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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1942
Page
18
Easter observances are set across Cedar Rapids with special services and musical programs. A 7:39 p.m. communion service will be offered for those not at the Holy Thursday service, with recessional by choir and congregation.
Morning service listed for 10 55 a m with meditation and hymns noted. Text mentions Rodney and Helen Miller with Lees, Virginia, and a men s choir. The fragmentary notice suggests a church event or service details with unnamed speakers.
The First Christian church choir and soloists will present Christ Trium in the morning service. Featured singers include Wendl Andrie tenor Dora Cargin Blake soprano Ann Hockaday Leora Frutchey mezzo-soprano Ethel Livin and Mary Irene MacLaughlin with Edna Barrettack on piano for Easter Morning.
A replica of the Holy Land rite will be held at the Foursquare 1 tabernacle 609 First Avenue SW at 5 30 a m Sunday. Trumpeters Tommy Stastny Patty Vanous and Jane lead the choir special music includes He Lives On High Is Not Here But Is Risen Mrs Edward Welch sings He Lives On High and Rev Cline Halsey delivers Why Wee Thou at 11 p m Vera Vanous solo. evening sermon The Veil and mixed quartet When the Veil Was Bent in Twain with Tabernacle band at 7 p m.
The First Lutheran Church at 1000 Avenue SE hosts two Sunday services starting with a 6:30 am Sunrise Service. The Senior choir and congregation perform Easter cantata pieces and special music while the pastor delivers a sermon on the theme He Is Risen and Resurrection Morn.
Morning service notes show a Sunrise Worship at 6:36 a.m in the chapel amid reference to The Living Christ and Christ the Lord Is Risen To. A second session at 9:40 a.m. by the Church Of Youth includes elevation and prayers. The fragment mentions scripture lessons and morning post.
Two identical services will be held at Trinity Methodist Church Spiga at 9 and 11 a.m. on Easter. The Word of Assurance will be read as the gospel lesson. Reverend Mathews is the pastor and Lorraine ecantevet is the choir director.
Easter music at First Pres church features plans for a service with hymns and choir pieces including works by Leishne and Homer. Margaret Pratt Zoe Abela Rutte Meee are listed among participants in an abbreviated program note.
Swift and Company plans master agreements for 15 of its 50 plants. The Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee represents six plants and the International Brotherhood of Swift Employees represents nine. Current contracts exist with both unions.
Mrs Otto Willumeit of Chicago, wife of a Chicago German American band leader, has been seized as a dangerous alien enemy, a report disclosed Friday night. Justice Department officials would neither confirm nor deny the report.
About six million cars remain in use in the United States though more than ten years old. A portion are scrapped each year as engines wear and parts fail.
Testimony by W L Bliss chief justice says the advance sheets of Iowa court opinions cost about 12 000 dollars annually to publish The cost cited covers printing and processing with 300 copies sent out to subscribers Legislative members criticized the arrangement noting West Publishing Co of St Paul MN is the sole supplier The sheets began in 1940 and were tied to the appointment of F R Faville as code editor replacing Richard Reichman.
The Midwest Construction Company of Chicago won the munitions depot contract worth $20 million. The ward authorized six Air Force training contracts and other defense projects nationwide, each exceeding $5 million, including an Air Force schools site at Carlsbad New Mexico.
In Erie Pennsylvania a 23 year old Navy petty officer was robbed and shot dead in a parked car where he and Miss Eastman, who lived nearby, had planned to marry the following Friday after Wilkinson and Eastman attended a farewell party for Wilkinson.
A stark account links the tire bootleg trade to wartime rubber shortages. It argues American racketeers exploited a booming black market, with profits feeding prospective lawbreakers and undermining patriotic effort. Strong words condemn lax penalties and urge harsher enforcement.
A reader recalls a taxi driver describing steady price hikes for tires. The driver compares costs from seven dollars per tire to twenty five dollars each and notes a common five tire quote around two hundred fifty six dollars. He suspects local shops may have colluded on prices.
A reader quotes letters from car owners across states urging a simple rule on tire and gasoline restrictions. A tire board member is asked about penalties for illicit behavior amid a flood of bureaucratic boilerplate and vague guidance.
AP report from San Francisco describes Chinese death by own action squads battling Japanese tanks in Burma. Chinese attackers reportedly move close to tanks and hurl grenades. Japanese losses are said to be heavy prompting sharpshooters on tanks and tree-top defenders to counter.
In New Sharon Maine, Mrs. Mary 58 mother of Florence 20 who was shot last June was found dead in her barn. A 22 caliber pistol lay beside her as authorities investigated the death noted by her sons who said they had been in the home.
Flying Cadet M. Duvall aged 24 from Columbus was killed Friday in a crash near Victoria Texas. The accident happened while he was on training duties, authorities said and the incident was investigated by military officials.
Rapids travelers are the South visiting Natchez, Vicksburg and Mobile after two days in Waukesha, Wisconsin. They traveled with Mr. Fletcher in Madison, Wisconsin and visited Mrs. Hahn's mother, Mrs. W. J. Reynolds, during the holiday period.
