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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1944
Page
2
American First Army troops push toward the Rhine while reports say German defenses are retreating to secondary lines northeast of Aachen and southeast of Würselen. The fight centers on ridges near Gressenich with tanks, artillery, and infantry in heavy combat amid mud and fortifications.
Cheyenne reports a three year old, Nubbins Hoffman, is near death, prompting his parents to advance Christmas plans. Soldiers from Lowry Field Colorado carved toys as therapy and loaded them onto an AT-11 plane bound for Cheyenne to deliver to Irwin Crown, the local Santa Claus, for Nubbins party. Crown anticipated multiple truck deliveries as gifts arrived nationwide.
Charles Waltrip, UPWA international representative, said Local No. 154 at the Omaha stock yards asked the international UPWA to request a National Labor Relations Board strike vote. He cited delayed negotiations for a new contract after the Aug. 11 expiry, affecting 300 to 400 stock handlers.
Paris AP reports about 12,000 children moved from western France to Lorraine for safety before the Normandy landings have been relocated to Switzerland. The French ministry of prisoners and deportees says the transfer occurred because French First and American Seventh armies may advance into Lorraine.
Reports from Europe and neutral capitals suggest Adolf Hitler, stripped of power, may be under close supervision in a Berchtesgaden retreat. Nazi leaders reportedly withhold adverse news to protect his fragile health while Himmler consolidates control after the July 20 assassination attempt.
Eight year old Eugene Bridges, given two weeks to live from lymphatic leukemia, will have a turkey Thanksgiving thanks to his Sunday school class in Energy and a Herrin restaurant owner. His mother Effie Bridges, with four children, had feared for scarce funds, but Elmer Morgan delivered groceries and Nick Tudoff provided a turkey.
Pope John XXIII appointed five new American bishops. Michael J. Ready of Cleveland becomes bishop of Columbus Ohio. Henry J. Grimmelsman of Worthington Ohio is bishop of Evansville Indiana. William T. Mulloy of Fargo North Dakota is bishop of Covington Kentucky. John G. Bermett of Fort Wayne Indiana is bishop of Lafayette Indiana. Edward F. Ryan of Boston Massachusetts is bishop of Burlington Vermont.
American forces repelled air raids by 15 Japanese fighters and bombers on Tacloban Bayug fields with seven shot down. MacArthur said anti-aircraft and fighters downed 500 Japanese planes since landings. In the Limon pocket, Japanese efforts to break the siege were repelled as 300 attackers were killed and four enemy supply trucks captured.
Linn Bond Drive bond drive leaders plan to surpass the 400000 mark set in the last campaign. Camp Fire Girls in Cedar Rapids will emphasize the drive with funds aimed at buying an army field ambulance. Cedar Rapids volunteers chair sub committees and ship quotas for numerous townships including Clinton, Franklin, and Maine with totals ranging from 35 000 to 225 000 and many community leaders coordinating the effort.
A reader compiled a roster of individuals by name and town for special assistance. Names include Miss Sara Nott from Marion Mrs Arno Stinger Mr Vernon Mrs Clarence Neal from Springville Mrs Bernice Minor Cedar Rapids Mrs L D Hill Coggon Mrs Glen Miller Marion Mrs Burge Martin Alburnett listing households in need of support.
Nancy Jean Radeke day old daughter of Mr and Mrs William C Radeke 1734 Higley avenue SE died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 7 18 a m Saturday Surviving include a brother Harold James and sister Shirley Ann both at home and grandmother Mrs Gladys Dougherty of Cedar Rapids Friends may call at Turner chapel
Edward M. Scott 83 retired banker died at his home 1857 C avenue NE. Funeral is Monday at 2 30 p.m. in Turner chapel with Rev W A Jacobs pastor of First Congregational church. Entombment in Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for Miss Martha Kuback, formerly of Cedar Rapids, who died in Chicago Friday, will be held at 4 p.m. Monday in Turner chapel with Rev. L. T. Olson officiating. Burial is planned at Cedar Memorial Park. The body arrives in Cedar Rapids late today and will lie in state after 6 p.m. for friends to visit.
