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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1941
Page
6
Fire destroyed the roof of the Fred Nesetril home at 110 South Eleventh Street Friday noon. The attic was gutted but furnishings were spared. Firemen estimated the blaze started from chimney sparks. they were on scene about an hour after being called at 12 05. The Nesetrils had no insurance.
Mrs Samuel Palmer of Springville sister of Mrs Claire Davis of Marion has been confined in St Luke s hospital Cedar Rapids for three weeks after an operation and is critically ill with pneumonia Dora Ellis and her children Elvin and Jackie were called to Waterloo Thursday evening by the death of Mrs Ellis grandson Gary Shirley two year old son of Mr and Mrs Wendel Shirley Mr and Mrs Lawrence Sturgeon drove Mrs Ellis and her children to Waterloo returning later in the evening
The New York City zoo operates feeding periods spanning from every five minutes to as infrequent as once every two weeks, illustrating wide variance in animal care schedules.
Dr Ben H Peterson, chemistry professor, spoke at Coe Chapel on a Friday morning. He argued revolution is a recurring social phase tied to progress, warns that security is not a gift but an innate urge, and that science reorients civilization while posing new life adjustments.
In his fifth weekly radio broadcast at 4 p.m Saturday Prof. Max Daehler of Coe College piano department will present Miss Evelyn Stoakes as his assistant at the second piano. The half hour programs run through March over station WMT.
Traer pianist Edward Garris and Miss Stoakes present a two piano program featuring Daehler and Chopin pieces. Stoakes, a Coe College alumna and Buchanan School teacher, studied with Daehler since enrolling at Coe and resides in Traer. The concert includes Liszt and Granados works among others.
The annual Boy Scout roundup formerly called the circus will be in the Memorial coliseum on May 1 and 2. Melvin Tudor local Boy Scout executive announced the event. Walter Schultz appointed general chairman and Joseph Stenner named program chairman.
The Iron Horse club at McKinley High celebrated its first anniversary with an open house in the Martha Washington room for parents and associates. The group builds a Cedar Rapids and North Western scale railroad with twelve cars and an electrically powered engine, plus several scale miles of track. Paul Anthony sponsors the club with officers Wayne Swan president and others handling roles.
The article notes that small percentages of palladium are added to lower karat gold to improve tarnish resistance. This refinement enhances durability while maintaining alloy properties in consumer jewelry and industrial applications.
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