Service members and families update from Cedar Rapids area
Local notices list soldiers sailors and airmen on furlough or overseas, and transfers or promotions. Names include Elmer Hayes in Pomona California, Dave and Frank Golad in Virginia and camp postings, Richard Loepp in Port Washington Florida, and multiple Cedar Rapids residents with ranks and duties in the army air forces navy and coast guard.
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Elmer Hayes
Pomona
Calif
Palo
Dave Golad
Fla
Arthur C. Loepp
Fourth Avenue SE
Donald
Navy Air Force
Tahlequah
Okla
Paul
Camp Dodge
Donald Earl Burlingham
Camp Crowder
Earl Burlingham
Toledo
Cedar Rapids. Tech
John W. Getty
C. B. Getty
Washington Avenue
Fort Knox
Camp Polk
Richard E. Smith
Army Air Forces
Monroe
Cedar Rapids
S. E. Smith
Washington Avenue SE
Everett L. Williams
G. A. Williams
First Avenue NW
Air Corps
India
Corp
Frank J. Valenta, Jr
Fort Francis
Cleopatra Pearl Drinking Tale Ad Lures Ulcer Sufferers
An ad mimics a Cleopatra legend about pearls in wine to pitch Uden Tablets for stomach ulcers and indigestion. It promises a double money back offer if the first dose does not convince, urging readers to buy a 35 cent box from their druggist.
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Cleopatra
Nurito
13 year old sent to reform school for fatal knife stabbing
In Louisville, Ed ward Kiper Jr. aged 13 received five years at the Greendale houses of reform from Judge Loraine Mix after a jury-directed murder verdict. The crime occurred on Christmas Day when 14 year old Orville Glen Schuler was fatally stabbed in front of his home after a rock throwing dispute.
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Louisville
Edward Kiper, Jr
Greendale Houses of Reform
Criminal Court
Loraine Mix
Orville
Glen Schuler
Schuler
Kiper
Hinsley Dies Archbishop of Westminster Passes Away
The Most Rev Arthur Cardinal Hinsley 77 archbishop of Westminster and primate of the Roman Catholic church in Great Britain died after an illness from February 28 when he suffered a severe heart attack. He rose from a carpenter's son to one of Britain's leading religious voices on economic and political issues.
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London
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley
Westminster
Great Britain
Hinsley
Britain
Notable anti fascism crusader among America’s seen figures
A long time defender against fascism and communism, the subject stood as one of the nation’s most vigorous fighters in ideological battles.
Cedar Rapids Business Report Shows February Gains
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce reports February 1943 gains in building permits car loadings connected telephones and employment while still lagging February 1942. Seven new building permits valued at 10845 were issued in February up from January 7405. Inbound car loadings rose 45 from January to 4817 while outbound loadings reached 3986. Telephone and employment totals climbed to 21043 and 9124. Clearing house totals were 7178998.72. Electric and gas consumption fell from January highs. Five cars were sold in February and 234 real estate transfers occurred. Postal receipts dropped 7000 but remained above 1942 levels.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce Consolidated Business Reports
Unemployed help sought gardens as drive launches
Ten to twenty years ago the unemployment committee sought garden plots for unemployed citizens to work. The Community Chest drive was to be launched soon with a goal of 56000. The Witwer Grocer company announced the purchase of the J G Hutchison company at Ottumwa. Reduced travel rates were granted as scrip books by major U S railroads. Thieves burglarized a coal shed at City Fuel but faced drifted snow when moving a loaded sled. The sled, box and contents were found by detectives next morning.
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Witwer Grocer Company
J G. Hutchison Company
Ottumwa
United States
City Fuel Company
Cedar River reaches high water mark at seven feet
The Cedar River hit its annual peak when the First Avenue bridge gauge marked seven feet. The Cedar Rapids Motorcycle Club leased rooms over the Smulekoff garage at 219 South Second Street to remodel and furnish as a meeting place. Dr. W. Rum was elected president of the board of education at its reorganizing meeting after the election.
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Cedar River
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Storybook Rescue: Guard Saves Two Children in Indiana
Bert Sanders, a 46 year old GE plant guard in Kokomo Indiana, was hailed as a storybook hero for saving the lives of two small children while on duty near the plant Wednesday.
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Kokomo
Ind
Bert Sanders
General Electric
Sanders
Hero Rail Guard Rescues Two Children From Train
A railroad worker leaped a fence to rescue Jackie Carpenter aged 2 and his sister Shirley 3 from being crushed after Jackie’s foot became trapped between a track and a guard rail. The guard freed the child and carried them to safety as a speeding Pennsylvania passenger train thundered past, destroying Jackie’s shoe in the process.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Jackie Carpenter
Shirley
Eeeethy
Sanders
Jackie
Red Air Raid Alert Disregarded in Los Angeles Area
A 23 minute red air raid alert in the Los Angeles area drew mixed responses as sirens sounded and emergency crews assembled. The alert, sixth of the war and ordered for an unidentified target later deemed friendly, prompted varied public compliance with OCD instructions.
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Los Angeles
INL
Fourth Army
San Francisco
Emergency Medical Corps
Pabst Blue Ribbon Promotes Postwar Neighborly Feasts
Wartime shortages spur families to host Sun day Night Suppers and share meals. Advertisers tout Pabst Blue Ribbon as a symbol of friendly hospitality and present Full-Flavor Blending of 33 brews to deliver a complete beer taste.
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America
War alert prompts sheltering as offices close
People shelter in corridors while government offices halt operations. Northrop Aircraft plant keeps producing as workers relocate to shelters. Some plants train staff for air raid emergencies during the disruption.
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Northrop Aircraft
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Edgar Stewart
Camp Butner
Corp. Valenta
Valenta
Valentas
Helen A. Starks
Mercy Hospital
American Nursing Corps
North Africa
Monticello
Starks
Leland A. Knowles
Jefferson Barracks
Carroll Drive
A. L. Knowles
Oakland Road
Knowles
Rexford L. Root
Fred Root
C Street
Pfe
Ralph N. Schissel
Camp Robinson
Ark
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Denver
Colo
Twelfth Street
Harold WL. Pearce
Camp Barkeley
Texas
Fourth Street
Donald Dukek
Santa Ana
Earl Dukek
Alburnett
Walter F. Rose
Bever Avenue
R. F Rose
Eighteenth Street
Camp Atterbury
Clarence Vanourney
Victoria Vanourney
Seventeenth Avenue
England
Signal Corps
Jack R. Lankow
South Plains Army Flying School
Lubbock
Third Street NW
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Crescent
Wilson
Kellogg's
Pascal Celery
Boy
House of Reform
REDDY
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
St. Joseph
Nerywhere
Earl May's
Maypark
Earl May
First Street
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