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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1941

Page

10

Humane society misperceptions dispelled by shelter tour

A Linn county shelter critique argues the humane officer and facility care for animals with kindness not cruelty. It notes animals are kept until claimed or rehomed, many dogs and cats finding new homes, and highlights National Humane Week and shelter funding efforts.

Linn County Humane Shelter Humane Society Avenue NE Linn County Iowa The Linn County Shelter County Domestic Animal Fund Linn County Society Linn County Humane Society Cedar Rapids A. W. Quinn C Avenue NE National Humane Week Linn Society

Parliament Houses Hit In Raid Big Damage Reported

London report states bombs struck the houses of parliament in a raid likely on Wednesday. the speaker's house suffered the heaviest damage with a smashed water tank and shattered library windows while the lobby roof and terrace windows were damaged. The speaker Captain E A Fitz Roy was absent. no staff casualties were reported.

London House of Commons E. A. Fitzroy

Carleton Professor to Address Kelvin Society of Coe

Dr. Karl Schmidt head of philosophy at Carleton College Northfield Minnesota will speak to the Coe college Kelvin society Monday at 730 PM in the science hall His topic is Postulates of Physics and Postulates for Physics His background includes Marburg Harvard and Northwestern University and he joined Carleton in 1927 The Kelvin society invites all interested in interpretation of modern science fundamentals to attend

Karl Schmidt Philosophy Carleton College Northfield, Minn Coe College Kelvin Society Schmidt Carleton University of Marburg Germany Harvard Northwestern United States

Scouts Fail Fire Start With Asbestos Paper Trick

In Rock Island Illinois a Boy Scout executive attempted to light a campfire using a sheet asbestos substitute he called paper. He planned to show that fire could be started with two matches but realized the material was asbestos.

Rock Island, Ill L. C. Jameson Jameson

Iowa Adopts Special Birth Registration Notification Form

Iowa will issue a state birth notification form due to a shortage of census blanks. The form will bear Iowa seals and signatures of the governor and health commissioner, list birth date place certificate number and parents, and will cover about two months of births.

Iowa L. J. Storey Superior Court Division of Vital Statistics Iowa State Department of Health United States Census Bureau State Department Census Bureau State Department of Health State Commissioner of Health

Rickenbacker Resumes Activity After Crash Recovery

Eddie Rickenbacker has recovered enough from injuries from the February crash near Atlanta to resume some Eastern Air Lines business. He presided from a hospital bed at Piedmont hospital during a board meeting of the company.

Atlanta Eddie Rickenbacker Here Eastern Air Lines Piedmont Hospital

Waterfowl Population Doubles Since 1935

The Fish and Wildlife Service on Saturday estimated the United States waterfowl population at 70 million, more than twice the 1935 level, signaling a major rebound in duck and goose numbers nationwide.

Washington United States Fish and Wildlife Service

War fears and convoy debates grip the nation

Last week fear of war involvement loomed as Allied defeats fueled anxiety. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee postponed a convoy ban to April 30 while President Roosevelt weighed options amid calls for protecting merchant ships. Key figures debated defense profits, strikes, and alliance moves as Germany pressed Greece and Yugoslavia, and a Russo Japanese pact stirred new questions.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Atlantic Sumthishe Iowa Gillette Britain Montana Wheeler America First Committee Chicago Charles A. Lindbergh First Army Bermuda Roosevelt Harry Hopkins Office of Congress Vinson CIO United Mine Workers Kentucky Detroit General Motors Cedar Rapids Wilson and Company Denmark U. S North Atlantic Henrik de Kauffmann Adolf Hitler Germany Greece Yugoslavia Russia Ukraine Hungary Tokio Stalin Yosuke Matsuoka China Japan Alexandros Korizis

Vic Johnson's repeated arrests endures in Cedar Rapids life

Vic Johnson, 37, of 860 Fourteenth Street NE, was jailed for the fortieth time since 1935 on intoxication charges. Judge H R Churchill sentenced him to 30 days, but Crissman may seek revocation of a parole suspension for noncompliance, as Johnson had five months left in a six month vagrancy term. He previously helped a trapped inmate but violated terms after a promised release failed.

Vic Johnson Fourteenth Street H. R. Churchill Johnson W. W. Crissman H. C. Ring Illinois

Perkins Elevated to Lieutenant Colonel in Military Reserve

C W Perkins professor of German and Spanish at Coe College has been promoted from major to lieutenant colonel in the military intelligence reserve. He began as a captain in 1923 and leads the Linn county chapter of the Reserve Officers association. Robert G St James Jr promoted to first lieutenant infantry reserve.

C. W. Perkins Coe College Military Intelligence Reserve Perkins Linn County Reserve Officers Association Robert G. St. James, Jr First Avenue E Infantry Reserve

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