Victory gardens grow with Cedar Rapids children
In Cedar Rapids 2 227 school age children cultivate Victory gardens under the playground commission. Ten plots host participants who pledge weekly upkeep and weed control, with tomatoes and canned vegetables among favored crops. The program emphasizes recreation, education, and wartime cooperation.
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Jack Illian
Victory Gardens
Cedar Rapids
Victory
Victory Garden
Playground Commission
Fillmore
Harrison
Kenwood
Lincoln
Taylor and Tyler
Cleveland
Seven Illinois Towns Urge WPA Book Criticism Over Low Spirits Claim
West Frankfort chamber of commerce asks Rep. C W Bishop to condemn a WPA research booklet describing West Frankfort and six neighboring coal towns Zeigler Eldorado Carrier Mills Herrin Bush and Johnston City as low in spirits. The dossier aims to refute alleged biased photo portrayals of the region with 38208 total residents.
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West Frankfort
INS
WPA Research Division
Illinois
Washington
Rep. C. W Bishop
Congress
Zeigler
Eldorado
Carrier Mills
Herrin
Bush
Johnston City
Doctor Performs Dramatic Appendectomy Aboard Destroyer
In a South Pacific typhoon, Lieutenant Paul Pickering and two aides carried out an emergency appendectomy on Seaman Lawrence Casey aboard a moving destroyer. Cas e y, strapped to the table, recovered after a grueling hour and ten minutes as seas roared around them. The crew awarded a plaque, praising the daring operation.
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INS
South Pacific
Paul Pickering
Chicago
Jackson
Miss
Lawrence Casey
Portland
Sheridan
Ore
Lieut Pickering
Casey
Pickering
Fred Barbee
Tulsa
Okla
Leonard Benjamin
Seattle
Anacortes
Wash
Pacific
Navy to Build 13.2 Million Supply Base Near Schenectady
The navy announced plans for a 13.2 million Naval supply depot on a previously undeveloped 340 acre site at Scotia three miles from Schenectady New York. The project includes 20 storehouses and other plant buildings on the site.
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Washington
INS
Schenectady
N. Y
Navy
Scotia
Army opens first shoe rebuilding shop at Buford Ga
The quartermaster corps established the first army shoe rebuilding shop at Buford Georgia to recondition 5000 pairs daily. Worn shoes from the first five corps areas will be sent there for rebuilding and then reissued to new entrants or as worn footwear replacements.
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Washington
Quartermaster Corps
Buford
War Department
American Eagles in RAF face tougher German fighters
Members of the American Eagle squadron serving with the RAF welcomed news that fellow Americans have pushed the war to the Axis. They warned Germans will be formidable, with Woodruff Harp of Columbus, Georgia predicting a hot but valiantly fought clash as Americans step into combat.
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London
Eagle Squadron
Royal Air Force
Woodruff Harp
Columbus
London Eagle Club
Florida Oil Pipeline Project Moves Ahead
Senator Arthur Vandenberg announced that the Commerce Secretary has provided funds to transfer a 40 000 barrel daily Texas to Florida oil pipeline. The second hand line, moving across northern Florida, could be operational in four months and may ease Atlantic coast shortages. The Florida project costs 3 million dollars with Mansfield bill for a larger 10 million dollar construction, now rendered unnecessary.
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Washington
INS
Arthur H Vandenberg
R-Mich
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse H Jones
Texas
Florida
Vandenberg
Atlantic Coast
Mansfield
House
Senate Commerce
Jones
New Chrysler Siren Tested Above New York Skyline
Thousands heard a new Chrysler built super-siren atop the 70 story RCA building during the city wide air raid warning test. Engineers study results as nine more sirens await placement while 407 smaller instruments monitor performance across New York.
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New York
INS
New
Chrysler
Iowa State fair board workers shift to army roles
All but one Iowa State fair board workers will leave their posts as the army hires them to help run the fairgrounds as an air corps storage depot. Four of five statehouse staffers move to army duty this week and maintenance crews follow. only Board Secretary Lloyd Cunningham remains.
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TES Moines
Iowa State Fair Board
Army
Air Corps
Statehouse Office
Lloyd Cunningham
Schacht Seen As Hitler's Hidden Ace After Defeat
INS dispatch argues Hjalmar Schacht could be Germany's key postwar figure, quietly shaping finances and negotiations with the United Nations. The piece traces his rise from Reichsbank head to confidant, his potential return to power, and his hoped path to restore Germany's economic standing.
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New York
INS
Germany
Hitler
United Nations
Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Germany
Schacht
Reich
Reichsbank
United States
Brooklyn
Horace Greeley
Go West
Reduced Driving Cuts Accident Rate on Fourth
The nation registered its safest Fourth of July in years as fewer auto deaths occurred. A state survey reported 70 violent deaths during the holiday weekend, with only 39 in autos, while bus and rail travel surged. California led auto deaths with 16.
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California
New York
Chicago
Middle West
Wisconsin
Midwest
Cleveland
Iowa State Fair Cancelled in 1898 War Drive and Camp McKinley Held
Des Moines AP reports the 1898 Iowa state fair was canceled after a heated discussion as war news dominated. The fairground became Camp McKinley to serve troops, with infantry and artillery occupying the site and patriotic townspeople hosting dinners and treats for soldiers. The 1942 cancellation followed a tire and automobile conservation effort.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fair Board
P. L. Fowler
Iowa State Agricultural Society
Fair Ground
Camp McKinley
Struck by Lightning While Golfing Coed Hurt Father Killed
At Evanston community course a storm struck while a father and daughter played golf. Mary Betty Galt 19 suffered burns and paralysis after the bolt. Albert C. Galt 48, Chicago Oil executive, was killed. The two sought shelter under a tree.
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Evanston
Northwestern University
Mary
Betty Galt
Albert C. Galt
Chicago Oil Company
Galt
Tire from Rockne airliner crash found in scrap heap
Officials probing the March 31 1931 crash that killed Knute Rockne and seven others never found a tire until Saturday when a scrap rubber pile at a Cottonwood Falls filling station yielded the missing tire from an unidentified donor.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Knute Rockne
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