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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1941
Page
6
A New York Mirror column notes wartime impressions from London and Britain. It highlights U S observers, Martlet vs Hurricanes aviation, Ambassador Winant’s reactions, nightclub contrasts, and Home Guard lore with brisk, vivid vignettes.
Miss Mary Eulalia Hauser of Cedar Rapids wins again in the student piano contest at the Iowa Federation of Music clubs. Mrs. C B Clark is elected president of the Woman's club. Cedar Rapids secures night baseball by purchasing equipment and awarding the installation contract to Robertson Electric Company.
Mrs. Jake Kirkwood widow of Samuel J. Kirkwood died at 99 at her grandson C. S. Lucas's Iowa City home. Prof G R Wade Grace Church choir director and organist was honored at a farewell party and will leave for the west soon. Elmer Ellsworth Richards editor of the Western Poultry Journal died at his home.
Dominic Feiereisen former Cedar Rapids alderman resigns from baggage room role with Milwaukee railroad to serve as secretary of Stand Construction in the city. Earl Dayton son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Dayton sustains a fractured leg after a fall from playground apparatus at Riverside. F J Hindelang departed yesterday for Omaha to head the J J Case Plow company branch there.
In a whirlwind finish the Crawford McPherron Stearns and Fuchs team from New York defeated the Four Aces led by Jacoby Schenken Maier Lightner Becker to win the national team of four championship and Vanderbilt Cup. The win came after a week of eliminations in which 24 teams were eliminated.
Radio schedule fragment lists programs across stations including Lou Breece orch at 18:00 and Lionel Hampton at 18:30, with numerous orchestra acts and news blocks. Multiple stations publish music, markets, public affairs, weather, and late night features through 2:30 AM, featuring acts like Piolo Rito, Courtney, and Frankies orchestras, plus news briefs and editor Strandvoid.
A fragmented list shows a dense morning to late program lineup across stations WGN WMT WHO KWLC WSUI WOI KFJB and others including news reports music shows gospel segments and talk features with times from 4:30 to 10:45 reflecting a busy calendar of broadcasts and host names such as Jerry Zelda Myrt and Marge Kate Smith and Betty Wells.
A sequence of price figures appears: 19.75, 27.50, 8.95, 5.95, 7.50, and 11.95. The items or context behind these numbers are not provided in the readable text.
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