Women in War Work Interviewed by Dora Hamblin
Mrs. William Moses of 704 Eighth Street SE discusses her wartime job at Universal Engineering making threads on directional gyroscope cases. She joined in September while her husband serves in the Army at Fort Warren Wyoming and expresses happiness, plans for machine work, and views on postwar life and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Moses
Eighth Street SE
The
Universal Engineering Corporation
Dora Jane Hamblin
Mrs. Moses
Red Cross War Fund Conference Planned in Cedar Rapids
Mabel C. Wilson and D. D. Knight announce a Red Cross War Fund conference to be held January 25 at the Hotel Roosevelt Cedar Rapids inviting towns in Linn County’s surrounding area. Mrs. George Kosek to represent Linn at an eastern Iowa state council meeting January 19. A $20 gift from the Ladies Literary Club funds magazine subscriptions for Schick servicemen. A new speakers bureau class begins January 24 under Mrs. M. S. Hallman with Ray L. Short instructing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Knight
St. Louis
Midwest
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Hotel Roosevelt
George Kosek
Linn County
Red Cross
State Council
Iowa
Schick Hospital
M. S. Hallman
Ray L. Short
Red Cross and nursing classes organize in Johnson County
The Johnson County Red Cross chapter schedules its annual meeting in Iowa City January 19 with officials Mrs. Wells C. Peck and Mabel C. Wilson attending. Meanwhile the Young Matrons class in home nursing meets Mondays at 7 p.m. at the YWCA and other applicants gather Friday at 7 p.m. at the People's church for instruction by Mrs. Harold Miner. A chairmen meeting of volunteer service committees occurs at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Y.M.C.A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Irene Guy Installed as Worthy Matron of Silver Leaf No 5
Mrs Irene Guy was installed as worthy matron of Silver Leaf chapter No 5 OES with Mrs Julia Reed past worthy grand matron of Electa grand chapter presiding. New officers include Lela Hurst Angy Tate Lucille Maupin Hazel Phillips Gladys Taylor Naomi Ampey Gladys Rice Esther Nance Carrie Sturges Hazel Gibson Pattie Caulder Rev S J Caulder Ora Smith and George Perkins as worthy patron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Guy
O.E.S
Julia Reed
Electa Grand Chapter
Lela Hurst
Angie Tate
Lucille Maupin
Hazel Phillips
Gladys Taylor
Naomi Ampey
Adah
Gladys Rice
Ruth
Esther Nance
Esther
Carrie Sturges
Martha
Hazel Gibson
Electra
Pattie Caulder
Warder
S. J. Caulder
Sentinel
Ora Smith
George Perkins
Installations of Home Rebekah Degree officers in Glow room
Friday installation of Home Rebekah Degree officers in the Glow room of the Gas company. Officers named include Ida Mae Danson president Minnie Johnson vice president Bess Wilson secretary Gertrude Jackman treasurer Anna Davis chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Rebekah
The
Gas ‘Company
Ida Mae Danson
Minnie Johnson
Bess Wilson
Gertrude Jackman
Anna Davis
Marriage of Miss Pauline Armstrong to Aviation Cadet Herbert Renstrom
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Pauline Armstrong daughter of Mr and Mrs C M Armstrong of 1725 Hamilton St SW to Aviation Cadet Herbert Renstrom son of Mr and Mrs E C Renstrom of Tulare California. The double ring ceremony was held December 25 at 2 30 pm in Tulare with Rev E A Rode officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Armstrong
C. M. Armstrong
Hamilton Street
Herbert Renstrom
E. C. Renstrom
Tulare
Calif
E. A
Tom Renstrom
Wilson High School
Renstrom
Cherry- Burrell Corporation
Tulare High School
Rankin Aeronautical Academy
California
Army Air Corps
Spillville
Marcella Hayek
Philip Hayek
Marcus M. Blong
Carl Blong
Ft. Atkinson
St. Wenceslaus Church
Navy
Hopkinton
M. Reeve
Hila Beth
John B. Cox
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Duane Shedenhelm
Clarence Shedenhelm
Presbyterian
Waste Paper Urged as Vital Public Safety War Item
Public appeal stresses waste paper as crucial to national safety and saving boys lives by preserving resources for war needs. Officials urge households to collect and recycle paper to support defense effort and protect civilians.
