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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1942

Page

12

Poem on First Aid and Physicians

A humorous piece urges a dying woman to wait for a physician and avoid self help or interventions. It satirically lists avoidable actions and concludes with a plea to let the speaker die in peace while awaiting an ambulance. Names, dates, or places are not provided.

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Denmark in Nazi Occupation Provokes Laughs in Resistance Tale

A Cedar Rapids reader relays a humorous Danish resistance excerpt from The Sixth Column as British bombers strike a German munitions plant. A German claim of a cow hit is mocked by a local paper noting the cow burned for four days. Included are reflections on Berlin Diary by William L. Shirer and other anecdotes.

Denmark William L. Shirer Cedar Rapids Berlin Germany

State Convention Of Women Voters Slated This Week

The annual state convention of the League of Women Voters will be held in Des Moines at the Savery hotel on Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs. C. R. Smith of Onslow will preside and Mrs. J. Harden Smith Jr. of Kirkwood Mo. will be the national visitor. Speakers include Robert J. Blakely, Senator George Faul, and Dr. Elizabeth E. Hoyt. Cedar Rapids members attending include Mrs. J. P. Mills.

League of Women Voters Des Moines Savery Hotel C. R. Smith Onslow Monticello League J. Hardin Smith, Jr Kirkwood Robert J. Blakely George Faul Elizabeth E. Hoyt Iowa State College Eos Cedar Rapids J. P. Mills

Local League Officials Named In State Nominating Panel

The passage lists state and local league leadership roles including state publicity chair Mrs H FE Henderson, Cedar Rapids league president elect Mrs J W Barnett, state nominating committee member, and local league secretary Mrs W Murray Snell.

H. FE. Henderson Cedar Rapids League J. W. Barnett W. Murray Snell

A A A W Group Meetings And Writers Gatherings

Miss Ilo Bear at 2747 B avenue NE hosts project writers group Monday at 7 30 p m led by Mrs LeRoy D Weld on magazine writing The creative writers group meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m with Mrs J M Wiley at 264 Fifteenth Street NW Mrs Weld again leads Members should bring manuscripts Delores Milburn birthday party noted with guests Barbara Korn Bette Korn Marilyn Mitchell Audrey Kane Delores Gunsolus Nancy Lea Milburn

Ilo Bear B Avenue NE LeRoy D. Weld Creative Writers Group J. M. Wiley Fifteenth Street NW Delores Elvice Milburn Thirtieth Street Barbara Bette Korn Marilyn Mitchell Audrey Kane Delores Gunsolus Nancy Lea Milburn

Skirts Shown Shorter To Meet WPB Edict In Gazette

In Cedar Rapids two Killian models demonstrate skirt length under the War Production Board guideline. A floor stick marks Pauline Struesky’s skirt three inches long while Artruda Hayes’s matches required length. The WPB aims to save material, part of broader wartime economy.

War Production Board Cedar Rapids The Gazette Pauline Struesky Artruda Hayes Killian WPB

Salter to study sociology on Columbia fellowship

Miss Patricia Salter daughter of Dr. Alice B. Salter has accepted a Columbia University fellowship in New York City for the 1942 43 school year. The fellowship covers resident and tuition fees. She will receive her degree in May after earning honors at Coe College including Phi Kappa Phi Alpha Lambda Delta and Pi Gamma Mu.

Patricia Salter Alice B. Salter Grande Avenue Columbia University New York City Coe College Salter Alpha Lambda Delta Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic Crescent Coe Pi Gamma Mu Pi Delta Epsilon Kensington

Coburns Host Buffet Supper and Bridge Evening

Mr and Mrs A J Coburn Jr hosted a buff et supper with nine couples attending and a bridge session. Out of town guests included Mrs Clayton Fuller and Mrs Edward Swift from Toronto, entertained at the Cone home. Weekend guests are Arthur Wray Sr and Mrs Wray of Bloomfield.

A. J. Coburn, Jr Twentyfirst Bridge Clayton Fuller Edward Swift Toronto Canada Marvin D. Cone Robert S. Wray Twenty-seventh Street Mr. Wray Andle Arthur Wray Bloomfield Denver H. Adams Second Avenue SE Burl James Walter Humphry Kenneth Maden Robert S. Waples Eighteenth Street SE John J. Locher, Jr George N Harless Glenn W. Higbee, Jr

Rhumba Group Hosts Dutch Treat Party At Montrose

A rhumba learning group gathered Saturday at the Montrose hotel for a dutch treat dinner and dancing. Hosts included Mrs Edward M Soboda Jr and members such as Mr and Mrs Homer Carrier and Mr and Mrs Rockey Newton. The event featured a social evening with dance instruction and refreshments.

Montrose Hotel Edward M. Soboda, Jr Soboda Homer C. Carrier Rockey T. Newton J. Rayner Harper Haverly V Jones Douglas F. Boynton Reginald Brigge M. A. Chehak Glenn O. Fletcher Nicholas P. Craemer Thomas L. Crabbe James Y. Canfield Adrian C. Hoblitzell Justin W Albright John Tr. Hamilton II

Concert Headliner St Louis Symphony to Cedar Rapids

The St Louis Symphony Orchestra under Vladimir Golschmann will headline a 1942 43 season concert in Cedar Rapids via the Community Concert association. The program includes a matinee for local schoolchildren, with premieres and notable soloists to be announced including Gambarelli Francescatti and Warren.

ST. Louis Metropolitan Opera Association Cedar Rapids Country Club Clark A. Beems R. D. Taylor W. R. Boyd Robert B. Moore

Paul Clarke Jr and Lucia Thompson Wedded in Denver

The Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Denver hosted the 11 a.m. wedding of Lucia Mae Thompson of Rock Island Ill and Paul James Clarke Jr of Cedar Rapids at 11 o clock. The ceremony was led by Rev Arthur J Lucy. The couple will live at 1834 First Avenue NE Cedar Rapids after a trip to Colorado Springs. Lucia is a former St Katherine’s Davenport graduate and musician at WHERF. Paul is a St Marys Clinton and St Ambrose Davenport graduate with Iowa Broadcasting ties at WMT Cedar Rapids.

Faye Phyllis Frederickson L. J. Frederickson Iowa City Hubert L. Slocum Margaret Slocum Thirty-fifth Street Cedar Rapids Kahoka Monte Peterson Baptist Parsonage Fred Bowers Marengo High School Slocum Roosevelt High School Roosevelt Hotel Second Avenue SE Dale Slocum Third Street Immaculate Conception Cathedral Denver Colo Lucia Mae Thompson W. E. Thompson Rock Island, Ill Paul James Clarke, Jr P. J. Clarke Arthur J. Lucy Leon Kenneth Wilson Wilson Brown Palace Colorado Springs Stanley Reid First Avenue NE Clarke St. Katherine's School Davenport Augustana Conservatory of Music Rock Island WHERF St. Mary’s High School Clinton St. Ambrose College Iowa Broadcasting Company WMT

Woman's Club Ballot Informally on Officers 1942-43

The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club will hold an informal officer ballot at 2:30 pm Monday with a 3 pm program by the Past Presidents Association led by Mrs. R. T. Lubbock. Imogen Emery will discuss Career Women of Early Iowa. Music by McKinley quartet and Coe College pianist Steven Barwick.

Cedar Rapids The Daughters of the American Colonists Quota Club McKinley High School Maurine Hamblin Steven Barwick Coe College

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