U S trucks pour into China via Burma road
More than 14 000 American made trucks will move war equipment to China along the Burma road financed largely by lend lease funds. About 264 American pilots have volunteered for Chinese service and over 100 Curtiss P 40 fighters are available. Officials say 10 000 more trucks will operate early in 1942 to carry 16 000 tons monthly as Arnstein committee urged.
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Washington
Lendlease
Burma Road
China
United States Army
Tlashio
Burma
Kunming
Yunnan
Arnstein Committee
Far East
Burma Road Travel Time Aims to Cut to Four Weeks
Officials project a one way trip on the Burma road to shrink from three weeks to more than a month to three or four weeks by 1942. Travel would move at 15 to 20 miles per hour on many sections, with more than 100,000 workers said to be on the roadbed.
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Burma Road
Vaudeville Program For South Side Club Banquet
South Side Civic club plans its fifth annual banquet December 11 at 6 30 pm in C S S hall with six vaudeville acts including Doc George ventriloquist and Tommy his assistant. Leland Sangster hosts and presents a magic act. Other acts include the Valdare Duo and the Top-Hatters. Prof. H J Thornton of the University of Iowa will speak on The Growth of American Unity. Cedar Rapids athletic leaders receive awards. Banquet theme All Americans Americans All.
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Tommy
South Side Civic Club
C. S . S. Hall
Orpheum
Leland Sangster
Valdare
H J. Thornton
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Young Men's Bureau Plans Defense Stamp Drive
The Cedar Rapids Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will kick off its Build a Bond day with a Thursday evening meeting. A lobby sale booth will feature defense savings stamps as members arrive, with Friday designated for citywide Build a Bond events. guest speaker Lilette Holbert of Manchester will discuss conditions in France from Paris.
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The
Young Men’s Bureau of
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Bureau
Lilette Holbert
Manchester
Paris
France
Tacoma Schools Closed By Strike
Tacoma schools were shut Wednesday as International Union of Operation Engineers members went on strike, interrupting the education of about 17,000 students in Tacoma, Washington.
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Tacoma
Tacoma, Wash
International Union of Operation Engineers
AFS
U S Plans Major Treasury Borrowing Tomorrow
Washington reports the treasury will borrow 1.5 billion dollars on Thursday with 1 billion in long term bonds and 500 million in intermediate term bonds. The move follows a Wednesday announcement outlining the split and purpose of the new money issuance.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Representative Young Seeks Statues for Defense Use
Representative Young proposes converting some of the near one million tons of military metal from 90,000 statues and memorials to gun batteries and other defense needs. He argues existing monuments could fund national defense if repurposed.
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Washington
Young
Ohio
Trial of A C Jordan in des Moines on riot charge
The Des Moines case against A C Jordan for riotous conduct stemming from the September 15 strike at Wilson Produce enters its third day. Witnesses including R J Durkin and Robert L Bruce describe events before and during the riot and identify items used by rioters at the plant.
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A. C. Jordan
Des Moines
Wilson Produce
R. J. Durkin
Robert L. Bruce
Solon
Joad Poultry and Eggs
Durkin
Jordan
Edward Nix
CIO
Chicago
Bruce
Earl Ivey
W. W. Crissman
Odd Fellows Lodge Seeks 69072 Judgment in Bank Dividend Case
The Iowa Independent Order of Odd Fellows filed suit in district court seeking 69072 from Charles W. DeCamp’s estate via an assignment made in 1936. The petition says December 6 1940 dividend of 69072 payable to DeCamp was not turned over to the lodge, from the closed Farmers and Merchants Bank of Tipton.
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Iowa
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Fail
Eldon DeCamp
Charles W. DeCamp
Charles W DeCamp
Lodge
Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Tipton
Two Divorce Petitions Filed in District Court
Two divorce actions were filed in district court on Tuesday each seeking an injunction to stop molestation. Edna M. Fields seeks a second divorce from Carl E. Fields, whom she remarried Aug 11 1940 after a May 25 1940 divorce, with Judge Thompson issuing a restraining order and a $3,000 attachment on the defendant’s property. Mrs Fields seeks title to household goods on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Manus Kime also seeks to prevent molestation and custody of their three children.
