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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

12 Jul 1939

Page 10

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1939

Page

10

Hawkeye Downs Festival Showcases 800 Musicians in Colorful Pageantry

The first annual Hawkeye music festival at Hawkeye Downs drew about 2,000 spectators for over two hours of performances by 800 musicians. Drum corps, baton twirlers, and choirs from Cedar Rapids and Anamosa featured under Prof. Joseph Kitchin and Maxwell, with highlights including the Cedar Rapids Symphony and 4-H chorus. Tama and Linn counties claimed top honors in drum corps and choral divisions respectively.

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Hawkeye Downs Phillip Maxwell Junior Legion Anamosa Junior Corps of Independence Aama Cedar Rapids Y. M. C. A Dayton Edwards Earlville Howard Ellson Marion Iowa Law Washington Post Bryce Robinson Edwin Timm Cedar Rapids Betty Jean Stephenson Maxwell Joseph Kitchin Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Kitchin Paul Ray Coe College Kathleen Check Coe Rose Ann Kubovec Linn County 4-H Helen Kacena Stark Edward Melcher Coleridge- Taylor Don Forbes Irene Bishop Marengo Vinton High School Stanley Vesely, Jr Vinton Jaroslav Cimera Chicago Cimera Pryor Max Daehler Stockhoff Guinon The Arkansas Traveler Land of Home Sousa Ohio Tama County Women’s Chorus Marian Bruene Poweshiek County Farm Bureau Chorus Emory Grosenbach Lover Strickland- Cain Norway-Newhall Holmes Diane Alburnett-Palo Chenette Tama Anamosa Junior Legion Corps First Avenue Coe College Chapel Hawkeye Margaret Hindee
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Cedar Rapids Faces Tree Cutting Debate Over Bugs and Beauty

A Cedar Rapids reader argues against blanket tree removals amid a box elder infestation. He urges replacement trees for every one cut, urging officials to balance pest control with city beauty and shade. He questions conservation priorities and appeals to civic responsibility.

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Cedar Rapids Federal Conservation Corps
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Interior secretary names Marks Bonneville project general counsel

Secretary Harold L. Ickes appointed Herbert S. Marks as general counsel of the Bonneville hydro electric project with C. Allen Hart Jr. named assistant general counsel. The choices follow recommendations by Acting General Counsel James Lawrence Fly. Hart previously served as a special assistant to the U.S. attorney general since June 1938 and worked on antitrust cases including the litigation against the American Medical Association.

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Washington Harold L. Ickes Herbert S. Marks Ickes C. Allen Hart, Jr St. Paul
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World Fair Parachute Ride Stalls Over 5 Hours

A socialite couple, J Cornelius Rathborne and Nancy Nelson Huidekoper, hung 100 feet above the New York World Fair for more than five hours when a pulley slipped on the mechanical parachute ride. Crowds cheered as steeplejacks and firemen assisted, while the pair endured jokes and delays before being freed.

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New York J. Cornelius Tirborne Cokie Baltimore Nancy Nelson Huidekoper Rathborne Mrs. Rathborne Long Island Society
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Daily menus claim year five two adults and three four

The passage describes daily menus and recipes intended to provide each family member with a balanced diet, including calories and energy, protein for tissue maintenance, and nutrients for bodily functions. It mentions a weekly cost of about $122 and references a wap eencee diet.

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Household Menu and Cake Promotion Recipes

A list of pantry items and quantified ingredients for meals including tomato juice creamed eggs and meat loaf. Notes on daily milk and butter allowances plus a promotion offering a cake recipe leaflet and a request for a self addressed stamped envelope.

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Requests for Meta Given Booklets Addressed to Cedar Rapids Gazette

The notice directs requests for Meta Given booklets to be sent in care of The Cedar Rapids Gazette. It provides contact details and hints at handling issues, urging readers to communicate properly if problems arise.

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Hardendorf Cedar Rapids
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Precautions Tightened Around Windsor Castle

The Daily Mail reports heightened police precautions at Windsor Castle amid alleged IRA terrorist activity by Irish agents. The British security measures target potential threats as authorities monitor the royal perimeter and surrounding areas.

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London INS Windsor Castle Irish Republican Army The Daily Mail
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Carl Dueser Meyerbeer Catherine Yerkes Toledo Bryce Catherine Ifiel Budget Beauty Shop Third Avenue SE Second Street Hardendorf Camera Shop J. C. Penney CO Sherwin-Williams CO People’s Forum Publica Marks Bonneville Project Windsor Dv Toya West End Sixteenth Ave. Bridge Fifth Ave. SE Enzler’s 2Nd Avenue Bulova Lord Elgin
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