Walkout at Honeymead Feed Plant In Cedar Rapids
About 34 to 40 employees at Honeymead Products Cedar Rapids walked out early Monday night over pay and seniority terms. Company offers return as new employees with no seniority or pay increase. union leaders say authorized layoff and seek fair rehire terms. Plant operated at half capacity with Lisbon unit not involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reynolds
Honeymead Products Company
Cedar Rapids
Path Management
Honeymead
Spoman
Sperman
Andreas
Lisbon
United States Seeks Arsenal Workers for Rock Island Jobs
The U S employment office at 368 Third Street SE, with civil service representative Stanley Benson, seeks general machine operators, tool designers, mechanics, draftsmen, stenographers, typists, laborers, accountants, and cost auditors for Rock Island arsenal and other facilities. Interviews Thursday. a written release from the employer is required for war production workers. 1A men are ineligible. College men for Chanute field student instructor roles are also sought and will be interviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Employment Office
Stanley Benson
Civil Service
Rock Island Arsenal
Benson
Third Street SE
Three Year Old Suffers Fractured Skull
Gayle Klinger, a three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs C F Klinger of 1058 G avenue NW, suffered a fractured skull when she fell from a porch railing at home Sunday noon and struck a cement driveway Mercy Hospital attendants reported Tuesday the child is in serious condition.
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Gayle Klinger
C. F. Klinger
Avenne NW
Mercy Hospital
Klinger
Wartime Cedar Rapids Employment Rises In August 1942
The Cedar Rapids area shows higher wartime employment with 8,433 workers across 20 firms, up from 6,895 last August and rising from July. Gas use climbs by nearly three million cubic feet. car loadings and telephone connections increase while new car sales and building permits decline from 1941 levels. Real estate transfers total 251, post office receipts dip compared to August 1941.
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Cedar Rapids
Robbery Suspect Ward Of Court In Iowa City Case
Shirley Wright a 15 year old Chicago girl arrested in Iowa City after robberies in Iowa and Illinois is a ward of Cook County juvenile court. A telegram from the juvenile court chief probation officer said they will accept placement in an institution when through with her. She is to enter a plea in district court Friday. Her companion Milton Schuelke was sentenced to 10 years at Anamosa after pleading guilty to a robbery in district court.
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Shirley Wright
Chicago
Iowa City
Iowa
Illlinois
Cook County Juvenile Court
Cedar Rapids
Milton Schuelke
Anamosa
D District Court
War Directory Praised as Most Complete in Iowa
Cedar Rapids list of war agencies and offices in the city was lauded by Kenneth E. Colton Iowa state historian as the most complete directory of its kind with no serious rivals. It details the local war program entities and contacts.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenneth E. Colton
Iowa State Department of History and Archives
State War Directory Publication Available By Request
Commerce notes the war directory is requested by the state department and copies are not available for general distribution. The item indicates restricted access and directs officials to obtain the publication through proper channels.
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State Department
Still Hammering Enemy Shipping Off New Guinea
Allied bombers attacked Japanese supply lines around New Guinea for a second day, machine-gunning two cargo ships in the Tenimber Islands. Ground fighting on the Owen Stanley range showed no new Japanese advances, with patrols increasing near Port Moresby.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Tenimber
Douglas MacArthur
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Hershey Outlines Draft Rules for Men with Dependents
Major Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective service director, told Congress that men with secondary dependents will be drafted this year and that by the last quarter of next year fathers and men with mothers or other dependents will be drafted after those with wives only. He warned delaying drafts of 18 and 19 year olds could force 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 family men into service, and noted Gen. Marshall's plan for 4,500,000 inductees has been revised upward.
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Washington
INS
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Congress
Selective Service Administration
Hershey
Deaths Gerald L. Evans Dies in California
Gerald L. Evans formerly of Cedar Rapids died in California and was buried in a national cemetery. He served in the submarine service in World War I and was recalled by the navy two years ago. His father, the late Martin Evans, was Linn county Sheriff and Cedar Rapids city commissioner. A brother, Rudolph Evans, works for the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D. C.
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Gerald L. Evans
Cedar Rapids
National Cemetery
Adah Thompson
American Trust
Mrs. Joseph A. Brosh Dies at Solon Home
Mrs. Mary Ilick Brosh wife of Joseph A. Brosh died at her Solon home at 3 40 a m She was born near Solon and lived there all her life Survived by husband a brother Joseph F Ilick of Cedar Rapids Funeral services by Rev J M Diamond at St Marys church Solon Thursday at 9 30 a m
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Mary Ilick Brosh
Joseph A. Brosh
Solon
Joseph F. Ilick
Cedar Ra
J. M. Diamond
St. Mary's Church
Burial Service Set Near Solon in St Peter and Pauls
A burial is planned in St Peter and Pauls Cemetery near Solon. Father Diamond will recite the Rosary at 8 p.m. at the Brush chapel by Solon. Friends may call at the chapel.
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A.m
St. Peter Ond Paul's
Solon
Father Diamond
Brush
Death of Frank Zitek at 81 in Chicago home
Frank Zitek died at 81 after a brief illness in St. Benedict's home Chicago on Monday. He came to Cedar Rapids 34 years ago with his wife Katherine who died in 1916. Surviving are son Joseph Zitek of Cedar Rapids seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in the Polansky with time to be announced.
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Frank Zitek
St. Benedict’s
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Katherine
Joseph Zitek
Polansky
Tor
Hlubacek to Conduct Services for Joseph Just Thursday
Theodore B. Hlubacek will hold oral services in the Polansky chapel Thursday at 2 p.m. for Joseph Just who died early Monday at his home 1790 Mallory Bohemian National Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
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Theodore B. Hlubacek
Polansky
Joseph Just
Mallory Bohemian National Cemetery
Craemer's Club Holds Year’s First Meeting at Roosevelt Hotel
One hundred members of the Craemer's Cooperative club attended the organization’s first meeting of the year at the Roosevelt hotel Monday evening. Dinner was served, following which.
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Craemer’s Cooperative Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Chinese Close In On Kinwha Air Base in Chekiang
Chinese troops advanced toward Kinwha aiming to seize the last bomb Tokyo air base in Chekiang province held by Japan. A communique said Chinese forces recaptured Wuyi, 23 miles south of the city, as the fight tightened.
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Chungking
Kinhwa
Tokio
Chekiang Province
Wuyi
Howard R. Green Co Wins Army Architect Engineer Contract
The War Department announces the award of an army engineers contract to Howard R. Green Company of Cedar Rapids for architect engineer services on an Army project in Kellen. The decision confirms the contractor to provide design and related services for the defense project.
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C. R
Army
Kellen
Washington
The
War Department
Army Engineers
Howard R. Green Company of
Cedar Rapids
Construction of Temporary Frame Buildings in Fergus County
The War Department revealed a Fergus County Montana project for temporary frame buildings with a contract value under 50000 dollars. The exact amount was not disclosed.
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Fergus County
Mont
War Department
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C. R. War Directory
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