Plan War Bond Pledges Be Ready When Campaign Begins
Except for a final meeting of workers from the seventeenth to twenty third precincts Monday night arrangements were complete Sunday for the United States war savings bond campaign beginning April 15 and lasting through April 22 it was announced by B D Silliman Linn county chairman for the sale of the bonds A total of 1702 lists containing the names of 10 persons each have been placed in the hands of precinct captains They will be
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United States War Savings
B D. Silliman
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Silliman
Suggested Savings For War Bond Campaign Readiness
Treasury department proposes weekly pledges for Series E bonds to fund war effort. Cedar Rapids volunteers 548 strong prepared to canvass households and secure regular purchases, with 2.9 percent interest compounded semiannually. Leaders urge families to decide pledges before next Wednesday to speed solicitation and sustain a total war effort.
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Treasury Departments
Music Contest Results Across Cedar Rapids Area
Saturday contests at Monticello Vinton and surrounding towns produced a spread of firsts for Wilson high school Cedar Rapids James Cunningham Monticello Lester Hart and many others. Awards covered bands orchestras choirs and soloists with multiple schools claiming top spots in violin flute brass woodwind and vocal events across district and class levels.
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Bpcctal
The
Gazette
Monticello
Lester Hart
Wilson High School
Cedar Rapids
Springville
Marion
James Cunningham
Keith Lusted
Mr. Vernon
Herman Diers
Andrew
Gene Walker
Velma Gerlick
Hopkinton
Elaine Burnett
Bellevue
Maquoketa
Preston
Manchester
Buck Creek
Audrey Jean Nelson
Mt. Vernon
Kenneth Smykil
Anamosa
George Stephens
Gordon Stead
Emma Nollsch
Harry Brady
Wyoming
Wilson
Earlville
Morey
Miles
Tipton Tipton pre state music contest results
Special to The Gazette shows ratings for Tipton area contestants in the pre state music contest held Saturday afternoon. The list names many soloists and ensembles with first and second place in various categories including tenor saxophone, cornet trumpet, trombone, woodwind, mixed ensembles, French horn, bass clarinet, tuba, and brass/quartet events with participants from West Liberty Tipton Lyons Clinton Mechanicsville Wilton Junction DeWitt Solon Bennett and other towns.
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Stanwood
West Liberty
Clarence
Wheatland
Clinton
Wilton Junction
Lyons
Tipton
West Branch
Boys’ Glee Club
Olin
Phyllis Bolton
Marilyn Guenther
Lost Nation
Norma Jean Nicoll
Mechanicsville
Arlene Reukes
Marion Pantel
Muscatine
Inez Enge
Davenport
Glee Club
DeWitt
Ruth Ann Schneckloth
Sibley Christensen
Shirley Peterson
Ward Brommeier
Frances Koil
Vilda Lausen
Bennett
Carl Armstrong
Robert Horstmas
Calamus
Murray Patterson
Joe Albin
Dorothy Young
Edwin Small
Virginia Macomber
Noreene Florr
Nelda Meier
Bonnie Rose Ocheltree
Solon
Calvin Michaelsen
C. Wilton Junction
D Lost Nation
Elizabeth Rix
Edith Stoltenberg
C. Mechanicsville
B. Tipton
the Gazette
Clarence John
Dorothy Hain
John Mallie
Mary Jane McCrea
Kenneth Grunder
Richard Walters
Lee Witte
Irene Young
Gene Weih
Robert Wentz
Margaret Haesemeyer
Charles Parry
Joyce Krukow
Marian Adrian
Glenna Wacker
Beverly Carlson
Earl Larson
Richard Stegall
Dale Baker
Bonnie Sanford
Karl von Behren
Betty Jane Franco
Allen Anderson
Robert Ventres
Lester Brenton
Harrison Powell
Betty Albert
Bite
Alice Ahrens
Richard Kemman
Abbie Ann Tudor
Judge Thompson to lead Y M C A Sports Banquet
Judge G K Thompson will be toastmaster at the annual Y M C A sports dinner Monday night. Lee B Winterberg is general chairman and Dr Eddie Anderson is a announced speaker. Tait Cummins will present awards and Robert Armstrong will give the annual activity report. Richard Keen will sing and Winterberg will lead group singing. Tickets are 60 cents for adults and 40 cents for students.
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G. K. Thompson
Lee B. Winterberg
Eddie Anderson
Tait Cummins
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Robert Armstrong
Richard Keen
Lee Winterberg
Concert results from Saturday evening band event
Guttenberg led with first place, followed by Monona and Garnaville. Hugh Allen Maynard and Mary Jean Olson directed West Union and Elkader in woodwind trio with Guthenberg first. Waukon secured a saxophone quartet win, while Postville joined Waukon for a woodwind quintet first. Concert band saw Stanley take first with Garnaville Marquette and McGregor second. Sumner and West Union placed second in overall standings.
