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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1944
Page
1
The city refinanced the 420000 bridge debt after paying many installments from 1929 to 1939. Interest exceeded 18000 annually until refinanced in 1939, then fell as principal was reduced. The remaining 205000 was refinanced at a lower rate and payments continued, with rumors of needed repairs after the debt was largely paid.
The page lists wartime ration stamps validities for meat gasoline sugar and oils, then shifts to local court fines for drunkenness reckless driving and parking violations. It also reports numerous birth notices from St Luke's Mercy and Grand Rapids, with names and dates, and notes several residents from Cedar Rapids.
Swiss dispatches report small groups of Allied paratroops south of the Saar basin landed behind the Siegfried line on the east bank of the Rhine. Paratroopers reportedly cut a railway between Immendingen and Berlaurchringen as Basel evacuated the northern tip of the Basel area due to artillery exposure.
Donald W. Kuemmerer of Colesburg was sentenced to six months in the county jail after pleading guilty to larceny in Judge G. K. Thompson's court. Detectives Harley Simon and Leonard Stusak arrested him for Friday theft of a watch from the Hook home at 101 Ninth Avenue SE. he sold it to Nick Fulcher of 828 Second Ave SE and admitted the theft.
British Eighth army pressed toward Faenza from the south and east and crossed the Marzeno river, establishing a bridgehead a mile from the city. British and Polish forces expelled Germans east of the Lamone north of Brisighella as heavy fighting nears a climax. Other columns moved toward Russi while the U S Fifth army held positions south of Bologna against counter attacks.
Continued discussion outlines a USES-WMC referral card system for high priority contracts. Area directors, under Haskell’s instruction, must review negotiated ceilings of essential firms hiring 50 or more workers by Friday.
In Cedar Rapids area, about 450 Cedar Rapids and Marion firms with 100 or more employees are set to begin the 48-hour work week this Friday unless already observing it. H J Eberhart reports most firms have long adhered to the schedule and that 50 firms remain to confirm by December 1 whether to start or file exceptions to the regulation.
Cedar Rapids adopts 100 percent of Oct 1 1944 male employment ceilings for major firms and 90 percent for less essential ones to address labor shortages. Immediate focus on Des Moines and Burlington ordnance plants plus 3000 seasonal food workers. Farmers report fewer workers available for winter 1944 45.
Old silk umbrellas may be washed with mild soap and water. In cold weather handle them gently as they stiffen and crack easily.
Professor C W Perkins resigns from Coe College effective December 20 after 33 years as German and Spanish professor. He will join Grinnell College as senior professor and special lecturer in modern languages, bringing extensive wartime teaching and administrative experience from Coe and Linn County Reserve Officers work. His son Capt Robert F Perkins serves in Texas, his wife a former Coe member, and daughter Judith is a student.
LeRoy E. Brookman aged 49 of Cedar Rapids died at 3:05 a.m. Sunday in the state hospital for the insane after admission Oct 27 for insanity. The cause listed is general paralysis of the insane. Brookman had been confined to bed with bronchial pneumonia and faced an assault charge regarding a prior shooting of Harry Apgar. He had worked as a switch crew foreman for the North Western and lived in Cedar Rapids for 15 years. Funeral arrangements will be announced. Moen chapel is handling calls.
Tickets for a dinner honoring Gov. Bourke Hickenlooper on his U S Senate election go on sale Tuesday. The event at Montrose hotel begins 6 30 p m Thursday with a $2 ticket price including a gift contribution. Gov Hickenlooper will be introduced by Iliam B Quarton, Chamber of Commerce president. Guests include Gov elect Robert D Blue and Lt Gov elect.
Mrs. Gladys Doherty, who bought a Brooklyn house from HOLC for 1800 cash and 1000 in installments, arrived to collect rent but found the house razed after a city condemnation. She plans to discuss the deal with HOLC on Monday.
Daniel Boone Kin, 65, vice president of Kansas City Life Insurance, and a great grand nephew of the famous settler, died Sunday in Kansas City. He was widely known in the local business community and for his lineage to the frontier legend.
James F Toomey 69 of 112 Sixth Street SW Cedar Rapids died at 2 15 am Sunday after a paralytic seizure suffered while at work Saturday night He was born September 26 1875 at Parnell moved to Cedar Rapids and operated a barber shop for 15 years He is survived by his wife Agnes a son Truman Los Angeles two sisters Mrs Hannah McGuirk Oxford and Lillian Toomey Parnell a brother Dan Toomey Iowa City and several nieces and nephews He belonged to the Modern Women of America and St Patrick s church Funeral services will be announced later The body will be taken Monday from Teahen chapel to the residence for friends to visit
Word reached Mrs. Charles Cabalka of 1068 Twenty second avenue SW about the death of her uncle William Wirt Wilson at Veterans hospital in Baltimore last week. The body will be sent to Barta funeral home in Cedar Rapids for private burial in Oak Hill cemetery Tuesday. Surviving sisters are Mrs. Margaret Blaubelt of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Caroline Atkinson of Chicago.
