Mission Playground Opens At Loop Edge In Cedar Rapids
The Sunshine Mission nursery gains a new playground funded by Cedar Rapids groups led by Irene Douglas Grace Walpole Friendship and Hope circles plus the Mission’s board and Central Park Presbyterian gifts. The site behind 121 Second Street NE is tight amid three and two story buildings, yet children aged 5 and under enjoy sand swings chutes a teeter totter and benches daily with nurse Miss Tisha Dowden and staff supervising.
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Cedar Rapids
Sunshine Mission
Mission
Irene Douglas
Grace Walpole
Friendship and
Hope Circles
King’s Daughters
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Playground Commission
Second Street
Tisha Dowden
Esther Ward
Central Park
Red Cross Notes Donations In Honor Of Lidice Martyrs
Red Cross records show gifts totaling several dollars from local donors in memory of Lidice martyrs. Auxiliary workers clarify they are hospital staff, while Red Cross nurse’s aides remain volunteers. Mrs. Huston plans staff to answer calls at the volunteer services office daily 9:30 am to 4 pm.
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Charles Pulkrab
Red Cross
Lidice
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Frank Spinxn
Marie Spina
Frank Hrabetin
Jose Kroupa
Marie Kroupa
Office of Facts and Figures
Connec
Tion
Paul H. Huston
Volunteer Special Services
Staff Assistance Corps
Volunteer Services Office
Y.M.C.A
Washington, D. C
Federal Attorney to address Eastern Iowa law officers
J L Dalton of the FBI Des Moines office will address Eastern Iowa law officers on Wednesday. A showing of The Warning followed the address, and the conference will discuss German propaganda trends since December 7, Nazi fifth column activities in Europe, and subversive groups in the United States to help officers detect local presence.
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J. L. Dalton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Des Moines
Air Rai
London
Europe
United States
Dalton
Winners in Bever Parade Announced
Nine winners in the Bever park parade were announced by Judd Dean recreational director for the city parks commission. Betty Jones won ladylike, Jack Cutler cow boy, Bobby Lockhart first, Larry Rapaport second, Arthur Bowen third, Don Cutler pirate, Joan Rapaport Indian, with Ruth Jane Hubbard and Barbara Ringer named as Bever playground directors.
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Bever Park Playground
Judd Dean
City Parks Commission
Betty Jones
Jack Cutler
Bobby Lockhart
Larry Rapaport
Arthur Bowen
Don Cutler
Joan Rapaport
Bever Playground
Ruth Jane Hubbard
Barbara Ringer
New Five Cent Stamp To Go On Sale July 7
A new five cent stamp marking the fifth anniversary of China's resistance to Japanese aggression will go on sale in Denver July 7, with Cedar Rapids to receive it soon after. The stamp features portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Dr Sun Yat Sen, the first president of the Chinese republic, whose return to China to accept the presidency is linked to the issue.
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China
Denver
Cedar Rapids
Abraham Lincoln
Sun Yat Sen
Chinese Republic
Dr. Sen
New Republic
YMCA Adult Swim School Reports 30 Achieve 20-Foot Test
More than 30 of the men and women enrolled in the YMCA adult free learn to swim program passed the 20-foot deep water test after four lessons. The test requires entering six-foot water and swimming 20 feet unaided. Of 40 women, 25 passed and 5 of 15 men passed, with instruction expanding to men and women’s membership classes.
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Y.M.C.A
Eman
President of France Salary Tax Share Reported
The official salary of the French Republic president was 100000 dollars annually with one quarter deducted for taxes.
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French Republic
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C.R
By Nadine Subotnik
C. S. Krause
South Side
Red Cross Center
Conte Ss Secee Center
C. S. P. S. Hall
Sunshine Mission Doy Nursery
W. T. Sands
Red
Troy Laundry
First Street
Dial
Iowa
Bever Parade
Goodyear
Hotpoint
ABC
Detroit
Jewel
Cood
Second Avenue
Gallen
Bull Durham Tobacco
Cutfrate Drug Store
Pids
Maxwell House
Raspberry
Cracker
Lal Ei
Harnabbard
Leyes
Twinplex
Stropper
Gillette Blades
Paris
Phillips
Magnesia
Velva
Terro
Elizabeth
Gerber's
DR. Lyon
Revlon
Colgate
Lex
Pate
Mead
Woodbury
Lyon’s
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