War time ration notices and local births from Oct 7 1944
The Daily Record notes ration book expirations and extensions for meat red stamps fuel oil gas and sugar Blue stamps and shoe stamps metrics. It also lists traffic fines including drunken and disturbing the peace and various speeding and accident violations. Birth announcements include At Mercy and At St Luke's with several families named and addresses. A Texas birth reports Lt Ray J Smart and Mrs Smart, linking to the families of Jerry Zedja and Chris Behrens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's
E. H Files
Eighteenth Street
Harry Reggentin
B Avenue NW
and Mirs Anthony Andrie
Fifteenth Street NW
Kenneth Horton
Laredo
Texas
Ray J. Smart
Smart
Allied Front Bloodied as German Counterattacks Persist
Allied forces report mixed gains with the Seventh Army advancing near Le Thillot and Belfort while German counterattacks push back along the southern front. Canadians push along Leopold canal and reach Beveland and Walcheren approaches as British, German forces clash near Nijmegen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine
Sivry
Nancy
Seventh Army
Vosges
Alexander M. Patch
le Thillot
Belfort
Leopold Canal
Antwerp
Beveland
Walcheren
Nijmegen
Waal
Japan Shipping In East Indies Again Hit By Allied Air
Allied communique reports four enemy ships sunk or damaged in the Dutch East Indies with losses in Celebes Ambonia and Balikpapan. Air raids destroyed grounded aircraft and damaged oil facilities as Liberators struck Kita island in the Kuriles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
New Guinea
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Celebes-Ambonia
Southwest Pacific
Celebes
Solomons
Balikpapan
Dutch Borneo
Kita Island
Kuriles
Tokyo
Military personnel news from Boston to Italy in service
Navy and Marine service listings include Charles R. Hofmaster returning to Boston after emergency leave. Sidney Schweitzer reporting to Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Lt. Roland A. Darsee hospitalized in Staten Island after Italy service. Nadine and Margy Kennedy promoted to corporal in San Francisco. Sgt. E B Moubry promoted in Italy. Paul F. Beers promoted to corporal in France with Good Conduct medal. Milton B. Chase to radio school in Madison. R. D. Spooner promoted to pharmacist’s mate at Oak Knoll. other transfers and promotions noted for families in Iowa and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Hofmaster
Boston
Mass
E Avenue NW
Hofmaster
North Atlantic
Sidney Schweitzer
John Schweitzer
First Avenue
Great Lakes
Naval Training Center
Set. W. L
BI McVay
France
Robert
Billie
Ann
L Street
Nadine
Margy Kennedy
Women’s Marine Corps
San Francisco
Calif
F. W. Kennedy
Wilson Avenue
E. B. Moubry
Cliff Moubry
Shellsburg
Moubry
Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
Riverside
Paul F. Beers
Combat Engineers
F. A Beers
Twelfth Avenue
Roland A. Darsee
Carl Butterfield
Maplewood Drive
Staten Island
N. Y
Galesburg
Ill
Milton B. Chase
Seaman
Madison
Wis
Harold E. Pound
R. D. Spooner
Spooner
Oak Knoll Navy Hospital
Oakland
Cardinals Take Early Lead In Win Over Browns
In St Louis the Cardinals built a 4-0 advantage by the fourth inning after Musial launched a first inning homer and a two-run third. The Browns managed no runs through four frames as Brecheen pitched, while Hollingsworth relieved later for St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Cardinals
Browns
Musial
Gutteridge
Litwhiler
Hopp
Cooper
Jakucki
McQuinn
Sanders
Kreevich
Moore
Stephens
Marion
Kurowski
Verban
Laabs
Christman
Bud Byerly
Cardinal
Hayworth
Brecheen
al Hollingsworth
W. Cooper
W Cooper
Clary
Hollingsworth
Fair Trial Hangs on Tennessee Evidence Says Judge
Judge Thompson concludes that Tennessee must provide Holland a fair trial for the charged offense. Linn county’s duty is to consider the habeas corpus case. He finds the affidavit sufficient but urges Tennessee authorities to improve accuracy. Time not stated in the affidavit is not essential to prove guilt under current law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Tennessee
Holland
Linn County
Eastern Iowa War Casualties and Administrative Notices
