Masaryk Memorial Concert to Honor First Czechoslovak President
The Feder ation of Czech Groups in Cedar Rapids presents the Masaryk Memorial concert at the Memorial Coliseum on Sunday March 31. Coe College band led by Stanley Vesely will perform with Jan Weicher violinist and Chicago Symphony Orchestra concertmaster as featured artist. Weicher, Chicago-born in 1904, pursued studies in Prague and Europe before returning to the US to join major orchestras. his Guarneri violin is highly noted.
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Masaryk
Federation of Czech Groups
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Coe College
Stanley Vesely
Jan Weicher
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Garigue Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Weicher
Chicago
Prague
Conservatory of Prague
Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Cleveland Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra
Frederick Stock
Belgium
Berlin
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Civic Orchestra
Philharmonic Oe 9
Kago Symphony Quartet
Veichens
Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu
Tradivarius
Moyer to Speak on Scientific Selling at National Sales Meet
R. E. Moyer Bowes Seal Fast sales manager will be principal speaker at the National Association of Salesmen meeting at 12 30 p m March 16 at the Roosevelt hotel. He will discuss scientific selling and merchandising. Don Atkinson is program committee chairman.
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R. E. Moyer
Bowes Seal Fast Corporation
National Association of Salesman
Roosevelt Hotel
Moyer
Don Atkinson
Bever Avenue SE
Men and Women In Service Updates from Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids notice outlines military service updates. Cpl. Robert E. Pierce arrives at the 20th Air Force in Guam to join Headquarters Squadron after more than a year in service and time with the Leyte forces. Charlies F. Wittke is honorably discharged from the Marine Corps after serving two years and participating in Saipan Tinian and Okinawa. Pte. Charles R. Jennings transfers from a military police battalion in Vienna to an engineer combat unit and may redeploy to the United States. R. F. La Fontaine is discharged from the Navy as a lieutenant (j.g.) after four years, two overseas, with wife Kathryn at 398 Twenty sixth Street SE. Two Jones children arrive home after army service, Dale and Bill, with family updates at 1132 Twelfth Street NE and 914 Ellis.
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Cpl
Robert E. Pierce
S. B. Pierce
Twentieth Street
20Th Air Force
Guam
University of Iowa
Army
Leyte
Charlies F. Wittke
Fred Wittke
Third Street
Marine Corps
Saipan
Tinian
Okinawa
Pacific Theater
Nagasaki
Miyasaki
Sasebo
Japan
F Avenue NW
Charles R. Jennings
Thomas Jennings
Bettendorf
Vienna
United States
France
Ardennes
Rhineland
Central Europe
R. F. la Fontaine
Navy
Pensacola
J.g
Kathryn
Twentysixth Street
Dempsy Jones
Cedar Rapids
Dale
Dale, Jr
Jones
Twelfth Street
Military family notes on leaves and reassignments
A roundup of service members with leaves and reassignments: Don Pfe, discharged after 30 months in Europe. Paul J. Brace on 30 day furlough with his grandmother in Mt. Vernon and departing for Kearnsfield Utah. Charles C. Dougherty on an eight day home leave before reporting to Great Lakes naval training center. Elmer A. O Shannon returns from Naples Italy after two years overseas and heads to Fort Sheridan after 90 day furlough. Gordon Baker with the 43rd Fighter Squadron at France Field Canal Zone. Ensign Edward K. Sanders honorably released from the personnel separation center in San Francisco.
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Boulevard
Don
Pfe
Paul J. Brace
Dan Kleineck
Mt. Vernon
Chicago
Kearnsfield
Utah
Army Air Force
Charles C. Dougherty
Charles Dougherty
Center Point Road
Newport
R. I
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Cpl
Elmer A. O’shannon
Naples
Italy
Chester O’shannon
Avenue NW
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Pfc
Gordon Baker
M. A. Baker
Sixteenth Street NW
France Field
Canal Zone
Edward K. Sanders
San Francisco
Calif
Lent Reading List From Cedar Rapids Library
Miss Alice Story, librarian, Saturday highlighted new Lenten titles at the Cedar Rapids public library. Suggested works include the Revised Standard Version New Testament, Our Roving Bible, A Great Time to be Alive, Event in Eternity, When Life Gets Hard, Religion in the Postwar World, Eternal Voice, Pathfinders of the World Missionary Crusade, and religious novels such as The Emperor's Physician, The Pool, The World the Flesh and Father Smith, Behold Your King, The Nazarene, The Robe, and David the King.
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Cedar Rapids Public Library
Weatherhood
Eddy
Perkins
Burnet
Marshall
King
Bauer
The
Vet Offers To Trade His Medals for House
ST. PAUL AP It didn't take long for Eugene Benolken a 30 World War II veteran to get results from an advertisement. It read Will exchange my medals earned while saving your home for a place to call home for my wife and me. He received more than a score of offers shortly after the ad appeared.
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ST. Paul
Eugene Benolken
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Optometrist
Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
India
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