Produce More and Hastened Victory Speech by Gaunitz
Gaunitz urged Second District Legion to embrace total war production saying the war will last only half as long if they produce twice as much. He told 300 members that every citizen must share responsibility, with government, industry, and labor united for victory. Women’s roles in supplying war materials were highlighted by Mrs. L. B. Hakes. The banquet in Cedar Rapids capped a day of district meetings. Glen J. McLaughlin was elected Second District commander. other officers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arold Gaunitz
Ovns Department of the American Legion
Second District of the Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Gaunitz
Memorial Coliseum
Second District
L. B. Hakes
Lorenz
Curtis Bush
Davenport
Merton Shelley
National Auxiliary
William van Hemmert
Pella
Don Sheldon
Dubuque
Leo Beckman
Ida Grove
R. C. Jones
Hanford
Cedar Rapids
Louis Schirm
Glen J. McLaughlin
Anamosa
B. McPherson
Clinton
George Francois
Maquoketa
Ray Kelley
Grand Mound
Walter Hall
Erwin Behrens
Harold Klahn
Oxford Junction
Paul C Felderman
Bellevue
Dwight Krumbholz
The
Legion Auxiliary
Charles Beach
Mt. Vernon
Ralph Miller
Government Seeks Qualified Men for Pearl Harbor Work
The United States civil service commission seeks workers for Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in Honolulu Hawaii. Positions offer up to 1.41 dollars an hour with overtime. Applicants must be 18 to 62 for journeyman roles and over 18 for labor and helper posts. Multiple crafts listed include blacksmiths, machinists, shipfitters, electricians and aircraft workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
Honolulu
Hawaii
Walter C. Anawalt
Anawalt
DeVere Watson to Speak At Eagles Initiation
State senator DeVere Watson and Republican lieutenant governor hopeful will speak at the Central Iowa Eagles initiation in Cedar Rapids. The 2:30 p.m. ceremony includes Des Moines ritualistic team, with dinner at 6 and dancing to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeVere Watson
Pottawattamie
Iowa
Order of Eagles
Cedar Rapids
Watson
Council Bluffs
Boards of Supervisors
Des Moines
Hunter to Direct Army Pre Glider Unit at Spencer
Lieut Col Dan Hunter, Cedar Rapids airways owner and Iowa civil air patrol wing commander, to run an Army pre glider training school at Spencer Ta. Contract after Randolph Field inspectors selects Spencer layout to train 280 men at a time in light powered craft. Lacey Gee, Cedar Rapids flight instructor, will manage the port in Hunters absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Hunter
Cedar Rapids Airways
Iowa Civil Air Patrol
War Department
Air Corps
Spencer
Hunter
Randolph Field
Texas
Lacey Gee
Cedar Rapids
Col. Hunter
Red Cross mobilizes staff and volunteers for kit making
The Red Cross reports rapid response after a Gazette appeal. Helen Hubbard says 500 kit and sewing bags are in progress with many volunteers delivering finished work the same day. Dolls from Northwestern Telephone girls head to production, while the Jolly Gift club in the D Avenue NE district donates $28.66 after two months of coffee hours. Martha Rowe of Manchester visited production headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Helen Hubbard
Jolly Gift Club
D Avenue NE
Red Cross
Red Cross Figures Highlight Local Service and Vacation News
The article notes nine years of Red Cross service by a chairman and mentions first aid training led by Mrs Leone Hezdek at St. Ludmia's Church, Mrs. Jeanette Tapper at Coe college, and Mrs Marian Wingert. Sunny the nurse aide, 88 volunteer hours this year, heads to Hot Springs for vacation and plans June 1 return. James L. Fieser marks 20 years as head of domestic operations in the Red Cross, tied to Cedar Rapids visits and early activeness in 1913 during the Ohio Valley flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leone Hezdek
St. Ludmia’s Church
Jeanette Tapper
Coe College
Marian Wingert
Red Cross
Federal Building
Miriam E. Stehlik
St. Luke's Hospital
Sunny
Hot Springs
Ark
First Trust and Savings Bank
James L. Fieser
American Red Cross
Fieser
Cedar Rapids
Ohio Valley
Two Lectures Set for Coe Alumni Day
Coe college marks Alumni Day with two lectures in Stewart Memorial library. Acting president Dr C Harve Geiger speaks on Higher Education at 10 30 am. Paul Engle of the University of Iowa lectures on Poetry and War at 2 30 pm. A reception follows. The senior class sponsors Geiger talk and the Writers club sponsors Engle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
C Harve Geiger
Paul Engle
University of Iowa
Stewart Memorial Library
Geiger
Engle
Coe
America
Prof. Engle
The
Writers Club
James Berkley
Hugh Johnson
James Ryan
Ralph Bushee
Doris Cone
Lucia Mae Smith
Verna
2000 Planes Could End Jap Air Fleet Says Chennault
Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, leader of the American Volunteer Group, said the U S could wipe out the Japanese air fleet if it sends about 2000 planes to the Far East. He predicted an air offensive within six months and noted shortages for Japan as long as the AVG continues attacks in Burma and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kunming
China
Claire L. Chennault
United States
Far East
Japan
AVG
Salween River
Burma
Chennault
Yunnan
Coe College Arts Show Opens With Student Works
The event features art by Marvin D Cone students in the library with drawings by Ruth Brown Betty Fisher Alice Harmer Evelyn Heins Peggy Johnson Frank Machen Jean Rush Winifred Deyo and paintings by Norma Anderson Ralph Bushee Jean Hedberg Betty Leitner Miss Harmer and Henrietta Dows. Mrs Ralph W Lacey of Waterloo hosts at the refreshment table alongside Mrs Vernon Lichtenstein, adviser to the Writers club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Anderson
Ralph Bushee
Jean Hedberg
Betty Leitner
Miss Harmer
Henrietta Dows
Hamilton Charged With 14 Violations In Remodeling Job
Dr. Henry H. Hamilton faces three informations charging fourteen city code violations over remodeling at 1110 First Avenue NE. The charges allege missing building and plumbing permits and eleven plumbing-code violations. An appearance was entered for Hamilton. arraignment time to be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Hamilton
First Avenue NE
Hamilton
Dwight Krumholtz
J. H. Lilly
Tony Trusty
Krumholtz
WPB Moves to Curb Inventories Held by Dealers
The War Production Board announced steps to limit merchandise inventories held by retailers and wholesalers. Measures aim to ensure reasonable stock levels and equitable distribution amid fears of shortages. A proposed plan would bar buying beyond 1940 dollar levels and force excess stock to be reduced through sales to manufacturers or other retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPB
Washington
War Production Board
Seizure of Petschek Assets Enforced in Bohemia Moravia
German authorities confirmed seizure under a law against enemies of the state of the vast Petschek industrial holdings in Bohemia Moravia protectorate and Sudeten areas. Berlin broadcasts noted the Petschek family fled to London in March 1939 after the protectorate's creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Petschek
Bohemia-Moravia
Sudeten
London
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Legion
Mrs. Hakes
McLaughlin
Craemer
Aly
Assur
Okinow S
Pearl Harbor
Eagles
Alaska
Red
Northwestern Telephone Girls
Martha Rowe
Manchester
Sala
Kossawatean
Carole King
Orraine
Gore
Craemer’s
Lily Sale
First Avenue
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