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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1944
Page
2
Ration details list Meat-Red and Foods-Blue stamps with validity dates and coupon counts. Sugar and fuel oil notes update through 1945 while new airplane shoe stamps apply to book No 3. Local notices include divorces, fines for traffic violations, and two fires with causes undetermined. Births listed at St. Luke's Blairstown Mercy and Rockford road addresses.
The 10 day search for Navy Lt William K Tralle ended when his body was found floating near the Liberty ship tied to a Los Angeles harbor pier. Police and navy authorities identified the body and ruled the death as self-inflicted, based on marks on the gunnery officer.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told Commons that British armies will have sufficient ammunition for upcoming battles if factory workers maintain output. He cited major expansions in shell production over the last nine months in response to a question from Captain Leonard Gammars of the Conservatives.
Soviet and puppet state forces report heavy snowfall and sleet delaying the advance as Red troops widen their line along a 75 mile front from Dukla to the Hungarian frontier. Soviet bulletins claim 50 additional hamlets captured in Slovakia while assaults threaten Presov and Kassa as Petrov’s Fourth Ukraine army pushes toward Dukla pass.
The county reports a $1 250 000 quota with $92 748 75 raised to date. Cedar Rapids accounts for $1 074 511 50 of Monday sales while $57 155 comes from the county remainder. George H Oram of the Order of Railway Conductors invested $750 000 in war bonds, boosting the drive. The OA RC has now invested $3 541 000 in war bonds and $250 000 in Canadian Victory bonds. Scout canvassing yielded only $25 000 pledges after two days, though organizers expect improvement as the drive continues.
The $14 billion sixth war loan drive targets $5 billion from individuals through Dec 16. In week one, individual purchases reached $810.9 million, with $481 million in E bonds, about 20 percent of the $2.5 billion E bond goal.
Clyde Perrigo charged with assault and battery after allegedly striking Dora Lee Dulin at Foxhead tavern. He gave a hotel address when arrested for intoxication and received a continuance at arraignment before Judge Ball. He is to plead at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
A government white paper details Britain producing 102000 aircraft and 25000 tanks while suffering nearly 700000 civilian and military casualties in five years. It notes munitions workers accounting for 70 percent of war materials, and total armed forces at 4.5 million with extensive civilian losses and merchant seamen casualties.
AP reports Allied and neutral merchant losses from the war totaled 5758 vessels, 22,161,000 gross tons. United States losses were 753 ships totaling 3,311,000 gross tons, while US construction reached about 30,000,000 dead weight tons.
Ballots are in the mail for the election of four new executive council members of the unnamed bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. Nominating committee selected eight candidates I R Brooks C G Davis O J Elsenbast Willard Gibbs Howard Kenyon O I Lentz G M Ottsen and George Zacar. Top three vote recipients will serve two years. fourth fills the remaining one year term. Incumbents Henry Gundhing 4 J Nilles and J Willard Shrader are listed as serving.
Alvin F. Dye 52 of 129 Fourteenth avenue SE Cedar Rapids shot himself with a 12 gauge in his car at about 3 15 p m Monday The death was instantaneous A box of shotgun shells with one missing was found in the vehicle Dye a World War I veteran and former Blairstown resident is survived by several siblings and nieces and nephews The body was moved from Monahan to Brown funeral homes with services planned at Moon chapel Irwin Iowa Creston Illinois burial in Woodlawn cemetery
Services for George Buchan state secretary of the Travelers Protective Association who died suddenly at his home 612 First Avenue NE will be conducted by Rev George Stauffacher at Moon Chapel Wednesday at 11 am Burial will be in Memorial Cemetery at Waterloo Friends may call at the chapel
James F. Toomey died early Sunday. Services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick's church with Rev. D. J. Lenihan officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's at Parnell. The body was moved from Teahen funeral home to the Toomey home at 112 Sixth Street SW where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Mrs. Alice Irvin Norris 80 widow of Frank Norris died at her daughter Mrs Charles J Smith 373 Seventeenth street SE early Monday. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Beatty chapel with Rev H K Galloway officiating.
