Cedar Rapids nurse's aide completes 500 hours in record time
Mrs. Clifford Davis of 1365 Elmhurst Dr NE becomes the first Cedar Rapids Red Cross nurse's aide to reach 500 hours in under a year at Mercy hospital. Linn county Red Cross notes only three others reached the mark. She now wears two stripes and the OCD ribbon.
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Cedar Rapids
OCD
Mrs. Davis
St. Paul's
King’s Daughters
Red Cross
Mercy Hospital
Davis
Weekend Sunday Supper Ideas from Over the Back Fence
Practical menu ideas for a Sunday night meal. Suggestions include baked beans with Boston Brown bread and wine jelly, orange and onion salad, and scalloped peas and eggs. Provides bean recipe, a gelatin dessert with sherry, and tips for shortcuts with frozen beans.
Fruit infused sodas and a pea egg bake recipe
The passage describes decorative fruit garnishes for drinks with orange slices and cherries, suggests using ice and orange ice, and provides a recipe mixing apple and orange juice with sparkling water. It then gives a method for a pea and egg casserole with a sauce, bread crumb topping, and baking instructions.
Mme Chiang Wins American Alumni Merit Award
Chicago AP report notes Mme Chiang Kai-shek, wife of China’s leader, receiving the American Alumni council’s first annual merit award for an outstanding American college graduate. The 1917 Wellesley alumna urged study of world organization to prevent past blunders as war nears end.
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Chicago
Chiang Kai-shek
Generalissimo of
China
American Alumni Council
Wellesley
Chungking
Mmne
Chiang
Fourteen Juveniles In Court at Decorah
Fourteen boys aged 10 to 15 appeared before District Judge M. M. Cooney on delinquency charges. All cases were continued and they were paroled to Probation Officer L. E. Van Pelt. Accompanied by parents the youths confessed to shoplifting and other infractions.
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Decorah
M. M. Cooney
L. E. van Pelt
Waterloo Woman Dies By Gas Asphyxiation
Waterloo, Ia Mrs G A Gilbert 55 was found asphyxiated by kitchen gas fumes in her home Friday. Coroner Sidney D Smith ruled the death a self inflicted act caused by worry over ill health.
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Waterloo
G. A. Gilbert
Sidney D. Smith
Soviet Losses Claim 110000 in Crimean Campaign End
London dispatch reports Moscow says Red Army killed or captured more than 110000 enemy troops in the 35 day Crimean drive ending with Cape Cher sonese fall near Sevastopol. Soviet bulletin notes 44000 Germans and Romanians killed or captured in final six days.
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London
Red Army
Stalingrad
Crimean
Cape Chersonese
Moscow
Sevastopol
Soviet Information Bureau
Moscow Radio
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Dnestr River
Chisinau
Kishinev
Bessarabia
Tiraspol
Gregory I. Zhukov
Lwow
Lublin
Warsaw
Fifth Army Corps
Demund
Krueger
Crimea
DeLanceys Death Listed as death by own action
Thomas W. DeLancey 69 died April 24 of gunshot wounds presumably personal safety related a coroner s jury report ed late Thursday The verdict ended an investigation by jurors Sheriff Carl Anderson s office and four state agents DeLancey a retired farmer was dying on a cot in his basement when his wife heard two shots An autopsy showed one bullet in his head and another in a lung Jurors were Charles Blanchard Francis B Dunham Hobart Cooley State agents Glen Mueller Jack Lochray John Neiburg and Sam Kelley
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Manchester
Thomas W. DeLancey
Carl Anderson
DeLancey
C. B. Rogers
Earlville
Charles Blanchard
Francis B. Dunham
Hobart Cooley
Glen Mueller
Jack Lochray
John Neiburg
Sam Kelley
Child Health Warning and Fever First Aid Advice
Mary Beard of the American Red Cross outlines signs of illness in children, urging caregiver vigilance for fever, appetite loss, vomiting, and diarrhea. It advises bed rest, hydration, and delaying food until a doctor’s guidance, with hoarseness as a diphtheria risk.
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Jhen
Nazi Wall Not a Myth Says U P Man Who Saw It
Ralph E Heinzen former United Press director for France told a Missouri dinner crowd he personally saw parts of Germany west defense systems beyond the Atlantic Wall and confirmed they exist. He described the Reichenau and Siegfried lines and reported intact Forts along the Rhine during a tour from Dunkerque to the Rhine.
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Columbia
Ralph E. Heinzen
United Press
France
Germany
Hitler
Heinzen
United States
Baden Baden
University of Missouri
Atlantic Wall
Reichenau Line
Dunkerque
Rhine
Switzerland
Biarritz
Lisbon
Bay of Biscay
Somme
Aisne
Argonne
Forest
Lorraine
Sulfa Derivative Found Effective in Battle Wounds
The Larket journal reports marfanis, a sulfa derivative found among Rommel’s abandoned North African supplies, as second only to penicillin in treating battle wounds. It says pre invasion tests show marfanil could be produced in larger quantities than penicillin for technical reasons.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Mule Detail for Today
A soldier nicknamed a mule is described by a distinct loud laugh heard in the Post theater. He often laughs during unfunny moments, causing uproar and requiring WP intervention to restore order. His contagious guffaws are said to spread within the mess.
