Cedar Rapids Tops West North Central in Power Rates
A federal report released Monday ranks Cedar Rapids among cities of 50 000+ population in the upper tier for residential electric bills. The study shows Cedar Rapids at 1 25 for 25 kwh, 2 00 for 40 kwh, and 8 23 for 250 kwh, with des Moines and Kansas City among lower and higher peers in the division.
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Cedar Rapids
West North Central
Federal Power Commission
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Des Moines
Ija
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Kan
Topeka
Commission
Anamosa
Clinton
Decorah
Dubuque
Elkader
Independence
Iowa City
Manchester
Maquoketa
Marengo
Muscatine
Housewives urged to store flour to aid wheat surplus
Cedar Rapids readers are asked this week to store flour to relieve a wheat surplus. Secretary Claude Wickard appeals to housewives to buy larger bags and keep flour in kitchens so surplus wheat can move into elevators. Each 48 pound sack can shift more than a bushel of wheat into better storage, framing stocking up as planned buying and patriotic.
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Cedar Rapids
Claude Wickard
War Information Becomes No. 1 Job of Cedar Rapids Library
Miss Alice Story announces war information takes priority at Cedar Rapids public library after a two day Iowa librarians conference. The library will expand war information efforts and assist smaller Linn and Cass county communities with establishing centers and locating materials. Cedar Rapids hosts a war information center at Readers' Assistant desk with civilian defense nutrition Red Cross topics and new mathematics books in high demand.
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Iowa
Alice Story
Cedar Rapids Public
Linn Jones
Cass
Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Three Enlist at Cedar Rapids Navy Recruiting Station
Three men enlisted in the navy at the Cedar Rapids recruiting station on Monday. They were Bruce A. D. Thenhaus of 1441 Second Avenue SE, Joseph Kapucian Jr. of Keystone, and Richard E. Monk of Monticello.
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Navy
Cedar Rapids
Bruce A. D. Thenhaus
Second Avenue SE
Joseph Kapucian, Jr
Keystone
Richard E. Monk l
Monticello
Nationally Known Nutrician Lectures At Cedar Rapids
Miss Martha Logan of Swift and Company lectures at the Bungalow cooking school in Cedar Rapids through Wednesday. She speaks on Nutrition Meal Planning and Short Cuts in Meat Cookery during three sessions Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. The free public classes meet on the second floor Security Building Iowa Electric Light and Power company.
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Martha Logan
Swift and Company
Bungalow Cooking School
Cedar Rapids
St Paul
Logan
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Government Jobs Open In Panama Canal Zone
The U S civil service commission invites blacksmiths boistermakers coppersmiths machinists riveters shipfitters and shipwrights for work in the Panama Canal Zone. Pay ranges from 158 to 1 62 per hour with overtime time and a maximum age limit of 55. Men may get more information from the civil service secretary at the Cedar Rapids post office.
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U.S
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Panama Canal Zone
Civil Service
Cedar Rapids
Representative of WPB to Visit Cedar Rapids
A Davenport War Production board representative will visit the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday for conferences. Appointments between 9 am and 5 pm may be made by calling 5135. There will be no purchasing agents meeting Tuesday.
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Davenport War Production Board
Cedar Rapids
No Factor Trial Seen Before Mid-November
Federal court in Cedar Rapids may delay the million-dollar whisky warehouse receipts case trial until mid November. Twelve defendants, including Jake the Barber Factor of Chicago, are set for arraignment at the September term opening Tuesday. Most have posted bonds. Maxwell P. Oxman of New York may not have. Judge Robert C. Bell will preside. the session begins at 10 am with no grand jury and a 2 pm petit jury. Civil dockets include ICC against Denver-Chicago Trucking and Bass v Ruff among others.
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Cedar Rapids
Mays
T. E. Diamond
Sheldon
U. S
Iowa
Jake the Barber” Factor
Chicago
Diamond
Maxwell P. Oxman
New York
Oxman
Robert C. Bell
Minneapolis
Bell
Federal Building
Lee McNeeley
Dubuque
Interstate Commerce Commission
Denver-Chicago
Tom Lockhart
ICC
Lockhart
E. Bass
Missouri
RE. Ruff
Walter Ruff
Rowe Manufacturing Company
Hall Manufacturing Company
George L. Bachelder
Cedar
Lawsuit Filed Over Injury Case in Linn County Court
In Linn county district court the personal injury action stems from an accident with Bachelder as plaintiff and James L. Woodside of Cedar Rapids as defendant. The case involves claims against Hoosier CasualtyCompany.
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Hoosier Casualty Company
Linn County
Bachelder
James L. Woodside
Cener Rapids
Chiefs of Police Convention Opens Tuesday in C. R.
