Cedar Rapids Noted for War Era Labor Surplus
The War Manpower Commission marked Cedar Rapids as a labor surplus area to guide war contracts. It lists 2 104 job seekers at the Cedar Rapids United States Employment Service while noting many are employed yet seeking better positions.
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War Manpower Commission
Cedar Rapids
WMC
United States Employment Service
H. J. Eberhart
Igh
Eberhart
Arcives
Paul V. McNutt
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Treasury
Sioux City
Des Moines
Commission
Stores Seek More Help for War Effort
C R Stores faces a help shortage as defense work pulls workers away. Committee members including Holstrom Miller Quarton Eberhardt and Doty plan a continuing program to recruit part and full time help for Christmas and wartime retail needs. Eberhardt of the U S Employment Service announced a special registration procedure at the Armstrong building to streamline onboarding.
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Carl W. Holstrom
John Miller
William B. Quarton
Herbert Eberhardt
Roy Doty
Eberhardt
U. S. Employment Service Office
Armstrong Building
Third Avenue
Third Street
Cedar Rapids Enlists 32 Men at Local Stations
Reported enlistment of 32 men on Wednesday includes 27 in the army with names and addresses across Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Marine corps and naval recruits listed for listed locales along with other enlistees from Grinnell Maquoketa and Vinton.
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Cedar Rapids
Denzel P. Ervin
Third Avenue
George W. Kerns
Sixth Street
Walter F. Sampson
Booming Avenue
James A
Third Street
Mike Neville
Tenth Street
Edward J
Washington Avenue
Gene E. Zisko
F Avenue
Robert L. Farr
I Avenue
Glen O. Fitzwater
Ninth Street
Stanley Greenberg
First Street
George W. Moore
Fifth Street
William R. White
Lester S. Kelley
Fourth Avenue
Charles A. Hendryx
Milner Hotel
Cecil E. —— Co
Curtis Melvin A. Noah
Waubeek
Celes Aishetovest E. Wimer
Maquoketa
Marine Corps
Naval
Everett P. Yerkes
Wilson R. Kouba
Vinton
Oliver R. Patrick
Grinnell
Loren L. Abbott
Seventh Avenue SE
Iowa Scrap Metal Tonnage Reaches 121 136 Tons
Des Moines AP reports Iowa’s scrap metal tonnage totals rose to 121 136 tons with one day left to file reports. Chairman W. S. Rupe of Ames notes reports dated before midnight Thursday qualify for final compilations and hopes iron totals gain at least 5 780 tons to reach benchmarks.
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Des Moines
Reoo Ee
Iowa
W. S. Rupe
Ames
Koch Honor Guest at Consistory Reunion
The ninety fourth reunion of Iowa Consistory continues with a 6 15 p m dinner at the Consistory building and a 7 30 p m full form twentieth degree. William Koch of Des Moines is the thirty third degree sovereign grand inspector general in Iowa.
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Iowa
William Koch
Des Moines
Mount Lassen: United States' Most Active Volcano
Mount Lassen in California is described as the most recently active volcano in the United States with ongoing volcanic activity and history of eruptions.
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United States
Mount Lassen
Calif
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