Woman seeks 20000 hangers for soldiers in uniform
Mrs. Caroline M. Preston of Jackson school asks for wooden or metal clothes hangers to aid men in the armed forces including Camp Swift in Texas where her son Col. A M Parsons is stationed. She plans drives across Cedar Rapids schools and urges donations at Jackson school. Registry schedule for bikes continues through April 15 with multiple locations and times.
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Cedar Rapids
Caroline M. Preston
Jackson School
Fourth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Camp Swift
Texas
Preston
Col
A. M. Parsons
Fort Benning
Billie Dawn Lebbisher
Third Avenue
Bob Roper
Fifth Street
Billie
Navy
Bob
Executives to Hear Joseph Newton at Cedar Rapids Club
Cedar Rapids Executives club plans a dinner program without food due to rationing. The April 12 meeting at the Country club features Dr. Joseph Fort Newton on Anglo American relations. Guest cards available from O A Kearney secretary. Newton, a former Peoples church pastor, writes Everyday Living in The Gazette and authored many works.
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Joseph Newton
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Fort Newton
England
Newton
Peoples Church
Gazette
WPB Officials to Speak at Tuesday Meetings in C. R.
Cedar Rapids hosts two WPB talks on the controlled materials plan for manufacturers and purchasing agents. On Tuesday at noon W K Evans and William Ogden will meet Cedar Rapids purchasing agents at the Roosevelt hotel, followed by a 7 30 p m address to manufacturers at the Chamber of Commerce building. The WPB plan aids movement and use of vital production materials for war plants and essential industries.
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Cedar Rapids
WPB
Charles Jones
Manufacturers Bureau
W. K. Evans
Rel
Age Wpb
William Ogden
Davenport
Roosevelt Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Less Home Garbage More From Stores in March
Cedar Rapids residents reduced home garbage by 43 tons in March while store waste rose from 212.4 tons in 1942 to 300.8 tons this year. Commissioner Louis D. Burgos credited rationing and conservation of foodstuffs due to rationing efforts.
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Cedar Rapids
Louis D. Burgos
Burgus
Bike Registration Dates Are Listed for Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police face a manpower squeeze as 6 800 bicycles must be registered this spring. Police Chief Tom Condon announces school registrations from April 5 to 15 to ease traffic. April 10 sees station-only registration with officers at full force, deadline May 1 for all licenses, and applicants urged to equip bikes with horn or bell, stand, and rear light.
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Edgewood
Heights
Harrison
Fillmore
Taylor
Trinity Lutheran
Hayes
Cleveland
Lincoln
St. Ludmila
van Buren
Tyler
Buchanan
Kenwood
Garfield
Immaculate Conception
Johnson
Condon
Cub Pack Awards Honors Elects New Officers
Cub Pack No. 26 held a picnic supper at Van Buren School as 53 members, parents, and friends elected new officers and awarded rank books and pins. Harry Jordan named Cubmaster. David Grumman serves as secretary treasurer. Ralph Reid as pack chairman. New members include Lyle Shook, Richard Pike, Cecil Graham, James Hamilton, Charles Hixon, and David Kralik.
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Cub Pack No. 26
van Buren School
Harry Jordan
David Grumman
Ralph Reid
Lyle Shook
Richard Pike
Cecil Graham
James Hamilton
Charles Hixon
David Kralik
Wolf Books
Charles Hixson
Bear Books
Kon John Jensen
Newspaper service catalog excerpt and rates
The text shows an Associated Press and United Press International service catalog with subscription rates and contact details. It lists edition pricing for one year and six months, plus regional rates, and mentions advertising representatives and offices in Chicago New York and other locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ie Gazette
Allen-Eklapp Companenue
New Avenue
Chicago
York
New Center
aFi Surean
Cedar Rapids auxiliary police training and fingerprinting
Forty six members of Cedar Rapids public safety unit No 1 were fingerprinted and affiliated with Cedar Rapids auxiliary police Friday night by Police Chief Tom Condon. The unit formed in 1936 to serve as a vigilante police unit inside the county. list of affiliated members follows.
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Cedar Rapids
John F. Currell
Merle Brennaman
Bernard Breuer
Francis Bucklin
William Corley
George Hayes
Bernard Herron
John Rockaday
Robert Hutton
Harold Kehne
Frank Koutny
Clyde Landis
Cecil Looney
John Luke
Ben McDon
War Bonds Support for Planes and Tanks Drives Victory
A wartime appeal urges citizens to buy ten percent of their income in war bonds to fund aircraft and armored vehicles, strengthening the nation’s defense and hastening victory over adversaries.
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Feror Victory
United States War Bonds
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John Jensen
Robert Reid
Jack Bolgren
Douglas Hamilton
Harvey Hixson
Richard Dougherty
Richard Reid
United States
Dr. Newton
C. R
Jeck Klian
Tom Condon
Billy Powell
Second Avenue SE
Iam Haritakis
Haritakis
Louis C. Kaiser
Cub Pack
John L. Miller
Atheist Te
Hedar
Associated Press
Unites Press International News Service
Asupatates
Caoe
Elms
Excelsior Springs
Newman's
Towa
Mary Miles
Marie Dressler
Mareco
Newman
Ecru
Addic Tax
Marvel
Newman’s Street
Kayser
Army
Marine Corps
Dorothy Gray
By Kimball
Cannon
Rams
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