Window watcher details a string of near misses on slick streets
A Cedar Rapids man spent two hours at his window watching six minor collisions and many near misses as vehicles skidded on slick pavement. He observed drivers often react too late after braking and noted pedestrians darting into crosswalks with lights in their favor, risking close calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Santa
Bartlett
Hod Green
Gazette News Room
Dictionary
City Directory
B. Rum
Paul Engle
Churchill
Roosevelt
Fdr
Owen Nash
Halsey
Mauldin
al Smith
Eisenhower
Ade
Benchley
Baruch
Arno
Woollcott
Christopher Morley
Louella Everett
Thoreau
Oscar Wilde
Carl van Vechten
Bob Downing
Marlon Brando
van Vechten
Brando
Downing
Library of Congress
Franklin High School
YWCA to Open Winter Craft and Health Recreation Classes
YWCA announces Jan. 10 start for craft and health recreation programs with enrollment by Jan. 7. New offerings include modern dance conga and rumba bridge and keep fit classes. Detailed weekly schedules list leather weaving sketching DonnaWare lucite carving textile painting and more for all ages and member status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.W.C.A
Kay Kough
Clare Klodd
Klodd
Woman's Club Monologue Lunch At Roosevelt Hotel
Mrs. Frank P. D'Aquila will present a monologue adaptation of My Antonia at the Woman's club birthday luncheon tomorrow at 1 p.m. Luncheon served at Roosevelt hotel. Various club departments hold meetings and discussions the week, including nature talks and health education with planned picnics and hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. D'Aquila
My Antonia
Woman's Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Nature and Garden Department
Frank Nissen
Health Education Department
G. L. Krabbenhoft
Forest Drive SE
Home Garden Club
W. H. Bailey
6Oo Co
N. W
Chicago and North Western Women’s Club
L. L Lovan
B Avenue NE
Charles Bode
Mt. Vernon Read SH
Jessie Baumen
C. Harold Scott
An Act of Love review and district notices
Ira Wolfert's war novel An Act of Love is examined for its battle scenes and inner heroism as Harry Brunner, a U S navy pilot, endures fear on a South Pacific island. Concurrent notes cover DP camp criticisms and Ashley chapter DAR meeting details and local club events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Welfert
Simon and Schuster
Pacific
States
Harry Brunner
South Pacific
Minot
Andrew Anderson
Deborah
Andersons
Julia
Harry
Ira Wolfert
Mr. Wolfert
Elizabeth N. Hoyt
New Year's Eve Dinner Arranged For 18 Couples
A Dutch treat dinner for 18 couples was organized by G. J. Miska and Miss Maylo Stroppel in the Roosevelt hotel Lincoln and Jefferson rooms. Attending couples include Mr. and Mrs. Wi E. Miska, Mr. and Mrs. John Le Stark, and many others as listed. Additional social notices cover club meetings and Auxiliary events in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh DaVees
Harold Millhiser
Hoyt Thomas
Florentine
Roosevelt Hotel
G. J. Miska
Maylo Stroppel
Lincoln and Jefferson
Wi E. Miska
John le Stark
Donald E. Smith
John Kooretian
C. R. Vander Meulen
Nick Zulderna
George Robert Mooré
Robert Weir
R. L. Naibert
Odin Brendengen
Ruth Batling
Otto Sykora
Pau Maney
Jesse Judd
Luella
Balsinger
Ed Cranchek
Iran Weed
James Baind
Weir
Cottage Grove Avenue
Moore
Waterloo
Kennedys
A. C. Om
The Embers Still Burn reviewed by Ira A Hirschmann
A critical look at UNRRA’s postwar Germany operations as described by Ira A Hirschmann in The Embers Still Burn. The author argues UNRRA camps exposed harsh conditions and uses the account to question the American occupation approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira A. Hirschmann
Simon and Schuster
UNRRA
Germany
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul G. Anderson
Mt. Vernon Road
State Conservation Commission
Iowa
L. J. Layer
Fifteenth Street NW
Layers
Mr. Layer
Charley Harmer
New Age
Suzanne
Ricky Harm Seetran
Cedric Hahn
Ricky
Ginger van Pelt
van Peltz
Ginger
Reno
al Nichols
U. S
Team Sports
Nature and Garden
Health Education
Rough
Marshall J
Hickmans
Marshall J. Hickman
Second Avenue SE
F. A. Burchards
Middlebury
F. A. Burchard
Mt Vernon Road
Conn
H. C. Spencer
KKG
Robert Thiel
Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Association
Twenty-seventh Street
Joseph J. Halls
Mra
Ahe J. Hall, Jr
E Avenue NE
Chicago
Millér
DIAL
JAN of Us
Moniteur Studio Gro
IA Wolfert
Fiorello LaGuardia
Hirschmann
Middle East
State Department
Clay
Bavaria
Henry Wallace
United States
Soviet Union
Ashley
D.A.R
Ashley Chapter
Dar
Carroll C. Roberts
Garden Club
C. R. Bird Club
Bird Club
Science Hall
Coe College
Duane Nesetril
Leone Wyckhoff
Isabel Hoyman
Helen Schloeman
J. ¥. Kajinedy
Fourth Avenue SE
Fiona
Antioch College
Harold Ranton
University of Chicago
Leger
Caro
Gethsemane White Shrine
Gethsemane Shrine
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Hall
Shepherdess Guard
Legion Auxiliary
Thar
B. D. Silliman
American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Building
Edwin W. Lundquist
Alina Vokolek
Alpha XI Delta
Donald £. Smith
Royndermilk
Mmnes
B. R. Waddington
Gene Carson
C. H. Horsemen's Club
Bob Landis
Ceder Rapids
Donald Zook
Wallace
Leone
Isaiah
Nancy Kurtz
Lima Johns
Leone Boots
Webster's New International Dictionary
Saco Authority
Famons Merriam
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Borst Furniture
11Th Avenue AX
Higbee
Ird
Second
Pas Ee Ae
lFasi
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!