76 Granted Citizenship in Cedar Rapids Naturalization
Judge Henry N Graven granted citizenship to 76 petitioners in Cedar Rapids charging they take the oath as new U S citizens. Final hearings delayed court until after 10 a m. with 76 petitioners and five repatriates before the bench. Names of new citizens listed include Gudmund Olsen Osthus Fairfax Frederick Sadler Mt Vernon and Marie Theresia Simoens Center Point among others. Examiner Fred J White from Omaha assisted with final examinations and travels to West Union then Cedar Rapids for court work.
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District of
Iowa
Henry N. Graven
Cedar Rapids
U. S
Gudmund Olsen Osthus
Gudmund Olsen
Fairfax
Frederick Sadler
Mt. Vernon
John Joe Sotyn
Garwin
Marie Theresia Simoens
Camiel Francis Simoens
Center Point
Annie Martha Alcorn
Mary Ann Graham
Waterloo
Niels Viggo Nielsen
Hudson
Willem Willems
Cedar Falls
Volline Christiansen
Bernhard Christiansen
Margaret Elise Christiansen
Christoph Christian Bendixen
Anamosa
Carl Theodor Ploen
Durant
Elsa Marie Brauer
Frank Carl Musch
Jesup
Emil Nickolas Belling
Theresa Sophia Severin
Chelsea
Karen Sophie Hansen
Wilhelm Harold Jensen
Esther Marie Therkelsen
Albert Braun
Maria Braun
Dunkerton
Albert Krull
Bertha Klap
Reinbeck
Peter Anton Christiansen
Dike
Wilhelmine Augusta Christiansen
Elmer Emil Johnson
Hjalmar Johansen
Helen Margarete Grohs
Hermine Aline Johanne Reints
Margaret Elizabeth Graham
Anna Scharfenberg
Christine LaBarre
Anna Dorothy Schoof
Ludvig Emil Hendriksen
Fred J. White
Omaha, Neb
Office of Immigration and Naturalization
West Union
Superior Court
Cedar Rapids Soldier’s Duplicate Naturalization Papers Discovered
In Cedar Rapids federal records, duplicate naturalization papers for John Fook May, a 45 year old Cedar Rapids resident born in Canton, China, are filed. He is now a private in a U S army ordnance company overseas and was naturalized in Bizerte Tunisia last October after a simplified soldier’s petition.
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Cedar Rapids
John Fook May
Fourth Street
U. S. Army Ordnance Company
Canton
China
Bizerte
Tunisia
U. S. Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Immigrant Citizens Highlight Cedar Rapids Naturalization
In Cedar Rapids a large naturalization ceremony granted 76 new citizens from 13 European nations. Germans led with 39 new citizens. repatriates included five women. Judge Graven urged civic duty and warned against judging by race or nationality, stressing open courts and equal rights for all minorities.
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Graven
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Largely Recovered From Bronchitis Attack
President Roosevelt appeared largely recovered from bronchitis and resumed a light appointment schedule. Presidential Secretary Stephen T. Early said Roosevelt seemed fine Monday, though his voice remained a little hoarse.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Stephen T. Early
Mr. Roosevelt
Navy to Complete 581 Warships in 1944
Secretary James Forrestal announced that the United States would finish 581 warships and build 28,000 combat planes in 1944, boosting the fleet to at least 1,500 combat vessels. At end of 1943 the fleet exceeded 900 ships.
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New York
INS
James Forrestal
United States
Secret Society Of Boys Probed In Jackson
Police probed a youths secret society in Jackson calling itself the State. A 16-year-old claimed leadership and described aims to seize government in 15 to 20 years. Members allegedly desecrated the American flag and Bible, circulated hostile pamphlets, and stored blackjacks and knives. No adult ties found.
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Jackson, Mich
Fred Foster
England
Foster
Harold Mulbar
State Police
Householders to ration Southern Appalachian coal in 1944
Solid Fuels Administrator Ickes announced a drastic cut in household use of domestic-size bituminous coal from the southern Appalachian region. Consumers must meet at least 25 percent of annual needs from alternative fuels where available, with St. Louis highlighted as affected. Regulations set tonnage limits for 1944-45 coal year beginning April 1, covering eastern coal and coke not sold in the East and briquettes.
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Washington
Ickes
Appalachian
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
St. Louis
Illinois
Stiff Punishment For Making Slugs
Washington AP reports President Roosevelt signed a law imposing up to 3000 dollars in fines and one year in prison for makers or sellers of slugs used to obtain cigars stamps admissions or other items from coin operated machines. The act applies when there is knowledge or reason to believe the tokens may be used fraudulently in vending devices terminals or receptacles that receive lawful coins.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Relief Proposed for White Collar Workers
Sen Thomas of Utah urged a two point plan to aid white collar workers in lower wage brackets. He called for War Labor board wage freeze relief allowing increases above 15 percent from January 1 1941 for low salaried workers. He also proposed Congress raise take home pay via larger tax exemptions to ease real privation.
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Washington
Sen
Thomas
Utah
War Labor Board
Congress
Aviators Chip In To Aid Captive Buddies
At a U S bomber base in England silk stockings sold for 40 dollars a pair and 15 cent lipsticks were auctioned for 8 to 10 dollars each at a prisoners of war fund raising party. The event was part of weekend pay days at several bases to raise cash for POW camps in Germany. The station contributed over 6500 dollars.
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U. S
England
Germany
Three Air Officers Plead Not Guilty in Court Martial
In Cincinnati three Army Air Force officers pled not guilty at a general court martial facing charges of neglect of duty conspiracy and false testimony tied to plane engine inspections at the Wright Aeronautical plant in Lockland. Lt. Col. Frank C. Greulich Major Walter A. Ryan and Major William Bruckmann are named with former positions at Wrightfield Detroit and Cincinnati respectively.
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Cincinnati
Army Air Force
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Lockland
Frank C. Greulich
A.A.F. Material Command
Wrightfield
Walter A. Ryan
Detroit
Materiel Command
William Bruckmann
Wright
Roosevelt Signs Deficiency Bill for 490 Million
President Roosevelt signed a deficiency appropriation bill providing 490 million dollars to cover expenditures of government departments and agencies beyond prior estimates.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chinese Generalissimo Speaks to Soldiers
Doc Waddell of Columbus Ohio returns to the circus at 81 to serve as chaplain with the Mills Brothers show. He aims to aid troopers and open each day with a religious service.
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Doc Waddell
Columbus
Ohio
Mills Brothers
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