Woman farmer laments wartime labor losses and hopes for Arizona
Mrs. Chris Benischek of a 202 acre farm near Olin describes reduced labor due to the war, cutting crops from 60 to 35 acres of corn, down to 30 acres seeded down, and shrinking hogs and cattle. She notes war pressures, her son Lester in Italy, and her own civic roles with the Olin Community Garden club and Eastern Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Benischek
Olin
Olin Community Garden Club
Eastern Star
Summer drinks and sandwiches for light fare
Enjoy new and varied summer drinks using fresh fruit juices with club soda. Sparkling Strawberry Shrub recipe and variations, plus quick sandwich ideas with cream cheese, orange marmalade, peanut butter, prunes, spinach, and more. Also a luncheon dish Mexican Cecina with dried beef served over rice.
O E S Auxiliary Plans Picnic Luncheon
The O E S auxiliary to the Children's Home will meet Wednesday at 1 p m for a picnic luncheon with Mrs C E Rowe at 1831 Ridgewood terrace SE. The address was stated incorrectly in the Sunday Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.E.S
C. E. Rowe
Ridgewood Terrace SE
Every Homemaker Should Have First Aid Course
Mary Beard of the American Red Cross urges homemakers to learn first aid. Do not move a seriously injured person immediately, keep them still and warm, apply pressure to bleeding wounds, and avoid stimulants. If conscious, ammonia may be inhaled and coffee given after recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veryone
Worst Soldier Turns One Man Army in Tunisia Combat
Private Karl Warner known as Molotov, mayor of Brooklyn, became a famed front line fighter in the Ninth Infantry during the Tunisian campaign. Despite desertions and discipline trouble, he killed many enemies, bluffed an Italian company into surrender, and earned a posthumous Silver Star after a burst of machine gun fire in Tunisia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Karl Warner
Molotov
Brooklyn
A.W.O.L
Ninth Infantry Division
Stars and Stripes
Charles Kiley
Jersey City
N. J
Warner
Pup
Port Lyautey
French Morocco
Cork
Tunisia
Bizerte
Detroit
Sedjenane
Molly
York
Clings to Bush at Chasm Rim for Hour
Denver teen Kirk Cammack Jr 17 clung to a small bush over a 1175 foot chasm in Golden Colorado for an hour while friends sought help. Sheriff and deputies pulled him to safety with a rope after a rescue effort.
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Golden
Colo
Kirk Cammack, Jr
Denver
Cammack
George Koch
Woman Hurt Slightly as Car Smacks Into Truck
Mrs Grace Snelling aged 40 of 1513 Sixth Street NW was cut on both sides of the nose when a car crashed into a semi truck at 610 First Street NW. The car, driven by Samir Hojka of 1209 Fifth Street SE, was fined five dollars and costs for failing to keep his car under control.
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Grace Snelling
Sixth Street
First Street NW
Samir Hojka
Fifth Street
Salvation Army Veteran to Hold Five Meetings
Brig Anton Cedervall a Salvation Army veteran of 23 years in the Orient begins five evangelistic meetings in Cedar Rapids at 1123 Third Street SE at 7 45 p m He serves as chief secretary of the Salvation Army in China and is touring the central states He speaks Chinese fluently and learned English in China from officers The meetings cover topics including the decline of heathen religions and the rapid progress of Christianity and life in occupied areas He will wear Chinese costume for some sessions.
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Anton Cedervall
Salvation Army
Orient
Cedar Rapids
Third Street
Brig Cedervall
China
Central States
Pioneer Party of Salvationists
Pekin
Mukden
Manchukuo
Cedervall
Vasteras
Sweden
Far
East
Manchuria
Dolores Kosina Joins Cedar Rapids Welfare Bureau Staff
Miss Dolores Kosina was added to the staff of the public welfare bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce as a secretary. Her appointment completes plans for expanding the bureau. she will handle duties formerly done by Mrs. Roland Buol, who is now clerk. Executive secretary Miss Lucille Murray was appointed earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Kosina
C Street
Public Welfare Bureau
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Kosinas
Roland Buol
Lucille Murray
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norma Manson
Clinton County
Hampshire
Arizona
Cpl
Lester Benischek
Army Air Corps
Italy
Mediterranean
Mt. Vesuvius
Marvin
Richard
Grover
Clarence
Roosevelt
Eleanor
Naomi Doebel
Killian Company
DO Bauersblack
The
Kendall Company
Ask
Sara Park Salon
3Rd St
New York
O.E.S. Auxiliary
Mary Beard
Nursing Service
American Red Cross
Hal Boyle
Army M.p.’S
Sened
Tte
Maknassy
Chasm Rim
Mautz
Barney's Paint & Wallpaper
First Ave
Dial
Welfare Bureau
Oferican Institute of Laundering
Amd
National
National Cash Registers
Deyton
Ohio
the National Cash Register Company
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