Webster City Man Heads Iowa Bakers Convened
Claude Phillips of Webster City elected president of the Iowa Bakers association at the Montrose hotel convention attended by 350 bakers and spouses. Ed Haglund of Davenport named vice president and George F Brems of Cedar Rapids chosen secretary treasurer.
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Claude Phillips
Webster City
Iowa Bakers Association
Montrose Hotel
Ed Haglund
Davenport
George F Brems
Cedar Rapids
Ted Walma
Iowa City
H A Rundquist
Paul Neuoauer
Oelwein
W H Lanelas
Waterloo
Harry Simmons
E F Weaver
Des Moines
Legion to Sponsor July 4 Show at Hawkeye Downs
The American Legion plans the seventh annual Independence Day celebration at Hawkeye Downs on July 4. Hanford post administration committee signed contracts for a large fireworks display chaired by George Liddle. Details for day long events to be chosen later. The observance typically draws about 15,000 people and new attractions are planned for 1941.
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Hawkeye Downs
Hanford Post
Administration
George Liddle
Three Music Week Programs To Be Presented Thursday
Cedar Rapids hosts three Music Week events Thursday. The Beethoven club opens at 10 am at the YWCA led by Josephine Batchelder. Coe College junior Jean Burroughs gives a piano recital at 8:15 pm in the T M Sinclair Memorial chapel with Grant Rasmussen as violinist. Mount Mercy Auditorium offers an 8 pm recital featuring a long list of student performers.
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Cedar
Beethoven Club
YWCA
Josephine Batchelder
Jean Burroughs
Cone College
C L Burroughs
Springville
Max Dachler
T M_ Sinclair
Coe College
Grant Rasmussen
Woodstock, Il
Joseph Kitchin
Lenox College to Stage Imaginary Invalid Play
The Lenox College senior play The Imaginary Invalid will be performed in the college gym Friday at 8 p.m. Miss Mabel Brines heads the English department directing. Paul Gillilan and Ruth Steiner lead the cast with Mary Elizabeth Wheeless Margaret Miller and others in supporting roles. Richard Thompson serves as business manager.
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The
Gazette
Hopkinton
Lenox College
Mabel Brines
Paul Gillilan
Ruth Steiner
Mary Elizabeth Wheeless Margaret Miller
Charles Nichell
Vance Stead Malvern Sherick
Willard Batserman Holsee Chase
Earl Day
Clifford First
Russell Lux
Richard Thompson
Pilot recovers after duck crash on bomber training flight
Fort George Wright Washington AP reports Lieut Harry V Hubbard is recovering in the post hospital after a duck struck his face through the bomber windshield during a training flight. The incident disrupted the exercise but Hubbard is listed in stable condition.
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Fort George Wright
Wash
Harry V Hubbard
Stalin's Move Signals Russian Anxiety Over Germany
London dispatch notes British leaders and diplomats view Stalin taking direct executive power as marking heightened Russian concern over Germany's ambitions. The shift coincides with Molotov becoming premier and foreign minister, signaling a realignment in Soviet policy toward a possible war involvement and altered relations with the democracies.
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London
Russia
Josef Stalin
Germany
Nikolai Lenin
Stalin
Communist Party
Viacheslav Molotoff
Alexe Rykoff
Molotoff
Maxim Litvinoff
Dardanelles
Uncle Wiggily and the mud nose lesson at the honey tree
Baby Bunty carries mud on her nose which blocks a bee sting as Uncle Wiggily explains alkali in mud neutralizes acid. A bee leads the children to a honey tree where a mishap toppled a shallow tree trapping Neddie and Beckie, setting up more nature class antics.
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Bunty
Uncle Wiggily
Buster
Orphan Rabbit
Baby Bunty
Mr. Longears
Africa
Neddie
Beckie
City Briefs and Advertisements Glimpse Local Life
City briefs note events at cafeterias churches lodges and clubs with times and places. Navy recruit Joseph L. Clark of Anamosa reports to Great Lakes naval training. other items list meetings lawn suppers fish reports and a fiscal year budget with April expenditures and warrants.
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Joseph L. Clark
Anamosa
Navy
Great Lakes
Naval Training School
Vigortone sales force to meet at Cedar Rapids hotel
Three hundred Vigortone representatives from nine states Iowa Nebraska Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois will gather in Cedar Rapids Friday and Saturday for the annual spring meeting at the Roosevelt hotel. Dr C H Waite Omer Verwers Art Swarzentruber and Forde Smith head the event.
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Vigortone Company
Midwest
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
C H Waite
Omer Verwers
Art Swarzentruber
Forde Smith
Sudden Stop Entailed From 60 MPH Driving
At 60 mph a vehicle requires about 251 feet to stop, depending on reaction time and road conditions, to arrive at a complete halt.
Can a Married Woman Ever Feel Certain
An advertisement promotes Zonite feminine hygiene product for women seeking better personal care. It claims the solution is non caustic and germ killing, offers a free booklet, and notes over 20 million bottles sold. It urges readers to send name and address for the brochure.
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Zonite Products Corporation
Dept
Lexington Avenue
New York
N.Y
Cedar Rapids Chooses 28 Delegates for Boys State Campaign
Twenty eight Cedar Rapids high school boys were named by peers as most representative among 60 candidates for Hawkeye Boys State to be held June 15 to 22 at the Iowa state fair grounds in Des Moines. Local American Legion sponsorship covers expenses. alternates were also selected in ceremonies across four public and three parochial schools.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Des Moines
American Legion
State Fair Grounds
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