Cedar Rapids Boys Y M C A Drum and Bugle Corps Eye Big Trip
Ninety two members of the Cedar Rapids Boys Y M C A Drum and Bugle Corps practice weekly as they raise money for a July trip to the Iowa Lions club national convention in Pittsburgh followed by Washington D C and the New York World's Fair. The unit, organized in 1928, has a 27-piece repertoire and 142 rehearsals and appearances in 1938 with an audience of about 108,600. officers and cadet ranks are detailed and inspected before contests.
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Y. M. C. A. Drum and Bugle Corps
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Lions Club
Pittsburgh
Washington
New York
R. Ariel Cross
Y. M. C. A. Drum and Bugle
Oxford
Waterloo
Norway
Iowa City
Anamosa
Robert Nicholson
Robert Smythe, Jr
Jackie Ilen
Chicago
Mr. Cross
Eddie Matus
Bob Fiala
Dale Strouse
Howard Cole
Raymond Link
Benny Pinsky
Washington, D. C
Jim Westcot
Donald Graver
Lisbon
Leo Cabalha
Delhi Girl Wins Writers Club Prize For Story
Fifteen year old Phyllis Crosier of Delhi Consolidated School won the Writers' Club prize for best sixteen story submission by Iowa students. The tale follows three rabbits and a carrier pigeon letter to a supper with Billy Possum, ending with the rabbits returning home in high spirits.
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Delhi Girl
Writers’ Club Prize
Ype
Delhi Consolidated School
Phyllis Crosier
C. H. Merschant
Writers’ Club
Phyllis
Delhi
Iowa School
Donnie Donnie
Mother Rabbit
Mrs. Rabbit
Rabbits
Billy
Rock River
Word Problem Punchline in Class Room
Teacher asks if father earns forty dollars weekly and gives mother three fourths. Tommy quips the answer is heart failure in a witty classroom exchange.
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Tommy
Answers to a Quiz II
Hydrogen zinc platinum lead and copper. True. Lincoln Gettysburg address. Guy Lombardo orchestra leader Ernie Lombardi Cincinnati catcher Carole Lombard screen actress. Dead sea.
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Guy Lombardo
Ernie Lombardi
Cincinnati
Carole Lombard
Farouk I
Egypt
Jordan River
Dead Sea
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
Mediterranean Sea
Lost Nation Youth Elroy Gish Showcases Freehand and Model Art
Elroy Gish 17 of Lost Nation entered two freehand drawings in the Eldorado Scholastic contest sponsored by Joseph Dixon Crucible of Jersey City. He also submitted a pictorial drawing of a soap box derby racer with views and mechanism details.
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Floor Gish
H. E. Gish
Lost Nation
Eldorado
Joseph Dixon Crucible Company
Jersey City
N. J
Elroy
Crossman Guild
Fisher
Frank
Lost Nation High School
Bird Men of America
Stamps Hown Special Cachet for 3-Cent World’s Fair Issue
The New York post office employees sponsor a special cachet for the first day covers of the 3-cent World’s Fair stamp to be released April 1 at the New York post office and nationwide as distribution allows. The article notes plans for participation in London’s International Philatelic Exhibition in May 1940 and mentions the centenary of Britain’s first stamp, the penny black. It highlights the electric eye printing improving centering and potential color experiments, and lists new issues from North Borneo, Russia, and South Africa, including Voortrekker stamps and a centennial set.
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New York Post Office
U.S. Post Office Department
London
Great Britain
U. S
North Borneo
Russia
Union of South Africa
Voortrekkers
Voortrekker
Arctic Heroine Guides Huskies From Sun Valley Lodge
Mary Joyce, famed Arctic traveler who rode 1000 miles from Taku to Fairbanks in 1935, now guides eastern visitors into Sawtooth Mountains near Sun Valley Idaho. She leads Alaska huskies on treks from the Sun Valley lodge and recalls unmapped north Alaska stretches traveled mostly solo with an Indian guide for 250 miles. In 1936 she helped rescue Father Hubbard the Glacier Priest from the Twin Glacier river after his boat wrecked.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Mary Joyce
Taku
Fairbanks
Alaska
Sawtooth Moountains
Sun Valley Lodge
Arctic
Wisconsin
Miss Joyce
Yukon
Taku River
Juneau
Father Hubbard
Flies Declared Most Numerous And Dangerous Enemies
The article cites flies as the most numerous and dangerous foe to humans, detailing their impact on health and survival. It discusses the need for control measures and public awareness to mitigate disease transmission and infestation risks.
Five Quiz Questions and Scoring Scheme Found
A reader exercise lists five multiple choice and short answer items with chemistry, history, quotes, famous names, and a river geography question. Each correct answer earns 20 points, for a potential 100 total. answers are said to be at the bottom of the page.
Kitty Stowaway Sets Out To See World In Mailbag
A Salem Massachusetts postal mascot kitten disappears for days and is found aboard the Boston St. Albans mail run. Railway worker Daniel Driscoll discovers the kitten on the St Albans end and turns it over to friends.
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Kitty Stowaway
ST. Albans
Ins
Salem
Mass
Boston-St. Albans
Daniel Driscoll
Boy boxer collector keeps 500 pictures in basement archive
Albert Harvey Bouchaute, a 13 year old Wheatland freshman, collects 500 boxing pictures from Joe Louis to Jack Dempsey. His Sunday hobby spans 5 by 25 feet of floor space, with plans to mount the images in a large scrapbook while following matches by radio.
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Golden Glovers
Albert Harvey Bouchaute
Wheatland Public School
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Jack Dempsey
Joe Roache
California
Roach
Louis Schmeling
Albert
Girl 6 Plays Piano Without Taking Lessons
Six year old Shirley Jester of Cincinnati has never taken piano lessons yet she plays popular pieces by ear and with a good memory. Her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Jester plan to have her take lessons later in life.
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Cincinnati, O
Shirley Jester
Cincinnati
Charles Jester
Shirley
Butter Cookies A Guide for Festive Entertaining
A basic butter cookie recipe is shared with tips for shaping variations and flavoring. Cream butter well, keep ingredients cold, chill dough, and roll small portions on a floured surface. Bake on a lightly buttered sheet in a hot oven for best results.
Young America Paints Exhibition Opens at Natural History Museum
Marie Falco started the yearly Young America Paints show, and this year more than 1,000 paintings by young artists will be on view April 1–15 at New York City's Museum of Natural History. Works include varied media, from wax and crayon to watercolors and finger painting, including a blind child’s brown bird study and a 12 year old's depiction of Whistle While You Work. Four Cedar Rapids entries are featured from Franklin Senior High, McKinley Junior High, Jackson Intermediate, and Fillmore Primary with artists Gordon McKay, Margaret Arnold, Alice Bowker, and Natalie Skogsbergh.
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Marie Falco
Museum of Natural History
New York City
Cedar Rapids
Did You Know Inaccurate Moon Paintings And Odd Superstitions
A jumble of curiosities mentions artists painting the moon larger than life while true size appears small. North Scotland superstition says snails spell initials of future husbands. Philippine natives fish in cornfields. Perch travel on dry land from mud patches. A. Laemmlle, later a movie mage, once clerked in Oshkosh Wisconsin.
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Scotland
Philippines
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Lions
York Fair
Billy Possum
Buzzy
Fuzzy
Wuzzy
Cottontails
Donnie
Mother Cottontail
Johnny Woodchuck
Lincoln
Copsright
Young America
NEA Photo
New Jersey
Arl Laemmle
Nate
Oshkosh
Wis
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