Italian Fortress Taken by Yanks
American troops captured the hill town of Livergnano ten miles south of Bologna after days of fanatic German defense. US infantry tanks and tank destroyers moved into Livergnano as Germans manned the approaches to the high escarpment guarding Bologna. Frontline German forces remained fiercely resistant and counter-attacked when pressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Livergnano
Bologna
Al- 7
Monay
United States
Daily Record notices and public records update
October 16 1944 itemizes food and fuel ration stamps with validity notes and fines for various offenses including drunkenness speeding and no license. It also records multiple births at St Luke's Mercy and Mercy hospitals with names and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Record
Polio Victim John Hamilton Moves Toward Recovery
John Hamilton eight year old poliomyelitis patient at University hospital Iowa City reported in favorable condition. He is son of Dr and Mrs Henry Hamilton of 127 Cottage Grove avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hamilton
University Hospital
Iowa City
Henry Hamilton
Cottage Grove Avenue
Why were the Scriptures written and what hope in bereavement
The text lists questions about biblical reasons for Scripture and the Christian hope in bereavement. It pairs questions with cited verses Hebrews 6:19 1 John 3:2 3 Titus 2:13 Romans 15:4 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 Proverbs 14:32 to match correct answers.
Death of Former Cedar Rapids Resident Raymond B. Cox
Raymond B. Cox 31 former Cedar Rapids resident and promotion manager of the Minneapolis Star Journal Tribune died in Minneapolis after a two week illness. Born in Montezuma he worked for Ambro advertising and WMT radio before leaving Cedar Rapids two years ago. Survived by wife Margaret and a three week old son, parents Mr and Mrs R A Cox, two Montezuma sisters, and a navy brother Kenneth. Services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Montezuma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond B. Cox
Minneapolis Star Journal Tribune
Cedar Rapids
Minneapolis
Montezuma
Ambro Advertising Agency
WMT
R. A. Cox
Oakland Avenue
Margaret
Carl Ewing
Edward Ammann
Kenneth
Navy
Death of Cedar Rapids resident Benjamin E Britton
Benjamin Everett Britton of Cedar Rapids died at his home after a brief illness. Born November 16, 1873 in Garden Grove Iowa, he married Ossie Ogilvie in 1897 and moved to Cedar Rapids in 1925. He worked at Peter Pan Bakery the past year and a half and was a member of Kenwood Park Presbyterian church. Survived by wife two sons Edgar and Howard a daughter Mrs Arnold Roupe a sister and five grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Turner chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Everett Britton
Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Britton
Garden Grove
Ossie Ogilvie
Guide Rock
Neb
Algona
Peter Pan
Kenwood Park
Services for John E. Sundberg Held Tuesday
John E. Sundberg lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and World War I veteran died at home after a sudden illness. Services conducted at Turner chapel at 4 p.m. Tuesday by Rev. Carl L. Manfred and Mizpah lodge No. 639 A M. Burial at Cedar Memorial Park with American Legion military rites. Master Masons to meet Mizpah lodge at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. Sundberg was active in International Association of Machinists American War Dads. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Sundberg
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Carl L. Manfred
Saron Lutheran Church
Mizpah Lodge No
A. M
Cedar Memorial Park
Hanford
Americas Legion
International Association of Machinists
American War Dads
Mizpah Lodge
Masonic Hall
Charles Fred Koch 52 former Cedar Rapids resident dies in Oakland
Charles Fred Koch aged 52 formerly of Cedar Rapids died in Oakland California on October 13 born September 30 1892 in New York He leaves father Joseph Koch of Cedar Rapids two sisters Frances Steavenson of Sandusky Ohio Bertha Pazour of Cedar Rapids two daughters Yvonne and Gayle of Venice California and several nieces and nephews His mother Rosalie Koch died in 1929 The body will be taken to Barta funeral home in Cedar Rapids funeral announcement to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fred Koch
Cedar Rapids
Oakland
Calif
New York
California
Joseph Koch
Frances Steavenson
Sandusky
Ohio
Bertha Pazour
Yvonne
Gayle
Venice
Rosalie Koch
Barta
Services for Edward Wilson 85 Held at Beatty Chapel
Edward Wilson 85 of 1209 Center Point Road NE died early Saturday. Services will be at Beatty chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at Beatty's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wilson
Center Point Road
Beatty Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Beatty's
Allies Destroy Duisburg and Strike German Targets in Daylight Assaults
Allied air forces including 8 000 British and American planes delivered a 16 800 ton bombardment that devastated Duisburg as a major supply base. RAF and US bombers hit Cologne Mannheim and Dortmund area targets while Lancaster bombers and Mustang escorts attacked the Siegen Wilhelmshaven naval base and a dam near Dortmund. For the German front, air attacks were reported on Salzburg near Hitler's Berchtesgaden villa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Duisburg
Cologne
Manheim
R.A.F
Ens
Dortmuni
RAF
Wilhelmshaven
DNB
Salzburg
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden Villa
New York Times backs Roosevelt in reelection bid
Associated Press reports that The New York Times endorses Roosevelt, noting a Democratic tilt on foreign policy. Other papers split or back Dewey, with Willkie previous support by some, and Senators Bridges and Hill making pointed comments on party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Roosevelt
The
Times
Wendell L. Willkie
Chattanooga Times
Willkie
Dallas
Texas
Morning News
Dewey
Hartford
Hartford, Conn
Tax Millage Increases Across Cedar Rapids Budget 1944 Plan
Scolaro reports 1944 assessments raise total millage by about 1.68 mills across county city and school budgets. City adds 1.22 mills, county levy shifts to 0.60 net after reassessment, and the school district adds 0.60 net, with total levy rising from 39.11 to 40.79 for 1945 payable values. An added 3.4 million in monies and credits could further lower the levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scolaro
County Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Board of Supervisors
Light war tank housed by thousands of components
A light war tank contains about 14,000 individual pieces across its construction. The component count highlights the complexity of armored vehicle engineering.