The thirty fourth annual Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police meet opens Tuesday at 10 am in the Roosevelt hotel. Judge G. K. Thompson will not speak due to a trial in Anamosa. Capt. J. H. Clift, the president, said arrangements were made for a substitute speaker and all meetings will start on time.
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G. K. Thompson
Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police
J. H. Clift
Thompson
Anamosa
Capt. Clift
Roosevelt Hotel
Dinner Tonight at Y to Open Annual Membership Drive
The kickoff dinner for the Y M C A annual membership drive will be held Monday at 6 p.m. at the Y. Members of the five squadrons of the air armada will attend to receive training for the drive. Four report meetings will be held during the week Arthur Poe will speak at the first report session Tuesday.
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Air Armada
Arthur Poe
City Council Approves Sidewalk Bids and Plant Upgrades
The council ordered bids for permanent sidewalks in sidewalk order No 3, largely in the southeast city. It authorized purchase of a gas powered burner for the sewage pre-treatment building at $200. A leave of absence was granted for Police Sergeant W P D Cunningham serving in the armed forces. It also approved $622.95 to reconstruct incinerator furnaces at the garbage disposal plant.
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Streets Department
Council
The
W P D. Cunningham
Armed Services
Axis Spy Ring At Rio Breaks Up in Brazil
Police arrested Italian Count Edmondo di Robilani and several others in Rio de Janeiro, ending a major espionage ring. Di Robilani confessed to sending information to Rome about the British transport Queen Mary passage, a high Italian Latini airline official among the detainees.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Edmondo di Robilani
Rome
Rio
Mary
di Robilani
Lati
No Letup in Cold Weather in Sight
Des Moines AP notes a slight warmup Monday but forecasts cooler temperatures Monday night and Tuesday morning. Amid talk of oil-rationing, weekend freezing levels reached nearby lows with 37 degrees at Iowa City and 71 degrees statewide. Frost was reported Sunday morning in spots.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
Sioux City
What Cheer Man Commits Death by Own Action
MINNEAPOLIS Minn UP J Cornelius Lane 43 of What Cheer Iowa committed death by own action Sunday in a hotel here per the coroner's office. Surviving are his parents and a brother at What Cheer.
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Minneapolis
Minn
J Cornelius Lane
What Cheer
Juveniles Charged With Breakin and Theft
Four youths were charged after a break in at the West Side Maid Rite shop at 621 First Avenue WW and a theft at Duffy Welding shop at 617 First Avenue E. Two pairs of 16 and 17 year olds admitted taking $10 and a target pistol respectively last week. The four youths were turned over to juvenile authorities.
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West Side
First Avenue
Duffy
First Avenue E
Opening of New K C Home Draws 500 Plus Attendees
More than 500 persons attended the Sunday opening of the new K C home at 716 Avenue NE with delegations from nearby towns. A six piece orchestra played in the main hall after an afternoon of cards and tours, and floral congratulations arrived from several neighboring councils. Notable out of town guests included J H Devaney and Mrs Devaney, Dr C D D Kerrigan, Ray Conley, and many others from across Iowa including Casade, Davenport, Des Moines, Vinton, Dubuque, Iowa City, Waterloo, Anamosa and Williamsburg streets.
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K. C
Avenue NE
Out of Town
J. H Devaney
J C. Bender
M. G McGivern
Michael McGivvern
Urban McMann Marengolus Pusateri
Pusateri
Adolph Dvorsky
Lawrence Dvorsky
S A, Rummelhart
James J Russell
Phil Engbert
Edward Vassar
Truman Shrader
Memorial service for Maurice Curray at Manchester church
Large crowd fills Manchester Methodist church for Maurice Curray 21 son of Charles Curray of Manchester mourned after death at sea. Rev Thomas P Shaffer presided as members of American Legion auxiliary United Service Women of America and Red Cross attended in unity. Firing squad salutes and taps by Dick Bushnell marked the service. Curray among first five local men to enlist and first Manchester casualty of World War I.
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Manchester
Maurice Curray
Charles Curray
Thomas P. Shaffer
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
United Service Women of America
Red Cross
Thrill Park
Dick Bushnell
Curray
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Rhythm Step
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Killian Company
Light Company School
WPB
Chiefs of Police
City Hall
Axis
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Chas. Collins
Wm. L. Condon
Joe Meyers
D. P. Mattis
Catherine Reddick
Clyde Burnett
Tom O'Leary
J. M Hennessey, Jr
Gerald Hennessey
Leo J. Wegman
Harry Neville
D . McCrea
Frank Maudsley
A. J. Ament
C. R. Kross
Ed Houser
Ralph Chansky
Solon
Irma Frey
Henry Weber
W J Cash
F M. Lillis
Williamsburg
Curray Memorial
Gray Fair
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RB. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem North Carolina
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