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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1944
Page
17
Frances Eby Jakoubek notes splashy prints in early spring dresses for 1944. War driven designs feature yellow butter pyramids on charette backgrounds, Chinese sun and cloud motifs, checks in blue white brown and navy ensembles, and versatile one piece dresses with bow trimmed necklines.
Mrs Charlotte McHugh an inspector on final assembly at Collins Radio discusses wartime work balancing family of six children and two sons in service. She describes shifts at work housing help from a neighbor and knitting for Dick and Roger, wartime savings, and views on prices and Germany after the war.
A Linn county Red Cross salvage project partners Cedar Rapids Woman's Club to convert recapped tire fabric into bandages. Volunteers wash by hand, soak with vinegar or ammonia, and sew head and abdominal bandages at the club house under Mrs. W. R. Armstrong. Miss Helen Hubbard coordinates with Red Cross leaders as the effort expands nationwide.
Notice is here by given that on January 4 1944 the undersigned was appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of Eunice B Lynch deceased of Linn County Iowa Persons indebted to said estate should pay promptly Those with claims must file them in the office of the Clerk of Linn County Iowa District Court Charles J Lynch Executor Donnelly Lynch Anderson and Lynch Attorneys
Women are salvaging millions of yards of recapping cloth and applying it to make bandages. They demonstrate wartime industriousness by repurposing materials and using home skills to support medical needs.
Linn county Red Cross approved a 720 kit bag quota at the January 1 meeting of volunteer chairmen. Previous plans called for 1,440 bags with 440 shipped. delays stem from missing items, cigarets, thread, and slow overseas mail. Miss Helen V. Hubbard said most of the 1,440 quota had been distributed. Bags will omit worker names, retain Linn County Red Cross labels, and overseas recipients praised the effort from Mt. Union Iowa to New Guinea. A St. Louis report says bags are urgently needed as embarkation ports run low. Mrs. Paul H. Huston announced Mrs. O. S. Imes as staff assistant. A nurse's aides class begins Feb. 14 with morning and night sessions.
Fifteen couples attended the YMCA square dance Tuesday night with Merle Grimm and Ray Beck calling. A three piece orchestra provided music and a square dance is scheduled every Tuesday at 9 PM in the YMCA auditorium, with early instruction classes for beginners.
Dr. C Ward Macy professor of economics and chairman at Coe College will be the chapel speaker at 10 am Thursday. He will discuss In Defense of Economic Ideaism and previously spoke to social science seniors at Cornell College Mt Vernon on Economics Past Present and Future.
Dr. Wilbur Robbie told Kelvin Society members at Coe College Tuesday night that energy release maintains the dynamic relationship of the body's cells. Robbie, a 1934 Coe graduate, is conducting research work for
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