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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1944
Page
3
Daily Record lists food, fuel and shoe stamp validity for wartime rationing through 1945 and Sept 30. It records fines for offenses including disorderly conduct drunkenness and traffic violations, plus divorce decrees and multiple birth notices from Mercy St Luke's Center Point and local addresses.
Woodrow Wilson Smith 31 of Monroe Oklahoma received two years in prison and a $50 fine after pleading guilty to forging his wife Bertha Weis of Cedar Rapids Iowa to a $2250 government check. FBI arrested him in Salt Lake City after he deposited funds from the joint account and withdrew much of the money before heading west. His wife had traveled to Cedar Rapids to sell her beauty shop when the check arrived.
City briefs announce new closing hours at Krebs Dutch Dairy from Monday to Sunday. The Rev. C W Harrop will speak on Time to Serve God at the 11 a m Sunday service of the Pale Methodist church with Sunday school at 10 a m. Ernest Miller of 709 Eighth avenue SE was injured in a motorcycle accident Thursday. earlier Gazette misnamed him Harold Muller. Dr J D Houser at 811 Merchants National Bank building has reopened his dental practice. Dial 3-2927.
Barbara Ryan had an appendectomy on Wednesday at Mercy hospital and now resides at 3300 First Avenue NE correcting the earlier Gazette report that listed 330 First Avenue NE. The correction clarifies the accurate residence in city records.
About 2,000 American and British bombers plus 500 Mustang fighters hit Ludwigshafen Kastel Gustavs burg and targets opposite Patton's Third Army in the upper Rhineland. Weather was clear enough to see most targets though Ludwigshafen faced cloud cover. no enemy interceptions reported.
Dewey denounces the New Deal as failed to deliver jobs and stable government. He argues WPB disintegration left postwar employment uncertain while criticizing endless federal experimentation. Martin and Davis frame the rally as a fight to end nonessential spending and restore liberties.
Word has been received by Robert James of the death of his father Pierce James a former Cedar Rapids resident at the home of his daughter Mrs A J Finch in Greeley Colorado. The death followed a long illness. Services will be at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Monday and burial will be in Riverside cemetery Anamosa. The body will arrive in Cedar Rapids Sunday afternoon.
Funeral services for Dr Charles Ham 75 a retired veterinarian who died at Solon will be held Saturday at 2 pm at the Brosh funeral home Solon with Dr Marion H Williams officiating.
The Evangelical and Reformed Church will install Haag on Sunday at 8 p.m. Rev Milo Filipi will lead the service with Rev E K Schneider delivering the sermon. Attending pastors include Rev Milo Phillips and Rev W A Jacobs. Haag, a graduate of Ashland College and Eden Seminary, served as student pastor and later as resident pastor at the New Piasa chautauqua in 1943.
The Grand hotel owner Frank Wood paid a $437.44 voluntary contribution to the United States treasury and refunds totaling $55 were issued to two tenants after OPA found rent ceiling violations at the Cedar Rapids hotel for Dec 1942 to Jun 1944. Overcharges affected 75 guests in 20 of 96 rooms, mostly transients.
Prime Minister Curtin reported 231 of about 900 Japanese prisoners died, were wounded, or killed themselves during a mass escape attempt on August 5. Most were recaptured by guards after attackers used improvised weapons. the camp operated under international rules with no prior complaints.
Willadeane Moore joins the Cedar Rapids WAC recruiting office increasing staff to four. The unit plans a two person team to tour smaller towns weekly while two remain for Cedar Rapids duties. Pfc Moore has served a year and a half, previously stationed at Camp Hale, Colo.
Myrtle McCauley and Charles Kibler were fined 25 dollars each plus costs after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct. They were arrested at the Kibler residence early Friday by detectives Harley Simon and Lednie Stusak and Patrolman George Vis.
A CIO affiliated local union explains that 50 percent of voluntary contributions go to the National Citizens Political Action Committee and 50 percent stay in the local PAC. The weekly bulletin notes funds are used to publish leaflets and educate voters on issues and wartime policy, asserting UPWA-CIO is nonpartisan while urging workers to support wages, prices, and housing objectives. It also questions the War Labor Board’s role in wages and taxes.
Mild temperatures spread across eastern Iowa with 75 degrees in Cedar Rapids at 2:30 PM and 25 percent humidity. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies this weekend as Marshalltown posted a high of 78 and Decorah saw a low of 40 while Thursday highs near 76 and 66 at 7 PM mark the day.
obituary of Jim Reedsouri detailing his Democratic senatorial nomination win by about 40 000 votes and Cedar Rapids service in August 1887. notes his 1932 death, 1933 marriage to Nell Donnelly, kidnapping case involvement, anti New Deal stance, opposition to Roosevelt, and 1928 presidential bid in Houston. mentions League of Nations and other stances.
Advance ticket sales for Opera Versus Swing at the Paramount theater Sept 20 and 21 are strong. Frank Pfaff of the Chamber of Commerce says lead roles go to Max Hahn and Bob Gardiner. The Immaculate Conception high school boys chorus and 11-year-old tap dancer Jackie Cleator headline features amid more than 20 local acts with full rehearsals starting Sept 15. All seats are reserved and tickets are on sale at the box office.
In southern France the Seventh army fought heavy German resistance as they moved into Besancon against retreating Nineteenth army remnants toward the Belfort gap. French forces backed the advance between Besancon and the Swiss border while reports said possible links with Patton’s Third army remained unconfirmed.
Sgt Clifford Miner arrives on a 21 day furlough in Springville to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Algia Miner after four Miner brothers served in the Cedar Rapids national guard unit. Russell Miner was killed in action Vernon Miner is a German prisoner Edward and Clifford were wounded Edward returned to the United States in May Sgt Donald Akers, the Miners’ son in law, was also killed and a memorial service will be held Sunday.
Allied units including Canadian, Polish and British troops pressed the retreating German forces along the Belgian coast and the Schelde estuary. Canadian advances near Dunkerque and Dixmude accompanied Polish armor driving toward Ypres and Bruges while Boulogne Calais and Ostend remained focal cleanup points. Evacuation routes into Flushing were narrowed as Antwerp remained in Allied control.
Ervin Hattig 27 of 1434 Bever Avenue SE pled guilty to larceny from a building. Judge G K Thompson gave a suspended 90 day Linn County jail term with $1,000 appeal bond after he allegedly stole $6 from Charlotte Northrup’s purse at the Third Avenue Virginia cafe basement Thursday.
Mike Koury of 700 Eighth Street SE learns that his cousin Pvt. William Koury age 19 of Worcester Massachusetts serving with American forces in France has died. He was son of Mr and Mrs Alex Koury who moved to Cedar Rapids about 15 years ago.
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