Germans Broaden Prussia Drive On Eastern Front
AP reporting that Germany says Russians invaded East Prussia and extended a Baltic offensive to Schirwindt, with Virbalis abandoned after defense. Soviet forces push near Memel and Ventspils, while heavy fighting drives Germans from most of Belgrade. Tito claims routing from all but two districts.
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London
Germany
East Prussia
Baltic States
Schirwindt
Reich
Moscow
Virbalis
Junkers
East Prussian
Kalvarija
Ernst von Hammer
Lithuania
Schurwindt
Insterburg
Konigsberg
Baltic
Memel
Suwalki Triangle
Poland
Ivan D. Cherniakovsky
Riga
Latvia
Ventspils
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Classified Notices and Public Records Mixed Listing
The page lists ration stamps and coupons with validity dates. divorce decree note. street and city residents fined for traffic offenses. births announced from St Luke's Mercy Manchester and other locations. military connections and addresses. and local public notices across Cedar Rapids Marion Mt Vernon and nearby areas.
State Welfare Reports Higher Old Age Aid Spending in 1944
The Iowa Department of Social Welfare told Gov. Hickenlooper that old age assistance cost $16,877,031 in the year ended June 30, 1944, up 13.8 percent from the prior year. Increased relative support and soldiers allotments, plus removal of a $25 maximum, boosted payments from $23.56 to $28.40 in June 1944. Blind payments totaled $538,772, $14,583 above the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Department of Social Welfare
B. B. Hickenlooper
Department
Riverside Flyer Is Home on Leave
First Lt. August G. Kern is home on leave after 18 months in the China Burma India theater. The B 24 Liberator pilot has completed 49 missions and wears the Distinguished Flying Cross with an Oak Leaf cluster. He is the son of Mrs Opal Kern of Riverside. His brother Kenneth Kern is in the army in England.
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Riverside
August G. Kern
China- Burma India
Opal Kern
Kenneth Kern
England
Collins Lends Help to OPA in War Ration Effort
Collins Radio of Cedar Rapids donated the time of over 30 employees to Linn county ration board in September totaling 1 814% man hours. The Des Moines district OPA praised unpaid helpers for 29 938 hours in 64 counties, highlighting a strong public commitment to maintain rationing and price levels during the war. War price and rationing board members totaled 19 000 hours, with volunteers contributing about 2 500 hours amid peak loads.
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the Gazette
Des Moines
Collins Radio Company
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
City Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Enlistments
Chamber of Commerce purchasing agents meet Thursday at the Montrose hotel for general discussion. A rummage sale is planned Thursday by Arthur P.T.A. at 122 lst. Ave. Dorothy Irene Corcoran and Ethel Elizabeth Myers enlist in WAVES through Cedar Rapids office. Rev. Chester Ainsworth speaks tonight at Sunshine Mission as part of its forty-ninth anniversary week, with a 7:30 service and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Montrose Hotel
Dorothy Irene Corcoran
First Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Ethel Elizabeth Myers
Marengo
Chester Ainsworth
Sunshine Mission
Soldier recounts Yugoslavia to Italy parachute mission
Lt. Richard Sheehy told a McKinley high school assembly about his three month journey from a parachute drop over Yugoslavia to an Italian base. Tech. Sgt. Charles Vejda spoke next about returning from England after crash in France and earning the Purple Heart.
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Richard Sheehy
United States
McKinley High School
Yugoslavia
Italy
Charles Vejda
England
France
Boy Scout Troop 8 Elects Officers at Kenwood School
Norman Buck becomes senior patrol leader with Van Coleman as scribe and Jack Pope as librarian. Patrol leaders are we Maloney Don Scott and Harry Stewart. Assistant patrol leaders are Dick Byron Houston Rogers and Larry Roach. George Makar is scout master with Gerald Byron as assistant and Ray Roach as junior assistant scoutmaster. Sponsored by the Kenwood Parent Teachers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Troop
Kenwood School
Norman Buck
van Coleman
Jack Pope
We Maloney
Don Scott
Harry Stewart
Dick Byron
Houston Rogers
Larry Roach
Kenwood Parent Teachers Association
George Makar
Gerald Byron
Ray Roach
No More Refugees to Come to U. S
Washington News War Refugee Board director John W. Pehle said no further refugees would be brought to the United States. He cited sufficient temporary havens in the Mediterranean and added no return plans exist yet for those already here. They would be sent back when circumstances permit.
