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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1944
Page
2
War era notices list food and fuel stamp expirations and validity details across various stamp books. Also recorded are traffic penalties for drunkenness and parking offenses, plus several birth announcements and military family news from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
A jury with foreman Mrs Georgia J Colbert found John Edgar Johnson of Waterloo guilty of larceny in Judge M C Hamiel’s court. The $51 cash drawer theft occurred at Montgomery Ward on June 29. Johnson faces a ten day window to file a motion for a new trial with a hearing set for October 16 at 9 am.
Former New York Governor Alfred E. Smith aged 70 is described as gravely sick by his personal physician Dr. Raymond P. Sullivan. The doctor noted conditions were better than Saturday but still serious as of late Monday.
Allied forces under General Clark push north through Italy and reach 17 miles from Bologna after seizing Monghidoro on the Florence highway. They press the Gothic Line defenses despite rain and Nazi counterattacks, with Carsaglia near Imola as the farthest point reached.
In Pittsburgh on Oct 19 1952 Governor Bricker urged reducing federal spending by 25 percent through reorganizing departments cutting functions and eliminating agencies. He cited 560000 wartime era federal workers rising to over 900000 by 1939 and claimed 300000 could be dropped saving 700 million yearly. He pressed civil service reforms tighter job assignments and nonpartisan service. He also warned of political misuse of federal employees.
Dickins, a El Paso native, describes self defense after a group challenged him and others at the Statler during a naval officers dance. Duff and a Navy shore patrol recount calm police handling and a tense upstairs situation following a Roosevelt appearance.
Gerald F. Tickal age 37 of 13139 Third Street SW pled innocent in Judge Hamiel's court to operating while intoxicated. Bond set at 500 dollars. Tickal was arrested by Marion police Monday evening on a Marion street near the Highway Patrol stop and taken to Linn County jail.
Thomas Henry Park proprietor of Park Auto Machine shop at 120 Second Street SW and World War I veteran died after a lingering illness. Born June 2 1873 in King Illinois he lived in Cedar Rapids 52 years. Survived by wife Isabel Kennedy two grandchildren and other relatives. Services by Dr Charles J Bready at Moon chapel set for 2 p.m. Thursday with visitation available.
Ruby Ethel Stookey wife of Conrad L. Stookey longtime La Rapids resident died at the family home Monday at 5 20 p m She was born November 10 1886 in Pike county Illinois married October 8 1907 in Cedar Rapids Survived by husband two sons Norman W Stookey and Wayne Stookey mother Mary Phillips brother Rollo Ralph Carnes two grandchildren Sheryl Grace and Maryn Naomi Stookey and members of St Pauls Methodist Church O E S services will be held Tur ner chapel at 2 p m Wednesday Dr Charles J Bready will officiate burial Cedar Memorial park Friends may call at the chapel
Funeral services are set for Mrs Berthine Kleppe at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Polansky funeral chapel with Rev E Valen of Norway Lutheran church officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran cemetery at Norway. Friends may call at the chapel.
The Rainbow Division Association will act as pallbearers at the funeral service. Contact Janeba Funeral Home for arrangements.
Philip M. Listebarger 48 of 1619 Third Street SW Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 12 20 am after a long illness He born May 27 1896 A car supply man he worked for Penick and Ford last six years A life member and elder of First Presbyterian Church He was married to Alva Elam since July 29 1915 Surviving are wife two daughters Mrs Rachel McCrory Oak Lawn Illinois and Mrs Geneva Beane San Diego California a son Earl Listebarger a navy shipfitter and two grandchildren in San Diego The body is at the Barta chapel Funeral plans to be announced.
Anton Jir kovsky, 89, dies Saturday at Hines Veterans Hospital in Illinois. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Janeba Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Milo Filipi. Burial in Bohemian National Cemetery with Hanford Post American Legion handling military rites.
Funeral services for Mrs. Michael Koval Jr of 1129 Second Street SW are set for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. A Rosary will be recited by Rev. D. G. Peters at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Janeba Funeral Home, where friends may call. Besides survivors listed previously, a brother Daniel Gene Whalen of Burlington is noted.
Services for Mrs. Anna M. Beck former Solon postmaster 1914 to 1935 who died in an Iowa City nursing home Monday morning will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at the Solon Methodist church. Burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery at Solon.
The Federal Works agency approved an additional $7,498 for Cedar Rapids Child Care centers. Superintendent Arthur Deamer says the allotment covers October 31 through June 1945 for centers at Sunshine Mission Tyler Van Buren and Fillmore schools.
Dean Chester A. Phillips of the University of Iowa College of Commerce will address the Collins Radio Technical Association ladies night at the Chamber of Commerce building Tuesday evening. A dinner at 6 15 p m precedes the talk on An Economist s Postwar Prospective with entertainment by Pearona r Delona navy school and Jack Mordorst ac will provide.
Naval leaders and the secretary of the navy held a strategy conference in San Francisco to plan new attacks against Japan. Admiral Ernest J. King and staff joined Pacific area officers along with Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Admiral Raymond A. Spruance and their staffs.
Allied units push south and east across the Siegfried line. U S Third Army attacks Fort Driant near Metz after heavy shelling while First Army fights through pillboxes north of Aachen. Patton's Third Army nears Trier and the Seventh Army advances toward Belfort as German reserves surge. The outlook favors a hard, prolonged winter campaign with tough defense and limited progress at some fronts.
Austin Hartford, the 82 year old lord mayor of Liver pool, died Tuesday AP reports.
Ta Kung Pao denounces Churchill’s label lavish aid as inadequate arguing lend-lease accounted for only one to two percent of Allied support. It recalls China's prewar isolation and Burma road closures, cites losses of 50 000 to 60 000 troops, and faults Allied strategy for shifting burden to China after Pearl Harbor.
Eleanor Roosevelt says voters choose candidates by beliefs, not by her presence. She notes living in the White House 11 years has built friendships but does not see herself as a campaign factor. She would accompany the President on trips if invited, and just returned from Hyde Park, New York.
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