Red tape persists as new defense board formed
The article notes continuing inefficiency and conflicting authority in defense administration. A seven member priorities and allocations board led by Vice President Wallace will coordinate civilian and military needs, with members from the War and Navy departments and Price Administration. Donald M. Nelson becomes executive director.
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Mame
Wallace
Economic Defense
William 8
Edward R. Stettirius, Jr
Stettinius
Nelson
Office of Production Management
Office of Price Administration
OPACS
OPM
Leon Henderson
Cedar Rapids to adopt careless driving ordinance for safety
Cedar Rapids considers a new careless driving ordinance to fill gaps between speeding and reckless driving. City attorney Dwight Krumholz has prepared a measure to address accidents caused by negligence not amounting to willful misconduct. If approved, the ordinance aims to curb unsafe driving and improve street safety.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Dwight Krumholtz
Vitamin pills and common sense clash in a cranky note
Robert Quillen critiques vitamin capsules while praising traditional nutrition and self reliance. The letter mocks vitamin fads, argues vitamins come from natural food, and warns against overdependence on manufactured pills. It contrasts grandparent-era health with modern booster trends and ends with a mix of social and political asides.
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Louise
John Doe
Love
Dad
Regular Colonel Joins Manifold Army Tradition
A colonel of engineers reportedly fulfilled a promise to his soldiers by allowing them to toss him into a river after completing a job. The incident breaks military decorum but shows officers as regular guys, a morale boosting gesture that strengthens camaraderie and esprit de corps.
Thirsty Fish and Wells of Faith in Hard Times
Dr Joseph Fort Newton reflects on spiritual drought as fathers’ springs of faith dry up and society wanders. He cites Wolfe and Hardy to argue change is inevitable and believers must seek renewal in God and the soul amid thirst and shifting loyalties.
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Gate Brook
Thomas Wolfe
Tennyson
Thomas Hardy
Mt. Carmel
Alaska Highway in Defense Plans Gains Congressional Attention
A bill introduced February 5 seeks federal authorization to build a year round highway connecting the United States to Alaska with Canada. Backers argue the project enhances national defense by easing land access to Alaska and enabling feeder roads and air depots along British Columbia route, benefiting both nations.
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Russia
United States
North Pacific
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Alaska Highway
Committee On Roads
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
London Economist And Britain Oil Tankers Debate
The London Economist questions Britain needing 100 more oil tankers while Britain’s war needs and American tanker contributions are debated. It notes Norwegian and Dutch Allied support, questions tanker routing via Iceland, and discusses possible shifts in oil supply lines and Allied cooperation.
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London
Britain
London Economist
Buckingham Palace
Mother's protest over school health checks sparks writer’s view
A Northwestern village mother objects to school and health authorities over a routine health questionnaire. The physician narrator argues for early vaccination and tuberculin testing, urging immunization of children within the first six months and against diphtheria before age three.
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Sant Annne
Alaska Highway Defense Road Plans and Transportation Critique
United States estimates propose sixty 30 man crews, two summer seasons, and Alaska climate as favorable for building a northern defense road in 20 to 28 months. The piece critiques unplanned action in wartime transportation policy, highlighting a national shortage of cars, grain congestion, and calls for an advisory board to align carriers with defense needs.
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United States
Alaska
pSece Act
Oene
Board of Investigation and Research
United
Postal Service
Bugs Beer and the European Strike Spirit
The column critiques European strikes and French labor actions criticizing isolationist attitudes. It recalls visits to France in 1927 and 1938, notes the sitdown strike origin there, and mocks European manners while commenting on negligence and interference in another’s affairs.
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France
Mrs Ethel McGowan to study in California
Miss Ethel McGowan will leave for Los Angeles to enter the University of Southern California. Dr and Mrs J S S will follow later to join her in that city. Miss Helen Coffman departs for Columbia Missouri to serve as secretary of the board of deans of college. A 12 year old Endsley son injured in football. Bud Lattner seriously hurt in Mt Vernon road crash near the Dairydale school. Prof C O Bates returns from a year in California.
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Ethel McGowan
Los Angeles
Calif
University of Southern California
Nts
J. S.S
Helen Coffman
Columbia
Board of Deans of College
Aot 12
W. M. Endsley
B. P
Bud” Lattner
Dairydale
Mt. Vernon Road
C. O. Bates
Coe College
California
Farm Worker Wounded in Pond Incident
William Richards employed on the Wenig farm sustained a wound in a pond incident. Unidentified Sunter or nearby witnesses reported the event and details are unclear.
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William Richards
Wenig
Marion doctor elected president of Iowa State Chess Assn
Dr. A. E. Crew of Marion was chosen president during a Cedar Rapids meeting of the Iowa State Chess association. Donald McDonald, son of Mr and Mrs Hugh McDonald, received severe burns after his clothing caught fire while playing with matches, his mother also burned on the hands. The play Politics rehearsed in Cedar Rapids and New York plans a road tour.
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A. E. Crew
Marion
Iowa State Chess Association
Cedar Rapids
Donald McDonald
Hugh McDonald
Myotonia and eye health Q and A from L C S
The reply notes myotonia is not regionally prevalent and is usually congenital. A cure is not stated. palliative care not offered beyond general guidance, while unrelated advice mentions eye health and prescription optometry. The text also oddly includes goat's milk as a nonessentialD.
Variation on An Old Theme Troit News
Publicity figure hints at ongoing national debate, with references to Washington and Ickes. The piece notes summer timing and Capitol involvement, signaling political maneuvering and media focus surrounding federal administration.
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Anart
Times
Washington
Capitol Steps
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