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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1941

Page

5

Marion inaugurates John Mullin as mayor in council meeting

John C Mullin took the oath of office as Marion mayor in a Legion hall ceremony before more than a hundred residents. He vowed an honest, efficient administration and invited public input, with council members and city officials sworn in and appointments announced.

John C Mullin Marion Legion Hall Mayour John H Pazour Mullin Carl L Wiley P C_ Lassen Richard M Clark Jan Walker Serand Frank Simon Oxles A A Schenken Muln W Gene Miller Wo Goodyear Maurice Jacobs Miller Leighton Ford Joe Dumbarton Grant Ralston Phil I Crew First National Bank of Tassen Weis Wiley Clark Walker Lassen Tuussen Franke Frank

April Scout Pack 48 to Meet in Legion Hall

Cub Scout Pack No 48 holds its April meeting tonight at 730 in the Legion hall with achievement awards planned and kite flying contest plans in the works. Several local families are noted in social and church notices across Marion Ames Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.

Cub Scout Pack No. 48 Legion Hall

Iowa City Rescue Follows Roof Fall Injuries

Vernie Noel 42 of Iowa City improved at Mercy Hospital after a 20 foot fall while repairing a roof. He suffered a fractured skull jaw and arm after landing on a cement driveway. Local Greek war relief drive nears goal with $650 sent to national HQ. theaters raise $250 in two day drive.

Iowa City Vernie Noel Mercy Hospital Lncal Roy C Flickinger Johnson County Greek War Relief Association Greece M. B. Guthrie National

Cedar Rapids to Host Regional Boy Scout Meeting

The Waubeek area council will host 250 to 350 Boy Scout leaders on Wednesday April 23 in Cedar Rapids at the Roosevelt hotel as the last of five Midwest regional meetings. Councils from Linn, Jones, Benton and many others will be represented by Scouters on six committees and district leaders. Arthur A Schnuck of New York will be principal speaker at the evening banquet. Melvin Tudor coordinates arrangements. A Consolidated model 31 flying boat is noted for reference to capacity.

Waubeek Midwest Roosevelt Hotel Linn Jones Benton Denver Wichita Kaw Columbia Lincoln Cedar Rapids Wapsipinicon Waterloo Iowa Burlington Winnebago Mason City Mesquakie Clinton Buffalo Bill Davenport Tall Corn Des Moines Dubuque Fort Dodge Ottumwa Marshalltown Iowa River Valley Iowa City Arthur A Schnuck Boy Scouts of America New York Schnuck National Education Recreation Council Melvin Tudor Waubeek Area

Midwest Public Health Nursing Leader to Address Linn Group

Miss Ann Magnusson of St. Louis, Midwest supervisor of public health nursing, will speak at Linn County Nursing Service annual meeting on April 21 at 7 15 p m in the E V cafe, Marion. A program committee was named including Mrs Kenneth Cornell Marion chairwoman and county nurses Miss Rozema and Miss Healy. Rozema and Healy reported about 400 school children inspected this month.

Ann Magnusson St. Louis Midwest Linn County Nursing Service Marion H. L. van Winkle Kenneth Cornell Robert Hess Lawrence van Note Cedar Rapids Mary Rozema Madeline Healy Rozema Healy

Board clash ends with bid to lengthen Wilson High tennis courts

At a Monday board meeting Ernest Kosek and Dr K von Lackum staged a mock tennis rally in the hall to argue over space. The board approved a $485 expansion to extend Wilson High School tennis courts to 120 feet and widen each unit by two feet. Kutchera Sodding and Fuel Co. was the winning bidder.

Ernest Kosek Board of Education Dr . K. von Lackum Kosék von Lackum Wilson High School Kutchera Sodding and Fuel Company

Robbery at Chicago Hotel Yields 80 000 Jewels

In broad daylight three bandits robbed New York jewelry salesman William L. Lewy of 80 000 dollars in uncut diamonds as he stepped from a downtown hotel. Lewy fired six shots at the retreating men and believed he may have struck one.

Chicago INL William L. Lewy New York Lewy

Bankrupts Sought by Publication in Cedar Rapids District Court

In the Northern District of Iowa Cedar Rapids Division petitioning creditor H R Eveland seeks service by publication against alleged bankrupts C CE Newell doing business as Newell Construction and Machinery Co and related names. The court orders publication in the Cedar Rapids Gazette and sets April 14 1941 as deadline for appearance or pleadings.

District Court of the U. S Northern District of Town Cedar Rapids H_ R_ Eveland C CE Newell Newell Construction and Machinery Co Cc. E. Newell District Court of the United States District of Iowa United States Linn County Geo C Scott Lee MecNeely Bessie G Engle Lee McNeely

Johns Hopkins Awards Scholarship To Ellen Swomley

Ellen Elizabeth Swomley daughter of Mr and Mrs D N Swomley 301 Fifteenth Street NE accepts a full year double scholarship and astronomy class assistantship at Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD in physics and related studies. Swomley a Coe College senior has held teaching and laboratory roles and belongs to Phi Kappa Phi Phi Sigma Iota and the Kelvin Society. She received several offers from other top institutions including University of Illinois Smith College Pittsburgh University and UC Berkeley.

LeRoy D. Weld Coe College Ellen Elizabeth Swomley D. N. Swomley Fifteenth Street Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Cedar Rapids John Hopkins Miss Swomley Coe Weld Phi Kappa Phi Phi Sigma Iota Kelvin Society University of Illinois Smith College Northampton Mass United States Pittsburgh University University of California At Berkeley

Gold threads in India extremely fine weigh one ounce per 1100 yards

Report notes that Indian gold threads are exceptionally fine with a weight of one ounce for every 1100 yards of material. The article emphasizes the remarkable fineness and unusual weight ratio observed in these gold threads.

India

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