War Bond Drive Keeps Cedar Rapids Hope Alive
In Cedar Rapids a community effort at The Bomb Shelter on Third street SE has raised over $150,000 in stamps and bonds to support the war. Women’s club and Junior League volunteers staff the shelter, with families and workers sacrificing daily to fund bonds for soldiers. Notable supporters include Mrs Sidney L Myers and Mrs W. D. Lyon, while Tom Crabbe organized the project with Elks club backing and space donated by O F Paulson.
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Frank T. Nye
Cedar Rapids
Herr Hitler
Third Street
Pearl Harbor
Hitler
Hirohito
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Tom Crabbe
The
Elks Club
O F Paulson
Painter
Woman's Club
Sidney L Myers
W. D. Lyon
E. W. Krickard
J B. Heffelfinger
D M. Fellows
Arlo C. Goodyear
Walter Musker
Milner Sopousek
Community Volunteers Support Local Shelter Names List
Senior League and Junior League volunteers contribute to the shelter effort. Named helpers include E W Reed, Edwin B Zeller, Clayton Ellis, J L Ludlow, J L Taylor, Roger S Conrad, Will Goon, J H Stroud, Don Ihrig, David W Lehti, Paul Miner, Florence Hoese, L L Owen, John I Wilson, W P Rohrbach, plus junior workers Miss Virginia Collins and Mines C M Daniel, Edward Breen, R J Stevenson, John Turner, R B Creswell, D D Sullivan, J W Albright, Robert Davis, E H Wadsworth, Richard Killian, Richard Miller, Jerome Gearhart, Eugene C Hoyt, and W D Lyon. Other shelter helpers include Mrs. Lou Schilling, Mrs. Adrian Hoblitzell and Mrs. George Beattie.
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Mmes
E. W. Reed
Edwin B. Zeller
Clayton Ellis
J. L. Ludlow
J L. Taylor
Roger S. Conrad
Will Goon
J. H. Stroud
Don Ihrig
David W. Lehti
Paul Miner
Florence Hoese
L. L. Owen
John I. Wilson
W P
Rohrbach
Virginia Collins
the Mines
C. M. Daniel
Edward Breen
R. J. Stevenson
John
Refinery Fire Halts Main Line Rail Traffic in Crockett
A refinery fire in Crockett California Saturday halted main line rail traffic to the San Francisco Bay area for four hours. More than 6400 barrels of petroleum burned with a mighty explosion. Port Lyautey in French Morocco is a 20000 population port erected in 1913.
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Crockett, Calif
San Francisco Bay Area
Port Lyautey
Canned Items Made Available to Public
The War Production Board announces civilians will gain access to about 7.5 million cases of canned applesauce blueberries figs beets carrots and pumpkin and squash from the 1943 pack due to reduced government requirements. Canners may still pack quantities equal to earlier requirements, but the difference becomes available for public use.
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Washington
War Production Board
F. R. Extends Best Wishes to Benes on Czechoslovakia Efforts
President Roosevelt sent best wishes to Eduard Benes praising his courageous efforts to liberate Czechoslovakia and restore freedom for its people amid Nazi domination. The message highlighted support for democratic resistance and postwar recovery.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Flag Day Tomorrow Occupied Country Seeks Freedom Message
A note urging freedom and peace follows a reply from Benes as Flag Day approaches tomorrow in an occupied country.
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Benes
Donation ban sought
Washington lawmaker Len Hatch of New Mexico said he will propose legislation to ban both employees and employers from contributing to political campaigns.
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Washington
LLP
Len Hatch
D-N.m
Six Lions Escape Circus In New Jersey District
Six lions broke loose from Gilbert Brothers circus wagons and a training ring in Elizabeth New Jersey and terrorized a shopping district for over an hour. Four lions were rounded up near the lot, while two wandered into residential areas. One lumbered into a garage and another hid under a porch before police and residents aided the capture.
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der Fuehrer
Daddy
America
Victory Gardens
S.O.S
Medical Arts Surgical Supply
Second Street SE
Paramount Theater
Commando
Beauty
Newman's
Newman
Fur Department
F. R
Six Lions Escape Circus
Iowa
Mary Miles
Strato
By Hickok
Smart
Ness
Acumans
OLD Spice Pottery
Telcom
Seersucker
Air Line
Air Mail
Addic Tax
Army & Navy
Neumans Street
Addie
Shantung
Newman’s Street
Dickey
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