Draft Dilemma for 1-B Young Men Faces Work and Service Clash
Young men with minor defects hold 1-B draft status and have lost jobs due to shortages. They volunteered for service but failed to meet physical standards for army navy or marines. Draft boards have not stated plans, though 1-A and soon to be registered groups may be called first, delaying 1-Bs for weeks or months.
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Draft Board
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Arthur Hartington
Cedar Rapids East Side
Landis named executive of OCD amid civic defense shakeup
President restructures civilian defense administration by appointing James M. Landis as executive of the OCD while keeping Mayor LaGuardia in an advisory role. Landis, former regional OCD director for New England and dean of Harvard Law, is credited with demonstrated administrative skill. The move aims to address criticism of LaGuardia’s dual role in civilian defense and New York City governance.
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Civilian Defense Administration
Congress
James M. Landis
OCD
Flor Ae
LaGuardia
City of
New York
Landis
New England
SEC
U S U Boats Sink Four More Enemy Ships
Allied reports reveal submarine raids near Tokio with the freighter Unkai Maru torpedoed and damaged. U S Asiatic Fleet submarines claimed sinking a 10 000 ton Japanese transport and three supply ships as Japan braces for potential blockade. Inductions into the army move toward four million men, with rates doubled or tripled from peacetime levels.
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Japan
Imperial Headquarters
Tokio
United States Navy
Woman suffocated in Cedar Rapids fire at home
Sarah Hicks 90 died Friday afternoon when her frame home at 2123 Wilson Avenue SW burned. Leonard Newport found her slumped in a burning chair after entering the house. she reportedly fought a rear kerosene stove blaze before collapsing. Fire gutted the interior. Newport carried her to his mother’s house as police and ambulance crews were notified.
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Sarah Kelly Hicks
Lian County
Wilson Avenue
Leonard Newport
Josie Newport
Hicks
Newport
Cedar Rapids Youths Face Draft Strain and Jobs Dilemma
In Cedar Rapids many boys await call to military service and face local job shortages. Employers favor workers unlikely to be drafted, though communities plan wartime welfare. The text questions fairness of placing the burden on young men with limited economic support and asks for a fair pre service break.
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Cedar Rapids
Civilians debate civil defense and police training progress
Citizens quarrel over civilian defense methods while Cedar Rapids police finish a Red Cross first aid course. Chief Tom Condon leads 63 officers through December training, boosting readiness and community pride as they pursue further advanced programs.
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Tom Condon
Cedar Rapids
Red Cross
Wake Island Marines Halt Japanese Assault in Historic Battle
A first hand account shows Wake Island Marines destroyed seven Japanese warships two cruisers four destroyers one submarine and one gunboat before the fleet captured the outpost on December 22. The siege killed and wounded many hostiles while a marine remains unaccounted. A navy communique honors the heroic defenders with a presidential citation.
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Washington
Wake Island
Pacific
Navy
Canadian Newsprint Price Increase Questioned by U S Agency
The Office of Price Administration held a conference with newspaper publishers to discuss a proposed rise in newsprint costs by Canadian producers. The government asked whether imports should absorb or share the higher price, noting the increase could raise American publishers’ costs by about $8 per what appears to be a standard bundle of newsprint.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Tama Sailer Survivor Of Pearl Harbor Ends His Life
San Francisco dispatch reports William Parks 22, a Tama Iowa native and Pearl Harbor survivor aboard a returning ship, shot himself after a seven day AWOL note. He spoke with friends Rhea Escola 18 and Marjorie Leite 19 before the self-inflicted death, addressed to his wife Marlys Parks of Tama.
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Tama Sailer
Pearl Harbor
Frisco
San Francisco
INS
William Parks
Parks
Rhea Escola
Marjorie Leite
John A. Miller
Marlys Parks
Hall Street
Tama
Iowa
Ray Parks
Oklahoma
New Yeor
William
Marlys Wallis
Ban on Enlistments After Draft Preinduction Exams
Cedar Rapids recruiting stations for army navy and marine corps were told not to enlist men with orders to report for preinduction physical exams. Final medicals occur at the Des Moines induction center about 30 days before reporting. West side draft board chair Charlies Kosek said similar orders were issued, affecting navy and marine plans.
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Cedar Rapids
Army
Navy
Marine
Selective Service Boards
Des Moines
Charlies Kosek
West Side
Marine Corps
Ralph A. Schultz
D Avenue
Edward R. Schalow
Iowa
Japs Renew Claim U S Langley Sunk
Tokyo official broadcast announced that the U S aircraft tender Langley was sunk by Japanese submarines Thursday southwest of Johnston Island. Earlier Tokyo said the Langley had been sunk or damaged in what Americans call fishing expeditions for information.