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Washington
INS
John W. Pehle
War Refugee Board
United States
Mediterranean
Pehle
Camels Face Housing Crunch At City Coliseum
The housing subcommittee struggles to find a place for camels Fannie and Haroldine near the coliseum. George Bradley and Lee Winger clash over assignment while circus veteran Clinton Finney warns the animals are hard to handle. Contact George Bradley at 21147 with housing tips.
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George
Lee Winger
Subcommittee
Winger
Lee
Clinton William Finney
The
Passion Ay
Fannie
Haroldine
Coliseum
George Bradley
Cedar Rapids
Memorial services for Cpl Leonard Kelly
Memorial services for Cpl Leonard Kelly will be held at 9 30 a m Sunday at the Veterans club 709 Second avenue SE He was killed in action in France June 20 The survivor list includes his wife his mother Mrs Emma Kelly two brothers Chan cey and Elmer a sister Goldie and a grandfather Joseph Tellin all of 1308 D avenue NE
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Cpl
Leonard Kelly
Veterans Club
Second Avenue
Cpl. Kelly
France
Cynoe
Sixth Avenue
Emma Kelly
Chancey
Elmer
Goldie
Joseph Tellin
D Avenue
Selma Paulsen Dies in Milwaukee After Illness
Selma Paulsen 41 wife of Herman Paulsen and former Cedar Rapids resident died at her Milwaukee home Tuesday after a long heart ailment. Born October 15 1903 in Cedar Rapids she lived 15 years in Milwaukee. Survived by husband two sons Lt Robert and Kenneth of Milwaukee father Oscar Iten brother Edward Iten Cedar Rapids sister Hulde Iten Los Angeles. Body to Beatty chapel with services at Trinity Lutheran church to be announced.
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Selma Paulsen
Herman Paulsen
Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee
Robert Paulsen
Kenneth
Oscar Iten
van Horne
Edward Ilten
Hulde Ilten
Los Angeles
Beatty Chapel
Trinity Lutheran Church
Americans Hit Cologne Again In Luftwaffe Target Run
The United States Eighth Air Force attacked Cologne for the fourth time in five days. A portion of under 600 fighters diverted to Kassel, 100 miles east, targeting industrial sites and freight yards while a 450-strong escort of Mustangs and Thunderbolts accompanied the bombing.
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London
United States
Eighth Air Force
Cologne
Kassel
Reich
Yanks Advance A Mile in Italy
American forces press toward Bologna on Highway 65 as they take more yards along the Rimini Bologna road and close in on Cesena from the east and south. In the Adriatic sector the Eighth Army captures Trepo and Santa Anna hill towns with air support, while nine miles from Bologna's outskirts, fighting continues near Mount Belmonte.
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Rome
Bologna
Livergnano
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Pevaley
Rimini-Bologna
Cesena
Trepo
Santa Anna
Mount Belmonte
Allied Bombers Hit Vinkovci Rail Yards in Yugoslavia
Allied night bombers targeted the German held Vinkovci railway marshalling yards in Yugoslavia during Tuesday night raids, using medium and heavy bombers to strike strategic rail infrastructure.
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Rome
INS
Vinkovci
Yugoslavia
Road Districts Hear Petitions Near Center Point and Walker
County board set up secondary road districts 198 and 199 after petitions from townships near Center Point Walker and Konigsmark. No objections appeared at the hearing and a date of October 31 at 2 pm was scheduled for the proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Township
Walker
Fred W. Simanek
William Behrens
College Township
Konigsmark
Prof Says We Need A Woman President
Harvard anthropologist Earnest A. Hooton told a Cambridge student that the country needs a woman president. He argued women would have avoided past messes and praised their forthrightness.
