Cedar Rapids Teacher's 112 Blackouts in Hawaii and Clipper Return
Cedar Rapids teacher Miss Ruth Bryan, daughter of Mrs. Milton G Bryan, recounts nine months in Hawaii with Lieut. Comdr. J. R. Armstrong. She endured 112 blackout nights, faced WWII danger from Pearl Harbor to San Francisco on a 17 hour Clipper flight, and recalls life in Honolulu with rationing, curfews, and barbed wire beaches.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawaii
Ruth Bryan
San Francisco
Land of
Papayas
Pearl Harbor
Francis B. Sayre
United States
Philippines
Navy Department
Hauawaii
Miss Bryan
Milton G Bryan
Sixth Street SE
J. R. Armstrong
McKinley High School
Pacific
Armstrong
Comdr. Armstrong
Honolulu
Bryan
Tokio
Chinese Executive Yuan declares national mobilization act
The Chinese Executive Yuan announces a general mobilization act granting near unlimited powers to conscript manpower and resources for the war against Japan. New York state population rises from 12,588,066 in 1930 to 13,379,622 in 1940.
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Chungking
Executive Yuan
New York State
Urges Speedup of Physician Training To Meet Shortage
Dr. Harold D. McClure warned a physician meeting that thousands of doctors are being called into service, creating a shortage. He urged speeding up training without lowering quality and promoted endowment and loan programs to aid middle class students. He also cited greater opportunities for women and rural areas in wartime education.
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United States
Harold D. McClure
McClure
Kirksville College of Osteopathy
Adair County
Missouri
District Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
Roosevelt Hotel
Toay
Dr. McClure
Wool Ration Order Limits Cuffed Trousers and Suits
A WPB ruling becomes effective Monday 12:01 am, barring cuffs on trousers and forcing unfinished fabric to be returned for reprocessing. Ready to wear shops may not sell cuffed suits. merchant tailors may continue pre war styles until May 30. Cedar Rapids merchants meet to discuss the impact, noting formal wear has rarely used cuffs and urging continued wear of pre war styles to save wool.
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Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
First Salvage Roundup Delivers Heavier Waste Paper Totals
Cedar Rapids residents join Boy Scouts in a Saturday drive for the Victory effort collecting waste paper. Volunteers sort bundles to district centers and a central depot, with proceeds funding the campaign.
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Cedar Rapids
Jim Manville
Salvation Army
Second Street
E. W. Wickham
Avenue
First
Support Grows for Flag Display Program
City organizations back a flag display plan sponsored by the Woman's club with the Mayflower chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution joining. The G A R ladies vote to cooperate and the recreation department will supply several dozen flags for Boy Scout troops to learn proper display. Mrs. Andrew Petersen leads the civic committee and notes that a large flag is unnecessary.
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Womans’ Club
Mayflower
Daughters of the American Revolution
G.A.R
Boy Scouts
Andrew Petersen
Woman's Club
Central Park Mission School Final Session Tonight
The closing session of Central Park Presbyterian church school of missions is tonight at 7 15 o clock. The consecration service theme is In the Cross of Christ I Glory. David Berger will play organ numbers and Kenneth Holvenstot will perform The Old Rugged Cross on violin. Mrs David Berger narrates The Maker of Crosses with Janet Spohn and several others on the program.
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School of Missions
Central Park Presbyterian Church
David Berger
Kenneth Holvenstot
Janet Spohn
Fred Day
L. B. Keyser
John Vander Muelen
A. C. Burnell
Enrollment reaches 1086 in Victory Garden drive
1 086 children enroll in the Victory garden project across nine elementary schools. Mrs L J Smith notes the total matches last year, with a higher completion rate expected. Enrollment schedule spans Taylor Trinity Lutheran St Patrick Arthur Buchanan St Wenceslaus Kenwood. spring vacation starts Thursday.
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L. J. Smith
Playground and Recreation Commission
Kenwood
Deaths Mrs Helen Ludvicek 86 Pioneer Fairfax Widow
Mrs Helen Ludvicek aged 86 widow of Joseph Ludvicek died at her son Joseph’s home eight miles south of Fairfax at 2 p m Saturday. Funeral Monday 2 p m at the Ludvicek home by Theodore Hlubacek with burial in Castek cemetery. Born Helen Sedlacek September 26 1865 she came here 75 years ago and was the last surviving member of a Fairfax pioneer family. Survived by three daughters Mary Rozek Amana Enna Kadera Mt Vernon and Helen Divisek Amana a son Joseph 14 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Husband died 1924 a daughter Blanche 1929 and two children in infancy.
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Helen Ludvicek
Joseph Ludvicek
Joseph
Fairfax
Theodore Hlubacek
Castek
Ludvicek
Helen Sedlacek
Mary Rozek
Amana
Enna Kadera
Mt. Vernon
Helen Divisek
Blanche
Rites Set for Miss Ruby M. Byers Monday
Miss Ruby M. Byers longtime Cedar Rapids teacher died Saturday at age not stated. Funeral at St Pauls Methodist church Monday at 4 p m with Rev Dr Charles J Bready and Rev Dr Arthur A Brooks officiating. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call Turner chapel until noon Monday.
