Yank Who Got U-Boat Gives Crew Credit
In Honolulu AP report Secretary of the Navy Knox commends First Lieut. James V. Edmundson of Santa Monica for his crew’s destruction of a Japanese submarine off Oahu. Edmundson, wounded on Dec 7, led dawn patrols and praised crew coordination that yielded multiple bombs hitting the sub and an explosive end.
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Honolulu
United States Army
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
James V. Edmundson
Santa Monica
Calif
Santa Monica Junior College
Australia
Edmundson
Oahu
Terry Carpenter Seeks Air Corps Ground Post
Former Nebraska congressman Terry Carpenter applies for a commission with the army air corps ground forces. Carpenter is noted as a former Cedar Rapids resident and the move was confirmed on Thursday.
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Terry Carpenter
Air Corps
Washington
Nebraska
Army Air Corps Ground Forces
Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
West Side Draft Board Sends 66 Men in Two Day Call
Linn county draft figures show 149 men leaving for military service in two days. West side call produced 66 selectees the largest single draft in 18 months, following 44 from the east side. Names listed include John T Bell Lumir Serovy U V Rahn and many others with addresses across Linn county. An automatic bird perching lock mechanism is noted.
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West Side Draft Board
Linn
East Side Draft Board
Army
West Side Board
Linn County
Marion
West Side
John T. Bell
F Avenue
Lumir J. Serovy
Seventeenth Avenue
U. V Rahn
Fifth Street
William J. Miller
Eighth Avenue
Charles Dvorak
Elizabeth Avenue
John T. Breslin
Fourth Avenue
John D. Taylor
Third Street
Lucius F. Croffer
Fourteenth Avenue
Allen L. Nelson
Eighth Street
Elwood D Geesaman
Ninth Avenue
Charles E Willits
Mallory Street
Harold L. Pearce
B Avenue
Cleo H McMann
Lumir F. Felter
C Street
Wendl J Kopecky
K Street
Tony Vyhnanek
L Street
Arthur R. Wise
Fifth Avenue
James R. Brady
G Avenue
John B Hunter
Paul E Brooks
A Avenue
Hulbert M. Gallagher
Verne R. van Cura
J Street
DeForest S Butterfield
Arthur E McMahon
Mike Kovacik
Francis L. Gabel
Ralph C. Sikora
Leroy E. Babcock
Ninth Street
Robert C Gable
Garland W. Sparks
Second Street
Roy T Buck
Rudy L. Fayman
Bowling Street
Sylvan F Hasley
Twelfth Street
Steward R. Peyton
Sixth Street
Alfred L. Proskovec
Carl E. Huston
Fourth Street
Floyd A Sell
Marvin R. Kazebier
Leo E. Phelps
Wilson Avenue
Russell D. Smith
C Avenue
Howard E. White
Seventh Avenue
Charles W. Schwarz
Leonard A Lindquist
Bernard L. Gallaher
N Street
Verl D
Richard W. Mackey
Theodore Neuenswander
Ernest L. Andrie
Fred Jackson
Edwin V. Noble
Milwaukee
Wis
City Hall Notes on spring improvements and council actions
The public improvements department won council approval for curb and gutter work on Thirty eighth street NE from First to C avenues and on C avenue NE from Thirty seventh to Thirty eighth streets. March police court fines and fees totaled 996.50. Cedar Rapids February fire loss was 630.91, with 380 recoverable by insurance. The council authorized 30 000 in 1929 serial waterworks bonds and renewed two Class C beer permits. Waterworks was authorized to buy a carload of pipe, and Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co. received approval to extend mains 439 feet on Twenty second street east from C avenue NE.
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Public Improvements Department
City Council
Thirty Eighth Street
First
C Avenues
C Avenue
Thirty-seventh
Thirty-eighth Streets
Cedar Rapids
E. P. Kohout
A. G. Smid
Center Point Road
Edward A. Scolaro
Second Street
Iowa I
Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Twenty-second Street
Wallace Aide Accused of Wording Nazi White Paper Foreword
Rep. Voorhis charges on the floor that C Hartley Gratan an economic adviser on Vice President Wallace Board of Economic Warfare wrote the foreword to a 1940 German white paper blaming American diplomats for Poland’s invasion. He read an excerpt as evidence.
