Step Up Production Of Furfural
Washington Quaker Oats and Rubber Reserve plan a contract to raise Cedar Rapids furfural output to full capacity, about 12 million pounds annually, from 60 percent. A new Memphis plant will be built to aid rubber production near oil and industrial centers in the Southwest, boosting Cedar Rapids’ role in America's rubber industry.
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Washington
Quaker Oats Company
The
Rubber Reserve Company
Cedar Rapids
Don William Jacobsen
PD Ia
Quaker Oats
Memphis
Tenn
Jacobsen
America
Furfural Production Expanded At Cedar Rapids Plant
Quaker Oats plans raise furfural output at Cedar Rapids from 60 to 100 percent capacity using oat hull by products. No new buildings or equipment needed as production expands. Furfural purifies butadiene to aid Buna S synthetic rubber. projected Cedar Rapids output could yield 125000 to 150000 tons of substitute rubber annually.
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Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Company
Arthur Poe
Iowa
Poe
Memphis
Navy Enlists Four Marines Get Three at Cedar Rapids
Seven enlistments were reported at Cedar Rapids naval and marine recruit stations on Monday. Navy enlistees include Robert J. Orth Iowa City George H Stauffer Center Point John R Overholt Riverside and Glenn E Summel Iowa City. Marine corps enlistees include E Miles Olin Leo
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Cedar Rapids
Naval and Marine
Navy
Robert J. Orth
Iowa City
George H. Stauffer
Center Point
John R. Overholt
Riverside
Glenn E. Summel
Marine Corps
E. Miles
Olin
Leo
Molotov Close to Premier Role in Soviet Council
Moscow report says Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov, first among 15 vice presidents of the council of people's commissars, is almost equivalent to the premiership held by Josef Stalin. Molotov is described as the most experienced vice president.
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Moscow
Supreme Council of the Soviet
Apoe
V. M
Council of People's Commissars
Josef Stalin
Molotov
Cem
United States
Churchill
Ee Vanderkloot
Jack Ruggles
San Francisco
Alen Francis Brooke
Arthur William Tedder
RAF
Middle East
Alexander Cadogan
Loy Henderson
Stalin
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-shek
No Evidence of Black Market in Higgins Steel Found
Washington AP report says WPB investigation found no evidence of black market operations by Higgins Industries in New Orleans shipbuilding. It notes possible WPB quota violations by some warehouses and price or evasion issues tied to Higgins deliveries, under OPA review.
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Washington
Higgins Industries, Inc
New Orleans
War Production Board
J. Higgins
Higgins
WPB
Higgins Company
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Doolittle in England on secret wartime mission
Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle, who led the Tokyo raid, is in England for ten days on a special wartime mission. He will not join the European air command permanently and recently met with Major Gen. Carl Spaatz after a three day tour of American air bases in Britain.
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London
James H. Doolittle
United States Army Air Force
Japan
United States
Doolittle
American Air Command
Britain
George Brett
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Carl Spaatz
United States Air Forces
The
Pleads Not Guilty To Second Offense Of Drunk Driving
Albert J. Alexander, 29, of 1640 Avenue NE, pled not guilty in district court to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated as a second offender. Bond set at $1500. He was arrested at 12:15 a.m. Sunday after swerving north on Third Street SE and colliding with a southbound car driven by Earl E. Teeple near Sixth Avenue SE. Teeple, of 625 Long Avenue SE, said he swerved to avoid the crash. Teeple had pled guilty earlier to a separate offense before Justice H R Churchill.
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Cedar Rapids
Albert J. Alexander
1640 Avenue NE
Alexander
Steve Dyson
Leonard Bruce
Third Street
Sixth Avenue SE
Earl E. Teeple
Long Avenue SE
Teeple
H.R. Churchill
Brazilian freighter sunk off coast with troops lost
A 4,800 ton Brazilian freighter was sunk off the coast. Reports say between 700 and 1,000 Brazilian troops aboard were lost while the ship served as a transport between locations.
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Ae Ae Ae Ee
Tica Saonday
Japs Claim Chinese Raid In Indo China Margin
New York AP report says a Japanese-patrolled radio from Saigon French Indo China broadcast that Hanoi Haiphong and Tonkin port areas were raided by Chinese forces. The message was heard by observers and cited as a Japanese claim amid ongoing regional tensions.
