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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1944

Page

2

Allies Tie Trade Policies Into Rising Living Scale

A United Nations led reorganization of global trade aims to raise living standards. United States, United Kingdom experts map treaties on wheat coffee oil with price stability goals. Proposals include buffer stocks international commodity corporation and world trade alliances to control prices and guide production.

New York United Nations United States United Kingdom Washington Argentina Australia Canada Bretton Woods Atlantic Alvin H. Hansen Harvard Federal Reserve Board Federation of British Industries International Economic Council

City Briefs Trowel Chapter to Meet Tuesday at Seven

Royal Arch masons Trowel Chapter will convene Tuesday at 7 p.m for Mark Master degree work and refreshments. City Fireman Bernard C Brown of 1514 B Avenue NW underwent a major operation at Mercy Hospital Saturday and is reported in satisfactory condition.

Royal Arch Masons Bernard C., Brown B Avenue NW Mercy Hospital

Iowa Citian Elected Treasurer at Lyceum Convention

Doris Mason Eaton of Iowa City Indiana was chosen treasurer of the International Lyceum Association as the forty second annual convention closed Sunday in Lakeside Ohio AP report notes Eaton is from Iowa City In.

Lakeside Ohio Doris Mason Eaton Iowa City International Lyceum Association

Iowa taxpayers meet for tenth annual Des Moines event

The Iowa taxpayers association will hold its tenth annual meeting in Des Moines on November 17, announced by executive secretary Joe L. Long on Monday.

Des Moines INS Iowa Taxpayers Association Joe L. Long

Marion man dies in Cedar Rapids hospital after illness

Joseph Kenneth Plate 27, an instrument man in the Milwaukee railroad engineering department, died Saturday at 5:35 PM in a Cedar Rapids hospital after several weeks illness. Born July 16, 1917 in Valders Wisconsin, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1940 and married Dorothy Steeps on April 28, 1941. He moved to Marion from Milwaukee August 1, 1942, and is survived by his wife, two daughters Susan and Mary Ellen, his mother from Fond du Lac, and a sister Marie Plate of Chicago. The body was taken to Fond du Lac for services and burial.

Joseph Kenneth Plate Milwaukee Railroad Cedar Rapids Valders Wis Oshkosh State Teachers College University of Wisconsin Dorothy Steeps Berlin Marion Milwaukee Thirteenth Street William Ross St. Joseph's Catholic Church Susan Mary Ellen Fond du Lac Marie Plate Chicago

Iowa News in Brief

Special to The Gazette reports Kate Glover of Keota broke her hip and is in Washington hospital. Keota letters note a garden show in Belle Plaine with 700 attendees and awards by W. A. Quinn and Betty Burly. a two pound seven ounce tomato stands out. Stanley depot agent Minnie Nickerson retires after 27 years. Rose Ross temporary successor. Calmar marriage Kathryn Kittlesby and Dale Creeder. bride taught schools in Ossian and Davenport. groom runs Cedar Falls hatchery. In Decorah Jeanette Nesvik granted divorce for cruelty. receives home, filling station, four children custody. Nesvik gets mail truck. Wadena unit contributes $75 to blood plasma fund plus $50 in June. Columbus Junction fines: Raymond Shy $400 for liquor nuisance. W. L. Pine $100 for gambling house. Floyd Evans and son Pvt Floyd Evans wounded in Guam and at Oakland hospital. Lloyd W. McCoy wounded Aug 10 overseas since 1943. Normandy veteran.

Stanley Minnie Nickerson Chicago Great Western Railroad Kidder, Ia Richardson, Ill Aurora Nickerson Epworth Rose Ross Stockton Ill Calmar Kathryn Kittlesby S. T. Kittlesby Dale L. Creeder Cedar Falls Ossian Davenport Cédar Falls Decoram Jeanette Nesvik Lloyd Nesvik Nesvik Wadena United Service Women Columbus Junction Raymond F Shy Conesville Muscatine W. L. Pine Oelwein Floyd Evans Pvt Guam Oakland Calif Bougainville New Zealand Tama Lloyd W. McCoy

Soldier's Medal awarded to Pvt. Robert B Rollins

The War Department announced Pvt. Robert B. Rollins of Avoca Ja. earned the Soldiers' Medal for bravery in Bougainville last February 19. He helped free an aerial gunner from the burning wreckage of a crashed aircraft.

