Prizes Awarded For Best Endings To Mystery Short Story
Darlene Miner, a Roosevelt high school senior from Cedar Rapids, wins Writers' Club prize for best mystery ending in an English class submission. The featured story follows four strangers in a depot who query a Chicago-bound train, leaving readers with questions about identity and motive.
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HE Writers’ Club
Darlene Miner
Roosevelt High School
Cedar Rapids
G. Esther Chapin
Writers’ Club
Junior Gazette Office
Thompson photo girls dye eggs in quaint Easter designs
Easter egg dyeing entertained youths last week at First Presbyterian church basement. Girls including Margaret Curray Bessie Rudzinski Nancy Frazee Joan Lattner Mary Ristine De Loris Harley Ann Fortune Angeline Thomas colored eggs with silver stars and gold dots, many to gift to Sunday school children on Easter morning.
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First Presbyterian Church
George Washington
Margaret Curray
Bessie Rudzinski
Nancy Frazee
Joan Lattner
Mary Ristine
de Lori
Midnight Rendezvous Mystery Contest Solved
Readers are invited to submit endings for Midnight Rendezvous in The Junior Gazette. Five youth prizes await the best imaginative solution with the Chicago midnight events and the sinister middle aged man the sweet old woman the young man and girl as key clues.
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Chicago
Gazette
Midnight Mystery in Chicago Seeks Clues
A reader asks for details about a nightly event in Chicago featuring a handsome young man and a modern young woman. The note expresses unsettled thoughts and a desire for information to ease worry, hoping someone can provide specifics about what occurred at midnight.
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Chicago
Five Youth Books Offered for Best Story Solutions
The Junior Gazette invites submissions from readers under 19 with the best solution to a story. Five readers will win youth books, and entries must be delivered to The Junior Gazette office by noon on Thursday, April 13.
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Junior Gazette
Books to be Given Away in Junior Gazette Contest
Five books priced at two dollars or more are up for grabs. Submit entries to The Junior Gazette in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Junior Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Pigeons Inspire Marion Farm Girl in Sunny Yorkshire Style
Barbara Trimble seven near Marion adores pigeons more than any pet. She keeps a large tame flock, feeds them from her head, tosses them in the air to return, and housing during the day while roosting in the barn at night. She is learning to ride a pony and makes clothes for dolls as she preserves a scrapbook of animals near Concord rural school.
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Barbara Trimble
Marion
Barbara
Concord Rural School
Harvey Trimble
Highway Ninety-Four
Cotton prints for teen play clothes headline styles
Cotton blossoms offer washable outfits for teen girls. A two piece playsuit features an attached shirt and tied skirt in aqua or hyacinth. A blue and white striped dirndl with gathered skirt and square neckline suits school May to June and summer use.
Easter by name in Bible and Christ’s temple denouncement quiz
Bible Easter by name appears in only one verse. Christ drove out money changers with a whip and authority. Crowds declare Him king after feeding multitudes and miraculous signs. Emmanuel means God with us. A native of Africa linked to Christ on Good Friday is the Ethiopian eunuch or possibly Simon of Cyrene. Each correct response earns 20 points, totaling 100 for all five.
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Christ
Emmanuel
Jesus Christ
Are all chores done at home say a farm boy poet
A Cedar Rapids student TOM MEIS aged 13 at I C School writes a rural sketch about daily farm tasks. He lists chores like milking cows, feeding hogs, churning butter, and bailing hay while answering yes to his mother.
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Tom Meis
I. C. School
Cedar Rapids
Bookkeeping and Braille Books for the Blind in England
A tidbit notes that only two English words have three consecutive double letters, bookkeeper and bookkeeping. It mentions England supplying books for the blind, with ten records covering a 90 000 word book and each side of a record lasting about half an hour.
