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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1942
Page
1
Hundreds of Iowa soldiers labor on the great Alaskan military highway described as a spectacular World War II construction feat. The Iowa Expeditionary Force likens the effort to the Yukon gold rush of 1898, hiking spirits as they advance the route through remote terrain.
Iowa newspapers would be barred from publishing the list of Iowans who paid the federal slot machine tax if the revenue act of 1942 passes the Senate without change. The bill excludes those who paid the special tax on coin operated gaming devices for the year starting July 1, 1942.
Two Decorah sailors on the battleship Idaho spent three months aboard before discovering they shared hometown ties. Ed Sorenson learned from a shipmate that Orval Thompson of Decorah read a Decorah newspaper, triggering the reunion aboard the ship.
Daniel W. Richeson, 58, of State Center Iowa, is held in Des Moines on bribery charges for offering to pay a board chairman to defer his son Denzel from military service. FBI agents witnessed the transaction. the son is uninvolved. Richeson faces up to years in prison and a $20000 fine if convicted.
In Des Moines an man shot the hotel after receiving 40 hours notice to vacate his room at the Plaza hotel where he had lived for 20 years. The note blamed the eviction and referenced the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps training school.
Fort Des Moines AP says the Second company First regiment of officer candidates won top honors in the WAAC review at the women's school. Capt. George T. Skinner led the winning unit with Elizabeth Hardesty of Cincinnati as student commander. Col Don C Faith presided as 1,000 WAACs were reviewed marking end of four weeks of basic training.
A barn on the Dr Dale Paul farm two miles east of Olin burned at noon with 55 tons of baled hay. A team of horses, a calf, a hog and farming machinery were lost. Vern Woodard tenant. Spontaneous combustion blamed. Anamosa and Olin fire departments could not fight the blaze.
COUNCIL BLUFFS AP The 11 day old strike of Blue Star Produce's 125 workers ended Saturday after management and the Poultry Workers union signed a contract. The agreement provides hourly wage increases seniority rights paid vacations overtime rates on Sundays and holidays and improved conditions. It does not include a union shop.
The Sac and Fox Mesquakie powwow at Tama reservation opens Thursday with war dances honoring service members. Wartime absences include key Mesquakie dancers and athletes as brothers Mike Judy and Walter Waubansee are overseas. Visitors may tour the reservation exhibits and listen to George Young Bear explain dances. Charlies Pushetonequa and Frank Waubansee are noted artists and athletes in the army.
Navy day in Anamosa will feature a mass induction ceremony to honor all Jones county men enlisting in the Navy. The event blends with an Anamosa junk rally Saturday the 19th, spearheaded by Ceril R. Farmer, president of the Anamosa club.
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