Children’s Garden Enrollment Begins At Harrison School
Mrs. L. J. Smith starts her seventeenth year as supervisor of the children's garden program sponsored by the playground and recreation commission. The project splits into home gardens for at home plots and playground gardens in larger plots with weekly instruction and an end of season exhibit and prizes. Last year 2,095 children enrolled and more are expected this year across 10 areas as Smith visits city schools to enroll, pending parental consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Smith
Harrison School
Playground and Recreation Commission
Wilson Employes Credit Union Board Open Forum At Dinner Meeting
The Wil son Employes Credit Union board held an open forum on organizational matters at a Friday dinner meeting at the Roosevelt hotel. New directors C G Ainsworth presides Don Blumenshine vice president Frank J Treka Jr secretary W P Messer treasurer and others include Bruce Emberling Fred Ely Joe Nemec William Carstens Edward Spacek Supervisory committee E C Meyne G B Hill August Brehm and credit committee Harold Meyne Edward Kadlee Leo Parazil Cedar Valley chapter governors Walter Mauer Fred Webster office manager George Hawkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Employes Credit Union
Roosevelt Hotel
C. G. Ainsworth
Don Blumenshine
Rk J. Treka
W. P. Messer
Bruce Emberling
Fred Ely
Joe Nemec
Willien Carstens
Edward Spacek
E. C. Meyne
G. B. Hill
August Brehm
Harold Meyne
Edward Kadlee
Leo Parazil
Cedar Valley
Credit Unions
Walter Mauer
Fred Webster
George Hawkins
Norman Pierce Passes in Third Suicide Attempt
Oklahoma City report says Norman Pierce, who killed his wife and two others, attempted suicide by hanging with a noose made from a mattress while awaiting execution. authorities note this was his third known attempt.
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Oklahoma City
INS
Norman Pierce
Linn County Red Cross nurse aide training praised by national head
National figure Mrs. Walter Lippman commends Linn County Red Cross nurse aide efforts as first Iowa group to train volunteers. Two classes completed 35 hours classroom work and move to hospital routines, with a third class starting at the YWCA. Proceedings emphasize disciplined, unpaid service aiding Mercy and St Luke’s hospitals and easing nurse shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Linn County
Red Cross
Irvin L. Huffman
Walter Lippman
Huffman
Lippman
Office of Civilian Defense
Nursing Council On National Defense
Mercy Hospital
Mary Victor
St. Luke’s
Etta Rasmussen
Y.W.C.A
M. A. Carlson
J. W. Ballard
Imogen Emery
J. J. Doherty
Carl Ettinger
J. J. Kroulik
John T. Hecker
Gertrude Stenner
Mary Barbara Ann
Bernice Prunskanas
Marion Wingert
St. Lukes
Winifred Bowers
Juanita Siepel
Charles S. Krause
A W. Erskine
Lumir Severa
J. T. Grayston
T. R. Warriner
E. P. Ristedt
Regina
City Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Furloughs
Local notes list church missions and ministerial meetings for the week. Army private James Frame and private Francis Brems are on furloughs visiting family in the city. Fred Lutz speaks at the South Side Civic Club, and Y M C A official Ed Zellers discusses programs. Professor Hew Roberts will speak on Australia at War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lutz
South Side Civic Club
C.sps. Hall
Rotary luncheon notes and local society notices
At the Rotary club luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel plans were outlined for future events. Mr and Mrs A A Cook return from California via Mexico with winter months spent in Long Beach. Cedar Rapids Coin club and Stamp club schedule a joint banquet and exhibit at the Montrose hotel March 29. Alex Fidler to speak at Optimist club luncheon at the Montrose. Visitors Tommy Chambers and Christina Easton arrive due to their uncle George W Chambers illness. Lieutenant Raymond Stevenson Jr leaves Cedar Rapids after visiting grandparents en route to Fort Warren Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Coin Club
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids Stamp Club
Montrose
Alex Fidler
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Optimist Club
Tommy Chambers
Chicago
Christina Easton
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
George W. Chambers
Avenue
Raymond Stevenson, Jr
Battle Creek
Mich
Harry Stevenson
Ninth Street
