Prison Camp Escape by Knifing Guards in Philippines
Sergeant Fred R. Newton recounted a 16 soldier escape from a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines. They stabbed two guards to seize a key, fled through jungle toward American lines, endured starvation and a shoulder wound, and reached an American outpost after three weeks. Newton then traveled to San Francisco before returning to duty on the West Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
N. C
Fred R. Newton
Philippines
Newton
Islands
New Jersey
San Francisco
John Newton
Plan Red Cross Loan Closet for Emergency Use
Twenty five women from Spring Grove township organize a loan closet at a Troy Mills home to aid emergencies. They raise funds for hot water bottles ice collars ice caps bed pans and other sick room paraphernalia and will list locally loanable supplies and members of two classes taught by Miss Mary Rozema Red Cross and county health nurse. Volunteers respond to calls to assist ill homes without pay and no home nurse may accept fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Spring Grove Township
Troy Mills
Mary Rozema
Herring Criticizes Iowa Officials Over War Effort
Senator Clyde L. Herring told a Perry audience that Iowa leaders fail to cooperate with federal authorities and U S senators in the war effort. He urged Iowa leaders to visit Washington to ensure farm labor and implement production support for soldiers.
Fragmented price list and service notes from Cedar Rapids
A damaged OCR fragment lists items and prices including O2.95 81.78 and 6 cents, with references to towns, service, and quantities. No clear event or individuals are identifiable beyond generic labels.
New Olivet Pastor Named for Cedar Rapids Church
The Rev. Donald Keith Irwin, pastor at Fort Schuyler in Bronx New York, accepts call to Olivet Presbyterian Cedar Rapids. He succeeds Rev E J Wykle who resigned last May and will assume duties the first Sunday in December. Irwin is a Geneva Kansas native and graduate of Westminster College Fulton Missouri Union Theological Seminary New York with a B D. He married Marian Williamson in 1937 and has two children Betty Ellen and Kay Lois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Keith Irwin
Fort Schuyler
Bronx
N. Y
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
E. J. Wykle
Geneva
Kan
Mr. Irwin
Westminster College
Fulton
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Chicago
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Presbytery of
St. Louis
Marian Williamson
West Union
Union Seminary
Betty Ellen
Kay Lois
Irwin
Cedar Rapids Chest Allocates 1943 War Aid
Cedar Rapids Community Chest sets 1943 goals with a total of 84 636 for Chest and War Fund, adds 2100 for Public Welfare bureau, and drops emergency reserves while nine groups received aid in 1942 and new labor-supported programs join for 1943. The Navy Relief society will not participate in 1943 after reporting adequate funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
War Appeals Coordinating Committee
War Relief Societies
War Fund
Waet Boy Scouts
Mani Bable
Edith ‘Nursing Associe
Salvation Arm
Society For
Raed’ of Hearing
Home
Ared Women
Sunshine Mission
Y.W.C.A Sammary
Community Nutrition Service
Public Welfare Bureau
Joint Goal Committee
Navy Relief Society
Cedar Rapids United War Fund
War Apeals Coordinating Committee
U.S.O
Navy Relief
War Prisoners’ Aid Fund
Rail hearing set for November 18 on Tipton Stockton line
The hearing on the proposed abandonment of the Rock Island railroad between Tipton and Stockton, Iowa, will begin Wednesday, November 18, not this week as earlier stated. A mass meeting of opponents is planned for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Tipton
Stockton
Conferees Reach Agreement On Largest Revenue Bill In History
Washington conferees settle on a sweeping tax measure costing about 9.6 billion dollars yearly. The plan reinstates freight levy to add 98 million for the treasury and moves to final action in both houses with a 5 percent victory tax and substantial rate hikes for individuals and corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Llp
House
Senate
Treasury
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Robert L. Coughton
D-N.c
Ways and Means Committee
Convoy Escorts Face Submarine Attacks Then Reaches Safety
The report details Liberator planes bombing and machine-gunning submarines near the convoy, with Hudson and Catalina aircraft joining the assaults. Submarine contacts drop to two by next day as the convoy nears British waters a day after heavy action.