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Singapore
Slim River
Kuala Lumpur
Japan
Corve
Tokio
Imperial Headquarters
United States
Langley
Johnston Island
Red army drives lift siege of Sevastopol and pushes front
London dispatch says Soviet forces from Crimea to Finland broke the Sevastopol siege, seized seven towns on the central front, and opened a powerful drive into the axis rear in the Leningrad sector. Polish General Sikorski predicts Axis retreat to a former czarist capital defense line as reports note renewed Russian landings in the Crimea.
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Tokio
Troika
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Domei
Selengor
Negri Sembilan
London
Red Army
Crimea
Finland
Sevastopol
Leningrad
Wladislaw Sikorski
Moscow
Stockholm
British Broadcast Waives Fight In Court
A British broadcast company signals surrender in a legal dispute, giving up resistance as the case moves toward closure. The move ends prolonged contention and shifts the focus to settlement steps and possible compensations.
Frigid Cedar Rapids Sees Mercury Drop Throughout Friday
Weather report notes a sharp fall in temperatures in Cedar Rapids with readings slipping from night highs toward freezing. Mercury declines continue into Friday morning with a brief rally then again retreating, reaching near zero by evening.
Des Moines Weather Turns Frigid Below Zero Forecast
Weather returned to extreme cold in Des Moines with the Weather Bureau predicting 17 below zero for Friday night. The report notes continued bitter conditions and possible wind chill effects as readers are urged to stay indoors and dress warmly.
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Des Moines
Ins
Weather Bureau
Japanese Tanks Attack British Lines In Malaya Front
Japanese heavy tanks broke through jungle lines as they pressed a general offensive on the West Malaya front. Dive bombers followed in swarms, while a brigadier who reached the front line reported the fighting as heavy and persistent, with continued action expected.
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Malaya
Kuala Lumpur
West Malaya
Have No Plans To Commandeer Cars
Washington AP Price Administrator Leon Henderson reassured the nation that the government has no plans to commandeer private automobiles. He noted that fears arose from his January press conference and urged citizens to keep cars for personal use while promising to protect dealers within existing government channels. He added no current framework exists to shield dealers or workers from future disruptions, a point likely for congressional debate.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
LaGuardia Remains OCD Director in Partial Reorg
White House announces a partial reorganization of the Office of Civilian Defense with James M. Landis as executive and Fiorello LaGuardia continuing as director. Landis will earn 10 000 dollars yearly and oversee policy implementation and personnel while LaGuardia represents OCD in cabinet and federal boards.
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Washington (Lp
Office of Civilian Defense
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Fiorello LaGuardia
White House
Stephen T. Early
Roosevelt
LaGuardia
Landis
OCD
House Votes Time Advance in U S House
The House passed a daylight saving bill by 67 to 20 proposing a uniform one hour clock advance. Senate approval had allowed presidential discretion up to two hours. a conference committee may reconcile the versions. The one hour shift would start 20 days after enactment and last until six months after the war ends.
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Washington
House
Senate
U S Drops Leaflets on Occupied France With RAF Aid
The White House said the United States, aided by the Royal Air Force, began dropping pamphlets on occupied France stressing friendship with the French people. Over 2,000,000 leaflets circulated featuring the Statue of Liberty and color pictures, and including Roosevelt quotations about the United Nations and hoped for better times ahead.
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Washington
White House
United States
Royal Air Force
France
Stephen T. Early
B.A.F
America
Roe
Roosevelt
United Nations
Soene
Iowa Republicans back measure on OCD under War Dept
In Washington the amendment to place the OCD under the war department passed with six Iowa Republicans voting with the majority. Harrington, Jacobsen, and Jensen were not recorded. The voting Republicans were Gwynne, Gilchrist, Talle, LeCompte, Cunningham, and Martin.
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Washington
Iowa
OCD
War Department
Harrington
Jacobsen
Jensen
Gwynne
Gilchrist
Talle
LeCompte
Cunningham
Martin
Fiorelis LaGuardia reorganizes OCD leadership
Fiorelis LaGuardia announces a reorganization with Dean Landis to handle Office of Administration duties, freeing LaGuardia to oversee nationwide organization and fieldwork. She stresses urgent equipment needs and no delays to support the Office of Civilian Defense’s growth and activity in Washington.
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Washington
INS
Fiorelis LaGuardia
OCD
Dean Landis
Office of Administration
Washington Sitna
Office of Civilian Defense
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