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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

02 May 1943

Page 7

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1943

Page

7

Rotary District Convention Opens In Cedar Rapids

A two day Rotary District 132 convention opens in Cedar Rapids. Col Carlos P Romulo of the Philippine army will address delegates at a 6 30 p m buffet at the Montrose hotel. Romulo is MacArthur aide and Pulitzer prize winner. The program includes youth talks, panels, and district reports with leaders from Iowa clubs and Coe College.

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Rotary International Cedar Rapids Belle Plaine Independence Iowa City Manchester Marengo Monticello Mt. Vernon Wellroan West Liberty Carlos P. Romulo Philippine Army Douglas MacArthur Montrose Col. Romulo Bataan D-M-H-M Philippines China Urina Thailand French Indo- China British Malaya Dutch East Indies Pacific Carlton McNally St. Juvenile Court Roosevelt Hotel Otto von Krog Eldora Alice B. Salter Coe College Lems Dorothy Forsyth Neshvile Tenn Eisie Neuberger Freeport Ill Margaret Massey Moss Robert Ray Davenport Everett Pearson Chicago Heights Richard Fisher Oskaloosa Therald E. Davidson Mason City Roosevelt For Pioneers Rotary Ray H. Bracewell Burlington Iowa Pioneers Montrose Hotel Harvey Paul Winterset Ralph Evans Fred L. Haas Omaha Haas Virgil M. Hancher University of Iowa William A. Jacobs Cedar — Club John D Elks Club Karla Masaryk James H. Dew Brittain S. R. Hawkins Allen E. Weiss Anamosa Max Daehler William A.acobs Clu Daehler Orville Rennie Judge Tolbert MacRae Ames Ralph B. Smith Keokuk E. J. Sullivan N. J. Caldwell Carroll Co. Burnett Whitehead Ray Bracewell John S. Higgins Minneapolis John D. Clinton Iowa Falls Harold Ennis Lisbon
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Kosek Plan for C R Parks Put On Paper

The Cedar Rapids parks program as outlined by late parks commissioner Kosek focuses on arborist ordinances planting 15000 evergreens and fighting elm canker by spraying. It includes trimming with an $8000 budget and removing park policemen to cut costs while shifting winter work to park foremen. Ed Stefan tasked with carrying out the plan, with existing arborist and zoo staff assigned seasonal duties.

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Charles “Kosek Kosek van Vechten Park Ed Stefan Stefan Cedar Rapids Cedar Memorial Cemetery Koseek Billy Woods Bill Volz Iowa
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Aircrew Sing Along Highlights Army Air Corps Song Traditions

At Coe campus Cedar Rapids based Army Air Forces reserves bring marching songs into Greene Hall and hangouts. Aircrew privates rewrite tunes, sing favorites like Off we go into the wild blue yonder and Remember Pearl Harbor. Officers promote singing. men use songs to cope during g i parties and inspections.

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Army Air Corps Cedar Rapids Army Air Force Reserves Coe Greene Hall Science Building Center Point Road G.I Voorhees Hall Air Corps Daniel Lion’s den CTD Pearl Harbor
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War era crackdown boosts Cedar Rapids drunkenness fines

City records show April fines in Cedar Rapids police court totaled 2,368.30 from 208 offenders, led by drunkenness convictions. Police Chief Tom Condon cites higher pay, war tension, and a tighter arrest policy as factors, with 90 drunks convicted, including several older entrants, and stricter handling replacing earlier leniency.

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Cedar Rapids Tom Condon Zined al Mikota
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Peak U.S. steel output milestones before and during war

The text lists peak production years and tonnages: 1913 35,057,000 tons in peacetime, 1917 50,468,000 tons during wartime, 1929 63,205,000 tons as another peacetime peak, and 1940 all-time high 66,993,000 tons, with all records broken that year.

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Traffic Court Fines Total City Revenue but Officials Seek Drop

Judge Johnson reports nine speeding convictions with fines from ten to twenty five dollars, nine reckless driving guilty with fines from twenty five to one hundred dollars, and ninety six minor offenses with mostly one dollar fines. One window peeping case paid fifty dollars, another twenty five for obscene language, and a third twenty five for disturbing the peace. Officials hope police court traffic drops, aiming for a lower total than current revenue.

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Judg Johnson Johnson
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Pilsudski Daughter Ferrying Plans From England

Jadwiga Pilsudska, 23, youngest daughter of the late Marshal Pilsudski, is ferrying fighter planes for the air transport auxiliary. She came to England with her mother and sister in late 1939 after fleeing Poland just ahead of the German invasion.

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London Jadwiga Pilsudska Poland Joseph Pilsudski Air Transport Auxiliary England
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M'Arthur Aide Naomi Doebel United States Cr. Romulo Gen. MacArthur Quezon Col Thorald E. Davidson C. R. Parks Ellis Park Zika Avenue NW Riverside Park C Street Daniels Park Bever Park John Reynolds Mademoiselle Armentieres Lalapalooza Lou Lou The Republic Jack Illian Condon Harry S. Johnson Steel Production Aurex Cedar 7 Co Crandic Crandic Streamliners Licten WMT Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Pilsudski Daughter New Ferries Smulekoff Smulekoff's Axminster Onlu Navuorn Third Avenue First Street SE
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