Cedar Rapids to Hold Dual City and School Elections
Cedar Rapids voters face two elections this week with 4 school board posts and a treasurer to be chosen Monday for the independent school district while Cedar Rapids city residents vote Tuesday for mayor, public safety streets finance and parks officials and a Superior Court judge. Several candidates run unopposed and campaign issues focus on parks development and tree care for the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Independent School District
City of
Commissioners of Public Safety
Superior Court
Frank K. Hahn
Dave L. Williams
Harry Johnson
L. D. Burgus
W. W. “Woody” Stolba
Lumber Yard
Arthur Deamer
Kenwood School
Arthur School
Myron Koenig
Arthur R. Messenger
Howard R. Green Company
Koenig
Douglas Grant
WMT
Charles Penningroth
J. C. Blodgett
Cedar Rapids Tribune
J. K. von Lackum
Byron J. Crocker
LaPlant- Choate Company
Crocker
Penningroth
Blodgett
von Lackum
Reginald B. Figge
Big Stock of Defective Powder To Be Burned
The army announces the disposal of 24 million pounds of defective smokeless powder by burning as the cheapest and safest method. The War Assets Corporation found no buyers, with one million pounds to be burned March 18 at Sunflower ordnance plant in Lawrence Kansas and similar fires planned at other sites. Of 3.3 billion pounds produced during the war only 24 million pounds were unusable. The maple leaf is Canada's emblem.
Where To Vote In School Board And City Primaries
Voters will use the same polling places for both the school board election Monday and the city primaries Tuesday. Precincts list locations including Hearn Stevens Motor Co 511 Second Ave SE Fire Station No. 3 1424 B Ave NE and many district sites across the city with schools libraries and garages designated as voting venues.
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Hearn-Stevenson Motor Company
Second Avenue
B Avenue
Daniels Park Foods Garage
H Avenue
Franklin High Eee
Arthur School
Twenty-seventh Street
Kenwood Park Library
First Avenue
Jackson School
Fourth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Eighteenth Street
Seventeenth Street
Bever Park
Bever Avenue
Buchanan School
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Twentieth Street
McKinley High School
Tenth Street
Wollcat Supply Company
Fifth Street
Third Street
Hayes School
Oe Avenue
D Street
van Buren
Fourteenth Avenue
Taylor School
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
City Barn
Seventh Avenue
H Street
Harrison School
Eleventh Street
M Avenues
E Avenue
Roosevelt High School
Thirteenth Street
C Avenue
Cleveland School
Fifteenth Street
Army honors Sox the dog with Certificate of Merit
Norwood Mass. dog Sox a Doberman Pinscher owned by local air raid warden served with the K-9 corps in Germany and was killed in action after two years of service. The Army awarded the Certificate of Merit posthumously.
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Norwood
Mass
Army
Germany
Women Flock Into Medicine Across the Nation
The piece notes a surge of women entering medical education nationwide. Women's Medical College in Philadelphia is at capacity for the first time, with East, Midwest, and Far West schools reporting up to 300 percent increases in female enrollment. Dr. Faith S. Fetterman cites the war as expanding opportunities, and women are entering general practice, surgery, neurology, psychiatry, and orthopedics.
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Ashington
Hippocrates
Women’s Medical College
Philadelphia
United States
East
Midwest
Far West
Faith S. Fetterman
Women’s Medical College Hospital
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Ed Stefan
Dick Jones
Arthur A. Wagner
Leonard B. Stastny
Penick and Ford Company
Stefan
Rks
Daniels Park
Oakland
Maplewood
Avenue NE
Shaver Park
Ellis Park
Golf Course
Ade
Ional
Stastny
Prairie Creek
The
City Plan Commission
Parks Department
Wagner
Ety Tate
Tom Termohlen
Si Puente
Leta Hawks
Hawkes
Versica
Killian Company
rAaon
Sia
Seth Cumae
Phemlemenensel Aantiles
Killaan
Killian
Maple Leaf
Canada
Milady
Burgus
U.S
Common Labor
Iowa
Illinois Gas
Electric GO
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