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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1942
Page
23
Dorothy Dougherty envisions a napkin ring system to curb paper napkin use at diners. The piece urges patrons to carry personal rings to reclaim dine-in decor and imagines fashionably repurposed materials as future napkin accessories.
In Whitefield New Hampshire a group of fifty women formed a knitting cooperative six years ago led by Mrs Frank S Dodge. They knit caps mittens and socks and share profits. Last year they processed about 800 pounds of wool and divided roughly $4200 in earnings.
An interview discusses the impact of naval cadets at the University of Iowa on athletics and campus facilities. The war shifts course emphasis toward current events and war-related topics, with plans to remodel the field house and expand dormitories. The speaker, a returning alum, cites a library as the most needed addition and notes stable enlistments across Big Ten schools.
The interview covers the subject’s nine and a half years in college across liberal arts, law study in Illinois, Oxford years, and Iowa completion. It notes legal practice in Chicago, naval service in World War I, and a shift to duties at the university in 1940. He discusses progressive education, student wartime readiness, bicycle use among faculty, and personal reading. He recalls a favorite vacation on Gunflint Trail and lists interests in historical and biographical works.
International News Service reports on Curtin warning that saving Australia hinges on America’s west coast. In Washington Republican leader Martin says a sales tax is inevitable. In Delhi General Wavell assesses Japan’s likely doom, noting labor demand and metals supply factors.
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