Linn County Red Cross year of service highlights
The Linn County Red Cross chapter released annual tallies ahead of the November 11 membership drive. Highlights include 2295 sweaters 1687 dresses 1010 skirts 17000 surgical dressings 939 life saving certificates 393 first aid certificates 175 former service members helped with claims and 2 rural nurses with a growing motor corps and production staff support.
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Red Cross
Linn County
The
Wells
Red
Camp Huaga
Cedar Rapids Municipal
American Legion Pool
Marion
Sekol Camp
City Briefs And Community Meetings Summary
Community notices list meetings for The Three Link circle and Townsend club No 1, plus Cedar Rapids Stamp club and Y M C A social plans. A fire at 309 Eighth Street SE followed a dropped rag. Weekend visitors to Mr and Mrs W H Jump came from Dunlap for the Iowa Indiana game. Lieutenant H L Moore Jr, promoted to first lieutenant, serves at Fort Snelling. Party of the Month club meets at Grace Episcopal church with local organizers.
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Cedar Rapids
Stamp Club
Montrose Hotel
Eighth Street
William Krachmer
W. H. Jump
Twenty-fifth Street
Mr. Jump
James E. Grady
Dunlap
J. D. Timm
Avenue NE
H. L. Moore, Jr
Moore
3Rd Infantry
Fort Snelling
Minn
Grace Episcopal Church
Mon
W. W. White
Youtzy
Bob Courtright
J Jaeger
Jim Ensign
Reverend Trimble to Preach at Christian Church
The Rev H E Trimble of Cen se will be guest preacher at Christian church Third and Sixth St SW for a series. Sunday morning he speaks on The Church and the evening on The Way of Non. Monday is Mar Night. A large delegation attends.
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H. E. Trimble
Cense
Christian Church
Third and
Sixth Street
Revival at Marion Christian church led by visiting pastor
The Marion Christian church will host a revival with former pastor Rev. Mr. Trimble in attendance. L. J. Dennis of Center Point will lead singing each evening. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. R. Coolidge of the Church of God return from the Midwest ministerial assembly in Kansas City where Cool was elected chairman for 1942. Coolidge will fill the pulpit morning and evening.
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Marion Christian Church
Trimble
L. J. Dennis
Center Point
R. Coolidge
Church of God
Kansas City
Midwest
Cool
Coolidge
Madison Auction House Sale Evening Listing
Madison Auction House on 708 3rd Street SE holds a Monday sale at 7 p.m. on November 3. The complete line includes very nice furniture and an auctioneer Chas J Madison invites goods to be received Monday before the sale.
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Madison Auction House
3Rd Street
Chas. J. Madison
Barrel theft at 218 First Street SE warehouse
Des Moines truck driver L. W. Herbst reported 31 wooden whisky barrels stolen from the loading platform at 218 First Street SE between noon and 4 p.m. The barrels were placed on the dock at noon but missing when he checked at 4 p.m.
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L. W. Herbst
Des Moines
First Street
Herbst
Smith to Speak on Highways of Peace in Near East
Wilbert B. Smith of Cairo Egypt Y M C A official and Egypt inter mission council vice chair will address the Rotary Club luncheon Monday at noon at the Roosevelt Hotel. He serves on the Near East Christian Council and the welfare coordination council for British troops in Egypt.
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Wilbert B. Smith
Cairo
Egypt
Egypt Intermission Council
Near East
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Smith
Near East Christian Council
Coordination Council
Motorist nabbed after reckless driving spree
Patrolmen reported Schatz parked and then fled west on Second Avenue weaving to Third Street where he sped at 42 mph and nearly hit another car before stopping at a traffic signal on First Avenue. C J Connor 44 of Seventh Street SE was booked after his car nearly struck a parked vehicle and a squad car. Joe Kelly 619 Eighth Avenue SE and Keith Engle 24 of Fifth Avenue SE were charged with failing to yield after their vehicles collided at Fifth Avenue and Seventh Street SE around 9 30 p.m.
