350 Firms Hold 85 Percent of War Contracts
Washington officials said about 350 American companies hold 85 percent of the 100 billion dollars in war contracts awarded so far. These firms hold 900 contracts for war materials, while the remaining 5,100 prime contracts cover about 15 percent of funds. Some 125,000 plants have no direct part in the war effort, and 40 of 218 pools formed to share war work are currently operating in production, with contracts totaling 153.7 million dollars.
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Washington (Lp
War Production Board
United States
Washington
Half of Bicycles Licensed Police To Visit 12 Schools
Cedar Rapids police report about half the city’s bicycles are licensed for 1942 with total registrations exceeding 3 700. Captain Gordon Hughes says all bikes must be registered by May 1 or unlicensed bikes will be impounded. A traffic squad will visit 12 schools this week to finish the yearly round, allowing children to license bikes without riding in traffic.
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Cedar Rapids
Gordon Hughes
Police Traffic Department
Hughes
Cedi Rapids
Arthur
Kenwood
Lincoln
St. Ludmila’s
Hayes
Taylor
Trinity Lutheran
van Buren
Cleveland
St. Patrick's
Fillmore
Harrison
Will Take Part In Music Short Course at Coe
Nobel Cain, director of music at the University of Chicago, will teach three courses at the Coe College short course in public school music June 1 to 6. The program covers public school music and choral training and is open to students, teachers, supervisors, and administrators. Lecturers include Hutchins, Smith, Ewoldt, Watters, Iverson, Porter, Malin, and Coe’s regular music faculty. Enrollment in the short course continues.
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Nobel Cain
University of Chicago
Coe College
Cain
John E. Hutchins
Cedar Rapids
Ellen Smith
Mason City
Lovella Ewoldt
Larrain E. Watters
Des Moines
Maurice T. Iverson
Sioux City
Margaret Porter
Roosevelt High School
Don Malin
Lyon and Healy Company
Chicago
Coe
Notable Coe College recital lineup announced
The event will limit attendance to 100 persons with two hours credit for full session attendance. Recital guests include Grace Huddle Lockhoff soprano Harold Reeves tenor Max Daehler piano Joseph Kitchin violin and Eleanor Taylor Wendland organ, all affiliated with Coe College.
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Grace Huddle Lockhoff
Coe
Harold Reeves
Cedar Rapids
Max Daehler
Joseph Kitchin
Eleanor Taylor Wendland
Mutiny Subdued in New York Harbor Seaman Shot
In New York harbor a Chinese seaman was killed during a mutiny aboard a United Nations merchantman as eleven shipmates rioted seeking shore leave. The captain Hiltron Rowe said he fired after warning the crew not to cross a mark while officers and white seamen subdued the others and locked them in the hold.
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NEW York
United Nations
Brooklyn
Maurice Gaughran
Hiltron Rowe
Airlines to Run Entirely for War Purposes Soon
Representative Nichols predicts that U S commercial airlines will operate exclusively for war needs very soon. He chairs a special aviation committee and says passenger travel not tied to the war effort will be cut to favor air transport and freight to military bases abroad. He cites next weeks diversion of many planes to military use under existing airline staff.
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Washington
Nichols
D.-Okla
United States
11 Months Make No Difference to Judge
Macy Nebraska inmate John Tyndall told Defense Attorney Eugene O Sullivan to remind Judge James A Donahoe he had already spent 11 months in jail before sentencing. The court then imposed four concurrent life terms for murder on the Macy Neb man.
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INS
John Tyndall
James A. Donahoe
Macy
Neb
Eugene O'Sullivan
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