Cedar Rapids Soldier Photographs Hawaii Dream
Sergt. Emil Lumir Cuhel of Cedar Rapids sends a self portrait while in Hawaii. The 25 year old medical unit member is praised as a model overseas soldier and a skilled photographer. His friend Pfc. Jack Allen Grabe of Honolulu notes his calm demeanor and hobby, hoping he pursues photography after the war.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawaii
Sergt
Emil Lumir Cuhel
William Cuhel
Mt. Vernon Road
Pfc
Jack Allen Grabe
Honolulu
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Star-Bulletin
Sergt. Cuhel
OCD Defense Classes Listed For Cedar Rapids Week
Cedar Rapids instructors will assist with civilian defense courses in Springville. Ralph Whitlock teaches the general course with its second meeting set for Tuesday April 6. Ray Stambaugh reports 29 attendees at the first session. Gas defense, led by Police Sergt Fred Carstens, and fire defense by Stewart Shank follow.
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Cedar Rapids
Springville
Ralph Whitlock
Ray Stambaugh
Fred ‘Carstens
Stewart Shank
OCD
Lions Club
St. Matthew's Church
Lincoln P.T.A
Lincoln School
LaPlant-Choate
YY. W. Co. A
First United Brethren Church
Kenwood ‘Park Presbyterian Church
Allied strikes claim 25 Axis ships sunk in Mediterranean
Algiers radio reported Allied planes and submarines sank 25 Axis ships and damaged 32 more in March, all ships said to be carrying supplies for Italian and German forces in Tunisia. Also noted is the presence of forestry horses in Quebec with 17,457 used in 1941 on Crown lands.
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London
Algiers
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Quebec
Murdock Leads Cedar Rapids Officer Turned Soldier
Lieut Ray R Murdock former Cedar Rapids city patrolman and 13 year national guard member served from Camp Claiborne to Northern Ireland and Africa. He and his wife Mrs Murdock and two sons Bob and Jim moved with him until his January 1942 transfer to Fort Dix New Jersey. He writes from Africa that conditions there have been manageable and that a stop may come soon.
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North Africa
Ray R. Murdock
Cedar Rapids
Army
Camp Claiborne
Northern
Ireland
England
Africa
National Guard
Murdock
Claiborne
Bob
Jim
Fort Dix
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Fifth Avenue SE
Burglary Suspect Sought After Vehicle Break In
A man fled out his back door with a pick or oranges grapefruit and tangerines. He is the son of Ross A. Murdock, 1207 Fifth Avenue SE.
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Ross A. Murdock
Fifth Avenue SE
Former C. R. Girl Joins U S Embassy Staff in Argentina
Miss Mary Hidding daughter of Mr and Mrs C M Hidding of Keokuk and former Cedar Rapids residents wired her parents that she arrived safely in Buenos Aires to begin duties at the United States embassy. A Keokuk High School graduate she studied at Rosary College and earned an economics and Spanish degree at the University of Iowa in 1941. She is a Kappa Kappa Gamma member.
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Mary Hidding
C. M. Hidding
Keokuk
Cedar Rapids
Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
Keokuk High School
Miss M Hidding
Rosary College
River Forest
Ill
University of Iowa
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
McKinley Students Present The Stolen Prince
McKinley junior high presents a Chinese fantasy The Stolen Prince by Dan Totheroh performed by 9A at 1 45 p m in the school auditorium Monday. Cast includes Jerry Grubb Waneta Owen Patricia Pratt Dick Kopel Arlene Clark John White Arthur Winne Bill Seaton Doris Tappen Charles Thousand Richard Jones directed by Miss Marjorie Emerson with music by Paul Anthony and orchestral players Elma Fern Samuelson Sheryl Chehak Carl Donald Doris Craven John Skogsbergh Barbara Tate Patricia Boats Charlotte Stelcik lighting by Roger Peterson and Robert Flanagan and announcer Victoria Abodeely. Public invited.
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Dan Totheroh
McKinley Junior High School
Jerry Grubb
Waneta Owen
Patricia Pratt
Dick Kopel
Arlene Clark
John White
Arthur Winne
Bill Seaton
Doris Tappen
Charles Thousand
Richard Jones
Carl Donald
Doris Craven
John Skogsbergh
Barbara Tate
Patricia Boats
Charlotte Stelcik
Roger Peterson
Robert Flanagan
Victoria Abodeely
Aircrew on Center Point road station hosts college men
Army Air Forces College Training Detachment on the Coe campus is labeled aircrew on a new sign. About three fourths of the new contingent arrived from Lincoln air base are college students. Captain John Rood, adjutant of the aircrew staff, stands 6 feet 5 inches. Civilians in the aircrew pay deductions illustrate war finance with a $50 monthly pay reduced by $22 for wife, $18.75 for a war bond, and $6.40 for insurance. Two women work at aircrew headquarters. A shelter at Greene hall backs onto the building to hold garbage containers.
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Army Air Forces College Training Detachment
Coe
Center Point Road
Lincoln Air Base
Army
Air Crew
Fanny Gunderson
Lavon M. Lambert
Civil Service
Fina
Ford Tank Plant Ends Unauthorized Strike With Return
In Chicago Ford Motor Companys tank plant resumed production Saturday as 600 workers returned to the dayshift after voting Friday night to end the unauthorized walkout begun Thursday. The United Automobile Workers CIO members had urged a return to work.
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Ford Tank
Chicago
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Detroit
Surprise Blackout Hits Junior High Play in Salt Lake City
Four 16 year old boys tossed a bottle against a power transformer causing a short circuit. Five hundred spectators at a junior high school play endured an impromptu blackout while emergency crews restored electricity.
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Salt Lake City
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S. E.im
Eee Ae Y
Salerro Cs. Ore
AD Cosmetics
FERRY
Woodbury
May
Ty Rey
Tobacco
Crisco
HILEX
Krems Hair Tonic
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Alka Seltzer
Lashay
Leater Whaley
Hiawatha
Kana, Thornton & Minor
Lydia Pinkham
LYON
Stonper
Gerber
Eran
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