Pvt William D Dalton 23 of Manchester killed in action in Europe. Alma Flaherty learns her son Donald, previously missing in France, is a prisoner of war. Notices include appointment of administrator for Duane M Zimmerman estate Linn County and probate of Maurine A Chapman will Cedar Rapids Court hearing set October 7 1944. Classified legal notices list clerks Arthur Axme ar and local attorneys Sargent Spangler and Hines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Alma Flaherty
Donald
France
Iowa
Linn County
Duane M. Zimmerman
Jows
Samuel D. Zimmerman
Carl Hendrickson
State of Iowa
Maurine Alfen Chapman
Tounty
Cone Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Report of Condition for UNITED STATE BANK
Report of Condition for UNITED STATE BANK Cedar Rapids Linn County shows total assets 9 419 296 87 and total deposits 2 271 838 25. Capital accounts list 60 000 00 common stock 50 000 00 surplus undivided profits 71 107 26 and contingencies reserve 5 284 20. Directors L Prochase and Charles Kriz sign with notary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Pochobradsky
Charles Kriz
al Gchaska
al Pochobradsky, JR
Fourth Anamosa Escapee Guilty On Assault Count
Special to The Gazette Anamosa Iowa Steve Ratcliff member of the quartet of prisoners who participated in a New Year break from the state reformatory was found guilty of assault with intent to commit murder by a Jones county district court jury. Judge Floyd Philbrick said sentence will be passed Monday on Ratcliff and the other three escapees Ralph Cassidy John Bryl and Frank Brown. Bryl Brown and Cassidy have respective verdicts on assault with intent to commit murder and assault with intent to commit manslaughter and the escapees were captured within hours of the break in. Jurors were from Anamosa Monticello Wyoming Oxford Junction and Onslow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Brown
Cassidy
Ratcliff
Bryl
Reformatory
L. J Womachka
Grant Eilers
Lou Freeman
Lon Beem
Floyd Groth
Olin
Mina Mitchell
Mayme Pospishil
Martelle
Edith Russell
Robert Livingstone
Clarence Healy
Bessie Embree
Anamosa
Chris Decker
Mary Gesse
Monticello
Albert Buck
Wyoming
Mary Carol Hundwardson
Oxford Junction
Imogene Briggs
Onslow
Revival services and community notices in Des Moines area
Rev Mrs S E Dooty will lead a revival at West Des Moines Church of God starting Sunday for Rev R Adrian Miller. Evangelist Harold Chasteen of Dean Avenue Church of Christ appears on KSO Sunday 9 30 to 9 45. Mrs Merle Finley reports five chickens stolen from her Cedar Rapids area coop Thursday or night. C C Smith arrived in Cedar Rapids from Los Angeles for a two week visit. He is brother of Mrs Robert Sadilek. Sunshine Mission leaders attend Iowa district meeting in Dubuque. Grace Vander Plog of Pacific Garden Mission Chicago leads Missionary Workers of Chicago returning to Cedar Rapids with the Wards Monday. Scout commissioners from seven cities meet in Iowa City to discuss relations to troops and packs. 15 Waubeek commissioners join the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Dooty
Ellis Park
Harold Chasteen
Dean Avenue Church of Christ of
C. C. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Robert Sadilek
D Avenue
Frank H. Ward
Sunshine Mission
International Union of Gospel Missions
Dubuque
Grace Vander Plog
Pacific Garden Mission
Chicago
Missionary Workers of Chicago
Ottumwa
Burlington
Davenport
Clinton
Iowa City
Waubeek
Cedar Rapids Gazette Establishment and imprint details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company and published daily and Sunday at 500 Srd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It carried Associated Press United Press International wire services and listed subscription rates for various delivery options across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette Company
Srd Ave
Iowa
Senoy
Cedar Rap
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Ee Ae Ee
Y M C A Membership Drive Reaches 31 Percent of Goal
The 4 H annual roundup reports 31 percent of the goal achieved at Friday night’s meeting. Boss Cliff Jordan lauds members Estes Isett Knapp Klouda McLean Olerich Fickinger for success while promising more rope slinging before Tuesday feeding time. Crews trail with 43 percent Powder River 29 percent Lightning Creek 18 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Jordan
