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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1941

Page

31

Hawkeye Festival Entries Rise For Hill Park Event

Entries pour in from eastern Iowa as bands choruses vocalists and instrumentalists commit to the Hawkeye festival at Hill park July 30 Chairman William Breed announced. About a dozen bands plan to appear with morning clinics at Coe college and afternoon concerts downtown followed by a parade and an evening Hill park exhibition by the Caledonian unit massed choir and band and various chorus and baton events.

Iowa Hill Park William Breed Coe College Greene’s Square First Avenue Second Third Streets Joop District Ford Caledonian Caledonian

Highway Detours Plague Iowa Roads This Week

Iowa motorists face detours on 27 state and U S highways due to contraction work this week. The Iowa State Highway Commission lists closed segments and open but under construction routes with detailed detour lengths and surface types across numerous towns and counties.

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Our Suave Trees by Richard K Alman City Arborist

City arborist Richard K Alman urges Cedar Rapids property owners to use free tree advice services offered by the park department and to vet tree care providers by past work, references, and insurance. He warns against harmful practices like top pruning, trunk injections, and questionable tree-banding, noting licensing is spreading.

Max Cet Dar Rapids

Beaty Family News From Cumberland Hills Visit

The Beaty family from the Cumberland plateau in Tennessee visited town on Saturday, a rare trip that impressed residents. Paw Beaty recalled coming to Nashville 35 years ago after his mountain store burned, a move driven by need for tobacco and supplies.

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Beaty family heads to New York to see Sergeant York film

Charlie Beaty, 28, drove Paw Maw Marie and Martha with Granny and 14 others in a Ford toward New York to view the Sergeant York movie. He altered plans after Nashville and decided trains would be safer as cars crowded the route. The group boarded a train Saturday night bound for New York.

Alvin C. York New York York Charlie Beaty Paw Maw Marie Martha Ford Granny Charlie Nashville Beatys

Defense bond quiz Q and A on pledge and transfer

The text explains that defense bonds cannot be pledged as loan collateral because they are registered and nontransferable. It instructs readers to contact the treasurer of the United States for special information and to buy bonds or stamps at post offices, banks, or by writing to the Treasurer in Washington DC.

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Disheartening Climate Clamps Camp Claiborne Visit

First hand reports from July visitors describe Camp Claiborne Louisiana as clean but the setting harsh with sandy terrain and snake swamps. Mothers and sweethearts find solace in mail and camp routines while noting loneliness and limited local entertainment for soldiers.

Claiborne Carl Koern Camp

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