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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1942
Page
8
The Wilson high school stamp club wraps its sixth annual exhibit with a 7 o clock banquet in the school cafeteria. Five Cedar Rapids stamp club judges finalize ratings and awards in three divisions from eighty two entries shown by a 44 member club.
Mrs. Logan Ramsey urges more donor support to the Red Cross for emergency preparation following the Pearl Harbor attack. She emphasizes that increased funds enable greater readiness and relief efforts.
Junior League Children's theater group stages three performances of Alice in Wonderland at the Paramount Theater with tickets moving through Friday noon at schools. Profits will be returned to schools proportionate to tickets sold, and a large volunteer list of hosts and ushers is coordinating duties for the Saturday shows.
Mrs George Pierce and Mrs Louis Rozek hosted a Tuesday evening gathering for their niece Miss Dorothy Eckert ahead of her Saturday wedding to Lieut Robert J MacLean in Little Rock Ark. The event at 1514 First Street SW included about 30 friends and hostesses Miss Zelma Wiese Mrs Frank Berry and Mrs Florian Francis. Plans for a Second District VFW auxiliary meeting in Cedar Rapids on March 22 were announced.
Fourteen members of the Business and Professional Women's club of Peoples church gathered for dinner at Miss Marie Schmermund's home 1600 Second Avenue SE. Miss Leotsz Swemn and Miss Helen Burton hosted. Miss Norah Gott led the business meeting. Miss Anna Zick reviewed My Mother is a Violent Woman by 12 year old author Tommy Wadelton.
Mrs. Paul Morrison of 1220 Third Avenue Southwest was honored at a Wednesday evening shower hosted by Mrs. William Anderson with help from Mrs. Louis Humphrey and Mrs. Yale Uridil. Seventeen guests attended and card games provided the entertainment.
A surprise party was given Thursday for Mrs. James Phillips at 2006 Fifteenth Avenue SE. Nine daughters and six grandchildren attended. daughters named Howard Brown Harold Terry John Har ford Orville Brown Vivian Heslop and Harold Snyder along with Miss Carla Phillips Miss Marjorie Phillips and Miss Gladys Morgan.
The Silver Chain circle of the King's Daughters met Wednesday at Mrs. G. H Lowe's home on Blake boulevard SE. Mrs. H. R May led Bible study and a session on the foundation of King's Daughters. A layette was completed for Sun shine Mission and volunteers made quills for the Red Cross. The April meeting is planned at Mrs. C. D. Shi merda’s home on C avenue NE.
Mrs. Joseph Erlacher was elected chief ranger of Sacred Heart court No. 727 W C O F at a Keane hall meeting. Also named to office were Mrs James McNamara vice-chief ranger, Mrs Will Convey financial secretary, Mrs Felix Simiovitz treasurer, Miss Rose Coover, Mrs F J Shea and Miss Mary Webber trustees, Mrs Russell Merrifield and Miss Marjorie McDonald sentinels, Mrs John Hogan and Mrs Melvin McGowan conductors.
Silver Cross circle of the King's Daughters met for a luncheon Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Amos J. Houser 2536 Twenty sixth street drive SE. Miss Elizabeth Bender led devotions from Psalm 109. Fourteen members sewed Red Cross material and voted five dollars to aid a needy family.
Fifty members and teachers attended a Hayes P T A meeting with Supt. Arthur C. Deamer as speaker. The Garfield P T A night featured hobby displays from members including Mrs H N Jerome and others, plus Cub Pack 24 ceremonies led by Leonard Teeters and Ruth Kuble offering the national anthem.
Pattern 264 offers a transfer design of seven motifs for embroidery on kitchen towels with color schemes and stitch illustrations. Send 10 cents plus 1 cent mailing to The Cedar Rapid Gazette needlecraft department 82 Eighth Avenue New York with pattern number and your name and address.
Mr and Mrs Robert S Gilchrist announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Louise to Donald R Zamastil son of Mr and Mrs William G Zamastil of Fairfax. The wedding is set for April 6 at St Patrick s church Cedar Rapids Mary Louise Gilchrist and Donald Zamastil are Roosevelt High School graduates and both work in local firms Bedell Nissen and Link Belt Speeder respectively.
Wives and daughters of Iowa Volunteers convened in the Light company bungalow to form an auxiliary. Officers elected include Commander Mrs Paul W Anders en, vice commander Mrs James N Taylor, secretary Mrs Paul W Smith, treasurer Mrs D M Hersom, chaplain Mrs Warren W Liston, and flag bearer Mrs Leslie Frink. Families of service members are invited to join.