Charles Estes
Don Isett
Russell Knapp
Ed Klouda
Norton McLean
Eldon Olerich
George Fickinger
Bill Cormack
Thunder Canyon
Lee Winterberg
Flying Y
Ira
Carruthers
Powder River
al Keyes
Lightning Creek
Parole Fate Centered On 1943 Linn County Crash Case
Indicted for manslaughter, Chadd pleaded guilty on March 2 1948 and began serving a 1943 sentence from Judge J E Heiserman. Board records show leniency support from Mrs J L Blickle and Linn County officials. Conklin seeks $10,000 civil damages. Chadd’s crash involved Lt Blickle’s car near Cedar Rapids on Draport curve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J L. Blckle
Ironton
Ohio
Navy
Cedar Rapids
J. E. Heiserman
Chadd
Linn County
Jim Smith
Carl Hendrickson
Heiserman
Extra Million Requested by State Groups
Des Moines AP reports state departments seek 18 680 420 annually for the 1945 47 biennium starting July 1, totaling 1 332 182 more than the 1943 45 appropriations. Some agencies had not filed. safety and board of control seek larger sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Fred Porter
Board of Control, Conservation Commission
Insurance Commission, Social Welfare and Vocational Education
Department of Public Safety
State Patrol
Board of Control
Institutions
Governor's Office
Commerce Commission
Treasurer of State
Board of Education
Murch and Davis Death Notices From Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Frank Murch widow of Rev Frank Bell Murch dies at 1065 B Avenue NE after long illness. Survived by daughter Helen Murch three sons James C Wilfred Frank and others and six grandchildren. Services Monday at Turner chapel with burial Cedar Memorial park. Frank W Davis dies at 316 Ninth Street NW with service Monday at Barta chapel and Cedar Memorial park. Also noted are Dixie Lee Bowen infant and Richard Lee Coberly 22 day old death with private services and Cedar Memorial burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Lucinda Murch
Frank Bell Murch
Helen M. Murch
Polk School
B Avenue NE
Murch
Mt. Perry
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Providence
R. I
Miss Murch
James C
Norristown
Wilfred M
Midland
Mich
Frank M Murch
Omaha
Neb
Grande Avenue
United Presbyterian Church
Turner Chapel
H. K Galloway
Cedar Memorial Park
Frank W. Davis
Ninth Street NW
Barta Chapel
I. E. Linkletter
Second Christian Church
Floyd Davis
Dixon
Richard Lee Coberly
Arnold Coberly
Shellsburg
G. W. Coberly
Lawrence Mason
Marion
Moon Chapel
Cedar Memorial, Park
Death of Palo gas station operator Truman Packingham
Truman Henry Packingham died at Cedar Rapids hospital at 10 15 p m Friday after a long illness. He was born March 9 1876 in Losantville Illinois and married Eva Swallom February 5 1902 in Chillicothe. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Harley Burt and Mrs Gerald Bull both of Palo five sons Charles Henry Harold L Earl Howard Raymond both of Palo and Howard Melvin in the navy a sister Mrs Minnie B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Henry Packingham
Palo
Cedar Rapids
Lostant
Ill
Eva Swallom
Chillicothe, Sr
Harley Burt
Gerald Bull
Charles Henry
Harold L
Report of Condition for ALBURNETT STATE BANK
Bank officials certify the listed financial items as of the report date. The balance sheet shows cash items, United States Government securities, loans, furniture and fixtures, deposits, and capital accounts totaling 865,231.81. Signatures of J. Dolan, Charlotte Pile, and others attest to the accuracy and truth of the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alburnette
Limber
United States
Bankington
Sheek
Dolan
Gaatter
Ana Charlotte
Pile
Cashier
Charlotte
Mom Bernat
Palo chapel service for Vincent of White and relatives
Vincent of White S D a brother Leonard A Packingham of Beardsley Minn and 4 grandchildren. Services will be held in the Palo Methodist church at 2 p m Monday with Rev C W Harrop of Cedar Rapids officiating Burial will be in Palo cemetery Friends may call at Turner chapel until 10 30 a m Monday.
