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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1941
Page
4
The piece outlines campus wear trends with full-skirted dresses, knee-high hems, heavy cable knits in red or green, new hat styles like pigtail and ribbed stocking caps, five-inch wide leather belts, calfskin and rubber boots, long middy styles, jerkins, vests, and Jersey Drindls. It notes manufacturers will custom-make requested items.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette needlecraft notice offers pattern 2704 for a set of six Scottie motifs in cross stitch with material lists and color schemes. Send ten cents and write pattern number name and address to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY.
Colleges pursue civic focus with varied efforts. Wellesley plots a map reading course while Cornell trains a coed drone program. Purdue reports 145 of 1,100 graduates commissioned as second lieutenants in field artillery. Guest day tea planned at the Christian church on Sept. 19 with committees named. refreshments served.
The Modern Book club gathered Friday afternoon at Mrs Clarence Peters on. Mrs Adolph Christensen led the business meeting and Mrs Charles Tritle reported on William Shirers Berlin Diary.
The Methodist church social club met at Mrs. Ed Phillip s home on Thursday. Women of the Christian church Ladies Aid held a picnic at Waltonian park east of Troy Mills on Wednesday. Willow Rebekah lodge members escorted three candidates to Cedar Rapids for initiation. those named were Mrs. O P Stillinger, Mrs. Wilma Walton, and Mrs. Jane Webster of Troy.
Detective Houlihanhandled a missing horse case with Elsie Sterner reporting Winnie the horse and Nancy Golden 30 had rented it. After four hours officers tracked them to a west side bar near Madison and arrested Nancy and Winnie, who gave a doubtful tale of barroom whereabouts.
A tavern scene unfolds with a horse stamping in sawdust as a woman seeks a herd reins, drawing an officer’s curious question. Houlihan questions the strange disturbance and returns to work, pondering the odd event.
Iowa City reports hints of a smaller fall enrollment at the University of Iowa as room reservations linger in the men's dormitories and in cooperative housing. Dean of Men’s office official D. Donald Mallett notes many rooms are taken but several remain available.
Production of the nation's oil refineries has risen by 60 percent over the last ten years, reflecting a sustained expansion in capacity and output across major plants. The increase marks a significant shift in domestic energy production and potential market implications.
Ellis pool manager Dick Beall announces final Labor Day close of swimming. An 730 PM Wednesday demonstration features diving by local swimmers and tank artists with water safety instructors led by Red Cross volunteers guiding hundreds of city sponsored class enrollees.
Topeka Kansas AP reports Peggy Anne Landon, 24, is betrothed to William Mills, a Topeka attorney, in a formal engagement notice from the family.
Berlin AP reports Prof Lucien Henri Roux of Paris shows a color projection method for black and white films. A four section lens on camera and projector uses red blue green and yellow to mix four superimposed images into a single color altered film image.
German propaganda minister Paul Joseph Goebbels is slated to visit Venice, according to an official Italian communiqué issued Saturday. No further details were provided.
DES MOINES AP Charles A Lindbergh will speak on non intervention policies in the European conflict. The Des Moines event is scheduled for September 8 and is expected to attract strong public interest.
The article notes there are approximately 000 practicing physicians in the United States, indicating a snapshot of medical workforce size.
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