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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1944
Page
21
Daily records list wartime ration stamps valid in November 1944 for meat sugar fuel and blue stamp items with indefinite validity for several coupons. The notices include multiple traffic fines for speeding failing to stop reckless driving and license violations, as well as local birth announcements and marriage announcements from St. Luke's Mercy and nearby areas.
Mrs Canfield a Cedar Rapids resident dies in a crash as music teacher Mrs Welty failed to see her cross Third avenue SE. The Oldsmobile hit her left door causing skull fracture chest injury and a broken arm. Survivors include son James Y Canfield and brother Thomas B Yuill. Mrs Canfield was aged 79 and had deep church and club ties.
Soviet Marshal Rodion Malinovsky tightened positions around Budapest with advances northeast and south, moving armor, artillery, and infantry into a delaying siege as the Red Army closes in on the Hungarian capital.
Paris dispatch reports Gen Charles de Gaulle will depart soon for Moscow at the invitation of Marshal Stalin, the government announced on Wednesday.
The Internal Revenue Service reminds salary workers to file a new withholding exemption certificate by December 1. The new tax tables use one dollar wage brackets and aim to align withholding with actual tax. Married couples with one child or more may see changes. singles and two children vary by case.
County Engineer William Behrs urged postponing the establishment of a secondary road district to surface 1.20 miles northwest from Ely. The board filed the engineer’s report on the petition by Ely residents. Linn county bought Center Point road property for 305 dollars, and probates and administrators were named in two wills. Dorothy Gassen was appointed clerk in the district court office. The Linn county board leased the Long property in Marion to Bruce Fulton for six months at 12 dollars per month.
Arthur Wood 31 of near Central City faces a statutory assault charge arising from a secret indictment by a grand jury in district court. Bond set at 7500, with Wood jailed in Linn County. Deputy Sheriff Whittemore arrested him Tuesday. Wesley Rabik 19 of 1542 Sixteenth Avenue SE pled innocent on a hit-and-run charge after being named by a grand jury. He posted 1000 bond and was released. Harold Johnson 24 of 723 H Street SW was seriously injured in the May incident.
London area and southern England faced intensified flying bomb raids Tuesday night with greater damage and casualties than recent days. Authorities reported a modest increase in attacks over the prior period.
War photographer Frank Prist Jr. of NEA Service and Acme News Pictures was killed by a Japanese sniper while covering front line action in the Philippines on November 12. He had just completed training as a paratrooper and had long covered battles from Australia to New Guinea and Cape Gloucester. He is survived by his wife, employed by the Los Angeles Daily News.
Linn County tax moneys and credits show net totals of 40 774 and 49 628 with current year figures 2 435 and 2 576. Compared with last year, the document lists comparative levy amounts for 1943 and 1944 for Linn County.
Col Ivan Tolchenov, Soviet military authority, said Japan’s actions in the Pacific were turning unfavorably for Japan. He recalled Japanese raids on the Soviet Union and cited the 1939 Mongolian border action as a reprimand. His audience included Japanese correspondents and Red Army personnel.
Three Illinois Central representatives visited Cedar Rapids on Wednesday. George M. Crowson of Chicago served as assistant to the president in charge of advertising. George H. Sorensen of Waterloo was district service agent. C. F. Duggan of Waterloo led the Iowa division. The U S territory outside its borders covers over 711000 square miles.
Brookhart carried the field by about 130000 votes as Louis J Murphy of Dubuque defeated him in a Roosevelt landslide era race. Brookhart later sought the Republican nomination, ran a Washington law practice, moved to Prescott Arizona for health, and died after hospital treatment. He rose from Iowa farm boy to county attorney and became a noted orator opposing Wall Street influence. He favored Russian recognition and warned against entanglements with Europe while resisting world court membership.
Multiple death notices describe Joseph Sponar a Newport Township resident died of a heart ailment at his daughter's home near Iowa City. Other obituaries include John Urmy Jack. Linda Jane Coler infant daughter of Lt. and Mrs Coler. Mrs. A A Sindelar. John Paas. and Mrs. Cora Buckner with service details and burial plans in Solon Cedar Rapids Waterloo and New Rochelle keeping.
Funeral services were conducted at Linwood cemetery with burial in charge of Rev. Dwight Webster, pastor of Kenwood Park Methodist church. Survived include daughter Mrs. Helen Lowery of North Dakota, sister Mrs. Ackley of Marion, and one grandson.
Lucy Kelly of 1150 Emma Avenue SW died Tuesday morning after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Beatty chapel with Rev. F. H. Ward officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at Beatty's.
Chairman Bloom of the House Foreign Affairs Committee invited Republicans to help amend the Constitution so treaties can be ratified by a simple majority. He spoke in response to House Republican Leader Martin's pledge to back “the building of an enduring peace.”
Washington officials dismissed cigarette rationing as impractical and urged smokers to buy sanely to ensure fair civilian supply. OPA Chief Chester Bowles cited rising demand from servicemen, black market activity, uneven distribution, and heavier wartime use as causes. He urged buying at ceiling prices and not paying above standard costs.
President Roosevelt said the administration hopes to create seven waterway authorities modeled on the Tennessee Valley Authority. He did not name the regions but cited watersheds along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers the Arkansas, Columbia and Ohio rivers as examples.
Four thousand striking Negro workers at the Packard Motor Car company agreed to return to their jobs on Wednesday continuing efforts to end the labor dispute.
London reports via the British Press Association that officials in London believe Adolf Hitler is ill or mad and Heinrich Himmler has effectively taken dictatorial powers. The Reich is expected to fight to the last gasp, with Himmler’s rise signaling no surrender. A Nazi decree then tightens control of officers and noncoms, urging Nazi education of troops. Goering’s name appears alongside Hitler and Himmler in the shadow of the regime.
Travelers from Germany report 21 people hanged by the Gestapo in Cologne after locals oppose the war. The Rhineland suffers widespread chaos with halted coal deliveries, displaced families, and collapsing transport as air raids, fear, and breakdowns worsen daily life.
Harlan Henkes reports a $12 tricycle stolen from her front porch on November 10. Harles Kitterman reports a $100 zipper pouch missing. John Valentine reports a bicycle stolen from him and found damaged near the trailer camp boiler room on Thirty-second Street NE.
French gen darmes occupy the tiny Pyrenean state of Andorra after a decision by General Charles de Gaulle to serve as co prince. The action, described as preventive to insure security through winter, follows Andorra’s rugged landscape and small population.
American forces tighten around 35,000 Japanese in western Leyte. 24th Division and First Cavalry push to cut off a reinforced regiment along the Ormoc road while artillery pounds enemy positions. U.S. advances threaten Yamashita’s main line above Ormoc amid fierce battles and a heavy Japanese toll.
In Pampa Texas an insurance error leaves Mrs Jessye Stroup with a flat tire while a garageman fixes the other nearly identical car. The mix up highlights mistaken car ownership and mistaken repairs.
Paul Hearn of Monticello Iowa applies to the Iowa State Commerce Commission under Chapter 252.1 for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to operate as a motor carrier between Monticello and a plant near Cedar Rapids, Jones and Linn Counties. A public hearing is set for Wednesday December 6 1844 at 10:00 A M at the Linn County Auditor’s office Cedar Rapids Iowa.
A wartime editorial urges citizens to extend justice and reason to postwar peace. It warns that victory on the front means little unless those at home unite to address social issues with both minds and hearts, calling for a shift in attitude and action.
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