Washington War Department Robert B. Rollins Avoca Bougainville

Junior Miss Pattern 4694 Back To School Wardrobe

The slickest outfit in your back to school wardrobe pattern 4694 offers a two piece or dirndl option with drawstring neckline in junior miss sizes 11 through 18. Includes yardage for skirt and blouse with sizes 13 and 15 noted. provide 20 cents for pattern and needlework pattern, send to Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept in Chicago Illinois.

Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept N. Clinton St Chicago

Slightest Weakness Spell Defeat in Nazi Radio Broadcast

London dispatch reports Berlin radio urging clear resolve on home front. A German spokesman warned wavering will invite defeat while praising unity, warning propaganda may sow confusion. The message urged continued work and steadfastness to secure victory.

London Berlin Home Front

Japs Mobilize National Reservists for Home Defense

The Tokyo radio announced a nationwide mobilization of the national reservists organization as part of stepped up home defense measures. Every member will be net to form home defense units with branches across the empire.

Associated Press Tokyo Radio Monday Empire

Bullitt Attacked by Red Commentator in Moscow

Pravda columnist Konstantin Demidov denounced former American ambassador William C. Bullitt as a Nazi sympathizer and bankrupt spy aiming to spark a crusade against the Soviet Union. He dismissed Bullitt’s magazine article as containing 30 falsehoods and attacked Bullitt’s claim that nine of 15 Polish National Committee members are Communists.

Moscow Konstantin Demidov Pravda William C. Bullitt Russia Soviet Union Bullitt Demidov Goebbels and Company

Hutson Skips Packers Opener Against Redskins

Don Hutson, star end of the Green Bay Packers, will not play in the Monday night exhibition clash with the Washington Redskins at Municipal Stadium. Officials expected about 40,000 spectators for the third annual meeting, but Hutson, who had resumed retirement plans, now says he will not be ready for action.

Baltimore Don Hutson Green Bay Packers Packers Washington Redskins Municipal Stadium Hutson

Allies pace far faster than Nazis from Paris to Brussels

London AP reports the Allied drive from Paris to Brussels took nine days, contrasting with Germany's 28 day advance from Brussels to Paris in 1940. Germans entered Brussels May 17, 1940 and reached Paris June 14. Allies liberated Paris August 26 and freed Brussels September 3.

London Paris Brussels

Keokuk Man Dies After Street Confrontation

Claude Rowe a 24 year old resident of Keokuk died at a local hospital from a skull fracture after being found unconscious on a street. Police report that Tom Boudewyn 60 confessed to striking Rowe.

Keokuk Claude Rowe Tom Boudewyn Rowe

War ballots request boom in Des Moines as 50 000 mark reached

DES MOINES INS secretary of state Wayne Ropes reports over 50 000 war ballot requests from armed services members. Total 573 mail requests on Saturday. random notices include lost and found items such as a small boy's suit, camera, billfold, wrist watch, and a collie pup. several ads for services and goods appear, including hats, vitamins, insect killer, jewelry, and printing services.

DES Moines INS Wayne Ropes Third Avenue Virginia Kenwood Twin Towers Business Linwood Hary Ambrose Butterfly Sweet Shop

Local Personal Ads and Beauty Services Directory

A collection of personal messages and service ads including a voice request notice, jewelry sales and loans, watches, jewelry repairs, and several beauty salons. Entries list shop names, addresses, and phone numbers with notes on gold, diamonds, and cold wave perms. The page promotes Probasco Jewelry, A B Steele, Paris Academy, and multiple salons near Palace Theater and Bishop’s.

3Rd Ave Probasco Jewelry 2Nd Ave Palace Theater Laveaway 2nd_ St Steele Rayette Rosie Verene 3Rd St Lovely Lady Oil Bishop's Lady Beauty Shop First Avenue SE Paris Academy Dial Helene Curtis Violet Sojka Ruth Thompson Marle Stewart Guaranty Ride Paris Academy

WANTED Help Wanted ads in Iowa Gazette excerpt

A dense OCR of classified help wanted notices from an Iowa Gazette page lists openings for general shop workers, housekeepers, a farm girl, waitresses, dishwashers, and clerks. Notable names include Smulekoff's Used Furniture Annex, Davis Cleaners, Mandarin Inn, Union News Stand, Kory Inn No. 1, Dairymaid Store, and 221 Guarantee Building sales work. Multiple positions note part or full time, evening shifts, and good pay.

