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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1944
Page
15
The St. Louis Sinfonietta will perform at 8 15 p m Thursday at the Paramount theater for the final concert of the season with Cedar Rapids patrons admitted by membership ticket only. For more information call Mrs Clark Beems.
Mrs Laura Ulery director of elementary education in Cedar Rapids schools spoke at a Roosevelt hotel Quota club dinner on New Trends in General Education at the elementary level She noted adapting studies for a changing world practical needs and broader areas like tests hygiene social studies environment interpretation and safety She emphasized teacher guidance and a differentiated program to fit all pupils
The district convention at the Roosevelt hotel runs April 21 to 23 with officers: Henrietta Frank convention chairwoman Gertrude Stenner publicity Alice Cejka hospitality Elizabeth Bender room reservations Irene Furman finance Jennie Post program Sara Ann Brown menu Gladys Swangler decorations Pauline Murray hostess and Emma Miles reception. Cedar Rapids club president Dr. Ruby Hickman described.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Doris Mae Burton daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward L Burton 861 Daniels street NE and Edwin Hanson son of Mr and Mrs Walter C Hanson route 1. The couple were married February 26 in Davenport and now reside in Cedar Rapids.
The Burlington railroad dedicated its new $300000 station deemed the finest line station in the country. President Ralph Budd presented the key to Mayor Max Conrad as Governor B B Hickenlooper spoke at a Chamber of Commerce banquet that night in Burlington.
Ruth Wirstlin, 523 First Avenue SW, employed by Wenkstein Hasley, discusses coming from Tama to work in a war plant as a crystal finisher. She talks about labor views, wartime marriage, leisure, nylons, and postwar plans, including a United States of Europe idea and a cautious financial outlook.
Naomi Doebet Fferorey shares guidance on spring house cleaning and bird house upkeep. She suggests emptying bird houses from last year, avoiding repainting, checking roofs, and securing mounts. The column also offers quick craft ideas using common items and a lemon sauce recipe for Jello desserts.
A home baking guide describes two dough mixtures for refrigerator rolls using lemon juice butter salt and water with yeast and eggs. It details preparing, chilling for several hours, handling dough, shaping three leaf clover rolls, and baking at 425 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes with tips to store dough up to a week.
Red Cross guidance urges calm during incidents with objects in a child's ear nose or throat. Do not attempt self removal with improvised tools. seek a doctor for ear objects and use careful back slaps or hanging techniques only if needed for throat obstructions while avoiding further injury. Colorado waters yielded nearly 7,000,000 trout during the 1940 fishing season.
Governor B. B. Hickenlooper said he would seek federal action to raise maximum prices for Iowa coal, enabling operators to mine profitably. He also urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to adjust coal freight rates to improve Iowa coal's competitive position.
The plan proposes a price edge for Iowa coal over distant coal by creating a zone that could span most of Iowa and parts of neighboring states. Within this zone Iowa coal would receive preference in transportation facilities and related matters.
Pfe. Carl Kruschinski Jr of Des Moines returns from two years overseas under the army rotation plan and says he cannot sleep because the beds are too soft. He served as first gunner in a mortar crew and regimental handsman in the Thirty-fourth Infantry before an ankle injury from a bombing in North Africa last March.
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