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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1941
Page
14
Dr. Mary MacFadyen outlines home care for acne emphasizing early medical help to prevent scarring. She notes blackheads pimples and possible scars and advises cleanliness steaming comedone removal with a proper tool sun exposure diet changes and outdoor exercise while warning against picking at lesions and urging medical consultation if needed.
Ellen Borghart, Cedar Rapids Gazette assistant farm editor, permits Color Prints Inc to display three color photos in major photographic dealers later. The Florida trip images include a parrot on a bar stand at Cyprus Gardens Winter Haven, a Cyprus knees lake shot at Cyprus Gardens, and Fort Lauderdale canal views with pleasure yachts reflected in water.
Captain Gordon Hughes of the traffic department warns coal dealers and truckers to obey the local ordinance against blocking sidewalks. He notes truckers backing over parkings to avoid charges and says responsible dealers will cooperate.
The Czechoslovak government in exile in England lists new ministers including Dr. Jaroslav Stransky as justice minister Jan Becko as state minister Dr Ladislav Feierabend as finance minister Jaromir Necas as minister for economic reconstruction and public works Dr Edward Outrata as minister of trade industry and commerce and Dr Hubert Ripka and Gen Rudolf Viest in foreign affairs and national defense respectively The roster retains Prime Minister Jan Sramek foreign minister Jan Masaryk and others in their former posts President Eduard Benes says the changes reflect needs from international developments not a personnel or policy shift.
Harold J. Rowe announces seven new directors will be elected next week for the Chamber of Commerce. Mail ballots have been sent to members and must be returned by Tuesday November 11. Incumbents retiring include Stepanek Rowe Boyson Broulik Hedges and Quarton. Candidates listed include Beck Bickel Choate Daniels Hamilton Harper Kanak Lehti Nash Quarton Sheehy Sheridan Tellier.
A House naval subcommittee led by Rep. Jacobsen will fly by navy plane on Tuesday for an extended probe of U S bases in the Caribbean. The delegation will visit Bermuda Porto Rico Trinidad and British Guiana with Reps. Anderson Johnson Blackney and Imhoff aboard.
The column argues that educated women should hide their desire to marry, warning that open ambition to marry alienates men. It suggests quiet display of independence misleads men and may backfire, urging women to remain discreet about marriage plans. The piece treats femininity and social expectations in a period tone.
Cedar Rapids Superintendent Arthur Deamer told the board that a decade of falling birthrates has reduced elementary enrollments from 4,858 to 4,369 while junior and senior high school enrollments rise by 370 and 712 respectively. He notes the district’s population grew from 45,566 in 1920 to 62,120 in 1940 and warns high school attendance may not stay higher without a birthrate rebound.
Terry Carpenter sold the bulk of his Nebraska oil empire in four states to the Consumers Cooperative Association of North Kansas City for about one million dollars. Carpenter, 41, left for Denver after the sale, cited rising taxes, and has a long political history in Nebraska including service as a representative in 1933-34 and unsuccessful runs for U.S. Senate and governor.
Mrs Anna Alvira Smrchek died at her home at 2 20 p m Monday after a long illness. She was born June 23 1888 in Wyoming Iowa and moved to Cedar Rapids 26 years ago. Survived by husband Frank daughter Mrs Mary Haster son Richard F in Panama Canal Zone father Oliver Anderson. five sisters and four brothers. one grandchild. Funeral is set for 2 p m Wednesday at Moon chapel with Rev Cline Halsey. burial in Wyoming. Friends may call at the chapel.
James B. Martin former Commonwealth apartments executive has become senior business specialist in the coal unit of the office of price administration. Based in Washington, he will oversee collecting retail bituminous coal data west of Pennsylvania, with eight regional reps reporting to him under G. B. Gould.
Terry Carpenter, who worked five years for The Cedar Rapids Gazette as a teen, delivering papers on a route and seeing on the street, is the son of upholsterer Bert C. Carpenter. Born in Cedar Rapids on March 19, 1900, he lived at 113 First Avenue W and attended Adams grade school and Washington high.
Victoria Adamec of Cedar Rapids died at her granddaughter's home 520 First Street SW at 11 p.m. Monday after a long illness. Born in Bohemia December 18, 1858 she lived in Cedar Rapids 77 years and is survived by a Cedar Rapids brother five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced. friends may call at the Barta chapel Wednesday evening.
Archie White, 52, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday in Omaha after a fall from a ladder caused a fractured skull. He chauffeured for Sloan Allen and is survived by his wife, son Edward in the navy at Pearl Harbor, and daughter Agnes Hembera of Cedar Rapids. Body to be brought to Cedar Rapids. funeral arrangements pending.
Funeral services for Miss Florence Abraham of Joyce Iowa killed in an automobile accident near Zumbrota Minnesota will be held at Polansky chapel at 1 20 p m Wednesday and at 2 p m in the St George Syrian Orthodox church by the Very Rev Basilios Mahfouz Burial will be in St George cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Florence Burlingame who died Monday at her home 129 Fourteenth Avenue SE will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Beatty chapel conducted by the Rev Frank Ward.
A baking machine can produce 2400 loaves of bread in one hour without human handling, showcasing high speed industrial bakery capability and efficiency.
Des Moines AP report quotes John Metcalfe, Dies committee investigator and Bund member, claiming Lindbergh is a hero among American storm troopers. Metcalfe, former Chicago Daily Times reporter, spent six months with the Bund and warns of industrial sabotage in communities.
Washington dispatch reports two Indiana Republican congressmen deny signing or even seeing a manifesto repudiating Wendell Willkie’s views on foreign affairs. Senator Willis and Representative Halleck insist the French Lick meeting was for a broadcast forum and no manifesto exists.
Cedar Rapids finance officials estimate the city's bonded indebtedness will drop about $155,000 in the current fiscal year from $2,162,600 to around $2,007,600. The decrease reflects a $40,000 Ellis Park golf course bond issue and about $10,000 to fund a new west side fire truck. Interest rates on city bonds average 2.7 percent, higher than the national municipal average of about 2 percent due to past high‑rate issuances.
A scheduled NLRB hearing to determine representation at Link-Belt Speeder company plant for 200 employees was postponed to November 12. The International Association of Machinists filed the petition with Local 831 Independent Allied Workers of Cedar Rapids and the company. Guy Farmer will hear evidence and present findings to the NLRB. The firm manufactures portable cranes draglines and conveyors with several defense contracts.
Irvin Osmundson of Clermont and Clarence Doty of Elgin entered the United States army service Oct. 28 at Fort Des Moines.
Instructions for a two piece heart themed cap and mittens with embroidery and tassel. Pattern 1005 lists materials and illustrations, and directions. Send 10 cents and pattern number with name and address to The Cedar Rapids Gazette needlecraft department in New York.
Mazie earns peace of mind from a growing nest egg despite coworkers labeling her stingy. She has forgone luxuries, survived illness risk, and maintained a comfortable life with small emergency savings.
Miss Manners advises broadening your social circle. Invite new girls to your home, vary groups, and give the existing duo space. Stop focusing on those two for a while and they may seek you out with renewed interest.
James Wood chief lighting engineer for Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing will speak to the Chamber of Commerce Young Men's Bureau Thursday night. He will discuss recent developments in lighting and future uses of plastics and chemurgic metals, noting new plastics discoveries and their impact on lighting.
In Ogden Utah drivers exceeding the speed limit by one mile or more face a fine of one dollar for each mile over the line. The measure aims to deter speeding and raise traffic enforcement revenue during enforcement periods.
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