Novak Heating Co 3Rd Ave 3Rd Goodyear 2Nd Ave Mason Work All Guaranteed, Reasonable, Free Estimate. Call 6845, Pigman Sovern CO Jim Cashman Plumbing, Heating EESS Williams Furnace Harry Davis Cente Point Road Morris Fur Shop Granby Dial Leo J. Smith Kirkpatrick Cashman Plumbing & Heating Reliable Man Ray Sparta J_T THOMAS Carpenters Iowa Electric Light & Power Plant Hans Smith O. FP. Paulson Construction CO Wool Presser New Process Laundry Co Gazette Kilborn Photo Paper Co Secial Cedar Rapids Sth First Ave Iowa Splectric Light & Power Co Davis Cleaners Kungalow Gnazette North Liberty Iowa Charles Becicka Rte Casi Tee Rite Cafe 1St Street Atomano Kozy Inn ESTES Guaranty Mandarin Inn Union News Union Railroad Station Naxera Kory Inn Dairymaid Liggetts 3Rd Avenue Singer Sewing Machine Co 1St Ave May AVON West Side High School 6Th St Twin Towers Cafe Lincoln Cafe Grand Hotel Paramount Theater Cabin Camp Twin Towers Whitavette Cafe Ave Autos & Trucks Schamberger Motor Coo Oldsmobile Fred Snyder Marion

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Arne U. S Honduras Brazil Britain Council World Trade Alliance City Briefs Taxpayers Meeting Marion News Wisconsin Joseph K. Plate Emmet Tow Donald Tow Piedmont Emmet Gene Arnold Edward McGuire Ottumwa Robert Hoff Syracuse NY Mrs Warren Hoff Dickey’s Grocery Dr. Crew Philip S. Crew United States Army Air Corps Selman Field Monroe Kathryn Kassler Iowa University Carleton Oxley San Diego Lt. Oxley Mabelle C Oxley Stanley Stevens Kenneth K-V Cafe Ed Holzworth W. B. Berry Conrad, Ia Kenneth Coon Millie Coon England Martha Ann Young H. O. Young St. Charles, Mo Lindenwood College Ensign Edward G. Salzer Mrs. Salzer E. V. Careys Miami Cpl Robert Harden Fort Jackson, S. C Hazel Harden Storm’s Tom and Jane Canedy Thomas Park Mable Johnson Nancy Jo Pfeifer Carl L. Wileys Waterloo Glenn O. Pyle The Veterans Hospital Alan P. Benson Cleveland Iowa News Keota Kate Glover the Gazette Washington Hospital Belle Plaine W. A. Quinn Vinton Betty Burly Toledo First_ Street Richards R. R Richards Richards Lab Schaefer Kresge Bldg v-Mail Claxton Pharmacy Fisher Drug Gifts of Vincent’s Jewelry Sellell Schaefer’s Mfg Kresge Singer Sewing 1St Avenue Sands Printing 2Nd St. NE Swisher Pavilion the New Bohemian Band Blue Barron Ce-Mar Hammond Electric TOWA Bob Welty Tom Owen Cowboys Glen Gray Casa Loma Anes Tsa Loma Lee's Bar-B-Q Akehr Sion Earl Manholtz E Ave Iowa Steel & Iron ‘Works Swanson Smulekoff 16Th Street National Oats CO Century Engineering Corporation Foundry Dearborn Brass Co Wilson & CO Cedar Rapids, IA 16Th Ave Quaker Oats Priebe & Sons, Inc Ist St. NW Stockman S. S. Kresge CO Colonial Baking Co 5Th Ave Sth Ave Mr. Jones Roosevelt Garage First Ave. E Davis Cleaners Shoe Department Applygrade Food Products Corp 4Th Avenue R. A. Barker Springville Red Crown Bowling Alley 3Rd St. NE Q. Block Coal Co St. S. W Black Coal Go 2Nd St Mr. Casey Allison Culver Motors Harold i Skelly Ol] Co South Linn Abodedly Newman's S & W 10Th Street Houseman Duster Bros Witwersiry Farm Cedar Rapids Block Co Help Wanted Shlp WMC Super Service Allen Motor CO Crusher S—Assembly County and Move Ordnance Shipping Department Inspector Universal Eng. Corp C Ave. NW New Rock Island Round House Charles Harris Plbg & Htg. Co Rock Island Round House Collins Radio St. NE Youngs Indy Alps F. Dresher Iowa Electric Light and Power CO Peter Pan Bakery Sixth Ave. SE C Ave Cedar, Rapids Noxera Stolba’s Iman Pope Liab I Lpai Wolf’s 2Nd ST. SE Iowa Theater Lund Leasant Roosevelt Us Wilson & CO 16Th Avenue Harmer Cedar Rapids’ Gazette Super Service Wit Co 10Th ST Vital Food Industry 1St St. NW Lober Troy Laundry CO Yiu Wm Uy MR. Lewis Wager Montrose
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