Judges Begin Selecting Winners Of Grand Prizes
Three Cedar Rapids advertising experts start reviewing thousands of contest ideas from a $2400 ad writing event. Judges Yaw Lyon and Murray will examine entries from 26 advertisers across eight weeks and last six days to pick three top ideas for $200, $100 and $50 prizes. A complete winners list will appear in Sunday's Gazette.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert E. Yaw
Ambro
Wallace Lyon
WD. Lyon
Pauline Murray
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Yaw
Lyon
Miss Murray
Gazette
Census Push Reaches 100 Million Mark in 1940 Count
The Census Bureau passes its count of the hundred millionth American with about 30 million still to go. Door to door work began April 2 and should finish in a week in most areas. Takers face delayed pay until districts are completed. Notable finds include a claimed 120 year old resident in Pennsylvania and several unusually aged dwellings. State and national totals are expected in the summer after tabulation begins.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Zanes Ville
Ohio
New York City
Odessa
Del
de Soto Township
Pennsylvania
Edward Sr. Helps At Burlington Fire Alarm
Edward van Seiver, a volunteer fire truck driver, arrived at the Burlington station with his two year old son in his arms. He handed the child to a bystander, then took the driver's seat, briefly handing the child back before continuing to the fire with the infant still in his arms.
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Burlington
N. J
Edward van Seiver
Edward, Jr
van Seiver
Axis Ties Strengthened as German Mission Arrives in Rome
Italian and German circles report the arrival of a new German military mission in Rome as a bolster to the Rome Berlin axis. A Japanese mission is expected later this month to study Italian war production and defenses along the Italo French frontier. Normal shipping resumes along the Tyrrhenian coast after coastal gun trials amid spring naval maneuvers. Il Tevere features a map claiming breaches in Allied blockade aiding Germany, listing key routes and nations in order of importance.
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Rome
Rome-Berlin
Naples
Gaeta
Dodecanese Islands
Il Tevere
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Sweden
Finland
Baltic States
Russia
United States
Siberia
Rumania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Italy
Switzerland
Arctic Sea
Runaway Truck Crash Kills Eight in Ponce
A truck carrying homegoing workers rolled down a hill in Ponce Puerto Rico its brakes failed and it crashed into a cement truck and a house killing eight and injuring thirty five.
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Ponce
Porto Rico
Logan-Walter Bill Seeks Judicial Reviews for Some Agencies
The bill would allow appeals to federal courts from rulings by the national labor relations board and the securities commission while exempting agencies like the FDIC ICC and FTC. Lawmakers note the selection remains opaque and debate centers on which bodies face new legal recourse.
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Ay Woo
Washington
House
National Labor Relations Board
Securities Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Trade Commission
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