Polish Munitions Expert Builds Cedar Rapids Century Project
Polish munitions expert Casimir Kranc migrates with his family to the United States and leads the Century company in Cedar Rapids to produce fuses for aerial bombs. He and engineer Stanislaw Rubinstein join the Cedar Rapids project as they rebuild after war and plan a new start for industry.
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Cedar Rapids
Century Company
Mr. Kranc
Mr. Krane
Krencs
Warsaw
Kranc and Lempicki Company
Start No. 3
Start No. 4
Casimir
France
Les Decolletages Commentry Sa
New York
Rico de Janeiro
Michael
Stanislaw Rubinsztajn
Rio
Century Project
Casimir Kranc
Felicia Lilpop
Arthur Rodzinski
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
Poland
Krancs
Casimir Krane
Karol
Europe
Membes
Giene Tenis Tane Saisonilias
I Het Russie
Michael Krane
South America
French
Morocco
America
Iowa Football Outlook After 1921 Era
A fragment from a 1920s column discusses postwar college football at Iowa. It notes limited play since 1921, speculates on Iowa's 2 season prospects, and raises questions about enlistment and education. It finishes with a reflection on choosing a law career.
Buy Defense Stamps and Bonds Today
Persuasive wartime appeal urging citizens to purchase defense stamps and bonds as their contribution to national freedom. Emphasizes buying with every penny to support defense efforts.
Good Friday Services Planned at the Paramount
The Paramount will host a Good Friday service at noon on Friday April 3 led by the Rev. P. text and featuring soloist Pearl with John A Jaeger. A collection will fund Lutheran Army and commission service, with an Easter Cross booklet to attendees. Trinity Lutheran notes 27 members in service, two nurses.
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Mr Text
Pearl
John A Jaeger
Arthur
Walter
Trinity Lutheran Church
Theran Church
Paramount
Notes to Coeds on Marriages in War
Los Angeles AP reports University of Southern California professor Sara Stinchfield-H Hawk offers guidance for young women during wartime romance. Advice includes avoiding noble sacrifice rhetoric, knowing a partner beyond his uniform, consulting parents before marriage, and noting marriage to a widow is unlikely as many men won’t support other children.
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Los Angeles
Sara Stinchfield-Hawk
Tor
University of Southern California
Ey Peere
Wilson High Hosts Urbana Olin At Play Festival
Wilson High presents The Great Man by Irene Jean Crandall directed by Art Neumann staged by Urbana and Olin at the Play Festival. Cast includes Della Beyer, Seeeees, and Wilson High School pupils.
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Wilson High
Urbana, Olin
Max Glick
Donald Scheie
Dale Bharfield
Urbana
Irene Jean Crandall
Art Neumann
Della Beyer
Seeeeesee Wilson High School
Memory Training Pair Dines With Mayor Gage
John O'Keefe and E. M. Cox run a memory training school. They met Mayor John B. Gage at a lunch, but O'Keefe misnamed the mayor. Afterward Cox misplaced his car and couldn't recall where he parked it.
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Kansas City
John O'Keefe
E. M. Cox
John B. Gage
O'Keefe
Cox
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Jack Slian
URING
Aids
St. Petersburg
Litejsczyk Company
Les Decolletages de Commentry Sa
Krane Picki Company
Krane
Marseilles
Rio de Janeiro
Dakar
French West Africa
Casablanca
French Morocco
Brancs
Oar
Americas
Gray
Iowa
Business Men’s Club
United States News and Life
Denicron
NEW
Denicron Fabrice
Montgomery Ward
2Nd Street
DIAL
P. L. Bornhoeft
Cos
Lipton
del Monte
Can
van Camp
S&w
Pork van Camp
Nelly
Nelly Don Breadquarters
Newman
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