Local speeds cited for two motorists and furnace fire report
Laverne Raymond Kuehl of route No 3 was fined $10 and costs for speeding between 30 and 40 mph. Larry Hawkins of 114 Third Street SW surrendered in ten days for speeding at 45 mph. A furnace fire caused by an overheating furnace damaged floor joists at 1517 K Street SW with Charles Doupnik issuing a general alarm.
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Laverne Raymond Kuehl
Route No
Larry Hawkins
Third Street
K Street
Charles Doupnik
Birth Announcements from St Luke's and Cedar Rapids
Mr and Mrs Donovan Price of Marion welcome a daughter Dee born on the eleventh. Mr and Mrs Martin Holst of Central City announce a daughter born on the eleventh. Mr and Mrs Dan Bizeh Route 2 Cedar Rapids report a daughter born on the eleventh. Mr and Mrs R Stevenson of 2243 Bever Avenue SE announce a daughter born on the twelfth.
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St Luke's Hospital
Donovan Price
Marion
Dee
Martin Holst
Central City
Dan Bizeh
Cedar Rapids
R_ . Stevenson
Bever Avenue
Roosevelt rebukes Tobey over Hawaii naval disaster claims
President Roosevelt refutes Senator Tobey’s talk of an unspeakable Hawaii disaster, warning reporters against publishing rumors before Navy Secretary Knox’s official report. He reiterates the 40 hour week remains and time and a half pay for overtime.
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Roosevelt
Tobey
N.H
Senate
America
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Knox
America First Dissolves Amid War Effort Call
General Robert E. Wood announced that the America First committee will cease all function and dissolve as soon as legally possible. He urged followers to support the nation's war effort, noting the group formed in 1940 to build defense and avoid European and Asiatic entanglements, with an estimated 750000 to 1000000 members.
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Chicago
Robert E. Wood
America First Committee
Wood
America
Cedar Rapids North Western schedule gains for Columbine
Cedar Rapids will gain an improved train timetable on the North Western Columbine with departure at 1 55 pm and arrival at 6 30 pm to Chicago, moving earlier by over an hour starting December 28. The change comes at the urging of the Chamber of Commerce passenger service committee and includes reduced excess fare to 25 cents in coaches and seat reservations from Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
North Western
Columbine
Harold Rowe
Chamber of Commerce
L L White
Chamber of
Cedar Rapids Labor Federation backs war effort and boycotts
The Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor adopted a resolution calling members to place prosecution of the war above all else and to be ready to perform duties from authorities. Merchants were urged to purge stocks of goods made in Japan, Italy or Germany. Next meeting set for January 8, 1942.
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Cedar Rapids
Draft reclassification expands wartime manpower pool nationwide
Selective Service Director Brig. Gen. Lewis B Hershey ordered reclassification of all 4-A deferred servicemen to remove peacetime deferments. The move affects regular army navy coast guard marine reserve guardsmen and officers with six years service. The order follows Congress approving deployment authority for armed forces and extends service terms until six months after the war ends. Hershey warned no abrupt age changes will occur.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B Hershey
Regular Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Guard
Hershey
House
Senate
U S
Congress
Halt Sale of New Tires and Tubes Citywide
Leon Henderson head of the division of civilian supply directs Mayor Frank Hahn to stop all sales of new tires and tubes in the city until December 22. Police inform dealers and report violations as the government reviews Far East rubber imports.
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Leon Henderson
Division of Civilian Supply
OPM
Frank Hahn Friday
Henderson
Far East
Iowa Draft Boards Reclassify 1200 Registrants
Iowa Selective Service Director Charles H Grahl ordered 120 draft boards to reclassify 1,200 registrants previously given 4-A status for prior military service. The action follows word from national headquarters that the 4-A class is discontinued “by reason of the declaration of war.”
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Des Moines
Iowa
Selective Service
Charles H Grahl
Grahl
National Selective Service Headquarters
Tire rationing plan announced in Chicago region
The regional emergency management office said the United States government is developing a rationing plan to make tires available only when needed. The temporary ban on new tire sales lasts until December 22 and follows a wartime buying surge. Used and re treaded tires may be bought for emergencies. Law enforcement will enforce the order and reports of violations are requested.
