Government will shift to women in industry and agriculture
National selective service director General Lewis B. Hershey told NBC that deferments will tighten for those not essential to production. He urged broad female substitution, closer scrutiny of wives dependencies, and continued deferment for students apprentices and workers needed for materials and food. He warned against shirking duties and forbidden refuges for slackers.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Star
NBC
Hershey
Pearl Harbor
Let's Explore Your Mind by Albert E Wiggam Q&A
A Wiggam column questions animal color signals and mating theory tracing Darwinian ideas and modern doubt. It then ponders college student boners and professor clarity, noting humorous mishearings and a student asking if William Tell shot an arrow through an apple while standing on his head.
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Scientific American
William Tell
Let Your Answer to Bombs Be Bonds
Persuasive wartime call urging citizens to buy Defense Bonds and Stamps daily in support of national defense. Emphasizes risk to homes and lives to motivate financial sacrifice.
Jap's Mortality Rate Favors U.S. In The Long Pull
War editor W. W. Chaplin argues Japan’s higher mortality rate and smaller fighting-age population give the United States an advantage in a prolonged war. He cites 10 per 1,000 American and 17 per 1,000 Japanese mortality rates and notes Japan’s 20–44 age bracket is 34 percent of its population versus 38.5 percent in the United States. He warns that U.S. preparation and labor shifts, including chlorine production from salt and sulfur, and auto industry conversion to war production, will strain resources and aid victory.
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Japan
America
United Nations
Grim Reaper
United States
Lesson on Courage From Thoughtful Risk Taking
The excerpt discusses whether avoiding dangerous risks means cowardice and suggests true courage lies in undertaking large tasks after assessing likely difficulties. It contrasts careful planners with impulsive thrill seekers and notes some professors struggle to follow the lesson.
Government Sets Fair Prices for War Goods and Bonds
Workers accept compensation at government set prices with payment in defense bonds or income tax rebate slips.
Cedar Rapids bridge team places second in state championship
In Des Moines a four-woman Cedar Rapids bridge team led by Mrs. Carl Jordan and including Mrs. Sutherland Dows Mrs. David E. Beardsley and Mrs. Frank C. Byers finished second in the state contract bridge championship as a cold morning followed a rain and snow storm.
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Cedar Rapids
Carl Jordan
Sutherland Dows
David E. Beardsley
Frank C. Byers
Des Moines
Burgos Submits Candidacy for Finance Commissioner
Louis D. Burgos filed for the office of finance commissioner in the recent ballot cycle. The move establishes Burgos as a declared candidate with petitions and legal filing completed per election rules.
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Louis D. Burgos
Finance
Missionary class honors Mrs Miller at surprise party
Mrs S B Miller was honored at a surprise birthday party last evening by The Seekers a missionary class of foreign students in the city. Filipino members contributed guitar and ukulele music on her return from church. John M Redmond named chairman of Linn county committee raising funds for the Woodrow Wilson foundation. Franklin H Jackett installed as standard bearer for Apollo commandery Knights Templar for the thirty third time.
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S. B. Miller
John M. Redmond
Linn
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Franklin H. Jackett
Apollo Commandery
Knights Templar
Cold Wave Deepens In Cedar Rapids At 17 Below
Jan 6 1912 Cedar Rapids records a record setting cold wave with temperatures down to 17 below zero. Plans are laid to add a three story wing to the old Security bank building owned by the Perpetual Building and Loan association to serve the Montrose hotel via a covered alleyway connection. R White escapes injury after his Damour grocery delivery wagon is struck by a switch engine while exiting the alley between Second and Third avenues on the tracks.
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Cedar Rapids
Security Bank
Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Montrose
R. White
Damour Grocery
Second
Third Avenue
Subway Lockers Closed To Prevent Bombs In NYC
New York AP reports 3,000 subway lockers have been shut to stop passengers from storing a bomb with their packages. Police say action aims to thwart bomb placements and ensure public safety during ongoing security concerns.
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New York
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Killian
Roy Chapman Andrews
John F. Dille Co
U.S
W. W. Chaplin
T.N.S
Vega
Columbia University
Leon Henderson
Fessor
Illian
le Gant
The
Killian Company
RED Cross War Fund
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Georgia
Illian's
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