Raymond J. Curran, 55, night clerk at the Taft Hotel, died at a local hospital Sunday at 2 p.m. after a long illness. Born in Cedar Rapids on August 31, 1889, he lived in the area before moving to St. Louis where he worked as a switchman and later as an assistant yard master for the Terminera association of St. Louis. He returned to Cedar Rapids five years ago. Surviving are his father Michael, a sister Mary Raymond, two brothers Guy and Francis, all of Cedar Rapids, plus several nieces. He was a member of the Immaculate church and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Services will be held at Immaculate Conception church Tuesday at 9 a.m. with Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. M. Molloy officiating.
Funeral plans indicate burial at Mt Calvary with public viewing Monday evening at Teahen Chapel. A Rosary or prayer service will be recited at 8 p.m. by Msgr Moilay.
George Buchan 63 longtime state secretary of the Travelers Protective Association for 13 years died suddenly Sunday at 11 15 p m at his home 612 First Ave NE La Porte City He married E Schroeder August 26 1908 He came to Cedar Rapids from Waterloo in 1930 Survived by his wife two sons Warren Joseph Sheboygan Wis and Robert George in the Army in Belgium and two grandchildren Also a member of the First Evangelical church and the Knights of Pythias
Mrs Della Emily Graham born February 7 1861 Stamford Vermont died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Sunday night after an illness She came to Cedar Rapids from Williamsburg in 1898 Her husband died in 1919 She belonged to Westminster Presbyterian Church Surviving are her daughter Mrs Lemon son Vernon F Ellsworth grandson Harold Ellsworth and great granddaughter Alice Ellsworth all of Cedar Rapids plus four Cook brothers Services by Dr George W Bryant in Moon chapel Tuesday at 2 pm Burial in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
Mrs Alice Irvin Norris 80 widow of Frank H Norris died at 5 30 am Monday at her daughter's home 373 Seventeenth Street SE after an extended illness She was born in West Union March 11 1864 and lived in Cedar Rapids over 65 years Survived by a grandson Robert Smith a medic corps technician overseas and nephew J F Irvin Fargo ND She belonged to Westminster Presbyterian Church IG S A to B of L E Services set for Beatty chapel Wednesday at 2 pm No flowers
Funeral and burial services were held in Ackley for Moranda Murray 45 who died Saturday in Marion after a long illness. Born August 15 1899 in Ackley she was the daughter of Herman J and Louise Dykstra Smith and moved to Cedar Rapids 11 years ago. She belonged to the Ackley Methodist church and is survived by daughter Evelyn Hulsizer Monmouth Illinois two grandchildren her father Herman Smith and sisters Leona Leaven Cedar Rapids and Janet Hauber Walcott.
Harry S. Robinson died suddenly Saturday. services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Beatty chapel with Rev. Waldemar Argow officiating. Burial in Cedar Memorial Park. Survived by wife Dorothy, son Louis R. Robinson of Bushnell, A., and granddaughter Barbara Sue Robinson. Friends may eat at Beatty's.
Funeral services for Mrs Katherine Tichy will be led by Rev Ludvik Burian at Rogers Grove church east of Ely on Tuesday at 2 p m. Burial follows in Rogers Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday evening.
Services were held at Hatch funeral home in Central City for Angie M. Black 83 lifelong Linn county resident and farm owner near Central City Surviving are a sister Mrs George Peters 1616 Twelfth Street NE a brother Melvin J Peet Cedar Rapids and several nieces and nephews
Joseph John Severa 26 receives navigator wings and second lieutenant commission in Army Air Forces at Selma field Monroe Louisiana. He is a St Wenceslaus High School and Loras College graduate with law study at Iowa and Washington DC sections. Several others listed as serving or stationed at Venice Florida New Guinea France San Francisco Chasefield Texas and Lincoln Nebraska with furloughs and family mentions.
The Des Moines housing committee of the Iowa postwar rehabilitation commission decided Monday to urge the next legislature to rehabilitate slum areas rather than condemn them. The panel limited its recommendations to incorporated areas and populated districts within three miles of town or city limits.
Don C. Weaver, a school principal, killed three rabbits with one shot while hunting in Dubois Pennsylvania. He fired at a rabbit and, excited, stamped his gun into a bush and killed a second. As he ran toward the first, he stepped on a third rabbit.
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