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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1944

Page

11

Double Dish at Iowa City Purdue Stays in Cedar Rapids

Purdue visits Iowa City to face the Hawkeyes in a Big Ten clash as Iowa aims to rebound from losses to Ohio State and Illinois. The Seahawks host Fort Warren on Sunday, hoping to extend their winning streak.

Iowa Iowa City Purdue University of Iowa Seahawks Fort Francis Warren Wyoming Hawkeyes Cecil Isbell Warriors Ohio State Illinois Slip Madigan Cedar Rapids Navy Michigan Fort Warren Brooklyn Tigers Hawks Midwest Ray Eliot

Lights Go Out in First Half Gridiron Result in Dispute

In Biglerville Pennsylvania the lights failed with two minutes left in the first half and the score 6 0. Coach Hew Bream argues the game should be replayed as Biglerville had no points. Coach Charlie Spangler contends Red Lion won since authorities did not refund spectators’ money.

University of Minors Pittsburgh Eddie Bray George Bujan Ed McKeever Notre Dame Wisconsin Bo McMillin Indiana University Evanston Northwestern Wildcats Hoosiers Lynn Waldorf V-12 Marquette Lincoln Neb Air Wings Biglerville, Pa Hew Bream Biglerville High School Charlie Spangler Red Lion

Big Ten grid stars set for key non conference tests

Ohio State Illinois and Wisconsin prepare to face non conference foes as the Big Ten seeks to prove football supremacy. Notre Dame looms as a strong challenger while Great Lakes and Iowa Preflight add to the league’s challenging schedule.

Chicago Ohio State Illinois Wisconsin Big Ten Great Lakes Notre Dame Pittsburgh Ilini Iowa Purdue Minnesota Northwestern

Marine Who Was Lost 218 Days Now a Father

Delmer Dean Wiley of Glenwood, a navy radioman reported lost 218 days after his plane was shot down, is now stationed at the Ottumwa naval air station and is the father of an eight pound girl born Thursday. He endured living with natives on a South Pacific island until rescue.

Ottumwa Delmer Dean Wiley Glenwood Navy Naval Air Station Wiley South Pacific

Marengo Air Medal Awarded to Staff Sergeant Hoyle

Staff Sergeant James B. Hoyle, first engineer and gunner on a Liberator bomber, is awarded the Air Medal and Oak Leaf cluster. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hoyle, have been advised. He serves in the European theater.

Marengo James B. Hoyle Earl Hoyle

Lowliest Dub Is Hero in Field Day for War Amputees

At Bushnell General Hospital in Brigham Utah a field day for amputee veterans features a 10 vs 10 softball game with one player batting left handed due to a lost arm and teammates compensating with remaining limbs. The event includes volleyball and calisthenics as First Lt Norman Shamburg oversees a program aimed at physical reconditioning during healing.

Bushnell General Hospital Brigham Utah Italy Jean Bushnell Norman Shamburg

Mob Fight In Palermo Leaves Nineteen Dead

In Palermo Sicily a street battle between a mob and Italian troops left nineteen dead after troops were called to quell a large demonstration by private employer groups seeking wage raises. A bomb was thrown and a shot fired as troops arrived. sixteen soldiers died at once and three later, with 105 wounded and nine injured.

Rome Palermo Sicily Salvatore Aldisio Aldisio

Service Notices of Local Servicemen Return Home and Awards

Families in Great Lakes Illinois Alameda California Fort Benning Georgia Camp Carson Colorado Fort Lewis Washington Camp Parks California San Francisco Oakland Cedar Rapids Hutchinson Kansas Farragut Idaho France and other locations are noted. The items report leaves home duty training promotions awards and a Medal of Combat Infantry for Pvt Max D Johnson.

William E. Harman Cedar Rapids A. R. Harman A Avenue E Hastings Bever Avenue Harman O’reilly General Marvel Edward Brusha George R. Dennis Counter Intelligence Fourth Air Force San Francisco Dennis War Production Board Washington, D. C Elizabeth Dennis Nineteenth Street Robert F Millers Twenty-first Street Pvt Max D. Johnson Third Army France

Union Discipline Ends Rubber Tieup

In Detroit a strike at United States Rubber Co ends after national union discipline. Sherman Dalrymple, CIO United Rubber Workers president, ordered striking workers to pay 12.50 each by November 3 or face removal from the union. The firm walked out over piecework pay rates.

Detroit United States Rubber Company Sherman Dalrymple United Rubber Workers CIO Rubber Company

Morrell Firm Pays $46,961 Judgment in OPA Case

Federal Judge Charles A Dewey approved a $46,961 judgment against John Morrell and Company in Des Moines. The OPA claimed overcharges in beef sales. the Ottumwa firm consented to the ruling, and the amount was paid immediately.

Des Moines Charles A Dewey OPA John Morrell and Company Iowa Ottumwa

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