East Iowa Avengers sworn in as six months after Pearl Harbor
In Cedar Rapids 18 youths vow allegiance to the Avenger squadron amid Midway victory backdrop. They receive scrolls and New Testaments, then travel to Des Moines and Great Lakes for training with recruits from 13 Iowa cities. Local officials praise their resolve as a new chapter in war effort unfolds.
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H. P. Worstell
Iowa
Navy
Cedar Rapids
Pearl Harbor
United States
Midway Island
Comdr. Worstell
Coe College
Iowa City
Avenger
Des Moines
Great Lakes
Frank K. Hahn
Gazette
Avenger Squadron
M. C. Madson
U.S.N
George Penrod
C. A. Pierce
Navy Office
Pierce
H. F. Worstell
Union Station
Fred Welsh
Second Avenue
RAF Attacks Airdromes After Emden Raid
London AP reports night raids over German occupied coasts by fighter and coastal command planes. They targeted air dromes in Holland and northern France and freight yards near Caen while Douglas Boston bombers hit Leeuwarden. Emden raid involved 300 planes, naval docks burned, nine bombers lost.
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London
Holland
France
Caen
le Havre
Cherbourg
Montdidier
Paris
Leeuwarden
Frisian
Netherlands
England
Air Ministry
Emden
United States Produced 35 Percent of World Steel
The article notes that the United States accounted for 35 percent of global steel output. It discusses national production levels and compares U S output to other major producers, highlighting the U S steel industry’s share in world supply.
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United States
Army Air Force halts ground officer appointments
The Army Air Forces announced that for now no more men are to apply for commissions as ground officers to fill administrative posts. Some offices in key cities are overwhelmed with requests, but existing applications will be reviewed and qualified applicants called as needed. The suspension does not affect those seeking to become aviation cadets.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Air Forces
American aircraft output nears 5000 monthly says Senator
Senator Thomas notes aircraft production has reached nearly 5000 a month and aims for 10000 monthly next year while the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce reports military plane output up 85 percent in six months and engines up 80 percent since Pearl Harbor. He cautions transport to fronts remains a constraint and Japan could target new sites.
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Washington
Sen
Thomas
D-Okla
Senate Appropriations
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Germany
Japan
Italy
Chamber
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
City Health Report Details Measles and Other Ills in Cedar Rapids May
The Cedar Rapids health department reports 95 measles cases in May, 24 mumps cases with 72 total mumps cases last month, plus 24 chicken pox and three whooping cough cases. One scarlet fever case is listed and 60 deaths occurred in May.
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City Health Department
Cedar Rapids
Health Department
Secret Cottage Hideout Acquired by Roosevelt
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt announced at a press conference that President Roosevelt has acquired a secret cottage hideout near Washington for weekend rest during the war. She said the small cottage was set up to avoid leaving the capital and that Secret Service facilities are in place.
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Washington
INS
Shangri- la
Eleanor Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Desert Wastelands
Rommel
Ritchie
United Press
Richard D. McMillan
Ritchies
Labuan
France
Judge Haas sentences multiple defendants in district court
George Vavra a transient held on apraney charges received a six month suspended sentence and was released Monday. Two men from Cedar Rapids and Pennssisama were each sentenced to three months in county jail for exposure. Walmer Werner of Marion was remanded to await trial on uttering a forged instrument after entering a plea of not guilty. Bond for Harold I Silker set at 1000.
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George Vavra
CJ Haas
Cedar Rapids
Thomas W. DeLong
Pennssisama
Harold I Silker
Eighth Street
Silker
Ao Oplen
Walmer Werner
Marion
British Guns Stop Rommel Counter Stab Near Tobruk
British artillery halted Rommel's counter-attack in the Knightsbridge area 28 miles southwest of Tobruk as Free French forces under Gen Pierre Koenig hold the southern wing. The clash halted the westward British advance, with tanks, infantry and air forces active in the Libyan desert fight, as observers note the battle becoming the fiercest since the North African campaign began.
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Cairo
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Knightsbridge
Tobruk
Middle East
Imperial Line
Pierre Koenig
Rommel
el Gazala
Bir Hacheim
Nightbridge
Neil M. Ritchie
Bir Harmat
Kmehtsbridge
McMillan
Aide to Schenck Loses on Appeal
Joseph H Moskowitz convicted of aiding Joseph M Schenck to evade federal income taxes lost a Supreme Court appeal for a writ of review. He was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. Schenck, former chairman of Twentieth Century Fox Film, did not appeal his conviction.
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Washington
INS
Joseph H Moskowitz
Joseph M. Schenck
Supreme Court
Schenck
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Cars Paraition
Grocers to Discontinue Some Food Lines
In Chicago on Monday at the National Association of Retail Grocers convention, complaints stated many grocers will discontinue certain lines of foods due to inability to realize profits under current price ceilings.
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Chicago
INL
National Assocation of
Tree Surgeon Tools Stolen from Garaga
Rose reported a burglary at his garage on Ellis Boulevard NW where 12 tree surgeon chisels two mallets 120 feet of rope 100 feet of wire cable an ax pliers and wrenches and clothing were taken after he set the door to be left unlocked for a worker who would not be home Saturday night.
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Rose
Ellis Boulevard
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
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