Ickes Pushes Nationwide Oil Rationing Idea
The article criticizes Secretary Ickes for proposing broader gasoline rationing to spread shortages from the east to the west. It notes he argues for fair shares while questioning whether the west benefits and whether the costs justify expansion. It suggests railway tank cars and pipelines could ease the shortage with a small cost impact.
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Ickes
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Mr. Ickes
Aluminum drive failure leaves Cedar Rapids pot piles unused
Four months into the aluminum for defense effort Cedar Rapids still stores 35 000 pounds of donated pots and pans. Local officials report no guidance from higher authorities on where to send the metal and question the drive’s effectiveness versus actual wartime need.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Relaxed oleomargarine rules spark Iowa butter concerns
The department of agriculture sets Sept 6 for relaxed coloring flavoring and preservative rules for margarine. Iowa butter producers fear unfair competition abroad though Iowa regulations remain unchanged. Clear labeling urged on margarine products. The piece questions imitation of butter by oil based spreads. An official notes the army needs more poker playing and draftees receive a $10 raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Oeo
The Old Homestead and a Fraying Social Ties
Dr Joseph Fort Newton discusses the loss of the traditional family home and its impact on society. He argues housing shifts and economic change erode permanence, weakening church and community ties and threatening social cohesion as homes fade from memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ore Newton
Creature worship and political quips mix in Quillen musing
Robert Quillen muses on being a creator’s creature and the universe’s design urging trust in a benevolent power. The page weaves reflections with short opinions on communism, war policy, taxes, Hitler, Russia, and American life, ending with thoughts on exploration and the American West.
Moscow Conference to Weigh War Supply and Strategy
The forthcoming Moscow talks will focus on wartime supplies and army requirements while probing Russia’s capacity to continue resistance, joint Allied actions, and political aims. British, American, and Russian officials will assess manufacturing, aircraft, and armaments needs amid strategic debates.
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Moscow
Roosevelt-Churchill
Philip Golikoff
Britain
China
Russia
London
Iran
Army Morale Debate Challenges Draftee Release Plan
General Hugh S. Johnson criticizes morale theory linking draftee releases to army spirit. He argues morale is intangible and built by shared confidence in officers and soldiers, not by scaring people or easing service. He warns that selective releases undermine justice and reliability, harming national defense.
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Jackson
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Asia Minor
Europe
Ghengis Khan
U.S. Aids Reds via Persian Gulf War Lines
Paul Mallon argues Roosevelt and Churchill open new supply routes to Russia from the Persian gulf and a bomber ferry to the Near East. He analyzes Budyonny’s retreat, German aims at Sevastopol and Kiev, and the winter battle as war of attrition with typhus risks and fuel shortages shaping Moscow’s fate.
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U.S
Reds
Persian Gulf
Moscow
Churchill
Mr. Roosevelt
Russia
Caspian Sea
Near East
Africa
Vladivostok
Pacific
Roosevelt
U. S
Stalin
Budyonny
Ukraine
Kiev
Dnieper
Budyenny
Don
Red
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Rumania
Smolensk
Odessa
Leningrad
Volga
Hitler
Chafing Remedies and Medical Q A Summary
Reader questions about treating chafing including soap baths drying powders and aluminum acetate solutions. Also notes on mineral oil vitamin assimilation water softening powders and menopause. anecdote about medical injections and a father’s recovery after a strangulation incident.
Why Is It Bugs Baer Asks About Eliza
The writer compares sensational lynching imagery to Eliza as America’s first great broken field runner. He recalls stage depictions of Little Eva and a stagehand’s mishap as a contrast to attention given Eliza. The piece probes media focus and public fascination with tragedy and heroism.
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Bugs
Baer
Eliza
America
Auto collision injures J. M. Frederickson on Seventh Street
News notes detail J. M. Frederickson sustaining injuries in a traffic crash at Seventh Street and Eighth Avenue SE. The item sits among 1931 era briefs covering local people, markets, and civic updates in Cedar Rapids.
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J. M. Frederickson
Seventh Street
Eighth Avenue
Mary Ann Ball
Iola W. Tillapaugh
E.B. Rockstad
Aurelia Taylor
Ruth S. Pratt
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Teachers College
The Country's Safe Now
Navy supply worries over gold braid are over as American manufacturers now produce a thick half inch braid, supplying miles more than needed for 20 000 yards of sea cordage. The issue stemmed from braid formerly imported from occupied France, but domestic production has secured the Navy's needs.
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Navy
France
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Dr. Joseph Fort Newton
Robert Quillen
England
Fable
Southland
Eastland
Middlewestland
State Department
Japan
Muzhik
South America
West
Pertinax
Pertinas
Red Army
de Tiley
Winston Churchill
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Poland
Turkey
Far East
Hugh S. Johnson
Jehnren
Old Jack
Mohamet
George Clark
Og U
Paul Mallon
Washington
White House
Paul Mallen
Wm. Brady, M.D
R. M
Marie Stopes
Eva
Uncle Tom
Little Eva
The
J. Hradek
J. Tuma
W. Rane
G. Kosek
G. Melsa
J. Ulch
Thomas W. Drumm
St. Patrick’s Church
Des Moines
Adam Schulte
Iowa County
Timothy
William Paul
J. C. Martin
Portland
Ore
Pacific Power and Light Company
St. Louis
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