Annual Rabbit Show Ends With Large Cedar Rapids Event
The Cedar Rapids Small Stock association closed its annual rabbit show with eight breeds judged by R J Bernhart of St Louis. Over 400 rabbits entered. Winners span New Zealand Whites Flemish Giants Colored and American Sable with multiple best of breed and best opposite honors awarded to several breeders including Draper, Gelsler, and Freeman Rabbitry among others.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Mitchell
Waterloo
van Klompenbure
Zeeland
Mich
Schmidt
Heron
Lake
Minn
Buck
R. E. Gelsler
Clare Draper
Frank Bates
Bucks
Sam Ritter
Greene
de Lux Rabbitry
Bellaville
Jack Waite
Cedar Falls
Baby Does
Draper
Lyal Ness
Atkins
R. J. Sayers
St. Louis
Paul Maas
R. J. Baumgartner
Wateroo
Gessler
Claire Barclay
Gepfert
K. J. Holm
Ness
Sayers
Doe
Holm
Ritter
White Reverens
Freeman Rabbitry
F H. Maule
Joy
Robert Miller
Leonard Smith
Lincoln
Nebr
Smith
Glenn Sperry
Best
Mallle
Flemish Giants
Sandy Buck
W. J. Hemmer
Hemmer
FF. H
Mallie
Doe Sandy
Sandy
Hemer
Fawn
Coal Production Rises From 1943 Levels Amid Weekly Dip
Washington AP Harold L Ickes said coal output fell in May 6 week from the prior week with bituminous at 12 150 000 tons vs 12 360 000. Despite the drop the total stays well above 1943 figures when stoppages throttled production. 1944 bituminous up 4 8 percent year to date and anthracite up 5 1 percent for the period.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Solid Fuels
Ickes
Natives Write Communiques In Pacific Spotlight
Washington reports a native commu nique writer in New Guinea competing with navy flyers. Col. Blanchard notes natives rarely use formal military phrasing yet can be strikingly expressive. An eyewitness described an American bombing with the line Plenty dead, plenty wounded, plenty good.
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Washington
INS
Army
New Guinea
Navy
Charles C Blanchard
Southwest Pacific
Warbler Sgt Jones serves in Italy with Squadron-Airs orchestra
Sgt Don D Jones son of County Recorder and Mrs Dempsy Jones 914 Ellis Blvd NW entertains servicemen in the area as a member of the Squadron A irs orchestra organized in March under T/Sgt Jim Polk with Sgt Ken Waltman as business manager. The group, including vocalists Sgt Polk and Sgt Jones, has performed for the commanding general and at dinners. Don, a former Cedar Rapids Engineering machinist, went to service June 2 1942 and has been overseas for over a year.
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Army Air Corps
Italy
Don D. Jones
Dempsy Jones
Ellis Boulevard
T/Sgt
Jim Polk
Sgt. Polk
Sgt
Ken Waltman
Sgt. Jones
Sgt. Waltman
Polk
Krupa
Les Brown
Dean Hudson
Waltman
Bernie Collins
Spiegle Wilcox
Charley Barnett
William Ruby
Chicago
Don
Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
WAC Entered War At Its Beginning Two Years Ago
Two years ago Monday the Women’s Army Corps was formed as an auxiliary to the armed services. Corregidor had fallen nine days before, and soon after the Battle of the Coral Sea. Submarines roamed the Gulf, Lashio fell, and Moscow held while Germans pressed Kerch. WAACs began their war effort on non combat duties in multiple theaters and are now serving with air, ground and service forces overseas.
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Women’s Army Corps
Uniformed Services
Sam
Corregidor
Battle of the Coral Sea
Mississippi
Lashio
Burma
Moscow
Kerch Peninsula
America
WAAC
Wacs
England
Italy
North Africa
Australia
India
Hawaii
Texas Co Ed Behavior Compared Between Genders
University of Texas records show that girls are better behaved students than boys or, alternatively, that boys’ misdeeds are more evident. Since the winter semester began, the dean of men's office lists 17 boys and four girls as...
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Austin, Tex
University of Texas
Disciplinary Actions Highlight University Punishments
Nine students received disciplinary probation and six were suspended. Cheating on examinations was the most common offense, with additional penalties for misdemeanor conduct, cashing hot checks, selling others’ books, plagiarism, and violating residence hall rules.
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H. E. Bailey
Bailey
R. L. Laurers
Louis Evans
Marion
Morgan
I Lall Bosey
Steen
WAC
Texas
Bauer & Black
The
Kendall Company
Newman's
Weydow Shades
Newman
Ecru
Odora
Newman’s Street
Alexander Smith
Axminster
Armstrong
OPA
Betta
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