Restaurant Sugar Bowls Bid Us Goodbye They're Off for War
Sugar bowls vanish from Cedar Rapids eateries as rationing tightens after wartime shortages. Restaurants enforce one teaspoon per cup or per dish, with some using cups, saucers, or creamer measures. Cafes, lunch counters, and stores adopt varying strictness, while tea and coffee may follow suit. The piece notes recruitment for signal corps and civic appeals amid the sugar crunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orhas
Midwest
John Q
Lucy
Army Signal Corps Seeks Electricians Radio Engineers
The Army Signal Corps seeks men with training in electricity magnetism and radio maintenance. A recruiting team will visit East High School Waterloo on Wednesday at 7 pm. Those enrolled or planning to enroll may be deferred by selective service boards until training is completed, and upon service they will join the signal corps. The program targets men currently classified 1-A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Corps
C C. Gordon
Omaha
Army
J. Sheet
Franklin High School
LeRoy Bl. Weld
Coe College
Army Signal Corps
East High School
Waterloo
Wilson School Music Program Honors Miss Inskeep
The Wilson school music classes present a tribute program to Miss Alice Inskeep at 8 p.m. Friday May 15. Directed by Alan Richardson the 9A 9B choirs combined with the advanced chorus and senior classes will perform with the band and Gladys Thomminns directing. Special numbers include trumpet solo brass sextet trumpet trio piano duet and girls ensemble. The program features patriotic numbers by the band chorus drum trio baton twirler and an impressive tableau. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson School
Alice Inskeep
Alan Richardson
Gladys Thominn
Ten Letters from Son in North Ireland on Mother's Day
Mrs. George Wetzel of 1816 Grande Avenue SE received ten letters and a cable from her son Corporal Garlan L. Wetzel stationed in northern Ireland. He sent two linen handkerchiefs as Easter gifts and described ration card trades with Mrs. William Black of Cedar Rapids and a bicycle voyage due to high fuel prices. He noted a bicycle crash near his quarters and mentioned a planned call on Captain Harold Jarsa of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wetzel
Grande Avenue SE
Corp. Garlan L. Wetzel
Northern Ireland
Corp Wetzel
William Black
Cedar Rapids
Black
Harold Jarsa
VFW Plans Summer Patient Entertainment at Oakdale
Veterans of Foreign Wars will entertain patients at Oakdale sanatorium at least twice monthly through the summer. Commander Ras Harbit announced the program and urged volunteers to help. call the VFW post at 7752.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Oakdale
Ras Harbit
Post
Harbit
Dempsy Jones
Sle
Veterans of Forein Wars Post
Fred C Fisher Jr Ordered to Active Duty in Washington
Fred C Fisher Jr a reserve officer 3425 Furst avenue SE is ordered to report in Washington D C on Tuesday and will be stationed in the office of the provost marshal general as a second lieutenant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C Fisher, Jr
Furst Avenue
Washington, D. C
Ile Wall
Sailor Brother's Navy Leave From a North Atlantic Cruise
A Navy machinist second class and deck engineer recounts leave from a troopship guarding the North Atlantic convoy. He joined last July, sailed from New York, endured subs and seas, then moved to Pacific duty via the canal to Philippines and Australia. Family news centers on home comforts, meals, and the soldier’s pride in service.
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Navy
Army
Mom
New York
Feneral
North Atlantic
Hawaii
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Australia
Tokio
We just want to get this mess cleared up and come back home
A fragment quotes a statement about ending turmoil and returning home. The speaker expresses a desire to resolve the situation quickly and reunite with loved ones. Context about who spoke or where remains unclear in the readable text.
Community Nutrition service Taken Into Community Chest
The Community Nutrition Service, formerly a Junior League project, is now part of the Community Chest. Howsard A Horan announced the move noting support will begin January 1, 1943 with funds distributed by the Chest. The Nutrition Service will be governed by a board of directors like other Chest sections. There are 657,810 hunters in New York state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior League
Community Chest
Howsard A Horan
Bureau of Public Welfare
Chamber of Commerce
Public Welfare Bureau
Horan
New York State
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Dorothy Dougherty
Johnny
Gazette Plue
Reba Gray
Fayetteville
Ark
Miss Gray
University of Arkansas
Willis W. Mercer
Iowa City
Doyle D. Andrews
Public Finance Service
Dows Bridge
Public Finance
Inskeep
Louis C. Kaiser
Optometrist
Higley Bldg
Newman
EPO Oc
Newman's
Son
North Ireland
VFW
Fred C. Fisher, Jr
Kresge
Kresge’s
Mer Raiders
Ldar Samos Basvall
Pill Park
Ikresge
First Avenue
Brother Don
Scotty McLeod
Pacific
Autrate
Iia
Tikes
Atle Mabe
Tadae
Berkeley
YMCA
Frisco
North Platte
Don McLeod
Sour
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Carrier Bay
Marion Decorah
Tawa Cit
Rey
Adie 4
Cadar Rapids
Retail Credit Association
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