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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1941

Page

5

No Time For Shenanigans In National Guard Armory

SCOTTY McLEOD reports on National Guard mobilization preparations with no shenanigans found. Medical and other companies readying for a 1000 mile trek to Louisiana, baggage marked with six inch color squares, uniforms mixed old and new, and drills in pack rolling as troops adjust to federal markings and camp life.

National Guard Armory Louisiana 136Th Medical Regiment National Guard

Notice of Cedar Rapids School Election 1911

The Independent School District of Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa announces a regular election on Monday March 10 1911 with polls at multiple precincts including First City Second City and others. Two directors to three year terms will be elected and a proposition to sell Jefferson School property is on the ballot. Charles N. Hedberg secretary.

Independent School District Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa First City Rude Auto Companys Second Avenue Second City H Avenue Third City Section Ranee Red Cedar River Chcaco and North Western Railway Company PD Avenue Third Street Cedar Lake Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway Company India's Oakland Road H_ Avenue Fourth City Benjamin Franklin High Reneo B Avenue Twentieth Street Fifth City nince—Arthur Twenty-seventh Street Twenty-seventh Street NE. Sixth Precinct Sixth City Peelnwhee Kennon Kenwood Park Pete Jackson School Fourth Avenue Twelfth Street Eighth Eighth City Section 14 Electeeenth Street Ninth Precinct Nrth City Featth AY Place Nrth Fonte Seventeenth Street Tenth City Reiner Section 13 Eleventh City Bertnnine Section 25 Davy Dale Guehanan School Mount Vernon Road Twelfth Twelfth City Fifteenth City Kaves Twentieth Avenue Sixteenth Sixteenth City van Buren Fourteenth Avenue Seventeenth City Taylor School Fifth Avenue Sixth Street Eighteenth City City Barn Seventh Avenue H Street Harrison School Eleventh Street M Avenues Ho Avenue Roosevelt Hitch Thirteenth Street C Avenue Cleveland School First Avenue Fifteenth Street H. O Handley Ernest Kose Jefferson School Charles ND. Hedberg

Soldier conduct at mess table praised despite modest pay

Officers report no serious trouble among soldiers but note moderate drinking. They justify it by a $21 monthly salary leaving little for roistering.

Lost Fascist Battalion Reported Dead Or Dying In Somaliland

In Somaliland a sun baked desert scene reports the 94th fascist battalion, Italian and native infantry, trapped after Armadu fell. The unit suffers thirst and privation. some soldiers surrendered when they returned with their doctor. British officers fear others are dead or dying.

INS Armadu Jelib

Deaths Mrs Laura Folson of Manhattan Kansas

Mrs Laura Folson aged 70 died at her daughter and son in law’s home at 2143 Mt Vernon Ave SE at 945 am Saturday. Services are planned in Arlington Ta with no time set. The Moon chapel hosts the body for visitation.

Laura Folson Manhattan Kan William Baldridge Mt. Vernon Avenue Arlington Moon Chapel

Funeral services for Miss Cora Bell Flanagan

Funeral services for Miss Cora Bell Flanagan who died early Thursday at her home in Millersburg Ohio will be held at 3 00 p m Monday at the grave in Oak Hill cemetery The Rev Vernon L S Jones will officiate The body arrived Cedar Rapids late Saturday and was taken to Turner chapel where friends may call

Cora Bell Flanagan Millersburg Oak Ml Vernon L. S. Jones Cedar Rapids Turner Chapel

Funeral services for Aloysius Fuegen at St Joseph’s Sugar Creek

Funeral services for Aloysius John Fuegen of Center Point, 33, who died Friday at the Riggs farm near Center Point, will be held Monday at 9 am at St Joseph’s church Sugar Creek. Burial at St Joseph’s Cemetery. The body will be taken from his brother Wilbert’s Center Point home to his father Emil’s Brown Station home Sunday afternoon.

Aloysius John Fuegen Center Point Riggs Farm St Joseph's Church Sugar Creek St. Joseph’s Cemetery Wilbert Emil Brown Station

Funeral services for Harry Stevenson Bickal

Funeral services for Harry Stevenson Bickal of 1130 Ninth Street NW will be at Brady chapel at 3 30 p.m. Monday, conducted by Rev. Cline Halsey. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday. Survivors include his parents Mr. and Mrs. Albert A Bickal of Cedar Rapids and a sister Mrs. H. H. Noeller of Vinton.

Harry Stevenson Bickal Ninth Street Brady Chapel Cline Halsey Linwood Cemetery Albert A Bickal Cedar Rapids H. H. Noeller Vinton

Funeral services for Vaclav F. Vane in Barta chapel

Vaclav F. Vane aged ? died Saturday in a local hospital. Funeral services set for 2 pm Monday at the Barta chapel with Theodore B Hlubucek in charge. Jan Hus lodge 1. C. F. members invited to meet at Sokol hall at 1 30 pm to attend in a body. Friends may call Sunday afternoon and evening.

Vaclav F. Vane Fifth Avenue SE Barta Chapel Theodore B Hlubucek Jan Hus Lodge Sokol Hall

Funeral services for Reynard W Bleedner at Beatty chapel

Reynard W Bleedner 69 of 211 Thirty fifth street SE died Friday morning in a local hospital. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. today in Beatty chapel conducted by Rev Merton B Green of Kenwood Methodist Church, where he was a member. Burial will be in the family lot at Shiloh cemetery near Louisa.

