First in area to gain citizenship under 1940 act
Mrs. John Mokress of Cedar Rapids led 121 applicants in federal naturalization before Judge George C. Scott. The group included many Germans and others from Denmark, the Netherlands, Russia, and Yugoslavia, with Waterloo as the largest city among the new citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mokress
George C. Scott
Cedar Rapids
China
International General Electric
Mokrejs
Shanghai
United States
Orient
Naturalization
Denmark
Netherlands
Canada
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Bulgaria
Yugo- Islavia
England
Greece
Switzerland
Belgium
Poland
Ireland
Turkey
Hungary
France
Italy
Waterloo
Frederick Johannas Merkel
Hans Christian Andersen
Erna Marie Schuel
Ler
Germany
Henry Larsen
Samuel Soteros
Petronella Daamen
Emma Kuenstling
Freda Bigetta ‘Gielau
Annie Meyer
Albert W. Bol
4Ema
Fdelia Slaughter
Clara Emile Schlette
Frida von Grappendorf
Julia Pauloff
Dula Travios
Lorna Myrtle Fenton
Ann Zubak
Yugoslavia
Mette Kirstine Paulsen
Rosa Maria Braun
Charles James Gunnell
Sam ‘Parasky
Mary Zegarac
Mary Sulentic
Frank Pelligrino
Elizabeth Madson
Menno Groeneveld
Winnebago
Neb
Homme Krolz
Parkersburg
Ernst Kompenhaus
Middle Amana
Peter Oettchen
Traer
Emil Friedrichsen
Mechanicsville
Rosalie Toncer
Elberon
Carl Ritscher
Garrison
Samuel Miller
Reinbeck
Anna Maria Petersen
Clarence
Grundy Center
Karl Albert Anderson
Vinton
Alexander Mitchell
Gladbrook
Maria Gundling
South Amana
Anna Koch
Cedar Falls
Edna Constance Kuhnle
Milwaukee
Wis
Emil Breitenstein
Hans Marinus Larsen
Fred Rehmke
Stanwood
Sophie Alwina Ahrendsen
Oxford Junction
Ivar Johnson
Keystone
Habbe Johnsen Saithoff
Dike
Jacob Harms Westermann
Wellsburg
Anders Christian Nielsen
Jesup
Gustav Elof Anderson
Johannes Christiansen
Olin
Dorothea Sorensen
Durant
John Schlamp
Marengo
Earl Bendixsen
West Branch
Benhardt Feddersen
Wyoming
Jacob Reentz Bents
Kathleen Henrietta Reid
Buckingham
Elsie Jfelene Meggers
Harm Harms
Dena Stickfort
Holland
Wilhelmine Schmidt
Rachel Louise de Rycke
Victor
Anna Wilhelmine Tass
Dysart
Louis Kristian Nielsen
Erna Luise Maas
Anna Magarethe Dethlefs
Rena ‘Iggelaar
Kaj Rudolf Fabian
Ernest George Baker
la Porte City
John Ter Hark
Henry Hinz
Wiieda Schroeder
Tama
William Crossley
Tipton
Preliminary State Music Contest At West Union
Class A Decoorah and Oelwein join Class B Elkader Postville Sumner Waukon West Union and Class C Arlington Calmar Clermont Edgewood Guttenberg Fayette Lamont Lansing Maynard McGregor Monona Strawberry Point Waterville for April 4 5 events. Instrumental judges include Crilley Henning Pepinsky Pyle and Francis J Pyle. Vocal judges are Duncan Halling and Zimmerman. West Union enters 20 instrumental and 11 vocal events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette West Union
West Union
Decoorah
Oelwein
Elkader
Postville
Sumner
Waukon
Arlington
Calmar
Clermont
Edgewood
Guttenberg
Fayette
Lamont
Lansing
Maynard
McGregor
Monona
Strawberry Point
Waterville
Aurora
Dundee
Fairbank
Garnaville
Hawkeye
Marquette
Ossian
Randalia
Ridgeway
Stanley
Volga City
Waucoma
Raymond E. Crilley
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Oren Henning
Minneapolis
Abe Pepinsky
University of Minnesota
Francis J Pyle
Drake University
Des Moines
Laura Duncan
Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
Elias Halling
State Teachers College
Mankato
Minn
Alex Zimmerman
Joliet
I West Union
Liberal Arts Teacher Training Conference At Coe College
Educators and students from 22 liberal arts colleges in Iowa and the Midwest attend a two day conference at Coe College to extend a survey on high school teacher preparation. Dr Russell M. Cooper leads the report with committee members from the North Central Association. The event features speakers Irvin H. Schmitt and Dr T Raymond McConnell with sectional forums and dinners. About 175 to 200 participants are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Middlewest
Coe College
Russell M. Cooper
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Karl A. Stiles
Division of Natural Sciences
Coe
Irvin H. Schmitt
Davenport
Col Collin Myers Awaits Army Orders After Fort Benning
Lieut Col Collin S Myers, northeast Iowa district executive, left Feb 10 for Fort Benning Georgia for temporary duty and returned Tuesday to await orders. He may join the Third armored division to be activated April 15 at Camp Polk Louisiana. Myers visits Capt Charles Nt Obye at 1954 Mount Vernon Ave SE. Mrs Myers visiting relatives in Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collin S. Myers
Northeast
Iowa
Fort Benning
Third Armored Division
Camp Polk
Myers
Charles Nt. Obye
Mount Vernon Avenue
Arkansas
Second Armored Division
Fourth Armored
Walter Winchell’s Dizzy World of Rumor and Power
A dense collage of rumors and gossip from 1941 mentioning Trotsky in Mexico, U S communist ties, Chaplin’s rejuvenator Jean King, Gail Patrick, Bob Cobb, Hoover Jr and Carol Good, Alex Woollcott, Lupescu, LaGuardia, Bramwell Fletcher, Diana Barrymore, Jolson, Cary Grant, Babs Hutton, Lillian Hellman, Rex Smith, Cleo Black, Fredericka, Owen Davis Jr, Bunty Cutler, and General Moseley with mentions of Broadway plays, politics, and prize speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trotsky
Mexico
New York City
U. S
Washington
Alex Woollcott
Philly
Wensdee
Carol
Lupescu
Atch ON the Rhine
Lillian Hellman
Eileen Lange
Good Housekeeping
Lee Barker
Wroughton-Mifflin Exec
Rex Smith
Newsweek
Cleo Black
Fredericka
Bertolotti’s
How Family of 4 Can Eat Well On $10 a Week
A dated guide outlines a $10 weekly menu for four, with balanced meals and garden ideas to offset costs. It lists daily items from grapefruit to lamb shanks, bread, vegetables, and desserts, noting a total daily cost around $1.55. It also includes stray, unrelated social inquiry mixed in the text.
