Speed Urged on Red Cross in War Fund Drive
Rob ert Colton urged swift Red Cross fundraising at a southeastern Iowa conference in Iowa City with 205 attendees. He pressed March start and March 15 finish, highlighting planning, efficiency and early publicity patterns, and noted Linn County representation and past drive efforts in Cedar Rapids and Davenport.
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Speed
Red Cross
War Fund
Robert Colton
Towa
Iowa Memorial Union
Iowa City
Johnson County
Home Service
Colton
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Myles J. McNally
Iowa
Minnesota
Miss Georgia Bowman
St. Louis
Zeller urges Quota Club on youth desires and future paths
Edwin Zeller executive secretary of the YMCA spoke to the Quota Club at the Roosevelt about youths of today and yesterday sharing five core desires. He warned youth face choosing positive versus negative directions in wartime armaments, education, employment, equality, and world brotherhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Zeller
Zeller
Quota Club
Roosevelt
Ruby Hickman
Gladys Swangler
Marriage of Winifred Fowler to Major Calvin A Linn
Winifred Fowler and Major Calvin A Linn wed January 20 in Cleveland Ohio. Mrs Linn holds A B from Cornell and law degree from Michigan and works with Chicago Red Cross. Major Linn is Michigan law graduate and army air corps attorney who served in Africa and will return to overseas duty.
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W. L. Fowler
Grande Avenue
Winifred
Calvin A. Linn
Army Air Corps
Cleveland
Ohio
Linn
Cornell College
School of Social Service
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
Iowa
American Association of Social Workers
American Association of Psychiatric Social Workers
Delta Zeta Social Organization
Kappa Beta Pi Legal Sorority
South District
Chicago
American Red Cross
Major Linn
Beta Theta Pi
Phi Delta Phi
Peoria
The
Red Cross
Cigarets May Be New Medium Of Exchange
Ruth Millett muses that a cigaret shortage could turn cigarettes into a trading medium. She notes restaurant owners offering meals and cigarets for workers, hitchhikers trading cigarets for rides, and households using cigarettes to obtain services, arguing that cigarettes might outpace money as a bargaining tool in shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Unbroken Skin Is Best Protection Against Infection
Assistant Director Lona L. Trott explains unbroken skin as the first defense against infection and outlines quick hot-water soaks for infected hands or feet, plus guidance on home sewing repairs and sheet reuse when materials are scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane
Jimmy
Over the Back Fence By Naomi Doebel
Wash day schedule and household repair tips guide readers through Monday and Friday chores. The column advises inspection planning, mending torn sheets, and careful stitching to extend fabric lifespan.
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Naomi Doebel
Airborne Laundry Aids Troops in South Pacific
The army's airborne laundry, developed by the quartermaster corps and air office, can be flown to inaccessible areas. A 2,500 pound unit on two skids delivers 40 pounds of washed and dried clothes per hour, serving about 600 men weekly under field conditions with water gasoline and oil.
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Army
Quartermaster Corps
Office of the
Air Quartermaster
South Pacific
iIt
Service Life Insurance unveils Gold Seal policy in Omaha
In Omaha Nebraska the Reliable Service Life Insurance Company introduces a $1 a month combination sickness, accident and hospitalization policy named Gold Seal. It offers up to $100 monthly disability, hospital benefits over $650, and up to $6000 for accidental loss of life or limbs. No medical exam, ages 15 to 69, ten days free examination with no obligation by mail.
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Omaha
Neb
Reliable Service Life Insurance Company
MATS
Service Life Insurance Company
Dept
Omaha 2
Nebraska
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C. R. Planning
Norman Gibson
Mildred M. Keyes
Louisa Adams
Linn County
Wells C. Peck
E. H. Skinner
Carl Helming
M. J. Theisen
Everett Fisher
Frank Welch
Paul H. Huston
J. F. McBaith
H. D. O'Meara
W. J. Neuzil
C. S. Krause
Lumir Severa
W. W. Wall
Mabel C. Wilson
Abbie Sheldon
Carl N
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Dept
N. Clinton St
G. J. Timmermann & Co
Western Ave
Winifred Fowler, Major
Linn Wed
Chicago Sun Syndicate
Don
ABC
Ruth Millett
Lona L. Trott
Red Cross Nursing Service
Sonal, Trott
Vincent Coppola
Sherwin-Williams
DIAL
Romaine
California
Hollywood
Des Moines
Second ST. SE
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Third Avenue SE
Joan Davis
Screen and Radio
Arigo
Jim
American Institute of Laundering
Taza
Nabisco
Niagara Falls
NABISCO + NATIONAL Bsscut
Nraten
Shredder Wheat
Bakee
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