War Work Interview Reveals Collins Employee Mrs Henderson
Mrs Roland C Henderson of 135 Sixth Avenue Marton employed by Collins Radio since July 1942 supervises in receiving inspection. She works 5 PM to 3 AM at Eighth Street and Third Avenue, travels from Marion daily, and cites support from colleagues. Her husband serves in the Army Air Corps in England. her brother is a pilot in New Guinea. She plans postwar travel and emphasizes growth through wartime work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland C. Henderson
Sixth Avenue
Marton
Collins Radio Company
Collins
Eighth Street
Third Avenue
Ordnance Department
Army Air Corps
England
American Hotel Association
War Food Administration
Wenonah Hotel
Bay City
Mich
Doll Chic Patterns Offer Wardrobe for Dolls
Anne Adams promotes pattern 4604 for dolls 14 to 24 inches with matching transfer motifs. Includes yardage notes and a fall pattern book for 10 cents extra. Order details direct to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly
Mama
Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department
West Randolph St
Chicago
You Can't Always Tell from Where You Sit
Ruth Millett reflects on a dining car moment during wartime travel. A gray haired woman, oblivious to the war’s inconveniences, holds a crying baby and reveals through conversation that her daughters face hardship abroad. The piece questions judgments about wartime sacrifice and awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hom
Addie Phillipson Wed in Oregon
Frank A. Phillipson of 912 Eighth Avenue SW announces the marriage of his daughter Addie to John A. Niswonger son of Mr and Mrs C L Niswonger of Seattle Washington. The marriage occurred November 12 at 7 pm in the First Methodist church of Portland. Mrs Niswonger formerly worked in Cedar Rapids at the farm mortgage office for Equitable Life. They now live in Portland and are employed by the Kaiser company at 1963 N W Irving Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Phillipson
Eighth Avenue SW
Addie
John A. Niswonger
C. L. Niswonger
Seattle
Wash
First Methodist Church
Portland
Mrs. Niswonger
Kaiser Company
N. W. Irving Street
Jeanne Mertell Wed to Dale Cook
Mrs. B A Hoyt announces the marriage of her daughter Jeanne Mertell to Dale F Cook Sunday at 4 PM in the Kenwood Park Methodist church parsonage. Rev Dwight E Webster officiated the double ring ceremony. They will reside at 1922 Ninth Street SW after a trip to Chicago. Cook is employed by the Seven Up company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Hoyt
Ninth Street
Jeanne Mertell
Dale F. Cook
Kenwood Park Methodist Church
Dwight E. Webster
Chicago
Cook
Seven-Up ,Company
Beta Sigma Phi Jewels Degree Granted at Roosevelt Dinner
Gamma Theta chapter conferred the Jewels degree on Jean Muir Catharine Morgan and Mary Car frac during a formal Friday dinner at the Roosevelt hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamma Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Jean Muir
Catharine Morgan
Mary Carfrac
Roosevelt Hotel
The Messiah Soloists for Cornell Presentation
Soloists for The Messiah at Cornell College include Florence Manning soprano from New York William Miller tenor from Chicago Ruth Pinkerton contralto and Francis German baritone both from the Cornell conservatory. The 150 voice Cornell oratorio society, directed by Harold W Baltz, will be joined by a 50 piece symphony orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
King Memorial Chapel
Cornell College
Florence Manning
New York
William Miller
Chicago
Ruth Pinkerton
Francis German
Cornell Conservatory
Cornell Oratorio Society of 150
Harold W. Baltz
Back the Attack by Increasing Payroll Savings
On your next payday, boost your payroll contributions to support the effort. Compare savings by observing the rise in your take home from higher income sources.
Home brewed sauerkraut and wartime recipes shared
Reading from a Cedar Rapids school official and wartime cooking notes, the column shares a step by step home kraut recipe with cabbage salt fermentation guidance and storage tips. It also cites hospitality chefs aiding rationed meals and presents hotel chef inspired potato and noodle dishes plus wartime ingredient substitutions.
Crochet basket and embroidery pattern offer
A Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept advertisement promotes a crocheted basket with embroidery motifs for scarves and linens. Pattern 734 provides transfer motifs and crochet directions with a 12 motif set scaled for a 114x134 to 544x10% inch size. Send 15 cents for patterns and another 15 cents for a 32 page needlecraft catalog with 133 illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West
Randolph St
Chicago
Lll
Merchants National Bank shareholders meet in Cedar Rapids
Notice states the annual meeting of Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids Iowa will be held Tuesday January 11 1944 at 3 pm in the banking room for election of directors and any business coming before it. Mark J Myers cashier serves as contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants National Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mark J Myers
Oakdale to Benefit from Linn County Christmas Seal Sale
Linn County will add 44 Oakdale tuberculosis patients to a new rehabilitation program funded by the 1943 Christmas seal sale. Mrs Grace Koppenhaver leads the Linn County Tuberculosis association with Miss Marguerite Pfeffer describing the plan. Cedar Rapids hosts the county office to guide participation and training aims to place discharged sanatorium patients in suitable jobs while saving tax funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Oakdale
Iowa
Grace C. Koppenhaver
Marion
Linn County Tuberculosis Association
Ginn County
Marguerite Pfeffer
Des Moines
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Ralph Karlan
Cedar Rapids
Seal Sale Announcement to Householders
Individuals who did not receive seals or want more are told to call at seal sale headquarters in room 529 of the Merchants National Bank building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Come
Seal Sale
Merchants National Bank
Mills Leads Liberator Raid Over Wewak Supply Targets
First Lt. Harold Mills of Cameron Iowa piloted a Liberator in a 20 minute battle against Japanese fighters during an American attack on supply dumps in the Wewak area of northeastern New Guinea. Anti aircraft fire and aerial opposition were intense. one pilot called it some of the hottest flying yet. Mills, 24, is the son of Mr and Mrs Burrell Mills and his father works as a Cedar Rapids war plant inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Mills
Cameron, Jr
Burrell Mills
Fourth Avenue
Wewak
New Guinea
Associated Press
Fifth Air Force
Mesage
Mills
Cameron
Cedar Rapids
King George VI Ill With Influenza
Buckingham Palace announced that King George VI is ill with influenza and will be confined to his room for several days. The update came from London on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George VI
Buckingham Palace
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Women In War Work
Louise Lux
Mrs. Henderson
Dyersville
LaPlant- Choate
Collins and LaPlant-Choate
Urben L. Arens
Gazette
Rabaul
Urban
KR. C. Henderson
Best of
Scien Lic
HS Fussell
Anne Adams
Pendro
Panetro
Ruth
Addie Phillipson
Oregon
Dale Cook
Cornell
By Naomi Doebel
Dinty Moore
Sara Ann Brown
Community Nutrition Service
Cedar Rapids Public Schools
New England
Idaho
Dyckman Hotel
Minneapolis
E. Cohn & Sons
Iowa Manufacturing
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Dorothy Cook
Vera Powers
Duchess
Jewell Allen
Larry Blanchard
Dale Tieete Duke
Don Kinch
Montgomery Ward
Second Street
King
1St Ave
Mtsie
Pepsi-Cola Company
Tehel Bc
D City
M. Y
Rhaesbar Tee Ed
Tehabot
Py J
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