Obituary: D Harman Oliver 79 Cedar Rapids Rock Island veteran
D Harman Oliver 79 of 1803 N Street SW died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 10 50 p m Friday after two months illness He was born in Linn county near Bertram July 16 1885 Services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Brosh funeral home Solon Burial in Oak Hill cemetery Solon Friends may call at Brosh Cedar Rapids until Monday afternoon and then at Brosh Solon facility
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver, D. Harman
N Street
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Bertram
Brosh
Solon
Oak Hill Cemetery
Four Damage Suits Dismissed in Waukon Court
Four damage suits arising from the Sept 17 1942 Cherry Valley road auto crash near Waukon were dismissed or settled. The Willard Martin estate won 3250 against Fred Zimmerman, Harnass of French Creek township received 400, and the William Tomson estate was awarded 1000. Zimmerman vs American Farmers Mutual Insurance was dismissed without settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allama‘kee
Cherry Valley
Willard Martin
Fred Zimmerman
Larness
French Creek
William Tomson
Zimmerman
American Farmer's Mutual Insurance Company
Brashares Installed as Des Moines Methodist Bishop
Bishop Charles Wesley Brashares, 53, installed at First Methodist in Des Moines in a candle lit ceremony attended by about 500 ministers and laymen from across the area. He was elected at the North Central Jurisdiction Conference in Minneapolis and comes from Ann Arbor Michigan where he led the First Methodist Church. He succeeds Bishop J Ralph Magee, now bishop in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
First Methodist Church
Charles Wesley Brashares
Methodist Church
Friay
Brashares
Minneapolis
Pedestrian Brushed by Car Injures Slightly
Dr. L. B. Gray seventy two of 1423 Bever avenue SE was brushed Friday by a car driven by Calvin R. Taylor of Malcolm who said the sun blinded him as he turned onto Third avenue SE from Tenth street Taylor took Gray to St Luke s hospital where he was discharged Friday afternoon Taylor was fined two dollars and costs in traffic court for failing to yield to a pedestrian John Arnold of 118 Fifth street SW reported a driver who did not stop sideswiped his car Friday while he was driving north on First street SW between Sixth and Seventh avenues
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Gray
Bever Avenue
Calvin R. Taylor
Malcolm
Third Avenue
Tenth Street
Taylor
Dr. Gray
St. Luke's Hospital
John Arnold
Fifth Street
First Street
Sixth and
Seventh Avenues
Dewey Campaign Speech Highlighted by West Virginia Stop
Governor Thomas E. Dewey will address the Charlestion Municipal Auditorium at 8 45 p m Saturday via CBS and WMT with Walter Hallanan introducing. Kenny Baker will host Dorothy Lamour at 7 p m on CBS and WBBM with Robert Armbruster leading the orchestra. The Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky returns for a season at 7 30 p m on Blue and KXEL with Beethoven s Eroica dedication to UN heroes. Frank Sinatra and Your Hit Parade top songs air at 8 p m on CBS and WMT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Dewey
CBS
WMT
