Know Your Y Week Set for December at Cedar Street Club
The Y M C A boys division, with Volunteer Service club help, schedules Know Your Y Week December 8 to 13 for Cedar Street boys. Each member mailed five visitor cards to invite nonmembers to join activities in physical education swimming handicraft and games under staff including Gurney Day Kenny Marsh Frank Perryman and four secretaries.
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Volunteer Service Club
Cedar St. Paul
Gurney Day
Kenny Arsh
Frank Perryman
Fred Shoemaker
Louis E. Nelson
Fred O. Uhlenhop
Milo Loomis
Y.M.C.A
Fred Shoe
L A Buse Named Loan Supervisor at Equitable
L A Buse named loan supervisor in the farm mortgage department of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. He succeeds Perry West who was killed in a car accident last month. Buse has four years with Equitable as repair supervisor and previously worked with the Federal Land Bank of St Paul as land appraiser and assistant to the chief appraiser. The Cedar Rapids branch will cover 68 counties. Announcement by R I Nowell, manager of the farm mortgage department.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
Perry West
Buse
Equitable
Cedar Rapids
Federal Land Bank of
To Be Soloist In The Messiah At Coe College
Ann TamarrI reports that male lead Mr. Love a Chicago Civic Opera tenor will solo in The Messiah at Coe College Sinclair Memorial chapel Cedar Rapids. Other soloists Ruth Ebling Massey Grace Huddle and Harold Reeves will join a 150 member choirs and college orchestra with organist Eleanor Taylor Wendland. The event honors Handel’s 1742 Dublin charity performance and marks Love’s eleventh year with the opera and fifth straight year with Dr. Frederick Stock.
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Love
Chicago Civic Opera
Aessiah
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Ruth Ebling Massey
Grace Huddle
Harold Reeves
Mr. Love
Elijah
Coe Music Department
Frederick Stock
Fae Kalamazoo
Mich
Coe
University of Dubuque
Akron
Martinelli
Tibbett
Ramphis
Chicago
Paul Schumann Ray
Lockhoff
Joseph H. Kitchin
Eleanor Taylor Wendland
Dublin
Ireland
Handel
London
Personal Opinions and Industry Talk From Cedar Rapids Interview
A continuation of a Cedar Rapids interview covering fiscal policy, public works, and land prices. The subject discusses defense program impacts on small businesses, land markets, golf, and hobbies. He describes Inter-Ocean’s national reach and a rare London twin insurance, and weighs language study and education amid global affairs. He cites ParsonsCollege, Harvard Law, and views on naval readiness and public opinion's influence.
Relief to Indians in Nutrition Plan Experiment
Washington Senator William Langer announced that Indians may soon receive relief under the agriculture department’s food stamp program. The plan would be instituted on an experimental basis starting January 1 in North and South Dakota.
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Washington
ULP
William Langer
N. D
Agriculture Department
North
South Dakota
South Side Banquet Promotes Americanism and Civic Honors
The South Side Civic club hosts its fifth annual program at P. S. hall, with motto All-Americans Americans All. John C. Reid presides as toastmaster as Chester Myers welcomes guests. About 350 expected to attend, 18 trophy candidates receive civic scrolls. Prof. H J Sangster speaks on An Frat programme and World War service. Entertainment includes Dee George ventriloquist, the Valdare Duo, and Top Hatters dancers.
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South Side Civic Club
P. S. Hall
John C. Reid
National Oats Company
State Board of Education
Chester 5. Myers
Ed E. Hach
Dee” George
Tommy
Valdare
Plan for Cedar Rapids Motion Picture Club Meeting
Discussion outlines the organization of an amateur motion picture club in Cedar Rapids. The Tuesday 7:30 pm meeting at the Roosevelt hotel will feature prize films by Lee Cochran, color footage of the Iowa Minnesota football game, interior lighting demonstrations, and local holiday pictures.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
C. P. Spencer
Douglas Grant
A. F. Harring
George Vavra
Ray al
Lee Cochran
Department of Visual Education
University of Iowa
Minnesota
Ex-Congressman Powell Dies in Rhode Island
Former Rhode Island congressman Johnne Powell aged 69, a Roosevelt era supporter in the House from 1934 to 1938 and a prominent figure in state Democratic circles, died Saturday in Westerly.
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Westerly, R. I
Johnne Powell
Westerly
R. I
Roosevelt
Rhode Island
El Kahir Shrine Initiates Thirty Members
The El Kahir Shrine initiated 30 members Friday at the 1941 fall ceremonial attended by about 750 Shriners. Visitors included Frank M. Deemer, C. C. Nye, Za-Ga-Zig Des Moines, Wirtel Drebing, Arthur D. Peirce Kaaba Davenport officers' divan. Candidates listed hail from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns.
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el Kahir
Frank M. Deemer
C. C. Nye
Des Moines
Wirtel Drebing
Arthur D. Peirce
150-Foot Ride Despite Teardown Test Ends in Intrigue
In Evanston a 19 year old, Robert Pryor, attempted a driver's test with state inspector J H Pedtke in the car. Pedtke ordered a sharp turn as they began, Pryor swerved toward a pedestrian and nearly mounted a curb before the encounter ended with a startled, short ride.
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Evanston, Ill
Robert Pryor
J. H. Pedtke
State Motor Vehicle Department
Pedtke
Pryor
Driver swerves to avoid collision in near miss
A driver, attempting to cross the street, veered toward an approaching car and then sped away after sounding the horn. Police pursued as the vehicle swerved again, creating a tense, high speed near miss described as the most exciting ride the officer had seen.
Serb Guerrillas Reported Killed in Axis Mountain Battle
A Belgrade dispatch quoted press reports that 150 Serb guerrillas were killed in a clash with Axis-aligned Serb forces in the Jablanica mountains and that the guerrillas were in retreat.
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Berlin
DNB
Belgrade
Jabalanitza
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L. A. Buse
Ann Tamarri
Sauna
Europe
North Africa
Willkie
Mark Jove
Inter-Ocean
Insurance Department of
Iowa
Interbusiness
Canada
New York
San Francisco
Atlantic Seaboard
Camp Highland
Plum Lake
Wis
Japan
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Malay States
Knox
Parsons College
Fairfield
Harvard Law School
Fisher
H. G. Fussell
Rogers Bros
Tee
Bulova
Patricia
Craemer’s
Marguerite Keyes
Continental
Mainliner
South Side
Plan
Organization of Motion Picture Club
EL Kahir Shrine
Arthur H. Schletsmeyer
Clarence E. Moehling
Waverly
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