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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
2
A historical overview traces the Y M C A in Cedar Rapids from its 1868 founding through growth, decline, revival, and the 1919 completion of its current building. It lists early organizers and leaders including S L Dows, W A Olmsted, and H G Smead, noting successive presidents and secretaries who shaped the association over decades.
Fragmentary OCR reads several names including F. W. Low, John 8B. Northcott, T. Nett Lester Carlaner, and S. R. Hankins, indicating a partial roster or notice.
In Lima Peru German aviator Franz von Werra, who fled U S custody after escaping a Canadian prison camp and skipping $10 000 bail, is said to have reached Germany via Bolivia Brazil and the Atlantic aboard German controlled and Italian line flights using a false passport.
Keeneland in Lexington opens its spring meeting on April 10 for 11 days. The program includes the $10,000 Blue Stakes scheduled for April 24.
The Commerce Department reports that US income in Q1 1941 reached 19.516 billion dollars, above the 1929 period when adjusted for population and living costs. Wages totaled 12.863 billion, up 14 percent from the prior year, confirming higher relative income despite dollar shortfall.
Honolulu AP says Captain Murphy of the President Garfield stopped to allow a Canadian auxiliary cruiser to seize four German aviators returning from South America. The crew boarded with revolvers after the ship halted 400 miles east of Honolulu. passengers watched as the men were taken aboard.
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