Firemen Fine Each Other With Two Gallons Ice Cream Tale
GAZETTF reports Cedar Rapids Central fire station practices two gallon ice cream fines for minor offenses. New men pay during probation, leaving lights on, misplacing tools, or breaking station rules trigger penalties. Two groups, Secret ix and the Big Four, are alleged officers. The crew jokes that marriages and additions require two gallons, and the ice cream fund remains solid.
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Gazettf
Central Fire Station
Cedar Rapids
Injury Report From Fourth of July Incident
Fresno California report details a 16 year old, Wayne Stainton, who ate a milk piece and was burned by a firecracker in his hip pocket during July 4th celebrations. He received hospital treatment for painful burns.
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Fresno
Calif
INS
Wayne Stainton
Stainton
Vast Underground Espionage War Waged By Britain's Agents
British agents wage a vast underground war across occupied Europe from Norway to France. Spies use old methods and modern devices to sabotage, report, and aid resistance while Britain tightens its security at home. The campaign scales from Arctic circles to the Paris underground with hundreds of agents landing and reporting on Gestapo activity.
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Britain
Lisbon
The
Gazette
Flanders
North Sea
Suez
Rome
Gestapo
France
Isle
Scotland Yard
Europe
Arctic Circle
England
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
Paris
The Underground War Against the German Army
An analysis describes how German troops are susceptible to bribes and coercion, with fires, bridge collapses, derailed trains, and blocked roads used as covert pressure. It notes doubled guard measures and a long shadow campaign targeting morale, where many ends come from bullets rather than pensions.
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Paris
Dies Committee to Probe Alleged Japan Espionage
The Dies committee will launch a series of public hearings to investigate alleged Japanese espionage on the Pacific coast and the influence of Japanese societies tied to propaganda agencies. Plans include a fascist book, hearings on labor union penetration, and secret hearings in New York and Philadelphia.
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Washington
INS
Dies Committee
Pacific Coast
Actuiy
United States
New York
Philadelphia
Pacific
California
Marines Safe After Torpedoed Ship Sinks Navy Reports
The Navy said the last three of an 11 man Marine group missing after a torpedo strike were found safe. Names released: Taylor G. Collom Summerland Mississippi Shelby O. Jones Franklin ton Louisiana Herman W. Trail Twila Kentucky. Eight others were rescued already.
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Washington
Navy
London
Taylor G. Collom
Summerland
Miss
Shelby O. Jones
Franklinton
Herman W. Trail
Twila
England
North Atlantic
Knox
Maasdam
Thumbnail sketches of wartime key points from Europe
National Geographic sketches outline Luck in Poland Constanta Ploesti Libau Viipuri as strategic hubs. Luck saw 1916 Russian offensive gains and heavy casualties. Constanta hosts Romania's Black Sea port and naval HQ with oil pipelines. Ploesti anchors oil industry and rail junctions. Libau a Baltic port opened year round, Baltic coaling grain trade. Viipuri Finland's former port near Leningrad, timber and industry hub with historic monuments.
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Ussian
Finland
Rumania
National Geographic Society
Poland
Pripet Marshes
Russia
Styr
Constanta
Romania
Black Sea
Danube
National Naval School
Naval Headquarters
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Ploesti
Libau
Baltic
Riga
U.S.S.R
Latvia
Viuipuri
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Karelian Isthmus
Viipuri
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Carl Koenn
Gazette Eheto
John E. Maher
B. C. Bown
James Trusty
Warren E. Walters
Bob Currell
Charles H. Anderson
Stewart Shank
John Black
Gary Cronkhite
Ernest Stanek
Ray Nolan
Elmer J. Stanek
Eats
DIAL
Lance Service Co
Ava. EK
Drew Middleton
Rheims
Lille
Dies
Japan
U.S
Kitterman's
Kitterman’s
DAY Cleaners
Third Avenue
Gazette Photo
NYA
FSA
National Youth Administration Program
Robert H. Reesink
Farm Security Administration
A Avenue
Fulton Lewis, Jr
WMT
Dupee Man Asi A
Merle E. Garmoe
Third ST. SE
Eves Xai
Scott McIntyre & Company
Iowa
Merchants National Bank
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