Safety Slogan Winners Chosen in Local Contest
Local Legion safety contest honors Cedar Rapids pupils Tranny Gordley and John Husak for original traffic safety slogans. Winners submittals: grade school It always pays to look both ways and high school Obey the code watch the road Drive wise save lives. Awards presented at courthouse by Bill Barron with Sheriff Jim Smith as judge. contest aims to boost school safety and law enforcement cooperation.
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Tranny Gordley
John Husak
American Legion
Cedar Rapids
Hanford Post
the Legion
Safety Committee
Metz Gordley
Sixteenth Street
John
Prank J. Husak
Fourth Avenue SE
Garfield School
Immaculate Conception High School
W. J
Bill” Barron
Highway Patrol
C. B. Day
Linn County Highway Safety Commission
Jim Smith
Legion Committee
Capt. Day
John Sebetka
Robert Vlach
George Smith
Barron
Bill'’ Barron
Legion
Immaculate Conception
Vitamins in Pill Form Debated by Health Authority
William Brady cites surveys and studies showing thiamine deficiency in American diets harms mental and physical vigor. A nutrition expert argues for diet over pills, urging use of protective foods and vitamins only under medical supervision to treat real deficiencies.
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Daily ‘Press
Nutrition Authority
Enriched bread versus vitamin pills in nutrition debate
The author questions urging enriched white flour while warning against universal vitamin pill use. He notes foods contain multiple vitamins, cites enrichment of bread with thiamine, niacin, iron, riboflavin, calcium and phosphorus, and argues doctors should not restrict broad vitamin provision while promoting enrichment. He recalls no recorded harm from excess vitamins.
Z C B J Delegation Heads to Walford Meeting
A South Side News report notes a delegation of Z C B J members and supreme officers will attend the Walford Z C B J 400 lodge meeting today. The program will present the F M Barta traveling cup to the lodge with the most members, Cedar Rapids lodge 262 having held it last year. A dance will follow the program.
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Walford
Z.C.B.J
F. M. Barta
Cedar Rapids
Bohemian Dramatic Assn Presents Czech Paradise Play
Bohemian Dramatic association closes season with a three act comedy Czech Paradise by Karel Fort at the C S P S hall on May 3. Cast includes Marie Bohac Frank Janeba Marie Chmelicek Karel Bohaty Frank Sykora Rose Dryml T B Hlubucek Rose Bartunek Charles Pulkrab Frank Kohoutek Libbie Cerveny. Wardrobe by Es ther Pazour and makeup by Frank Machovsky. Curtain rises at 7 30 p m.
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Bohemian Dramatic Association
C.S.P.S. Hat
Vaclav Picek
Karel Fort
Marie Bohac
Frank Janeba
Marie Chmelicek
Karel Bohaty
Frank Sykora
Rose Dryml
T. B. Hlubucek
Rose Bartunek
Charles Pulkrab
Frank Kohoutek
Libbie Cerveny
Esther Pazour
Frank Machovsky
School of Instruction for CSA Lodges Hosted at CSP S Hall
Local and out-of-town CSA lodges will be represented at a school of instruction this afternoon at the CSP S hall under the direction of the CSA Central committee. Detailed instructions to lodge secretaries and financial secretaries will be provided.
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C.S.A
C.S.P.S. Hall
C.S.A. Central Committee
Czech Guard Receives Concentrated First Aid Training
Joe Carberry leads a first aid course for nearly 70 Czech guard members. Instruction began last Wednesday with two sessions planned for April 29 and May 6. Outdoor sessions may follow when weather allows.
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Joe Carberry
Y M C A Boys Department Plans Spring Open House
Y M C A Ray Rompet led a Wednesday meeting of the Boys building council as clubs classes and teams mapped a spring open house set for May 22. Committees include Bill Krebs Jim Wescott Bob Fiala Jerry Moen David Dean Ray Rompet Gaylord Trew Ray Yeakle and Wally Emmons with group projects from Stamp and Coin Model Airplane and Volunteer Service clubs. Six Y M C A committeemen toured the Y camp on the Wapsie river to plan summer preparations.
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Ray Rompet
Boys’ Building Council
Y” Boys’ Department
Boys’ Department
Bill Krebs
Jim Wescott
Bob Fiala
Jerry Moen
David Dean
Gaylord Trew
Ray Yeakle
Wally Emmons
Stamp and Coin Club
Louis Cullman
Free French claim Madagascar purge completed opens door to assault
The Free French in Washington declared the Madagascar purge and rearmament finished. They said warships from Dakar moved to Diego Suarez and pro Allied officers were purged while island defenses were strengthened under Vichy control. They warned Japan could seize Madagascar at will.
