Appoint Majors to Head Men’s Women’s Divisions of War Fund
Majors to lead two divisions in Cedar Rapids United War Fund campaign starting May 20 were named by campaign chairman M. H. Morrison. Carl Helming heads the men’s division and Katherine Franken the women’s. more division heads to be announced.
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United War Fund
M. H. Morrison
Carl Helming
Katherine Franken
Morrison
Miss Franken
J. A. Cornthwaite
F. W. Franey
Horace Hedges
Elmer A. Hedin
Herbert Henderson
Walter Kansky
J.C. Milner
F. W. Orr
William Schafer
R. L. van Meter
Robert Wray
United Service Organizations
USO
Y. W. C. A. National Catholic Community Service
Salvation Army
Jewish Welfare Board
National Travelers Aid Association
Cedar Rapids War Appeals Coordinating Committee
Navy Relief Society
United China Relief
Queen Wilhelmina Fund
Y. M. C. A. Prisoners Relief Fund
Coordinating Committee
United States War Saving Bond
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids Community Chest
Waltonian Archery Club initiates seven new members
Seven new members were initiated into the Waltonian Archery Club at Grace Church Friday evening. They are Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Thorford, 117 Twelfth Street NE. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Collins, 1511 Washington Avenue SE. J F Gordon, 1737 B Avenue NE. Gus Rohn, 1329 Second Street SE. and Clifford L Freeman, 319 Eighteenth Street NE. The club marked its seventh anniversary by giving used targets to Camp Fire girls and the Y M C A camp. Several members planned to attend the Six Gold tournament at Waterloo today.
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Waltonian Archery Club
Grace Church
Clifford Thorford
Twelfth Street
Bill Collins
Washington Avenue
J F, Gordon
B Avenue
Gus Rohn
Second Street
Clifford L Freeman
Eighteenth Street
Camp Fire
Waterloo
Acting Coe Head To Be Speaker For Alumni Day
Dr C Harve Geiger acting president and dean will speak on Some Recent Developments in Higher Education at 10 30 a m Saturday May 23 in Stewart Memorial library Alumni day includes a 25th anniversary lunch for Class of 1917 at 12 30 p m and an alumni dinner with class reunions at 6 30 p m in Voorhees quadrangle Paul Engle Class of 1931 will give Poetry and War at 2 30 p m in the library
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C. Harve Geiger
Stewart Memorial Library
Commonwealth
Voorhees
Paul Engle
University of Town
Geiger
Coe
University of Chicago
Harvard Uni
Columbia University
Manchester College
North Manchester
Ind
National Education Association
Iowa State Teachers Association
American Association of University Professors
National Society For the Study of Education
Phi Kappa Phi
P! Kappa Delta
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Mrs Pryor Granted Year Long Leave at Grinnell
Grinnell Mrs Sara Sherman Pryor head of the drama department at Grinnell college for 13 years has been granted a year's leave of absence. Joseph Becker assistant to Mrs Pryor will not be at Grinnell next year and drama work will be taken over by Martha Keefe secretary to the dean of women. Miss Keefe holds an MA in dramatics from the University of Iowa. Becker, an Iowa U graduate, will return to Iowa City next year to pursue a medical degree.
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Spreiat
Gazette Grinnell
Sara Sherman Pryor
Grinnell College
Joseph Becker
Pryor
Grinnell
Martha Keefe
Keefe
University of Iowa
Becker
Iowa U
Iowa City
Mother's Day Cable From Australian Soldier Reaches Widow
Mary Neville in Lawrence receives a Mother's Day message and a $20 money order from her son Walter S Neville in Australia. The note says this war won't last much longer. Neville, a sergeant, does not know his mother died of a heart attack on April 20.
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Lawrence
Mass
Australia
Mary Neville
Sergt
Walter S. Nevile
Neville
Farmer Sells Scrap Metal After Prolonged Refusal
Ruthven farmer John Bryck finally sells one half of his estimated eighty tons of scrap metal after pressure from War Production Board officials. Lawrence Brennan, Palo Alto county salvage chairman, said Bryck had refused for a long time to part with any metal but agreed to sell all of it.
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Ruthven
John Bryck
Lawrence Brennan
Palo Alto County Salvage
Bryck
War Production Board
Brennan
Man registers daughter as Sugar MacArthur in ration book
A Union South Carolina man who registered for a sugar ration book listed his hour-old daughter as Sugar MacArthur, prompting curiosity about the unusual name choice.
Franklin Seniors To Stage George Washington Slept Here
Franklin high school to perform Moss Hart and George Kaufman comedy George Washington Slept Here in the school auditorium for two nights. Double cast with a Friday and Saturday lineup. Geraldine Green directs. Misses Chase Pickerill and Barbara Fehleisen assist. eleven production committees and many named students and teachers support the show.
