Collins Employers Gift Fishing Rod to English Air Raid Warden
Collins Radio employees in Cedar Rapids Iowa pooled to buy a fishing rod for Harold T C Brown an air raid precaution warden in Hitchin Hertfordshire England. The pole engraved from Collins Radio employees arrives amid wartime shortages and cross Atlantic camaraderie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
England
Collins Radio
War Department
Harold T C. Brown
Bearton Road
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
London
Brown
British Isles
Pratt
Harold T. C. Brown
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U. S
United States
America
Iceland
Thompson
Collins Radio Company
Harold Pratt
E Avenue
Milo Soukup
Thirty-second Street
Kenneth Pearson
Marion
C. J. Kettering
OPM Major Operation Cuts Unneeded Defense Resources
In a Washington room, the OPM boards perform a major operation on the economy to aid defense. They direct priorities to supply arms and ships, while civil industry is limited and substitution sought to minimize civilian disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
the Gazette Special News Service
OPM Board Room
Eugene Grace
Tom Girdler
Ernest Weir
Knudsen
Berlin
OPM
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Behind the War Effort The United States Defense Agencies
The text describes the division of duties between the Office of Production Management and OPACS. It notes OPM’s growing role in aligning industry with military needs while OPACS focuses on civilian supply and price control. It cites a goal of dedicating about 40 percent of productive activity to military uses and estimates defense use at roughly 15 percent to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPM
Office of Production Management
Army
Navy
OPACS
Office of Price Administration and
Civilian Supply
Germany
England
United States
Drivers Face 34 Iowa Highway Detours This Week
Iowa motorists endure 34 detours statewide due to road work with 12 active work zones maintaining slow traffic. The Iowa state highway commission releases a list of closed segments and long detours including the Jefferson county Iowa 77 closure and multiple closures along US and state highways across many towns and counties with varied detour lengths and surface types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Iowa 77
Jefferson County
Brighton
Sears
Osage
Towa
Laurens
Havelock
Parkersboro
Marshalltown
Knoxville
U. S
Lyon County
Town
Turin
Soldier
Armstrong
Minnesota
Dubuquete
O'Brien
U 8
Osceola County
Cedar Faplds
Marion
Almont
Minnesota State Line
Onawa
Iowa 1
Iowa 117
Prairie City
Colfax
Dyersville
Luxemberg
Perry West
Poweshiek-Mahiska County
Anita
Cedar, Rapids
Dubuade
U. 5
Ogden
Yowsa
U. 3
Imogene
Sac City
U. 8
Badger
Ratte
Mt. Ayr
Iowa 8
Traer
Dysart
Independence
Glenwood
Bellevue
Harlan
Calvert
Grant
Northwood
Winnebago County
Meservey
Thornton
Boy Naps At Movies And Calls Police At Dawn
In Ogden Utah an 11 year old boy Glen Ellis who had been missing all night rang the police and the theater manager at 5 am. The manager’s home call brought Glen to explain he had fallen asleep in a theater corner and wanted to return home. He rode his bicycle home from the theater after being released.
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Ogden
Utah
Glen Ellis
Glen
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Scott Tissue
Doan
Ike
Sere
Rocky Road
H. H. Ayer
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Eastman Films
M&c
Soc Palvex
Hall
Hay Fe
Swift
School of Scissors
St Drene Shampoo
Schick
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