Interruptible Gas to Cedar Rapids Industries May End
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric officials warned Saturday that interruptible natural gas sold to a limited number of local industrial users could soon be unavailable. Home users would not be affected, and most firms lack duplicate equipment. Federal orders limit new space heating installations, with exceptions possible via priority ratings.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Mark Anderson
Anderson
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa
John L. Miller
Harry Boyd
E C. Hoyt
Hollywood Stars Question Tax Exemption On Annuities
The treasury discloses that top earners including Ginger Rogers Joel McCrea and Mona Massey face a tax issue over whether annuity payments qualify for exemption under Byrnes era rules. Stars’ extensive ranches and properties prompt agents to seek write offs beyond the 25000 limit, with figures like Rogers listed at 254 416 and owning a Rogue River ranch.
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Ginger Rogers
Joel McCrea
Charlie Aggles
Alan Curtis
Mona Massey
Miss Rogers
Treasury
Oren
Rogue River
Charlie Ruggles
Hollywood fortunes face tax shakeup under wartime limits
The article notes most top earners in Hollywood sit near or above 200000 dollars with profits from ranches. It lists individual incomes for Bing Crosby James Cagney Joan Crawford and others and mentions Curtis Massey Miss Rogers and Joel McCrea facing the new anti inflation measures and tax changes. Clark Gable and Cary Grant are highlighted for salary reductions or charitable giving.
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Hollywood
Curtis
Miss Massey
California
Rogers
Bing Crosby
James Cagney
Joan Crawford
William Powell
Wallace Beery
Spencer ‘Tracy
Greta Garbo
Bette Davis
Erroll Flynn
Gary Cooper
Edward G. Robinson
Acord of Ladora Dies by Self-inflicted Gunshot
Earl Acord, 35, of Ladora, shot himself with a .22 rifle between 2 30 and 3 p m Saturday, according to Sheriff Milford Engelbert. He died at Watts hospital in Marengo at 6 40 p m after an earlier operation. His wife remains hospitalized in Iowa City awaiting surgery. he leaves two daughters.
War Effects Enrollment At Coe College
Coe College enrollment shows a drop in total students from 738 to 642 with 248 freshmen this fall, while the freshman class grew. Dr. Charles A Anderson notes many potential upperclassmen enlisted in the armed forces, explaining the shift.
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Coe College
Charles A. Anderson
Anderson
Allied bombers and fighters operate from Aleutian airfields
On Sept 29 enemy cargo ship northwest of Kiska was bombed and strafed with no opposition and appeared abandoned. Sept 30 B 24s attacked harbor ships amid anti aircraft fire, one transport set afire by two direct hits. Bombing also hit the camp area. bombers returned.
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Bell Airacobra
Curtiss
Kiska
Army
Army task force seizes Aleutian island base near Kiska
An army task force occupied a remote Aleutian island without opposition, establishing a striking air base within 240 miles of Kiska. Combat scouts reconnoitered for outposts as the Saar delivered troops and supplies early that morning, five days after the surprise move.
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Aleutian
Kiska
Saar
Aleutian Landing Under Storm Finds Smooth Occupation
A covert Aleutian island operation establishes a fortified outpost with roads, comms and an air field. Amid storm and submarine danger, troops land in rough surf, manning guns and ammo under 24 hour shifts as Navy bombers patrol and no Japanese strike materializes.
Temperature Holds Warm Despite Intermittent Rains in Cedar Rapids
Despite weekend rain, Cedar Rapids saw mild temperatures with the mercury at 59 degrees by midnight. The day's high reached 68 at 3 30 p.m., and total precipitation measured 0.2 inches per the Chamber’s record.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Air activity rises over battle area near El Alamein
Cairo report notes a marked increase in Axis air activity over the El Alamein front after British recapture of Mersa Matruh. Allied air forces claim six Axis fighters shot down and intensified operations from bases in Egypt. Heavy bombers hit Derna shipping while light bombers struck Sidi Aneish airfields starting fires.
