College Club Plans Meeting Saturday
February meeting of the College club will be held Saturday at 2 15 p.m. in the art room of the Public library. Mrs. Eugene C Hoyt will give a book talk and, after the meeting, the Art association displays lithographs by Daumier depicting scenes of the French revolution. Tea will be served by the social committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Club
Eugene C. Hoyt
Art Association
Daumier
G. F. Hershey
Hazel Evans
Leonora Beggs
Elizabeth Windsor
Evelyn Coppock
Jennie Post
Lula Stevenson
W. D. Barrett
Harold Waite
Burl W. James
Live a More Christian Life Vesper Service at Coe College
At Sinclair Memorial chapel a student conducted vesper service at Coe College concluded a week of spiritual emphasis. Jack Williams River Forest Illinois senior urged devotion to living more Christian life for peace on earth while Dorothy Mueller 1701 C avenue NE senior urged inventory of self and usefulness. Rosalee Gill Strawberry Point senior presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Williams
River Forest
Ill
Coe College
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Dorothy Mueller
C Avenue NE
Miss Mueller
Williams
Rosalee Gill
Strawberry Point
Appointment of Administrators for William H Finn Estate
Notice in Probate No 17387 from Linn County Iowa informs that on February 11 1944 Golda E Tyler and W Lee Finn were appointed administrators of the William H Finn estate. They urge payment of debts and authentication of claims at the Linn County District Court with Frazier and Rees as attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Linn County
William H. Finn Inte
Fald
Ne Glerk
Golda E
Tyler
W. Lee Finn
Frazier and Rees
Women in War Work Mrs Elizabeth Olson Story
Mrs Elizabeth Olson aged 22 711 Sixth Street SE Cedar Rapids works sleeving coats for Welch Cook Beals from Oct 18 she works 8 4 30 with lunch. She has a son at Camp Campbell Ky and three other children on farms near Vinton. She has lived in Vinton Kentucky Cedar Rapids, enjoys the work and stores. She prefers Roosevelt to stay in office during wartime and says Germany must be dealt with firmly. She and her husband share similar views and hobbies like reading and occasional movies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Olson
Sixth Street
Welch-Cook-Beals Company
Camp Campbell, Ky
Vinton
Washington Birthday Pie With Frozen Cherry Shortage
The story notes a cherry pie tradition for George Washington's birthday but finds no frozen or canned cherries after checking eight retailers and a wholesale house. It suggests alternatives like fresh pineapple, other frozen fruits, and a chocolate cake recipe with chocolate butter frosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Washington
Instructions 457 Slip-cover patterns and needlework motifs
Directions for cutting fitting and finishing and a needlework pattern collection for linens and garments priced 15 cents. Send coin to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept. Chicago Illinois. Include pattern number name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West
Randolph Street
Chicago
Ill
Proper Sickroom Ventilation Is Needed for Patient
Mary Beard urges bright sunlit, well ventilated sickrooms for faster recovery. She notes avoid direct sun at the bed, keep a window ajar daily, and use screens or improvised dividers to prevent drafts while maintaining airflow. An electric fan aids air movement but should not blow directly on the patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Beard
Bervige
Red Cross Vice Aodntde
Des Moines Girl Arrested Over Bad Check Charge
Des Moines teenager Lorraine Fay Parmer aged 16 was arrested Sunday on an old charge of uttering a forged instrument. She allegedly passed a $34 bad check at Nassif and Son groceries on Eighth Avenue Southwest last November. She was located at Third Street and Third Avenue Southeast by a friend who held her until police arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Fay Parmer
Des Moines
Parmer
Nassif and Son
Eighth Avenue
Third Street
Third Avenue
Nassif
Pattern Pattern 4682 Seeks Misses Sizes 12 to 20
Advertises pattern 4682 with misses sizes 12 through 20. Describes overalls and cap with 3% yardage for 35 inch fabric and shorts with cap at 24% yardage. Garments priced at 20 cents. Requests 20 cents in coins and full name address size and style number for Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept. Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Dept
