War Conscious Hollywood Actresses Plan Easter Wardrobe
Hollywood stars plan practical Easter fashion amid wartime shortages. Suits dominate with tailored cuts and bright accessories. Notable outfits feature Dolores Del Rio, Claudette Colbert, Judy Garland, Irene Dunne, Veronica Lake, Jean Arthur and Joan Crawford in coordinated hues and hats.
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Dolores del Rio
Mexico
Claudette Colbert
Irene
Palm Beach
Martha O'Driscoll
Dick Denning
Martha
Judy Garland
Irene Dunne
Norma Shearer
Veronica Lake
Easant
Dorothy Lamour
Civilian Standard Not Impaired by War Budget Expert Says
Washington reports that a $56 billion war program for the 1942 fiscal year need not seriously lower civilian living standards. Commerce official Milton Gilbert says output must shift to war goods, with a longer work week and over 2 million more civilian workers, while 74 billion to 64 billion in consumer spending declines are expected. He cautions against inflation as incomes rise and goods shrink.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Milton Gilbert
National Income Unit
Gilbert
Armed Services
Beekeeping grows into remunerative prairie industry
Beekeeping has become a growing and profitable industry in Manitoba and other prairie provinces of Canada, signaling economic diversification and agricultural expansion in the region.
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Manitoba
Prairie Provinces
Canada
City Briefs and Notices From Local Scene
Light company cooking school sugar substitutes on Monday through Thursday advertised. Eldon H L Bencke a navy coxswain home on 30 day leave son of Mr and Mrs H B Bencke 2938 Oakland road NE. Don Purvis and Theodora Miller Cedar Rapids welcome son Ronald Bruce. Sound color films Pacific Northwest iron ore district north of Duluth shown by Great Northern railway at the traffic men luncheon Thursday noon at the YMCA. R K Sandercock Cedar Rapids to attend National Refining Co executives convention in St Louis April 1-3. Crescent Lodge No 25 AF and AM spring party Monday night Masonic hall program at 8 dancing cards refreshments by Malta Chapter. Beauty shop ads winners receive two free tickets to Town Theater Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk on stage and screen Mexican Spitfire at Sea. Privates Fred P Hansen John Russell Jr and Harry E Bell stationed at Fort Riley Kansas cavalry replacement training center nearing completion of instruction course slated for transfer after completion.
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Pacific Northwest
Duluth
Great Northern Railway
Crescent Lodge No. 25
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Malta
Lawrence Welk
Lupe Velez
Fred P. Hansen
John Russell, Jr
Harry E. Bell
Fort Riley
Kan
Army
Fragmentary report of a man injured at home recovery update
A fragment states he was heading to his home and was reported to be recovering late Saturday. No additional details or names are provided in the readable text.
Fire at L. B Walker home causes minor damage
A fire at 612 Fifth Street SE caused slight damage to clothing curtains a rug and the floor. The blaze was extinguished by firefighters at 5 pm Saturday.
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L. B Walker
Fifth Street
Water safety instructors course to start in Cedar Rapids
Daw son E Grim chairman of the Red Cross chapter announced a water safety instructors course beginning April 7 in Cedar Rapids. A preliminary prerequisite course will be held before April 7 with times and locations to be announced. those interested should call the Red Cross at 2 2031.
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Cedar Rapids
Dawson E Grim
Red Cross
Trinity Methodist Church holds baptism and reception at 10 50 AM
Baptism and reception into church membership will be observed at Trinity Methodist Church during morning worship at 10 50 AM today correcting an error that had listed 6 30 PM. At 6 30 PM the three church leagues will be served a 10 cent supper followed by vesper service at 7 o clock.
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Trinity Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids Stamp and Coin Club Banquet Today
The Cedar Rapids Stamp club holds its quarterly meeting and banquet with the Cedar Rapids Coin club as guests from 10 am to 5 pm in the Montrose hotel crystal ballroom. Banquet is served at 1230 pm with Royal Holbrook of the Town Historical society as principal speaker. Public invited.
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Cedar Rapids Stamp Club
Cedar Rapids Coin Club
Crystal Ballroom
Montrose Hotel
Royal Holbrook
The
Town Historical Society
Allied Naval Command Dissolved After Java Sea Battle
A Dutch spokesman said the unified Allied naval command in the Java Sea was dissolved after the first engagement on February 27 as forces retired to refueling ports. The decision, ordered by Vice Admiral C E L Helfrich, aimed to save Soerabaja naval base despite facing a superior Japanese fleet.
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South Pacific
United Nations
Java Sea
Netherlands Navy
Aneta
C. E. L. Helfrich
Soerabaja
Townsend Clubs Plan Cedar Rapids Potluck Supper
All Townsend clubs of Cedar Rapids unite for a potluck supper Monday at 6 p.m. in W F. W. hall 109 Second avenue SE. Each person brings a covered dish or sandwiches. The speaker is Dr. C. M Houser Townsend club state representative from Wyoming. Members and guests invited. Dancing follows.
