Fund for Weakened Czech Children Will Be Raised
A tag day in Cedar Rapids will raise funds to aid Czech children in Czechoslovakia harmed by Nazi occupation. The goal is to send beneficiaries to a health resort once run by Coe College figures and Czech doctors, now needing a permanent American hall and ongoing support.
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Czechoslovakia
Cedar Rapids
Komensky Students’ Society of
Coe College
Anna Heyberger
United States
Cernovice
Tabor
Department of Social Welfare
Wilson High School
Leo B. Sedlacek
Emily Matousek
Annette Thomas
Dr. Heyberger
Rose Pavlovsky
Jaroslava Holub
T. B. Hlubucek
John V. Rompotl
Frank J. Dvorak
He Gets a Close to Home Lesson on Value of Ads
Brainerd Minnesota AP reports George Fisher a local newspaperman and fishing enthusiast could not find a rod and reel for the season. He placed a blind classified ad and received the needed gear from his roommate S G Fitzpatrick as the first respondent.
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Brainerd, Minn
George Fisher
Brainerd
S. G. Fitzpatrick
Fisher
Gilmore Couple Join Army to Solve Housing Dilemma
Ira A. Gilmore aged 39 and his wife Sybil aged 27 moved to address their housing strain by enlisting in the army on Wednesday. The couple hope military service will provide housing and stability after months of difficulties since last October.
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Los Angeles
Ira A. Gilmore
Sybil
Army
Noted Author To Talk in C R
Dr. Kirby Page, renowned preacher and lecturer, speaks Sunday at 8 p.m. at the People's Church Third Avenue and Sixth Street SE. His topic is Now Is the Time To Prevent a Third World War. Page authored 30 books translated into many languages and has lectured at over 400 American colleges, traveled in 32 countries, and met numerous international figures. Lecture is sponsored by the People's Church social action committee and the Zevenean Friends service committee.
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Kirby Page
People’s Church
Third Avenue
Sixth Street
Page
Social Action Committee
The
Gildersleeve’s Wife Files Divorce Suit
Mrs Harold J Peary wife of radio’s Throckmorton P Gildersleeve filed for divorce in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The action appears to delay Peary’s plans to marry radio actress Gloria Halliday by a year.
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Los Angeles
Harold J. Peary
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve
Peary
Gloria Halliday
Five Conscientious Objectors Hunger Strike at Federal Prison
Five imprisoned conscientious objectors at Sandstone Minnesota hunger strike enters sixth day. Warden George W Humphrey reports no change in health and possible forced feeding by intravenous methods to prevent breakdown. The men, serving 18 months to five years for evading military service, protest political imprisonment.
Five conscientious objectors refuse parole in strike
Senator Humphrey identified the five men as Richard Zumwinkle of Minneapolis, Igar Roodenko of New York, Malcolm Parker of Colorado Springs, Charles Worley of Omaha, and John Hampton of Los Angeles. Zumwinkle faces a three year term for failing to report to a camp. the others rejected parole offers and demand full presidential pardons.
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Humphrey
Richard Zumwinkle
Minneapolis
American Legion
Igar Roodenko
New York
Malcolm Parker
Colorado Springs
Colo
Charles Worley
Omaha
John Hampton
Los Angeles
Zumwinkle
Draftee Mooney Feels Lone In Eastern PA Draft
Edward Francis Mooney, 21, of Philadelphia stood alone in the army induction armory, the only man drafted Wednesday from a 16 county area in eastern Pennsylvania. The moment left him with a strange feeling as more than 3,000,000 people live in the wider region.
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Philadelphia
Edward Francis Mooney
Philadelphi
Army
Pennsylania
Leonard Wilson Promoted to Full Professor at Coe
Coe College announces the promotion of Leonard R. Wilson to full professor of geology and botany. Wilson arrived at Coe in 1934 and has served as associate professor since 1939. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1935 and studied at the University of Leeds in 1928 29, conducting at Robin Hood's Bay Marine station in Yorkshire.
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L. R. Wilson
Coe College
Coe
Wilson
Dr. Wilson
University of Wisconsin
University of Leeds
England
Robin Hood's Bay Marine Station
Yorkshire
Coe Geologist Dr Wilson Takes Leave for Research Scholarship
Dr. Wilson, a member of the Iowa Academy of Science and editor of its proceedings, leaves Coe College to accept the Mary S. Muellhaupt research scholarship at Ohio State University. He plans summer research for Standard Oil company after conducting the tenth geology field trip since joining Coe.
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Coe
Mary S. Muellhaupt
Ohio State University
Iowa Academy of Science
Wilson
Academy
Science
Standard Oil Company
Insane G I Soldier Reported Terrorizing Guam Servicemen
A letter from Guam describes an insane Negro soldier terrorizing servicemen and eluding searchers. Officials sought details with an unconfirmed report stating the man escaped a hospital a week earlier and killed eight personnel.
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Honolulu
Robert Granger
New Haven
Conn
Guam
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