Packer to Lead Cedar Rapids School Survey
Cedar Rapids school board approved Dean Paul C. Packer of the University of Iowa to conduct a survey of district needs. The 1946 plan calls for a two high school system, with early findings by Sept. 1, 1946 and about $1,000 in district costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul C. Packer
University of Iowa
Packer
Education College
University
Dean Packer
Kenwood
Arthur
Buchanan
J. K. von Lackum
von Lackum
J. C. Blodgett
Supreme Court
Rena B. Kosters
Roosevelt planned Azores occupation in 1941
A top secret Atlantic conference memo indicates President Roosevelt intended US troops to occupy the Azores in late summer 1941. Churchill urged a parallel warning to Japan, warning that Britain could be defeated in the Far East if not joined by the United States.
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Washington
INS
Pearl Harbor Committee
Roosevelt
United States
Azores
Sumner Welles
Hull
Churchill
Welles
America
Great Britain
Japan
Pacific
Britain
Far East
Mr. Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Augusta
Spain
Germany
Gibraltar
Salazar
Portugal
Indian Ocean
British Isles
Service members receive separations and promotions
Lt. M. A. Pope of the U S naval reserve is separated from service at Great Lakes and returns home with his wife and two children. He served 27 months, 18 in the Pacific, and will rejoin Northwestern Bell in Cedar Rapids. Cpl. Fred McNabb, Friburg Germany, promoted to corporal with wife and 3 year old son at 325 Eighth street NE.
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M. A. Pope
U. S. Naval Reserve
Great Lakes
Nancy
Susan
Elmhurst Drive
C. A. Pope
Fourth Avenue
Pacific Area
Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron
Seventh Fleet
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Cedar Rapids
Fred McNabb
Fridburg
Germany
Joseph
Eighth Street
Cpl
McNabb
Infantry
Wartime cash assets expected to rise beyond war peak
The Fourth Federal Reserve district says record cash assets held by individuals and businesses surged to wartime highs and are likely to continue growing for a year or more after the war.
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Cleveland
Fourth
Federal Reserve District Bank
Fake Vets Go In Strong for Duck Buttons
New York report reveals wartime gold ruptured duck badges sold to the public. Stores require discharge papers, some accept cash without checks, and mail order firms push rings with no service verification. Army public relations say licenses and checks are required, but enforcement varies.
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New York
Rome
United States
Armed Services
FBI
Army Public Relations Office
Army Adjutant’s Office
Washington
Manhattan
Lapel buttons honor service with enamel ribbons
A returned serviceman offers a fancy coat lapel button that merges a discharge emblem with small enameled replicas of service ribbons. Prices start at five dollars and rise from there.
Stassen Upholds Truman Policies
In Omaha on Monday night Harold E. Stassen endorsed key Truman policies. He supported price controls, the proposed 4.4 billion loan to Britain, peacetime conscription, a world peace force, and the United Nations Organization.
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Omaha
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Britain
United Nations Organization
Truman
Stassen backs price ceilings and peacetime draft
Stassen praised price ceilings as necessary to curb costs and said the proposed loan to Britain would help build up allied strength. He aligned with Gen George Marshall on peacetime conscription and urged maintaining armed strength until a functional United Nations peace force exists.
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Tion
Britain
George Marshall
Stassen
United Nations
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Caliban
Grandma
Thame
Toledo, Ohio
HE Convention
David Whitney
Wards
Iowa
G. Heileman Brewing CO
LA Crosse
Wis
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Jersey
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