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New York
Saigon
Prag Mae Age Figgle
Hanoi
Haiphong
oeinte-Teinieis
Riderless Observation Balloon Crashes in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO UP Navy authorities hunted Monday for Lieut Ernest Cody and Ensign Charlies Adams after a riderless observation blimp crashed on a Daly City street. Crews searched ashore and at sea, with the gondola tilted, engines smashed, and depth charges recovered, while officers pursued clues to determine what caused the mishap.
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San Francisco
Ernest Cody
Charlies Adams
Ping
Daly City
Navy
Olympic Golf Course
Hero sergeant credited with saving two in plane crash
In Peru Massachusetts three soldiers were injured while 17 died when an army transport plane crashed near Garnet peak. Sergeant Robert Lee 23 of Columbus Ohio dragged two companions to safety through flames after the wreck. He fired shots to guide state police to the site as others worked to reach survivors.
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Peru
Mass
Robert Lee
Columbus
Ohio
Corp
Alonzo Pearson
Somerset County
James Fern
Abingdon
Popefield
Fort Stagg
N. C
Lee
United States
Army
Garnet
Waa
Massachusetts
Senate Votes Quick Troop Dependent Pay
Washington reports the Senate moved swiftly to approve pay for troops dependents as part of a broader defense funding action. The measure aims to stabilize family support amid ongoing deployments and military operations. The vote signals bipartisan momentum on veteran and service member benefits.
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Senate
Cuba Forms Cabinet Amid Batista Announcement
President Fulgencio Batista disclosed a newly formed cabinet on Sunday as the government reorganizes. The move signals a consolidation of power and aims to streamline policymaking during his tenure.
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Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Soviets Give Up Oil City as Germans Press in Caucasus
Soviet losses mount as Maikop falls to German forces and Grozny becomes the next target. Axis armored units push along the Rostov to Baku railway while Stalingrad remains contested. Russian forces retreat to new positions near Mineralnye Vody and Krasnodar, with oil facilities destroyed to deny transport.
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Moscow
Maikop
Grozny
Caspian Sea
Rostov-Baku
Caucasus Mountains
Stalingrad
Kletskaya
The
Solomons
Russia
Red Army
Mineralnye Vody
Allies appear to have won Solomons, AP reports
London Star correspondent Selwyn Speight quoted cautious UN tone but stating Allies have won in land, sea, air operations in the Solomons. MacArthur's forces maintain air vigil northeast of Australia as Marines advance bridgeheads, while official briefings minimize Solomons updates. Tokyo claims loom large, submarine losses highlighted by imperial HQ.
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London (Ap
Selwyn Speight
London Star
Sydney
Australia
United Nations
Solomons
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Solomon Islands
United States
Washington
Timor
Kokoda
New Guinea
Port Moresby
William H. Hughes
Pacific War Council
Solomon
Amera
London
Imperial Headquarters
Churchill and Stalin hold first Moscow talks on war aims
Churchill and Stalin met in Moscow for four days with American generals and officials to discuss coordinated Allied strategy against Germany. Communiques described cordial talks reaffirming Soviet British and American unity and outlining decisions on defeating Hitler and opening a second front.
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Moscow
Churchill
Britain
Josef Stalin
United States
Stalin
London
Soviet Union
Russia
Great Britain
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Russell P. Maxwell
Middle East
Germany
Europe
Cedar Rapids Woman Details Thai Internment in War Letter
Mary Buser Warner writes from an internment camp in Thailand describing six and a half months under Japanese control. She recalls the Bangkok trap, legation confinement, armistice, and life in a university campus camp with makeshift kitchens, looted banks, and humor through home talent shows. The letter ends mid tale as bombing begins.
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Cedar Rapids
E. J. Buser
Fourth Avenue SE
Mary Buser Warner
J. C. Warner
Thailand
Warners
Mr. Warner
America
Bangkok
Mrs Getts Dead in Citys Sixth Traffic Fatality
In Cedar Rapids 80 year old Mrs Jennie V Getts of 502 A avenue NE died from injuries after being struck by a car Saturday night in front of her home. George Collins of 229 Seventh street NE drove the vehicle and was fined for failing to yield the right of way. Funeral services set for Beatty chapel Tuesday at 1 30 p m with burial at Sevanna.
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Cedar Rapids
Jennie V. Getts
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