Mr and Mrs Horace G Hedges of 825 Seventeenth Street SE returned Thursday night from Louisiana. Before the trip they attended the wedding of their son David in New York City on February 14.
Lee Cooper daughter of Mr and Mrs James L Cooper will celebrate her sixth birthday Friday evening with a dinner party at her home 1922 Glen Way Drive SE inviting a few Buchanan schoolmates.
After luncheon on Friday Mrs. Carl F. Jordan hosted a bridge session for her local bridge club at 2121 Linden Drive SE. The event featured two tables arranged for play among club members.
Miss Virginia Renshaw daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph M Renshaw of 1816 M Street SW has left for Washington DC to join the Office of the Coordinator of Information. She will reside with her aunt Mrs W Eugene McAllister in Arlington Virginia.
Assisted by Mrs. George Smith and Mrs. Wlumpur, Mrs. F. C Anderson hosted a Typographical auxiliary potluck at 2743 Meadowbrook Drive SE with Mrs. A Hurtt and Mrs. M Maxson as guests. Prizes for cards were won by Mrs. Alvin Prucha, Mrs. Norman Smith, Mrs. Emil Novotny, Mrs. Hubert Shafer and Mrs. Maxson. The Jolly Neighbors met with Mrs. Harry Quimby hosting at 921 Eleventh Street NE. Prizes at bingo went to Mrs. Ted O'Brien, Mrs. Julius Hopker and Mrs Charles Packingham. Mrs. O'Brien will entertain March 26 at 3030 Wenig Road NE.
NEW YORK (UP) Three children, two women and two men huddled in a 70 foot cutter on the North Sea between Norway and England as they fled Nazi domination. A German plane strafed the ship with gunfire and grenades, killing the young helmsman. They reached Lerwick, Shetland, then London, while Norway suffers worsening living conditions and starvation of city residents. The Johansen family member, now in the United States, recounts the peril and loss.
The CIO Clothing Workers union representing 135 000 employees won a ten cent an hour raise. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers led by Sid ney Hillman and the United States Clothing Manufacturers association agreed on the new scale, adding about 25 million dollars to the industry’s annual payroll. A dispute remains over the effective date with the CIO pressing April 1 and employers favoring May.
The British admiralty reported three German submarines sunk on Jan 3 in sustained action against a convoy: U-191, U-434 and U-574. U-574 was destroyed Dec 18 by HMS Stork after attacking the convoy and sinking USS Stanley. The admiralty noted all three had served about six months, with mixed fates for their crews.
William Whipple was nominated as exalted ruler of the Cedar Rapids Elks on Thursday night. The nomination is tantamount to election set for two weeks hence. Other nominations include Willard Chadima leading knight Lynn Swaney loyal knight G R McKeeby lecturing knight S Clifford Keyes warden Leonard Broulck secretary Peter F Bailey treasurer Carl Myers trustee.
A salvage depot will be established Saturday in a stone building fronting the alley from Third to Fourth avenues behind the Paramount theater. The building is donated by Louis Smid and will be used for the city-wide waste paper collection. Elmer Wickham chairs the committee. Temporary quarters had been at 310 Second Street NE.
Mrs. Wells C. Peck emphasizes strict adherence to Red Cross procedures for volunteer services. A makeup rule requires missed first aid sessions be completed before certification, with calls to 22031 for makeup classes. A demonstration for 100 first aiders at Coe showcased police response in emergencies. A police auxiliary card party on March 25 funds the Red Cross. Geneva reports note talks on shipping aid to prisoners in Japan. The U S should maintain a fully equipped Red Cross presence in every community.
Mrs. Jennie Greenburg, 40, jailed six months after admitting she framed charges to jail her former lover, Irving Cohn, 42. Prosecutors said she duped the system, planning to send him to prison when he spurned her. Judge Schwartz condemned her for perjury and mockery of justice.
The London News Chronicle, via a Bombay dispatch, reports Col. John A. Gillis of the United States Army was killed in a plane crash north of Basra, Iraq.
The Iowa Well Drillers association reelected its entire slate of officers and directors for the next year at the Montrose hotel convention. D. E. Edwards, J. M. Bush, H. Landgraf lead as president, vice president, and secretary treasurer, with H. J. Fouts J. J. Becker and Jess M. DeVaul as directors. C. J. Toohil warned that brass and steel casings and pipe will be scarce during the war, usable only for emergency work.
The statement notes that free air was scarce at service stations in 2007, making it a luxury only the wealthy could access. It emphasizes the limited availability of complimentary air at fueling stops during that year.
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