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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1945
Page
5
Ration stamp values and valid dates for Mecat Red, Sugar, and Shoes stamps listed with expiration or continued validity. Local OPA office hours, a public notice of fines for infractions, weather and Iowa forecast, and a batch of divorce decrees and civil notices from Cedar Rapids area.
The Navy Mothers' club fed cake squares decorated with anchors and hot dogs to servicemen passing through Cedar Rapids by train. About 350 to 400 servicemen receive food daily as clubs rotate volunteers. On Wednesday the group will greet 50 navy flyers at the airport for the Victory bond drive, with members arriving at 8:30 am.
Dale L. Swanson a 30 year old brakeman for the North Western road was injured in a Belle Plaine rail yard accident He was taken to St Luke s hospital Friday night after attempting to release a brake from the top of a box car The brake wheel was struck with a hammer causing the brakes to release and spin Swanson to the ground He suffered a brain concussion facial cuts bruises and back injuries Pending x rays the exact injuries could not be determined The accident occurred about 1035 p m
Apollo commandery No. 26 Knights Templar celebrates seventy years since charter in 1875. The banquet at Masonic hall drew 225 Knights Templar and wives. Dr Marcus Bach of Iowa University spoke on Christian knighthood history. Grand officers Delzell Harstad Roudebush attended with ministers Loferski and DeJong.
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents raided eight places in Solon and Hills Johnson County Friday night and seized 22 slot machines 51 bottles of liquor eight gambling ticket jars 13 punch boards and one dice machine. R W Nebergall said agencies had county cooperation.
In a broad policy address President Truman defends a peace based on freedom from fear and want, urging UN unity and limited military force. He warns against Soviet conflicts, stresses coexistence with rights to base rights, and presents Franklin D. Roosevelt as a symbol of pledged cooperation with the United Nations.
The Associated Press reports over 13 200 troops from Europe set to land at three east coast ports on Saturday aboard 12 troop carriers. About 6300 servicemen from the Pacific theater dock at Seattle and San Francisco. Arrivals include ships and units at New York Newport News Boston Seattle San Francisco and additional landings at Los Angeles Portland and other points.
Center Point Frank Brookman 76 died Friday night in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a four months illness. A native of Ilinois he moved to Center Point as a youth and was married to Dona Griffith of Milan Ill who died in 1931. He was a former merchant and for 20 years the superintendent of the Center Point Canning Co. Surviving are a son Harry Center Point a brother R W Brookman and sister Mrs Alice Davis both in California. Services set for 2 pm Monday at the Christian church Center Point with burial at Central City.
Iowa Attorney General rules that the wife of a veteran is entitled to Oakdale sanatorium care under the same requirements as any citizen. If she has a legal settlement in a county, that county bears expenses. if she is a bona fide Oakdale resident with no settlement, the state bears the cost. Opinion requested by Edwin H. Curtis of the Iowa bonus board.
Charles D. Reed, a former federal meteorologist who led the Des Moines weather station from 1919, died Friday at his son’s home at age 70. He served at Omaha, Sioux City, New York, and Vicksburg before Des Moines and did research at Iowa State College after retirement. Funeral services set for Monday.
Washington AP The Interstate Commerce Commission moved the effective date of its May 15 rate decision temporary freight adjustments from November 30 to January 1, 1946.
Mrs. W. H. Sharp, representing the American Committee for Relief in Czecho Slovakia, appealed in Cedar Rapids for aid after a Prague visit. She reported high tuberculosis and infantile paralysis rates, described wartime hardships, and urged Americans to send relief boxes to Europe.
Mike Peters of 418 Second Avenue SE was left with a bruised right knee when his car was demolished after a switch engine struck it at Eighth Avenue between Second and Third Streets SE. Police say Peters had stopped to let the train pass, then began crossing as the train started.
Sheriff identifies the burned victim as 25 year old Harry Meyer of Clarinda Iowa. The car left the road and burst into flames. Two Jamestown residents Edgar Ollerman and Ruby Din were in critical condition.
MERNBERG AP Robert Ley German labor leader who killed himself in custody said in a political testament anti semitism caused Germany's downfall. He urged Germans to abandon anti Semitism and warned Nazis must rid themselves of its influence while stating he supported Hitler in the bad days.
The 38th Cyclone division added Avengers of Bataan to its patch as it led the Luzon drive in 1945. They landed January near Subic Bay and, in 16 days, overran Balanga Pilar Zig Zag pass and the Shimbu Line, killing more than 17 000 Japanese with a 1 to 36 American death ratio, and seized Wawa dam.
Judge Floyd Philbrick dismissed the case brought by James D. France guardian for Esther Kauffman against Glen Craddock and Cities Service. Esther Kauffman, once of Cedar Rapids, is now in Cedar Bluff. Son Owen Kinsel was ordered to return stock certificates and pay 2181.87 for items taken from his mother's safety deposit box between January and April. In a separate matter, Lucille Rursch won 1073.60 damages from Clyde Gee after a three hour jury deliberation. The Public Finance Service sued Deloris Kahley for 138.42 and Claude Kahley, recently divorced, is a second defendant.
Mrs Seth Temple formerly Miss Alice Gamble of Cedar Rapids died Friday morning in Davenport. Surviving are her husband, three sons and a daughter.
