First Annual Ice Revue Promises Skating Sparkle Saturday
Cast of 26 amateur skaters from Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Iowa City perform in the Winter Sports club Icecapades 1941. Show runs Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday 2:30 pm at Manhattan Lake with beauty queen crowning and a packed program of free and figure skating dances and novelty acts. Proceeds fund facility upgrades and spectator transport is arranged from Manhattan Lake terminal. It preserves a town paper tone with local names and venues.
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Winter Sports Club
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Manhattan Lake
Ellison
Frank Hahn Saturnay
Noti
Cecar Rapids
Young Mens Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Hosard
Frans Haareka
Cedar Rapides
Pa Censam
Anf
Tana Cre Schoe Fcures
Bi Simmons
Betty Hears
Mary Chidmant
Gusti Glaveton
Inna Citt
Marvy Carole Rankinen
Tyrs Rankinen
Pree Shang
Red Cross Stimulation By Draft Spurred by War Needs
Mrs Wells C Peck executive secretary of Linn chapter tells social agencies at YMCA meeting that draft increases Red Cross peacetime program. She cites aid to England Finland Greece and China and notes June 1940 disaster relief in 14 states funded by the 50 cent member dues.
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Red Cros
Wells C Peck
Linn
Council of Social Agencies
YMCA
Noas
Peck
Red Cross
England
Finland
Greece
China
School Girl Hit by Delivery Truck Injures Scalp
Margaret Jacobs fourteen daughter of Mr and Mrs John Jacobs of 1885 Third avenue SE suffered a scalp injury and bruises Friday at 10 am after being struck by a delivery truck driven by Dean Washburn twenty two of 257 Thirteenth street NW The accident occurred south of Tenth street SE in the alley between Third and Fourth avenues Washburn a diner for Dempsey Cleaners said Miss Jacobs a student at Immaculate Conception school was walking south and entered the alley from between two garages and was taken to Mercy Hospital by the driver
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Margaret Jacobs
John Jacobs
Third Avenue SE
Dean Washburn
Thirteenth Street
Tenth Street
Third and
Fourth Avenue
Washburn
Dempsey Cleaners
Miss Jacobs
Immaculate Conception School
Mercy Hospital
Mike Ferline Aims to See High School Game
In Durham Connecticut Mike Ferline tried to reach a high school basketball game. He borrowed his brother's car, got into a collision, and parked in a restricted area. He had to drive 14 miles home to fetch his license and returned only to find the game over.
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Durham
Conn
Mike Ferline
Mike
Froert
Rhodes Bombed by British Forces in Eastern Mediterranean
Rome AP reports the Italian high command says British warplanes bombed Rhodes, a key Mediterranean naval and air base. The German air corps also conducted an attack on the British naval base at Malta in the central Mediterranean.
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Rome
High Command
Rhodes
Italy
Mediterranean
German Air Corps
Malta
U. S. Aids Finland via Red Cross Relief
Washington AP reports the United States will supply Finland's urgent needs for food and relief through the American Red Cross rather than new government loans. An additional 500,090 dollars is allotted, bringing total Red Cross shipments for Finland this winter to 2,379,000 dollars. Finnish minister Hjalmar Procope estimated greater needs, but no government loan is planned.
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Washington
United States
Finland
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Hjalmar Procope
Indo China and Siam Agree To 10 Truce Talks
The Japanese foreign office said France's Indo China and Siam have accepted mediation for frontier hostilities and will begin negotiations in Tokyo. A truce was also agreed, with Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka offering mediation on January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Foreign Office
Indo-China
Thailand
Siam
Seek to Offset Realty Revaluation Loss by Personal Assessment
City field assessors were told to do their best recording intangible properties to offset a 1.6 million loss from a quadrennial revaluation. Assessor Jim Scolaro said new buildings will cover about 1 million, leaving the rest to be made up by listing all stocks and bonds and other personal intangibles of owners. If 600 thousand is met, it would be the first year the city’s total valuation did not decline in a revaluation year.
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City Field
Jim Scolaro
Scolaro
Merchants National Ranked 2nd Largest in Iowa by Deposits
Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids is the second largest bank in Iowa and 188th nationally by deposits as of December 31, 1940, per the American Banker list of the 300 largest banks. Iowa Des Moines National leads Iowa, with other Iowa banks placing 228th through 288th. The article notes the nation's largest bank is Chase National of New York.
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Merchants National
Iowa
Merchants National Bank of
Cedar Rapids
United States
American Banker
New York Daily Newspaper
Banking World
Iowa- Des Moines National Bank
Deposit totals and distribution across 107 cities include Cedar Rapids
The text notes a combined 45 billion in deposits across all banks with more than 21.85 million each, spread through 107 cities and including Cedar Rapids as one such city.
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Cedar Rapids
Marble Bar marks 100th straight day above 100 degrees
Marble Bar in northwestern Australia logged its 100th consecutive day with temperatures above 100 degrees on Friday, continuing a long hot spell for the town.
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Melbourne
Marble Bar
Australia
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Javepb
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Alyce
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Willard Chadima
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U. S
P&g
Sunkist
Husky Dod
Braunsweiger
Fred Sutthoff
RIVAT
Lee Cee
Abele Ketchup
Jfmima Panc
van Camps
Pork & Beans
MANE
Coffes
Cane
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
M Ave
H. K. Igram
Sixth St
Kalell
Dial
Hamed Foods
Second Ave
18Th Ave
Omar & Son
Omar
ANTI
Snerze Rinso
Lac Iz
Pke
Mich
Calif
DOG Food
Venus
Earth
California
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Ebros
Second Street SE
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16Th Ave
Saturda
Wieners
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Ford
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Richelieu
Florida
HEINZ
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Wilson
Rat Fe 9c Inc
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M.J.B
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Grien
Ivory
Libby
Wea
Pel
Lee
Bad Ee
BEE
NBC
Worthera Atssue Kid
Gazette
Cos Rimge
First Ave. E
Nebraska
Texas
Dean Osborne
Pelapid SR Most Bopucare
Polsana
Sr. Ave
S. Ave
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Polehna
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