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Cambridge
Mass
Earnest A. Hooton
Harvard
Hooton
Harvard Service News
Louis Melsha Hospitalized With Pneumonia
Louis Melsha president and business manager of the Tribune Publishing company was taken to St. Luke's hospital Tuesday night with pneumonia. He was reported in fairly good condition by attendants today.
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Louis Melsha
The
Tribune Publishing Company
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jap War Prisoner Killed in Explosion At Camp McCoy
A Japanese prisoner of war was killed and five others injured when a rocket bomb smuggled into their barracks exploded at Camp McCoy Wisconsin on Monday night authorities said. The incident involved a work detail and the bomb’s origin and purpose were not disclosed. Camp McCoy houses fewer than 2000 Japanese POWs kept under guard.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
United States
War in Europe to last through winter say Army air chief
Cap. Edam Rickenbacker predicted the war in Europe would extend into the spring. He warned the fighting would grow tougher as Allied forces press toward the center of Germany and Japan.
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Omaha
Edam Rickenbacker
Europe
Germany
Japan
Geiger Named Acting Head Dean at Coe College
Dr C Harve Geiger dean of Coe College will serve as acting president next week after the board's executive committee asked him to assume duties when President Charles Anderson leaves the city. Anderson resigned at the board meeting and plans to move. possible appointment at an eastern college was mentioned. Geiger joined Coe in 1928 and has been dean since 1934. he previously acted as president in 1941 after Harry Morehouse Gage resigned.
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C. Harve Geiger
Coe College
Arthur Poe
Dean Geiger
Charles Anderson
Poe
Geiger
Anderson
Eastern College
Coe
Harry Morehouse Gage
Lindenwood College
St. Charles
Carpenters and Joiners Open Three Day Convention in Des Moines
The Iowa State Council of Carpenters and Joiners opened a three day convention at the Roosevelt hotel in Des Moines with 34 Iowa delegates and fraternal delegates from Wisconsin Illinois Nebraska Missouri and Kansas. B B Morgan of Waterloo is president. Thursday program to include A A Couch Des Moines president Iowa Federation of Labor C R V Bassarear Des Moines state apprentice training representative and R E Roberts Dallas Texas representative of United Brotherhood district No 5. Banquet scheduled Thursday evening and officers to be elected Friday.
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Iowa State Council of Carpenters and Joiners
Roosevelt Hotel
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
B. B. Morgan
Waterloo
A. A. Couch
Des Moines
Iowa Federation of Labor
C. R. V Bassarear
R. E. Roberts
Dallas
Texas
Carpenters’ United Brotherhood
Lasting Peace Not Work of Few Men
Mrs. Eugene Henely of Grinnell told Linn County Republican Women's club at the Montrose hotel that lasting peace must be made by the United Nations and not by a private group of men. She urged returning states' rights to the states and noted the efforts of 26 Republican governors toward that aim. The meeting opened with a flag salute led by Mrs. W. E. Mickel, with a musical program by Mrs. E. W. Krickard and Mrs. H. E. Henderson, and presiding by Mrs. J. P. Milis.
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United Nations
Eugene Henely
Grinnell
Linn County
Republican Women’s Club
Montrose Hotel
W. E. Mickel
E. W. Krickard
H. E. Henderson
Japs Criticize U S Strategy In Pacific Attacks
Tokyo radio charged that American forces used faulty strategy in attacks on Formosa. It claimed the strikes were ordered by President Roosevelt over objections of his staff for political reasons and said the fleet should avoid land based bombers.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Tokyo Radio
Formosa
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Democrats Plan County Rally in Cedar Rapids Coliseum
Linn county Democratic leaders announce a countywide rally on Tuesday Oct 31 at the Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum. Speakers include Sen Guy Gillette Cedar Rapids Gov candidate George Claassen and others. Public event at 7 30 p m with candidates Bourke Hickenlooper Mitchell Hobbie McLaughlin and Gillette.
