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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1940

Page

3

German Bund Moves Headquarters to Mexico City

U S officials report the German American Bund relocated its headquarters from New York City to Mexico City. Fritz Kuhn's successor is Herman Kilper an enigmatic German immigrant in Mexico City authorized by Berlin to run the reconstituted group. Records and papers are being moved across the border to Mexico City with more to follow.

Washington INS Bund New York City Mexico City Fritz Kuhn Fuehrer Kuhn Herman Kilper Kilper

Patriotic Pageant at McKinley Junior High Thursday

McKinley Junior High presents The Founding of Our Country pageant Thursday at 10 50 a.m. under directors Miss Marjorie Emerson and Miss Esther Copp. Faculty helpers include Miss Harriet Elliott and Paul Anthony music Miss Leonora Beggs costumes Wayne Basler stage and makeup staff. Cast lists feature Columbia Margaret Bitzer Boy Jack Deal and many student groups portraying colonies explorers and historical figures with music and flag bearing elements.

McKinley Junior High School Marjorie Emerson Esther Copp Harriet Elliott Paul Anthony Leonora Beggs Wayne Basler Dorothy Dawson Ileen Peet Bernice Pirks Columbia Margaret Bitzer Jack Deal Betty Jane Frederikson Colonie Lois Hansohn Geraldine Caudill Patty Lou Donald Edward Packingham Bill Trunecek Jim Westcot Don Denny Bernie Cohen Regina Berney Pauline Smith Betty Wolfe Verl Sterns Richard Marshall Earl Manhoitz John Lucas Billy Heral Tom Carruthers David Foster David Runyon Orrin Gorsch Pauline Hoffman Thelma Beardsley Arlene McDaniel Betty Lou Misbach Betty Jean Ard Sallie Collins Mildred Rys Betty Low Marjory Moen Frances Marshall Bertha Conroy Helen Sliss Raymond Link Billy Smith Billeee Edwin Madison Tom Ruffin Elwyn Ills Columbus Harold Christenson Mark Moorman John Arthurs Melvin Bammert Paul Jones George Abodeely Don Vernier Joe Schaber Robert Stine Kenneth Myers Oliver Prior John Hornstein Ted Wright Thomas la Monte Jim Smith Burley Branson Gene Rahn Leonard Ward Dannie Forey Louie Wharton Jim Cook Kenneth Coon Jack Phillips Hilario Chavez Leo Cabalka Craig Tenney Vincent Dvorak Margaret Hawkins Pauline Praksa Lois Mae Eves Norma Sener Wilna Eden Bennynsky Rober Worcester

Living costs hold steady in February report

The National Industrial Conference Board said wage earners in the United States saw no change in living costs in February from January 1939. The board notes its funding comes mainly from corporate sources.

New York United States National Industrial Conference Board

Make This Model At Home Pattern 4395 Availability By ANNE ADAMS

Pattern 4395 offered in women sizes 34 to 48 with size 36 needing 33 percent yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 15 cents to Pattern Department Cedar Rapids Gazette New York for pattern. Additional 10 cents buys latest Pattern Book.

Cedar Rapids Gazette West 17Th Street New York N. Y INCE

Hear NLRB Sought Congress Witnesses To Oppose Changes

Washington AP House investigators found evidence that the National Labor Relations Board ran a targeted campaign to mobilize witnesses against proposed changes to the labor relations act favored by the AFL and allies. Eight to ten lawyers were assigned to legislative work as board officials urged educators, businessmen and others to testify, with letters and documents showing efforts to line up opposition.

Washington House Labor Board Congress AFL Senate Labor Committee Edmund M. Toland Robert Condon Allan Rosenberg Condon CIO Toland

12 Day Eastern Tour For Cedar Rapids Scouts Approved

Cedar Rapids Area council executive board approves a 12 day tour to the New York World’s Fair and eastern cities for Cedar Rapids Scouts next summer. The trip begins in August with travel by special car to Chicago then Detroit Buffalo Niagara Falls New York Philadelphia and Washington. Cost is 67 dollars per scout with one leader per 20 scouts. Registration through N Harold West. Area councils in Iowa invited to join with additional groups.

New York

The Poet of the People by Edgar A Guest

A fragment rephrases Edgar A Guest’s verse on possession and sharing. A Raphael in the attic is stored away as critics weigh value while true beauty is found in shared display. The piece argues ownership without sharing is empty and self restricting.

Edgar A. Guest the Poet of the People Raphael

Kennedy to Retire After Present Job

U S ambassador to Great Britain Joseph P Kennedy says he will retire from public life after completing his current work at the court of St James. Desert mice in captivity survive months without water or food and show no obvious discomfort.

Boston Joseph P. Kennedy U. S Great Britain Court of St. James

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