Marriages listed from Iowa towns show multiple unions
The column reports numerous engagements and weddings across Iowa locations including Columbus Junction Ossian Williamsburg Wilton Junction Ryan Spillville Hopkinton North Liberty Marengo and Maynard. Couples include Bell and Harbi Schrader Kessler Becker Bragg Maas and others with ceremonies in Cedar Rapids Kahoka Birmingham Chicago and Tenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Mildred C. Bell
Spencer Bell
Herbert Harbison
H A. Harbison
Cotter Presbyterian Parsonage
Carl Brown
Gertrude Brown
Nora Goodwin
Burlington
Kahoka
Maynard
J. E. Bartels
Ortha
Dale Schrader
John F. Schrader
Ossian
Robert Wood
Constance
Cedar Rapids
Seaman
Robert L. Kessler
Earl Kessler
Arline L. Soreid
Rudolph Soreid
Richard Becker
C. L. Becker
Dysart
George Lamprecht
Chicago
Audrey
Carl F. Bragg
U. S. Navy
Bragg
Norfolk
Williamsburg
Joann Edwards
Irene Edwards
Gilbert J. Maas
Arthur Maas
Conroy
Tullahoma
Tenn
Frances Mattfeld, R. N
Co. J. "Mattfeld
Victor Hartz, Jr
Jane
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Wilton Junction
Charles Wesley Norton
Charles W. Norton
Kathleen Tuey
Wilton Junction School
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Ryan
Ida Pasker
Ben Pasker
Ralph Funke
Ben Funke
Greeley
St. Patrick's Church
Pattern by Anne Adams Frock Styles for Misses and Women
Anne Adams presents Pattern 4640 with tailored fits for misses sizes 12 to 20 and mature fits for women's sizes 30 to 48. The draped design varies by size and uses 3% yards of 39 inch fabric at size 36. Includes a transfer motif pattern for linens and garments, offered at 20 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Anne Adams Pattern Department
West Randolph Street
Chicago
Ill
Christmas cards aid Cedar Rapids family in wartime letters
A Cedar Rapids defense worker and her navy son in the Southwest Pacific exchange letters on Christmas cards. Photos of relatives travel with the messages, while Sgt. Gordon E. Moore of Whittier offers mail tips from North Africa and South Carolina. He lists preferred care items, such as fresh vacuum-sealed candy, hot chocolate mix, a pocket dictionary, stationery, air mail supplies, and small comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Southwest Pacific
General Hospital
North Africa
Gordon E. Moore
Earl Moore
Whittier
Gilbert Knott
F Avenue
Charleston
S.C
Revolutionary Plane Reported Developed by Ryan on Coast
San Diego reports Ryan Aeronautical has built a secret advanced aircraft hailed as the hottest on wheels and wings. Naval official Lt. Raymond Deitzer notes quicker demonstration could hasten the Far East war end, but details on type remain undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Ryan Aeronautical Company
Raymond Deitzer
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Deitzer
Ryan
Claude T Ryan
Roosevelt Loses Ten Pounds As Flu Slows Recovery
Washington AP Roosevelt continues slow recovery from flu losing about 10 pounds from a 185 pound normal weight. Presidential secretary Stephen Early says he still has bad days with a letdown while doctor urges rest and the president keeps appointments in the White House study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
White House
Pipeline delay probe prompts engineering report
Washington officials report that the Defense Plant Corporation has ordered a full engineering analysis to determine causes of defects slowing the operation of the 1,476 mile Little Inch pipeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Plant Corporation
Little Inch
Notice of Appointment of Administratrix in Nellie Atkin Estate
On the 31st day of December 1943 ETHEL I. BOYER was appointed Administratrix of Nellie May Atkin late of Linn County Town deceased. All indebted parties must pay promptly and creditors should file claims in the Clerk of Linn County District Court Iowa. Attorneys Donnelly Lynch Anderson and Lynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Nellie May Atkin
Linn County
Iowa
Ethel I. Boyer
Donnelly
Lynch
Anderson and Lynch
Crocheted Pill-Box Hat and Matching Bag Idea
Needlecraft feature for 1944 presents a crocheted pill-box hat with a matching bag. Materials include gay wool or crisp straw yarn, suitable for year round wear. Pattern 762 provides hat and purse directions with embroidery motifs. Send 15 cents for Pattern 762 to Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept. Chicago 80 IL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept
West
Randolph Street
Chicago
Sanders Leaves Cedar Rapids Pastor Post for Des Moines
W. S. Sanders, pastor of Seventh day Adventist churches in Cedar Rapids for two years, departs Sunday to serve as Home Missionary secretary for the Iowa conference based in Des Moines. He is succeeded by J A Tucker of Nevada who leaves Oak Park academy. A farewell party for the Sanderses was held Saturday at the Cadwalladers home with seventy guests.
