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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1949

Page

4

Coe Faculty Auction Raises Funds for WSSF

Emerson Wright, a solphomore from Fort Madison, bid $550 to use the president’s office for a morning at Coe College. The auction and Penny carnival features netted $216 for the World Student Service Fund, with total college collections reaching $400 for foreign student relief. Mary Hubbard won chapel escort in the new station wagon for $1.50, Donna Freed paid $175 for John Hafer’s escort and a lock of football coach Dick Clausen's hair sold for $45.

Coe College Emerson Wright Fort Madi Son Wright Coe WSS Mary Hubbard Cedar Rapids College Donna Freed Downers Grove John Hafer Dick Clausen College of the West Byron Hollinshead Vai George Henry World Student Service Fund Big—Emerson Wright Fort Madison

Cotton Moving to North in Russia

Moscow reports the northern march of Soviet cotton fields has begun again after war damage. Collective farms in southern Ukraine resume cotton growing and plan to expand acreage beyond prewar levels, with cultivation moving farther north in the USSR.

Moscow Ukraine Ussr Kommunist

Antique Teaspot Is Found and Returned

Charleston man Ashmead F. Pringle Jr. misplaced an 1885 First National Bank of Charleston ten dollar bill on New York sidewalks. The antique item, kept in a transparent case with his Harvard Business School Alumni Association card, was recovered by A Abbott Rosen of Chicago and returned to the association office for delivery to Pringle.

Charleston, C Charleston New York First National Bank of Ashmead F. Pringle, Jr Harvard Business School A. Abbott Rosen Chicago Anti-Defamation League of B'hai 'B’rith Association Pringle

Mussels Flood Melbourne Harbor After Storm

A storm in Port Phillip bay washed ashore 4 700 tons of mussels on Melbourne beaches. The Melbourne city council deployed seven tractors with mechanical shovels to clear them before they rotted, with piles two feet deep in some areas.

Melbourne Port Phillip Bay

Specialized Rheumatism Treatment Promises Free Health Book

Excelsior Springs Missouri March 12 A new specialized system for rheumatism and arthritis combines mineral waters and baths. The Ball Clinic offers a free booklet Rheumatism Good Health Lifes Greatest Blessing explaining why drugs fail and how freedom from rheumatism may be possible. No obligation for requesting the book. Send to The Ball Clinic Dept 1402 Excelsior Springs Missouri today.

Excelsior Springs Ball Clinic

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