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Guttenberg
Monona
Garnaville
Hugh Allen
Maynard
Mary Jean Olson
Waukon
Elkader
West Union
Postville
Waukon Secon
Stanley
Marquette
McGregor
Patty Heyer
Sumner
Keith Palmer
Loretta McGeaugh
Waterville
Everett Albert
B. Postville
Parole Board Reviews Life Term Case of Dewey Berlovich
DES MOINES AP The state board of parole is examining the case of Dewey Berlovich a Des Moines night club operator serving a life sentence for the 1935 fatal shooting of Donald Merrigan a relief worker The board cannot parole or commute life terms but it reviews such cases and makes recommendations to the governor Governor George A Wilson said he routinely has life term cases reviewed at regular intervals.
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Des Moines
State Board of Parole
Dewey Berlovich
Donald Merrigan
George A. Wilson
Funeral services for Cedar Rapids resident Arthur Moore announced
Arthur Joseph Moore long time Cedar Rapids resident died in a local hospital on Friday Funeral services set for 2 30 p m today at Turner chapel conducted by Rev Dr William M Evans and Rev John M VanderMu len Burial at Dunkard cemetery eight miles north of Cedar Rapids Friends may call at the chapel
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Arthur Joseph Moore
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
William M. Evans
John M. VanderMeulen
Dunkard
Memorial services for Jack Breedlove Held at Cedar Memorial
Memorial services for 20 year old Jack Breedlove son of Mr and Mrs J A Breedlove of 702 Third Avenue SW will be held this afternoon at 2 30 at the Chapel of Memories in Cedar Memorial cemetery Breedlove was killed in the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7 as reported by the family and local authorities.
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Jack Breedlove
J A. Breedlove
Third Avenue
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Breedlove
Pearl Harbor
Mrs Han nah Gensicke Funeral Services
Funeral services for Mrs Han nah Gensicke who died Thursday at Chillicothe Missouri will be held at 1 pm today at the Rohn funeral home in charge of Rev P L Bornhoeft Burial will be in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the Rohn chapel until noon today
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Hannah Gensicke
Chillicothe
Rohn Funeral Home
P. L. Bornhoeft
Linwood Cemetery
Rohn
Infant Fred Whitney Dies at Local Hospital
Fred Robert Whitney infant son of Mr and Mrs Fred E Whitney of 1028 Fourteenth Avenue SW died at 3 p m Saturday in a local hospital. Born April 1 he is survived by the parents a sister Marline Jane and a brother Leroy Richard Brief services will be held at Linwood cemetery at 2 p m Monday conducted by Rev A L McQuay Friends may call at the Rohn chapel Sunday evening
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Fred Robert Whitney
Fred E. Whitney
Fourteenth Avenue
Marline Jane
Leroy Richard
Linwood
A. L. McQuay
Rohn Chapel
Kretejli Krejel infant dies. private burial planned
Kathryn Ann Krejteli Krejel one day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Krejel of 1528 K Street SW died at 5 45 p m Saturday in a local hospital. Survived by parents a brother David Charles and grandparents Mr and Mrs Anton Krejel and Mrs Frances Koutny all of Cedar Rapids. Private funeral services at Janeba funeral home with burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery.
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Kathryn Ann Krejel
Charles E. Krejel
David Charles
Anton Krejel
Frances Koutny
Cedar Rapids
Janeba
Cedar Medial
Mayor LaGuardia weighs drive name change to MacArthur
New York City considers a council approved measure to rename East River drive as MacArthur drive. The proposal, backed unanimously by the city council, moves to formal action under Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
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New York
Fiorello LaGuardia
East River Drive
MacArthur Drive
Cripps Work in India Cited by Churchill
London telegram reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill praising Sir Stafford Cripps for laying foundations for India's future progress despite failed negotiations. Churchill commended Cripps's tenacity and resourcefulness, while noting wartime dominion status proposals would pause but may reappear after the war. He emphasized need for increased Indian war effort and cooperation of Muslims and Congress leaders, and cited equipment shortages as a major constraint on India's military contribution.
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London
India
Stafford Cripps
Winston Churchill
Cripps
Great Britain
Britain
Japan
Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress
Far East
Shaw notes Cripps mission failure in India
George Bernard Shaw, critic of British policy, says Cripps failed to secure settlement with the All-India Congress and argues more time was needed for talks. He notes the question of India's future cannot be rushed to a panic-driven decision within a fortnight.
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London
INS
Stafford Cripps
George Bernard Shaw
All-India Congress
Shaw
International News Service
Cripps
India
Wermuth's Wife Keeps Faith Amid War Odds
Detroit report shows Jean Wilkins Wermuth, 30, nurse, says her husband Captain Arthur W. Wermuth, praised as Bataan's one man army, urged her to keep her chin up. She tells reporters to tell other soldiers' families not to lose hope and notes he would not abandon his men.
