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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1945
Page
2
The notice lists red stamp validity for Fi through Kil good through Nov 30 Li through Qi good through Dec 31 Ri through V1 and the quote through Jan 21 Sugar stamp 38 valid for five pounds through Dec 31. Location given as ner of First avenue and Second street SE with A. T. Pleune as chief clerk. Office hours noted as Monday and closed all day Saturday.
The page reports a weather forecast with temperatures for Minneapolis and New York and notes colder conditions in Iowa with occasional showers turning to snow by Wednesday. It also lists numerous local police and court notices including drunkenness fines, reckless driving, parking violations, gas leaks, and births announced from area hospitals.
Snow and cold return to Cedar Rapids with tonight showers turning to light snow by Wednesday morning. Much colder late tonight and Wednesday with lows around 30 degrees. Winds shift to northwest then temperatures plunge for the Thanksgiving period. Local readings show Cedar Rapids near 30 degrees as highs reach the mid thirties later in the day.
Willard Fogle, 27, of Iowa City, was arrested by a Cedar Rapids detective on an embezzlement charge. He is held for Iowa City authorities on a warrant and owes about $30 in fines and costs from a police court judgment.
The article lists personnel for the VA office in Cedar Rapids including Bessie A. Schafer and Marion M. Reiff in the out patient department, Robert R. Hileman and Harold S. Chant as training officers, and other staff in supply and contact service. It notes phone service limitations, a 27242 contact number, past sub regional office history, and mentions Elliott's background and family obituary details.
Lyle M. Corbett 52, mechanic in Cedar Rapids, died at Presbyterian. Survived by mother Iva Orr of Waterloo, three children Robert in the Marine Corps, Lila Mae Sadilek of Waterloo, Carolyn Jean Corbett of Waterloo, two sisters Alberta Palmer and Gertrude Dee. Services 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Beatty chapel with Rev J E De Bork officiating. Cedar Memorial crematory may call at chapel.
Jane Ann Linkenback infant daughter of Cpl. and Mrs. Earl W. Linkenback died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 11 15 am Monday while her father served with U S forces in the Philippines. Survived by two grandmothers Mrs Laura Wirtner and Mrs Alta Linkenback of Cedar Rapids and several uncles and aunts. Private services led by Rev Elmer Linkenback of Tama were held at 10 am Tuesday in Moon chapel. Burial followed in Linwood cemetery.
Services for Milo J. Barta of 2641 Bever Avenue SE are set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church with Rt. Rev. Msgr. John M. Molloy officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery. the Rosary will be recited Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Barta-Hesser chapel.
Daily evangelistic services at the Church of Christ on 716 Eighth Avenue SW have been discontinued. Mrs. Margaret Saxe of 511 Sixth Street SE has returned home after a three week illness and may receive visitors. Miss Imelda Octavia Shanklin to speak at Thanksgiving service Thursday at 10 am at Unity Center on 1015 Second Avenue SE.
Mrs. Frank Freydey of 1711 Avenue NE reports a telescope was stolen from the glove compartment of her car on Sunday afternoon. The item was valued at $18. The police were alerted on Tuesday.
Robert L. Black announces the entry deadline for the annual Christmas parade is 5 p.m. Tuesday. The director urges groups and individuals to register promptly to ensure participation.
William Bammert of 1515 Thirteenth Avenue SE told police Monday that his pants were stolen from his residence Sunday night. He suspects a man who had been staying with him.
Joe Skalsky 43 of route 1 was fined 25 dollars and costs by Police Judge Harry S. Johnson Tuesday for reckless driving. His truck backed into a parked car owned by Harold Harger of 603 Sixteenth Avenue SW in front of Harger's home.
District Judge G. K. Thompson announces a turkey night game at the YMCA on Wednesday noon featuring Howard Wilfong's Gobblers against Bill Whipple's Culls. Handball and volleyball will follow with turkey sandwiches after the annual contests.
School board members debated delaying stadium construction while a survey could guide the site and scope. Some favored immediate action, others urged awaiting survey results, with a year or two of anticipated costs. The board approved insurer bids and paying bills for creek damage and maps.
Lt. Col. Leonard H. Weissman 36 formerly Cook County Hospital assistant medical superintendent was killed in a crash over Germany on Nov. 8 while returning from Stockholm to London. He served as chief of hospital inspections for the U. S. surgeon's office in London and enlisted in 1942. Mrs. Eleanor Weissman, his wife, resides with her parents in Cedar Rapids. Their son Leonard Jr. is with them.
Absences climbed in several schools with Tyler showing the largest rise from 72 to 100 Tuesday, and 20 teachers also absent. McKinley and Roosevelt reported modest increases while Arthur Fillmore Harrison and other elementary schools noted gains. Deamer says schools will stay open and a two day holiday follows. Legal notices include Sidwell replevin case and other non jury matters with hearings set into December.
Presiding Judge G K Thompson assigns civil case hearings in Linn County District Court beginning Monday. Case is L H Sidwell versus R F Hasinbiller Dave A L F Jenkins and John Taylor with one jury and four nonjury actions before the court.
David Fernandez an overseas army veteran formerly of 917 Tenth Street SE filed an alienation of affections suit Tuesday for judgment of 20 000 against Wilbert H Urban of 1341 Burch Avenue NW The petition says Urban met Evelyn B Fernandez in spring 1945 while Fernandez was overseas and urged divorce Fernandez was wounded in action in Germany early last spring The couple wed at Waterloo on November 22 1940 Henry Bollen of 1521 Washington Avenue SE faces a separate 250 promissory note case filed Tuesday by Illinois Bankers Life Insurance Company The plaintiff says it lent 50 to Bollen five times in late 1942 in return for five demand notes at 6 percent
Fragmentary report mentioning John Sommers at Marion and Dudley with dates in 1862 and references to Mrs Sommers. Readable items include a 7 p.m. reference and locations in England and Indiana. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent event or outcome.
A fragmented OCR note cites Wool and Montgomery Ward stores in connection with lice. The text lacks clear context or dates but points to a brief retail mention.
Prime Minister Attlee arrived in London after returning home from a foreign trip. Officials released brief notes on his condition and schedule, with no immediate public statements on policy changes.
Richardson testified about a White House luncheon in October 1940 where President Roosevelt reportedly said the United States would enter the war if Japan attacked broader Asian targets. He opposed Hawaii fleet concentration while Roosevelt insisted on Hawaii presence to restrain Japan.
In Davenport Iowa a flu wave hit public schools with 1680 of 9410 pupils absent on Monday due to colds and influenza. Superintendent Dr Paul B Jacobson said illness levels were three times normal and up six percent since last Thursday.
The Senate approved a broad presidential authority bill for reorganizing the federal government by voice vote. The measure moves to the House, which had its own version. A Senate–House conference committee will reconcile the two bills and seek a common approach.
In Manila the US military commission trying Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita denied a defense motion for acquittal and refused more time to prepare. The five man tribunal granted a 20 hour recess until Wednesday.
Funeral services held in Burlington for Ida W. Mansfield 84 longtime president of the Iowa branch of the Daughters from 1908 to the present, her death reported from the UP dispatch.
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