Australians Push Ahead in New Guinea Range
Australian troops neared Menari on the Owen Stanley range as veterans trained in jungle fighting pushed a wide sweep from Nauru to secure the path to Port Moresby. Air support by A-20s and Bell Airacobra fighters aided four bombing runs on enemy supply lines while rear guards offered little opposition.
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MacArthur
Australia
Menari
Port Moresby
Owen Stanley
Middle East
Nauru
Bell Airacobra
Airacobras
Buna
Salamaua
Douglas MacArthur
Save Shovelful of Coal Urged for War Transport
Washington wartime coal advocate Luther Harr urged a winter rule to save a shovelful of coal daily in every home using coal for heating. He said the saving would free railroad facilities for troops and munitions and aid the war effort.
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Washington
Luther Harr
Harr
British Religious Leaders Form Council to Fight Intolerance
A new British council of Christian and Jewish leaders opened a campaign to combat religious and racial intolerance and promote fellowship among faiths. The council is headed by the archbishops of Canterbury and Westminster, the moderator of the Church of Scotland, and the Free Church moderator.
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London
Canterbury
Westminster
General Assembly
Church of Scotland
The
Free Church
Decorated property to be leased with potential sale option
The plan outlines leasing the property with a later sale if the arrangement proves satisfactory. No names or dates are provided.
British Jewish Council Denounces Anti Semitism
A statement from the Federal council and the chief rabbi of the Hebrew congregations in the British Empire declares anti Semitism repugnant to the moral principles common to Christianity and Judaism alike.
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Federal Council
British Empire
10 20 30 Years Ago October 2 1932 Cedar Rapids Items
Sam Miller fished from a tub for three hours at First avenue and Third street E to honor a world series wager with Rex Emry. spectators offered only glances. Thomas B. Powell named judge of Cedar Rapids municipal court by Gov. Kendall, ahead of Atherton B. Clark’s move to district court in Anamosa. Veterans of the Twentieth Iowa infantry open their 16th annual reunion at the Cedar Rapids library auditorium.
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Sam Miller
Thirtieth Street
First Avenue
Third Street E
Rex Emry
C Avenue E
Thomas B. Powell
Cedar Rapids
N. E. Kendall
Atherton B. Clark
Anamosa
Twentieth Regiment
Iowa Infantry Volunteers
Council Delays Final Action on Street Closing
The city council tabled action on vacating Fifth Street SE between Eleventh and Twelfth Avenues after a request from Iowa Steel and Ironworks to vacate the street. The plan commission had recommended leasing the street if vacated and the report was presented to the council as it set a meeting for next Thursday to decide.
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City Plan Commission
Fifth Street
Eleventh
Twelfth Avenue
Iowa Steel and Ironworks
Twelfth Avenue SE
Air Bubbles as War Time Substitute for Sponge Rubber
Air filled polymer bubbles wrapped in cellulose, developed by E I du Pont, may replace kapok and sponge rubber in life jackets rafts lifeboats and aircraft cushions. Made in Tennessee for war use the bubbles are light buoyant insulating and shock absorbing and can be flame resistant with treatment. Weighing about 14 pounds per cubic foot they support 20 to 30 times their weight and stay buoyant under extreme conditions including high altitude heat and cold.
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Wilmington
Del
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Tennessee
Ava
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New Guinea
Lydia & Pinkham
Pollow
Lydia E. Pinkham
Council
the Syndicate
Mackinaws
Sosh
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