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Townsend Clubs
Cedar Rapids
F.W. Hall
Second Avenue SE
C. M Houser
Townsend Club
Wyoming
Italy to Cut Bread Rations and Germany Executes for Hoarding
European reports cite a 25 percent cut in Italian bread rations and a German death penalty for concealing raw materials needed for war production. Tass dispatches from Istanbul and Stockholm note Italy’s harvest shortfalls and factory owners withholding stocks amid industrial rationalization.
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United Press
Germany
Frankfurter Zeitung
Tass
Istanbul
Italy
Stockholm
Pupils to Present Recital at 77 Seventh Avenue SW
Miss Lorraine McDonald leads a piano recital Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in her home 77 Seventh Avenue SW. Program includes Joan Charles Martha Jane Shamley Gertrude Brown Warren Johnson Frances Baker Catherine Collins Edith Atkinson Jean Pamela McDonald and Elizabeth Ware.
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Lorraine McDonald
Seventh Avenue
Joan Charles
Martha Jane Shamley
Gertrude Brown
Warren Johnson
Frances Baker
Catherine Collins
Edith Atkinson
Jean
Pamela McDonald
Elizabeth Ware
Timekeeper Collapses in Street in Milwaukee
Herman Foltz a 36 year old timekeeper for the Milwaukee railroad living at 709 Sixteenth street SE collapsed in the street at the corner of Third avenue and Third streets SE Saturday afternoon. He was taken to Mercy hospital for examination and later released.
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Herman Foltz
Sixteenth Street
Milwaukee Railroad
Mercy Hospital
Third Avenue
Third Streets
Nazis plan 200000 airborne troops for British strike
London reports quote German high command preparing to sacrifice 200000 airborne troops in a spring attack aimed at power stations and gasoline dumps. Observers cite glider production in the Netherlands and Renault plants, with gas manufacture in occupied Belgium as potential elements of the plan.
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London
Hitler
Netherlands
Paris
Renault Works
RAF
Belgium
Soldier Confesses Killing Woman In Pact Plan
Denver detective Capt. James E. Childers says Private Thomas Crane 23 confessed to killing Nora Granberg 48 in a hotel room after she handed him a revolver for a death by own action pact. He said he could not carry through and left the scene.
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Denver
James E. Childers
Thomas Crane
Nora Granberg
Childers
Crane
West Union Lions Club Set To Receive Charter May 7
West Union will host the charter ceremony for its fourth Lions club on May 7 with wives of members and sponsoring Forest City club guests attending. The Fayette county group has 24 members led by E. A. Reimers as president and officers including R. F. Estey, A. R. Rupp, H. F. Gaertner, G. W. Ukema, and Donald Stoessal in key roles.
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West Union
New Lions Club
Forest City Club
Lions Club
Fayette County
E. A. Reimers
R. F. Estey
A. R. Rupp
H. F. Gaertner
G. W. Ukema
Donald Stoessal
Perfect Wife Myrna Loy to Seek Divorce
Hollywood report states Myrna Loy has separated from husband producer Arthur Hornblow Jr and will begin preliminary divorce. They say careers require independence though they remain friends. Hornblow plans to move to New York after finishing work. Loy has long been a star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Hollywood
Myrna Loy
Arthur Hornblow, Jr
Miss Loy
Beverly Hills
Arthur
Hornblow
Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer Studios
Paramount
M-G-M
Obituary notices for Clarence-Mrs Rosa B Craig and others
Clarence M rs Rosa B Craig 78 widow of Willam G Craig dies at daughter’s home in Belle Plaine. Funeral Monday 230 p m at Clarence Methodist Church. Burial Clarence Cemetery. Also Norfolk Lon Asher funeral Monday at George Brush residence Norway. Clarence Kern 60 funeral Monday 130 p m Marengo Presbyterian Church. He ran a local shoe business and had credibly married Minnie Langlas.
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Clarence
Rosa B. Craig
Willam G Craig
H. E. Woodruff
Belle Plaine
BB. Chamberline
Clarence Cemetery
Beck
Woodruff
L. Vv. Sirle
Mechanicsville
Chester Spidle
Ely
Ora L
Bertram
William E
Livingston
Norway
Lon Asher
M J Holland
George Brush
Rex
Valen
Covington
Marengo
Clarence Kern
Marengo Presbyterian Church
Columbus Junction
Minnie Langlas
Fred
Chicago
Frank
George
Columbus City
Obituary notices for Mooney child and Larson
Funeral services for Frank Thomas Mooney II five year old son of Dr and Mrs James C Mooney will be held today at 2 30 pm at the First Presbyterian church with burial in Oak Grove cemetery He is survived by his parents and a sister Anne Anamosa Louis B Larson guard at the men s reformatory died after a short illness Born Feb 17 1874 in Flodalen Norway he married Pauline Peterson and they ran a general store before moving to Anamosa in 1933 He leaves his wife a daughter Lola two sons Abner M and Clayton and a sister in Norway Funeral services will be Monday Friends may call at Smykil s funeral home
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Flodalen
Norway
Pauline Peterson
New Lisbon
Wis
Waukon
Anamosa
Lutheran Church
Knights of Vythias
The
Masons
Lola
Monroe
Abner M
Chicago
Clayton
Superior
Smykil
Four Flying Tigers Home From Burma
Four aviators of the Flying Tigers among 175 passengers arriving aboard an American vessel on a round the world homeward voyage. The ship, en route between Far Eastern ports, learned of Pearl Harbor when it docked in a Dutch port. The flyers spoke of being outnumbered and knew of the death of Scarface Jack Newkirk, their skipper.
