Legion Drives Cigarette Gift for Cedar Rapids Soldiers
The Hanford post of the American Legion leads a citywide drive to provide cigarets for Cedar Rapids men entering military service. Volunteers collect, check, and distribute cartons as men depart for army navy and other branches, with plans to send gifts for Christmas.
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Cedar Rapids
Hanford Post
American Legion
Sam Cohen
Post
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Legion
R. C. Jones
Jones
U.S.O
New Red Cross Nutrition Class to Start March 30
A nutrition class sponsored by the Red Cross will begin March 30 with Mrs. Carl Helming as instructor. Location and start time to be announced. Openings remain. prior applications have priority. The committee, on duty at the YWCA Mondays and Wednesdays 1:30 to 6 p.m., asks interested persons to call for a personal interview. For more information contact Mrs. E. M. Pinney.
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The
Red Cross
Carl Helming
Y.W.C.A
E. M. Pinney
Prudential lifts stockings rule for female workers
In Newark, about 8000 Prudential Insurance female office staff were allowed to wear stockings rolled below the knee or omit them entirely as wartime fashion rules eased. Workers say the rule was meant to prevent distraction of male colleagues.
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Newark
N. J
Prudential Insurance Company
Three Soldiers and Woman Die in Glendale Auto Crash
Three soldiers and a woman were killed and three others seriously injured in an automobile collision near Glendale Arizona on Saturday.
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Glendale
Ariz
Seminary Dean to Lead Holy Week Services
The Rev. C. Vin White dean of the theological seminary at the University of Dubuque will conduct five noonday Holy Week services at First Presbyterian Church starting Monday March 30. Sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association and the Y M C A religious education committee.
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C. Vin White
Theological Seminary
University of Dubuque
First Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association
Religious Education Committee
Coe College
Dean White
Cedar Rapids
The
Biblical Seminary
New York
Princeton Theological Seminary
Presbyterian Church
Bellevue
Third Presbyterian Church
Dubuque
University
Marion H. Williams
Three New Naval Reserve Air Bases Announced
The navy announced three additional naval reserve aviation bases to support its 30,000-pilot annual training program. The new bases will be located in Memphis Tennessee Norman Oklahoma and Peru Indiana, bringing the total number of bases in the United States to eighteen.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Reserve Aviation
Memphis
Tenn
Norman
Okla
Peru
Ind
United States
Comenius Observance in Cedar Rapids Honors Czech Educator
The Cedar Rapids observance marks the 350th birth anniversary of Jan Amos Komensky known as Comenius. Services at Coe College chapel and Hus Memorial Church feature Dr Mathew Spinka speaking in English and Czech respectively. The event is hosted by Hus Memorial Church, the Czech Reformed Church of Cedar Rapids, and the Czech Reformed Church of Hu, with related observances at Princeton, Harvard, and other institutions.
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Jan Amos Komensky
Comenius
Coe College
Hus Memorial Church
Ninth Avenue
Seventh Street
Mathew Spinka
Divinity School
Chicago University
Czech Reformed Church of
Cedar Rapids
Princeton
Harvard
United States
England
Cambridge
Jean Amos Comenius
Anna Heyberger
Milo Filipi
Munich
Republic of
Czechoslovakia
Bohemia and
Moravia
John Huss
John Zizka
John Amos Comenius
Bar All Frills in War Public Works
The federal works agency ordered elimination of nonessential fixtures in its 300 million war public works program to save materials and labor for war production. The plan funds schools waterworks and recreation in booming war areas. Col William N Carey said plastering heating pipes damp-proofing may be trimmed.
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Washington
Federal Works Agency
William N. Carey
FWA
13 Best-Dressed Women Named In U S Poll
The Fashion academy announced the 13 best dressed women in the nation across categories including screen sport and public life. Winners include Paulette Goddard Gloria Callen Dinah Shore Jean Tennyson Ilka Chase Mrs Wendell L Willkie Carol Marcus Mrs Jock Whitney Rosemary Lane Vivien Kellems Hilda Burke Renee Demarco and Elizabeth Arden.
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New York
Fashion Academy Saturday
Paulette Goddard
Gloria Callen
Dinah Shore
Jean Tennyson
Rosemary Lane
War Industries
Vivien Kellems
Hilda Burke
Renee Demarco
Elizabeth Arden
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Naval Reserve Air
Guitars
Ginsberg
Troy Laundry
First Street
Dial
Unitas Fratrum
Unity of Brethren
Martin Luther
Moravian Church
America
Brethren
Prerov
Germany
Reformed
Herborn
Nassau
University of
Heidelberg
Holland
Fulneck
Count Zerotin
Klopoty
Bohemia
Bunyan
Lissa
Poland
Pestalozzi
Froebel
Greer
Sweden
John Winthrop
Massachusetts Colony
Harvard College
Cotton Mather
Hungary
Saros Potok
Naarden
U. S
Kentucky Club Tobacco
Rocky Road
Second Street
S. E. Sae
Larree Hershey
Curtiss
Zonite
Larvex
Simonize
Kentucky
Aue Grags
Shady Lawn
Enn
AES
Mrs. Bes
Eastman
HILL
Swift
Ilam
Sony
Rome
Noxzema
LCA
Johnson
Carnu
Ibe Val
MAZDA
May
Aiza Cartex Toole
Bronson
Monarch Coffee
Thornton & Minor
Sabet
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