Help For Making Dressings Urgent Need In Cedar Rapids
Four hundred thirty three workers in the surgical dressings division produced 46 200 dressings in November. Mrs L K Cornell reports volunteers are urgently needed at Y M C A headquarters and lists related Red Cross efforts and hospital support across Cedar Rapids and Linn County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. K. Cornell
Y.M C. A
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids Tuberculosis Association
Merchants National Bank
George Kosek
Camp and Hospital Committee
Schick Hospital
Linn County
Coe Infirmary
Coe College
Navy Mothers Feed Traveling Servicemen in Cedar Rapids
Navy Mothers club members hand out sandwiches to three sailors as trains pause in Cedar Rapids. Four members serve two trains each weekend, providing about 15 dozen sandwiches daily and seeking more volunteers from local organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
J. T. Grayston
Coe
Armed Services
Wacs
Waves
Marines
Navy Mothers Club
Navy
Navy Mothers
B. F. Webster
W. H. Krabbenhoff
George Riley
San Diego
Calif
Jack Norris
Los Angeles
Richard Fork
West Point
Neb
Early Christmas Gift Hints From 1943 Town Pages
Do not delay buying December presents. The piece urges quick, single-department shopping to save time and money, noting cosmetics offer gifts for many family members. It cites soap gift sets at $1 with tax, rose colored angel figures, shower bars, and novelty soap cakes priced around 59 cents.
Two Styles in One By ANNE ADAMS
Fashion notes offer a versatile dress that can be a shirt waist or frock with a snowy dickey. Pattern 4603 suits sizes 34 to 48 with yardage details and a transfer motif. gift suggestions cover cosmetics, handkerchiefs, socks, ties, scarves, and jewelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Dickey
Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department
West
Randolph St
Chicago
Snappy Twosome Shell-stitch Pill-box and Matching Bag
Pattern 674 offers a shell-stitched pill-box hat and an envelope bag in bright worsted yarn. Includes directions, stitch illustrations, and material list for quick knit accessories. Transfer embroidery motifs for reuse. Send 15 cents in coins to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept. Chicago address with name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West Randolph St
Chicago, Il
Christmas gift ideas and shopping tips from town listings
The piece catalogs festive trims like covers mounted with horns of plenty and floral sprays priced from five to ten dollars and up to fifteen. Cheaper wooden cork felt or yarn clips under two dollars offer whimsy while silk and satin options run around eight fifty. It urges shoppers to ride to town with gift lists and mail all packages before December 10.
Oil Distribution Problem Will Soon Be Solved
Harold L. Ickes predicted that oil supply and distribution issues would be largely solved by early 1944. Deputy Ralph K. Davies said the wartime pipeline program is 90 percent complete with 14 of 19 major projects finished. By spring 1944 overland east coast capacity will reach about 1,625,000 barrels per day. Importations are expected to exceed prewar levels by year’s end, though US production alone won’t meet total 1944 requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Harold L. Ickes
Ralph K. Davies
Ickes
United States
Strike Ties Up 42 Transit Companies
In Atlanta and Memphis, over 1,500 Teamsters truck drivers and helpers halted operations, tying up 42 southeastern motor freight transport firms. The walkout protests delays in final wage rise approvals by the War Labor board pending Office of Price Administration sanction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Memphis
Tenn
Southeastern
International Union of Teamsters, Chauffeurs
Chorus of 100 to present Messiah at Luther Dec 12
Dr Sigvart Hofland of Luther College announced a chorus of 100 singers will perform the fortieth presentation of Handel's The Messiah on the college campus in Decorah on December 12.
Women in War Work Interview with Mrs Hensch
Dora Hamblin profiles Mrs. Robert Hensch a Universal Engineering employee at 218 Ninth Street NW. She started Nov 15 doing hand tapping and filing after her husband joined the service. they have two boys and live near her mother. She praises coworkers, notes ration issues, and discusses family life, recreation, and war bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hensch
Ninth Street NW
The
Universal Engineering Corporation
Universal
Hensch
Fort Custer, Mich
Alaska
Farragut
Idaho
Worker Reflects on War Bonds and New Job at Universal
A veteran describes conversations about government debt and war bonds, expresses uncertainty about repayment, and discusses adjusting to a new factory role at Universal. He notes monotony but no fear of machines, and hints at learning more about his spouse’s views through the change. He also mentions preferring casual evenings at home.
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Mabel C. Wilson
A. E. Einen
Garfield
Helen V. Hubbard
Woman’s Club
Carl N. Ettinger
Home Service
Gray Lady Corps
Wurster
Killian
Otte
He Killian
Gazette-Lux Photo
Third St
Second Street
Chorus OF
Johinson
Grensenreet
Johnson’s Red Cross
Iewa
Service Optical
Women In War Work
Dora Jane Hamblin
Marvin
Byron
Wilson’s
Roosevelt
Grace Livingston Hill
Germany
WAC
Federal Discount Corporation
H. Mund
Paramount
Hitler
America
U.S. Army
Waca
U. S. Army
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
ARMY
Women's Army Corps
U.S. Army Recruiting Station
Iowa
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