Three Drum Corps and Groups to Parade in Marion Drive
A. R. McElwain named parade commander for the 2 pm April 18 Marion savings bonds drive kickoff. Cedar Rapids drum corps, Marion high band, American Legion, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire girls, highway patrol, and local organizations will march. Civilian Defense will supply a motorcycle corps and two sale booths will operate in local store windows.
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A. R. McElwain
Marion
American Legion
United States Savings
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Marion High School
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Highway Patrol
Robert Mitchell
Marion Linn
Office of Civilian Defense of
U. S
Gas Company
Balster
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin
Constipation causes tummy unease after meals with bloating gas and bad breath. Use Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pepsin to wake up lazy bowels and ease stomach upsets. Children tolerate the pleasant taste and relief comes as directed on the label.
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Dr. Caldwell
Holy Week services held at Marion schools
Marion junior and senior high schools hold daily Holy Week services from 9 15 to 9 45 in the Lincoln building auditorium with Catholic church attendance optional. Local pastors spoke Monday through Friday including Vernon H Carter Carl E Krog Arthur W Henke Guy James Jr and Benjamin H Shaw. Also noted social events include a shower for Miss Bernice Clapp prior to her April 23 marriage to Fern Anthes of Marion.
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Marion
Lincoln
Vernon H. Carter
The
Christian Church
Carl E. Krog
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Arthur W. Henke
Methodist Church
Guy James, Jr
Free Methodist Church
Benjamin H. Shaw
Baptist Church
Miss Clapp
Kresge Dollar Store
Cedar Rapids
Leota Bain
Bernice Clapp
Fern Anthes
Local Radio Roast Sparks Breakfast Battle
A listener vents frustration at a radio host Willie Willis for promoting breakfast foods. the remark threatens a playful retribution by the speaker who vows to eat a box of cereal before returning to bacon and eggs.
Anamosa Residents Note Visits and Health Updates
Relatives gathered as Mrs. Dickey and guests spent the day with family in Anamosa. Several local residents recover from illness, and others plan moves or service, with visits from Chauncey Beall of Chicago and Bob Graves in San Diego. The community announces church choir rehearsals after Lenten services.
Typhoid and Smallpox Vaccination Rollout in Hawaii
Honolulu launched mass immunization against typhoid fever and smallpox on Monday, with plans to expand gradually across the Hawaiian Islands. Public health officials urge cooperation as vaccination efforts move from Honolulu to other districts.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
American Millionaire Private Chauffeur in Australia
A 23 year old American millionaire serving as a private in the U S Army in Australia works as a chauffeur for officers including a former drug store clerk lieutenant. He funds his spending with home money in $100 bills and spends leave in a hotel suite, while sleeping on an army cot and eating rations. He was married before leaving the United States.
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Sydney
Australia
United States Army
United States
United States Imports 1.39 Million Pounds of Soybean Oil
In the second quarter of 1940 the United States imported 1,389,641 pounds of soybean oil. The data reflects a notable level of oil imports during the period as part of agricultural and trade activity.
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United States
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Lyle Fehr
Pauline Edaburn
Don Donnan
Owent Cut Rate Drug
Wilsons, Armours, and Deckers
de Loris Newman
Central City
B. A. Connell
Marion Golf Club
Wantswork
7Th Avenue
Frank Lafferty
R. M. Clark
Ninth Street
West Fifth Avenue
Wilsons
Cudahy’s
Armours
Dickeys Foods
Dale Shadle
Sixth Avenue
Elkader
Miller
Dick Bowdish
San Antonio
B. F. Brockman
Hannibal, Mo
Bill Creglow
Joe Podzimek
Mexico Military Academy
Mexico
Creglow
L. M. Creglow
Bess Busby
Muscatine
S. E. Busby
Mrs Busby
Jack Ellis
Ellis
Willie Willis
Guy B. Berlin
Eighth Avenue
John T. Christie
St. Luke's Hospital
O. O . Club
Chauncey Beall
Chicago
Mrs. F C
Newlin
Mr. Beall
Bert Graves
Roy B. Graves
U.S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
Jake Sollberger
Harvey
English Boulevard
Sollberger
Stuber Motor Company
Hallwood Cafe
O. A. Tedeman
Danville
Mr. Tedeman
H. H. Morris
Los Angeles, Calif
Mr. Morris
H. R. Livingston
Henry Kohl
Lisbon
DeWitt Kohl
F E. Manatt
Fifth Street
Clara Sears
Moline
Richard Sears
Wilmington
Del
Mrs. Marshall Swayne
Tenth Street
Kyle Fleisher
Penelope
William Fleisher
Mahlon Fleisher
William Johnson
Mary Gleason
George Burns
Uncle Sam
Mays
Second Street
S. E
Jelly Bird
Probak JR
Kentucky
Blue Grass Seed
Shady Lawn Seed Tv
OOC
BOX Society
Lta Cs Res
Burma
Borax Ag
Pabst Blue Ribbon
All America
Pabst Brewing Company
Milwaukee
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