Iowa Auto Dealers Hear National Leaders in Cedar Rapids
National Automobile Dealers Association leaders attend the Cedar Rapids convention at Montrose hotel on April 6 and 7. Notables include Cyrus McCormick of the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply, W H Mason of General Tire, Nathan Schifferman of Sears Roebuck, and Lieut. Gov. Hickenlooper. The event hosts Iowa dealers president Ben Sanders and staff with reports, speeches, concerts, and college dances.
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National Automobile Dealers Association
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Automobile Dealers Association
Montrose Hotel
Cyrus McCormick
Price
Office of Price Administration
McCormick
W. H. Mason
General Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Nathan Schifferman
Sears Roebuck Company
Chicago
B. B. Hickenlooper
Ben Sanders
Des Moines
National Autogymobile Dealers Association
Ray Chamberlain
Washington, D. C
National Association
Herman Goodwin
Huntington
Ind
C. A. Morris
Waterloo
Iowa
Mr. Sanders
Ray Spatz
Iowa Association
O. F. Sulley
Council Bluffs
Tom B. Roberts
Marvin Winnie
State Motor Vehicle Department
Glenn QO. Fletcher
Linn County Rationing Board
Santa Fe
G. O. P. National
Coe Band Entertained at Lindenwood College
The Coe college military band on tour was hosted by Lindenwood College for Women in St. Charles Missouri. Dr. Harry Morehouse Gage invited them. 500 students and faculty attended. The band joined a wartime unity parade and gave a concert with Capt. Stanley Vesely as director and Donald Kroll as assistant. Vesely Jr conducted the finale of Dvorak’s New World Symphony.
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Coe College
St. Charles Mo
Harry Morehouse Gage
Lindenwood College For Women
Gage
Stanley Vesely
Donald Kroll
Chicago
Stanley Vesely, Jr
Dvorak
New World Symphony
Air Force to Use Florida Resort Hotels
Brig Gen Ralph Wooten announced the war department will use Miami Beach hotels and resorts as replacement and training centers. A survey covered 90 percent of the citys 338 hotels and nearby resorts, though extent of use was not specified.
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Miami Beach
Fla
INS
Ralph Wooten
Air Force Technical Training Command
War Department
Jean Hotle Wins Louisa County Spelling Contest
Jean Hotle 13 daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Hotle and pupil at Frog Pond rural school won the Louisa county spelling contest held Saturday with 35 contestants. Mary Ann Armstrong of Morning Sun finished second. teacher is Mrs Glen Jarrard.
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Wapello
Jean Hotle
Gilbert Hotle
Frog Pond
Louisa County
Glen Jarrard
Mary Ann Armstrong
Morning Sun
President mandates full public disclosure of war production actions
The President states that Justice War and Navy will cooperate to avoid hampering war production while ensuring accountability. Courts must not hide wrongdoing and all major decisions will be made public, with sensitive details shielded to avoid aiding the enemy. The focus remains on boosting material output quickly and decisively.
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Secretary of War
Navy
Departments of Justice, War and Navy
Martha Svoboda Wins Tama Spelling Contest
Martha Svoboda 13 daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Svoboda near Clutter won the Tama county spelling contest by spelling dimension and disbursements Mary Ann Znolek 12 finished second and Marjorie Dostal 12 took third among 46 participants in 43 rounds
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Toledo
Martha Svoboda
Charles Svoboda
Near Clutter
Tama County
Carrol No. 5
Marie Foley
Mary Ann Znolek
York No 3
Anton Znolek
War Fund Bill Approved by House for Army Planes
The House passed a bill totaling 18.3 billion dollars to fund 31,070 more army planes and related equipment. It aims to expand the army to 3.6 million men by year end and includes nearly 500 million for the navy fleet air arm.
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Washington
LLP
House
Senate
Navy
Fleet Air Arm
Housing War Workers In Barracks Proposed In Des Moines
A. R Gardner, president of the Federal Home Loan bank, urged housing war industry workers in barracks similar to military quarters at the Des Moines bank’s ninth annual stockholders meeting. He warned postwar housing booms could pose economic problems and higher taxes. Robert J. Richardson reported $10,503,000 advanced to 245 member associations in 1941, with 75 percent for home construction, purchase, and repair. The bank posted increased reserves and a $154,000 dividend.
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Des Moines
A. R Gardner
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Gardner
Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
Navy
Chicagoan
Robert J. Richardson
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Richardson
St Nazaire Raid Targets German Dreadnought Tirpitz
The St Nazaire operation aims at crippling the Tirpitz battleship, a 35000 to 50000 ton warship based near a western European dock. The raid underscores Britain’s push against German spring offensives as RAF strikes widen along northern France and the Channel.
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Atlantic
St. Nazaire
Europe
Germany
North Sea
Roger Keyes
Zeebruggee
Belgian
Zeebrugge
Ruhr
Britain
Royal Air Force
France
Air Ministry
English Channel
RAF Fights Over Channel Lead to 13 Nazi Planes Down
The bulletin reports 13 Nazi planes shot down while five British fighters are missing after battles in semse strength. RAF fighters repel waves toward Calais and Cap Gris Nez as dusk fell.
