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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1941
Page
30
Mary Manners urges allowing a person to pick a vocation and avoid being pushed into unsuitable roles. She argues a steady liking for work leads to success, even against expectations, while parents and teachers should let him live his own life. The writer notes daily bus meetings over a year may foster basic politeness and curiosity about potential outcomes.
Teen girls ask Miss Manners about swapping boyfriends for dates. The reply advises mutual agreement and weighing the boys’ feelings, suggesting clear consent before any date swap.
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R Wickard told a CBS radio audience that American food may decide the outcome of Europe’s war and shape the peace for generations. He urged increased production of key foods to feed Britain and allied nations while strengthening U S supply for home use. Wickard warned Hitler’s food shortages and Balkans gains tie to Germany’s collapse, stressing food as a defense and peace factor.
Whittier Reva Heald was honored at a Wednesday shower hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pollock. Musical numbers were by Mary and Myrna Bailey and Violet Brugger. Heald is to be a June bride. Mrs. Frank Hall hosted the WCTU meeting on Tuesday.
Ruth Paulsen of Wadena Minnesota and Theodore Baade of Monona were married Wednesday at the Monona Lutheran parsonage with Rev. H W Siefkes officiating Attendants were Ruth Corlette of Linton Indiana and Starr Baade They will reside in McGregor after a wedding trip to Wadena Paulsen is a nurse at McGregor hospital Baade is a Bayless College graduate and works for the Commercial Investment and Trust Corp
In Des Moines Iowa the 1941 49th general assembly closes with chairs removed from floors and offices open for final details. Governor Wilson studies 71 bills including library funding for Iowa University and repairs to ISU agricultural hall while other measures cover infantile paralysis facilities and the Spirit Lake massacre site purchase.
Scott Cram age 13 of Red Oak won the Iowa 1941 spelling championship for Montgomery county after leading in the oral round and winning the final oral spell down with the word octahedral. Dolores VanDyke placed second in both written and oral rounds representing Polk county. Billy McWilliams of Cherokee was runner up. Scott earned the right to represent Iowa in the national spelling bee in Washington.
Four high schools staged the first intracity play festival at Roosevelt high school auditorium. Gamma Delta of Roosevelt presented Happy Journey directed by Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets. Franklin, Wilson and McKinley followed with The Flying Prince, The Kid Makes Up His Mind, and The Captain Comes Home led by Geraldine Green Pierre A Tracy and Marjorie Emerson.
New York report says Senator Nye of North Dakota forecast the British empire would disintegrate. He argued the collapse would come calmly since the United States would not face economic competition more serious than it already endures from Great Britain.
A quarter million women aged 20 and 21 were believed registered in England’s first conscription of feminine labor for war indus tries. Labor Minister Ernest Bevin announced the plan to draft women workers on March 16 and said registration would be honored in all homes. Exemptions include nursing service, full time air raid precautions, civil volunteers, and university or professional students. Two to three weeks will pass for classification before interviews to place women in suitable roles. Bevin noted selections will focus on usefulness to the war effort and avoid callers with heavy domestic duties. After the 1920 cohort is classified, the next age group will be enrolled.
First officer recounts how the Britannia sank off Cape Verde, forcing 38 men to endure 1,600 miles in a life boat. The captain died with a smile as the boat neared Brazil, having saved 44 of 82 aboard while 40 Indians and four British deaths were recorded. Survivors reached Montevideo two days later and awaited medical care.
Berlin reports German bombers have sunk 167000 tons of British shipping since April 11 around England and in the Mediterranean. In the week of April 11 to 18 the Luftwaffe alone is credited with 25 vessels totaling 132000 tons sunk and 48 vessels totaling 280000 tons damaged. Sinkings by U boats and surface raiders are not included.
Washington officials said the proposed civilian defense agency ready for President Roosevelt's signature would handle air raid precautions civilian morale recreational facilities near camps and coordinate state and municipal efforts with the defense program. It outlines shifts in daily life from troop mobilization to defense jobs taxes price controls savings bonds and travel limits as the nation braces for possible war.
The Sunday Express editorial by editor John Gorman urges the British government to evacuate the imperial expeditionary force from Greece at once. It says the force should never have been sent and calls for swift removal.
London papers caution readers to expect more serious reverses and a possible British withdrawal from the Greek mainland due to German numerical and mechanized superiority. Some optimism remains about the Libyan and Middle East situation, while the Evening Standard notes a six to one German advantage on current battlegrounds.
One hundred fourteen painters coated an 8000 square foot two story house in Kansas City in 3 minutes 18 seconds setting a new world record. A timekeeper shouted go and spectators watched as buckets opened and brushes moved across the white exterior.
Mr and Mrs L Krachmer announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Celia Krachmer to Meyer Schaffer son of Mr and Mrs M Schaffer of Sioux City. Celia a McKinley high school graduate works as bookkeeper at Krachmer Furniture. Meyer attended Sioux City Central high school earned a degree from the University of Iowa and is pursuing graduate work.
Sioux City AP Cecil A. C.c. camp at Saturday afternoon was named as the Iowa Junior of Commerce in spirited balloting. The two day annual convention closed with B. Fairall of Muscatine winning 102 to 65 after third candidate Charles Rudolph withdrew. Delegates named four vice presidents including Rudolph and Terrill of Fort Dodge. National directors elected were Paul Mc Cauley of Mason City and Frank Davis of Des Moines. Davenport chosen host city for 1942 convention. resolutions endorsed Americanism and mobilization efforts for national defense.
Pittsburgh treated its first blackout with mixed results as thousands of lights went out for five minutes from 10:10 to 10:15 p.m. Bridges remained lit, people forgot to close windows, and observers noted city landmarks visible to mock raiders while Mayor Scully defended the exercise.
A Pittsburgh youngster voices that a previous blackout was poor, joking he could have produced a better blackout with a BB gun. He reflects on the lesson learned and suggests an improved effort if tried again.
Premier General Jan Smuts told Capetown listeners that South Africans must be ready to "go right up to Egypt" when the call comes, signaling commitment to potential near Eastern action.
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