Hitler War Disrupts Cedar Rapids Export Firms
The European war forces Cedar Rapids exporters to seek new markets as orders drop in Europe. Gordon Fennell handles six midwestern firms from 1515 H avenue NE and shifts to South America Africa and the Orient while freight and insurance costs soar.
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Hitler
Cedar Rapids
Europe
Central
South America
Africa
The
Orient
Kilborn Photo Paper Company
Malmedy
Belgium
Germany
Antwerp
Paul Kilborn
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Denmark
Holland
Roy E. Choate
la Plante-Choate Company
Turner Company
Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
Scandinavia
South Africa
British Dominions
Wilson and Company
Link Belt- Speeder Corporation
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Reid Way Corporation
Sanders
Johnson Gas Appliance Company
Gordon Fennell
Fennell
United States
Gordon Fennell Company
H Avenue NE
National Oats Company
Minnesota Valley Canning Company
le Sueur
Minn
F. W. Fitch Company
Des Moines
College Inn Food Products Company
Chicago
American Disinfecting Company
Sedalia
Frankfort
Ind
Iceland
Singapore
Atlas
Globe
Gazette
Adolf Hitler
Middlewest
Goats Unharmed as Gimite Bomb Tests Outdo TNT
The Aberdeen Army proving ground saw Lester P. Barlow claim gimite is one third stronger than TNT for demolition power in a large test with 1,000 pound bombs. Eighty four goats within a 1,000 foot circle escaped injury as TNT and gimite failed to damage living tissue, though later small scale tests showed gimite delivering greater plate lift in a lab setup. Army officers and congressmen witnessed the demonstration amid rain and a loud blast.
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Aberdeen
INS
Lester P. Barlow
Army Proving Ground
Congress
Barlow
National Defense
Army
Gunpowder River
C M. Wesson
Congressional Party
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Church To Observe 80th Anniversary
First Baptist church of Cedar Rapids marks its eightieth anniversary from June 1 to 3. The 1860 organization began on the third floor of Franklin hall. Activities include a children's party, sermons by Dr. George M. Derbyshire of Oakland, a 5 45 p.m. communion, and a 6 30 p.m. banquet with Rev F G Codd of Davenport speaking.
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First Baptist Church of
Cedar Rapids
Community House spring festival to feature songs dances and skit
The Jane Boyd Community House music department presents a Wednesday 8 pm spring festival with songs dances piano selections and a dramatic skit. Dancers include Libby Dvorak Norma Ampey Jewell Jobe Margaret Haddy Claudine Ashby Josephine Mrad Delores David Nadine Wood Dora Bartholomew Elasysie McLeroy Barbara Howard Marjorie Smith Libbie Honich Bernice Burdick Geraldine Porter. Corinne Stainbrook Velma Jeffries comic ballet Kate and Duplikate. Irene Willis Evelyn Smith perform Struttin. piano students listed among participants.
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Jane Boyd
Libby Dvorak
Norma Ampey
Jewell Jobe
Margaret Haddy
Claudine Ashby
Josephine Mrad
Delores David
Nadine Wood Dora Bartholomew
Elasysie McLeroy
Barbara Howard
Marjorie Smith
Libbie Honich
Bernice Burdick
Geraldine Porter
Corinne Stainbrook
Velma Jeff
Nazi Claim Destroyer Sunk By Anti-Aircraft Gun Stirring Speculation
Berlin dispatch reports a German anti aircraft battery sinking a British destroyer in a naval communique. Military circles debate whether shells carried an untested explosive or if a bigger bore gun was used, while praising the feat of hitting a moving ship at high trajectory.
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Berlin
Ins
Reich
David
Goliath
Linn County Bar votes to invite State Bar meeting in Cedar Rapids
The Linn County Bar association at the Roosevelt hotel luncheon voted to invite the State Bar to meet in Cedar Rapids in 1941. This year’s convention will be held in Waterloo in early June. Members discussed Linn county’s proposed prorata support for a permanent state secretary.
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Linn County Bar Association
Roosevelt Hotel
State Bar Association
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Linn County
Indict 3 Prominent Men In Liquor Case
Fort Smith Arkansas. Z M McCarell state revenue commissioner Butler B Tolan chief deputy and Joseph W House prominent Little Rock attorney were among ten indicted by a federal grand jury in western Arkansas on charges of conspiracy to violate interstate liquor transport laws.
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Fort Smith
Ark
INS
Z. M. McCarell
Butler B. Tolan
Joseph W. House
Little Rock
Western Arkansas
Rabid Squirrel That Bit Boy Confirmed
The squirrel that bit 11 year old Verne Thompson on Wildwood drive NE Friday afternoon tested positive for rabies in a postmortem at Town City hospital. Verne is receiving medical treatment.
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Verne Thompson
George E. Thompson
Wildwood Drive
Town City
Verne
Danish Pavilion At New York World’s Fair Opened
A rope and cardboard Danish pavilion was dedicated at the New York world’s fair on Saturday. Architect Gustav Jensen said the structure was built with little money.
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New York
Ins
Gustav Jensen
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Universal Crusher Company
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