Rites Held for Harold Trewin Cedar Rapids Businessman
About 400 relatives and friends attended the funeral for Harold R. Trewin a Cedar Rapids lawyer businessman and civic leader at Turner chapel. Attendees included Linn County Bar association members many fraternal affiliates and family guests from Des Moines Manchester and Chicago with the Rev John B Arthur and Rev D A Lofer ski officiating and the Rose Croix service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold R. Trewin
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Linn County Bar Association
Trewin
Mason Consistory
Mr. Arthur
Arthur
Alfred Tennyson
Donald C. Cook
James
United States Navy
Boston
M. Darwin Sandy
Sheppardfield
Texas
Sylvia Hardy
Chicago
John B. Arthur
Geneva
Ohio
Frederick Morrison
C. C. Demmon
Des Moines
John Rector
Andrew Rector
Eva Cloud
Clayton Haight
David Haight
Manchester
Henry Drees
C. Westermeier
Earlville
WEEDs Join War Work Roster In Wartime Units
In Chicago AP report WEEDs appear among official and unofficial women labor groups for war work. Illinois Institute of Technology announces the Women's Emergency Engineering Drafting society formed by students and alumnae working in war plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Institute of Technology
Women’s
Nessler's Desert Warfare Valor in Tobruk Era
Sergeant Nessler led a tank crew under German fire near an ammo dump and sustained shrapnel wounds while repelling armored attacks. He praised American armor and criticized British supply gaps in Egypt, recounting nights in desert siege, scarce rations, and improvised repairs before returning to Fort Knox.
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Nessier
Lee
Sergt
Nessler
General Grants
Erwin Rommel
Jerry
Egypt
Cairo
Sergt. Nessler
Army
Camp Polk
Fort Knox
Miami
Fla
Rommel
Africa
German Republic Ideals Outlined Amid War Debates
The document argues for a democratic German republic with agencies to monitor and curb anti democratic efforts. It envisions youth education as loyal citizens and reinforces beliefs in human life and pledged words over force while condemning Pan German militarism and promising a future economic order free of such militaristic strongholds.
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Fuehrer
German Republic vows disarmament and peaceful aims
The article states the German Republic pledges to disarm and not use production and transport systems for aggression. It notes a program presented to Allied statesmen and peoples, promising to carry out complete disarmament in Alsailantiatid and to cooperate with Europe and the Republic for peaceful purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Germany
German Republic
Eye for an Eye Prisoner Policy Shocks Britain
London reports a British plan to retaliate against Nazi prisoner mistreatment by shackling an equal number of German inmates. Authorities deny Dieppe shackling violated conventions and vow reprisal if bands stay. Germany warned they will triple the number of British prisoners if shackling continues.
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London
Dieppe
Britain
Strike closes Western Cartridge plant in East Alton
AFL workers picketed the Western Cartridge plant at East Alton Illinois after executives refused to meet a grievance committee led by Pat McCartney. The Saturday night strike halted much of the second shift production and left workers outside as union leaders alleged numerous grievances in the casting shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Alton
Ill
Western Carthi Company
AFL
Fred Olds
W. F. Olin
Pat McCartney
AFL International
Olds
Stalingrad Week to Spur War Drive
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers CIO will launch a Stalingrad Week from October 11 to 17 to aid the war effort. President Grant Oakes outlined days focused on scrap salvage Russian relief telegrams signatures and statements for a second front and bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers
CIO
Stalingrad
Grant Oakes
Oakes
Cut Utilities Use Of Scarce Metals Ordered
Washington officials report the War Production board ordered a 40 percent cut in copper steel and other scarce metals used by public utilities for maintenance and repair of transmission and distribution systems in the final three months of the year.
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Washington
War Production Board
Centennial Convention Of Iowa Baptists Opens In Cedar Rapids
The Iowa Baptist Convention marks its 100th anniversary in Cedar Rapids at First Baptist Church from Monday to Thursday. More than 400 delegates, including notable speakers such as Rev Ezra Fisher and Miss Alice Thayer, gather as the convention honors early leaders and hosts prominent church and college figures.
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Centennial Convention of Iowa Baptists
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Baptist Convention
Iowa City
First Baptist Church
Ezra Fisher
Davenport
A. G. Eberhart
Waterloo
J. A. Nash
Des Moines
J. J. Powell
H. M. Remley
Anamosa
D. C. Shull
Sioux City
Alice Thayer
Burma
Jeanne Bradbury
New York
Thayer
Atlantis School
Brad
Watchman Examiner
Missions
the Refuge
William A. Elliott
Northern Baptist Convention
William G. Spencer
Franklin College
Earl F. Adams
Earl V. Pierce
the Baptist Church
Minneapolis
Lowe
Miss Thayer
Women's Baptist Mission Society
Spencer
Adams
Pierce
New Tax Bill Proposes Stepped Rates and Refunds
The bill raises normal individual tax to six percent and overhauls surtaxes with rates up to 82 percent for high incomes. Exemptions drop for couples and singles, a Victory Tax of five percent is added, and refunds may come as bonds or credits. Corporate taxes rise with a flat 90 percent excess profits tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irs
Touhy Gang Escapes Prison With Truck Load of Ladders
Two lieutenants and a guard abduct a civilian employee and load ladders into a truck outside the prison. Touhy and six others flee after climbing guard towers, seizing keys, and driving away. authorities test inside jobs and scrutinize weapons smuggling via the south gate.
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Touhy
Eing
George Cutter
Sam Johnson
Herman Kress
Lookout Tower 3
Leonard Keeler
Chicago
John Welninski
Welninski
Jack Cito
Buda
Bomber crew heroics save aircraft after oxygen line rupture
Lieut Tate kept the plane at 20 000 to 26 000 feet as oxygen lines blew and blaze filled the cockpit. Crew members including Ent Asch Huff Hawkins Eichmann and others administered emergency oxygen from bailout bottles and maintained control until relief.
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Tate
Moses
Orval Huff
Waterman
Thaddeus Isaiah Hawkins
G i Ga
Edward W. Eichmann
Milwaukee
Wis
Alfred Asch
Beaverton, Mich
Lieut
Asch
Hawkins
Huff
Touhy and His Pot Guarded After Gang Sightings
A description notes Touhy and his crew remaining vigilant Saturday following reports of a gang seen in the area. Local authorities cautioned residents while officers intensified patrols to deter further incidents.
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Touhy
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Harold Trewin
Lew
H.G Fussell
OPT Erate Ee
Okinow
Francis Nessler
Mt. Auburn
Dysart
Tobruk
el Alamein
George Washington
Sergi
TRAK
Lifebuoy
SOA
The
Surette
Gasette Company
Harry of Ee Motte Sage Cor
Associa ? International News
New Strike Stops
Marcus Bach
University of Iowa Baptist Convention
Treasury
Keeler
Cito
Green
T. P. Sullivan
V. W. Bradbury
Craemer’s
Ruth French
Helene Rubinstein
Mrs. Miniver Rose
Revion
Mrs. Miniver
Craemer
Cosmetics
Second Avenue
Trikskirt
Airforce
Pepey
Jungie
Dundee
Jungo Rayon
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