Three-Day Observance Opens Cedar Rapids Straw Hat Season
Cedar Rapids merchants launch the 1941 straw hat season with soft straws dominating sales 85 percent versus traditional skimmers. Colors range from coconut brown to light tan with loud bands and natural cream whites. Prizes lure window displays. two $10 awards planned as Emil Burmeister leads a city campaign of contests and ballyhoo beginning today. Mayor Hahn to issue proclamation as merchants set up straw hats on street corners and in front of shops.
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Cedar Rapids
Pesca Ag
Retail Merchants Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Emil Burmeister
Ie Chamber of Commerce
Frank Hahn
John Doe Declares Self as Everyman in Cedar Rapids
A fictitious profile voices the average American, naming Cedar Rapids readers and local writers. It frames John Doe as a lifetime newspaper reader who forms his own mind from The Cedar Rapids Gazette and its columnists. He highlights farm life, war debate, and the role of editors in shaping public perspective.
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John Doe
Washington
Valley Forge
Meade
Gettysburg
Teddy Roosevelt
San Juan Hill
Paul Mallon
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Boake Carter
Ray Anderson
Farm News
The
Gazette
Ray
Cedar Rapids
America
Iowa legislature approves broad salary raises for state officials
The 1941 Iowa legislature reenacted a 1933 budget and control provision allowing state officials to receive raises. Nine officials gain increases from $200 to $135 monthly for patrolmen, with several deputies and officers raised to $3,300 or adjusted to deputy level. The moves require governor and comptroller approval and affect positions from deputy auditors to state fire marshal and tax division staff.
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Des Moines
John Zug
Iuzanne Wilson
James R. Leverett
Secretary of State
N. W. McBeath
State Fair Board
John W. Strohm
Helen Galvin
Iowa Su Court
B. W. Garrett
Su Supreme
John Mulroney
Karl Fischer
Iowa Draft Figures Reach Key Milestones
Des Moines AP says state selective service reports 101 231 Iowans issued questionnaires and classified through May 1. Some 22 867 given physicals with 5 045 awaiting tests. There are 3 449 in class 1 A awaiting induction into the armed forces.
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Des Moines
Selective Service
Cudahy Inducted as Papers Not Served in Los Angeles
Michael John Cudahy a 33 year old member of the Chicago meat packing family was inducted into the army on Tuesday An attorney for Cudahy s third wife Marjorie Jane Conover Cudahy arrived with a $600 a month separate maintenance suit but left without serving papers Cudahy is immune from service as a set.
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Los Angeles
Michael John Cudahy
Chicago
Cudahy
Marjorie Jane Conover Cudahy
Psa
Treasury Announces New U S Borrowing Program
Washington reports the treasury will borrow 1.434 billion dollars under a new program. On Thursday it plans to issue 600 million in new securities to raise cash and refund 834 million of 3.25 percent notes maturing in August, with holders receiving new notes in exchange.
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Washington
INS
Treasury
Senate okays 1.5 million annual censorship fund
The Senate voted 39 to 18 to authorize a 1.5 million dollar yearly appropriation for the Office of Government Reports, a White House agency seen as a clearing house for government information. Supporters insist the measure only formalizes existing powers, while opponents warn of censorship risks before the bill returns to the House for action on Taft’s amendment.
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Washington
Senate
Office of Government Reports
White House
Nes Teeta Sae
Thornty
Norris
Ind
Department of Premnees Administration
Nied
Federal
House
Taft
Ohio
Iowa urban growth tops rural decline in 1940 census
A U.S. census report shows Iowa rural populations down 2.5 percent over the decade while urban areas gain 10.7 percent. Total state population reaches 2,538,268 with 43 percent in cities, 21 percent in small towns, and 35 percent on farms. Suburban shifts boost Polk Scott and Black Hawk counties.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
Diwe
Polk County
Scott County
Black Hawk
Buter
Oun
Y. Deca
Dick- Fremon Guthrie
T. Y. Hancock
Ida
Keokuk
Louontas
Nebraskans Show Champion Bull At Iowa National Show
Albert Hulti and Sons of Saronville Nebraska exhibited the champion bull at the first national Polled Shorthorn cattle show at the Iowa state fair grounds. Breeders from 15 states evaluated 75 head of cattle, with sales planned Wednesday.
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Des Moines
Albert Hulti and Sons
Saronville
Neb
Iowa State Fair Grounds
Aunt Jane Teaches Love of Birds and Animals
A narrator recalls Aunt Jane teaching a boy to love wildlife. She wears a hat with a bird and owns three fur coats, illustrating her strong affection for animals.
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Jane
Breeders Association Secretary H J Gramlich Explained
H J Gramlich, secretary of the American Shorthorn Breeders Association and former University of Nebraska official, provided an explanation during the discussion.
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H. J. Gramlich
The
American Shorthorn Breeders Association
University of Nebraska
Lindbergh Talk at Academy Faces Rental Ban
Charles A. Lindbergh plans a May 29 talk in Philadelphia under America First sponsorship but faces a rental ban at the Academy of Music due to objections by prominent groups. He defends the organizers as isolationists and idealists while noting mobs threaten proceedings.
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Philadelphia
Charles A. Lindbergh
America First Commit
America First Committee
Rio Grande Flood Forces 300 To Flee In New Mexico
Flood waters from the Rio Grande driven by melted snow forced about 300 people to abandon homes in southern New Mexico. Levees were battered as rising currents prompted evacuations and concern over structure failures.
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Rio Grande
Albuquerque
N. M
Meltoe Cares
Newco
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