Preparing Site for Cedar Rapids War Worker Trailers
Ground preparation on a nine and one third acre site across from Collins Radio advances with 15 Hagstrom Construction workers laying roads and trailer pads, building a field office and sewer line. The project, worth 53247 dollars, will house 60 single and 40 double trailers for war plant workers. Hagstrom expects completion in 30 days with headquarters planned in Iowa City.
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Cedar Rapids
Thirty-second Street
Collins Radio Company
J. P. Hagstrom Construction Company
St. Paul
J. P. Hagstrom
Hagstrom
Iowa City
Broadway with Walter Winchell Wisdom tribute in verse and quotes
A collage of verse and late 1930s anecdotes recounts Winchell era style reflections on love time and memory. It interleaves lyric fragments with Cold War era rumor like lines about Wayne Lonergan draft boards and public figures. The piece weaves cultural snapshots and a Roosevelt anecdote with quoted quips and press banter.
Article by Hamilton Fish on future of Republican party
The mag published Fish's piece on the GOP's future with Fish paid $600. Dies freed Viereck from a subpoena but said he would question him on return. Viereck was never before the committee, yet he was a leading subversive under scrutiny by Dickstein and McCormack. Dies wrote four more pieces in 1940, totaling about $4,000, titled More Snakes Than I Can Kill, naming many figures but omitting Viereck.
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Mag
Hamilton Fish
Republican Party
Fish
Dies
Viereck
Dickstein
Pelley
Deatherage
Superior Court Reports 1943 Fiscal Year Revenue
The Superior Court reported $23 519 collected for the 1943 fiscal year with breakdowns including $18 845 50 in fines $4 092 50 in court fees $420 65 in marshal fees $146 75 for meals to prisoners and $14 40 in witness fees The March report showed $1 709 90 collected month with $1 286 in fines $384 in court fees $43 35 in marshal fees $14 75 for meals to prisoners and $1 80 in witness fees The figures were submitted to the city council at its final meeting of the year.
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Superior Court
Proposals for the reroofing of Cedar Rapids school buses
The Independent School District Cedar Rapids invites bids for reroofing the Fillmore Jackson Van Buren and 5.W Cedar Rapids schools. Bids must be received by 5 00 pm Thursday April 13 1944 at the Secretary's office 346 Ind Avenue Southwest Cedar Rapids Iowa. Specifications and bid instructions may be obtained from the district secretary. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Dated Cedar Rapids Iowa April 4 1944. By E W Lundquist District Secretary
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Fillmore School
10Th Street
O Avenue NW
Jackson
4Th Avenue
Halsey poised for new high command after Emirau
Observers say Admiral William F. Halsey may receive a new major post after Emirau island occupation completed the South Pacific blockade and opened striking distance to Truk. Analysts discuss three possible reassignments, strongest to place him in a key westward campaign role.
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Halsey
William F. Halsey
United States
Emirau Island
Truk
South Pacific Naval Forces
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
MacArthur
Bismarck Archipelago
Solomons
Nimitz
South Pacific
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Japan
140 Billion Floor Seen on Income
Chicago AP reports James L. Palmer of Marshall Nen and Company predicts the national income will likely not fall below 140 billions in the postwar era. He says American business will ride an economic dynamite keg for the next five to ten years as the war doubled the size of the U S economy.
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Chicago
United States
James L. Palmer
Marshall Nen and Company
Monay
Palmer
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Ev'ry Breeze
Wayne Lonergan
Lonergan
Canada
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Rep. Coffee
Mencken
Woodrow Wilson
Joe Cannon
Jeanette Rank
Don Wahn
In of Mont
Montana
Illinois
Joe
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
New York Times
George Sylvester Viereck
Europe
Hitler
Nickel
Tank Tremaine
Marianas
Palau
Halmahera
Atlanta
Seven Seas
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Prt
Baer
The
C-C Co
Coca-Cola
Costin Gocessorini
Carol Brent
S.s
Brent DE Luxe
Oxfords
LA Salle
Oxford
Montgomery Ward
Second Street
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