Mrs. Wessale Hosts Past Matrons for Malta OES Dinner
Mrs. Edward Wessale of 526 Knollwood drive SE entertained members of the Past Matrons association of Malta chapter OES at dinner Tuesday evening. Assisting hosts were Mrs. H. E. Kunz, C. J. Lynch, L. P. Davis, C. C. Hunt and H. J. Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wessale
Knollwood Drive
Matrons Association of Malta
H. E. Kunz
C. J. Lynch
L. P. Davis
C. C. Hunt
H. J. Williemson
Courtesy dessert luncheon marks Mrs Warren Erbe wedding
At the Montrose hotel 33 girls from Wilson and Company hosted a dessert luncheon and shower for Mrs Warren Erbe the recent bride. Prizes in games went to Miss Grace Merrill and Mrs Evelyn Cahill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Erbe
Office of
Wilson and Company
Montrose Hotel
Grace Merrill
Evelyn Cahill
Trinity Methodist Girls Work Committee Meeting Notes
The girls work committee of Trinity Methodist church met at Mrs. Stewart Shank's home on Johnson Avenue NW. Ten members attended and Mrs. John De Long joined as a new member. The group discussed the new constitution and heard a report on the West Side prison club project. Mrs. Shank summarized Camp Fire groups they sponsor and led devotions from the first Psalm before closing with readings from West Windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Methodist Church
Stewart Shank
Johnson Avenue
John de Long
Paul Colony
New West Side
Prizon Club
Victory Eight Breakfast Meets at Winter Temple No 78
The Victory eight group of Winter Temple No 78 gathered for a breakfast on Wednesday at the home of Mrs Marie Douglass located at 1025 Third Avenue SE.
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Victory Eight
Winter Temple No. 78
Marie Douglass
Third Avenue SE
Hayes P T A Meets at School Introduces New Principal
Hayes school P T A met Wednesday at 2 p m in the school. Miss Gladys Roland the new principal was introduced and a first aid class was started. Enrollment calls were directed to Mrs R D Rock.
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Hayes School
Gladys Roland
R. D. Rock
Linn County War Bond Office Announces Over 100 Percent Deduction
The Linn County War Bond office reports Limback Lumber Company and Smulekoff's Furniture Store exceeded the 100 percent mark in the 10 percent salary deduction campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County War Bond Office
Limback Lumber Company
Smulekoff
Cedar Rapids Credit Association Opens Season Monday
The Cedar Rapids Retail Credit association will hold its first meeting of the new season Monday at 6 p.m. in the Florentine room at the Roosevelt hotel. R. E. Walker announced the gathering, with topics on wartime credit regulations. Several retail representatives will share experiences, followed by a buffet dinner. Reservations via phone 2-1171.
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Cedar Rapids Retail Credit Association
Florentine
Roosevelt Hotel
R. E. Walker
Kenwood Fire Engine Priority Sought by City Council
Fire Chief E P Kohout asked the council to apply to the War Production board for priority on a 750 gallon pumping engine. The unit would be stationed in Kenwood at a new fire station. Finance Commissioner L D Bur was ordered to begin the application process.
