Maple Drive Gang Builds Kennel After License for Dog
A neighborhood group called the Maple drive gang teams with William F. Jensen to license Sport the courststone setter and build him a doghouse. Richard Gard obtains the license in the gang name, ensuring Sport can stay outside while the children improvise a kennel from garage lumber and nails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Drive
Courbstone
William F. Jensen
Bob Jensen
Mr. Jensen
Bob
Sport
Jensen
Richard Gard
Walter E Miller
Richard
Miller
Maple Drive Gang
Gazette
Mapla Drive
Patty Niebuhr
Gloria Gard
Dick Johnson
Ellen Jean Meister
Mary Ann
Raymond Dewitt
Don Johnson
Susan
Robert Meister
Leslie Gard
Bob Jenson
New Books At Public Library See Selections On Health And History
The public library adds "Who’s Who in Iowa" by the Iowa Press association, with a Linn county history by B L Wick, plus numerous health titles such as Healthful Living by H S Diehl and Must We Grow Old by Barclay Newman. Other works include How to Prevent Goiter by Israel Bram, Strange Malady by W T Vaughn, His Cross and Ours by Joseph Fort Newton, What I Believe by Sholem Asch, Living Prayerfully, What Then is Christianity, and Women of the Bible. Also featured are How to Develop a Good Memory by R H Nutt and Art of Tying the Wet Fly by J E Leisenring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Press Association
Linn County
B. L. Wick
Public
Nehru
India
Gandhi
England
H. S. Diehl
Barclay Newman
Israel Bram
W. T. Vaughn
Joseph Fort Newton
Kirby Page
C. M. Jacobs
H. V. Morton
RH. Nutt
J E. Leisenring
J. F Dobie
E. H
Water Consumption in New York City Reaches 936 Million Gallons
Records indicate New York City uses 936000000 gallons of water daily. The figure highlights the scale of municipal supply and demand in the metropolis.
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New York City
Wesleyan Professor Reports Breath-Holding Record
Professor Edward C Schneider of Wesleyan University claims an unofficial world record for breath holding by his student J Edward Burns a graduate student in respiration Burns held his breath for 16 minutes 20 seconds beating the previous official mark by 2 minutes 18 seconds The athlete described weighs 180 pounds and stands over six feet Burns performed a sequence of breathing tactics before holding his breath following a washout of carbon dioxide with pure oxygen
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Middletown
Sixteenth Avenue Club Seeks Widening of Ely Road Underpass
A Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club committee, Frank Kanak Frank Brosh and Frank Dolezal, will confer with officials to widen the Rock Island railroad underpass on Ely road south of the city. The underpass curve and narrow width are cited as a dangerous spot. Frank Burianek was named vice president to replace the late Charles Mika.
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Frank Kanak
Frank Brosh
Frank Dolezal
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
Rock Island Railroad
Ely Road
Frank Burianek
Charles Mika
Czech musical events and meetings advertised for spring
A series of local Czech community events is announced. An instrumental and vocal program at the Bohemian school building occurs at 2:30 pm sponsored by the Czech Reading Society, followed by a business meeting and refreshments. Various Czech organizations schedule lectures, plays, card parties, and sew- ing circles through April and May with details and contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czech Reading Society
Mother Country
CSP
Marie Chmelicek
McKinley 9A Class Stages The Happy Man Comedy
McKinley 9A students present The Happy Man a Margaret Irwin comedy in the school auditorium at 145 pm on Wednesday. The play follows three princesses seeking the shirt of a happy man to cure the king's melancholia with Verle Sterns as the happy man and Jim Westcott as the king.
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Margaret Irwin
McKinley School
George McNelly
Jack Deal
Mary Helen Statts
Arnold Holets
Helen Marie Shiss
David Warren
Les Hansohn
Robert Pierce
Orrin Gorsch
Jimmie Jilek
Harold Coghlan
Darrel Kitchen
Richard Marshall
Bill Trunecek
Frances Marshall
German Battleship Reported Operating Now In Pacific Ocean
Shanghai dispatch claims either the Scharnhorst or the Gneisenau is in the Pacific trained to harass Allied convoys. The other ship remains in the Atlantic leaving British forces weakened in the Pacific as Japan pushes southward.
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Pacific Ocean
Shanghai
INS
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Pacific
Atlantic
Yosuke Matsuoka
Berlin
China
Fellowship of Prayer Sunday gatherings and faith in unity
Dr Gaius Glenn Atkins of the Federal Council of Churches urges Christians to keep Sunday as together-day. The message emphasizes family worship, communal prayer, and mutual support, asking for divine guidance to strengthen fellowship and devotion across all names and signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaius Glenn Atkins
The
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Way
Stock Worker Denied Bath Sparks Divorce Ruling
In Omaha a 22 year old wife obtained a divorce after alleging her stockyards husband refused to bathe weekly. The judge noted cruelty and granted the decree, while the husband contended no fixed bath requirement existed.
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Omaha, Neb
Herbert Rhoades
Rhoades
Army to test air defense of eastern seaboard cities
Congressional sources say the Army Air Corps will stage large scale demonstrations to test defenses of eastern seaboard cities against air attacks. The tests will include surprise mock raids as a key feature to gauge readiness and response.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Seaboard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bob Speer
America
Felletries
the Killian Company
Turdays
South Side News
16Th Ave. Club
Czech Alliance Association
Czech Fine Arts Society
J.J Hervert
Joseph Teply
Reuben Stepan
Sanctuary Guild
St Wenceslaus Parish
Standard Glass and Paint Company
Roosevelt Hotel
L. W. Struesky
Shor Sokolic
Sokol
Women of Progressive Lodge
C S. A
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Karla Masaryk
C S A
Czech Cemetery Association
C. S.P.S Hall
Studebaker
Kadlec Bros
Sixteenth Avenue
Studebaker Distributors
Millsap Motor CO
Second Avenue SE
Studebaker Dealer
McKinley
Fellowship of Prayer
Army
Federal Motor Truck CO
Detroit
Michigan
Cyrades
Ae Gee
Armstrongs Nain
Blabon
Armstrong and Nairn
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