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Washington
INS
Madagascar
United Nations
de Gaullists
Dakar
Diego Suarez
Music Pupils Vie for Piano and Voice Honors
Fifty five junior music club members from Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Davenport competed in a Saturday festival of piano and vocal contests. Judges included Paschal Monk and Louisa Hager man. Winners spanned multiple levels with numerous Cedar Rapids and Davenport pupils earning superior and excellent ratings.
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Iowa
National Federation of Music Clubs
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Davenport
Y.w.ca
First Presbyterian Church
Paschal Monk
University of Iowa Music Department
Louisa Hagerman
State Federation
Anna Denkman
Grace Swab
Helen Kacena Stark
Elizabeth Bohac
Eulalia Hauser
Eleanor Houts
Max Daehler
Rose Ann Kubovec
Patricia Sediacek
Marilyn Zimmerman
Jack Sedlacek
Marilyn Kottmeier
Joseph Enzler
Jo Ann Tyler
Joan Enzler
Truth Hienton
Bill Selele
Herbert Tyler
Wayne Burger
Donald M. Bye
Mary Holvenstot
Kathleen Morrissey
Janne Zolesky
Medilum
Beverly Widell
Rockwell Daehler
Ann Rudla
Sally Strother
Cedarapids
Norma Kloubec
Beverly Broack
Barbara Gross
Lorraine Leksa
Jerry Lou Hart
Chester Wetzel
Betty Wolfe
Dorothy Owens
Marilyn Thoman
Trene Estes
Mary Lou Thomas
Marty Ellen Dennis
Anna Glanedakis
Shirley Elman
Ruby Rohlfing
Joan, Johnson
Shirley Durant Davenport
Marilyn Ebling
Marie Mueller
Eugene Hueller
Charles Gallagher
Jack Murray
Yowa City
Mildred Fuller
David Ring
Dr Suchomel resigns from Linn OCD for state medical post
Dr Thomas F Suchomel of Cedar Rapids resigns as a member and medical head of Linn county civilian defense council. He has been appointed as procurement and assignment service chairman for the state to recruit physicians dentists and veterinarians for federal service. The medical section he led organized disaster response integrating physicians nurses ambulance crews and hospital staffs.
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Thomas F. Suchomel
Cedar Rapids
George A. Wilson
Des Moines
Linn County Civilian Defense Council
Suchomel
Dubuque Youth Heads District DeMolays and Awards
The Northeast Iowa district Order of De Molay conclave closed with a grand ball at the Masonic hall. Chapters from Cedar Falls Decorah Dubuque Monticello Marion Osage Waterloo Cedar Rapids attended. New officers named include Bob Biebermann master councilor and Charles Doran senior councilor. Awards went to the Dubuque chapter for attendance and Cedar Rapids for ritualistic work. Bob Jones won the oratorical medal.
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Iowa
Order of de Molay
Masonic Hall
Cedar Falls
Decorah
Dubuque
Monticello
Marion
Osage
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Etabel
Bob Biebermann
Charles Doran
Ben Nollsch
Marvin Buckner
A Avenue NW
Jack Humeston
Nineteenth Street NE
Bob Jones
Twentieth Street
Jay Meredith
William Vesely
Bob Lundquist
University of Minnesota Bars Japanese Students
W C Coffey said the board of regents voted not to accept Japanese students while awaiting a federal policy decision. The announcement was made in Minneapolis as World War II tensions influenced campus admission policies.
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Minnesota U
Minneapolis
W. C. Coffey
University of Minnesota
Board of Regents
Naval V-5 Training Program Details Announced
The navy outlines a V-5 program enlisting high school graduates age 18 to 27 for naval aviation flight training. Applicants undergo screenings in Cedar Rapids and Kansas City and must provide birth certificates transcripts recommendations and parental consent if under 21. Training progresses through preflight induct centers 18 bases and Pensacola or Corpus Christi before final operational base transfer.
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Navy
Naval Aviation
Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
Naval
Pensacola
Fla
Corpus Christi
Tex
Fillmore Pupils Stage Patriotic Program at Roosevelt High
More than 400 parents attended a patriotic program by 175 Fillmore school pupils in Roosevelt high school's auditorium. Miss Marjorie Donohue led the event with Miss Dorreen Cobb directing historical songs and dances depicting America the Beautiful.