Tito Interview Blocked by Allied Censors in Med Theater
AP dispatch with Yugoslav leader Marshal Tito was suppressed by censors under Allied Mediterranean command at Algiers despite promises of political censorship avoidance. AP sought release via Gen. Wilson and Washington, but no clearance was given. Morton’s Bari questions were sent for Tito’s reply, yet the story remains embargoed.
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Associated Press
Josip Broz
Tito
Mediterranean
Algiers
War Department
Washington
London
Henry Maitland Wilson
Joseph Morton
Wilson
Dwight D Eisenhower
Middle East
Cairo
Kent Cooper
Gen. Wilson
Marshal Tito
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
New York
Cooper
Morton
Bari
Italy
Red Skelton Receives Draft Induction Notice
Hollywood AP reports comedian Red Skelton received his draft board notice to report May 25 for induction. He turns 31 on July 18 and will make his last radio broadcast May 23.
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Hollywood
Richard
Red) Skelton
Senate Panel Approves Income Tax Simplification Bill
The Senate Finance Committee approved the income tax simplification bill already passed by the House. Only minor technical issues remain before it goes to the floor for action.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
The Gazette Established Cedar Rapids 1883 by The Gazette Co
The Cedar Rapids Gazette published daily and Sunday from 200 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa established 1883 by The Gazette Company. Entered as second class matter June 18 1932 at Cedar Rapids post office. Full Leased Wire AP UP news service and local news. Subscription rates listed. offices in Chicago New York and Detroit.
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The
Gazette Company
3Rd Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Allen-Klapp Company
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
New York
New Center
Detroit
Media Records
A.N.P.A
The Uninvited review offers supernatural thrills and hauntings
Geno Farmer notes The Uninvited a Paramount horror at the Mount theatre. Ray Milland Ruth Hussey and Gail Russell star as siblings who buy a cliffside house and confront lingering spirits. Stella Meredith seeks her vanished mother as eerie wails and a seance heighten the suspense.
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TNC
Ray Milland
Ruth Hussey
Gail Russell
Donald Crisp
Paramount
Boris Karloff
Roderick
Pamela Fitzgerald
Stella Meredith
Miss Russell
Alan Napier
Cornelia Otis Sisinner
Geno Farmer
Accused Swindler of Marshalltown Woman Is Jailed
David Elmer Emrick 39, alleged confidence man, arraigned in district court on a charge of obtaining money by false pretense and waived to the grand jury. Sheriff Harry W. Jenning said Emrick borrowed about 30000 from a Marshalltown woman under the pretense of investing it and promised to marry her before fleeing to nine states. He is jailed on bond.
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Marshalltown
INS
David Elmer Emrick
Harry W. Jenning
Emrick
Jenning
Robert Manning
Eugene Richard, Jr
Elmer Wike
George Thompson
Circle 3 Barranch
Jenson
Utah
Manning
Hollywood Ties Grow Between Griffith Sturges Plans
Louella Parsons reports a potential collaboration between D. W. Griffith and Preston Sturges after Griffith admired Sturges work. Bromfield’s Up Ferguson Way may become a film with Lillian Gish’s involvement, and Howard Hughes backs the Sturges link. Ames Hilton’s And Now Goodbye may become a movie starring Alexander Knox. Robert Walker gains attention as a rising star under Riskin’s guidance. Rose Stradner and Lynn Bari headline notes amid overseas tours.
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Tollywood
INS
David Wark Griffith
Preston Sturges
D. W
Louis Bromfield
Ferguson Way
Cosmopolitan
Lillian Gish
Preston
Lillian
Sturges
Griffith
RR Nein
Bromfield
Howard Hughes
D.W
Ames Hilton
Richard Blumenthal
Paramount
Alexander Knox
Wilson
Knox
Evening Theatres Market Schedule Highlights
Paramount shows The Uninvited and UP IN ARMS with multiple times. State screens Sherlock Holmes Faces Death. Palace presents Government Girl and The Big Store with late midnight. Rialto runs Law of the Saddle and He’s My Guy. Times lists Best Foot Forward and Dangerous Blondes. Marion plays Jane Eyre and The Million Dollar Kid with Higher and Higher shown.
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Palace
Rialto
Guy
TIMES
Marion
U S Subs Sink Jap Destroyer and 13 Other Ships
The Navy reports American submarines have sunk 14 more Japanese ships, including a destroyer, as part of a broader push to sever enemy supply lines. The tally shows 558 ships destroyed and about 200 damaged since the war’s Pacific began, with ongoing adjustments to published counts of damaged vessels.
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Washington
INS
Navy Department
United States
Pacific
Navy
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Naomi Doebel
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Red Skelton
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Dwight Taylor
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Joseph Mankiewicz
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Lynn Bari
Linda Darnell
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Unseen Hotel
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