West Cedar Rapids draft board led by Kosek and Welch
The Cedar Rapids Selective Service Board No. 2 on the west side is run by Chairman Charles J. Kosek and Secretary Frank C. Welch with seven thousand seven hundred eighteen registrants. They note two resignations left the board with two members but have kept to the book and corrected mistakes when found.
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Cedar Rapids
Selective Service Board No. 2
Charles J. Kosek
Frank C. Welch
Kosek
Welch
West Side
Briny
West Cedar Rapids
Kosek and Welch
Board of Education
Myrtis Pope
Charles Kosek
Radio Amateurs Must Register Transmitters
Amateurs must register their transmitters with the federal communications commission by August 25 or face penalties. Licensees should apply via the district FCC inspector, file the form, and send it to Washington DC. Registration goes to the person who possesses the transmitter and changes of address must be reported within five days.
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Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
Pilot Blame Links Lombard Crash to Negligence
House committee says Transcontinental and Western flight near Las Vegas on Jan 16 killed Carole Lombard and 18 others due to Captain Wayne Williams's negligence. It cites failure to follow the Las Vegas to Los Angeles night flight route and flying at too low an altitude near Spring Mountain range, despite 12,000 flight hours and strong reputation. The report urges adherence to 10,000 feet for night routes and cites prior Civil Aeronautics orders about on course radio navigation.
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Washington
House Committee On Investigation
Las Vegas
Nev
Carole Lombard
Wayne Williams
Congress
Williams
Los Angeles
Potosi
Spring Mountain Range
TWA
Army Air Corps
Western Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Palmade
Calif
Spring Mountain
July 4th at Camp Good Health Joyful Independence Day
The Fourth of July celebration at Camp Good Health featured a picnic with wieners and pops, a band concert, and games. A new cat named Hannibal arrived, improving from a worrisome start to eight pounds, as campers weighed in and the Eagles led in weight gains. The Cedar Rapids camp serves physically handicapped children from low income homes and is funded by voluntary contributions to The Gazette Camp Good Health fund.
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Camp Good Health
Hannibal
Eagles
Eagles, Came Out On Top In Weight Gains This Time. At Camp Good Health
Este Heath
First Baptist Church
Public Health Nursing Association
Cedar Rapids
Care of the Gazette
Iowa
Yale Freshmen Told They Are On Borrowed Time
Harvey H. Bundy told Yale's 1050 wartime freshmen that they study on borrowed time with no guarantee of finishing, as advanced education is limited to a few for future war needs. He said there is no commitment any man may complete college. Yale's fast-track plan will graduate students in two years and seven months.
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New Haven
Yale
China Relief Fund Campaign Set For Tuesday
The sixth year of Japan's invasion of China will be marked with a national donation drive to the United China relief fund. Cedar Rapids contributors may designate gifts for China through the United War Fund drive, with all designated amounts sent to China. Gifts to other relief groups or undesignated gifts will also be accepted.
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Japan
China
United China Relief Fund
Cedar Rapids
Road Materials Frozen As Public Stocks Are Tied
Public Roads Administration announced Saturday that restrictions on bituminous road materials, widened Friday to 21 more states, freeze all such stocks including county and city depots subject to release certification. Controls apply to maintenance and construction. air seepage in inner tubes noted with weekly reinflation advised.
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Washington
Public Roads Administration
Axis-Linked Firms Blanked Out in U.S. War Drive
Washington officials disclosed a broad U.S. campaign against Axis influence, noting 507 Axis-owned or controlled firms liquidated and many other businesses blocked from operation under freezing orders. Officials said assets and patents were seized, and government reps placed in firms to oversee reorganization and officer or staff removals. The drive parallels Latin American blacklist actions and aims to curb fifth column activity.
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Washington
United States
Low Countries
France
Latin America
Evacuation After Bomb Scare Hit Flushing Plant
Residents near the Hunter Illuminated Car Sign plant in Flushing were ordered from their homes by police after an anonymous call threatened the factory. The Army and FBI were notified. two hours of searches found no bomb. A guard will remain until danger is past.
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Flushing
Hunter Illuminated Car Sign Company
Leo Miler
Sam
Army
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bayside
New York
Long Island
Times Square
Manhattan
Reject Jap Labor For South Dakota Sugar Beet Fields
Gov Harlan J Bushfield refused a request to import Japanese laborers for South Dakota beet fields saying anti Japanese sentiment could trigger protests or violence. He cited letters from residents of Lawrence and Butte counties where the fields lie.
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South Dakota
St Louis Milk Strike Spreads To Dairies Amid Reopening
The four day milk strike spread to the St. Louis Dairy company with about 260 drivers walking out after Pevely dairy reached an agreement, sending 450 drivers back to work. James A. Burke of the Milk Wagon Drivers union said the St. Louis Dairy walkout would not be called to avoid crippling the industry as details of the Pevely deal remained undisclosed.
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ST Louis
St. Louis Dairy Company
Pevely Dairy
Pevely
James A. Burke
AFL
St. Louis Dairy
Horses Dogs and Firemen Raced To the Clanging of Bells
John Reynolds recalls Cedar Rapids 1903 fire service with a photo of Central station and a horse drawn rig. The piece names Chief Joe Cook and driver Paul Dolan, discusses dog Joe the Bulldog, and notes early stations and hydrant counts, bell signals, and aging equipment.
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John Reynolds
Cedar Rapids
Old Central Fire Station
Third Street
C . Marchal
Avenue NW
Fire Department
Joseph F Tlusty
Joe Cook
Paul Dolan
Central Station
Joe
Martin Building
Montgomery Ward
Earher
Tan
Lackawanna Steel Workers End Strike
Bethlehem Steel’s Lackawanna plant halted two open hearth units as about 900 United Steelworkers members voted to return to work. Union rep Lorne H Nelles said others at ore docks and blast furnaces likely to end walkout. plant manager Edward F Entwisle noted two thirds drop in ingot production and said workers went back after grievances and membership issues were raised.
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Lackawanna
N. Y
Bethlehem Steel
United Steelworkers
Nelles
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Rainbow — Division
Navy
Paul Rapaport
Linn County
Orland Griffin
Ireland
Francis Kopecky
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
South Pacific
Classification Book
Kahoka
Kusch
West Siders
W. T. Sands
Second Street
Roosevelt Hotel
Camp Good Health Fund
Athene Club
Enteh Ladies Aid
L. Mann
Sophie Klinge
Mechanicsville
Harmony Lodge
Eine
St. Rake 'S
Yale Fresh
China Relief Fund
U.S
St. Louis
Dolan Driving
Borne
John Mentz
Bucks’ Laundry
Joe the Bulldog
First Street
Second Avenue
Third Avenue
Coe College
Eleventh and
Twelfth Avenues
Cedar Rapide
Newman
van the Fair
Dia
Patel
Star Jewelry CO
Soc Down
Lackawanna Steel
Newman’s
TREO
Cherub
Newman's Air Conditioned Beauty Salon
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