Army Draft Machinery to Tap Million Worker Volunteer Force
An army of workers nearly 1,000,000 strong, largely unpaid, will run the draft system. After registration, about 200,000 will serve as examiners and advisers. The first call will draft 400,000 men under a President approved, impartial plan led by a veteran army navy committee.
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Washington
Army and Navy Selective Service Committee
Senate
Army-Navy
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Draft system plan described with state quotas and local boards
The article outlines a six week national draft setup headed by the President with state quotas based on class 1 registrations. Local boards report totals to Washington, and men are drawn by lottery to meet expected 400 000 first draft numbers. A Cedar Rapids garden feature contrasts with the draft discussion through photos of cactus and fig trees.
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American Bar Association
American Medical Association
Washington
Army
Navy
Marines
Fido Blamed By Minister For Porch Rubber Theft
The Rev A J Stokes of 403 Fifth Avenue SW says a neighbor's dog has been running loose and once carried off rubber from his porch. He reports to police after the dog disappeared another rubber while a plumber fixed a basement leak. The minister insists the dog is the culprit though he cannot swear to it. Police advise keeping the dog at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.J Stokes
Fifth Avenue
Ludwig Stejskal Killed In Kansas Accident En Route To Cedar Rapids
Ludwig Stejskal aged 32 from Timken Kansas was killed in a highway 40 collision that also injured his wife and a companion. Mrs Stejskal 29 suffered a possible jaw fracture while John Schwindt 36 from La Crosse Kansas had a broken left leg. The trio was travelling to Cedar Rapids Iowa when the crash occured at a turn into a telephone pole. Efforts to contact Stejskal relatives in Cedar Rapids failed.
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Junction City
Kan
Ludwig Stejskal
Timken
Stejskal
John Schwindt
la Crosse
Cedar Rapids
New Library Adds Books Cover Democracy and Willkie
Public library curates new titles including Democracy and the Third Term by Fred Rodell and This Is Wendell Willkie with an introduction by Stanley Walker. Also featured are Americanization Questionnaire by Cathrine Bradshaw and The Worker's Road to Learning by T R Adam. Other works include My Life In A Man-made Jungle by Belle J. Benchley and Dusk of Dawn by W E B Du Bois.
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Public Library
Fred Rodell
Washington
Jefferson
Rodell
Yale Law School
Wendell Willkie
Stanley Walker
Willie
Elwood
Wilkie
United States
T. R Adam
American Association For Adult Education
National Labor Relations Act
F. T. Bow
Belle J. Benchley
San Diego
Mary Akeley
Carl Akeley
Anna Louise Strong
W. E. B. du Bois
New England
Deep South
Harvard
Paris
Berlin
Atlanta University
Crisis
Cedar Rapids
WE. Blatz
Texas
Lone Star State
Oregon
Delaware
City Briefs Highlight Local Meetings And Events
Townsend club No 3 meets in Memorial building Monday at 745 pm. Trowel chapter No 49 Royal Arch Masons hosts a picnic supper Tuesday at 630 pm at Masonic hall. Maine lodge No 4301 F and A M confers third degree Tuesday in Maine hall. Dean Geiger to speak to First Presbyterian married couples class today at 945 am. The $55 watch reported stolen by Dr Robt Y W Netolicky was recovered Saturday.
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Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Hall
Maine Lodge No
Maine Hall
First Avenue E
Dean C H. Geiger
First Presbyterian Church
Robert Y W Netolicky
Ely
Rotary to Present 15 Minute Battle of France Film
At the Monday luncheon in the Roosevelt hotel the Rotary club will show a 15 minute sound moving picture of the Battle of France with scenes of Dunkerque under fire from land and sky. A second film will feature the United States navy.
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France
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Dunkerque
United States Navy
Disappearance Reported At Quaker Oats Plant
Mrs. Mary Brazauski reports a missing purse from the plant dressing room valued at 57 dollars. She left it in her uniform when she left work at 11 30 a m.
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Mary Brazauski
Third Street
Quaker Oats
Brazauski
Labor head dies in Washington at 56
John Posswhl, 56, general president of the International Union of Operating Engineers AFL, died Saturday from a heart ailment in Washington.
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Washington
John Posswhl
International Union of Operating Engineers
AFL
Speeding Arrest Due to Faulty Speedometer Claim
Patrolmen Scotty Duncan and Fuzzy Ahring arrested Stanley Chesmore of 217 Sixth Street SE after he was clocked at 48 mph on First Avenue East between Twenty seventh and Thirty third streets. Chesmore argued the speedometer was inaccurate and claimed dashboard lights hid the reading. he said street lights lit the speedometer as he passed. He will appear in police court Monday.
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Scotty” Duncan
Fuzzy Ahring
Stanley Chesmore
Sixth Street
First Avenue
Chesmore
Duncan
Man Arrested After Car Jumps Campus Curb
Patrolmen investigated a late night crash on the Core college campus at the north end near Center Point road. Theodore Pettit 23 of SE 1118 Third street was arrested for reckless driving after a 1929 sedan struck a curb and gymnasium steps, injuring a passenger girl revived by ambulance attendants. Pettit claimed speed 20 mph but officers noted heavy impact and damage. Pettit said he had three beers but was not charged with drunken driving. another man was a passenger but unnamed.
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Scotty” Duncan
Ahring
Avenue NE
Center Point Road
Someoane
Theodore Pettit
Third Street SE
Pettit
Pettt
Abiing
Former Iowa City Mayor Recalled to Naval Service
Lieutenant Commander VMoe Walker, retired U S Navy, recalled to active duty this Saturday. He formerly served as mayor of Iowa City from 1937 to 1939 and is a University of Iowa student and Iowa City High School graduate. He will report this week.
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Iowa City
Vmoe Walker
United States Navy
Walker
University of Iowa
Fall gardening tips by Mrs J L Rhea include peppers relish and bulb care
The article offers fall work guidance from Mrs J L Rhea covering canning and garden tasks. It gives a pepper relish recipe and explains replanting or relocating perennials, planting lilies of the valley, and caring for Oriental poppies and other hardy perennials. It notes fall planting timing and winter protection.
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J. L. Rhea
Monn
Jooa
Crawford
Galdem
D D Wsman
WH Waman
Hyperon
T. A Crawford
Marines Near Maximum Strength Through Recruitment Drive
The Marine Corps nearly reaches its 34 000 man strength after a two month recruiting push led by Sergi A B Humphrey at the Cedar Rapids station. By end August the service was 2 234 short of the cap with a strong July and August intake and expect peak enlistments to continue into September.
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Marine Corps
Sergi A
Humphrey
Cedar Rapids
Seevera
Congress
Des Voines
Cedar Rap
San Diego
Hanne
Marth
Navy
Keene Ass
Cruiter
Cedar Rapids St On
Keene
Nat Vith
Osbens Beng
National Defense
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Eighth Avenue SE
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du Bois
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Marshalltown
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Dubuque
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