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Chicago
Regional Office of Emergency Management
OPM
Leon Henderson
Malcolm R. MacDonald
Tigers Trade Campbell and Croucher for Cramer and Bloodworth
Detroit Tigers announce a swap sending Bruce Campbell and Frank Croucher to the Washington Senators in exchange for Roger Cramer and Jimmy Bloodworth. No cash changes hands.
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Detroit
INS
Detroit Tigers
Bruce Campbell
Frank Croucher
Washington Senators
Roger Cramer
Jimmy Bloodworth
Roosevelt reply to King George VI on war
President Roosevelt cabled King George VI that free peoples in a just cause cannot be defeated by the forces that plunged the world into war. The message followed the king's note expressing pride in fighting at the side of the United Kingdom against the common enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
George VI
England
George
Army seeks 200 auto mechanics for air corps recruits
DES MOINES AP The army recruiting office here has orders to enlist as many as 200 automobile mechanics for the air corps at Wichita Falls Texas. Capt W C Hoffman in charge also announced the army seeks an unlimited quota of amateur radio operators and air corps recruits of all kinds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Air Corps
Wichita Falls
Tex
W. C Hoffman
Army
Washing machine production boosted for war aims
Washington reports that double the prior output of washing machines and ironers will be produced to meet metals needs for defense industries. The move comes from Donald M. Nelson, federal director of priorities, reflecting wartime production shifts. In 1900 a small share of young women worked, but by 1940 labor among 20 to 24 year olds rose significantly.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Federal
Defense Industries
War Bonds and Stamps Drive Home Front Support
The government urges citizens to fund World War Two with defense bonds and stamps. Bonds start at $18.75 and stamps as low as 10 cents, available at banks post offices, retailers, and newspaper carriers. buy regularly to help defeat Japan Germany and Italy.
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Japan
Germany
Italy
Snow Arrives For Cedar Rapids White Christmas Hope
The Cedar Rapids area sees its first accumulation of winter as light snow falls on Thursday, reaching about one inch by 9 30 a m. Friday forecasts call for continued cloudy skies with possible snow or drizzle Friday night and Saturday with temperatures around 24 to 28 degrees and humidity near 80 percent.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Weather Averages Upward Then Cools Across North
For the period from 6 30 p m Friday Dec 12 to 6 30 p m Wednesday Dec 17 a slow upward trend in temperature will be followed by cooler over northern sections toward the end of the period Moderate precipitation is indicated occurring early in the period.
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Iowa
Snow blankets northern Iowa with lighter shoveling needed
Snow continued over northern Iowa as 0.5 to 3 inches fell across the state Thursday into Friday night. State patrol reported highways largely normal with slick spots and the main streets passable in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State Highway Patrol
Des Moines man faces riotous conduct charge in Wilson plant strike
Courthouse proceedings near noon Friday saw County Attorney W. W. Crissman begin the final argument in the case against A. C. Jordan of Des Moines. Jordan is charged with riotous conduct stemming from the September 15 strike riot at the Wilson produce plant. Closing arguments had begun Thursday by Carl Hendrickson, with Jordan testifying in his own rebuttal. Defense attorney Guy Linville spoke to the jury Friday morning.
