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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1943

Page

4

Coe Honors Prize Scholars At Convocation

Coe College president Dr. Charles A. Anderson presided at the convocation. Dr. LeRoy D. Weld chairs the honors committee as prize scholars and Phi Kappa Phi seniors are named. Several honorees are in the armed forces among freshman tenth and junior scholars with departmental honors pending.

Charles A. Anderson LeRoy D. Weld Coe Phi Kappa Phi Margaret Louise Blaine John Sylvester Brice Helen Vera Burian Doris Blaine Cone Robert Owen Crabbs William Eugene Heneks Dorris Vivian Jefferis Ellen Elizabeth Johnson Betty Louise Subotnik Charles Frank Barlow Catherine Lucille Covert Marvelyn Mae Hawley Everett Dale Hendricks John Henry Holley Dorothy Ann Kucera Darlene Payne Joyce Elizabeth Roberts Ann Templeton Bernice Mae Brandau Roger al Huber Ruth Elizabeth Leitner Ruth Virginia Self Mary Towne Brandau Cunningham Kohl Luber Smythe Huber Miss Towne Mary Lenore Sherrard Phi Kappa Three Apoe Miss Luber Woodward Richard Thomas Willing Brice Crabbs Heneks

Rubber Workers End Strike at Bali Band Plant

MISHAWAKA Ind AP The executive board of local 65 United Rubber Workers CIO decided Monday night to end at midnight a strike that had closed the Bali Band plant of United States Rubber Co since Sunday. The union cited no statement beyond reporting War Labor Board assurance of prompt action on the wage dispute. George Cummins said the strike protested WLB delays in granting a 122 cent wage increase.

Mishawaka Ind United Rubber Workers (Cio Bali Band United States Rubber Company War Labor Board Washington WLB George Cummins

Women Hope McCormick Ship Line Will Hire as Crew

Nine women in slacks wait in San Francisco hoping to sail as stewardesses on a war cargo ship for McCormick Steamship Co. They planned to join a test case arranged by the National Maritime Union after the company balked at appointing women to sea duty.

San Francisco McCormick Steamship Company Marian Gilman Wilson National Maritime Union CMU Hhpe Atte Asphere New York McCormick NMU

Bread sliced again as government lifts ban

Washington AP reports the government rescinded the ban on bakery sliced bread effective immediately. Officials cite no slicing advantages outweighing costs and note bakers and WPB as origins with industry reactions mixed. Consumers rush to buy breadknives as questions linger.

Kenneth L. Dixon Washington Junior Claude R. Wickard Office of Price Administration Agriculture Department Agriculture American Bakers Association Food Administration War Production Board WPB

Bread Ban Reappears in Bureaucratic Thril ler

Washington officials revive the sliced bread ban amid shifting rules and agency debates. The move appears to echo a long running administrative dispute over bread safety standards and labeling.

Elliott Roosevelt's Son, 10, Is Injured In Bicycle Crash

William Roosevelt, 10, grandson of the President and son of Lieut. Col. Elliott Roosevelt, was knocked from his bicycle by an automobile. He was badly shaken up and bruised but has recovered and will return home in a day or so.

West Palm Beach, Fla William Roosevelt Elliott Roosevelt

Scarcity of Able Straw Bosses Bottleneck in War Production

Washington AP The Senate War Investigating Committee reports a shortage of trained straw bosses as a major bottleneck in military production. Chairman Truman and Senator Ball say uneven output stems from weak supervision and lackadaisical worker effort on some assembly lines.

Washington Senate War Investigating Committee Truman D-Mo Senator Ball R-Minn Ball

Vanderbilt Scion Gets 6 Months for Posing as Officer

Private Jacob L Webb a New York socialite and Vanderbilt scion faced six months hard labor for impersonating an officer absence without leave and escaping confinement. He was sentenced by a special court martial and will forfeit two thirds of his pay.

Reno Nev Jacob L. Webb New York Webb Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt

Commons Elects Douglas Clifton Brown Speaker of the House

London reports Col Douglas Clifton Brown, Conservative and deputy speaker, elected speaker of the house of commons succeeding the late Captain E A Fitzroy who died March 4. The backbench body could not meet publicly until a new speaker was chosen, with Brown’s election conducted in the traditional ceremony last used in George III’s reign.

Commons Brown George III

Relieve Cough Fast With Simple Kitchen Syrup

A home cough remedy promises swift relief using two cups sugar one cup water and two and a half ounces Pinex in a pint bottle. No cooking needed the syrup soothes irritated membranes loosens phloem and eases soreness with long lasting effectiveness and a money back guarantee.

Quake Shakes W Virginia and Western Pennsylvania

Residents in northern West Virginia and western Pennsylvania felt a slight earthquake just before midnight Monday. Beds shook but no damage was reported.

Wheeling W. Va INS West Virginia Pennsylvania

Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details and Rates

The Cedar Rapids Gazette presents its 1885 masthead with United Press International news service credits. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail, including various durations and prices, and notes the newspaper’s advertising and circulation policies.

Cedar Rapids Naiey. Sore Ce Ao Asociatec United Press International News Service

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