Coral Sea Heroes To Be Decorated
President Roosevelt authorized congressional medals of honor for two Coral Sea heroes. The posthumous award honors Lieut. Milton Ernest Ricketts of Baltimore who died on the Yorktown, and Lieut. (j.g.) William Edward Hall of Hiawatha Utah who flew in the battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Milton Ernest Ricketts
Baltimore
Yorktown
J.g
William Edward Hall
Hiawatha
Utah
Guadalcanal Air Field Under Fire As Ground Clash Rages
Allied troops defend the Guadalcanal air field amid sustained Japanese bombardment. American losses are described as minor to date but inevitable in a battle of this scale. Japan reports one cruiser damaged, two transports hit, eight aircraft destroyed, and a night torpedo hit on a cruiser during attacks east of Guadalcanal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
Navy
Japan
Solomons
Nab Arms Plant Boss as Alien
The FBI announced that one co-owner of a $1,000,000 war production firm was among 55 enemy aliens rounded up. The German alien, brother of a German lieutenant general, was seized in New York during the week long roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
FBI
P. E. Foxworth
Younger Men at Helm an Bureau of Ships
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox reorganized the navy’s bureau of ships naming Capt Edward L Cochrane 50 chief to succeed Rear Admiral Alexander H Van Keuren 61 and Capt Earle W Mills 46 to succeed Rear Admiral Claude A Jones 57 as assistant chief The changes take effect November 1 The bureau supervises ship construction and maintenance The move follows scrutiny by a Senate committee into war effort progress noting alleged prejudice against new developments and slow operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Navy
Bureau of Ships
Edward L. Cochrane
Alexander H. van Keuren
Knox
Earle W. Mills
Claude A. Jones
Bureau
Senate Committee
Bureau of
French Air Raid Sinks Axis Truck Convoy in Fezzan
Paris broadcast says Fighter planes from the Bretagne squadron blasted a Axis truck convoy in southwest Libya near Fezzan, about 200 miles north of Chad. French press notes Rommel's rear lines were struck as the attack disrupted Axis supply efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marshal Rommel
Libya
Fezzan
Chad
Statewide Masons to Convene in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Masons of Crescent Mount Hermon and Mizpah lodges answer the grand master’s call for statewide simultaneous meetings Monday at 7 30 pm. Dr E E Hruska will preside over a flag tribute and Americanism ceremony with officers from all three lodges. The Cedar Rapids Masonic chorus will sing and George E Farmer will present a flag verse. About 67000 Iowa Masons from 545 lodges were summoned for the eleventh annual event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Crescent
Mount Hermon
Mizpah
Towa
Masonic Hall
E. E. Hruska
Litvinov Named Red Envoy to Cuba In Addition to U.S. Post
Moscow reports that Maxim Litvinov, Soviet ambassador to the United States, was appointed on Saturday to serve also as minister to Cuba. The move broadens his diplomatic duties as tensions with the Western powers continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Maxim Litvinov
United States
Cuba
Clinton Man Elected Head of Iowa Moose
Henry Moss of Clinton was elected president of the Iowa State Moose Association at its 29th annual convention. R. R. Bartz of Waterloo was succeeded as president, with Charles Grumley of DeWitt elected second district vice chairman and Emil Hassenfratz, Carl Wilken, Gordon Main, and A. W. Ward reelected as district vice presidents. Edward A. Meyers of Davenport was reelected secretary-treasurer for a 28th term, while Bartz Claude Walker of Burlington and Wayne Putnam of Iowa City were chosen trustees for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Henry Moss
Clinton
Iowa State Association of the Loyal Order of Moose
R. R. Bartz
Charles Grumley
DeWitt
Emil Hassenfratz
Burlington
Carl Wilken
Gordon Main
Des Moines
A. W. Ward
Sioux City
Edward A. Meyers
Davenport
Bartz
Claude Walker
Wayne Putnam
Iowa City
Lieutenant Hansen Receives Second Lieutenant Commission
Lieut Alford L Hansen son of Mr and Mrs M E Hansen 1639 D avenue NE received his second lieutenant commission in the quartermaster corps Friday at the third quartermaster school graduation at Camp Lee Va He is expected to arrive in Cedar Rapids Monday after a path of training at Fort Warren Wyoming San Antonio Texas and Camp Lee in a three month program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alford L. Hansen
M. E. Hansen
D Avenue
Quartermaster Corps
Third Quartermaster School
Camp Lee
Hansen
Cedar Rapids
Army
Fort Warren
Wyo
San Antonio
Texas
Quartermaster School
Soldiers Promoted In War Service Notices
Norman Usher received word of promotion from private first class to corporal while stationed with the coast artillery at Fort Flagler Washington. D D McGraw has likewise been promoted from private to corporal and serves at Pendleton Field Oregon. Louis W Valliere transferred from Fort Leonard Wood Missouri to Normoyle Ordnance Base San Antonio Texas according to family notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Usher
B. M. Usher
M Street
Coast Artillery
Fort Flagler
Wash
Louis W. Valliere
Fort Leonard Wood
Normoyle Ordnance Base
San Antonio
Texas
Valliere
J. W. Valliere
Nineteenth Avenue SW
Harold H. McGuire Promoted to Corporal at Camp Rucker
Harold H. McGuire son of Mr and Mrs Ed McGuire of Fifteenth Avenue SW has been promoted to corporal at Camp Rucker Alabama. The announcement notes the promotion within the armed forces and identifies the family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold H. McGuire
Ed McGuire
Fifteenth Avenue SW
Camp Rucker
Ala