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Jersey City
Flying Tigers
Burma
Far
Pearl Haror
Scarface
Jack’ Newkirk
D R Bernsdorf
Minneapolis
N Gunverdahl
Burke
D L J House
Worcester
Mass
Knapp
Santa Barbara
Calif
Victor Sasson
India
London
Stafford Cripps
Indie Bert Brush
Tulsa
Okla
Socony Vacuum Oil Company
Sumatra
Donald Ebright
Topeka
Kan
Dr Ebright
American Methodist Mission Board
Cawnpore
Army Honors Boy Who Saved Soldier at Puget Sound
In Everett Washington AP report Mix Whitcomb a 14 year old from Naketa Beach received a formal Army review honoring his rescue of Lieut. Robert Neel after a plane ditched in Puget Sound. Paine Field staged the renewal ceremony as a show of gratitude from the Army.
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Everety
Wash
Mix Whitcomb
Naketa Beach
Painefield
Max
Puget Sound
Robert Neel
Paine
Army
New Novels Describe Early America in Public Library
A public library features recent novels set in early America. Works include To the Indies by C S Forester and River Out of Eden by Shirley Seifert, touring scenes from London to Barbados to Massachusetts, plus adventures via De Soto and Paul Jones.
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Public
Indies
C. S. Forester
Columbus
New World
Endor
Esther Hammond
Jondon
Barbados
Massachusetts
Salem
Eden
Shirley Seifert
Mississippi River
New Orleans
St Anne de Chartres
the Moon's Inn
N Lytle
Hernando de Soto
Unified Version Sought for Star Spangled Banner
Milwaukee reporters note that music educators at their national conference propose a single revised arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner to replace the three separate versions used by Army Navy and Marine bands. They urge a wartime style update to fit modern patriotic use and easier chorus singing.
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Milwaukee
Navy
War Department
Trade Competition With S. A Forecast
In Des Moines AP report Thomase R Ybarra novelist and journalist says the United States has no postwar trade competition in South America now but will after the war. He predicts Germans and Italians will compete regardless of the war’s end and urges the U S to exert preponderant influence in Latin America to maintain trade and national defense.
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Des Moines
United States
South America
Thomase R Ybarra
Latin America
Mt Mercy Sophomores to Perform Passion Play Tonight
Twenty sophomores at Mt Mercy Junior College present their annual passion play tonight at 8 in the school auditorium. The blank verse production covers Christ miracles to the Crucifixion with the figure of Christ not appearing. Sister Mary Josephine directs the play.
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Mt Mercy Junior College
Christ
Chris
Mary Josephine
Permanency in Public Works Waltonian Plea
CHICAGO delegates to the twentieth annual Walton League convention closed a three day meeting with resolutions urging a federal post war public works program that favors permanent benefits and restoration of natural resources damaged by past mistakes.
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Chicago
Insi
Lank
Walton League of America
British Bombing Raids Deepen Into Continental Europe
Berlin dispatch reports British bombing raids into German territory have extended sharply with an air alarm in Vienna. Observers note planes based in Germany reached Austrian airspace, triggering the Liege alarm as part of the intensified attacks reported by Basler Nachrichten's Berlin correspondent.
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Bern
Vienna
London
Berlin
Basler Nachrichten
Austria
Corresponden
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Eldon H. L. Bencke
H. B. Bencke
Oakland Road
Don Purvis
Iowa City
Ronald Bruce
Purvis
Theodora Miller
R. K. Sandercock
National Refining Company
St. Louis
Trinity Methodist Services
Allied Naval Command
Townsend
Naziland
Gazette
West Union Lions Club
Pry
Klinger Paint CO
Iowa
America
Library
Hilton Head
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Carolina
England
Tory Cath
Tim Pridgen
Flora McDonald
Bannie Prince Charlie
Tidewater
North Carolina
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Scotland
Lucille Borden
van Wyck Mason
Captain Paul
Edward Ellsberg
John Paul Jones
Tom Folger
Nantucket
Jones
Lamb
Robert Graves
Dublin
Burgoyne
Saratoga
I. E Watkin
Waters of the Wilderness
Great Northwest Territory
George Rogers Clark
Connecticut
C S Forester
New York
Baltimore
New Hope
Lincoln Descrribes
Cape
Louis Bramfield
J W Thomasson
Praxsteles Swan
Texas
Virginia
Mighty Mountain
Archie Binns
Puccet Sound
New
Hercules Dousman
Mackinac Island
Prairie du Chien
Nard Jones
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Easter Rabbit
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Chip
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