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Schatz
Second Avenue
Third Street
First Avenue
C. J Connor
Seventh Street
John Stodola
Bill Remington
Second Street
Connor
Joe Kelly
Eighth Avenue SE
Keith Engle
Fifth Avenue SE
Fifth Avenue
Kelly
Engle
Rev R N Coolidge resigns Cedar Rapids pastorate
The Rev. R. N. Coolidge, pastor of the Church of God on L avenue at Eighth Street NW since July 1934, resigns to lead the Church of God in Owatonna Minnesota. His farewell is set for November 4, with departure around November 17 after a November 16 end date. He and Mrs. Coolidge have children Robert David and Barbara Ruth.
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R. N. Coolidge
Church of God
L Avenue
Eighth Street NW
Owatonna
Minnesota
A. E. Rather
Cedar Rapids
Trinidad
Barbados
British West Indies
Coolidge
Rock Island
Ill
Anderson College and Theological Seminary
Anderson
Ind
Robert
David
Barbara Ruth
Urges Letters to Congress to Uphold Neutrality Act
Former Wisconsin Governor Philip La Follette urged Americans to flood Congress with letters and telegrams to protest altering the neutrality act. Speaking in a radio address, he warned repeal could drag the United States into a shooting war and urged immediate action to defend peace.
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Washington
Philip la Follette
Wisconsin
Congress
The
America First Committee
la Follette
United States
Temperature Dips Near Freezing in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids area saw temperatures hover around 32 degrees Saturday with a late night reading at 32. The 24 hour high hit 45 degrees between midnight and 2 am, while the low was 36 at 9:30 am. By noon the thermometer reached 40 at Chambers Innsk before dipping to 38 by 2 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Insk
Held In Chicago On Iowa Theft Charge
Albertt Slater 35 owner of a Chinese lot was held in Chicago on a warrant charging embezzlement of 72000 dollars. Assistant State's Attorney M L Mason assisted from Mason City Iowa in the case. The warrant relates to operations of a belting firm where Slater was nominal head. The warrant was issued on the complaint of Bradford F Degeetl a plumbing supply merchant of Mason City.
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Chicago
Albertt Slater
Saneen City
M. L. Mason
Mason City
Slater
Bradford F. Degeetl
Soviet Nazi war updates from the Perekop to Leningrad front
Reports describe a critical Nazi push at the Perekop isthmus, with Moscow acknowledging a grave situation while London dispatches note a temporary Nazi halt after a 25 mile surge. Leningrad front sees a German breakthrough near Volkhovo 70 miles southeast of the city and claims 533 pillboxes captured in intense fighting as northern forces press to sever Leningrad.
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Perekop Isthmus
London Radio
Russia
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Leningrad
Volkhovo
London
Volkhov
Red Cross Connects Wires for a Danish Family in Cedar Rapids
Arne Nissen of Cedar Rapids and his Danish parents gained direct contact through Red Cross international messages after a long silence since Christmas 1940. The system brought reassurance about family health and allowed safe future correspondence and roll call membership.
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Red Cross
C. R. Man
Denmark
Cedar Ra
Arne Nissen
Second Street
Nissen
Arne
Red Cross International Communication
Linn County Red Cross
The
Axis Policy Shifts Mark World War II Atlantic Tensions
The report notes Japan's expansion stance and strained Japan US relations per Nichi Nichi. Berlin calls Roosevelt an aggressor, cites German submarines firing on the destroyer Kearny and the Greer chase as proof of U S neutrality Act opposition. Germany warns US aid to Britain risks wider war.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
Wilhelmstrasse
Roosevelt
Reich
Kearny
Navy Department
Congress
Reuben James
Believe Injured Man Hit By Train Near Crossings
Joseph Olisevsky, 32, of 2006 Fifteenth Avenue SE, was found with severe abrasions after a train or switch engine strike near the Fourth Street and Twelfth Avenue SE crossing at about 6 45 p m Saturday. Police and railroad officials had not confirmed the exact cause. He was taken to St Luke's hospital in fair condition.
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Joseph Olisevsky
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Fourth Street
Twelfth Avenue SE
W. J. McGuire
Rock Island
Twelfth Avenue
Olisevsky
St. Luke's Hospital
Arkansas Flood Swamps 16 000 Acres, No Loss of Life
The Associated Press reports floodwaters inundated over 16 000 acres of farmland in Arkansas as the Arkansas River spilled a muddy torrent. About 1 000 refugees from western Kansas and eastern Oklahoma gathered at Fort Smith with more on the way. officials say there is no fear of loss of life.
