Year’s top world and Iowa stories named by editors
Cedar Rapids editors pick 10 standout events across the year from London to Iowa City. Highlights include the German invasion of Poland, the British declaration of war, Russia’s invasion of Finland, the Graf Spee saga, Iowa football star Nile Kinnick, and a surge in hybrid corn use with farm policy shifts.
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ITV
John Battin
Cedar Rapids
Devota Coghlan
Iowa
Russia
Sion
Finland
George Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Graf Spee
Hawkeye
Nile Kinnick
Chicago
Thompson
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Athenia
Poland
Munich
Raiders
Johnny Jacobs
Johnny Vavra
Anderson
Corn
Wallace
Kinnick
England
Tait Cummins
Lou Gehrig
Iron Man
Cincinnati
Czech Republic
Pius XI
Pius XII
Peo! Boyd
Germany
Congress
Hale residents host Christmas and New Year gatherings
A long list of Hale residents hosted and attended holiday meals and visits with family and friends from nearby towns including Corning Iowa City Olin Wyoming Mechanicsville and Oxford Junction. The passage notes a Ladies Industrial club New Years meeting and U I club officers elected for the coming year.
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Ernest Wooder
James A. Dean
Lawrence Dean
Winona Wooder
Hale
Ervin Hartig
Clarence
Evelyn Steffens
Oxford Junction
John Smith
Wanda
Norma
Evere
Mechanicsville
Leroy Deere
Doroth Martelle
Heory Ballou
C. W. Bond
Esther Bozs
Corning
N. Y
Frank Ballou
Gerald Kruse
Heiri Larson
James
Robert
Iowa City
Henry Kruse
W. H. Cruise
Omar Vrooman
Ronald
Velma Peterson
Olin
Howard Cruise
Frank Zaruba
Donald
Carmen
Marvin Nissen
Henry Nissen
Wyoming
Fritz Kruse
W. O. Shaffer
Gerald Wood
Clifford
Claire Thompson
Margaret Leek
Jessie Arnold
Ste Sams
Ladies Industrial Club
Toffel’s Hall
U. & I. Club
Mayme Wanchura
Ella Rolfe
Eva Shel
Gentle Men Behave etiquette guide in 1940s humor piece
A humorous review highlights Charles Hanson Towne's Gentle Men Behave offering strict 1940 style guidance. It covers tipping taxi drivers, declining late invitations, and how a true gentleman should handle awkward social moments with wit and restraint.
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Charles Hanson Towne
Birthday and meeting notices from South English area
The King's Heralds met Wednesday with Martha Jean Buchanan who received a birthday gift. Mrs. Buchanan and Mrs. Wolfe served refreshments. The January 6 meeting will be with sponsor Mrs. Walter Robinson. Mrs. Frank Euler traveled to Dallas for a ten day visit with her son. Home Project leaders of English River and Liberty townships meet Tuesday with Mrs. E. Sturdevant in Webster. Miss Dukes will demonstrate the second phase of the nutrition course. Joy Louise Dunn celebrated her fifteenth birthday Tuesday with eighteen guests at the Dunn home.
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King’s Heralds
Martha Jean Buchanan
Buchanan
Wolfe
Walter Robinson
Frank Euler
Dallas
Tex
Robert
English River
Liberty Townships
E. Sturdevant
Webster
Miss Dukes
Joy Louise Dunn
Dunn
Sutton Family Celebrates Sutton Eighty First Birthday
F F Sutton of La Porte City marked his eighty first birthday with Christmas dinner hosted by daughter Ida. Attendees included Bob and Frank Sutton families from Vin to n and Garrison, plus Claude Sutton. New Year guests will be Bill Sutton and family from Waterloo. Lyra OES initiated Gretchen McQuilkin and L S Larson.
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F. F. Sutton
la Porte City
Ida
Bob Sutton
Vinton
Frank Sutton
Garrison
Claude Sutton
Bill Sutton
Waterloo
Sutton
O. E. S. Lyra
Gretchen McQuilkin
L. S. Larson
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Men On the Acres
Ray Anderson
Ames
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Beatrice Lillie
Helen
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Scoop Forbes
Harry Corot
Bill Zais
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