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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1949

Page

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Campaign to stop unlicensed Iowa beauty shops

DES MOINES AP The first campaign in years targets unlicensed beauty shops in Iowa. Investigations show violations for years with permanent waves done without licenses and unsanitary conditions. One injunction already banned Mrs Louise Vohaska of Riverside from operating without a license.

DES Moines Iowa State of Cosmetology Washington County District Court Louise Vohaska Riverside Clarence A. Kading Dale Carnegie Charles R. van Nice Fort Des Moines

Jean Strong Takes Editor Post at The Independence

Jean Strong arrives as editor of The Independence in Center Point, succeeding a long line of editors. The 650 subscriber paper, a five column 16 inch sheet, aims to grow to 1000 as she maps local coverage and editorials. She balances duties with learning news writing while considering civic issues like a new city hall and sewage system.

Gazette Jean Strong Center Point Independent Center Point Jean A. A. Oltrogge the Independent Independent The Yiney America Buck” Taylor

Accused School Head Released Under Bond

Forest Green wood, superintendent at Wall Lake, waived to the grand jury on larceny charges in municipal court. Greenwood, former Story City superintendent, faces embezzlement claims of about $2386 in Story City high school funds. He posted a $2000 cash bond and was returned to Story County by Sheriff Ivan Shalley.

AMES Forest Greenwood Wall Lake Grand Greenwood Story City Story County Ivan Shalley Nevada

Woman Editor Takes On Tough City News

A female editor leads a metropolitan paper, proving herself capable in a traditionally male dominated field. She handles substantial assignments and pursues thorough reporting to serve readers.

Rabbi Wendell Phillips to Lecture at Cornell

Rabbi Wendell Phillips of Washington Boulevard temple Chicago will lecture at Cornell college Tuesday under Jewish Chautauqua Society auspices. He will discuss How Jesus Looks to the Jew, New Sciences and Old Cultures Stimuli to Civilization, Hebrew Poetry, and Judaism with courses and chapel sessions. He studied at Columbia Oxford Hebrew University and served as navy chaplain in World War II.

Gazette MT. Vernon Wendell Phillips Washington Boulevard Temple Chicago Cornell College Jewish Chautauqua Society Bi Phillips Columbia Oxford Hebrew University Jerusalem el Paso Texas

Quiet Iowa student linked to three murders in report

Elefson, a former University of Iowa freshman now living in Omaha, is questioned in connection with three deaths including his grandfather. County attorney describes him as a quiet brilliant youth with sympathies he calls left wing though denying communism. He is held without bond for a December 12 preliminary hearing.

Elefson University of Iowa Omaha Sidney Karl Marx Mation Iowa U

Scout Executive Announces Iowa River Valley Meeting

Iowa City scout leader M. L. Hunter says the annual meeting of the Iowa River Valley Boy Scout council will be held December 13 in Washington, Iowa.

Iowa City M. L. Hunter Iowa River Valley Boy Scout Council Washington, Ia

County attorney urges dismissal of reckless driving charge

Iowa City County Attorney Jack C. White said on Saturday he recommended dropping the reckless driving charges against Donald L. Myers.

Iowa City Jack C. White Donald L. Myers

City Trucks Roam Cedar Rapids Collecting Trash

City trucks travel more than 80,000 miles yearly collecting and dumping garbage in Cedar Rapids, highlighting the scale of urban sanitation operations.

Cedar Rapids

Lutefisk supper in McGregor drew crowd at Norway Lutheran

Utefisk and Norwegian dishes headline the Lutefisk dinner at the Norway Lutheran Church west of St Olaf in McGregor. Meals include meatballs gravy lefse flat bread potatoes peas carrots and cranberries.

McGregor Norway Lutheran Church St. Olaf

Jones County vehicle licenses rise by sixty this year

Jones county vehicle registrations reach 5 928 in 1949, an all time high. Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid Society of Calmar shipped six large bags of clothing and shoes to Seeheim Germany for aid to the poverty stricken there.

Jones County Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid Society Calmar Seeheim Germany

Cedar Rapids A A group to help Manchester third anniversary

About 40 Cedar Rapids AA members plan to travel to Manchester on Monday to assist the local group in celebrating its third anniversary.

Alcoholics Anonymous Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids Faces 2024 Fiscal Year Death Toll Near Nine Hundred

About 820 people died in Cedar Rapids during the fiscal year that ended last March 31, reflecting a high mortality figure amid local conditions and public health factors impacting the city.

Cedar Rapids

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