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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1944

Page

18

Louis Wingate Makes Friends with Italian Schoolchildren

Pfc. Louis Wingate of Maryland, off duty with the Fifth Army in Italy, visits schools to aid children and learn about Italy. He recalls candy gifts to Naples students and a Corbara classroom where he praised the teacher and plans future donations. Wingate says the act reflects democracy in action and notes he hopes future generations remember these efforts.

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Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Foot Pain Relief

Osco's Drug Co. advertises Moone's Emerald Oil with a money back guarantee if pain odor or soreness does not end. The powerful penetrating oil claims to relieve corns callouses and tender feet enabling comfortable walking and activity. Thousands of bottles sold yearly to foot sufferers.

Moone Osco’s Drug Co

Baptist Church Officers Named at Eighty Third Annual Meeting

The First Baptist church elected officers for three-year terms across boards including trustees deacons deaconesses and finance and education committees. The Rev Grant F. Anderson is named pastor. Class 1 railroads in the U S installed 773 locomotives in service in 1943 the largest since 1930.

First Baptist Church Board of Trustees R. A. Link G. B, Sherman Bebout B. A Christie C. C. Racine M. E. Terry Lucile Powell W. H. Schultz A. E. Sundberg Ronald Rawson W. A. Preston Dorothy Yeager Maude Krebs J. W. Heath L. J. Thompson Board of Ushers A. C. Fitzgerald Robert E. Mellen Arthur Winne Missionary Committee House Committee R. W. Frahm Lloyd Grout Educational Committee C. G. Krebs Milo Wenger H. M. Holte N. M. Gilgen L. C. Ruby Sarah Johnson H. M. Clarke C. G Krebs C. A. Severn T. F. Hersch Grant F. Anderson U .S

Americans Develop Gas Tank Incendiary Bomb For Aircraft

In New Guinea the U S Army Air Forces report a new gasoline filled belly tank bomb with end fuses used against Japanese positions. The device sprays flaming gasoline over targets and outperforms magnesium incendiaries. Origin traced to Kittyhawk pilots who dropped tanks on the Wairope bridge and set the area afire, leading to U S production.

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