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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1941

Page

7

National nutrition conference planned in Washington May 26 28

Article notes a three day national nutrition conference in Washington this month to advance defense minded food programs. It highlights Cedar Rapids Community Nutrition Service behind the effort and urges women to lead home based defense tasks including homemaking budgeting and food sanitation.

Defense Washington Community Nutrition Service Cedar Rapids America Lucy Simpson

The Riddle of Perfection in Domestic Life

A reflective piece questions whether persistent fussing over trivial matters unsettles family harmony. It asks readers to consider if constant nitpicking erodes warmth and patience at home.

Navy chief says Hess fled “two jumps ahead of a gunman”

Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox voiced a personal view that Rudolf Hess fled Germany two jumps ahead of a gunman and asserted Hess is sane. The comment came Friday from Newport Rhode Island.

Newport R. I Secretary of Navy Frank Knox Friday Rudolf Hess Germany

Train schedule changes announced for Milwauke e Road

Milwaukee Road posts May 18 changes for Midwest Hiawatha and Arrow trains. No 103 to Des Moines Omaha Sioux City shifts to 4 24 p.m. from 4 25 p.m. No 102 to Dubuque Savanna Rockford Chicago shifts to 4 51 p.m. from 4 54 p.m. No 107 to Des Moines Omaha Sioux City shifts to 12 55 a.m. from 1:00 a.m. More details at Milwaukee Road Station.

Midwest Hiawatha Des Moines Omaha Sioux City Sioux Falls Marion Dubuque Savanna Rockford Chicago the Arrow Milwaukee Road First Avenue

Centennial Of Electric Motor Observed At Cedar Rapids Dinner

Representatives from Cedar Rapids Waterloo and nearby areas attend a General Electric dinner at the Montrose hotel to mark the hundredth anniversary of the electric motor. The evening features a stage show reviewing a century of motor development and the introduction of the Tri Clad motor with five exhibits opening afterward. G H Cornwell leads the meeting with visiting officials K A Hills C F Joss. The show unit is one of three dispatched nationwide by GE.

Cedar Rapids Waterloo General Electric Company Montrose G. H. Cornwell General Electric Ing K. A. Hills Davenport C. F. Joss Chicago

Weather outlook for Upper Mississippi valley May 16 to May 21

Extended forecast for the Upper Mississippi valley predicts near normal temperatures with a cooling trend in the north and a warming trend in the south early in the period. Rainfall expected to be moderate, concentrated mid to late in Iowa.

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