Women in War Work Interview with Mrs Fowler
Mrs Thomas Fowler of 606 Fifth Avenue SE recalls factory life at Iowa Manufacturing during wartime. A veteran domestic worker turned packer in the shipping department, she discusses family service, rationing, and balancing duties with four boarders and four grown sons in or headed for military service. Her views cover German fate and a Roosevelt presidency amid the war era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Fowler
Fifth Avenue SE
Iowa Manufacturing Company
War Sacrifices Bring Real Christmas Spirit
Ruth Millett writes about mothers with sons in wartime who endure absence and danger yet discover true Christmas spirit. The piece follows a mother praying for her flyer son while caring for the sick and reevaluating material value amid war.
Media Records and ANPA Advertise 25 Cent Ear
A brief notice credits the member of Media Records and ANPA Bureau of Advertising. It notes a 25 cent rate for media distribution and highlights industry standards in advertising. The short item lists organizations involved and the rate mentioned.
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Media Records
Anpa Mureau
Advertising
Broken by the War Holiday Spirit Shortage
The fragment notes that the year is broken by war and lacks holiday spirit, presenting a lighthearted contrast to severe shortages. The line frames a cultural mood rather than a specific event or timetable.
Iowa Food and Feed Crops Set Record in 1943
Iowa farmers posted a new war effort record with total grain hay and forage at 28,645,000 tons, 11,000 tons above 1942. Corn output reached 640,740,000 bushels, soybeans 39,332,000 bushels, winter wheat 21 bushels per acre, and potatoes 5,238,000 bushels, with acreages up or down across crops based on wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
43 Believed Lost On Ship in Gale
The collier Suf folk with 43 men aboard was seven days overdue Saturday and feared lost in a storm off Long Island. The C H Sprague and Son Coal company said the 32 year old coal carrier sent an SOS during a 75 mph gale and no word had been heard since. A naval vessel searched the area but found no trace. Among the crew were five maritime service cadets and six naval armed guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Suffolk
Long Island
C. H. Sprague and Son Coal Company
Workaday Chic apron pattern details by ANNE ADAMS
Pattern 4504 offers a smart home apron with shoulder ties in sizes Small to Large. Fabric requirements: 2 35-inch yards for one version and 1 5/8 yards plus 1% yards contrast for another. Include a transfer embroidery motifs option. Send 20 cents plus 10 cents for pattern book to 564 West Randolph Street Chicago.
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Anne Adams
West
Randolph Street
Chicago
Five Indicted on Charge of Black Martin Whisky
A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted five men connected to a large illegal liquor plot. Pete Licavoli of Detroit, George Massu alias George Mosey, Samuel Stein, Morris Margolis, and Edward Weaner face two counts each for making false reports to the federal alcohol tax division and conspiracy. Conviction on the conspiracy count carries up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Pete Licavoli
Detroit
George Massu
George Mosey
Samuel Stein
Licavoli
Morris Margolis
Edward Weaner
Federal
Alcohol Tax Division
Marine questioned on second killing in Dupree case
Earl William Hoelscher, 19, formerly a marine, is being questioned about a second slaying, the death of 15 year old taxi driver Robert Dupree in Cheyenne Wyoming on Oct. 5. Des Moines and Indiana officers planned more questioning when Hoelscher reaches Fort Wayne Indiana to face murder charges in the death of Jack Scheine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Earl William Hoelscher
Robert Dupree
Cheyenne
Wyo
Paul Castelline
Indiana
Hoelscher
Dupree
Fort Wayne
Ind
Jack F. Scheine
Chicago
Castelline
Scheine
Robbery at Saks Fifth Avenue Nets $4900 In Crowded Shop
In a busy Christmas shopping scene at Saks Fifth Avenue on Thirty-fourth Street two Black men robbed a cashier of 4900 dollars in cash and checks. They fled pursued by a floor manager across a bridge to Gimbels department store and vanished into the crowd.
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New York
Saks
Thirty-fourth Street
Gimbel Brothers Department Store
Roosevelt compares Stalin to himself as a realist
President Roosevelt says Premier Stalin is much like himself in the realist type. When asked for details a female reporter pressed him to tell more, and the President replied he does not write society columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Stalin
War Production Board Notes Slim Civilian Outlook
WPB chair Donald M. Nelson said shifts in military programs may ease steel supply but not guarantee higher consumer goods output soon. He indicated a study of steel limits to relax civilian restrictions, but warned steel is only one limiting factor. WPB later announced 269,809 non mechanical ice refrigerators for Q1 1944 due to continued unavailability of mechanical refrigeration production.