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Fillmore School
Roosevelt High School
Marjorie Donohue
Fillmore
Doreen Cobb
America
Lowella Ewoldt
Lowell Mason
Mathilde Menzel
Pauline Wershofen
Betty Wagner
Lucile Martin
G Johanos
Fillmore P.T.A
LaRue Morrison
Marie Kugler
Bessie Ma Jone
U S Plan to Aid Nicaragua Revealed
Washington announced extension of American financial and economic aid to Nicaragua to bolster its defense and internal economy. The State Department said the assistance aims to strengthen the Latin American republic amid regional tensions and economic needs.
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Washington
INS
Nicaragua
State Department
War Production Outlook Bright says priorities ride on visit
John P. Gregg deputy chief of the WPB priorities bureau praised the American war effort in Cedar Rapids during a coastbound stop. He described the WPB as at the crossroads of demands and materials, noting rapid gains in machine tool output and detailing the bureau’s 45 branches including farm equipment, containers, and strategic materials. Gregg warned postwar plans may face resistance to centralized control.
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John P. Gregg
Bureau of Priorities
War Production Board
Gregg
Cedar Rapids
Pacific Coast
Bureau
Portland
Ore
Washington
State Department
Roosevelt
Edward R. Stettinius
Bill Knudsen
C. H. Mathiessen
Priorities Bureau
James S. Knowlsen
Stewart Warner
Knowlsen
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
America
Iowa
Armed Services
Cankerworms Threaten City Elms and How to Fight Them
City arborist warns two cankerworm species will infest elms, basswoods, and hackberries in weeks. Early season sprays with lead arsenate and oil help trees. delay invites heavy damage and stripped foliage. Park department may spray street trees for a fee. private yards excluded. Call before May 1 to plan spraying.
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K. K. Alman
Park Department
City
Fire destroys Carmody foundry and shop location
Fire of undetermined origin razed the John T. Carmody foundry and machine shop at Fourth street and Twelfth avenue on April 23, with losses estimated at 45000 dollars. Nearby Cedar Rapids Canning company plant escaped major damage as sparks drifted by high winds, threatening other structures.
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John T. Carmody
Fourth Street
Twelfth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids to join Milwaukee railroad main line soon
Officials confirm Cedar Rapids will be on the Milwaukee railroad main line after walkover surveys and partial property acquisition. The story notes rumors years in circulation and cites official confirmation.
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Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee Railroad
Nazi General Killed on Smolensk Front
London AP reports German radio officially announced Major General Gerhard Berthold commander of a German infantry division was killed on the Smolensk front during ongoing fighting.
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Smolensk
London
Gerhard Berthold
Federal State Trade Barriers Conference Set for May
President Roosevelt via Jesse Jones calls a federal state conference in Washington on May 5 6 and 7 to study removing shipping restrictions at state lines and other trade barriers hindering the war effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Secretary of Commerce
Red Cross Drives Wool Salvage for Defense in Linn County
The Linn county Red Cross chapter and nationwide efforts collect wool from cuffs and clothing stores to create 300000 suits and salvage items like mittens blankets and hospital slippers. Attendees include Mrs. Sherman Yates and others guiding the drive at Third Avenue and Third Street SE.
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Linn County
Third Avenue
Third Street SE
Sherman Yates
Ways and Means
Sutherland Dows
Weaver Witwer
Charles Knox
James Yuill
A. G. Keyes
Men and Women Sought for Aircraft Factory Work
Wartime advertisement calls for trained men and women in aviation shipcraft and tank factories. Young men 18 to 45 draft exempt or active women 18 to 40 are urged to join six to eight week training programs led by E J Sweeney at 1732 A Grand Ave Kansas City Missouri. Postcard requests garner full course and opportunity details.
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E. J. Sweeney
Sweeney
Grand Ave
Kansas City
Missouri
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Y.M.C.A
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Laren Collister
Robert Bednasch
Oxford
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P. F. Keehn
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E. B. Zeller
Fred Shoemaker
Axis
Isle of
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Kathleen Grover
Janola Harder
Janice Nicholson
Marilyn Babbington
Frances Lathrop
Betty Spencer
Eugene Keller
Linn Ocd
U. S
Scotty McLeod
Star Jewelry CO
By James J. Hruska
Carmody Foundry
White Cross Society
St. Luke's Hospital
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California
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Henry Rickel
Perry G. White
W. H. Mihills
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American Red Cross National Aquatic Schools
Dawson Grim
Mitigwa
Woodward
J. E. Norrgard
St. Luke’s Hospital
A. W. Loftus
Dunreath Drive
Wayne J. Foster
Glenn Higbee
Staff Corps
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Center Point
William M. Baxter
Iowa Sports Ambulance Fund
Elizabeth McIntosh
Kodak
Baldridge
Third Street
Crandic
DELTA
Delta Delta
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WMT
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