Dr Marion H Williams will conduct services in the Moon chapel on Wednesday at 3 30 p m for LeRoy E Brook. Burial is in Mt Clark cemetery Central City with military honors by the American Legion. Friends may call at the chapel.
Nellie Miller Knapp died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 4 15 p m following a brief illness Born August 1 1868 in Marengo Illinois she moved to Cedar Rapids from Vinton in 1924 She was a member of St Pauls Methodist church and the Royal Neighbors Her husband preceded her in death Surviving are three sons Ralph E Miller of Sputilia Indiana Roy H and Earl H of Cedarids
Mrs. Mary Wilson aged 88 died at her daughter Mrs. Lorena W. Williams home at 330 Twenty fourth street NE on Tuesday at 11 55 am. Services to be held in Turner chapel at a later time. Flowers requested to be omitted.
A Royal Air Force assault of 750 bombers targeted Neuss and Freiburg and other Rhine rail hubs, while a Mosquito diversion attacked Berlin. Earlier raids breached Mitte and Dortmund-Ems canals, choking water traffic to the western front. US fighters shot down many German planes. 13 American aircraft were lost.
In Chicago at the Harris theater a prop man faced a cigaret shortage during a mystery comedy. About 20 cigarets were smoked, eight in the final act, after a thief nabbed the prop man’s ciggie-maker in the second act. He begged patrons in the intermission lobby for smokes and received them for the third act.
Emil Stodola of Pale was fined 100 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty in Judge G K Thompsons court to making a false statement in a claim for refund of a motor vehicle license fee. Iowa law prohibits refunds on fuel purchases made more than 90 days before filing. The case states he bought gas more than 90 days prior to the refund request.
Five winners of the Thanksgiving vacation games tournaments were announced Tuesday by Bill Bus. Bot Feiden won junior table tennis, James Silliman claimed cadet table tennis, Gene Beck was checkers champion, and George Spielman led billiards in the prep division. Howard...
Capt. John Gillespie, 27, of Sigourney, Iowa, returns home on 45 day leave after escaping a torpedoed Japanese transport during World War II. He endures the 96 mile April 1942 death march with malaria, weight loss from 150 to 80 pounds, and two hours afloat before reaching Mindanao.
Karen and Kay White alias Julie and Joan Smith of Sigourney were fined 100 dollars plus costs in Justice H R Churchill's court for defrauding Hotel Roosevelt. Each had 50 dollars and costs due with remaining 50 dollars suspended. Arrested by Harlan Snyder.
The District Court of Cedar County announces a hearing on the last will and testament of Edward Brockman deceased. R S Milner, attorney, petitions for proof and admission of the will in the court.
Washington dispatch reports that Army and Navy Journal analysis suggests Admiral Kimmel and General Short would likely beat trial for Pearl Harbor blame. Roberts committee findings and legal opinions imply limited chances of conviction due to statute of limitations and diffuse responsibility.
The AFL voted to ignore CIO and UMW opposition and renew efforts to unite the two organizations. Delegates after William Green offered to resign as needed to restore labor solidarity, signaling a sustained merger push.
The American Federation of Labor adopted a resolution urging Congress to establish a 30 hour week after the war to spread employment and ease production tensions. The report cited technical advances and rising output causing worker burnout and claimed the move is justifiable in war’s end. AFL President William Green rejected attending an international conference but urged global labor unity to preserve peace.
Nevada judge affirms Doris Duke Cromwell concedes New Jersey decree granting divorce from James Cromwell was not fraudulently obtained. Court finds Washoe county had jurisdiction and that Doris became Nevada domiciled in good faith after mutual separation due to alleged cruelty.
President Roosevelt proposed a $75.9 million appropriation to aid postwar job planning. The funds would flow to the Federal Works Agency to provide advances and loans to states counties and municipalities for reconversion and public works planning covering about $1.516 billion in anticipated construction.
The National Safety Council urged parents to choose age appropriate gifts and inspect toys for hazards. Avoid sharp or electrical items for young children and ensure toys and cords are in good condition. For infants, select oversized safe toys and washable colors to prevent choking or poisoning risks.
The OPA filed suits Tuesday seeking nearly five million dollars in treble damages against 37 New York meat concerns alleged to have set black market prices for corned beef and tongue in delicatessens nationwide.
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