Gets 5 Years in Theft, to Appeal
John Edgar Johnson of Waterloo was sentenced to up to five years in the Fort Madison penitentiary after a jury found him guilty of larceny. He filed a notice of appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court for the January term, with a $2,500 appeal bond. He was accused of taking $51 from the Montgomery Ward store on June 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edgar Johnson
Waterloo
M. C. Hamiel
Fort Madison
Hamiel
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Johnson
Montgomery Ward and Company
City Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Ceremonies
United Service Aides plan a Wednesday 5 45 am sendoff at Union depot for inductees. Star of Maine circle meets Tuesday 2 pm in Maine hall replacing the reported evening schedule. Crescent lodge No 25 AF and AM gathers Tuesday 730 pm in Masonic hall for fellowcraft work. Red Cross dressings class runs all day Wednesday at the Y M C A in addition to Tue Thu Fri. Ahepa Cedar Rapids No 194 meets Wed 8 pm at St John s Hellenic Orthodox church with Greece liberation discussion. Iowa Consistory centennial opens Tuesday 830 am with fourth degree work through Thursday. Luncheon and dinner daily in the Consistory dining room. Camp Fire speakers address Kenridge mothers Wednesday 130 pm on Bluebird and Camp Fire group formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Surgical
Y.M.C.A
Cedar Rapids
Order of Ahepa
St. John’s
Fifth Street
Greece
Iowa
John Battin
Noel Newell
Kenridge Terrace
Kenridge
Two Hundred Hear Book Night Review At Peoples Church
An audience of 200 attended the opening community book night at Peoples Church on Sunday. Rev Wal demar Argow reviewed Sumner Welles novel A Time for Decision which proposes dividing Germany into three states under Allied supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Church
Waldemar Argow
Sumner Welles
Germany
Mr. Argow
Cedar Rapids
New England
Breakin Attempt At USO Center Fails At Lock
Detectives say burglars failed to crack a double rear door lock at the USO center Sunday night. They forced one lock but could not open the other. no losses inside. The cash register held about $15 and detectives found additional money in an envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO Center
Russians Cut Off Nazis in North Finland
London AP reports the capture of the Arctic port Petsamo and a key road junction near Norway as Soviet forces press north. Pravda calls the highway center the key to Norway and says German divisions were routed after a counter attack. Berlin notes advances into Belgrade and East Prussia in the same briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Finland
Arctic
Petsamo
Red
Pravda
Moscow
Norway
Hungary
Belgrade
Berlin
Tito
East Prussia
Memel
Riga
Men and Women In Service Patriot soldiers and sailors home on leave
Howard L. Bean seaman second class returns after nine months overseas and visits his mother Mrs. Dorothy Church at 117 Second Avenue SW. Pvt. Robert Decker spends a 19 day delay en route to Camp Reynolds with his wife and son and his mother Mrs. C. A. Hoover. David B. Gould seaman second class returns to Great Lakes naval training center after leave with his wife and daughter. Virgil D. Greenwood promoted from corporal to sergeant and transferred from Camp Pickett to an overseas post. Pvt. Leon A. Weber of the marines returns to Camp Lejeune after a 10 day furlough with wife and children. Glen Kerres promoted from second to first lieutenant while stationed in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard L. Bean
Seaman
Dorothy Church
Second ‘Avenue
Robert Decker
Camp Reynolds
Ninth Street
C. A. Hoover
Eighth Avenue
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Wyo
David B. Gould
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Fifth Street
Virgil D. Greenwood
D Avenue
Sgt
Greenwood
Camp Pickett
Pvt
Leon A. Weber
Marines
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Fourteenth Street
Weber
A. N. Weber
Sixteenth Street
Glen Kerres
Italy
Weather turns chilly in eastern Iowa with subfreezing lows
Last night the mercury fell below freezing in eastern Iowa with Cedar Rapids and Iowa City recording a 26 degree low. Shippers are warned to expect minimums around 30 degrees statewide tonight as a cooldown continues. Sunday's Cedar Rapids high reached 62 at 2 to 3 pm while early morning lows hovered in the mid thirties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Chambers
Bricker Defends CIO Relation to GOP Campaigns
Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio asked CIO PAC supporters to back Republican candidates while criticizing CIO as not a political organization. He said he would welcome CIO support though distinguishing the Congress of Industrial Organizations from its Political Action Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Political Action Committee
CIO
