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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1943
Page
31
NUE women students in Miss Mildred Deischer's class ran a tri weekly preschool for faculty children ages 2 to 4. The program, launched April 26, aimed to observe child development and encourage creative play while teaching group participation during half day sessions.
Chicago police raid on a South Side hand book leads to the first wartime arrest, with a female suspect detained after detectives seized the operation. The action marks a significant wartime security step in the city.
Wartime ration details outline valid periods for coffee meat and fish fats oils sugar and shoes across ration books one and two. The Linn county war price and rationing board led by A T Pleune sets hours and location in the American building for public inquiries.
Former Anamosa and Cedar Rapids resident James E. Conrad served with the Marines on Guadalcanal. In a letter to his wife he describes fighting, air battles, and the annihilation of Japanese forces, praising Marine fighters and noting daylight bomber encounters.
A $100,000 postwar rehabilitation fund was established last August by the Czecho slovak Society of America, with half aiding returning American service men and half abroad, noted by T. B. Hlubueck, state executive council member. The Cedar Rapids Elks lodge created a smaller, similar fund and is believed to be the first Elks lodge nationwide to do so.
The account describes enemy planes bombing near positions on the island and soldiers rushing to Toxholes. Bud Klima from Cedar Rapids visited the beach, sharing swimming and recovery from malaria while sending a battle torn Jap Slag as a keepsake for the gang.
Nine promotions in Company L of the Iowa state guard were announced by Capt. Charles Penningroth along with news of a favorable April 20 federal inspection report. The unit awaits summer gear at Camp Dodge and a volunteer enlistment call targets 60 men to join at the armory on Tuesday afternoon.
The Congress of Industrial Organizations condemned John L. Lewis personally on Saturday for calling the wartime general coal strike. It said his actions jeopardized the just demands of the United Mine Workers union.
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