War Con Conscious Coe Women Keep Fit and Instruct
War conscious at Coe college drives a broadened women’s physical education program. All students must enroll next year with exam required for health. Activities include gym, field sports, swimming, archery, and clubs. many join first aid and life saving classes. Miss Ethel Soon leads, with Miss Mineck aiding health recreation at Cedar Rapids YWCA.
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Coe College
Coe
Ethel Soon
Margaret Mineck
Mineck
Gus W. Mineck
Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Hail Insurers to Hold Spring Sales Conference in Cedar Rapids
More than 50 representatives of Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance will hold their annual spring sales conference in Cedar Rapids at the Montrose hotel starting at 10 a.m. Carl Rutledge presides, with C P Rutledge as principal speaker on bail insurance. Bryan Connell discusses auto insurance and J D Miller covers fire and windstorm protection.
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Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Carl Rutledge
C. P. Rutledge
Bryan Connell
J. D. Miller
H. A. Rutledge
United States
Party of Month Club To Meet Monday Night
The Party of the Month club will meet at the Other Christian Church 838 Third Avenue SE at 8 p.m. tomorrow. A hard times party with games led by Elaine Daryle Byers Kathryn Roberts Charles Moore Lucy Sivers and John Jaeger is planned. Attendance is asked to come in costume. This is the last indoor party of the spring. An outdoor picnic will be held the first Monday in May.
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Third Avenue SE
Elaine
Daryle Byers
Kathryn Roberts
Charles Moore
Lucy Sivers
John Jaeger
Stiles Collaborates on Aviation Biology Book at Columbia
Dr. Karl A. Stiles on leave from Coe College works with Dr. Fred L. Fitzpatrick of Columbia University on the book Biology in Aviation. They are conducting research and writing education courses as part of the project at Columbia.
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Stiles
Columbia
Karl A. Stiles
Coe College
Fred L. Fitzpatrick
Columbia University
Coe
Linn County Civilian Defense Motorcycle Troop Studies War Traffic
Members led by George Clifford study war traffic control under Capt. Gordon Hughes who also lectured on Accident Investigation and Hit-and-Run. They will wear uniforms, participate in the war bond parade on April 18, train in Red Cross first aid, study war gas defense, and conduct regular drills including airplane spotting. The group meets next Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. in the police station courtroom.
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Linn County
Civilian Defense
George Clifford
Gordon Hughes
Hughes
Red Cross
Scrap Pile Scout Missions Begin in Cedar Rapids
Weather permitting the OCD salvage drive runs April 25 to May 10 with 16 ships launching from Cedar Rapids to scout scrap piles vital to the war effort. Truman Hanson of squadron 722-1 Civil Air Patrol says practice missions are canceled and observers will map dump routes by truck. Missions run on the next two to three Sundays as pilots seek dumps containing strategic materials.
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OCD
Cedar Rapids Airways
Truman Hanson
722-1
Civil Air Patrol
Local theater announces 60 cent adult admission
Readable fragments indicate a small town theater sets adult entry at 60 cents. The brief notes schedule and admission details are incomplete but point to a low price for cinema or stage events.
Norden Bomb Sight Makers Feted at New York Event
New York honors Norden Inc at the Waldorf Astoria with a reception for naval officers and a famous navy flyer who used the Norden bomb sight in the Marshall Islands attack. Carl Norden inventor and Theodore Barth Norden president receive awards along with veterans of the company.
Buy Defense Stamps and Bonds for Freedom
The call urges every citizen to purchase defense stamps and bonds as a personal contribution to national freedom, urging spending every spare penny to support the war effort.
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Mary Rickert
Mary Margaret Coyl
Wilmette, Ill
Beth Schlampp
Eldore
C. R
En Mans Third Fleet
Newman
At. Pr
Wallis
Seve
Newmans
Linn Motorcycle Troop
Eddie Anderson
University of Iowa
Robert Armstrong
Edwin B. Zeller
Richard Keehn
Gatonee
James H. Blackstone, Jr
W. Craven Shuttleworth
University of Iowa Alumni Association
Anderson
Iowa U
Y.M
Newman’s Sports Shop
Gabardine Slack Suits
Jayon
Newman's Sport Shop
Second
Floer
Seersucker
Strutter
Newman's Sports Shop
Second Fleet
Fete
den Company
Navy Announcement
America
Mary Miles
Mynette
Bayon
Vanity Fair
All-In
Cersete—second Fleet
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