The Same Old Dollar Grants Pensioners New Trouble
Loyal Meek analyzes Linn County social welfare cost standards for food, clothing, shelter, and utilities under high prices. He notes that a family of four would not qualify for $40.92 monthly relief yet faces squeezing gaps between wages and rising costs. The piece discusses how standards fail to keep pace with market prices, the need for adjustments, and the role of Social Security in easing state burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iown Department of Social Welfare
Joseph Roeder
Linn County Social Welfare Board
OPA
Roeder
State Department of Social Welfare
Department of Welfare
More Fish, Fowl For Army Messes
The War Department warned Tuesday that unless meat supplies improve, the Army will rely more on fish and fowl for meals. Overseas stock and transit can cover only through September, with Pacific refrigeration pressures worsening shortages. Meat procurement fell from about 58 million pounds in April to 22.5 million in June, and July purchases totaled 15.4 million pounds due to unfavorable prices.
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Washington
War Department
Quatermaster
Pacific
Quartermaster Corps
Army
Police Hold Traffic Spot Check on Autos
Cedar Rapids traffic police and highway patrol conducted a spot check Monday night issuing nearly 100 warnings and 20 summonses for defective autos. Majority of tickets cited improper lights. The operation aims to raise awareness of dangerous defects and will continue periodically in the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Highway Patrol
Third Street
Twelfth Avenue SE
Leader ship Training school in Cedar Rapids features Miss Buehler
Bernice Buehler of Philadelphia will join the Coe college campus program September 16 to 20 as an out-of-town teacher for the Leadership Training school sponsored by the Cedar Rapids and Marion Association of Church School superintendents. She will conduct two 50-minute classes each evening on guiding beginners in Christian growth and lead two children's workers clinics in Tipton and Tripoli. Buehler, a Yale Divinity graduate and director of religious education at the Church of the Redeemer, has a broad background in church schools and religious education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Buehler
Philadelphia
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Coe College
Cedar Rapids and Marion
Yale University
Church of the Redeemer
New Haven
Conn
International Council of Religious Education
Cedar Rapids
Frederick H. Haag
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Tedder Warns RAF Recruiting Is In Peril
Air Marshal Lord Tedder warned that the Royal Air Force is very rocky and must quickly recruit volunteers to replace wartime losses. He called the recruiting effort disappointing and said failure would weaken Britain’s voice in world affairs and the United Nations.
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London
INS
Lord Tedder
Royal Air Force
Tedder
R.A.F
Britain
United Nations
Leader of 88th Has Hands Full In Tension Spot
Maj Gen Bryant E Moore, veteran of Guadalcanal and Germany, commands the 88th in Venezia Giulia as redeployment and readiness strain the unit. He recalls Maine days and seeks a sailboat for a brief escape, yet says things are "pretty hard" with 10,000 troops needing repositioning and ongoing Italian Yugoslav frictions influencing peacemaking and possible hostilities.
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Gorizia
Venezia Giulia
Bryant E. Moore
Maine
Guadalcanal
Germany
Blue Devils
Moore
Mediterranean
Tito
Venezia
Giulia
Division praised at Camp Gruber activation event
A veteran officer notes the division assembled at Camp Gruber Oklahoma on July 15 1942 includes many replacements. Moore expresses sincere belief the unit is one of the best he has seen despite many recent draftees volunteers and re enlistees.
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Camp Gruber
Oklo
Moore
Removal of Wood Pulp Lids Urged
ATLANTIC CITY New York executive secretary E W Tinker of the American Paper and Pulp Association urged removal of CPA ceilings on wood pulp to end shortages. He told a Printing Industry of America convention that U S paper output is breaking records while Scandinavian pulp imports face OPA ceilings and a krona value rise.
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Atlantic City
N. J
E. W. Tinker
New York
American Paper and Pulp Association
CPA
Tinker
Printing Industry of America Inc
OPA
Sweden
Mountain Lake Fire Spectators Barred By Council
In Mountain Lake Minnesota residents loved watching fires so much that firemen asked the village council to curb spectators. The council ordered onlookers to stay at least one block away from a fire or face fines, aiming to keep emergency work unimpeded.
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Mountain Lake, Minn
Mountain Lake
Notice of probate of will in Linn County Iowa
The District Court in Cedar Rapids Iowa will hear on September 12 1946 at 9 AM an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Ferdinand Henry Schwarz late of Linn County for proof and admission to probate J B Howell attorney and Arthur Axmear clerk of court listed two dates in Cedar Rapids Iowa as location and time of hearing
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Linn
Ferdinand Henry Schwarz
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Battle Mounting In North China And Manchuria
In North China and Manchuria fierce fighting intensified as Nanking awaited Gen. George C. Marshall’s return to help break Nationalist Communist deadlock. Tatung outskirts faced heavy Communist artillery and a four spearheads drove deeper into the surrounded Communist pocket in eastern Hopei. Nationalist troops claimed gas use by Communists. In Manchuria 50,000 Communist troops, including mechanized units, pressed across the front.
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Nanking
China
Ins
Manchuria
George C. Marshall
Tatung
Hopei
Communists regroup in Manchuria as hostilities loom
Reports indicate Communist units reach Harbin from Lung-kaing and regroup for future action. Intensified government recruiting and reorganization in Manchuria suggest both sides prepare to resume hostilities in the region.
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Harbin
Lungkaing
Manchuria
Will for Peace Needed Bishop Tucker Says
The Rt. Rev. Henry St. George Tucker, presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America, warned at the 55th triennial general convention that world peace and unity depend on moralization of international relations. He said international laws require nations willing to comply and praised the United Nations as a framework to resolve past war-causing problems.
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Philadelphia
Henry St. George Tucker
Protestant Episcopal Church In America
Tucker
United Nations
Law aligns will and duty in enforcing authority
The passage argues that even with methods to enforce a law, its effectiveness hinges on the will of those it governs. When recognized duties match personal desires, compliance follows naturally, solving the problem.
Catherine Tukey Rescued After Muddy Lake Crossing
Omaha World-Herald reporter Catherine Tukey, with Red Cross service overseas, attempted to wade across Carter Lake near the airport when her car got stuck. She lost her shoes and was rescued by police in a boat after a frog hunter summoned help.
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Omaha
INS
Red Cross
Catherine Tukey
Omaha World-Herald
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