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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1942
Page
11
Dr Mary MacFadyen urges prompt prep for air raids with a written family plan. Choose a sheltered room near the house center, assemble flashlights blankets ready to eat foods water and gear, and practice blackout and fire safety with buckets sand and water.
Des Moines AP reports Nelson Veenschoten a 50 year old former Iowa missionary in China for 25 years has been taken prisoner by the Japanese relatives said Friday Veenschoten formerly lived at Boyden and is brother to Polk County deputy sheriff John Veenschoten His wife Stella resides in Detroit Deputy Veenschoten said he was advised by his brother s wife that he and other American and British citizens were captured when the raid on the International settlement near Amoy China occurred on December 10.
Three Cohen brothers serve in the Pacific theater while Norman trains at Great Lakes. Harold is a first class fire patrolman, Arnold a second seaman, and Norman studies aviation mechanics. Their parents, J F Cohen of Waterloo and Mrs Sediacek of Central City, have a daughter Pauline Gage. The piece also follows a domestic scene with the Kimball family and hints of a family oil venture.
Eighty Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. staff with 2640 years service lauded Suther land C. Dows and Mrs. Dows at a reminiscence dinner at the Roosevelt Hotel Cedar Rapids. Elders recalled early company days and Pete the horse shaping a long local electric history.
The excerpt centers on Gare Tallman of Alsien who loves Mena Mason in Texas while dealing with marital tensions, job pressure, and wartime duty. Adele and Grace interact with family drama as Gary faces career and romance dilemmas, clashing with Oliver Kimball and Mason kin amid hardship and expectations.
Harvey Mason travels to Austin intent on drilling permits while clashing with family over money and ambitions. Mona Lee calls for a tougher image for him, Adelaide questions hats and costs, and Gary files estimates as the Mason household debates the oil venture amid wartime concerns.
Federal court jurors heard that George Sylvester Viereck a registered agent for German interests advised the late Sen Ernest Lundeen of Minnesota on speech content Lundeen a farmer labor senator died in a 1940 airliner crash in Fargo Minnesota party or location not specified in text.
Portsmouth report shows 10 civilians killed when the dis abled junior mine planter Arnold sank after a late Thursday confirmation. Only the master survived the disaster, officials said, detailing the casualties and rescue.
A note explains that macadamized roads derive their name from British road reformer John Loudoun Macadam, a 19th century innovator whose methods shaped early paving and surface construction.
Colorful transfer pattern 214 offers a set of 12 motifs for towels and pillow slips with easy stitches. Materials list and an illustration accompany the pattern. send 10 cents and the pattern number with name and address to The Cedar Rapids Gazette needlecraft department at 82 Eighth Avenue, New York.
A family with modest means is praised for strong relationships and happiness. The parents’ guidance shapes honest, loyal children who value integrity and gratitude for what they have. The piece extols the family as a model of virtue.
A reader asks if they should warn a close friend about a man who cheats. The adviser says to stay quiet and let the friend learn herself, as a well meaning warning is seldom welcomed and life includes bitterness along with happiness.
A reader cites a prior letter about drinking and smoking and argues that it is not nice for girls and boys to smoke. The note reflects social etiquette concerns and adult expectations regarding youth behavior.
Community notices urge knitting and sewing work at Aunt Hetts home knitting center and centers in production headquarters. Requests include hospital bed donation contact, first aid classes led by Mrs. Jeannette Tapper, and lending textbooks to beginner classes. A Viola resident writes about wartime relatives volunteering and offers blood donation if age permits.
The Red Cross asks beginner knitters not to come to knitting headquarters in the Armstrong building. Call 4780 to obtain the name and address of an in home instructor. A list of city instructors is available at headquarters. visit to collect yarn and leave finished work as directed by Mrs. F. R. Schorr.
Dr John R. Steelman of the federal labor council service warned that halting transportation would hinder defense production and urged a five day delay to the strike on the Los Angeles Street Railway and Motor Coach lines. The notice also oddly mentions thirty thousand species of animals.
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