Devastating RAF Strike Hits Castelvetrano Sicily Airdrome
The air ministry described a Sunday night eight hour RAF raid on Castelvetrano in western Sicily as devastating. It said Junkers troop carriers and bombers were hit on the ground and air operations near Tripoli disrupted, with part of the runway blown up and chaotic conditions over the base.
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London
Air Ministry
Castelvetrano
Sicily
Erwin Rommel
Africa
Junkers
Tripoli
Willkie Praises New War Production Plan and Calls for Reorganization
NEW YORK AP President Roosevelt's 1942 43 plan to boost production of aircraft tanks ships and guns is hailed by Wendell Willkie as magnificent though he urges immediate government reorganization to realize the goals. Congressional figures from Wheeler Norris Gurney Taft Downey Wallgren Herring Bone Bankhead offer praise labeling the speech inspiring clear and realistic.
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New York
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Sen
Norris
Gurney
S. D
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Sen. Downey
Calif
Sen. Wallgren
R-Wash
Sen. Herring
Iowa
Sen. Bone
D-Wash
Sen. Bankhead
Ala
Rayburn Seventieth Birthday Note From F D R
President Roosevelt sent a longhand birthday note to Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas who turned 60 on Tuesday. The message joke about aging and a line comparing years, with the word awful heavily underscored, drew smiles in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Texas
Sam
Lemon Juice Recipe Claims Fast Relief for Rheumatic Pain
Advertisement touts Ru Ex Compound as a quick remedy for rheumatic arthritis and netritis pain. It prescribes mixing a two week supply with water and lemon juice, taking two tablespoons twice daily, with a money back guarantee if symptoms persist.
Women Recreation Leader To Survey In Cedar Rapids
Miss Ethel Bowers of New York, a noted women recreation leader, will spend three days in Cedar Rapids starting January 12 at the invitation of the playground and recreation commission. She will survey facilities, confer with city agencies, and lead evening recreation institutes at the Y. She has trained over 26 000 people in 610 institutes and authored Recreation for Girls and Women.
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Cedar Rapids
Miss Bowers
Ban Molasses In Making Rum Alky For Anti Freeze
The OPM forbids using molasses to produce rum or any beverage spirit after Jan 15 citing its role in defense needs. It also bans alcohol for anti freeze solutions and imposes restrictions on alcohol use in shampoos tonics and perfumes. Restrictions require reducing ethyl alcohol in toiletries toothpaste and mouth washes to 85 percent of January last year and to 70 percent starting February compared to 1941 levels.
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Washington
OPM
U S Fleet Head Is Cominch Now
Washington reports Admiral Ernest J. King has renamed the commander in chief of the United States fleet. The new official abbreviation is cominch replacing cincus. King offered no explanation for the change. The term cincus is pronounced sink-us.
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Washington
United States
Ernest J. King
King
Willkie's Son Enlists for Navy Training at Annapolis
Phillip Willkie 22 son of Wendell Willkie was ordered to report Friday to the Third Naval District for transport to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. He and 43 other apprentice seamen in the U S Naval Reserve will enter the midshipman class for training.
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New York
INS
Phillip Willkie
Wendell Willkie
Third Naval District
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Young Willkie
United States Naval Reserve
Axis Attacks F R Speech While Hiding Armament Facts
Axis broadcasts denounce the Roosevelt appeal to Congress and the Rio de Janeiro conference while avoiding mention of the United States arms program. Germany and Italy pressure Latin American nations, warn sovereignty risks, and claim a Pacific unified command pact would threaten Great Britain.
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London
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Rio de Janeiro
Pacific
Germany
Italy
Japan
Billingsgate
Australia
Great Britain
Food For Freedom Campaign In Los Angeles Schools
Los Angeles schools inaugurate a four year program under Superintendent Vierling Kersey to boost food production and teach pupils animal husbandry short term vegetables and long term berries and fruit. Suburban Narbonne and Van Nuys high schools already stock hogs cattle poultry and rabbits. The plan uses vacant lots seeds and school credits to involve students and may extend to home gardens. The program aims to supply cafeterias and some produce to students.
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Los Angeles
Food For Freedom
Vierling Kersey
Kersey
Narbonne
van Nuys
Wackerman Opens Campaign For ASB Presidency
Della Wackerman a Gridley high senior in Chico begins her campaign for student body president against John Cowan a Sacramento senior who may be drafted before June Cowan expects to be called into the army air forces.
