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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1945
Page
10
November 13 1945 Daily Record itemized meat red stamps sugar stamp ceilings and ration board details with office hours and location. Weather readings for major cities plus Iowa agricultural forecast. Police blotter covers disturbances fines and accidents. Births marriages and divorces listed with names and addresses. Continuous notice of public and private administrative actions and penalties.
Paris dispatch reports American officers slated for U S travel routinely miss embarkation at Marseilles. Reliable sources say 42 of 352 officers ordered to report arrived, with claims the pattern reflects insecurity and mass absenteeism in ship loading procedures.
Richard T. Frankensteen of the CIO auto workers charges John L. Lewis secretly rejoined the AFL to gain another conference vote. AFL and Lewis deny the claim as labor’s 18 votes split among AFL CIO UMW and railroad brotherhoods. Frankensteen also heads a drive for a 30 percent wage increase in aircraft.
In Kaufbeuren Germany Allied demolition squads triggered a series of 14 explosions at a large I G Farben powder plant destroying 60 buildings and marking the start of dismantling Germany s munitions industry Lt Gen Lucian K Truscott praised the action as beginning the destruction of Germany s war potential.
Iowa Supreme Court upholds Linn County district ruling striking parts of Leo Krausnick’s petition for 8500 dollars in damages from Haegg Roofing and William Seilhamer over his five year old son’s death on October 2 1943. The court held Seilhamer was not in company employment at the time of the crash on Eleventh Street SW.
James R. Green an 18 year old from Clinton was sentenced by Judge G K Thompson to up to ten years at the Anamosa state reformatory for larceny of a motor vehicle. He had pled innocent earlier after being returned from Hardin county by Cedar Rapids police. The car belonged to Henry Kling president of the Hamilton Seed and Coal Co and was stolen April 18 from its property.
Marjorie Zastera sues for divorce from Joseph Zastera alleging marriage on November 2 1917 in Minneapolis Minnesota. She seeks permanent alimony of 250 dollars monthly and cites joint ownership of a three apartment building three Cedar Rapids commercial properties and bank investments plus government bonds. The petition notes a Blake terrace SE lot in both names. A vagrancy case against John Medeikis 31 was dismissed Tuesday by Judge G Thompson at state request for lack of evidence.
Iowa traffic case involves Janesville contractor C F Roewert who offered to rent the governor a house for justice after a no passing sign incident. Roewert was fined 27 and forfeited bond after traffic arrest by highway patrolman Wilbur Eicher. Justice Churchill handled the case with $25 fine and $2 costs.
SIOUX CITY AP Formal opening of the four day state American Federation of Labor convention took place Tuesday morning at the Martin hotel. A A Couch of Des Moines state president received the gavel from Floyd T Smith of Sioux City temporary chairman. Officials named include Frank Martens Davenport chair election committee LeRoy Jones Clinton credentials committee W F Scholes Council Bluffs resolutions committee Al C Kane Dubuque reading clerk and W H Reynolds Des Moines sergeant at arms. Hundreds of delegates and labor leaders are present as the conference runs through Friday.
Hearn notes aviation instruments awarded to Cedar Rapids town and country schools. Cedar Rapids and town schools receive carburetors altimeters compasses with two second prizes and multiple third fourth and fifth prizes. country schools receive a mix of carburetors altimeters and compasses. All prizes in good condition purchased from Surplus Properties administration under Victory loan bond committee priority. Information on E bond sales and prize procedures sent to all schools this week.
Cedar Rapids Czech groups launch a relief drive from Nov 19 to 30 to aid liberated Czechoslovakia. The central collection center is at 1101 Third Street SE CSPS building, accepting clothing and canned food 5 to 8 pm daily. Key organizers include T. B. Hlubacek and chairwoman Mrs J J Hervert. Large needs cited include 800000 children needing clothing and milk, with food items and cash to buy condensed milk and essentials. Distribution by American Relief for Czechoslovakia under U S government supervision.
Lt. Gen. James Doolittle arrived at Schick General Hospital in Clinton at 1 15 p m Tuesday to visit Lt. George Barr who flew with him on the Tokyo raid. The general, en route from St Louis to Chicago, announced Barr’s promotion to captain and urged a coordinated air power among services.
The OPA set new ceiling prices for clean ed and drawn frozen poultry effective Saturday at retail and all sales levels. Cleaned and drawn frozen broilers 174 cents per pound, light fowl 24 cents per pound, heavy fowl 1 cent per pound. Poultry fat ceiling up one cent per pound to support resumed production.
City briefs report Ardekan temple No 234 D O K K will meet Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Pythian hall to plan the annual Christmas party. A purse theft at the depot is noted with Dorothy Butterfield reporting $40 to $50 missing from a bench while awaiting a bus. City grants list cigaret and beer permits to several applicants and refunds $200 on two permits.
