G A A Play Day At Roosevelt High Draws 94 Attendees
Ninety four girls took part in the Girls Athletic Association event at Roosevelt High School with teams from Cedar Rapids Dubuque Mount Vernon Waterloo East and Town City. The Circle Bar ranch won with members Jeanne Jones Laura S Bixby Louise Rogers Arlene Dvorak Marjorie Kosina and Marilyn Jean Sanders. Awards included G A A branded ribbons.
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Girls Athletic Association
Roosevelt High School
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Mount Vernon
Waterloo East
University High
City High
Town City
Circle Bar Ranch
Jeanne Jones
Laura S. Bixby
Louise Rogers
Arlene Dvorak
Marjorie Kosina
Wilson
Marilyn
Pigeons Launch 2500 Mile Marine Flight East to Wisconsin
Eight carrier pigeons started a 2500 mile eastbound flight from San Diego toward Two Rivers Wisconsin in a marine corps experiment. Major James E Jones of the second marine division said the birds face rough weather and hunter pursuit and that about half are expected to complete the journey. The pigeons were shipped north by the Two Rivers Flying Club and the long range communication test could take about a week.
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San Diego
Calif
Two Rivers
Wis
Marine Corps
United States
Late Draft Induction Excused For 12 Hours Late
Clinton Wisconsin report notes 23 year old Billroy C. Rothenbach excused from induction into the U.S. army after arriving 12 hours late. He had been notified April 20 to report May 15, while working on a coffee plantation in the lower Amazon valley Brazil. He traveled about 6000 miles mostly by boat after leaving Beloit seven years prior.
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Clinton, Wis
INS
Billroy C. Rothenbach
U. S. Army
Rothenbach
Amazon Valley
Brazil
Clinton
Beloit
Wis
Mrs Moffett Presents New Series Of Talks In Cedar Rapids
Mrs Robert Lee Moffett of Chicago traveler lecturer and writer will give an illustrated talk on The Mysteries of The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx Revealed Today at the Roosevelt hotel today at 8 p.m. The lectures are free under the Baha i community of Cedar Rapids with daily 2 p.m discussions and 8 p.m and 2 p.m sessions through Sunday detailing Bible prophecy and patterns for a new world order with topics each day listed.
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Robert Lee Moffett
Chicago
Roosevelt Hotel
Moffett
Cedar Rapids
Guest Artist on Cosmetologists' Program Today
Marc Gartman past president of the National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association is guest artist for the annual educational day at the Montrose hotel. The event serves the Oelwein Iowa City and Cedar Rapids units of the association.
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Marc Gartman
National
Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association
Montrose
Oelwein
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association
Templar Park Camp’s Growth From Cedar Rapids Pioneers
Cedar Rapids pioneers led by Theodore S. Parvin helped establish Templar park on Spirit Lake. By 1919 a Moorish grand commandery building stood for Knights Templar with later 1928 pavilion. park openings for Festal week and mid year Eastern Star meetings mark its evolving use. About 24 Cedar Rapids families join annual visits to Templar park.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Templar
Davenport
Templars
Templar Point
Knights Templar
George W. Bever
John H. Pettibone
Burlington
Wade
Grand Chapter
The
Order of Eastern Star
Templar Park
Paper strike ends as Taylorville Breeze-Courier resumes
Taylorville Breeze-Courier resumes publication after a three day suspension caused by a wage dispute strike settled by six pressmen.
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Taylorville, Hl
Taylorville Breeze-Courier
Syrian Author Describes Near East Dilemma in War Aims
Syrian American writer Ha bib I Katibah in Cedar Rapids weighs Near East options between democracy and totalitarianism amid war aims. He cites British delays on Palestine and Arabs, notes US mediation role, and urges Arab unity with a democratic regime and security league.
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Near East
Habib I
Katibah
New York City
Cedar Rapids
United States
American University of Beirut
Harvard University
Iraq
N. Arida
Meraat al-Gharb
Mirror of the West
New York
Brooklyn Eagle
Boston Globe
Detroit News
Cairo
League of Nations
Syria
India
Great Britain
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Ruth Zieke
Kitterman
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Templar Resort
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Killian Company
Better Hearing
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Iowa City Railway
Tula
Jean Joyce
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