Seventy five members and guests of the music department attended a dramatic opera program at Heinrich presented with selections including Mignon Norma Jen Hansen and works by H F Spratt D M Fellows and Walter Heabel.
Miss Helen Williams hosted a scavenger hunt by the Rough Riders on Wednesday evening at 727 Fifth Avenue SW. Twenty two attended with prizes won by Don Sears Arlene Allen Chuck Decker and Milford Smith.
Odako Camp Fire honored guardian Mrs. Jerry Macha at Hayes with a surprise Wednesday event. Guests included Mrs. Roger Sherman Roberta Aniec Miss Mary Campbell and Miss Hilder Anderson two Hayes teachers. A variety program was presented.
Miss Angeline Barta attended a farewell gathering Wednesday evening hosted at the home of Mr. as friends and colleagues bid farewell to Mike Kovacik. The event brought together local residents and associates in a simple sendoff.
A council fire at Kala waniak Camp Fire's guardian Mrs. Warren Walters home at 1121 Eleventh Street NW. Miss Joan Busche led the council with attendees Doris Aldy Betty Hickman Betty Novak Betty McCabe Alice McCabe Barbara Champlin Bonnie Stewart Thelma Trimble and guests Mrs. Champlin Mrs. Trimble and Mrs. McCabe.
Pattern 40994 available in women sizes 34 to 50 with dress and jacket options. Notes mention yardage for 39 inch fabric and prices including 15 cents and 10 cents for May and Spring patterns. Located at 243 West 17th Street, New York, N Y.
A musical courtesy honoring the bride elect gathered friends at the home of Mrs Joseph Belehrad 1001 Oakland road NE with a reception and gifts for Dorothy Hunterford
Mrs J A Burchard and Mrs J W Van Dredel entertained Jane Boyd circle at a dessert luncheon at Mt Vernon Avenue SE. Members voted to continue milk to a needy family. Iowa branch King’s Daughters purchased 5000 dollars in defense bonds. The group spent the afternoon sewing.
Senate investigation chair Truman says wartime controls were severely restricted. Adolf Berle testifies Standard Oil sold aviation fuel to Axis-linked airlines, despite requests to halt, with threats of blacklist but no action taken. The hearings reveal intensified effort to curb synthetic rubber wartime trade.
Yellow cab driver Gabe Shada given 40 days out of service after surrendering driver and cab licenses in police court. Charged with reckless driving after an accident at Eighth Avenue and Sixth Street SW Friday at 5 p.m. Previous charges include rock driving and driving without lights. Police report collision with J Haddad of 1014 Sixth Street SE and no driver’s license held.
At Fort Dix New Jersey authorities described the bloody 15 minute confrontation as a mere brawl with no racial significance after an investigation by Col C M Dowell and MPs. Three people were killed and the incident involved soldiers and post occupants.
A Malta island region reports 236 deaths after a Friday incident near Valletta. Local authorities warn of continuing danger and state a formal casualty count is pending full verification.
Mrs Hromek spoke to a nature group, illustrating her talk with oil paintings by Mrs Pelzer of Iowa. The event highlighted regional art and environmental topics with local participants in attendance.
The article notes Mrs. W. M. Moravec leading devotions and a duet by Mrs. John Hockaday and Mrs. G. W. McSkimming. Accompaniment was by Mrs. Ethel Livingston with a violin solo by Miss Mercer, Rutha.
Mr and Mrs J Alfred Witousek entertained at an April Fool party Wednesday evening in their home Prizes in cards were won by Billy Dvorak Tena Louvar Agnes Dobrovsky and James Bowersox.
Mrs Layer and her son visited in New Orleans and Baton Rouge indicating a family trip through two Louisiana cities during their travels.
The court dismissed charges against Anna Gorup of 1004 Seventeenth NE over harboring a vicious animal after police seized the cat following neighbor complaints. The cat was kept at the Humane Shelter where staff switched to a vegetable diet and reported the animal grew meek.
LONDON AP reports Prime Minister announces Curtin and McFadden to Privy Council posts with dominion states also receiving seats. Membership viewed as honorary position with limited powers in the imperial framework.
Announcement of the marriage between Leone Price and Clark Gleeson took place at Bethel Methodist Church with H L F Shu officiating. The couple will reside at 117 Greenway Drive Grove Park Portsmouth. Gleeson is a McKinley High School graduate who recently was stationed in Portsmouth.
Allie is sharply critical of others and her accusations appear unreliable. She gathers various bits of information, mixing fact with speculation and presenting them as advice.
The speaker tries to persuade a woman not to marry him, insisting she would learn to love him but warning she will regret passing up the opportunity as he will move on and find someone else to comfort him.
No clear article details present in the readable text. The fragment discusses happiness, marriage, work, income, loneliness, and social activity but lacks concrete people, places, or events to identify.
Florida Supreme Court refused a rehearing sought by Emily King to set aside a divorce fraud claim tied to Circus King John Ringling. The dispute concerned her widow’s share in a $20,000,000 estate after prior losses in Sarasota circuit court and a state supreme court appeal.
The La Paz cathedral in Bolivia is described as able to hold worshippers, indicating its large capacity for services and ceremonies.
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