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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1941
Page
51
Susan Barden advises job seekers to choose hats that fit the interview setting. She suggests sensible yet expressive options with colors and feathers to convey personality while remaining professional.
The War Department announced three new anti-tank groups to counter German mechanized Warfare. Each unit will have three battalions with 37 and 75 mm guns and will train for forthcoming Louisiana maneuvers. McNair assigned Krueger to select a concentration point for training. Separately 259,199 soldiers will be moved by rail for September maneuvers in Louisiana, with 146,000 more in North and South Carolina in November.
Washington reports a 16 member medical commission will oversee health and sanitation for 250000 laborers building a Burma China railroad from Lashio to Suifu. Financed by lend-lease funds at 1.15 million dollars, the group will coordinate anti malaria work by Chinese medical staff.
From TOKIO the Japanese Comei news agency reported that the liner Tatuta Maru traveling from San Francisco to Yokohama would be delayed due to food poisoning aboard. The ship's schedule faced postponement as medical checks were conducted and passengers received treatment.
Docking due to an outbreak of food poisoning aboard the Tatuta Maru left three dead at sea. Domei reports 120 third class passengers aboard ill while the ship docked for treatment and quarantine actions.
In Rockland Maine AP a reporter asked President Roosevelt if he would announce a fireside chat about his conferences with Winston Churchill. He responded, in a light mood, that a complete and correct picture would keep him off the air and added you can quote me on that.
Aurora authorities ordered all tavern owners and bartenders to stand before locked doors at 1 a.m. for police counting to enforce closing times. Saloons view the move as fair, hoping it guarantees orderly hours and prevents unfair late trading.
Independence The Buchanan county rural schools opening this fall total 80, down from 86 last year and from 103 a few years back. Fewer pupils due to smaller families and consolidation. Some schools start Aug 6, with others opening Sept 1. Twenty of the 80 will have new teachers.
Mrs. Ben Eimers hosted the Catholic Ladies bridge club and guests Tuesday evening. Awards went to Mrs. Mel Sattre for high score, Mrs. Mollie Spillman for the club prize, and Mrs. William Schroeder for the consolation prize. Henrietta Johnson, a bride of the month, received a shower Wednesday in the Legion hall with about 80 relatives and friends, featuring a mock wedding.
Iowa will be represented at a Washington meeting of state tax administrators to study the tax bill pending in the Senate for conflicts with state revenue measures. Gov George A Wilson urged Iowa tax commission chairman Fred Nelson to attend and hoped for no further duplication of taxes between state and federal government. Nelson plans to go Monday night.
A Chicago report notes urban and rural buyers fueling a rapid upswing in farm land sales across the nation. Sources from real estate boards, mortgage banks, insurers, and the American Farm Bureau Federation cite inflation protection, expected price support, improved drought-era land value, and tenancy-to-ownership shifts as key drivers.
Washington based Marjorie Young, 28, serves as assistant to Starling Burgess at Weaver Associates and is widely regarded as the first woman naval architect in America. Her work ranges from hull design to balancing strength and speed, while she continues sailing her own 25-foot sloop Pomelion in Chesapeake Bay weekends.
Cairo dispatch reports seven Axis vessels sunk or damaged by torpedo planes from Britain, RAF bombers, and a Dutch submarine in the Mediterranean. A large convoy bound for Libya is said to have been shattered, with two 4 000 ton oil tankers destroyed and a Dutch submarine sinking a 5 000 ton supply ship and a 1 000 ton sailing vessel.
Teenage readers are advised on fall fashion for college wardrobes with emphasis on smooth shoulders deep armholes and long torso lines. The article notes rayon crepe natural jerseys spun rayons wool blends and a three piece suit with bell bottom slacks as campus essentials for daytime and evening wear.
In New York City during rationing, hack driver Harry touts profit from selling two gallons of gas for a dollar to stranded motorists. Station owners see mixed effects as July sales lag into fall. tourists dwindle while most cars are local.
Charles Moore, president of The West Side Garage Owners association, criticized fuel rationing as unfair and ineffective. He argued the orders disrupt the public and harm business as motorists travel during vacations and fuel cuts hit 30 percent or more of normal supply.
Associate OPM Director Sidney Hillman summoned executives from a Southern California airline and heads of AFL and CIO unions to Washington on Monday to discuss open labor management issues.
British and American air forces pressed new raids across northern France and the English Channel. German interceptors claimed shot down while RAF heavy bombers targeted Brest docks and railways with strong escort. two northeast Scotland towns faced lone German raids.
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