Reynard W. Bleedner Beatty Chapel Merton B Green Kenwood Methodist Church Bleedner Shiloh Louisa

Funeral for Alfred C. Van Dorn

Funeral services for Alfred C. Van Dorn 48 son of Mr and Mrs C L Van Dorn 714 Third Street SW were held Monday at 2 pm conducted by Rev Grant Anderson. Burial followed in Linwood cemetery.

Alfred C. van Dorn C. L. van Dorn Third Street University Hospital Iowa City Beatty Chapel Grant Anderson Linwood Cemetery

Walter Winchell on Broadway Mayhem and movieland gossip

A tangled column mixes Broadway chatter with film industry tips and society gossip. Notes cite Mrs Billy Hill seeking lost Windsor May 1939 connections, studios negotiating Broadway Alien rights, RAF kin relief funding, quips about spies and comys, and anecdotes about stars and show folk including Sonja Henie and Gracie Allen.

Billy Hill Windsor Hotel Hill Variety Quentin Reynolds RAF Satevepost Bill Davey Ruth Greeley Royal Palm Clubaby

U S. Must Forego Typewriters For Sinews of War

Deputy Production Director William L. Batt announced that the United States must forego producing electric toasters typewriters and passenger automobiles to fund war needs. He urged shifting to essential materiel and munitions as part of the wartime mobilization.

Philadelphia William L. Batt Office of Production Management United States

Tremor Shakes Lima After 3 P.M. Saturday

A long earth tremor struck Lima shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday causing panic as residents rushed outdoors. No damage was reported.

Lima Pert

Sedela pod Boravickou Czech Play At South Side

The musical comedy Sedela pod Boravickou will be staged tonight at 7:30 in the 2 C. RB. 7 hall by the Z. C. B. J. Dramatic Circle. The plot follows a pine tree superstition and a hidden borovicka drink causing humorous mix ups. Cast includes Julie Vyskocil Pavla Aramacka and others. Bennie Miska and Frank Rys Jr. direct the production with TT Madka as musical director.

Z. C. B. J. Dramatic Circle Boravicka Borovicka Julie Vyskocil Pavla Aramacka Welen Moessa Milutse Tihal-Drahovzal Rose Bartunek Frank Libal Joseph Chytis Frank Rys Jr John Cimburek Jerry Drahovzal Bennie Miska Frank Rys Jr M TT. Hromadka

Border comedy set for April by Bohemian Dramatic Association

The Bohemian Dramatic Association selects Border by RJ Pienka for April performances directed by V Picek. Troupe has staged the show to packed houses in Chicago life stories. T. 2B. Hlubucek attends a Czech Os Slov Society of America annual meeting in Chicago. Ceska Lipa prepares a three act play Tonkrat Jeste Kvella Laska for April 20 at St Wenceslaus auditorium with over 20 cast members.

Bohemian Dramatic Association V. Picek Chicago RJ. Pienka Chicago Svornost Hlubucek Czechoslovak Society of America St Louis Ceska Lipa St. Wenceslaus Auditorium

Annual meetings scheduled for Monday evening in local halls

The Jan Hus Brotherhood of Mutual Benefit will hold its annual meeting in the basement of the Z C B J hall Monday at 7 30. The South Side Civic club plans a meeting in the C S P S hall next Monday evening with large attendance expected.

Jan Hus Brotherhood of Mutual Benefit Z. C. B. J. Hall South Side Civic Club

Z C B J Beseda Club Meeting Schedule

Z C B J Beseda club to meet in the Z BJ hall Friday at 8 p.m with a 7 p.m girls drill team gathering. Lodge meetings this week list Cedar Rapids joint entertainment Monday park committee Thursday and board of trustees Friday. Karla Mae sarvk club hosts at Mrs Stanley Dusek 76 Eighteenth Avenue SW Wednesday at 2 p.m. New York State population cited as about 13 400 000 residents.

Z . BJ Hall J. Lodge Joint Entertainment Committee Karla Maesarvk Club Stanley Dusek Eighteenth Avenue SW Wednesdday

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By Scotty McLeod Mark Baggage Evi Excelsior Springs Missouri Beestsior Springs Fuegen Harry S. Bickal V. E. Vane R. W. Bleedner A. C. van Dorn Moon Meen First Avenue East Walter Winchell Broadway Daily Mirror, Inc Cyur Vassares Jimmy Hines Hines Lambert Fairchild Sonja Henie Columms Lyn Logan Edgar MacGregor Alf Nathan, Jr Gov Lehman Joe Howard Sixth Avenue A. Altmans Illy Rose Dorothy Big- Jhee Langwidge Robert Webbs Laurie Douglas Allen Smith Doubledas Doran Hollywood Gracie Allen Stork Copacabana Turricane THE Theater Guild Renee Langner Says Guild Guild Ohnny Long U. S South Side News Czech Alliance St. Wenceslaus Lodge Czech Reading Society Czech School Library C.S.P.S Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club Sokols Woerderhoff Sidoffx Aay Vis Portage Oxfords Z.c.bj. Hall New York State Chrysler Majer Bowes CBS E.S.T Baxter Motors, Inc R. E. Moeller Motor Co Lisbon, Iowa Lang Motor Co Norway Fraser Motor Argo’s Tipton, Iowa E. F. Kleineck Wyoming Joe Jacobs Marengo Lowden Implement Co Lowden, Lowe
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