Japan Supplying Reich with Daily Food Trade to Berlin
In wartime exchange, Japan and occupied territories reportedly ship about 1,500 tons of food daily to Germany via Russia's rail corridor, with soybeans oils meats rice and cotton. Freight-rate increases and limited rail capacity challenge growth, while Russia provides 8,000 cars. In return, Japan receives chemicals dyes and scientific apparatus.
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Rio
Japan
Germany
Berlin
Russia
Manchukuo
China
Far East
Mass Indictments Allege Price Fixing Across Food and Defense Industries
Federal grand juries issued mass indictments charging 194 corporations and individuals with price fixing and monopolistic control of the defense and food sectors. Targets include battery separator makers and major Cannery, rice, dried milk, and sardine industries. Bond set at $1,000 for officers and directors nationwide.
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San Francisco
California
M. S. Huberman
Anti-Trust
Central Valley
United States
Althogether
U S Envisions Doubling Nazi Plane Engine Output
Pratt and Whitney chairman F. B. Rentschler told visitors in Hartford that with adequate materials the American aviation industry could double Germany’s current monthly engine production within a year. He cited German output at 3 to 4 million horsepower, enough for about 2,000 combat aircraft.
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Hartford
Conn
Germany
F. B. Rentschler
Pratt and Whitney
Rentschler
Puzzle Clues Scan: A Fragmentary Word Grid
A scrambled list of crossword like clues appears with numbers and partial hints. The mixed items include misc terms such as Spain abbr and yellow finch, various verbs and nouns, and several unexplained entries suggesting a partial puzzle from a newspaper page.
Wilson High stages four act comedy June Mad as commence ment play
Wilson Drama Guild presented June Mad a four act comedy as Wilson High School's commencement play Tuesday night. Pierre A. Tracy directed with Penelope Wood played by Jean Ardis Smith drawing audience sympathy as she fends off ridicule. Cast included Anna Mae Andresen as Penny's mother Earl Beck as Chuck Harris and Clifford Johnson as Elmer Tuttle with Catherine Morgan as Effie and others. Music by Wilson school orchestra directed by Alan W. Richardson.
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Wilson High School
Wilson Drama Guild
Pierre A. Tracy
Jove
Penelope Wood
Jean Ardis Smith
Penny
Anna Mae Andresen
Earl Beck
Chuck Harris
Carroll Filson
Roger van Vleck
Long Island
Deloris Wood
Milly Lou
Letty Subotnik
Rodney Newland
Mr. Harris
Bette Novak
Wilson School Orchestra
Alan W. Richardson
J. B
Electricity Out Kills 3000 Chicks at Hawkeye Hatchery
Special to The Gaselte reports 3000 plus baby chicks smothered when Hawkeye hatchery power failed for two hours during a heavy rainstorm. Owner H. K. Rubyer operates the facility.
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Hawkeye
Hawkeye Hatchery
H. K. Rubyer
Iowa Electric Light And Power Wins Regional Ad Awards
Iowa Electric Light and Power of Cedar Rapids won three regional classifications in a Public Utilities Advertising association contest. Awards recognized Cedar Rapids Gazette advertisements from April 4 1940 and August 11 1940 plus the utility’s employee magazine The Front Line. Sutherland Dows spoke at Boston as Harold Rowe retired as association president. Al C Joy named new president.
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Iowa Eelctric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Public Utilities Advertising Association
Boston
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids and Town City Railway
The
Gazette
Front Line
Northwest
Iowa
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Wyoming
Montana
Manitoba
Canada
Sutherland Dows
Harold Rowe
Ambro Advertising Agency
al C. Joy
San Francisco
Vardy House in Bever Park Sparks Care Debate
City plan commission discusses turning the historic Vardy house over to donors or a local group like the Boy Scouts to care for it. Some members call the framing structure an eyesore and question if saving it is worth effort while considering relocation options. The panel also acts on a Rock Island railroad spur approval to serve a warehouse.
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Vardy House
Bever Park
Boy Scouts
City Plan Commission
R. H. Riley
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
St. Louis
C. R. Chandler
Parks Committee
Commission
Vardy
Riley
Chandler
Cedar Rapids
C. C. Loomis
A. Chase
Ben Tait
Rock Island Railroad
Health Examinations For 176 Linn County NYA Youth
Health exams for 176 NYA out of school youth workers in Linn County are underway in Cedar Rapids led by Dr. H L Van Winkle and Dr. Frank B. Benesh. Of the total, 115 are men and 61 women. Results will be shared with examinees and parents to enable needed remedial steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NYA
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
H. L. van Winkle
Frank B. Benesh
van Winkle
Iowa
National Youth Administration
Theodore P. Eslick
Eslick
Vinton Youth Becomes First Processed at Fort Des Moines
Samuel Parzybok Jr of Vinton is the first man fully processed at the Fort Des Moines reception center opened to handle Iowa selective service draftees. He previously re signed a naval midshipman course in Chicago to join the army and hopes to serve with a field artillery band. Parzybok won the 1934 national high school saxophone contest in Des Moines and led a local orchestra during Grinnell College days. He attended Grinnell and the University of Iowa ROTC band, is a Vinton High School and Grinnell graduate, and is the son of Mr and Mrs S F Parzybok.
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Fort Des Moines
Samuel Parzybok, Jr
Vinton
Iowa
Parzybok
Chicago
Des Moines
Grinnell College
University of Iowa
Vinton High School
Grinnell
S F. Parzybok
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U.S
Dan Cupid
Clinton
Letsman
Ana Ome
Urbon
Spain
SIAL
Vane
Inia
Clee
Tosteining
Fiz
Wilson
Electric Light and Power
Carter
Ninth and
Tenth Avenues
Third and
Fourth Streets
SMU
Lekoff
Fast and Furious
Smulekoff
West Side
Rosenbaum Stock
Rosenbaum
Smulekoffs
Third Ave
Ft. Des Moines
Lucky Tiger
Good Housekeeping Bureau
Smulerog
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