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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1944
Page
7
Mary Beard of the American Red Cross writes that soap and water plus sunshine and fresh air are more effective than fumigation for germ elimination. After quarantine, homes should be washed, aired, and items boiled or sun dried, with thorough cleaning of the patient before discharge.
Aunt Het recalls Cousin Ed who initially refused bootleg gas but soon joined after others faced no harm. She suggests his so called patriotism was really fear, highlighting air of caution and risk.
Mrs. H. D. O'Meara, chairman of Linn county Red Cross motor corps, describes organizing and training volunteers, trip duties, and gas coupon limits. In 1943 the group made 420 trips totaling 3498 miles with 643 hours of service.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept offers Todays Pattern 4537 in women sizes 34 to 48 with yardage details for size 36. Includes a needlework motif pattern for linens and garments, priced at 20 cents plus a 10 cent optional book with free pattern. Send payment and size name address and style number to Chicago.
In Cedar Rapids a Red Cross volunteer recounts wartime relief, noting prior surgical dressings service and ongoing commitment. She discusses her son, Marine captain Robert H. O’Meara, overseas in Bougainville and Solomons, and praises motor corps cooperation, vowing continued Red Cross work after the war.
Learn to brighten your home with embroidery pattern 490 featuring 18 motifs averaging 3 by 6 inches. Garments and transfers available. patterns cost 15 cents. Send 15 cents in coins with pattern number name and address to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept. 549 West Randolph Street Chicago Illinois 80.
Prepared for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America the devotional reflects on Ephesians 6 12 and the cosmic warfare between good and evil. It discusses spiritual conflict in a global frame and invokes Pauls belief in powers and potentates of darkness opposing the early churches.
Waste paper is needed for war work. Deposit it in receptacles at school grounds or fire stations. Call 3-2601 and OCD truck will call if load is sufficient to warrant a trip.
A reflection on war, virtue, and belief. The speaker asserts that in any engagement there are larger causes, the courage of soldiers and the devotion of saints rest on conviction that their causes exceed themselves. Prayer asks for guidance, strength, and divine power in all conflicts.
A brief invocation expresses resolve and courage against current hardships. The speaker seeks divine assistance to remain steadfast and brave through difficult times.
PITTSTON Pa AP seven year old Robert Adrian was swallowed up by a mine subsidence about 300 feet from where two year old Jule Ann Fulmer was killed in a similar cave-in a month earlier. He plunged 16 feet into the earth and was buried to his waist but escaped with help from passers by.
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