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Manassi B
Egypt
Libyan
Derna
Sidi Aneish
AFL Convention Opens in Toronto Focusing on Victory
The American Federation of Labor prepares its 62nd annual convention in Toronto, opening Monday with a war victory theme. President William Green dedicated the event to that objective in a Saturday broadcast preview, outlining two weeks of discussions by 600 delegates representing about 5.5 million members.
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Victory
Toronto
American Federation of Labor
Dominion
William Green
War time wage and price controls outlined by President and Byrnes
The article outlines Executive Order tools to stabilize wages and prices. It details wage floors, approval needs by the War Labor Board, Byrnes authority on high salaries, and tax and price ceiling rules. Farm price ceilings target parity with subsidies, with Henderson and Wickard coordinating farm commodities.
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Byrnes
Internal Revenue Bureau
Office of Price Administration
War and Navy Departments
Maritime Commission
Congress
Henderson
Wickard
William Hitler Wants to Fight Despite Uncle Adolf Ties
New York dispatch notes William Patrick Hitler, 31, a British subject, eager to join the fight against Germany but rejected for military service because the American army dislikes his uncle Adolf. His father Alois Hitler of Vienna is Adolf Hitler's half brother.
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New York
William Patrick Hitler
Adolf
William
Alois Hitler
Vienna
Adolf Hitler
Allied Unity Toasted at Chungking Banquet
At a Chungking banquet Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Wendell Willkie extolled United Nations solidarity and pledged offensive action. Willkie, on a Roosevelt mission, announced 1943 support including planes and tanks for China.
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Wendell L. Willkie
Chiang Kai-shek
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China
Roosevelt
Chiang
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United Nations
Sun Yat Sen
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
India
Claire L. Chennault
Not Easy to Talk About War Behind Heroism and Loss
A nurse and her husband recount experiences aboard a battleship during the Pacific war. She recalls six days in an army hospital with minimal sleep and wartime deprivations while fearing a husband in a navy hospital. The officer notes morale, jokes under fire, and the challenge of conveying the full story beyond censor notes.
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Navy Hospital
Arizona
Lexington
Solons Warn of Imminent Food Shortage in War Time
Washington AP reports House Agriculture Committee members fear a food shortage looming unless farmers gain access to labor and equipment. Chairman Fulmer says testimony from Donald M. Nelson contrasts with the panel’s view that Americans may not starve but will face shortage.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Donald M. Nelson
Fulmer
D-S.c
United Nations
Man complains on aging eyesight and cinema trends
Tulsa AP report notes 85 year old M. I. Harrison, once blind for a decade, now has sight restored by surgery and questions why women wear men’s pants while criticizing modern film romance. He also objects to excessive kissing in new movies.
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Tulsa
Tarnation
M. I. Harrison
Dairy Groups Urge Labor Allocation For Food Production
The United Dairy committee urging President Roosevelt and officials to allocate manpower to food production and halt voluntary enlistments. It cites dairy output declines in Wisconsin and higher dairy cow slaughter, linking labor shortages to industrial wages and military induction. Resolutions were sent to Hershey McNutt Wickard and others from eight states.
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Chicago
United Dairy Committee
Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Agriculture
Wickard
Iowa
Michigan
Indiana
Kansas
Illinois
Ohio
Missouri
Iowa Road Construction Expenditures Decrease In wartime year
Iowa road construction spending dropped to 7 353 600 dollars the lowest in five years while maintenance costs rose to 4 114 870 dollars the highest in all but one of the last few years in the nation s first wartime year the Iowa highway commission report filed with Gov George A Wilson shows.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George A. Wilson
Iowa Highway Commission
Subscription Rates By Carrier
Weekly rates vary by carrier with the Night Edition and other editions listed. The notice shows pricing for 1 year 6 months 3 months and mentions states territories and mailing restrictions along with advertising reps.
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