Cpl. Roy L. Clouse receives the American Theater Ribbon Good Conduct Medal Asiatic Pacific Ribbon with two battle stars Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one battle star Purple Heart Soldier's Medal Bronze Star Medal and more His wife lives at 1012 Avenue NW Pvt. William A Hoffman recently at Keesler Miss spent a two week furlough en route to the European theater A brother Carpenter's Mate John J with the Seabees in the Pacific at Subic Bay Raymond B Langridge promoted in Okinawa Lt Raymond Churchill transferred from pre flight school Athens Ga to Shoemaker Calif Glenn H Forristall promoted on a ship in Tokyo Bay Mrs Elmer Forristall notes the promotion and family address Dale 710 Third Avenue Ww
The Association of Church School Superintendents met at the YMCA for dinner and reviewed reports from a leadership training course at Coe College in October. Participants came from 32 Cedar Rapids and Marion churches. A fall 1946 course was planned and a pre-Lenten city-wide meeting of church school officers and teachers was proposed. The association set meetings for the second Monday in January and every alternate month thereafter.
Funeral services for Henry J. Hromek superintendent of The Gazette composing room will be held Thursday at 3 30 p m at Turner chapel Rev J E DeLong of Trinity Methodist church and Mt Hermon lodge will officiate Pallbearers are associates from his department Burial at Oak Hill cemetery
Katherine May Borschel wife of Edward F Borschel died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 240 pm Monday after a lingering illness Born December 2 1883 in Iowa City she attended the University of Iowa She married Mr Borschel August 14 1907 and they have lived in Cedar Rapids since 1926 Surviving are her husband son Ardell daughter Mrs Ronald R Holets two sisters and a brother three granddaughters Funeral announcements will be made later Friends may call at the Moen chapel
George Thomas Collins 37 of 105 Tenth street NE died in a Marshalltown hospital Monday after a long illness. A World War II veteran, he served with the anti tank battery of the 185th field artillery division. He was a member of the First Lutheran church and had worked for Quaker Oats before service. Survivors include his widow Bertha four stepdaughters Lorraine Hansahn Laverna Fulmer Lois Reed Leatrice Hansahn Cedar Rapids and two grandchildren. The body is at Moon chapel pending arrangements. Friends may call.
Services for Herman Henry Euken of 337 Sixth Avenue SW will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church at 3 30 p m on Wednesday. The Rev P L Bornhoeft will officiate with burial in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner Chapel until noon Wednesday.
Attlee contrasts Labor aims with free speech and market limits while praising US peaceful purpose. He stresses planned economy, unity in diversity, and joint efforts with the United States to build a secure world in the atomic age. He defends freedoms and warns against monopolistic capital and aggressive power.
Des Moines AP report says Governor Blue will investigate complaints that Eldora training school escapes were not reported to state law enforcement. He will consult the state board of control and Superintendent Fred N. Cooper about the alleged lack of notification to highway patrol and Hardin County sheriff. Eldora peg Bahne cites 41 escapes between Oct 24 and Nov 6 and frequent break ins and thefts.
Eleven selectees left Monday night for an induction center on orders from five Linn county local boards. The names listed include Mildford E. Smith, Donald E. Lemon, Donn Vernier, Charles D. Campbell, John L. Lowe, Marvin F Dostal, Allen D Parliament, Robert C. Reynolds, Rudolph Howard Snenicka, Donald Alfred Parsons, and Fred Pelisek among others with addresses in Linn county.
In Oroville California 16 year old Ellsworth Wisecarver known as Sonny Boy and 25 year old Eleanor Deveny mother of two were linked to a long distance elopement from Long Beach. Deveny planned to divorce her husband and marry Wisecarver while keeping her two children with them. Deveny admitted the romance and said Wisecarver loved older women. Wisecarver denied plans and remained at the detention home after surrendering to police.
The Iowa State Commerce Commission announces no petition for a franchise to erect operate and maintain electric transmission lines has been filled by Towelectric Light and Power Company Cedar Rapids Iowa The hearing date is set for December 4 1945 in Des Moines Objections must be filed in triplicate at least five days before the hearing and should include full authority to act for the objector.
Washington AP Judge Samuel I. Rosenman will retire at year end as special counsel to the President. White House said Rosenman served both Truman and Roosevelt with tremendous personal sacrifice. He will return to New York law practice after leaving a $25 000 a year post on the New York state supreme court.
Former Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson suffered a serious heart attack recently, according to his wife. Mrs. Stimson said he is confined to bed at their West Hills country home near Huntington and is recovering steadily.
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