Municipal Auditorium
Charleston
W. Va
Walter
Hallanan
West Virginia
Kenny Baker
Dorothy Lamour
WBBM
Robert Armbruster
Ken Niles
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Serge Koussevitzky
Beethoven
United Nations
Your Hit Parade
America
Rudy Vallee
Wbbm Consequences
Boston Symphony
Chicago Theater
WGN National
Thomas Dewey
Guy Lombardo
Barry Wood
Herbert Marshall
Radio Program Hour by Hour Sunday Oct 7 1944 Listings
Hour by hour radio schedule from KXEL WGN WMT WHO and others covers afternoon to late evening with programs like News Quia Surnival Extle and First Nighter. highlights include Arthur Hale, Cisco Kid, Spotlight, Parade News and a long array of music, drama, and church service segments across stations in the Midwest on Sunday October 7, 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zvening
WMT
T’n
Vahiee
Ed McConnell
WGN
Gross
Als
Kxel le Olend
Bowe
Extle
KXEEL
Mulent
Edie
Rudy Allee
Arthur Hale
Muals
Cisco Kid
Boston
Chi
Thos
Dewey Win
Exel Gompardo
Grant
Fielding
Nelson
KXEL
WGN Magic
Bas
Kaye OG
SWGN
Church of
WGN World
E. Barryme
Ows
P.m
Dick Brown
Seer
Riley
Austin
Foster
Maine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Record
Carl Solbrig
Ellis Noggle
William Lamar
Raymond John Dick
Cass Lake
Minn
Charles Koranda
Eighteenth Avenue SW
Jim J. Hull
C Avenue NW
Ogden Lumber Company
Horton
Crescent Street
Bernadine Novotny
Shirley McGowan
Twentieth Avenue St
T R. McNeal
Lyle Anderson
Seventh Street SE
Lyle E. Retz
Ryan
Malcom
Lyle K. Anderson
Henry B Everett
Lucy Burkart
Dale D. Davis
Doris Lodenia Cook
Rollie Norton
Belle Plaine
Flossie A Munger
Russell Gallagher
Evelyn Triebel
Henry Mader
Annie Eichoff
Mercy
Gerald Nebergall
Tipton
William Wozenilek
Fourteenth Avenue SE
East Indies
Evangelist
Mother
Aimee Semple McPherson
Foursquare Gospel Tabernacle
Manchester
William D. Dalton
Thomas Dalton
War Department
Masonville
Dalton
Manchester High School
Federal Fish Hatchery
Clare Smith
Doran
Ralph
Savage
Arthur
Axmear
Cote Sargent
Spangler and
Hines
United State Bank
Iowan
Kc Us
City Briefs
Merle Finley
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Allen-Klapp Company
Mid Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Yorks
New Center
Detroit
Media Records
A.N
Lidity
OHA Chase Times
Leonard Hallquist
Victor Hallquist
Hallquist
Donald Gardner
England
Frank Murch
Davis Services
Bowen Infant
Dixie Lee Bowen
Robert Bowen
Seventh Avenue
Jave
Perman M. Bowen
Cedar ‘Rapids
Peter Wyjack
Rohn
Rodney C. Gould
Linwood Cemetery
Rohn Funeral Home
Coberly
Truman H. Packingham
Alburnett State Bank
Oliver D. Harman
C. W. Brashares
Radio
Joan Davis
Nadine Subotnik
Dan Davis
Film Comedienne
Rudy
Coast Guard
NBC
WHO
Frank de Vol
Edith Gwynn
Les Paul
Cathy Lewis
Miss Webster
Frank Sinatra
Joan Edwards
Mark Marnow
Lyn Murray
The
Handsome Ray Milland
Patsy Kelly
WMAQ
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Gen. Wainwright
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Theodore Roosvelt, Jr
Wacs
Axel Batiileh
Whem Tons Wen
Blu
WNTF
Garle
Tio
Bitsy
Kelly
Hutchens
Kaksel O
Horning
Christian Hr
Piersch
Adams
Christ
Lesson
Charles E. Fuller
Oas Ces
RAY. Milland
Barry Woop
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