Services for Mrs Emilie Behles of 903 Eighth street SE who died in a local hospital Friday will be conducted by Rev Carl L Manfred at 2 p.m. Monday in the Moon chapel. Burial will be in Amana cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
The body will be taken to Keokua for services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Schmidt funeral home with burial in Oakland cemetery. Friends may call at Barta chapel after 4 p.m. today following the First Evangelical church service.
Miss Rose C Schneider died Saturday at her Cedar Rapids residence after a long illness. Born August 6 1874 in Keokuk she lived in Cedar Rapids twelve years and belonged to the First Evangelical church. Surviving are two sisters Mrs M C Rutledge and Miss Pauline M Schneider. Services Monday at 2 p.m. at the Barta chapel conducted by Rev George A Stauffacher.
Carl C. Krapf 1028 Center Point Road NE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 1 25 pm Saturday after a lingering illness He was born February 24 1874 in Germany and came to the United States in 1888 He farmed near Cedar Rapids married Elizabeth Rohrbacher February 17 1898 He is survived by his wife daughter Elsie Smith a son Kenneth A at home two sisters and several nieces and nephews Services at Moon chapel Tuesday at 2 pm conducted by Rev Freak H Ward Burial Cedar Memorial Park Friends may call at the funeral home
Funeral services for Louis C Kaiser optometrist who died will be held Monday at 9 a.m. at St Marys Church Des Moines.
Allied forces under Patton advance across the Maas river into Germany driving four to five miles, nearing Duisburg, while Metz fortress strengthens defenses but falls after a ten day struggle. German holdouts retreat up the Moselle valley as air forces harass retreating columns.
U S Eighth Air Force fighters with about 2 000 Allied bombers and fighter bombers struck a 500 mile German front Saturday destroying at least 86 Nazi aircraft including over 30 jet propelled planes grounded. The assault from west and south also hit rail and air targets and troop concentrations from Munster to northeastern Italy. The offensive saw 1 500 Ninth Air Force sorties and 475 from the Twelfth Tactical Air Command plus 500 escorted Halifax sorties on Munster rail center. The Combined air effort disabled locomotives and rail cars while RAF Lancasters attacked Ruhr oil facilities. Sixteen American fighters did not return. 11 believed to have landed in friendly territory.
The War Department reports United Press correspondent John J. Andrew has been missing in action in the China Burma India theater since November 5 after an air operation. A Springfield Illinois native, 25, he joined UP a year and a half ago and was with CBS theater since July. He covered the 20th Bomber Command based in India and China.
Seventy five delegates from Free Methodist churches across Iowa attended a 5 30 p m banquet at the Church of God on Eighth Street NW in connection with a state wide Holiness youth rally that began Thursday. Rev Dale Cryderman of Albion Michigan spoke at the banquet and again at the conference closing 7 30 p m tonight with a talk titled Youth Minus Christ Equals Emptiness.
Belle Plaine notices funeral services for Clark Ditzler a 47 year old railway mail clerk who died Friday after a stroke are set for today at 2 p m at Hrabak funeral home He is survived by his wife a son Clark Jr and a daughter Dorothy
Chicago reports a thriving turkey black market as prices exceed the 51 cent per pound OPA ceiling. John J. Tunner of the Retail Meat Dealers association says farmers fetch up to 55 cents a pound, driving illicit sales and reducing availability by 20 to 50 percent at one large grocery chain.
London papers report widespread civilian unrest within the Reich as four Allied armies wage combat on German soil. Munich sees large peace demonstrations led by women war wounded and foreign workers, with arrests running high. The Free Germany broadcast cites Himmler dispatching SS units to Munich while Austrian mobilization remains hesitant.
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