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.
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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.
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Savery Hotel
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Onslow
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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.
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Cedar Rapids League
J. W. Barnett
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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
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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.
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The
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Artruda Hayes
Killian
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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.
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Grande Avenue
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New York City
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Scholastic
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Coe
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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.
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Twenty-seventh Street
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Andle
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Bloomfield
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Second Avenue SE
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Walter Humphry
Kenneth Maden
Robert S. Waples
Eighteenth Street SE
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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.
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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.
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Metropolitan Opera Association
Cedar Rapids Country Club
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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.
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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.
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