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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1940
Page
3
President Roosevelt warns that the nation faces its fate as he outlines U S support for France and Britain within a defense plan. He calls for sacrifice speed and unity while condemning Italy to extend the war and safeguards democracy across the western world.
The city board acted on four cases at city hall and set a 3 p.m special session for next Monday to clear a crowded docket. Kaldenberg was denied a rear 10 by 16 foot addition for yard width. Andrews’ porch enclosure was deferred. Henecke given neon sign permit if set back 10 feet. Peterson denied part of a two story addition but approved a 18 by 18 foot garage addition bringing the building within two feet of the lot line.
The unnamed Chamber of Commerce bureau plans a blind bogey golf tournament and fried chicken supper at Kenmore Golf Club Thursday afternoon. The event begins at 3:30 p.m. with 18 holes and a 5 p.m. nine-hole round. Harold Brown facilitates a forum discussion, with Lee Winterberg and Willis Mohn organizing the program.
Children sizes 2 4 6 8 and 10 pattern 4330 i includes sunbonnet and pinafore requires 255 yards 34 inch fabric and 3 yards ricrac send fifteen cents to Pattern Department The Cedar Rapids Gazette New York NY add ten cents for latest Pattern Book
Nearly 150 Iowa teachers and administrators enroll for a week at Coe College led by Dr W B Townsend of Butler University and wife. Morning lectures cover modern reading instruction with panel discussions and lab work for primary to high school levels.
Mary Manners addresses a reader worried that a gloomy companion drains friends’ energy with imaginary troubles. The advice suggests patience and not forcing commitments while maintaining supportive friendships.
The note counsels the unhappy wife to invite relatives to visit and see her husband’s care, or otherwise ignore interference and avoid complaining. It also describes road projects: a 15 mile east-west segment road to the Benton county line in Fayette Township and a 3.278 mile road from near Prairieburg north to trunk road A in Boulder Township.
County supervisors set July 2 at 2 p.m. for a hearing on establishing secondary road surfacing district So 158. They approved County Engineer WH Behrens reports and plat. The 3.61 mile route in Boulder and Jackson would connect surfaced roads to Prairieburg east and Central City and Corgon west.
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