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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1941
Page
15
Dr Mary MacFadyen urges women not to dwell on imagined illnesses. She cautions that health anxiety harms popularity and life enjoyment, advises seeing a doctor if concerned, and recommends engaging in arts, crafts, sports, and civilian defense work to keep the mind occupied.
A column vignette features Mary Manners advising on cheerful habits and caring for the elderly, with Ruth the generous friend. Readers discuss romance with a former girlfriend and a single student debating married women working, ending with Manners’ practical guidance.
The note urges experienced workers and some unmarried women to consider better positions and respond to D. L. L. as part of a broader effort to aid those in real need while young applicants struggle to find work.
In Chicago Bernard Sawicki 19 faces execution January 17 for four murders in a single summer weekend. Warden Frank Sain reports Sawicki has embraced religion, memorized ten Bible chapters, attends services, and appears polite and unafraid of death. He says the reform came too late for parole.
Police were stationed Monday at Municipal Pier after six small bombs were found late Sunday. The devices ranged from baseball to cigar box size and contained black powder but were not incendiary. Officials said the blast would have been minor and could not cause serious damage.
Notice is hereby given that on December 20 1911 James N Faulkes and M M Thompson executors of the estate of Alice M Faulkes deceased of Linn County Iowa were appointed. All persons indebted to the estate should pay promptly and those with claims must file them with the Linn County Iowa District Court at Griffin Elliott Shustleworth and Inser soll Attorneys.
J Nevin Witmer of Tipton urges Cedar Rapids readers to curb liquor spending to finance the war, citing the American Business Men's Foundation and Arthur Brisbane while praising the fight against Hitlerism and calling liquor a faithful ally of evil.
Pattern 4846 lists girls sizes 6 to 14 with a jumper and cap in size 10. It calls for 2 1/4 yards of 35 inch fabric for blouse and 1 4/5 yards for the other piece. Send 15 cents pattern department Cediu Rapids Gazette New York for details and 10 cents extra for the spring pattern book Smarteasy fashions.
Patrolman Leonard Bruce says he cleaned up two gangs of juvenile thieves since Christmas. Six boys detained and turned over to juvenile authorities for court. First group includes four youths aged 12, 11, and 14 who confessed two years of stealing boats, tools, cameras, glasses, and flashlights. A second gang of two youths aged 15 and 17 admitted over twenty thefts mainly gasoline siphoning.
Gary Tallman, a young Alabama engineer, recovers from a crash in Texas and bonds with Mona Mason and her daughter Adelaide. As he nurses a crush on Adelaide, he faces pride, debt, and doubt about a return to work in Mexico while Oliver Mason hovers as a rival suitor. The scene shifts from hospital to family dynamics with Harvey Junior and Grace, ending with a cliffhanger about insurance and possible lawsuits.
Mrs Rose Klaus of Earlville received a telegram from San Francisco announcing that her daughter Mrs Mason Lowe and her four year old granddaughter, formerly of Eathibe, have arrived after months abroad in the Philippines. They expect to reach Earlville by New Year’s Day. They left the Philippines on the President Coolidge Sow November 27, just ten days before war was declared. Mrs Lowe’s husband is a US navy officer. Mrs Lowe has been a teacher in the normal school at Manta.
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