New York Welcomes Allied War Heroes Parade Tour Begins
Fifteen British and American war heroes greeted by crowds in New York as they start a national tour to tell Americans about the United Nations fight. Ten served with Britain in Europe, Asia and Africa, five Americans who fought at Bataan and in the Pacific joined later. After a formal reception, the procession moved from the Battery to City Hall and to Times Square amid ticker tape and time off for workers.
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New ‘York
America
United Nations
Britain
Europe
Asia
Africa
Canada
Bataan
Pacific
the Battery
City Hall
Seventh Avenue
Father Duffy
Times Square
Harold P. Smith
Java
Donald F. Mason
Rochester
Minn
Eliot Vandevanter, Jr
Washington
MacArthur
Luzon
William C. Carrithers
Manitou Springs
Colo
Notable WWII Aces cited for extraordinary bomber navigator skill
Cited for special skill as a bomber navigator during attacks on Jap troops and Lieut. George S. Welch of Wilmington Del who attacked a flight of 12 Jap planes at Pearl Harbor and shot down four earning the Distinguished Service Cross.
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George S. Welch
Wilmington
Del
Pearl Harbor
Many More Doctors Must Enlist
Paul V. McNutt, head of the War Manpower Commission, told an American Medical Association gathering in Atlantic City that the armed forces and war industries lack sufficient doctors and thousands more physicians must volunteer for war service. He urged the association’s voluntary plan to supply physicians must work promptly or other vigorous measures will be used.
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Atlantic City
N. J
INS
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
American Medical Association
Army
Navy
Medical Association
McNutt
British hero recalls captured Italians in Libyan campaign
Montreal AP dispatch quotes Wing Commander M Loudon describing Italians captured by British forces in Libya who manned anti aircraft guns against German raiders and performed well. He notes the first batch were friendly and helpful becoming waiters and cheerful workers.
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Montreal
M Loudon
Loudon
Julia Chevin, 102, Excused from City Personal Taxes
Mrs Julia Chevin aged 102 in That’s A Plenty Kansas City is released from city personal taxes after Deputy Assessor Carl Faith states she has paid for 50 or 60 years. The decision reflects a long tax history and ends her tax obligation.
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Kansas City
Julia Chevin
Carl Faith
District Woodmen Circle to Meet in C R Wednesday
Mrs Emma C Taylor district president calls the district convention of the Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle to order in the Roosevelt hotel at 11 am Wednesday. hosts lodge Palm Grove No 1 Cedar Rapids. program includes addresses of welcome, elections, banquet, drills, and installation of officers with state and national officers attending.
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Emma C. Taylor
Eighth Street
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
Roosevelt Hotel
Taylor
Palm Grove No. 1
Cedar Rapids
Nell Nicholson
Council Bluffs
Helen Moore
Sioux City
Woodmen
Davenport
Des Moines
Jessie E. Curtis
Mason City
Vera Reid
Margaret Best
Marion Jean
Waterloo
Laura McCrea
Greenfield
Seizure of Fritz von Opel’s stock in Spur Distributing
Alien Property Custodian Leon Crowley announced the seizure of stock held by foreign national Fritz von Opel in Spur Distributing, which runs 264 gasoline stations across Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia. The seized stock will be transferred to the custodian for U S use. Von Opel is noted as a citizen of Liechtenstein.
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Washington
INS
Leon Crowley
Fritz von Open
Spur Distributing Company
Tennessee
West Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Crowley
United States
von Opel
Lichtenstein
Austria
Italy
Livestock acquittal in Sherman antitrust case at St Joseph
A federal jury acquitted all defendants in a case accusing them of conspiring to fix hog prices and control distribution at the St Joseph livestock market in violation of the Sherman antitrust law.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Federal District Court
St. Joseph
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
Aunt Emma wonders about the widow's mite in Claude Callan's piece. The line twists religion and salvation into a humorous misinterpretation.
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Poor PA
Claude Callan
Emma
Tax hike proposed for liquor and beer in House panel
Washington AP reports the House Ways and Means Committee tentatively approved raising the whisky and distilled spirits tax from 4 to 6 dollars per gallon and increasing beer tax from 6 to 7 dollars per barrel, signaling higher liquor costs.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Allies Down Japanese Plane Over Lae
Allied planes reconnoitering over Lae New Guinea shot down one of two Japanese Zero fighters trying to intercept them according to a communique from General Douglas MacArthur.
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Melbourne
Lae
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Breathing Air Intake in a Normal Day
A person in normal health inhales about 35 pounds of air over the course of a day. This estimate reflects typical respiration rates and air density, illustrating the substantial volume of air processed daily.
New Class Sought for Red Cross Nurse Aides
Local hospitals seek a fourth class of Red Cross nurse aides after three groups have graduated. Miss L Winifred Bowers and Miss Etta Rasmussen urge formation of up to two classes with interviews at the Y M C A starting June 12.
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Red Cross
L. Winifred Bowers
Etta Rasmussen
St. Luke's Hospital
Irvin L. Huffman
Linn County
C. S. Krause
Krause
Miss Rasmussen
St Luke's Hospital
St Luke's
Mercy
Huffman Aims to Spur Prompt Response for Service
A fragment notes Mrs. Huffman stating that those who qualify for the service will receive prompt responses. The sentence hints at outreach or customer support expectations without broader context.
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Mrs. Huffman
Meat featured in daily diet urged for wartime balance
E C Rohlwing of the American Meat Institute told 125 Cedar Rapids retailers at the Chamber of Commerce meeting that wartime meat supply will support armed forces and civilians. He credited producers and Secretary Wickard for recognizing good food as vital to victory. Retailers viewed two war films from the War Production Board.
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E. C. Rohlwing
American Meat Institute
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Rohlwing
Wickard
Magazine barred from mail for alleged anti war stance
Washington court report states that X-Ray, a weekly magazine published in Muncie Indiana by Court Asher, was barred from the mails by Postmaster General Frank C Walker who said it sought to defeat the government’s war termination.
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Washington
INS
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DRUC
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Probak Jr. Razor Blades
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Mays
Ke Oe
MAZDA
Colgate
FREI
Hind
Kodak
Lester Whaley
Hiawatha
Thornton & Minor
Thornton Minor
Johnson
National Livestock and Meat Board
War Production Board
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