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Detroit
Jean Wilkins Wermuth
Arthur W. Wermuth
Bataan
Call Off Arms Tieup Ends Walkout At Plant
Charleston West Virginia AP reports operations resumed at the $90,000,000 naval ordnance plant in South Charleston after steelworkers agreed to halt their strike for at least three days.
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Charleston
W. Va
Naval Ordnance Plant
South Charleston
Hew Roberts to Speak At Americanism Program Wednesday
Prof. T Hew Roberts of the University of Iowa will address the audience at McKinley school auditorium on The World and We the People. The event, open to the public, features multiple speakers, musicians, and veterans as part of Cedar Rapids citizenship classes and the Americanism program.
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T. Hew Roberts
McKinley
College of Education
University of Iowa
McKinley School
Cedar Rapids
Alma Wright
E. H., Christensen
Frank Hahn
Harry §. Johnson
Dwight Krumholtz
Americanism Committee
Hanford
The
American Legion
Edna Dieman
Eulalia Hauser
Shirley Johnson
Beverly Nevins
Carl Jean Feiden
Sara Ann Holman
Leo Roseberry
Helen Sokora
Helen Melshe
Henrietta Kubic
Mildred Mahring
Maje Miss
Cechy
Ben Drahovzal
Dempsy Jones
Maurine Bailey
Prof. Roberts
University of Western Australia
New Zealand
Veteran on way to Boise released after intoxication arrest
Charles Weselowski of Calumet City sought to visit his son in an army unit near Boise Idaho. He pulled off Highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids to rest, was found drunk with a loaded revolver and wine, jailed, hospitalized, and given a 30 day suspended sentence after pleading guilty. He is a World War I veteran who fought at Belleau Wood Chateau Thierry the Argonne and Soissons and was gassed and shell shocked.
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Charles Weselowski
Calumet City
Boise
Ida
Cedar Rapids
M. G. Swords
Weselowski
Wesolowski
Mercy Hospital
Hendrickson
Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Argonne
Soissons
Four High Schools Present One Act Plays at McKinley
Four area schools Roosevelt Wilson Frank Jin and McKinley joined McKinley High for the second annual One Act Play Festival. The Footlights club hosted as a fair audience watched four plays including Why I Am an Bachelor The Kid Makes Up His Mind The Devil Comes to Alcaraz and Romance Is a Racket with student directors and advisers named.
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McKinley High School
Footlights Club
Roosevelt
Wilson
Frank Jin
McKinley
Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets
Pierre Tracey
Alcaraz
Franklin
Geraldine Green
Marjorie Emerson
Motorist Faces Charge After Corner Crash
Ralph W. Bradley of 1449 Fourth avenue SE was charged with failure to have his car under control after his vehicle collided with a machine driven by Olin Wallen of Marshalltown. The crash occurred about 9 p.m. at Third Avenue and Twelfth Street SE. Bradley was to appear in police court Monday.
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Ralph W. Bradley
Fourth Avenue SE
Olin Wallen
Marshalltown
Third Avenue
Twelfth Street SE
Bradley
Charge 4 Sabotaged Equipment of Plant So They Could Loaf
Springfield report on four young workers at a Cairo area silican mine and pulverizing plant charged with sabotaging elevators and conveyors to loaf for hours. FBI says the misconduct described as laziness. Suspects Orvil Browning 19 Gussie Provoe 22 Eldis Smith 18 Paul Johnson 23 held on $5 000 bond each for sabotage charges by federal grand jury.
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Springfield
Ill
Ilinois
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cairo
War Industry
A. H. Crowl
FBI
Federal Grand Jury
Orvil Browning
Gussie Provoe
Eldis Smith
Paul Johnson
Slot Machines Taken At Des Moines
DES MOINES AP The number of slot machines seized here since the federal permit holder list was published rose to 68 Saturday night with the seizure of 33 machines valued at about $3,000 at a transfer company warehouse. Officials said the machines were received Wednesday and were to be shipped to St Paul Minn early this week.
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Des Moines
St. Paul
Minn
Dowling Junior College Wins Science Day Honors
Dowling junior college in Des Moines captured top honors at Iowa State College Science Day as more than a thousand high school and junior college students statewide took exams. Ames Guthrie Center and Clarion tied for second with Clarion sending the most competitors. Twenty tests were administered during the one day program.
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Ames
Dowling Junior College
Des Moines
Iowa State College
Guthrie Center
Clarion
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Shirley Nutting
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Ruth Plaster
Julia Verbeck
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Walter Saur
Joyce Carley
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Wermuth’s
LAPES
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Florist
Third Avenue SE
Masonic
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M. D. Keeney
Honolulu Conservatory of Music
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Robert Buresh
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Barney Olson
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D.A.R
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Son
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Grant Wood
Pioneer Ile
Turner Organization
Mortuary Service
John B. Turner
John B. Turner & Son
Funeral Directors
Second Avenue
Eighth Street
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