Bulldogs Set Thrilling Memorial Day Rodeo At Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs hosts a five performance championship rodeo beginning May 29 with six contests and about $3,500 in prize money. Notable entrants include Kid Fletcher and the Ross brothers. wild horses and Brahma bulls accompany a lineup of exhibitions by Clyde Miller Arabians and clown cowboys.
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Cedar, Rapids
Oregon
Hawkeye Downs
Moore
Clyde Miller
Everett Johnson
Gene Ross
Cedar Rapids
Rodeo Offers Low Prices Across All Seats
Prices are exceptionally low for a championship rodeo with free gate admission and autos. Bleacher seats are 50 cents, grandstand 75 cents, and reserved boxes 1 dollar. Performances run Thursday night May 29, Memorial Day Friday May 30, Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon.
Annual Poppy Sale For Disabled Vets Scheduled Saturday
Preparations for the annual sale of poppies to aid disabled veterans moved into high gear as the American Legion auxiliary of Hanford post received permission to sell on the streets. The sale will be held next Saturday May 24. Women of the Cedar Rapids auxiliary directed by Mrs Roy W Decker have headquarters in the Roosevelt hotel and plan to cover the city with volunteer salesmen. The poppies are made by bed ridden veterans at the U S hospital at Des Moines. Nearly 300 veterans from 63 Iowa towns have been engaged in the manufacture since December 1 and have received 6500 dollars for their work. Proceeds support child welfare and veteran rehabilitation programs. insulin treatments for diabetic veterans and a training program for families are included. Chairman of the Cedar Rapids committee on rehabilitation is Mrs Harry Gunderson.
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Hahn
American Legion Auxiliary of
Hanford
Cedar Rapids
Roy W. Decker
Roosevelt Hotel
U. S. Hospital
Des Moines
Iowa
The
Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Harry Gunderson
Roosevelt Teachers Adapt Spanish Drama Zaragueta for Festival
Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets and Peter S. Mousolite translate and stage Zaragueta, a Spanish comedy by Miguel Ramos Carrion and Vital Aza, for presentation at the National Play Revision Council festival in Whiting Indiana on May 23 and 24, with Roosevelt High School producing the same evenings. Spanish costumes by Rose Mary Mann and Jean Geer are featured.
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Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets
Roosvelt High School
Peter S. Mousolite
Grant High School
Department of
University of Iowa
Zaragueta
Miguel Ramos Carrion
Vital Aza
National
National Play Revision Council
Whiting
Ind
Roosevelt High School Dramatics Department
Roosevelt Art Department
Rose Mary Mann
Jean Gerer
Flying Cadet Examining Board Arrives in Cedar Rapids
The U S army flying cadet examining board will visit Cedar Rapids Thursday and Friday to interview local men who want to join. The board meets in the civil service examining room in the federal building basement. Applicants must be 20 to 27, unmarried with no dependents, pass a strict physical, and provide character references and at least two years of college transcripts.
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Flying Cadet Examining Board
U. S. Army
Cedar Rapids
Civil Service
Federal Building
Strategic base taken by Japanese in Hupeh province
Hankow report says Japanese troops occupied Thao Yang, a strategic base in northern Hupeh after a two day battle in which about 1 700 of 30 000 Chinese defenders were killed.
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Shanghat
Comci
Hankow
Thaoyang
Hupeh
St Ludmila Parish Silver Jubilee Celebrated Next Sunday
The parish marks twenty five years since its 1915 organization and 1926 church completion. A 10 a.m. Solemn High Mass will be preached by Rev Wenceslaus Hradecky and Rev Stephen Kucera, followed by a plate dinner and hobby show in the parish hall. Tickets for dinner are limited and available from local stores or parish members.
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St. Ludmila’s
St. Wenceslaus’ Church
Francis R. Hruby
St. Wenceslaus Church
Ronald Axen
Wenceslaus Hradecky
Protovia
Stephen J. Kucera
Prairieburg
Joseph Regan
Wesley Suchomel
Mateju Tailors
Third Street
Kuba
Second Street
William Reid
Dial
Reid
Joseph Oswald
Lindbergh Called Second Only to Hitler in Anti Latin Bias
El Universal described Charles A. Lindbergh as after Hitler the most admired anti Semitic anti democratic and anti Latin American figure in the world in a Saturday framing from Mexico City.
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LINDY
Mexico City
Charles A. Lindbergh
el Universal Saturday
Hitler
British Civilian Air Raid Deaths For April
London AP report: Britain suffered 6,065 civilian deaths and 6,926 serious injuries from German air raids in April. The ministry lists 61 missing, the largest toll since September last year, with totals to date 35,953 killed and 48,227 wounded.
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London
Ministry of Home Security
Britain
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Charley Moore
Prescott
Ariz
Mr. Moore
Kid Fletcher
Hugo
Cole
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Madison Square Garden Rodeo
Ross Brothers
Gene and
Herschel
Sayre
Okla
Bulldogger
Paul Bond
Carlsbad
N. M
John B. Turner & Son
Turner
John B. Turner and Son
Second Avenue Southeast
Roosevelt
St. Ludmila
Frank Drahozal
Holger Hansen
Amos Meyers
William Holmes
10TH
10Th St
2Nd Ave
Uta
Naptha
Campbell’s
Johnson
Ipie
Sally
Sue
Beau Duras
Bette Rayon
Montgomery Word
Beau Dura
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