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E. P. Kohout
War Production Board
Kenwood
Kohout
Cedar Pids
L. D. Bur
Building Inspector Asked to Check Soot Issue in Neighborhood
City council instructed Building Inspector J H Lilly to collect soot samples from National Oats plant and nearby neighborhood after a dispute between eleven neighborhood housewives and National Oats secretary A S Vermeersch. Officials urged simultaneous sampling at other nearby plants for comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourteenth Street
Oakland Avenue
A. S. Vermeersch
National Oats Company
J. H. Lilly
Vermeersch
National Oats
Frank Hahn
Cecil van Fleet
Davis Warns Petrillo Endangers Wartime Communications
Elmer Davis head of the Office of War Information testifies before a Senate subcommittee that James Petrillo s ban on records and transcriptions by union musicians threatens public morale and the national wartime information system. Davis says the order halts records used by about 150 radio stations and could impede informing the public on war progress and policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Congressional
James C. Petrillo
Ben
National System of Communication
Davis
Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
Petrillo
The
American Federation of Musicians
Watch Found on Bus Traced to Kilgore Texas
Inspector W. J. Kudrna announced that a watch found on a C R bus has been traced to Kilgore Texas where it was purchased. The Kilgore jeweler says no purchaser record exists. Kudrna still hopes for identification as 15 inquiries failed to describe the watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R
Kilgore
Texas
W. J. Kudrna
Tex
Kudina
Funeral services held for Christian Balsiger in Monticello
Monticello church rites were conducted for Christian W. Balsiger 67 lifelong resident who died Monday after a long illness. He was born in Richland township and married Anna Allen in 1898. Survived by five children, siblings, and one son in the Navy. burial in Oakwood cemetery. Parnell man Murrin dies in Mt. Pleasant. services at St Josephs. Survived by wife Bridget and children Matthew Chicago Joseph Winifred Lavell Margaret Murphy James Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Christian W. Balsiger
William J. Grossheim
Presbyterian Church
Balsiger
Richland Township
Anna Allen
Edna Abbey
Cedar Rapids
Alma
Lea
George Balsiger
Eugene Balsiger
U. S. Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
Elizabeth Egger
Lincoln
Neb
Lena Binggli
Hartford
S. D
Dora Caldwell
Lions Falls
Christina Arduser
Freda Semmert
Andrew Balsiger
Boise
Ida
Bridget Rush Murrin
Matthew
Chicago
Joseph
Winifred Lavell
Margaret Murphy
James Murrin
Relief department aids listed for Linn County in August
The Linn County relief department granted aid in 573 August cases, down 99 from the prior month. Of the total 298 were family cases, 113 involved single persons, three were hospital care, 159 medical attention only. County WPA employed 151, with 11 receiving general relief aid and 10 medical care only. County medical care amounted to 274 cases, food stamps totaled 5358.50 dollars in blue stamps, and August expenditures reached 14519.73 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Relief Department
WPA
Food Stamp Office
Relief Department
Cedar Rapids Man Pleads Guilty to Larceny Charge
James O'Toole, 26, of Cedar Rapids, pled guilty to a larceny charge in district court Thursday and was committed to one year in the county jail. After serving three months, the rest of the sentence will be suspended during good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O'Toole
Cedar Rapids
Two Local Cadets Graduate Officer Candidate School
Franklin M. Pierce and C L MacGregor were commissioned as second lieutenants after completing the officer candidate department program at the Eastern Signal Corps School in Fort Monmouth New Jersey. Pierce is listed as the son of Mr and Mrs C F Pierce of 1113 A Avenue NE and MacGregor as the son of Mr and Mrs David MacGregor of 808 Eighteenth Avenue SW. Both were assigned to duty with the Signal Corps.
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Franklin M. Pierce
C. F. Pierce
A Avenue
C. L. MacGregor
David MacGregor
Eighteenth Avenue
Eastern Signal Corps
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Army
Signal Corps
Turner Promoted to Technician Fifth Grade at Camp Polk
Private John Turner son of Mr and Mrs Jack Turner 1691 Eighth Avenue SW promoted to technician fifth grade at Camp Polk Louisiana. He serves in a maintenance battalion of the 11th armored division.
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John Turner
Jack Turner
Eighth Avenue SW
Camp Polk
11Th Armored Division
Private Serbousek Promoted to Corporal at Fort Belvoir
Private Pete Serbousek son of Mrs P N Serbousek of 1226 Second Street SW has been promoted to corporal. He left Wednesday for the officers training school at Fort Belvoir Va after a brief furlough at his Rapids home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Serbousek
P. N. Serbousek
Second Street
Officers Training School
Fort Bellair
Rapids
Fisher Son Promoted To Aviation Radioman Third Class
Mrs. Cora Fisher of 1224 First Street SW learns her son Charles A. Fisher has been promoted from seaman second class to aviation radioman third class and is stationed in Norfolk Virginia after studying aircraft radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Fisher
First Street
Charles A. Fisher
Norfolk, Va
Local youths enlistment and honors announced
James Hamilton Jr. enlisted in the navy last week at Clear Lake and was inducted at Des Moines Monday. He was 17 years old last Saturday. Mr and Mrs John C Louvar of Solon report their son Aviation Cadet Ernest J Louvar has been selected by the classification board of the Santa Ana air base in Santa Ana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hamilton, Jr
Third Avenue
Navy
Clear Lake
Des Moines
John C. Louvar
Solon
Ernest J. Louvar
Santa Ana Air Base
Santa Ana
California pilot training in the Army Air Corps
Louvar, who enlisted in the Army on April 11, 1942, will be sent to a West Coast air base soon for pilot training.