Bricker vows to resist CIO PAC election-day pressure
Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio warns in Santa Barbara that CIO PAC efforts to dictate how workers vote will be met with a vote for a free secret ballot. He says union members will show they retain the right to exercise an independent choice on November 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Calif
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
CIO
PAC
Pacific Stricken as Japanese Attacks Intensify
A late Japanese communique claims Tokyo forces intercepted a task force east of the Philippines after Luzon raids. Manila suffered a raid, with one American aircraft carrier sunk and several ships damaged. Nimitz reported light American plane losses in the battle off Formosa and noted continued Japanese counter-attacks near the Third Fleet. Marines on Peleliu island sealed more enemy caves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Luzon
Manila
Tokyo
United States
Nimitz
Formosa
Peleliu
Palaus
Allies hold major German prisoner total in West
Allied forces in the West have captured at least 572185 German prisoners since Dday with 400185 held by the four American armies in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
West
Motorists Urged to Send in B C Gas Rationing Blanks
Motorists whose B and C gasoline rations expired Oct 15 or will expire Nov 1 were urged Monday to submit renewal applications to the ration office by Edward Wise acting chief clerk. Several applications due Oct 15 have not been received. Delays on Nov 1 coupon requests could prevent timely processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wise
Last-Minute Rush for Community War Chest Drive
Wartime fund drive preparations surge as the War Fund office remains busy. Women residential workers received supplies at Friday’s division meeting while men were set to meet at 4 30 pm Monday. Supplies continued to be distributed to businesses under Lucille Buol supervision despite early solicitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Fund
Division
Lucille Buol
U S Civil Service Man To Conduct Interviews
A U S Civil Service Commission representative will visit the U S employment service office at 308 Third Street SE on October 18 and 19 to interview applicants and offer immediate west coast navy yard work. Electricians laborers mechanics welders machinists needed in California and Washington. Do not apply if you are currently in war work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service Commission
U. S. Employment Service Office
Third Street
Navy
California
Washington
MacArthur's Flyers Hit Three Japanese Surface Vessels
Allied airmen destroyed or damaged three more Japanese surface vessels in the Philippines area and conducted new raids against Nipponese oil supply points and airfields in the South Pacific from MacArthur's headquarters in New Guinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
HDQ
New Guinea
INS
Philippines
South— Pacific
Monay
Three Cars In Accident East Of Urbana
Early Sunday three cars collided on the Center Point Urbana road near the Benton Linn line. Injuries included bruises and cuts to several occupants. Floyd Rosekrans and Leo Johnson drove in head on, with other passengers including Cleota Myers Lenape and Stanley Johnson. Total damage about 350 dollars. Clair Strait witnessed the crash while driving toward it and rolled his car down an embankment after swerving to avoid the wreck. Strait was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Benton-Linn County
Center Point-Urbana
Franklin C. Kidwell
M. G. Swordes
Floyd C. Rosekrans
Leo C. Johnson
Route 1
Fairfax
Rosekrans
Cleota Myers
Center Point
Lenape Center Point
Accompanys Johnson
Stanley Johnson
Clair A. Strait
Cente Point
Severa
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Joseph Stanek
Elizabeth Stanek
William C. Garrett
Zillah, Wash
Clyde Perrigo
E Avenue NE
Max Hutchins
Central City
Henry Witt
Dysart
Frank A. Fratcher
Dows Building
Alex Teslow
Seventh Street
John Johnson
Marion
Robert J. Cassel
Twenty-sixth Street
B. L. Edwards
Thirty-fourth Street
Harold Boke
Hubbard Avenue
Floyd Dutoit
Park Avenue SE
F. J. McGillicuddy
E Avenue NW
St. Luke’s
Charles Hibbs
Marengo
Marvin Tharp
Robert
Twelfth Street NE
James Titus
G. R. Smith
Nineteenth Avenue
Otto Bruns
At Mercy
Leo Sonka
Route 2
Leonard McGowan
Harry Jordan
Seventeenth Avenue
Fred Bennett
Sixteenth Avenue
Elmer Adams
Second Street
BIBLE
Christ
P. O. Box
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
C. R
Benjamin E. Britton
Sundberg Services
Charles F. Koch
Wilson Services
Third Avenue
Associated Press
Elbert J. Rasnake
France
City Briefs
United Service Aides
Union Depot
Star of Maine Circle
Maine Hall
Gazette
Crescent Lodge
Pacific
Per Schollsee
J. C. Landenberger
Optometrist
U.S. Civil Service
Norito
Aga
Craemer
Craemer’s
Moen Funeral Home
First Avenue
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