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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1942
Page
2
The Midwestern Championship rodeo arrives May 28–31 at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids drawing red blooded cowboys and cowgirls. Contestants travel from across the country seeking prize money and a championship while showcasing roping riding and calf catching skills rooted in frontier history.
Two first aid classes for workers on alternate shifts will start this week. Mrs Wells C Peck, executive secretary, announced Saturday. One class begins Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the civil service examining room, the other starts Thursday at 1 p m at Grace Episcopal church.
The third issue of Stars and Stripes reports Midwestern AEF soldiers in Northern Ireland enjoying local culture. Lieut William McClintock earns the nickname Mother for bottle feeding a month old lamb. Privates Mannie Hamburger and Leroy Feder with companions start a tailoring and barber shop. Six soldiers from Minnesota, Iowa, and North Dakota post top 37mm anti tank gun scores. Master Sergeant Harold Ordemann hosts a peer dinner funded as a wager. The sports page notes a 14 to 4 win by the second battalion over the third with Robert Lange on the mound.
Francis J. ONeil Jr a 20 year old Fordham University sophomore died after first time playing Russian roulette with a .38 revolver. He demonstrated the ritual for friend John Sheridan and fired three times, the second spin firing and killing him.
Moscow radio quoted Zurich reports that Germany will purge the justice ministry and local court staff under Martin Bormann after Hitler’s Reichstag speech criticizing judges. Several senior ministry officials and supreme court officials resigned ahead of the purge.
Mrs. Hiram C. Houghton Jr of Red Oak Iowa a state education board member will receive an honorary doctor of laws at Coe College commencement on May 25 She holds leadership roles in Federated Women's Clubs and multiple state boards and has affiliations with numerous organizations including the Iowa Library Association and Zeta Phi Eta Her career spans education libraries and civic service with national recognition in Who's Who.
Cedar Rapids area junior students in six high schools campaign with posters and cards to win one of 30 spots to Hawkeye Boys State in Des Moines June 7 14 The American Legion Hanford post sponsors with voting machines at each school and a regular election official overseeing the process The selected delegates join the Federalist or Nationalist parties and pursue simulated state county and city offices during the camp
The U S government ends its month old cheese operation returning three plants to the dairy industry. N J Cladakis administrator for the New York metropolitan milk marketing area says the emergency is over and the dairy industry can handle surplus milk at fair prices. The plants at Syracuse Canastota and La Fargeville revert to Nether lands Dairy and others as the government withdraws from cheesemaking.
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