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Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum
Linn County
Democratic Leste
Guy Gillette
Cherokee
Ian Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
William Mitchell
Fort Dodge
George C. Claassen
Congress
Charles Hobbie
William McLaughlin
Temperature Drop Predicted for Cedar Rapids Area
Unsettled this afternoon with falling temperatures. Fair and cooler tonight and Thursday with fresh winds. The weather service expects an end to Iowa’s Indian summer as cloudy and cooler conditions set in for the next 24 hours.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Mercury
Iowa Girl Killed by Gravel Truck in Curlew Accident
Rita Murray, 12, daughter of Mrs. Tom Murray of Curlew, died late Tuesday after a gravel truck driven by Frank Shumaker struck her as she left a school bus. Survived by her mother and two brothers, one of whom was a prisoner of war in Germany.
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Curlew, Ia
Rita Murray
Tom Murray
Curlew
Frank Shumaker
Germany
Landing Clears Scarpanto as Crete and Rhodes Are Isolated
British amphibious landings on Scarpanto, near Crete and Rhodes, sealed off German garrisons on the two eastern Mediterranean keys. The Scarpanto operation followed earlier landings in the Cyclades and Dodecanese, closing sea routes for German supply and escape. Meanwhile Greek premier Papandreou and exiled government leaders arrived at Athens to reestablish administration amid reported street clashes.
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Rome
Crete
Rhodes
Mediterranean
Scarpanto
Cyclades
Dodecanese
Athens
George Papandreou
Piraeus
United Press
Reynolds Packard
Sam Souki
Papandreou
Hall Tells Of Bombs In London And Europe
W Earl Hall Mason City Globe Gazette managing editor told Iowa AP members at a banquet that about 20 000 London homes were reduced to powder and a million homes damaged by robot bombs after returning from Europe.
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Des Moines
Greater London
W. Earl Hall
Mason City Globe Gazette
Iowa
Associated Press
Hall
Europe
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Prussia
Daily Record
Vivian Mae Edsell
Floyd
Edsell
B. W. Eby
First Street
Dam
Same
E. Anita Albert
Richard M. Albert
Helen Pettis
Russell Pettis
Elaine Towne
Marvin George Tonne
Ee R. Dice
Kenneth J. Dice
Leonard Arthur Meyer, Jr
Dorothy Kathryn Koster
James L. Lyzette
Anna Marie van Hoek
Pasadena
Calif
Raymond E. Boland
Elkader
Evelyn Pesek
Mt. Vernon
Clifford S. McVey
Sara Rauch
Toddville
Robert Reynolds
L Street
J. W. Mertens
Nineteenth Street
H. G. Tiedeman
Chicago
Junior Clark
Ninth Street
Rex A. Phillips
Third Street
Milver Klouda
Fifteenth Avenue
St. Luke’s
Pic
Clarence Cooksley
G Avenue
Austin Coons
Marion
Nate Ruben
Louis Svee
Solon
John K. Bonnell
Cynthia Ellen
Bonnell
Army Air Forces
Mercy
Lyle Hopkins
Clifford Brown
Third Avenue SE
Michael Joseph Rocca
A Avenue NW
Rocca
South Pacific
Manchester
Phays Manwiller
Pvt
Manwiller
Camp Gordon Johnson
Fla
E. Manwiller
Tenth Street
Greenville
C. V. Miller
Riverside Flyer
Morris
Collins
OPA
City Briefs
Arthur P.T.A
U. S
Bradley
Ray
Mr. Finney
Keeper
LeRoy Miller
Jerry
Ripley
Ead
Hnstead
Sidney Hillman
Leaper OF
PAC
Zagare
Yanks
Leora Arne
Harold E. Hand
Frank Osborn
Etta M. Paul
B. L. Wick
Clare H. Petty
Washington Township
Center Point
Hick
Carpenters
C.R
G.O.P
Ide Rally
Mocrats
C. R
Zeero
el CT
Walt
People's Furniture CO
First Avenue
Firestone
10Th Street
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