Demands Council Remove Pond Drowning Hazard
Ralph Franks and his brother Theodore urged the city council to drain a spring-fed pond south of Thirty-second Street and Glass Road NE. They rescued a 10 year old girl who fell in after skating on the abandoned Waltonian Fish and Game Club project. The council referred the matter to Assistant City Solicitor Dwight Krumbholz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Franks
Thirty-second Street
Glass Road
Franks
Theodore
Waltonian Fish and Game Club
Dwight Krumbholz
Navy Specialist to Interview SRU Men
O P Sampson recruiting specialist from Des Moines will be at the Cedar Rapids navy recruiting station in the federal building Wednesday and Thursday to interview men for the navy new ship repair units. A civil service man will also interview non essential industry workers for navy shipyards on the west coast. Sampson replaces H. Joseph Dickens who has orders for sea duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O P Sampson
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Federal Building
Navy
Civil Service
West Coast
Sampson
H. Joseph Dickens
Boy Keeps Mum After Wound From Revolver During Raid
In Springfield Illinois ten year old Johnny Wilm delayed telling authorities about a gunshot wound in his abdomen. He said the injury occurred during a commando raid on a vacant house after he and friends found five old revolvers. The slug neared the base of his spine and he was reported in good condition. The boy initially lied to protect his playmates and the incident involved a discharged gun when an alarm clock was struck with a butt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Johnny Wilm
Johnny
Soldiers Cannot Air Political Opinions in War Time
Allied Headquarters reports a War Department ruling barring soldiers from expressing views for publication on the soldiers vote. Correspondents may write impressions but may not quote individuals or conduct polls. The rule cites a permanent army regulation prohibiting officers or men from public debate on controversial political issues or matters before Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Headquarters
Alliers
War Department
Doug Fairbanks Wins Silver Star for Salerno action
Lt Comdr Douglas Fairbanks receives the Silver Star for outstanding service during the American landing at Salerno Italy. The award announced from Washington details his leadership and bravery in the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug Fairbanks
Washington
INS
Comdr
Douglas Fairbanks
Salerno
Italy
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Women In War Work
Quartermaster Corps
Fort Warren, Wyo
Pfc
John Risk
Camp Breckenridge
Germany
Pearl Harbor
uCcus
Hinds
Caprright
Lehn & Pink Producta Corp
Boomfeld, N. J
Guidy Vhevoe
Rollet-Goods
Red Cross War Fund
C. R
Mabel C. Wilson
Hallman
Y.M.C.A
Silver Leaf
Rebekah
Miss Armstrong
Save Ag Plas Td
Corot
Fifth Avenue SE
Anne Adams
St. Joseph
Frank Cuhel
Frank J. Cuhel
Tagus River
Portugal
Richmond
J. L. Campbell
Piedmont
Cuhel
Ermengarde Cuhel
Jack Stoddard
Naomi Doebel
Sgt. Moore
Toll House
F.D.R
W. S. Sanders
Des Moines Post
SRU
Momarch
Sara Park Salon
Third Street
DIAL
Just
Woerderhoff
First Avenue
Ling
Second Street
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