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Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Fort Smith
Ark
Smoker Escapes Injury As Bed Fire Spreads
Orville Anderson of 701 Fifth Avenue SE narrowly avoided serious harm when his bed caught fire around midnight on Saturday. Fire officials said a live-ash match caused the blaze, the mattress and bedding sustained damage, and firefighters hauled the mattress outside as a general alarm was sounded.
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Orville Anderson
Fifth Avenue SE
Anderson
Statue of Edward VII toppled in Cannes Vichy report
Unknown assailants under cover of darkness dislodged and broke the Edward VII statue erected in 1912 at Cannes to mark the entente cordiale among France England and Italy
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Vichy
VNS
Edward VII
Cannes
France
England
Italy
Cleveland launches as first of new US Navy cruiser class
The 16 000 ton cruiser U S S Cleveland moved from the ways at New York Shipbuilding Camden to launch in the Delaware river. Christened by Mrs Harold H Burton Jr wife of Senator from Ohio the ship drew cheers from 10000 shipyard workers. Keel laid July 1 1940 authorized May 17 1938. The cruiser measures 603 feet long 63 feet beam carries 12 six inch guns 12 five inch guns anti aircraft batteries capable of 30 knots and will carry aircraft.
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Camden
N. J
INS
U. S. S. Cleveland
Navy
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Delaware River
Harold H. Burton
United States
Ohio
Cleveland
American Eagles Lead RAF in Nazi Planes Shot Down
London AP report notes the No 1 American Eagle squadron shot down nine German planes in October, more than any other RAF fighter squadron, among 81 total. The American volunteers added to RAF air war.
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RAF
London
Air Ministry
Mrs. Hemingway Out Of Social Register
The 1942 St. Louis social register omits Mrs. Ernest Hemingway, former Martha Gellhorn, from the list. She was in the 1941 register with her mother Mrs. George Gellhorn of St. Louis. The couple wed last November after a romance formed during Civil War Spain newspaper assignments.
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ST. Louis
INS
Italian Seamen Sentenced By U S
Fifteen Italian officers and crew of the motor ship Lome were found guilty in Portland of damaging engines and navigation gear to cripple the vessel while at a dock seven months ago. They face federal prison terms from two to five years as the Lowlander was seized by the coast guard and later renamed.
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Portland, Ore
INS
Portland
Uip
Price Ceiling Plan Aims at War Time Rents and Commodities
A proposed price administration office would set ceilings as the emergency lasts. The chief would be appointed by the President with Senate confirmation, and violations could bring a 5000 dollar fine or two years in prison. Parity prices for key farm commodities from the Agriculture Department compare with 1919 29 averages.
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Office of
Price Administration
Roosevelt
Senate
Agriculture Department
Arms Output Upgraded as War Production Expands
Washington reports defense production surges through 1941. Engines for 775 four motored bombers or 3 000 pursuit planes monthly, tanks and rifles rising rapidly. By year end 1 153 ships totaling 12 410 000 tons planned for operation with 28 plants active and 63 more planned.
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Washington
INS
OPM
Wright Brothers
Unitedtates
Navy
United States
Ing
Firemen share war era safety thoughts and life’s value
In an interview a veteran fireman discusses fire prevention, Red Cross work, and wartime duties. He notes burns kill many children, cites highway deaths, and links safety to national effort, urging better training and laws while stressing life cannot be replaced.
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Red Cross
PTA
National Safety Council
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City Briefs
H. B. Kiersey
I Avenue NW
William H. Huston
Camp Claiborne
J. W. Huston
Weare Avenue
Joe Scannell
Y’s Men’s Club
Mr. and
Leonard Traxel
Leonard Johnson
S. E
H. G. Fussell
OPT
Ta As
Friendly Messenger
P. T. A. Club
Linn County Council of Christian Education
Iowa
Jack Illian
Japan
Nichi Nichi
Iag
United States Navy
Montgomery
DIAL
Associated Press
Edward
U. S
Continu
Pillsbury's
COR Golden Bant
K. C
del Monte
Campbell's
Llie
America
President Roosevelt
Hitler
Antoine Caserta
Maddigan School of Music Dramatic Art and Dancing Academy
Kitterman’s
Kitterman
DRY Cleaners
Third Avenue
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