Local service members listed with furloughs and promotions
Corp Virgil V Hakes and Staff Sgt Herman Hakes sons of Mrs Mable Wahl returned to Maxwell Field Ala and Gowanfield Texas after a furlough Their mother Mrs Archie White reports Corp Edward H White promoted to sergeant while stationed in the Pacific Lieut H C Ransom former Cedar Rapids resident now a captain at Fort Knox Ky promoted from company commander in the armored force replacement training center He is the son of Mr and Mrs N C Ransom of Blairstown Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ransom A. Cantain
H C. Ransom
Armored Force Replacement Training Center
Fort Knox
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
N. C. Ransom
Blairstown
Service Members On Leave From Various Posts
First Class Private Walter J. McIntosh of Wilmington Delaware spends a 14 day furlough with his family at 1208 F avenue NE. Private M E Dvorak, from Cedar Rapids, is with an engineering regiment at Camp White Oregon. Private Harvey R. Miskimen, married to Ivadene, is assigned to Scottfield Illinois. Private Anthony Tschirgi Jr. is at Bowman Field Kentucky with the medical department. Corp. John T. Breslin from Victorville California arrives for a 14 day furlough with his parents at 211 Fourth avenue SW. Private Ralph D Narber, son of Ralph Narber, is attached to the Greenville Air Corps basic flying school station hospital in Greenville Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. McIntosh
Wilmington
Del
Judson McIntosh
McIntosh
Air Corps
M E. Dvorak
Cedar Rapids
Camp White
Ore
Mary E. Dvorak
Third Street
Anthony Tschirgi, Jr
Roy Fisk
Oakland Avenue
Bowman Field, Ky
Ralph D. Narber
Ralph Narber
A Avenue NW
Greenville Air Corps Basic Flying School
Greenville
Miss
Local Navy Promotions Notice
Word comes that J W Lattner son of Mr and Mrs J O Lattner 911 B avenue NW is promoted from sea man first class to aviation ordnance mate third class He recently graduated from the naval training school in Chicago and is now stationed at Floyd Bennett field naval air station in Brooklyn N Y Lieut John M Hasek son of Mrs Elsie F Hasek of Ames formerly of Cedar Rapids has been ordered to officer training school at Fort Sill Okla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lattner
J. O. Lattner
Avenue
Aviation Ordnance
Mr. Lattner
Naval Training School
Chicago
Iil
Floyd Bennett Field Naval Air Station
Brooklyn
N. Y
John M. Hasek
Elsie F. Hasek
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Fort Sill
Okla
Local youths listed in military postings
Mr and Mrs J H Russell of Bever Avenue SE learn their son Lieut Jom J Russell is with the air corps in England. First Lieut Joseph W Belehrad of the army air corps visits his parents on Oakland Avenue NE. Private Irvin Rowden of Fort Leonard Wood Mo is home three days at 1018 Fifth Street SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Russell
Bever Avenue
Lieut
Jom J. Russell
The
Air Corps
England
Joseph W. Belehrad
Army Air Corps
Joseph Belehrad
Oakland Avenue
Saxton, Mo
Little Rock
Ark
Irvin Rowden
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
William Rowden
Fifth Street
Bonnie Baker and Tucker to Wed Soon
Bonnie Baker, the singer, and Lieut. Orrin Tucker will marry within the next few days. Baker arrived in Chicago from Philadelphia and was greeted at the train by the former orchestra leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Wee Bonnie Baker
J.g
Orrin Tucker
Bonnie
Philadelphia
Draft plan outlines dependents and teen draft provisions
Hershey discussed induction of about 400 000 dependents in November and outlined steps to draft 18 19 year olds, then married men with wives and those with dependents, aiming for 7 500 000 by 1943. The bill allows college students to finish the year, makes certain felonies eligible for induction, and permits 18 19 year olds to volunteer without parental consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Army
Marshall
Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson
Iowans Back Draft Age Reduction Vote Split
A Saturday roll call on lowering the draft age to 18 showed Iowa members voting along party lines with Democrats for Jacobsen and Republicans for Cunningham Gwynne Jensen Lecompte Martin and Talle. No Democrats or Republicans opposed the measure and no pairs were recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jacobsen
Cunningham
Gwynne
Jensen
Lecompte
Martin
Talle
Policies on Farm Labor Flayed by House Committee
The House Agriculture Committee issued a report denouncing the administration’s farm labor policies. It warned that millions could face hunger without sufficient labor, tools, and prices, and urged deferring essential production workers from the draft. It criticized labor offices as recruiting sources for war industries and called for a national manpower survey and priority system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Mercury Remains In Milder Zone Across Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids expected another Indian summer day with temperatures near 70 degrees Sunday. Overnight Friday into Saturday the thermometer fell to 57 degrees, while Saturday’s high reached 78 degrees at 4 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
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Herring
Gasette Company
Miller
Mort Panasing
Accondecleas
Sars Fertegeatettn
Ane
Donald K. Irwin
New Olivet
Jere Cooper
D-Tenn
Armed Services
Nab Arms Plant
Helman Bureau of Ships
Masons
Iowa
Licut, Hansen
Usher
McGraw
M. D. McGraw
First Avenue NW
D. D. McGraw
Corp
Pendleton Field
Pendleton, Ore
McGuire
White
Harvey R. Miskimen
Ivadene Miskimen
Second Avenue
Scottfield, Ill
Lattner Promoted
Hasek
Okinow
Russell
Bonnie Baker
Tucker
Craemer
2Nd Avenue
Seaforth
Grand Stander
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