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Washington
INS
Rep
Voorhis
D-Calif
C. Hartley Gratan
Vicepresident
Wallace
Board of Economic Warfare
Poland
Gratan
Econ
Charges Target Roosevelt Policy Theorized as Communist Fronts
Rep. Dies charges BEW employees including Gratan with Communist front activities. A witness says some German charges may be authentic and reflect Roosevelt era policy, while the full extent remains disputed.
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Omist
Gratan
BE W. Employes
Rep. Dies
D-Texas
Plot to kill Papen and Ribbentrop alleged in Turkey trial
Abdurrahama Sayman and three others go on trial in Ankara for conspiring to assassinate German Ambassador Papen and aiming to kill Foreign Minister Ribbentrop. Sayman says he was recruited by Pavelov via Tokat’s bomb plan and converted to communism under Russian influence.
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Papen
Ribbentrop
Ankara
Turkey
Abdurrahama Sayman
Franz von Papen
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Balkans
Sayman
Istanbul University
Suleyman Sadl
Leonid Karlinov
Istanbul
Giorgi Pavlov
Saul
Yugoslavia
Pavlov
Russia
Omer Tokat
Tokat
City Briefs: Local Meetings and Events Tonight
Federal labor union 19147 meets at 7 30 P M in the Labor temple. Kenwood school hosts Thursday night home nursing class. Townsend clubs 1 and 3 cancel Friday dance for Good Friday. Central Park Presbyterian Church holds Lord's Supper services tonight at 7 30. Jan Hus lodge I O O F degree staff meets Friday at 7 30 P M at Z C B J hall. Grace McCurdy club sews for Red Cross Friday 10 A M to 4 P M at Mrs James Taylor 719 First Ave SW. Dr H M Riggle speaks at Church of God tonight at 7 45 on Your Soul on the Auction Block. Tomorrow last chance to sell Easter pets flowers and eats. three day Want Ads offer.
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Grace McCurdy Club
Red Cross
James Taylor
First Avenue
H M. Riggle
Anderson, Ind
Church of God
L Avenue
Eighth Street
Satan's Palace
First Lutheran Good Friday Service Set at 2 to 3 PM
At First Lutheran church 1000 Third avenue SE a Good Friday service will run from 2 to 3 PM with the choir performing O Sacred Head Now Wounded and O Come and Mourn with Me Awhile The pastor Rev H G Schwegler will preach It Is Finished The public is invited. Transferred To U S Court The suit of George S Bachelder against Hoosier Casualty Company moved from Linn county district court to the northern Iowa circuit of federal court Thursday The casualty company is sued for 13056 91 by Bachelder arising from a judgment against J H Woodside in a personal injury case Woodside was insured by the defendant.
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First Lutheran
Third Avenue SE
H G. Schwegler
U. S. Court
George S. Bachelder
Hoosier Casualty Company
Linn County District Court
Iowa
Federal Court
Casualty Company
Bachelder
J. H. Woodside
Woodside
War Production Board bans homemade trousers cuffs and retail suits
Washington officials announced new controls prohibiting the purchase of suits or trousers at retail, having garments delivered unfinished, or adding cuffs at home or by a local tailor. The order, effective Wednesday, targets improvised modifications to clothing during the wartime period.
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Washington
War Production Board
Iowa Governor Seeks Extradition for Morley Embezzlement Charge
Gov. George A. Wilson asked California Gov. Culbert Olson to approve Charles A. Morley extradition. Morley, 30, is accused in Cedar Rapids of embezzling 131.85 for Midwest Fruit Co. and faces two bad check charges. Crissman and Det. Connell plan to accompany him from California to Iowa. Esther Helfer’s will was admitted to probate. executrix Olive B. Hartley Se, without bond.
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Linn
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Culbert Olson
California
Charles A. Morley
Cedar Rapids
Morley
Midwest Fruit Company
William W. Crissman
George Connell
Esther Helfer
Olive B. Hartley
Rae
Wartime forced Yankee Manager named in Petersburg report
A compact notice from the Petersburg file notes that during wartime, a Yankee manager faced forced changes in duties. No further details on dates or outcomes are provided in the readable text.
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CT Petersburg
Nea
Joe McCarthy Delays Practice Start To 11 30 A.M
The coach will shift workouts to begin at 11 30 in the morning so practice occurs after dew dries. Three fourths of Venezuela crude oil is typically shipped to Aruba and Curaçao for refining.
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Joe McCarthy
Venezuela
Aruba
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