Mae Bender died Tuesday evening and services will be held at 2 p m Sunday in Beatty chapel conducted by Rev Lyle K Anderson and Rev F H Ward. Burial will follow at Shiloh cemetery with callers permitted at the chapel.
Clio E Frasinger of 126 Eighteenth Street NW died Thursday from injuries in a car crash. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Janeba Funeral Home conducted by Rev. George Stauffacher and the Praha Re bekah lodge. Burial at Cedar Memorial Park. Pallbearers named William McMoran Arthur Cox Leonard Filipy Arthur Seabrooke Dan Frasinger Leo Cerney. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Word has been received of the death Friday of William Edward Randolph 68 former Cedar Rapids resident at his home in Tulare California. He was born at Keota Ia and lived in Cedar Rapids seven years before moving to California in 1932. Surviving are his wife two sons N E Randolph of Tulare and R M Randolph of Cedar Rapids a daughter Mary died last May a sister Mrs F G Smith of Cedar Rapids and a brother E L Randolph of Hartley Ia. Monday at Tulare.
Garrett L Hoglan of Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 8 p m Friday after a long illness. Born February 11 1854 near Center Point he moved to Cedar Rapids from Story Wyoming in 1917. He married Missouri Trimble in 1876 who died in 1896 then Jennie Bolan in 1898 who died in 1920. Surviving are four daughters Mrs Mary Olive Millburn Mrs Evelyn Brown Mrs Lottie Fosser of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Hazel Son of Quibcene Wash a son John Hoglan of Warm Springs Montana a sister Mrs Dora C Thompson of Urbana Ia and three brothers Arthur J Hoglan Herman K Hoglan of Center Point and Tilden V Hoglan of Cedar Rapids plus 17 grandchildren. Services will be held in Turner chapel at a date to be announced with burial at Oliphant cemetery 12 miles north of Cedar Rapids on the Center Point road. Friends may call at the chapel.
G. E. Ying returns to his Washington avenue home after four weeks in Mercy hospital from a Sept. 30 accident. Cedar Rapids Bottling Works closes this week for Utation while Har Mon Beverages v Companions of Forest circle 1367 to meet at Janeba funeral home at 2 pm Sunday for Mrs. Clio Frasinger services. Navy Day Dance invites all navy men to VFW club rooms at 9 pm with Lt. R. J. Wayland, Navy inspector at Collins Radio, as speaker.
Two juvenile girls in Monticello were seized by police after trying to cash a forged check at Woolworth's. They admitted the document was an attempted forgery when questioned.
Anamosa suit filings name H M Nissen admin Blanch Riches admin of C Riches estate and C A Harding admin of R C Denniston estate seeking 30000 each from the Milwaukee railroad. Plaintiffs allege negligence at Lost Nation crossing where three men died on November 30 1943. Agriculture employs 40 45 percent of the Japanese population.
James Porter a 15-year-old inmate of the state training school for boys remained in critical condition in an Eldora hospital after a shotgun discharge during an accidental shooting. Inmate Hugh Riddle 16 was lightly wounded on the wrist while Pfc Marvin Christensen 1 of Davenport discharged the weapon. Officials cited a faulty trigger mechanism and said the shell chamber had been kept empty. investigation continues by Lt. Col. Wickham and state investigators.
A 10 year old Iowa farm youth received the bronze Carnegie Hero Fund medal in Pittsburgh for saving Winsor M Hemmie from drowning in the Skunk River. Vern D Fraser of Weaver Iowa removed his clothing and swam to Hemmie's aid, holding him by the hair and towing him to the bank where he was revived.
Pfc Oren Travis son of Mr and Mrs Oren Travis is spending furlough with his parents after duty with the medical corps and 2nd engineers in Japan. He will be discharged in 10 days. Pfc Richard Fuller son of Mr and Mrs A B Fuller after 21 months overseas is being transferred from Okinawa to Tientsin China. Brother Sgt Robert Fuller is flying over the Hump, transferred from Calcutta India to Kunming China for a weather station assignment. First Lt R L Dick Johnson has returned to Fort Lewis Washington after a visit with his wife and daughter. he is assigned to the receiving station at the separation center. Lt Paul Rapoport is on terminal leave pending discharge in February after 4 years service with 28 months in North Africa and Italy. he and Mrs Rapoport stay with Mr and Mrs A Rapoport until returning to their apartment. Marion J Price seaman first class is on 28 day leave with his parents, then reports to Norfolk Virginia for sea duty. Jack Beaty has honorable discharge from the navy after 3 years 7 months. he and his wife reside at 1100 Third Street Marion.
Cedar Rapids forecast remains fair and mild for tonight and Sunday. A weather note reports 76 degrees at 2 30 pm, 24 points above Friday’s high and 41 above the early morning low, with snow flurries pushed aside by mountain warmth.
Navy day ceremonies from Los Angeles ship Shangri La on CBS and WMT feature Comdr. Dave McCampbell as guest. Dick Haymes and Helen Hayes programs, Norwood Chamberlain play, and a 1,000 voice choir broadcast from the Los Angeles coliseum with film stars.
The schedule lists hour by hour radio and TV programs for October 27 1985 across stations WMT WGN WHO KXEL EXEL and WM. Highlights include news bulletins at 6 30 pm 7 pm and 10 30 pm and a lineup featuring Ed McConnell Life of Riley Sunset Profile and Judy Canova.
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