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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1943
Page
2
John Steinbeck reports from a crowded troop transport in England as soldiers endure two meals daily, lines and jammed corridors. The piece shows life aboard, meals, games like parchesi and casino, and the constant movement of men as they adapt to shipboard life in 1943.
Propaganda urging relentless support for war bonds and payroll savings, stressing 100 percent commitment from every soldier and reader to sustain the war effort.
The wild canaries arrived today and bright birds sang away the rain and cold. The speaker admires their regal plumage and delicate, chalcedony hues, calling them living jewelry that surpasses human artistry.
Cedar Rapids has more than twice the Army Navy E awards of the average city its size in the United States based on a Cham ber of Commerce survey. Sixty one cities were queried, 41 replied, yielding an average of 2.4 E awards per city. Only Charleston and Springfield topped Cedar Rapids with seven and six respectively. five cities matched Cedar Rapids.
Rapids led with awards across Hamilton Ohio East St. Louis Illinois and Lancaster York and Bethlehem Pennsylvania each earning four awards. Springfield Illinois and Quincy Massachusetts followed with four awards each. Three awards went to four cities. Davenport Iowa and Des Moines also noted two awards.
Notice is given that on June 8 1943 Howard I Young was appointed administrator of the John Alfred Young estate in Linn County Iowa. All debts owed should be paid to the administrator and all claims filed with Carl Hendrickson attorney for the estate in Linn County Iowa District Court.
Will Clayton testifies before the Byrd committee that the Board of Economic Warfare rarely followed RFC recommendations while spending about 3.4 billion dollars over three years. He says hundreds of millions of dollars left the country on BEW authorization without BEW board action, naming Morris Rosenthal as an approving assistant.
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce young men’s bureau is assigned to the Iowa Jaycee juvenile delinquency and child welfare project. Gerald Hiland of Cedar Rapids chairs the state committee studying juvenile delinquency and serves on the Cedar Rapids bureau committee led by Clifford Jordan.
The bureau will pursue Cedar Rapids recommendations to combat delinquency as its main project. The young men's bureau committee includes Clay Mossman as board representative and members Jim Allen Ray Ashlock Herbert Beckman Charles Daniel Keith Dunn Thomas Jackson George Warless Lloyd Sidwell Wayne Stookey William Whipple and R H Buresh.
Aircrewmen stationed at Coe College invite the public to bi weekly parades. They perform Saturdays at 2 p m and Tuesdays at 7 p m at the college men field. The 45 piece Air crew band led by Capt Stanley Vesely will play. Parades include a retreat and salute to the colors on Tuesdays and a 30 minute pass in review on Saturdays.
Prime Minister Curtin announced that President Roosevelt promised Australia enough aircraft to raise the Royal Australian Air Force strength by 60 percent. The pledge came after External Affairs Minister Evatt's Washington visit, responding to a non confidence motion from Arthur Fadden.
A voice extols home canning with Mollie and a Victory garden as a couple shares domestic joys. The narration touts Pabst Blue Ribbon beer as a symbol of friendly companionship and a celebration of simple, wholesome American life with a mention of Groucho Marx in a CBS broadcast.
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