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W. W. Crissman
A. C. Jordan
Des Moines
Wilson
Carl Hendrickson
Jordan
Guy Linville
Hearing Set on Lisbon Property Receiver Appointment
Judge G. K. Thompson set December 16 at 9 a.m. for a hearing on appointing a receiver for the Lisbon property owned by Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Schultz and leased by Thomas A. Challis. The guardianship petitioner, George L. Albright, names Mr. and Mrs. Schultz, Challis, and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Freeman as defendants regarding a $2,500 promissory note given in February 1927 with the Lisbon property as security and a remaining $2,350 due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Thompson
Lisbon
H. W. Schultz
Thomas A. Challis
George L. Albright
G. J Albright
Freeman
G. J. Albright
Two Divorce Petitions Filed in District Court
Two divorce petitions were filed in district court Thursday. Helen Dawson accuses Donald A. Dawson of desertion since May 1939, after their Palmyra Missouri marriage on November 5, 1937. Goldie B Candler seeks separation from Raymond H Candler, married August 10, 1933 in Center Missouri, on cruelty grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Dawson
Donald A. Dawson
Palmyra
Goldie B Candler
Raymond H. Candler
Center, Mo
Switch Engine Collides With Car Injuring Driver
Harry Behrens, 34, of 709 Eighth Street SE, suffered chest and back injuries, facial lacerations, and shock when his car was struck by a North Western switch engine at Twelfth avenue and the Fifth street tracks SE about 11 05 p m Thursday. He was taken to Mercy hospital in fair condition. Police blamed the season s first snowstorm and no charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Behrens
Eighth Street
North Western
Twelfth Avenue
Fifth Street Tracks
Behrens
Mercy Hospital
Joe Machata
Hugh R. Reynolds
Machata
35 More Army Dead in Hawaii Raid
The War Department released a list of 35 additional U S Army deaths from the Japanese attack on Oahu Hawaii bringing confirmed KIA to 155. Next of kin have been notified.
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Hawaii
Washington
INS
War Department
Publi
Oahu
Knox Arrives At Honolulu For Defense Investigation
Secretary of the Navy Knox landed in Honolulu on Thursday afternoon to personally inspect the Japanese raid on the naval base and other defense facilities. Announcement by the Navy Department offered few details beyond his absence from Washington.
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Washington
Knox
Honolulu
Navy Department
Naval Base
Pacific Forces Personnel List In the Philippines and Hawaii
Aerial photographer Lee Embree, son of Mr and Mrs A R Embree of Morley, serves with the U S Army Air Corps in the Philippines. Sgt Thomas Kaufman of Center Point is with Battery E 55th Coast Artillery at Fort Ruger Hawaii. Navy men in the Pacific include Samuel Austin R H Voespel Jr M H Gereaux and William E Mineck.
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U S. Army Air Corps
Lee Embree
A. R. Embree
Morley
Philippines
Sergt
Thomas Kaufman
Center Point
55Th Coast Artillery
Fort Ruger
Hawaii
Pacific
Samuel Austin
R. H Voespel
M H Gereaux
William E Mineck
Soviet Leaders Seek Unified Front Against Axis Powers
The article notes Litvinov meeting with Roosevelt Hull and Halifax as the Soviet Union and Allies align against Hitler. A CBS memo says Pravda claims Hitler offers peace to Russia if Moscow accepts with Britain and the United States, while Japan’s war with the U.S. is officially acknowledged.
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Litvinov
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Lord Halifax
CBS
Kuibyshev
Japan
United States
State Department
Pravda
Hitler
Russia
Soviet Union
Germany
Great Britain
Ford Plant Blackout Rehearsal Proves Successful
The Ford Motor River Rouge plant and Dearborn held a 10 minute blackout rehearsal that officials called highly successful. The event aimed to test power systems and emergency readiness at the large Detroit area facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Dearborn
Mrs Karl D Fisk Overcome As McGregor Home Burns
Mrs Karl D Fisk was overcome by gas and smoke when a bungalow in McGregor caught fire Friday. Fire destroyed the furnace room and exploded releasing gas into the attic. Mrs Fisk escaped to a sleeping porch and was rescued. she is in McGregor hospital in non serious condition. The home owned by Dr S M Love of St Petersburg, Fla suffered 5000 dollars in losses. Mr Fisk, an optometrist, had his office in the residence.
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Mcgregor
Karl D. Fisk
Fisk
S. M Love
St. Petersburg
Hungary Declares War on United States
London dispatch reports Hungary has declared war on the United States. Germany radio quoted Budapest saying Hungary cut ties by sending its premier’s passport to the U.S. ambassador and recalling its own ambassador from Washington.
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London
Budapest
Hungary
United States
Washington
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