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Ruby M. Byers
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Charles J. Bready
Arthur A. Brooks
Omaha
St. Paul's
Miss Byers
Cedar Rapids
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Guy J Rummells Funeral Services Noted
Funeral services are set for Guy J. Rummells a World War II veteran and owner of Rummells Electric Company who died in a local hospital. Relatives and friends are expected to attend in support and remembrance.
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Guy J. Rummells
Rummells Electric Company
Funeral service at Turner chapel with military burial honors
Saturday at 2.10 a.m. after a lingering illness, a service will be held in Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Monday conducted by Rev. H. G. Schwegler of First Lutheran church. Burial in Bohemian National cemetery with Hanford post American Legion color guard firing squad and bugler at the grave. Friends may visit the chapel.
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Turner Chapel
H. G. Schwegler
First Lutheran Church
Bohemian National Cemetery
Hanford
American Legion
Hanford Post
Andrew Coleman
Legion
Masonic Chorus
Norman Emerson
K. H. Hoadley
Fred Labes
A. C. Loepp
R. W. Rawson
Harold Kofron
Marines cited for Navy Cross for Pearl Harbor actions
Major General William P Upshur announced 13 Marines from the yard fire department were recommended for the Navy Cross for bravery during the December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor. They set up and worked firefighting stations despite enemy bombardment and explosions, helping save a battleship from damage.
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San Francisco
United States Marines
Pearl Harbor
William P. Upshur
Department of the Pacific
Marine Corps
Navy Cross
Yard Fire Department
Plotters Identified in Von Papen Ambush Case
Authorities named four men charged in the bombing plot against German Ambassador Franz von Papen: Abdur Rahman a student at Istanbul Medical College Sulv eyman a barber's assistant in Ankara Karlinov a Russian from the Soviet delegation office in Istanbul and a non diplomatic employee of the Soviet consulate in Istanbul A fifth suspect reportedly left Turkey just before the attack
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Ankara
Turkey
Franz von Papen
Abdur Rahman
Istanbul Medical College
Sulveyman
Istanbul
Karlinov
Iceland Patrol Airmen Guard Atlantic Lanes
At Iceland base a U S Navy Catalina amphibian patrol squadron operates as a joint British American unit to hunt German U boats. The new camp, commanded by Comdr D W Gallery, features heated cats and long patrols up to 38000 miles. Ground crews service planes in a growing Nissen hut complex with bakery infirmary and modern beds, as the Atlantic fight continues.
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U. S. Naval Air Base
Iceland
Navy
Atlantic
Comdr
D. W. Gallery
Naval Air
London
Three Die in Staten Island Fireworks Plant Blast
Federal agents probe a massive blast at the Unexcelled Manufacturing plant in Staten Island where three workers were killed and four injured. One man remained missing as the one story building appeared to have blown apart and "blown through the roof."
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New York
INS
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Staten Island
German Trawler Sunk After North Sea Battle
The Admiralty announced that an armed German trawler was sunk in the North Sea by three British motor gunboats after a pitched battle. No British casualties or damage were reported.
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London
INS
North Sea
Admiralty
Shrine Band and Guests to Perform Palm Sunday Concert
The Shrine Band at El Kahir temple will host its thirteenth annual Palm Sunday concert today at 3 pm in the Memorial building auditorium with no admission. Guest musicians join director William F. Vesely for sacred, patriotic and march pieces plus two overtures while the Cedar Rapids Masonic Male Chorus performs.
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el Kahir
Band Concert Program Highlights Sousa and Military Anthems
A Cedar Rapids program lists performances led by band manager Walter Reitz and director Bret Max Dachler. Selections include Rock of Ages Overture, Parade of the Wooden Soldier, Easter Chimes, It Guarany Overture, Turkish Patrol, and Stars and Stripes Forever with military marches and vocal solos.
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Thomas Hastings
Solor
Mtard
American_ Legion
Orth of Allegiance
Andrew Coleman
G. K. Thompson
Feahir Temple
Thomas O
Jaan Am Jessel
Cedar Rapids Masonic Chorus
Henschel Willer Inderknecht
Bret Max Dachler
Farrat
Sloddara
Massey
Gy Bushnell Ambroz
Michaelis
Pearl Harbor
Don Reid
Samayante
John Philip
Sousa
Army Air Corps
Robert Craw
Awerely
Brawford
Nas
Ayrman
L. Z. Phillips
Field Artillery
John Philip Bousa
Hanford Post
Quezon Inaugurated In Bomb Shelter In Australia
In Australia President Manuel Quezon of the Philippines took his oath of office for a second term on December 30 while sheltering in a bomb shelter after Japanese forces entered Manila. A spokesman said Quezon endured strain from the war, noting the austere ceremony and absence of formal attire.
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United States Army Headquarters
Australia
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
Manila
Rationing Boards Reclassify Hearses in Northwest
Spokane AP report says rationing boards no longer classify hearses as pleasure cars. Directors of the National Funeral Directors Association in the Northwest say boards now treat hearses as hearses, allowing retread tires to be used.
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Spokane, Wash
Northwest
National Funeral Directors Association
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