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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1942
Page
13
Sell your used household goods with a Gazette Want Ad. Gas stove and a 75 lb operator example show a 50 cent rate. many others called too late. Order by calling 2-112 today.
Numerous listings describe furnished rooms for rent in private homes near 10th Street SE and 6th Avenue SE, with rates from weekly to monthly. Apartments and houses for long term rent or sale appear across East and North Washington areas, including 2 to 4 room units, private entrances, and utilities often included. Various agents and exchange offers seek buyers for bungalows, colonials, and modern homes in Marion and surrounding districts.
The YWCA and Industrial leagues mark the second annual National Industrial Progress Day on May 7 with 33 504 girls in YWCA Industrial clubs nationwide taking part under the banner Onward Fearless We Forge The Future. In Cedar Rapids a soft supper meeting will showcase club progress with Miss Hazel Heasts and others in cast and Miss Alina Bokelman as chair.
An armored bank truck crash disrupts a street scene as coins scatter along the road and sidewalk. Police and bystanders collect the loose money while victims or witnesses describe the chaotic moment captured on tape.
Northeastern Iowa students excelled at the state music festival with standout performances across voice piano and instrument solo categories. Notable entrants included marimbist Norma Butler from Oelwein and baritone saxophonist Baröne Bartlett from Decorah, as judges praised technical precision and expressive tone across multiple classes.
A dense, fragmented OCR page shows farm adverts for dairy cattle including two Holsteins and a fresh Guernsey, plus springers and milking stock. It lists cream separators and dairy supplies firms, farm equipment, tractor belts, fuel and feed listings, seed and bean varieties, coal classifications, real estate agents, and various farm goods scattered across multiple Iowa locations.
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler has drafted 2,500,900 workers from occupied territories and threatens to conscript women to overcome labor shortages slowing German war production. Allied intelligence notes the drive aims to accelerate manpower and materials across occupied Europe.
Navy Cross recipient is described as physician Wassell celebrated for bravery in treating wounded sailors. He transported the injured to safety despite severe suffering as Japanese bombed a Dutch ship. He declined to discuss his actions publicly. Central City notes on ration book registration and schedule for local residents with last names A to C.
The Japanese news agency reported Allied forces sinking a red ship in Japanese waters amid World War II tensions. Russians claimed ongoing combat with Nazis near Kharkov and Kursk as a long-anticipated offensive unfolded. A steel industry note mentioned a 16 million ton pig iron capacity expansion to relieve shortages.
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