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Washington (Ap
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
WPB
Larger School Districts Urged By Studebaker
Chicago AP United States Commissioner of Education John W. Studebaker urged larger school districts saying no local authority should cover fewer than 25 000 people. He compared Iowa Maine and Chicago and favored state rather than federal control for funding and retraining ex servicemen through state boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John W. Studebaker
United States Commissioner of Education
American Vocational Association
Studebaker
Iowa
Maine
Veteran’s Education Boards
Italian war prisoner escapes from labor detail in Albuquerque
The first Italian war prisoner to flee since Italy surrendered is being sought by the FBI after walking away from a labor detail in Albuquerque Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
INS
Italy
Inexpensive Luxury Crochet Medallions Pattern 744
Advertisement offering crochet medallion patterns and a 32 page Needlecraft catalog. Includes pattern 744 for medallions, stitches, materials and showcases embroidery designs. Send 15 cents for patterns to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept. Chicago 80 Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West
Randolph St
Chicago
Roosevelt Objects To Draft System Shakeup
President Roosevelt voiced opposition Friday to Congress move to remove selective service from the War Manpower Commission and restore it as an independent agency. He noted administration gains from consolidating military and manpower needs and said he may issue an executive order to create a liaison between agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
War Manpower Commission
Congress
Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Dread Capsize Kills 23 Soldiers on Pontchartrain
Twenty three soldiers die and many are injured when a naval motor launch capsizes during training on Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans. The craft carried 72 men from Company A and B, Second Training Battalion, Transportation Training Center, Camp Harahan. Nearest relatives were notified as officials investigate the cause at LaGuardia General Hospital.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Transportation Training Center
Camp Harahan
T. F. Reece
LaGarde General Hospital
New Orleans Port of Embarkation
Yanks Strike Wotje Airdrome in Second Day Raid
Admiral Nimitz said Liberator bombers of the U S Seventh Air Force hit the Japanese air base at Wotje in the Marshall Islands at dusk Wednesday. The attack followed an earlier strike, and the raids scored numerous hits on air drome installations, catching the Japanese by surprise.
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Pearl Harbor
Chester Nimitz
U. S. Seventh Air Force
Wotje
Marshall Islands
Nimitz
Broadway gossip and quips skim Winchell column
A collage of humorous bits from a Walter Winchell style column includes a note on Mayor Sparks aiding an Nye isolationist attack, a Florida sun episode with Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, a quip about two women, and snatches about marriage, a blue serge suit headline idea, and a Thaw jewelry quip.
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Sparks
Frank Gannett
Willkie
Senator Nye
Florida
Rosie O'Grady musical comedy on screen at Paramount
Gene Farmer calls Rosie O Grady a pleasant 1940s musical comedy at Paramount. Betty Grable stars through a light plot about a Irish temperamental star and a tabloid ruse by Sam McGee with Robert Young Reginald Gardiner. The cast delivers mild humor and soothing songs including My Heart Tells Me.
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Rosie O’grady
Madeleine Something
Duke of Trippingham
Reginald Gardiner
London
McGee
Rosie
Dukingham
Virginia Grey
Robert Young
Sam McGee
Gene Farmer
Hollywood Double Furlough Stars Fontaine and Cotten
Louella Parsons reports Dore Schary's first David Selznick project pairs Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten in Double Furlough. The piece notes radio history, a romantic furlough tale, and mentions other Hollywood items and cast notes.
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Joan Fontaine
Joe Cotten
T Jollywood
INS
Dore Schary
David Selznick
David
Joseph Cotten
Gertie Lawrence
James Cagney
Joan
Hollywood Women’s Press Club
May Be Bombing Rocket Gun Sites
London reports suggest Allied air forces may have bombed rocket gun sites believed to be targets for firing shells into England. Neutral sources mention 20 ton rockets capable of 100 mile ranges, with possible strikes in northern France near Pas de Calais.
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London
England
France
United States
Europe
Pas-de Calais
Weekend Theater Schedule Highlights
Saturday showtimes list multiple theaters Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times Strand and Marion. Films include Sweet Rosie O Grady Oklahoma Here Comes Elmer Paris After Dark Tornado Flight for Freedom Yanks Ahoy Truck Busters Cowboy Commandos Pittsburgh Varsity Show Jailhouse Blues Dawn on the Great Divide Assignment in Brittany Buckskin Frontier with multiple daily screenings.
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Women In War Work
Dora Jane Hamblin
Mrs. Fowler
LaPlant-Choate
Raymond
Navy
San Diego
Guadalcanal
Gerald
California
Paul
Iceland
Radio Signal Corps
Minneapolis
Germany
Ruth Millett
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette Company
Cedar Rapids, Lows
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Fee
Mailight
P.m
Etatas
U. S&s. Territories
Allen-Klapp Company
Michiganvenue
Fifth Avenue
New Center Ride
Killian
Killian's
The
Populeer Java Room
Hnter Montrose
Jowa
Nelson
Old
Oklahoma
John Wayne
Martha Scott
AL Pearce
Elmer
IF. D. R
WMC
Walter Winchell
New Yorker
George B. Simmons
Springfield
Cincidence
Philly
Harry K. Thaw
Walter
John Gunther
Patton
Rosie O'Grady
Betty Greiisha
Gerdinse
Vineinis Gree
Twentieth Century-Fox
Paramount
Louella Parsons
Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Jack Haley
Haley
Bela Lugosi
Blanche Yurka
George Zucco
Arguerite
D’alvarez
Lloyd Morris
Frank Borzage
Gaheoucre
Abbott and Costello
Aleutians
Pat O’brien
Jinx Falkenburg
Tex McCrary
Jinx
Frances Langford
Fortunio Bononova
Victoria Films
Mexico City
Franz Werfel
Bernadette
el Leda
Technicolor
Betty
Graey
WANT
Pittsburgh
Randolph Scott
Marlene Dietrich
Dick Powell
Rosemary and
Priscilla Lane
Fred Waring
Brian Aherne i
Laurel and Hardy
Judy Garland
van Heflin
Lily Mars
the Gazette
Paris
Palace
Rialto
Marion
Brittany
Buckskin Frontier
State of
Linn County
Stuart Corry Bretnall
Clee
O. W. Lawrence
Gan Mal
Philip Dorn
Chester Morris
Nancy Kelly
Pierre Aumont
Susan Peters
Richard DIX
Red Skelton
Lucille Ball
Dubarry
Ggeeter
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