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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1944
Page
1
Cedar Rapids Classroom Teachers Association urges citizens to vote in the March 13 school election. The message stresses education quality, board policy continuation, and voters’ responsibility to elect members who will sustain and improve educational opportunities for Cedar Rapids youth.
Veterans describe a surprise assault on a coastal fort in Tunisia. They landed successfully despite air threats, scaled a 25 foot cliff, captured a gun position, and moved to nearby towns. A raid on Sened Station followed with close combat and knife use.
A brief note indicates the second article in the series will be published in The Gazette on Monday, signaling a continued sequence and upcoming installment.
Precinct polling locations for the upcoming school board vote are listed with changes in precinct thirteen moving to Corot's Furniture Warehouse at 415 Fifth avenue SE. Polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. across all precincts.
Republicans of Linn county meet at 7 30 p m Monday in precincts to pick delegates for the county caucus and a county convention Friday at the courthouse with Floyd Philbrick as principal speaker. Dems hold a separate county convention Thursday at 10 30 a m in the courthouse with Joseph Mekota as chairman. Precinct caucuses list locations across townships and cities including Bertram, Coggon, Springville, Viola, Waubeek, Cedar Rapids, College, Rockford, Fairfax, Palo, Lisbon, Mt. Vernon, Marion, Rapids, and others with numerous addresses and venues.
The army and navy require paperboard containers and paper products for shipments to battle fronts. WPB chairman Donald M. Nelson warns the paper shortage threatens shipments and civilian paper use. National waste paper collection runs 25 000 tons behind the weekly goal.
A readable fragment lists voting houses and schools in Rapids area with multiple street addresses including Seventh Avenue SE Ninth Street SE Sixteenth Avenue SW Eighth Avenue SW Sixth Street NW and other sites such as Cedar Rapids Feed and Supply and Roosevelt and Cleveland schools.
St Louis policewoman Edna Friedwald said she was told to watch for purse snatchers who have been active recently. Saturday she reported that someone snatched her purse and badge.
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