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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1944
Page
4
Hollywood reporter recalls the chaos of a Sinatra Number Two film shoot and the singer’s brimming fame. He explains fan frenzy, FBI photo requests, and the nightly squeal of devoted listeners while noting privacy woes and his efforts to calm crowds.
Lt. Comdr. W. J. Amoss urged Kiwanis members to enlist civilians under 35 to become commissioned reserve officers. He noted rapid growth of the Navy, with 3,000,000 sailors and about 350,000 officers, and stressed the lengthy, rigorous training required for major invasions and operations.
Amoss, officer in charge of naval officer procurement for Iowa and Nebraska, cites recruitment data. He notes many volunteers are not over 35 and have college training in engineering or law. A film on life among the Waves was shown and Iowa's female enlistment rates are compared to Linn and Polk counties.
Harold D. Smith, director of the federal budget bureau, said funds would not support postwar public construction unless sound in value and that public works would not compete for manpower with private enterprise. He noted state and local governments must finance much postwar work from cash reserves. He urged private enterprise to lead in maintaining employment and national income, and warned against permanent peacetime rearmament.
Mississippi senators debated a bill to allow all citizens in the armed services to vote without poll tax payment. The measure, already passed by the House, would erase the poll tax barrier and permit Negro soldiers to register by mail and cast ballots, regardless of race.
Ruth Mitchell Knowles, lecturer and sister of the late Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, was granted a default divorce from Stanley Knowles, a college instructor in England, with permission to resume her maiden name Ruth Mitchell. They wed in 1926.
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