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Calif
Army Air Corps
Louvar
Army
Private Modracek Furlough Home From Camp Barkeley Duty
Private Leonard Modracek of the infantry at Camp Barkeley Texas is spending a 14 day furlough at home on Route 2 Cedar Rapids.
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Leonard Modracek
Soa
Cedar Rapids
Infantry
Camp Barkeley
Texas
Private Francis Camizzi and Others Listed on Coast Artillery Postings
Private Francis John Camizzi, son of Mr and Mrs Michael Camizzi of 1312 Burch Avenue NW, is stationed with the coast artillery on the east coast. Private Paul R Lowy, son of Mr and Mrs R Lowy of 219 Sixth Avenue SW, transferred from Fort Robinson Arkansas to the air corps finance department at Long Beach California. Private George W Krejci is stationed at Gowenfield Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis John Camizzi
Mrs
Michael Camizzi
Burch Avenue
Coast Artillery
Paul R. Lowy
R. Lowy
Sixth Avenue SW
Fort Robinson
Ark
Air Corps Finance Department
Long Beach
Calif
George W. Krejci
Gowenfield
Idaho
Military update places names to Camp Lee Virginia
Not Bollenfield as per Wednesday's Gazette the son of Mrs Antonie Krejc 1623 A street SW Private Don K Chapman son of Mr and Mrs Charles Chapman 411 First avenue SW and husband of Mrs Della Marie Chapman 217 Seventh street SW is stationed at the quartermaster replacement training center at Camp Lee Va
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Bollenfield
Antonie Krejc
Don K Chapman
Charles Chapman
First Avenue
Della Marie Chapman
Seventh Street
Quartermaster Replacement Training Cener
Camp Lee
Treasury studies plastics glass coins no immediate substitution
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced at a press conference that plastics and glass are being studied for coin replacement. Mint experts are testing plastics as a substitute for metals but no immediate changes are planned. He dismissed rumors about issuing a paper currency for common coins.
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Washington
INS
Treasury
Morgenthau
London Post Detail Shifts in Justice Dept Leaders
Hugh B. Cox, first assistant to Thurman Arnold, moves to the Board of Economic Warfare for London service. Tom C. Clark is named Arnold’s new first assistant and head of the war frauds unit. David Podell will lead the anti trust division’s complaints section. Cox hails from Logan, Iowa.
Private Borst Receives 350000 Patent Payment
The Camp Rucker press office said Private Theodore E. Borst of Clinton New York in the 54th chemical company was paid 350000 by du Pont for a patent in agricultural chemistry. Borst served ten years as a research chemist before joining the Army last April.
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Montgomery, Ala
Camp Rucker
Theodore E. Borst
Clinton
N. Y
54Th Chemical Company
du Pont
Borst
Postwar economic potential highlighted by Borst
Borst notes the development could be more significant in the post-war period than in the present war economy, stressing a move toward a commercially practicable process. The statement links progress to broader national economic recovery and future industry impact.
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Borst
Emperor Hirohito Confers with War Cabinet on Siberia Threat
Reports from Chungking say Emperor Hirohito met Premier Hideki Tojo and his war cabinet on issues affecting Japan's future. Observers note the emperor only convenes the full cabinet on matters of vital importance, with Siberia cited as an impending concern.
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Chungking
Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Siberia
Japan
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