School Newscast Jamboree Set for Saturday in Cedar Rapids
The second School Newscast Jamboree will be held in Cedar Rapids this Saturday. Sevens invited reporters from out of town include Mary Carey Northwood Doris Woodrich Ottumwa Jean Reid Tama Velma Frandsen Maquoketa Helen Buckingham Fairfield Marilyn Reeve Tipton and Frances Steen Decorah.
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Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Opalee Barnard
Iowa
McKinley
Marian Martin
Marjorie Estley
Wilson
Vera Jeffries
Roosevelt
Lorene Chehak
Roberta Sheets
Tranny Gordley
Garfield
Wilson High School
Arthur Deamer
Douglas Grant
WMT
Poet of the People silent on Hirohito criticism
A News item notes the British Broadcasting Corp bans criticism of Emperor Hirohito while blaming wartime leadership around Tojo. The piece argues against singling Hirohito for Japan’s aggression and urges focusing anger on Tojo’s gang. It portrays Hirohito as silent and divine, with blame aimed at wartime leaders.
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British Broadcasting Co
Emperor Hirohito
Hirohito
Tojo
Do Women Size Up a Prospective Husband Quicker
Dr Wiggam notes that women can assess a congenial husband as quickly as men assess a wife, based on a Stanford study of 800 couples. Length of acquaintance before marriage had little impact on happiness, with one year often as predictive as longer periods.
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Stanford University
Slattery Fined in Disturbance After Tavern Arrest
Reginald Slattery, 27, listed YMCA as his address, was fined 50 dollars plus costs by Police Judge Harry S. Johnson after pleading guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Patrolman Harold Barger arrested him at a local tavern when he allegedly became belligerent during a public necking incident, leading to a tussle and his incarceration.
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Reginald Slattery
Y.M.C.A
Harry S. Johnson
Slattery
Harold Barger
Barger
Emerald Oil Promises Quick Relief for Tired Feet
An ad touts Moone s Emerald Oil as a fast acting remedy for sore tender burning feet. Apply a few drops nightly or when needed to soften calluses and reduce odor with a camphor and antiseptic blend. Osco Drug Co and druggists guarantee satisfaction or money back.
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Osco Drug Co
Moone
New Vaccine Aimed To Guard Invaders From Gas Gangrene
Washington report says a new vaccine to prevent gas gangrene in wounded soldiers will be ready when needed. Dr A Newton Richards cites Cincinnati scientists making progress with a protective vaccine and penicillin to fight the soil borne germ.
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Washington
Europe
A. Newton Richards
United States Office of Scientific Research and Development
Cincinnati
House Appropriations Committee
City Hall Notes on permits and projects
The city council ordered all beverage and cigarette permit applications filed by June 15. It approved Don McElhinney to run the Cedar roller rink in Cedar park and authorized purchase of one car of No 5 paving asphalt. It filed a request to vacate part of G avenue NE and heard petition to plant Schneidler red maples on Thirty eighth street NE. French immigrants founded New Orleans in 1718.
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Don McElhinney
Cedar Park
Public Improvement Department
LeFebvre Corporation
G Avenue
Thirty Eighth Street
First and
C Avennes
City Arborist
Fifteen Men Sentenced in Polygamy Case in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY AP Fifteen Salt Lake City men convicted of unlawful cohabitation with 55 women were given indeterminate prison terms. One man Joseph Musser 75 faced disruption as a woman from his home pleaded for innocence. A contempt sentence of one woman Betsy Lee was handed down. The Fundamentalist cult advocates plural marriage and the maximum five year term may be shortened by the parole board.
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Salt Lake City
Joseph Musser
Betsy Lee
Musset
Board of Pardons
Ward Chief Defied Government in War Troop Seizure Probe
Washington AP Montgomery Ward drew censure from House committee head Ramspeck after a week of testimony. Ramspeck said he does not approve of defying the government in time of war and adjourned hearings until June 6 to question Sewell Avery about troop removal from the plant.
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Washington
Montgomery Ward
House
Ramspeck
D-Ga
Sewell Avery
Ward’s
Avery
War Shipping Administration Ends War Cargo Insurance
The War Shipping Administration announced it has almost completely withdrawn from insuring ocean going war cargoes, signaling a reduced submarine threat and a return to normal coverage policies.
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Washington
INS
War Shipping Administration
WSA
War Shipping Administration Updates Insurance Rates
The Shipping Administration said that WSA will insure cargoes after submarine activity and set rates in line with private insurers, effective Aug 1 1942. WSA will still insure shipments of a few strategically important commodities while private rates remain similar in most cases.
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WSA
Shipping Administration
Marriage rate low in U S history hits 1932 level
The United States recorded its lowest marriage rate in 50 years in 1932 at 7.9 marriages per 1000 people. This marked a historic low for the era, reflecting social and economic pressures of the early Great Depression period.
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U. S
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