
Woman Hurt In City Car Crash At SE Intersections
Shirley Zemanek of 373 Sixteenth Street SE was taken to Mercy hospital with head cuts and a badly bruised right leg after a crash at Third Avenue SE and Tenth Street SE. She rode in a car driven by William Bowman of Tiffin, which hit a northbound car driven by Lillian Losenicky of Vinton. She remained in good condition Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Zemanek
Sixteenth Street SE
Mercy Hospital
Third Avenue
Tenth Street SE
William Bowman
Tiffin
Third Avenue SE
Lillian Losenicky
Vinton
Death notices for C. R. Euken grocer of Cedar Rapids
C R Euken a Cedar Rapids grocer for 44 years died at his home Sunday night after a brief illness. Born May 29 1864 in Germany he lived in Cedar Rapids with wife Therese H Karstens Euken who died in 1929. Surviving: two daughters Helen and Louise two sons Arthur Walter Carl a brother Edward and several grandchildren. Services to be announced. He was a deacon and former treasurer of Trinity Lutheran and a charter member of the Retail Grocers association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Henry Euken
Sixth Avenue SW
Euken and Michel
First Street
Inhaus
Erseil
Oldendar Rapids
Wiota
Therese H. C. Karstens
Wioa
Euken
Helen C. Euken
Louise Fisher
Cedar Rapids
Arthur J
Walter J
Carl H. Euken
Edward G. Euken
Trinity Lutheran Church
Retail Grocers’ Association
Turner Charels
Jack Hanson Dies Suddenly on Trip West at 24
Jack C Hanson of Cedar Rapids died Monday morning while traveling with his wife and eight month old daughter from Cedar Rapids to Glendale California to make their home. He was 24 and lifelong Cedar Rapids resident. Survivors include his wife Patricia, his parents Fred L Hanson and wife of Glendale formerly Cedar Rapids, a brother R L Hanson Chief Petty Officer Glenview Illinois, a sister Mrs Charles Wright Cedar Rapids, and grandmother Mrs Maryetta Hanson Cedar Rapids. Funeral details have not been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
Jack C. Hanson
Cedar Rapids
Glendale
Calif
Patricia
Fred L. Hanson
R. L. Hanson
Glenview, Ill
Charles Wright
Maryetta Hanson
Death of Cedar Rapids resident Kos noted at 50 years in community
Jerry G Kos 1445 Fourth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died at 4 45 a m Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born December 14 1884 at Riverside he moved from Fort Dodge in 1895. He worked 15 years for M Cadh Glass and earlier with Cook Lawrence Crooke and W G Haskell. Survived by brother Edwin R Kos four sisters five nieces and six nephews. He was a Mason and Travelers Protective member and an honor graduate of Washington High in 1904. Services Tuesday 1 30 p m at Turner chapel with Rev Waldemar Argow and Mount Hermon lodge burial Oak Hill cemetery. Masters to meet at Masonic hall 1 p m Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry G. Kos
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Riverside
Fort Dodge
M. Cadh Glass Company
Cook-Lawrence Crooke Company
W. G. Haskell Company
Edwin R. Kos
Amelia Kos
Rose E. Kos
Tillie Kos
Libbie Schima
Kos
Mount Hermon Lodge No. 263
Travelers Protective Association
Washington High School
Turner Chapel
Waldemar Argow
Mount Hermon Lodge
Oak Hill Cemetery
Masonic Hall
Private services for Ginger Aline Sojka held in Turner chapel
Ginger Aline Sojka, day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester W. Sojka, died Friday at Cedar Rapids hospital at 9 a.m. Private services were held Saturday in Turner chapel. Surviving: parents, sister Penny Sue Sojka, grandparents Mr. and Mrs. George Jirouch and Mr. and Mrs. Louie Sojka, all of Cedar Rapids, plus several uncles and aunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Chapel
Ginger Aline Sojka
Lester W. Sojka
Twenty-first Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Penny Sue Sojka
George Jirouch
Louie Sojka
Lars Kolsto dies at 79 in Newhall services set
Lars Kolsto, 79, died Monday at Newhall. Survived by brothers Glen of Cedar Rapids and Newt of Atkins and sisters Mrs Jacob Jacobson of Cedar Rapids and a sister in Norway. Services scheduled Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Benton Lutheran church north of Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lars Kolsto
Newhall
Glen
Cedar Rapids
Newt Kolsto
Atkins
Jacob Jacobson
Norway
Europe
Benton Lutheran Church
Few Attend Armistice Day Service Shows Public Attitude
About 75 people attended a Memorial Day Armistice service at Municipal Plaza. VAW speaker David Bleakley warned the turnout reflected national mood and future prospects. Hanford post commander Roy Decker directed ceremonies with J F Scolaro also speaking. Cedar Rapids schools closed at noon and public offices and banks shut for Armistice observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Plaza
Linn County
David Bleakley
V.F.W
Bleakley
America
Hanford Post
Roy Decker
J. F. Scolaro
Cedar Rapids
Reed Services to Be Held in Rock Island and What Cheer
Reed Services for F Reed, Rock Island railway liee who, will be at Moen chapel at 10 a.m. Tuesday with Rev Floyd Hinshaw officiating. Additional services at the Christian church at What Cheer at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial in Springdale cemetery near What Cheer. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Reed
Rock Island Railway
Floyd Hinshaw
Christian Church
Mary Ann Paul Dies After Illness in Cedar Rapids
Mary Ann Paul a Cedar Rapids resident for 45 years died at a local hotel at 7 45 a m Monday after a prolonged illness She was born in Ireland and came to Cedar Rapids in 1900 She had lived with Mrs Barbara Meyers 2407 B avenue NE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Paul
Cedar Rapids
Barbara Meyers
Avenue
Ireland
Miss Paul Longtime Dows Helper Remembered in Obituary
