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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1941
Page
29
Eleven contestants compete for the Miss Cedar Rapids title with public ballots in The Gazette. Winner announced next Sunday at the Ellis Park pool dedication. prize includes a Great Lakes cruise aboard Seeand Bee and a chaperon award.
Twenty eight Cedar Rapids youths plus delegations from Marion and Fairfax will travel by bus to Des Moines for the fourth annual Hawkeye Boys State at the state fairgrounds. About 720 youths participate with instruction beginning at 1 pm and reports to be presented upon return.
Rome AP Adelchi Serena, secretary of the fascist party, warns that Italians who grumble about wartime conditions will receive the same treatment as profiteers. Mussolini ordered severe penalties for those failing state obligations and no strikes remain banned. Serena calls for strict morale defense and rationing oversight. White collar workers receive extra pay and industrial workers 120 extra hours pay, signaling possible inflation risks.
Berlin reports Luftwaffe hits in the first half of June sinking 161000 tons of enemy merchant ships and badly damaging 32 freighters. The losses include one large tanker and two ocean going merchants of 15000 tons each.
Parents and teachers enroll Monday at Coe college for a five day personality development course conducted by Dr W B Townsend of Riverside California. The program seeks self analysis and personality adjustment to aid success in business professions and home with credit and a six dollar fee.
In Pipestone Minnesota a five gallon cream can bought at a local store contained $100 in currency left for safekeeping overnight. The store manager seeks to locate the rightful purchaser to buy back the item and cash.
Mrs Boyd Goodson, 25, unable to swim, jumped into 11 feet of water in a 40-foot well and held her two year old afloat until rescuers arrived. She squeezed through a small opening to reach the child and, lying on her back, steadied the girl and shook her to restore breath before both were pulled to safety.
Mexico expropriated the 500000 watt station once owned by Dr. John Richard Brinkley. The Villa Acuna outlet near Del Rio across the border from Texas broadcast from Brinkley’s Little Rock hospital.
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