New Cars Available to Fill Linn Countys Quota
Linn county has a quota of 75 new cars for March through May and these vehicles are now available. Glenn Fletcher, chairman of the Linn county rationing board, urged eligible buyers to submit applications immediately for board consideration. The board will prioritize essential needs and may deny lower priority requests.
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Linn County
Glenn Fletcher
Linn County Rationing Board
Fletcher
War Production Board
Sunday Movies for Soldiers Vetoed by Mississippi Solons
Mississippi lawmakers barred Sunday movies as the House killed the senate approved Sabbath movie bill 70 to 49. Soldiers applauded briefly but representatives opposed relaxing the 120 year old Sunday law during the war. Five thousand silkworms are fed 125 pounds of mulberry leaves to produce enough silk for one kimono.
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Jackson
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House
John Erskine to Speak to Executives Club Monday
John Erskine, famed author critic and musician, will address the Executives club Monday night after a 6 45 p m dinner at Cedar Rapids Country club He has written about 40 books composed music and poems and holds honorary degrees from multiple universities including Bordeaux Columbia and Cornell He taught at Columbia 1903 to 1937 led Juilliard nine years chaired the National Committee for Music Appreciation and served with major musical organizations He was World War I era American Educational Commission chairman and later director of the A E F university at Beaune France He is decorated by the United States and France and named honorary citizen of Beaune Thurman Arnold anti trust prosecutor will speak to the Executives club April 20.
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Executives Club
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Erskine
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Boston University
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Thurman Arnold
Papal Anniversary Quiet Observance in Vatican City
The third anniversary of Pope Pius XII’s coronation was marked in Vatican City with subdued ceremonies, reflecting wartime constraints and a restrained public observance away from prewar pageantry.
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Berne
Pius XII
Vatican City
WPB Orders Speedy Conversion of Three Industries
Production Chief Donald M. Nelson orders rapid shift of washing machine, typewriter, and vacuum cleaner industries to United Nations war goods. Washing machine plants meet April 15 to June 1 deadline. typewriter aims for more than 1,000,000 units. vacuum cleaner conversion set for April 30.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
United Nations
Nelson
WPB
J S. Knowlson
WPFB
Japanese Cruiser Blown Up in Hongkong Harbor
Phyllis Harrop, who escaped from Hongkong, says a three funnel Japanese cruiser was blown up January 26 in the harbor, likely by an audacious American submarine.
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U. S
Chungking
Hongkong
Amer Jcan
Phyllis Harrop
Britain ends basic gasoline ration to curb pleasure driving
London reports the government will end the basic gasoline ration July 1 to remove non essential cars from roads as part of total war effort. Supplementary allowances will drop by half in April and May with limited exceptions. New rules restrict horse and greyhound racing and professional boxing to save transport use. Captain Oliver Lyttleton is named production minister to oversee war production.
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London
Oliver Lyttleton
Knoxville Hospital Superintendent Dies
Dr. George R. Stalter, superintendent of the U S Veterans hospital in Knoxville, died Wednesday night from a heart attack. He had served since October 1941 after moving from Sheridan Wyoming.
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Knoxville
George R. Stalter
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Sheridan
Wyo
Doctor Stalter Veteran Hospital Superintendent Retires
The text notes that Dr Stalter served in World War I as a lieutenant and was a Buffalo University medical school graduate who had been superintendent of the Veterans hospital since 1939.
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Veterans Hospital
Stalter
Buffalo University Medical School
Navajo Beliefs About Earth and Sky Explained
A historical note describes Navajo beliefs claiming the earth is flat and that the sun, moon, and stars revolve around it as part of traditional cosmology. This viewpoint reflects earlier ethnographic interpretations of Indigenous worldviews.
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