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Franklin
Franklin High School
George Washington
Geraldine Green
Newton Fuller
Mr. Kimber
Jim Holmes
David Berger
Gordon Dalsbo
John Fisher
Annabelle Fuller
Cynthia Daly
Irene Paula
Madge Fuller
Yvonne Svoboda
Pauline Davis
Steve Eldridge
Dave Battin
Jim Barry
Katie
Ruth Garber
Marian Jacobs
Mrs Douglas
Alice Thomp
Alice Berry
Clayton Evans
Tom Grayston
Leo Engler
Rena Leslie
Kathryn Barngrover
Lucille Lash Hester
Marian Anderson
Frances Allen
Raye
Mary J. Palmer
Ray—Winston Williams
Uncle Stanley
Joe Affierbaugh
Legget Frazer
Bob Simitz
Norman Dake
Tommy Hughes
Dick Ferguson
Don Gray
Sue Barrington
Jayne Livingston
Mary Stenner
Miss Wilcox
Ardell Coy
Marilyn van de Whlker
Mr. Prescott
David Ringhead
Joe Afflerbaulah
James Kemp
Eleanor Luse
Bob Thomas
Peccy Paxton
Virginia Martin
Geraldine Youn
John Carr
Barbara Rasely
Shirley Krap
Harold Templeman
Evelyn Long Thead
Barbara_Beals
Mary Ellen Buckles
Marily van de Walker
Lorraine Barton
Genevieve Covington
Ardert Coy
Kieth Deal
Maxine Dures
Tretie Fritz
Jane Thompson
Eleanor Schump
Advisers Hospitality
Bette Swartzbaughthead
Mary Baker
Delores Berglot
Jack Carstens
Ralph Doran
Betty Kutehera
Harold LeMasters
Laura Martin
Junior Mikas
Shirley Simmons
Ruth Hor Mer
Bill Sinalko
Miss Brunner
Jim Sibert Theads
Iahis John Jeruska Vansistant
Don Johnson
Dean Shupp
Dale Toms
Kilts Lambertaon
Dave Blodeectt
Orover Cropp
John_Cummings
Jay Dynes
Bill Engler
Carl Gerdes
Don McGinty
Walter Erritt
Rationing Plan May Exempt 57 Counties in Five States
Tentative revisions in the eastern seaboard gasoline rationing program would exempt about 57 counties in Pennsylvania New York Virginia Maryland and Florida and all of West Virginia except eight counties, it was learned Saturday.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
Maryland
Florida
West Virginia
Bombardier Unit in Australia Noted In Cable Telegram
Lieut Edward R Cisler son of Mrs Wesley Cisler of 119 Eighth Avenue SW serves on active duty with a bombardier group in Australia. The cablegram to his mother confirms his status as a Wilson High School graduate.
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Edward R Cisler
Wesley Cisler
Eighth Avenue SW
Bombardier
Australia
Wilson High
Cadet Lieut Cisler Enlists in Army Air Corps
Lieut Cisler, a student at Coe College and a schoolmate of Coe, enlisted in the army air corps in April 1940. He began preliminary training at Pine Bluff Arkansas and later sent a letter postmarked March 19 from an army base in Australia advising his mother of his whereabouts.
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Coe College
Cisler
Army Air Corp
Pin Bluff
Ark
Gram
Lieut
Australia
Bulgarian Police Commander Shot Dead by Patriot
A Bulgarian security police commander, Kurktchieff, was killed on duty by a patriot who reportedly escaped. The incident follows a similar killing a month earlier by those described as Communists who also fled. The report notes wartime German and British broadcasting details and hints at planned actions by Colonel Britton in a forthcoming broadcast.
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United Prec
Radio Berlin
Trans-ocean Agency
Sofia
Kurktchieff
British Broadcasting Corporation
Ceremany
Britton
Army
District Conference of Legion and Auxiliary in Cedar Rapids
The Hanford post of the American Legion and its auxiliary host the Second district conference in Cedar Rapids on May 21 with a 3 p.m business meeting in the Memorial building Legion room and a 6 30 p.m. dinner in the armory followed by an orchestra for dancing Speakers include State Commander H W Gaunitz and State Adjutant R J Laird Curtis Bush of Davenport is district commander The Hanford post regular meeting is May 12 at 8 p.m. in the armory with an entertainment program planned.
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Hanford Post
American Legion
The
Legion and Auxiliary
Cedar Rapids
Legion Room
Memorial Building
Armory
H. W. Gaunitz
R. J. Laird Curtis Bush
Davenport
Coliseum
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