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Calais
Cap Gris Nez
FSA Strips Tires from Burlington Camp Trailers
The Farm Security Administration figures to reuse tires tubes and wheels from trailer camps in Illinois and Iowa. Regional director P G Beck said 354 sets were removed at Burlington with 400 more planned. About 860 wheel assemblies will be taken from Wilmington and Rockford trailers as defense needs rise.
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Indianapolis
Farm Security Administration
Illinois
Iowa
P. G Beck
FSA
Burlington
Wilmington
Rockford
Coe Honor Students Report At Kelvin Society Gathering
Five Coe college honor students will present reports on their research at the Kelvin society meeting in Science hall Tuesday at 730 p.m. The students include James B. Hodgson Jr in zoology Douglas Klemme in geology and Thomas Brice Richard Ball and Samuel Giovanazzi in chemistry. An election of officers will follow to replace Dr Ray T Wendland president and the Rev James B Hodgson secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Kelvin Society
Science Hall
James B. Hodgson, Jr
Douglas Klemme
Thomas Brice
Richard Ball
Samuel Giovanazzi
Ray T. Wendland
James B. Hodgson
St Xavier Pupil Wins Delaware Spelling Bee in Manchester
John Tegler, 13, pupil at St. Xavier school Manchester and son of Mr and Mrs John Tegler of Strawberry Point, won the Delaware county spelling contest held Saturday. Geneveve Barr of Prairie township was runner up after misspelling statistics. Both are eighth graders among twenty eight participants.
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Manchester
John Tegler
Strawberry Point
St. Xavier School
Mary Philip Marn
Geneveve Barr
Prairie Township
Loren Barr
Two Heslop brothers arrested after assault on elderly man
Police say Bob Heslop and Paul Heslop followed Charles Tisher from a beer parlor and assaulted him on Eleventh Avenue SE. Tisher, 68, was bruised after a cane was used in the brawl. The brothers, both at home, were held for investigation.
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Bob Heslop
Third Street
Paul Heslop
Ninth Avenue SE
Charles Tisher
Eleventh Avenue SE
Eleventh Avenue
Tisher
L. Stausak
Harold Mackey
Two Army Men Die In Training Crashes
Fresno California aviation cadet Charles Fleming Hufford 22 from Lemoor air base died when his B-13 basic training plane crashed near an auxiliary field. Twenty Nine Palms California lieutenant Adam A Wojcik from Berwyn Illinois became Condorfield army glider base first casualty. his bride of a day witnessed the fatal accident.
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Fresno
Calif
Charles Fleming Hufford
Lemoor Air Base
Palms
Adam A Wojcik
Berwyn
Ill
Condorfield
Castor Oil Shortage Threatens War Production and Kids
In Columbia Ohio and across the nation the castor bean drought looms as ships vanish and supply lines falter. Castor oil powers airplane lubricants camouflage paint fly paper and various child health products. farmers and city folks are urged to grow castor plants to avert shortages that affect tummies and wartime machinery. The beans come mainly from the East Indies Brazil and Argentina.
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Columbia
Ohio
Dutch East Indies
East Indies
Brazil
Argentina
Roosevelt backs push to boost inland waterways use
President Roosevelt said in a letter that war transportation officials are studying ways to increase the use of inland waterways. He sent the note to Chairman John J. Mansfield of the house rivers and harbors committee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John J. Mansfield
Texas
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Hitler's Propaganda Tactics Across the United States
An excerpt discusses Nazi propaganda techniques aimed at undermining American resolve. It notes beliefs that Germany and Japan seek separate peace, warns of democratic erosion, and describes how shortwave broadcasts and covert agents spread fear and misinformation to paralyze U S thinking and bolster Axis control efforts.
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United States
Japan
Germany
Hitler
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Hitler tactics mocked as Americans vow to see through lies
The passage declares that Hitler seeks to spread falsehoods about a lost fleet and traitorous officials while alleging Americans will see through deceit. It portrays Hitler as the terrified aggressor, claiming his schemes will fail against bold public resolve.
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Hitler
Remington Arms Blast Damages Bridgeport Plant
Explosions rocked a cart ridge packing building at the Remington Arms plant in Bridgeport Connecticut. The blast was felt up to New Haven twenty miles away. No serious injuries reported four employees hospitalized for observation and shock. Fire crews contained the fire with water while preventing spread to adjacent structures.
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Bridgeport, Conn
INS
Remington Arms Company
Bridgeport
New Haven
Remington
Army Day April 6 Air Power Show At Army Stations
American air power will go on view on Army day April 6 at army air stations and in a dozen major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Air Stations
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Steven Barwick
Lincoln
Neb
Richard Keen
Algona
John McGranahan
Newhall
Coe
Air Force
Florida
Tama
Charles J. Kosek
West Side Draft Board
Rainbow Division
MacArthur
City Planning Board
Charles Kosek
Loire
Cape Finistere
Fussell
Okinow
Burlington Camp
Kelvin
St. Xavier
Delaware
Castor
Craemer’s
Coard
Arter
Leon
Craemer
Leonard
Carter
Irme Istak
Lullabye Furniture Nursery
Lullabye
Remington Arms
Revlon
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