N. Clinton St
Chicago
Ill
Engebi Falls to Marines in Six Hours Five Minutes
Pacific war record set as United States Marines and supporting forces seize Engebi island at Eniwetok atoll in six hours five minutes after a massive naval and air bombardment. Col. John T. Walker led 22nd Marines ashore as Tokyo stations were destroyed and the island left a blasted ruin with all structures leveled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Expeditionary Force
Eniwetok Atoll
Engebi Island
Marshall Islands
Kwajalein
Engebi
Eniwetok
Ponape
Wake
Truk
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Thomas E. Watson
Washington, D. C
mid-Pacific
Harry Hill
Oakland
Calif
Tarawa
Linn County Bond Drive Surpasses Quota Ahead of Deadline
Friday and Saturday Cedar Rapids sales reached 54 476 with 49 966 in series E bonds. The county totals hit 10 176 175 toward a 38 500 000 goal, passing the overall quota a day before the February 15 deadline and extending the series E deadline to February 29 as sales lagged nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Men in the Service Of Their Country
Corah Wykle of the marine corps is promoted to corporal and transferred from Cherry Point North Carolina to the marine air station Mojave California. Numerous servicemen and cadets listed are on furlough or stationed at camps and bases across the country with family addresses in Mt. Vernon Avenue SE and other local streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corah Wykle
Marine Corps
Cherry Point
N. C
Marine Air Station
Mojave
Calif
Coe College
Cpl. Wykle
E. J. Wykle
Mt. Vernon Road
Wilma Wykle
Camp Carson
Colo
William L. McFann
Camp Ward
Farragut
Idaho
W. E. McFann
Avenue NE
Ralph A. Holmes
Arton C. Holmes
Third Street
Cpl
Irving Blivas
M. Blivas
H Kozberg
B Avenue NW
Cpl Blivas
Camp Claiborne
Edmund Archibald
Camp Callan
Springville
Stanley W. Davis
Harold W. Davis
Fourth Street
Sgt
Davis
Ft. Benning
Charles J. Sova
Camp Campbell
James C. Sova
Hamilton Street
Raymond A. Dickinson
Fort Ord
Minnie Halway
Ellis Boulevard
George W. Miller
Eighteenth Avenue
Frank E. Lundon
Frank Lundon
Eighth Street
Greenville
Texas
Frederick
Oklo
Stanley R. Meek
Stanley R Meek
Washington Avenue SE
Enid
Okla
Victory Field
Vernon
John J. Shea
Timothy J Shea
Eighth Avenue SW
Dartmouth College
Hanover
Shea
Vichy Claims U S Transport Sunk in Italian Waters
Vichy radio reported without confirmation that an American transport was sunk between Taranto and Brindisi by a bomb hidden in the hull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.ondon
Vichy Radio
Taranto
Brindisi
Italy
Fortress in Sweden Second American Landing Report
Reports from Stockholm said Sunday night an American Fortress had made a second landing in southern Sweden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlondon
INS
Stockholm
Sween
Women in the WAC promise vital war jobs and pride
The ad invites women to join the Women’s Army Corps with 239 job types from plotting flights to driving jeeps. It highlights meeting diverse people, seeing new places, and sharing work with fighting men. Details are available at U S Army Recruiting Stations or The Adjutant General in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Army Corps
WAC
U.S. Army
Adjutant General
Washington
D. C
U.S. Employment Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. W. Buresh
Gwendolyn Deve
W. Alan Baldwin
W. Burl James
Royal H. Holbrook
Second Avenue SE
L. J. Schrody
Nickey
Alice Berezowsky
Killian’s
Hinds
Hinds Beauty Bargain
Lehn & Fink Prod. Corp
Bloomfield, N, J
Women In War Work
Frances Eby Jakoubek
Mrs. Olson
Kentucky
Wilson’s
Hamburger
Roosevelt
Germany
Naomi Doebet
Blue Jay
Auer & Black
The
Kendall Company
Dr. Edwards
Bea
New York
Richard W. Joinston
Combined Allied Press
Harry Corot
Fifth Avenue SE
Alfred S. Cain
Montgomery
Ala
Mis Fe S. Cain
Twelfth Street
University of Iowa
Dartmouth
Navy
Tawrence Furry, Baker
Seabees
Camp Peary
Nellie Furry
John Claude Lewis
Naval Training Station
University of Wisconsin
Twentieth Street
SE. Tech
Dayle K. Moyer
England
Allen C. Peterson
A. W. Peterson
Grande Avenue
Iowa City
Naval Air Base
Minneapolis
Marion Allen
New Guinea
Vichy
U. S
Sweden
Rty An
Pendro
ARMY
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