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Chico
Calif
Della Wackerman
Gridley
John Cowan
Sacramento
Army Air Force
Statement of the Condition of United State Bank Cedar Rapids 1941
The document presents the year end 1941 financial condition for United State Bank of Cedar Rapids Iowa The balance sheet lists resources including loans and discounts U S bonds and securities with government guarantees overdrafts due from banks and bankers and cash items Total resources and liabilities show capital stock surplus undivided profits and various deposit categories The statement is sworn by bank officers including President Prochaska Vice President Pocha bradsky Jr cashier Kanak and assistant cashier Kriz with witnesses and director signatures filed in Linn County Iowa January 1942
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Linn
State of Iowa
United States
State of
Linn County
E i. Prochaska
T. J. Pochobradsky, Jr
F. G. Kanak
Charles Kriz
J. L. Prochaska
L. J. Pochobeassey, JR
J. Ll. Prochaska
L. J. Pochoradsky
William Vavra
Chas. Turechek
Joe V. Zastera
Ernest Kosek
Defend America with Defense Bonds and Stamps
War era plea urging citizens to support the armed forces by purchasing Defense Stamps and Defense Bonds. It urges consistent weekly contributions, stressing the personal stake in national security and urging immediate action with every paycheck.
Molotov Charges Nazi Atrocities in Moscow Note
Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov accused Germany of mass slaughter and village destruction in occupied Soviet territory. He pledged retribution and urged complete annihilation of Hitlerite armies, citing fires set by Germans in Krasnaya and Polyana near Moscow.
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London
V. M Molotov
Radio Moscow
Moscow
Molotov
Russia
Hitler
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Krasnaya
Polyana
Sally Weds Cowboy Not In Church In California
Sally Rand and Cowboy Turk Greenough were married in Glendora California after church plans fell through due to canonical rules on divorced parties. The ceremony was led by Rev George W Bunton, a retired Methodist minister, with Rector Henry Scott Rubel stepping aside.
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Glendora
Calif
Sally Rand
Bubbles
Cowboy Thurkel
Turk” Greenough
Episcopal Church
Henry Scott Rubel
George W. Bunton
Children in Grand Rapids Direct Own Study Periods
In Grand Rapids Michigan primary schools arrange student led study periods with self directed tasks. Officials say the program aims to foster independence and time management among pupils across several elementary campuses.
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Grand _ Rapids
Mich
Japan's Strategy Hinges On Current Inventories and Booty
The piece argues Japan relies on growing stockpiles of strategic materials and seized resources to sustain a long war. It notes uncertainties about exact inventories, the importance of rapid conquest, and how Allied industrial buildup, especially in the United States, shifts balance and timing of conflict.
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Japan
New York
INS
Land of the Rising Sun
Pacific
Winston Churchill
American Congress
Philippines
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Nippon
East Asia
Asia
United States
Pearl Harbor
Axis
Great Britain
Russia
China
Nine Negroes Dead Of Poison Bootleg Liquor
Nashville police said nine men, all Negro, died and eight others were critically ill after drinking poisonous bootleg liquor. The incident was reported to have occurred Tuesday night in Nashville, Tennessee, according to Chief John F. Griffin.
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Nashville
Tenn
John F. Griffin
Yarnell Praises EB Worker After Busy Man Rebuff
Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, retired, praised a shipyard worker at Electric Boat in New London after the man told him Stop bothering me Im a busy man during an inspection. Yarnell saluted the worker and offered encouragement in a moment of mutual respect at the busy plant.
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Yarnell
New London
Admiral Yarnell Praises Workman Amid Submarine Plant Farewell
A scene at the submarine plant ends with Admiral Yarnell praising a workman who rushed to apologize. The admiral, amid noise, says the worker’s gesture is sweetest music and plans to submit a report that would make Navy Secretary Knox proud. Yarnell formerly lived in Independence Iowa.
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Yarnell
Navy
Fran Knox
Independence
Iowa
First Lady Won’t Cross Picket Line
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt refused to cross a picket line at the Mansfield theater in New York after two AFL musicians picketed outside. The First Lady left without seeing In Time to Come, accepting a refund for three tickets and saying I can’t cross a picket line fair or unfair.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wilson
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Mansfield
Roosevelt
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