School Newscast Jamboree Set for Saturday at Wilson High
The Maquoketa area reports the annual School Newscast jamboree on Saturday featuring 135 reporters from eastern Iowa schools. Cedar Rapids McKinley Wilson and Roosevelt high schools present scripts with journalism and radio training. A noon dinner at Wilson High precedes studio broadcasts of Newscast and Assembly Room of the Air at 3:30, with later activities at the youth recreation center.
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Maquoketa
Helen Buckingham
Fairfield
Marilyn Reeve
Tipton
Frances Steen
Decorah
Opalee Barnard
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
McKinley
Marian Martin
Marjorie Estley
Wilson
Vera Jeffries
Roosevelt
Jim McNamara
Patty Pratt
Paul Anthony
Don Johanos
Thelma Trimble
Mary Ellen Dennis
WMT
Poet of the People Portrays Hirohito Silence
The British Broadcasting Corp bans criticism of Emperor Hirohito while blaming Tojo’s faction for Japan’s war, urging not to speak ill of Hirohito. The piece portrays Hirohito as silent and divine, with Tojo’s gang as the warmakers.
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British Broadcasting Co
Emperor Hirohito
Japan
Tojo
Hiro
Hirohito
Do Women Size Up Prospective Partners Faster Says Wiggam
Dr. A E Wiggam notes women may judge a congenial husband in about a year as men take about three years to size up a wife. He cites Stanford study results on marital happiness tied to acquaintance length and suggests right judgments arise quickly. He adds women join fewer clubs but more religious groups, and says emotional introverts face more inner problems than extroverts.
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Stanford University
Slattery Fined After Disturbance at Local Tavern
Reginald Slattery, 27, who listed the YMCA as an address, was fined 50 dollars and 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 where he was reportedly overly public in his necking and resisted when asked to desist, leading to a tussle and his jail alcove.
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Reginald Slattery
Y.M.C.A
Harry S. Johnson
Slattery
Harold Barger
Barger
Emerald Oil Promises Quick Foot Relief and Smell Control
A rapid foot treatment claims to ease tired burning feet within a minute of applying Emerald Oil. The oil supposedly soothes sweat, odor, and corns, with camphor and antiseptics in a formulas sold nationwide. Osco Co. and druggists guarantee satisfaction or money back.
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Osco Co
Moone
Ward Chief Defied Government in War Time Hearings
Washington AP The Montgomery Ward company was censured by the head of a house committee investigating its troop seizure. Chairman Ramspeck said he would not approve of Ward’s conduct in defying the government during war and adjourned hearings to June 6 when Sewell Avery will be questioned about the incident. The discussion also notes War Shipping Administration insurance shifts affecting cargo risk and private insurer rates during submarine activity.
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Washington
Montgomery Ward Company
House
Ramspeck
D-Ga
Sewell Avery
Ward's
Avery
WSA
Record of U S marriage rate low in 1932
The lowest U S marriage rate in fifty years occurred in 1932 at 7.9 marriages per 1 000 inhabitants. This figure marks the nadir in a half century trend and reflects demographic shifts of the era.
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U. S
War Shipping Administration Ends War Cargo Insurance
The War Shipping Administration announced it has nearly withdrawn from insuring ocean-going war cargoes, signaling a reduced submarine threat and a return to normal insurance duties. The move aims to restart standard cargo coverage as naval risks decline.
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Washington
Ins
War Shipping Administration
WSA
New Vaccine Aimed To Guard Invaders From Gas Gangrene
Washington AP report says a new vaccine to prevent gas gangrene in wounded soldiers will be ready when needed. Dr. A Newton Richards notes scientists in Cincinnati have made progress using a protective vaccine with penicillin to fight the bacilli. The work aims to prevent a deadly soil borne infection seen in war wounds.
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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 paving and street requests
The city council ordered all beverage and cigarette permit applications to be filed by June 15 with the city clerk. It approved Don McElhinney’s Cedar Roller Rink permit and authorized purchasing one car of No. 5 paving asphalt. It filed LeFebvre Corp to vacate part of G Avenue NE with the city engineer. Property owners on Thirty eighth Street NE urged Schneidler red maples in street parkings per arborist ordinance.
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Don McElhinney
Cedar Roller R
Cedar Park
Public Improvement Department
LeFebvre Corporation
G Avenue
Thirty Eighth Street
First and
C Avenues
City Arborist
Fifteen Men Sentenced In Polygamy Case
In Salt Lake City AP report says fifteen men from a Fundamentalist polygamy group were sentenced to indeterminate state prison terms for unlawful cohabitation with fifty five women. One man Joseph Musser faced interruption by a woman claiming his innocence while Betsy Lee, Musser’s wife, received contempt jail time. The court noted maximum five year terms though pardons could end them.
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Salt Lake City
Joseph Musser
Betsy Lee
Musser
Board of Pardons
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