Fort Francis E. Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
Fire damages roof of coal chute in Milwaukee yards
A blaze at the Milwaukee railroad yards on Dewey Avenue and Seventh Street NE damaged the roof of a six story coal chute. Firemen from three engines battled the fire starting around noon Saturday. Origin of the fire remains unknown.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Dewey Avenue
Seventh Street
Cedar Rapids Gladiolus Society Meeting Postpones Card Party
The Cedar Rapids Gladiolus Society will meet Monday evening in the Glow room at the Gas Company. A picnic supper starts at 6 15 for members and friends. The planned card party after supper is cancelled, replaced by stereopticon slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gladiolus Society
Funeral services for Dr Samuel B Miller in Cedar Rapids
Dr Samuel B Miller osteopathic physician of Cedar Rapids for 40 years died at his home Thursday. Funeral services will be held at Turner chapel at 2 pm today conducted by Rev James H Blackstone Jr. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Samuel B Miller
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
James H. Blackstone, Jr
Oak Hill Cemetery
Esther Helfer
Nineteenth Street
Beatty Chapel
C. J. Bready
Clarence Cemetery
A. E. Pratt
Bessie S. Pratt
Arthur E. Pratt
Eighteenth Street NE
Harold W. Singer
Waterloo
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral services for infant Norman Kanellis
Funeral services for Norman James Kanellis infant son of Mr and Mrs George J Kanellis will be held at 2 pm Monday in the Moon chapel Reverend William O Eckler will officiate burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery friends may call at the chapel local hospital reported the death Friday evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman James Kanellis
George J. Kanellis
William O Eckler
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral rites for Stauffer Brubaker Cedar Rapids gardener
Funeral services for Stauffer Joseph Brubaker pioneer Cedar Rapids resident and Bever park gardener return to Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Monday led by Rev. Frank Ward with burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stauffer
Joseph Brubaker
Cedar Rapids
Bever Park
Turner Chapel
Frank Ward
Oak Hill Cemetery
Shrine Palm Sunday Concert Directed by Vesely at Memorial Coliseum
William F. Vesely directs the Shrine band of El Kabir Temple with guest musicians in the annual Shrine Palm Sunday concert next Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Coliseum. Cedar Rapids Masonic Male Chorus led by William Rinderknecht will sing and Hanford Post American Legion will perform the color guard. Admission is free with no collection.
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William F. Vesely
Shrine
el Kabir Temple
Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
William Rinderknecht
Hanford Post
American Legion
Death notices for Elizabeth Ann Becker and Nellie Kent Pah
Elizabeth Ann Becker 88 died at Peoples hospital Saturday. Born Dayton Ohio she was married to Nicholas E Becker and leaves son Arthur Becker and brother Joseph Limbert. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. Swan chapel Rev J A Dew-Brittain. Oak Grove cemetery. Nellie Kent Pah 86 died at home Friday after years of poor health. Born Asheville New York she lived in Independence since infancy. She married Clark L Cole in 1878. he died in 1905. Survived by two daughters and two sons. Funeral this afternoon 2 p.m. Swan chapel Rev R J Netting. Oak Grove cemetery.
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Independence
Elizabeth Ann Becker
People’s Hospital
Elizabeth Ann Limbert
Dayton
Ohio
Nicholas E Becker
Arthur Becker
Joseph Limbert
St. James Episcopal Church
Eastern Star
Swan Chapel
J. A. Dew-Brittain
St. James Church
Oak Grove
Nellie Kent Pah
Asheville
N. Y
Clark L. Cole
First Presbyterian Church of Independence
Nellie M. Durfey
Chattanooga
Tenn
Grace M. Swan
Arthur A
Egbert E
R. J. Netting
First Presbyterian Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Truck Driver Fined for Overloading Iowa Highway
John Baker of Winterset Iowa 45 a Showers line truck driver was sentenced by Justice W A Johnson to pay a 50 fine and costs for hauling a gross load of 33 000 pounds on a four ton highway in Buchanan county. Half the fine was remitted on condition he pay for road damage.