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Edna M. Fields
Carl E. Fields
G K. Thompson
Mr Fields
Fields
Thompson
Injunction Granted to One-and-a-Half Year Old's Mother
Elizab eth Kime, wife of? filed for divorce from her husband, after being granted an injunction by Judge John Moffit. She married April 1, 1937, in Galena, Al, seeking $25 monthly alimony on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. In district court, B Tait and John B Wagner, partners in Tait and Wagner Realtors, seek $2,960 from Wagner Nut Co for unpaid rent on a store room at 713 Third Avenue SE.
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Elizabeth Kime
John Moffit
Galena
Kime
B . Tait
John B. Wagner
Tait and
Linn County Board Settles Pratt Land Damage Suit
The Linn County board of supervisors passed a resolution to pay Fred W Pratt 200 to settle a 1987 suit claiming damage to land north of Ellis Park from a road construction. The case originally sought 1590 in damages.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Fred W Pratt
Pratt
Ellis Park
Pitts seeks divorce citing cruel and inhuman treatment
Melva A. Pitts files a Tuesday petition in district court asking for divorce from Harold G Pitts whom she married on April 21 1928. The filing cites cruel and inhuman treatment as the grounds for the dissolution of the marriage.
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Melva A. Pitts
Harold G Pitts
Cafe owner reports theft of $550 before safe delivery
Chicago police said Dan Barone, owner of a cafe, admitted robbers broke in and stole $550 yesterday. The burglary occurred before a safe he had ordered the previous week was delivered.
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Chicago
INS
Dan Barone
Deaths Milton E Lombard 64 Cedar Rapids resident
Milton E Lombard 64 a longtime Cedar Rapids resident died at his home 808 Fifth street SE at 9 55 am Wednesday after a lingering illness Born in Jones county he was a painter and paper hanger He is survived by his wife Inez E two sons Edward L and James E both of Chicago and a sister Mrs C Moyer of Cedar Rapids Funeral services will be held in the Beat ry ce at a time to be announced later
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Milton E. Lombard
Milton E Lombard
Cedar Rapids
Fifth Street
Jones County
Inez E
Edward L
James E
Chicago
C . Moyer
Rites Friday for Maquoketa Army Air Corps Flyer
Funeral services will be held Friday at Sacred Heart church Maquoketa for Lieut Eugene Carroll Mc Caffrey 21 of Maquoketa killed in an army plane crash near Kelly Field Texas He recently graduated from Maquoketa junior college and would have graduated from Kelly Field in December as a government flight instructor Survivors include his father grandfather T C Carroll Davenport and grandmother Mrs Owen Mc Caffrey Maquoketa.
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Maquoketa
Eugene Carroll McCaffrey
Kelly Field
Tex
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
J. A Mullen
Maquoketa Junior College
Army Air Corps
Randolph Field
T. C Carroll
Davenport
Owen McCaffrey
Pepper Sees Jap Vichy Pincer Move On U S War Aid
Senator Claude Pepper warned that Japan and Vichy France would launch a joint pincer movement within days to slow American war material flow to Britain and Russia. He said Vichy and Japan act as pawns of Hitler and would provide naval support to Axis forces as part of a two front war strategy.
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Washington
Claude A Pepper
Fla
Administration
Japan
Vichy
France
Britain
Russia
Hitler
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertisement Claim
An old ad promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills stating the liver should produce two pints of bile daily to aid digestion. It argues blocked bile causes constipation and a sour mood, promising relief and urging readers to buy 10¢ or 26¢ packs.
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Carter
Role of Japan in diversion movement hinted by official
The official outlines a probable Japanese diversion through French Indo China toward Singapore and the Burma Road, describing how Japan may harass Libyan, British, and American shipping. He notes the British naval base at Singapore as a target and highlights the Burma Road as China lifeline. A freight car today carries about 50 tons, 20 percent more than in 1918.
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Libya
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