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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1944
Page
2
Mrs Ed L Jackson of 83 Eleventh Street NE employed by Welch Crook Beals B at a Cedar Rapids plant sews linings for blanket lined coats. She has over a year of experience, joined after a call from neighbors, balancing housework and a daughter Mary Louise, and notes her husband works in a defense plant.
Hollywood make up director warns winter cold and flu aftermath harms skin and eyes. Advice includes hot lemon water with baking soda, lemon before-breakfast, foundation and rosy powder, antiseptic lip care, dry shampoo or talcum for hair, lotion for legs, water softener in bath, thorough drying, eye care with good light and breaks, and snug cotton knit gloves for wartime hands.
The piece urges readers to inventory their cold weather gear before facing winter. It stresses wearing warm clothing and gloves, noting work gloves fit over snug ones and emphasizing protection to reach and stay at work until victory in harsh conditions.
Announcement reports the engagement of Miss Jeanne Marie Aubineau daughter of Mr and Mrs Myron J Aubineau of Kenilworth Illinois to Lt Francis S Conaty son of Lt Col and Mrs Francis S Conaty of Boston Massachusetts. Aubineau formerly lived in Cedar Rapids where her father was sales manager with Quaker Oats. She attended Hollins College and is a University of Illinois junior. Conaty holder of the Purple Heart Legion of Merit and Presidential Citation has 19 months service in the South Pacific and is stationed at Fort Riley Kansas.
Clara Glandorf daughter of Herman and Mrs Glandorf of Williamsburg married Harlan Boyd Johnson son of Mrs Olaf Johnson of North Liberty on December 29 at Immanuel Lutheran church Williamsburg. Rev E W Waggazer officiated. The ceremony featured music from Frieda Gilandorff Helen and Mervin Glandorf and included a reception for about ninety relatives and friends. Cedar Rapids guests attended including Rev and Mrs Waggazer Miss Ella Kokemiller and Miss Lorraine Rinderknecht.
The Community Concert Association presents William Primrose Monday at 815 p.m. at the Paramount Theater. Doors open 7 15 p.m. with membership tickets required. out of town patrons may buy single admission at the door. Primrose, born in Scotland and educated in England, has toured the United States.
Ruth Millett argues in wartime fashion the best dressed are women in work uniforms not mink. The piece notes a WAC officer drawing more attention than socialites and urges including service uniforms and nurses in the wartime fashion standard.
London reports British submarines have sunk eight vessels in the Mediterranean, including a large tanker, and damaged two more.
American soldiers aboard a Mediterranean troop ship contributed 4000 to honor RAF pilots who repelled two enemy air attacks. The funds will aid dependents of any casualties among the defending air crews.
President Roosevelt outlined steps to identify American products shipped overseas. Green tea to North Africa will carry special OWI labels, cotton cloth uses flag slips every 100 yards, second hand clothing bears pocket labels or tagged buttons, American trucks display maker names, foods bear American brands, and machine tools feature the American place of manufacture.
The American eagle and the Statue of Liberty are used as standout markings, underscoring themes of national identity and heritage. Authorities note their enduring visual impact and association with freedom.
Yugoslav communique reports Tito Broz vich forces clearing Banja Luka, a key German bastion in Bosnia, moving block by block against stiff foe resistance. It also notes 20th Partisan division ousting Germans from the entire 60 mile Ccetina valley in Dalmatia.
Henry Shir, 60, was convicted again in South Bend Indiana of sending a false fire alarm. He faces a $111 fine to be paid at one dollar per day. Shir quipped that he enjoys watching firemen get a workout.
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