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Independence
John Baker
Winterset
Fort Dodge
W. A. Johnson
Buchanan County
New Guinea Head Hunters On Warpath
Allied and Japanese forces clash over New Guinea as head hunters threaten both invaders and defenders. Allied air power targets Rabaul and other targets while reports from Vichy radio hint at a new invasion fleet toward Southwest Australia. Stilwell commands Chinese forces in Burma as UK and Chinese line holds at Prome and Toungoo.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Port Moresby
Markham River
Gulf of Papua
Fort Moresby
MacArthur
Rabaul
U. S
Perth
Burma
Prome
Toungoo
Joseph W. Stilwell
Reuther Invited to Discuss Merits of Plane Plan
Detroit reports C. E. Wilson, head of General Motors, invited Walter P. Reuther, head of GM’s UAW CIO unit, to a joint press conference to assess the “Reuther plan” to pool industry facilities for 500 fighter planes daily. Reuther accepted, noting repeated attempts to open talks with management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
C. E. Wilson
General Motors Corporation
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Toy Tank Buoyed Up Son of MacArthur
Four year old Arthur Mac Arthur son of the new United Nations commander in chief endured the Bataan campaign with a battered clock work tank. After arriving in Australia his mother and his Chinese nurse obtained him new toys to play with.
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Melbourne
Australia
Arthur MacArthur
United Nations
Bataan
Victory cocktail advertised in Oklahoma City menu
In Oklahoma a coffee shop menu lists the Victory cocktail priced at 25 cents. The drink is a glass of iced water with a 25 cent defense stamp, promoted as guaranteed to defeat Hitler and the Japanese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Officials Draft Air Raid Warden Plan in 7th Corps Area
Officials from the American Legion and the Office of Civilian Defense outlined a plan to train air raid wardens across nine states in the 7th Corps area. Milton D. Campbell said the program focuses on wardens only, who will join the Citizens Defense corps after training, and will not cover auxiliary police or firemen. Legion instructors will attend Army chemical warfare schools to receive training and then teach state schools, with delegated local council officials conducting wardens training.
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Omaha
American Legion
Office of Civilian Defense
Army
7Th Corps
Milton D. Campbell
Indianapolis
Legion
National Division of Defense
OCD
Citizens Defense Corps
Legion Defense
Charges Privileged Few Allowed to Get Army Commissions
Governor Robert A. Hurley of Connecticut protests to President Roosevelt over what he calls an undemocratic method of awarding army commissions to select youths. He cites New England committees of civilian aides to the air corps as a private screening body, with no public disclosure of their functions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Robert A. Hurley
Roosevelt
New England
Air Corps
SUI Band to Play at Franklin and Roosevelt Highs
The University of Iowa band conducted by Prof. Charles B. Righter will perform at Franklin High School Monday at 8 45 a.m. and Roosevelt High School at 1 40 p.m. A scaled tour due to transportation issues limits the schedule. Cedar Rapids remains within reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SUI
Franklin, Roosevelt
University of Iowa
Charles B. Righter
Roosevelt and
Franklin
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
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Children’s Garden
Mrs. Smith
Wilson Employes Credit Union Board
Linn
National
St. Luke's Hospital
Catherine Aukerman
Alice Barden
Evelyn Kimm
Mariam Stehlik
Dorothy Scott
Lasswell
City Briefs
Bethel A. M. E. Church Missionary Society
Bertie Perkins
Eighth Avenue SE
James Frame
J. M. Frame
Second Street
Camp Bowie
Texas
Francis J. Brems
Medical Air Base
Baton Rouge
George F. Brems
First Street
First Presbyterian
Ed Zellers
Hew Roberts
College of Education
America
A. B. Mason
Osgood Shepard's
Joseph Greene
Grant Wood
John B. Turner
deviTat
Second Avenue
Eighth Street
Rotary Club
A. A. Cook
Mount Vernon Avenue
Long Beach
Calif
Mexicoity
Maine Lodge
C.F
Maine Hall
First Avenue
Gladiolus Society
S. B. Miller
Norman Kanellis
J. Brubaker
Mary Gasway
Morris Gasway
Fourteenth Street
Herman Schaalman
Eben Israel Cemetery
Starman
The
Associated Press
Reuther
SHE Ambulance Service Company
Kitterman’s. 2
Kitterman
DAY Cleaners
Third Avenue
DIAL
William Tiedje
William C. Tiedje
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Elton D. Wells
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park
Mr. Tiedje
Carroll, Ia
Killian Company
Fostoria
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