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England
Key Bible verses on Easter and Christ’s crucifixion
Answers to quiz noting Acts 2 4 j Easter reference Matthew 21 12 13 Christ drives money changers John 6 5 15 feeding 5000 Emmanuel God with us Matthew 1 24 Simon of Cyrene Africa helps carry cross Luke 23 26 Good Friday
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Simon of
Cyrene
Africa
Christ
Golgotha
Luke
Deanna Durbin Stars From Child to Screen Queen
Deanna Durbin rose from a child actor in Winnipeg to a leading star with Three Smart Girls and followed with 100 Men and a Girl Mad About Music and That Certain Age. She sings in Invitation to the Dance The Last Rose of Summer La Capinera and Be cause. Born December 4 1922, in Winnipeg she is now a 16 year old star living in Los Angeles.
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Deanna Durbin
Deanna
Miss Fixit
Northwest Passage
Citadel
Ode to a Mother from an Iowa Student
A Cedar Rapids eighth grader Rosemary Schnoebelen writes a heartfelt tribute praising her mother as a tireless caregiver who cooks cleans and guides her family. The poem celebrates daily chores and constant support from a loving parent.
Ostrich Myth Busted by UC Biologist Debunking Animal Tales
Dr. Raymond B. Cowles, UC Berkeley biology assistant professor, debunks popular animal legends. He disputes that ostrichs bury heads, claims bats are not hair attracted, snakes lack hypnotic power, and other myths about salamanders, glass snakes, gila monsters, porcupines, toads, roadrunners, hoop snakes, and rat snakes.
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Los Angeles
Raymond B. Cowles
University of California
Easter Day Poem by Mary Kay Angerer
A poem from Wilson High School student Mary Kay Angerer reflects on Easter morning with bells, the risen Christ, and the stone rolled away. The speaker visualizes angels removing the stone and contemplates human returns to the sacrifice for life and salvation.
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Mary Kay Angerer
Wilson High School
Cedar Rapids
Stamps for U S Constitution anniversary and Canadian issue announced
The piece notes a red Irish Free State stamp with George Washington and the Irish harp for the U S Constitution anniversary. It also lists three Canadian stamps dated May 15 showing George VI, Elizabeth and princeseses, Ottawa memorial, and a royal portraits design. First day cancelations will be available at multiple Canadian cities through the Philatelic Division Ottawa.
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Irish Free Tafe
U. S
George Washington
Canada
Dominion
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
National Memorial
Ottawa
HESE
Philatelic
Financial Branch
Post Office Department
Charlottetown
Halifax
N. S
Saint John
N B
Moncton
N. B
Quebec
P. Q
Montreal
Toronto
Hamilton
Kingston
London
Windsor
Fort William
Port Arthur
Ontario
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Regina
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Sask
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Alberta
Vancouver
Victoria
Giant Panda Thumb Revealed Not a True Thumb
Frederick Wood Jones of Manchester reports in Nature that the giant panda’s so called thumb is a novel bone growth, not a true thumb. The panda’s nodular bone evolved to grasp bamboo, enabling a unique organ that mimics a thumb’s function.
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New York
Frederick Wood Jones
University, of Manchester
Wood
Mr. Wood
Mr Wood
Local doll contest winner claims top prize in nationality group
In Lorain Ohio a boy named John Crompp competed with 400 children in a doll contest and owned the winning doll a Japanese Geisha girl which captured first place in the nationality group.
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Lorain, O
John Crompp
Children Beat Parents in Ireland Tongue-Twister Contest
In London the North Ireland tongue-twisting competition saw children defeat parents 34 to 28. Pairs faced identical lines such as Which switch miss is the switch for Ipswich miss and Should such a shapeless sash such shabby stitches show.
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London
North Ireland
Ipswich
Willie Wilkins
Winnie Walkins
Easter Bunny Notes And Pineapple Sherbet Cake
A nostalgic dessert feature includes Minted Pineapple Sherbet with yellow daffodil garnish and Easter bunny motifs. The menu combines pineapple sherbet, bunny bread treats, and a fresh pineapple cake finished with pistachio garnish and whipped cream.
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Thompson
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Patricia
Charley
Palestine
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Movieland
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Nan Grey
Rosemary Schnoebelen
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Easter Bunny
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