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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1942
Page
4
Dr. Mary MacFadyen offers a six part wartime manicure guide emphasizing safe practices. Clean instruments, avoid deep cuticle cuts, gentle cuticle care, careful dirt removal, and proper filing to prevent infections and nail damage.
Notice of a Democratic district convention for the 38th Judicial District of Iowa comprising Cedar Jones and Linn counties to nominate four district judges for the 1942 general election. Delegates allocated Cedar 19 Jones 16 Linn 72, to be chosen by local conventions. Convened July 6 1942 at Linn County courthouse Cedar Rapids.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette needlecraft notice offers Pattern 370 with a six motif transfer design and instructions, asking readers to send 10 cents plus 1 cent mailing to The Cedar Rapids Gazette New York address for pattern details. Meanwhile Atlanta penitentiary reports 24 inmates enrolled in a college correspondence course.
A reader questions whether a woman should stay engaged to a fiancé who may tire of her and wait for a service member in the army. Miss Manners suggests pride drives clinginess and urges patience, arguing the soldier deserves dependable support rather than casual romances.
A reader asks if she should date others while her army boyfriend is away. The columnist answers that sincere letters to the service member will bring happiness and wishes luck to both.
Seven South African soldiers faced seven German tanks at a desert outpost near Tobruk El Gazala. With grenades a Tommy gun and rifles they repelled the assault, killing twenty five Germans and destroying four tanks. Six South Africans survived to recount the dramatic action.
A collection of crossword like clues list multiple definitions and abbreviations across various numbers. Entries include bristlelike parts short napp ed fabrics symbols for elements animal terms and geographic references with several missing letters and incomplete words awaiting solution.
German tanks attack a South African defense post as grenades and small arms fire ignite vehicles. Five crew members are killed or wounded, and several tanks are set ablaze by persistent South African resistance and counterattacks amid a night battle.
German soldiers turned and fired killing a South African as three tanks fled. By daylight, the remaining South Africans had to march 15 miles to reach the main imperial lines.
Special to The Gazette reports Cedar Rapids retail food costs rose 14 percent from April 14 to May 12, below the national 17 percent increase. Prices for meats climbed 13 percent, dairy 14 percent, eggs 30 percent, fruits and vegetables 22 percent, beverages 6 percent, fats 29 percent, cereals and bakery items unchanged. sugar dropped 4 percent.
The report covers May 12 to June 2 non availability and spans May 13 1941 to May 12 1942. It states etal costs for all foods rose 208 percent in Cedar Rapids and 191 percent nationwide, highlighting wartime price pressures.
Nero INS Neson Kelly faced a charge of assault and battering his 61 year old wife Tesa after she accused him of beating her with a creamsick. She was hospitalized after the incident in January.
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