Chapman Forecasts Order From Chaotic Raw Material Priorities
Industry sees gradual transition from peacetime to emergency mode says John Forrest Chapman of Business Week. He cites OPM efforts to secure subcontracts, substitute materials, and lessons from England and Poland, with hope for steadier materials flow and broader trade development in South America and Latin America.
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Cedar Rapids Area Sends Eight More Into Regular Army
Eight Iowa men enlist for duty across the United States and Hawaii. Wallace Grange Ken Coleman Frederick Leeper join air corps in Texas, Richard Haars assigned coast artillery in Hawaii. Vacancies include infantry field artillery engineers medical and chemical corps nationwide.
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Mount Pleasant
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Center Point
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Dexter City
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Shortage of Metal Threatens Cedar Rapids Industry News
Cedar Rapids industries face shutdowns as metal diverted to arms production. With orders dwindling and few priority promises, several manufacturers have laid off workers and warned of closures before January 1. Officials warn of wider effects on construction, retail, and households.
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Cedar Rapids
Opinion piece discusses fuel sources and Cedar Rapids developments
The fragment questions fuel mix for Ankeny plant, Iowa coal sources and transport needs. It also asks about Cedar Rapids civic needs, airport development as a federal defense project, and notes a Hawkeye Downs barbecue moved to Labor Day with carnival games and an open invitation.
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Cedar Rapids Units Form Panzer Forces In Army Maneuvers
Cedar Rapids based elements of the 133rd infantry, part of the 34th division, take part in Louisiana maneuvers as motorized infantry. Lieut Wayne A Walton leads Company C while Lieut Leonard C Thill commands the HQ detachment. The unit forms a mobile force with 200 vehicles for 2,500 men amid night movements and blackout drills. Bread improvisation and open bivouacs shape daily life. final phase targets September completion with thousands of troops, aircraft, and armored cars nearby.
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Leonard C. Thill
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Labor dispute settled between union and factory in Chicago
The national mediation board announces a settlement of the labor dispute between the Automobile Workers Union and the American Car and Foundry Company in Chicago. The accord ends a standstill that affected production and workers’ conditions.
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Labor Day Barbecue Plans at Riverside Park
Plans for a Labor Day celebration at Riverside Park sponsored by Clarence Baldy Wilson feature a chicken chase with guinea hens, a watermelon eating contest, and numerous prizes. Food includes chicken and pork ribs as the program runs from afternoon into evening along with baseball games.
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London Paper Criticizes U S Aid as Laggard
The Sunday Times denounces American aid to Britain as insufficient. It scolds the United States for not doing more and warns Americans they face only a brief reprieve without stronger support.
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City Briefs note local meetings and a few incidents
Linn chapter of the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America meets at 8 720 p m I O O F hall 838 First avenue E Townsend club No 4 holds 7 30 o clock council meeting at Seance tees Roy Forney 607 avenue NW discusses visitors at his family home Cedar Rapids Stamp club Montrose hotel Home Rebekah No 79 drill team to plan trip to Des Moines Labor Day holiday Labor and Memorial Coliseum closure prompts rescheduled Town send club No 1 meeting Tuesday 7 45 p m in superior court room Roberta listed as M C arrested Saturday on a fee charge warrant by Justice H R Churchill Pearl Harbor Hawaii visitor to mother Mrs C M Tapager 2811 First avenue E
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Elimination Flight Training Starts Sept at Minneapolis Base
William Paul Engle and 41 other students will begin a 42 student elimination flight training course on Sept 16 at the Naval Reserve Air Base in Minneapolis. Upon completion of the 30 day program graduates will be sent to naval air stations at Pensacola or Jacksonville Florida.
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Coe College Plans 250 Freshmen Enroll This Fall
Coe College expects about 250 freshmen to enroll in Cedar Rapids this fall. The new term adds courses in Spanish first-year, American studies, consumer buying, Latin American and European government studies. The campus expands with renovations to Greene Hall and Voorhees Hall to house a dozen co-eds and new faculty lines across disciplines from Bible to physics.
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Center Point Road
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Stop in England After Car Refusal Remains Unclear
Fragmentary text places a stop in England involving a car and a refusal to stop. Details, participants, and outcomes are not discernible from the readable portion.
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