Miss Paul served the Dows family for thirty years. She leaves a brother David Paul of Ireland a nephew Joe Paul of Hutchinson Kansas and a niece Mrs C E Rosencrans of Cedar Rapids. She belonged to the Westminister Presbyterian church. Services will be held at Turner chapel at a time to be announced. Friends may call at the chapel Tuesday evening. Flowers are to be omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Dows
David Paul
Ireland
Joe Paul
Hutchinson
Kan
C. E. Rosencrans
Cedar Rapids
Westminster Presbian Church
Turner Chapel
Services for Thomas Wield at Mt Zion Baptist Church
Services for Thomas Wield of 409 K Avenue NW will be held at 2 30 p m Tuesday at Mt Zion Baptist Church with the Rev D O Bell officiating. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Wield
K Avenue NW
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
D. O. Bell
Linwood Cemetery
More Heat Is On For Troop Return
Washington AP reports pressure grows to accelerate troop demobilization as War Shipping Administration speeds home eligible veterans. A spokesman notes factors prevent overnight action while Joint Chiefs dictate schedules. Army says seaman scarcity affects moves. expects to be seven days behind by January 1. About 500,000 men monthly disembarked aboard navy ships and 670 ships operated by WSA/army combined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Shipping Administration
WSA
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Strike Vote Pleas Hit All-Time High
Washington reports 666 petitions for strike votes filed with the NLRB in October an all-time high. The Smith Connally act requires a 30 day cooling off period after petitions filed before the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Jewelry Robbery Strikes Two Muscatine Stores
Jewelry valued at about $1,000 and about $150 in cash were stolen from two adjoining Muscatine stores Sunday night entrance gained at the rear according to proprietor Orrie Glatstein who reported it to police Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Orrie Glatstein
Service Members Receive Honors and Discharges
Staff Sgt Milton Smith, wife in Central City, received honorable discharge at Sheppard Field Texas after 34 years as an airplane mechanic in the army airways communications system. Pauline J Ecklund, specialist 2/c, daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Ecklund, received honorable discharge at Great Lakes separation center. Staff Sgt Vernon J Ulch, Franklin graduate now at Wiesbaden Germany, awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service overseas since June 1944. Capt Lee Glasier Jones, West Point graduate, served with Gen Patch's Seventh army in Germany and is visiting grandmother Mrs Annabelle Glasier in Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Smith
Central City
Sheppard Field
Texas
Army Airways Communications System
Army
Pauline J. Ecklund
Walter Ecklund
Forest Drive
Great Lakes
Ill
Vernon J. Ulch
Franklin
Wiesbaden
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
Lee Glasier Jones
Annabelle Glasier
Jones
West Point
Gen
Patch
Seventh Army
Don Novak Appointed To Military Academy
Don Novak, son of Mr and Mrs Leo Novak of Cornwall on Hudson New York formerly Cedar Rapids, has won an appointment to the U S Military Academy at West Point. He posted the highest average among applicants in the academic exam and high aptitude scores. His brother Jack Novak graduated West Point in 1943 and serves as a captain in the air corps. The Novak family is headed by grandparents Mrs Mary Novak of 820 First Avenue NE and Leo Novak, the academy's track coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Novak
Leo Novak
Cornwall-on-Hudson
N. Y
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Novak
Jack
Air Corps
Mary Novak
First Avenue
Walkie Talkies May Be Out by Midsummer
FCC commissioner E K Jett said civilian walkie talkies could be available by midsummer with about 25 000 sets in use in 1946 and potentially 250 000 a year later. Prices would range from 50 to 100 dollars per set and early users include doctors farmers sportsmen and various businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
E. K. Jett
Jett
Speedy Finish to Victory Drive Urged by Perrine
Perrine urges rapid completion of the Victory Loan bond drive in The Gazette, stressing it is the last war bond campaign. He argues to meet government financial commitments, honors returning and future veterans, and urges workers to finish quickly and buyers to purchase bonds now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perrine
Beach
T. Perrine
War Finance Committee
Ida Goldberg Resigns From Cedar Rapids Library
Miss Ida Goldberg of the orders and circulation department resigns from the Cedar Rapids public library effective November 15. She will move to Los Angeles with her sister Miss Sarah Goldberg, joining another sister Miss Grace Goldberg who has already left the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Goldberg
Cedar Rapids Public
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Iowa
J. P. Howe
F Avenue NE
Justice Court
George E. Fisher
Mechanicsville
Howard R. Churchill
At Mercy
Vincent P. Fiala
Malory Street
Leo Ockenfels
Watkins
Edward Oncken
Johnson Avenue NW
Wierand Cooper
C Avenue NE
Edward B. Knowles
Sixth Avenue
James W. Hermsen
First Avenue NE
Joliet
Sidney Schweitzer
Sandra Janann
Silver Cross Hospital
Schweitzer
John Schweitzer
First Avenue SW
Dewey
Dr. Salisbury
DE. Salisbury
Henry Hromek
Hank
Gazette Associates
Gazette Company
Ray Anderson
Frank Miles
Legion
UP Dispatches
C. R. Grocer
Henry Euken
Jack Hanson
Sojka Infant
Reed Services
Beatrice Janebe
Cornelius Tercke Lie
Easbalmer
Janeba Funeral Home
Oru
Wingfield Services
Lapes
Florist
Lee
People’s Furniture
First Avenue Zast
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