Advice From Mary Manners and Dear Miss Manners column snippets
Column excerpts discuss etiquette for pregnancy attention, relationship reconciliation after fighting, and a student missing a party date. Mary Manners cautions against inflated expectations of protection. Miss Manners advises on giving an ex another chance only if future conflicts are avoided. The third fragment describes a planned school party date that never arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Manners
Fellowship Of Prayer Sermon Reflections On Faith and Courage
A religious message from April 1 urges readers to seek God on every life path. The speaker cites Romans 8 and stresses that God is for the faithful, guiding through tribulation and moral courage. Prayer asks for strength, faith, and obedience to remain on God’s side against evil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Paul
Jesus Christ
Marmot Whistler Joins Uncle Wiggily Tales
In a bedtime scene Uncle Wiggily and Baby Bunty meet a timberland visitor, Mr Marmot or Siffleur the Whistler. The cousins Mr Chuck and Mr Longears introduce him, noting his loud whistle and cautious nature as a nature lesson unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Wiggily
Baby Bunty
Mr Chucks
Rabbbit
Mr. Longears
Ankie Wig
Mr Chuck
Mr Longears
Woodie
Waddie Chuck
Marmot
Agai
Mr. Marmot
Chuck
April Fool’s Day Poem by Edgar A Guest
A playful verse by Edgar A Guest invites readers to laugh at April Fool pranks. The speaker jokes about youth, hats, bricks, zookeepers, and hiding friends while anticipating lighthearted teasing and a cheerful, if wistful, farewell to seriousness.
Civil Service Exams For Patrolmen And Firemen Set For Apr 21
Municipal civil service exams for patrolman and fireman will be held at McKinley school on Monday April 21 at 7 30 p m Applications and information are at the city clerk's office on the third floor of city hall and must be returned by 5 p m April 14 Patrolmen require a common school education be 25 to 35 years old inclusive and 5 9 tall with 150 pounds Firemen require a common school education be 23 to 32 years old inclusive and meet the same physical qualifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Civil Service
McKinley School
Japan Mobilizes to Collect Non Essential Metals
TORIO UP government launches drive to gather all non essential iron and toppers to offset metal shortages caused by U S embargo on exports. Government and public bodies urged to contribute scrap metal including removing iron fences and melting copper ash trays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TORIO
United States
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van Herne
Joseph Anton Renner
van Horne
Johanna Koranda
Ger
Mrs
John Mokrejs
H.W. Jonnson
Philadelphia
May
All West Union
Natural Science
Dr. Stiles
Charles Ritchie
Lois Henderson
J. Forest West
Grinnell College
Forest OD
Brown
Simpson College
Greene Hall
Col. Collin Myers
Army
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Dom Perkins
LaGuardia
Bramwell Fletcher
Diana Barrymore
Vante Meridian
Jolson
Colyum
Ruby
Cary Grant
Babs Hutton
Croley Comiskey
Baseball Tribe
Johnny Rigney
Chicago White Sox
Owen Davis, Jr
Bunty Cutler
van Horn Moseley
Gen
Robert Wood
America First Comm
Ary Grant
Cary
Cain
R. A. Fliers
Willie Willis
Luncheoy
Mary Manners
Elsie
Fellowship of Prayer
Drepyerd
Gatus Glent Arhina
Federal
The
Churches of Christ In America
Bedtime
Edgar A. Guest
Tha
Post of the People
Erv
Leo
Japan
America
Lasz
Tiny
Ner
KRAFT
Ise Trice
Boe
Red River Ohios
Sunkist
10Th St
Ana Icroceries
15Th St
1St Ave
Sinden
Tory
Eatwell
Butter Nut Coffee
P&g
Te Oma
Monarch
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