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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1942
Page
12
Uncle Ray recalls entering the Great Pyramid of Gizeh and noting Khufu's tomb and chambers. He promotes a free leaflet titled Seven Wonders of the World, available by mail request with self addressed stamped envelope, warning it may take up to ten days due to mail volume.
Reader requests membership in the 1942 Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club via The Cedar Rapids Gazette. They enclose a stamped return envelope and ask for a Membership Certificate a leaflet on making a Corner Scrapbook and a printed cover design.
A fragmented crossword style item lists Civilian Defense insignia clues and various terminology. Includes references to Greek letters symbols and terms like sea eagle Tunisian cirrus form and kinship roles among others.
Albert E Wiggam discusses virtue as a path to peace and shared human enterprise. He cites Dewey's Yale Lectures arguing virtue unites races creeds and nations toward a democratic ideal, contrasting with brutality such as Hitler's. He also notes egotists suffer greater humiliation when exposed and references a fictional character Chiotilda Priddy from an I A R Wylie novel.
Dr. Harry M. Gage president of Coe college will speak at joint Tipton high school exercises. James Borman son of Cedar Rapids residents has joined Sigma Delta Chi at Marquette University. Prof. Paul H. Nesbitt Beloit College curator spoke at Archaeology Society event.
Miss Helen Robb was elected ident of the Cedar Rapids commercial club. A YWCA affiliated with the Na college gave a talk at a Gyro club meeting on human nature and machinery production in connection with the industrial problem of today.
Edgar A. Guest writes of home fires kept bright by those at home and abroad who risk their lives for duty. The verse emphasizes smiles courage and the healing power of mirth and song during hard times.
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