Amateur writers praised by Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
Bill Porter of the University of Iowa told Cedar Rapids Woman's Club members that amateur writers often excel, noting more than 100 new books publish daily in the U S A. He spoke on The Best Job In The World as Mrs. F E Corey and Mrs. G Y Swartzendruber led the meeting and introduced six new members.
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Bill Porter
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
F. E. Corey
G. Y. Swartzendruber
D. D. Offringa
C. E. Simpson
Sidney G. Smith
W. F. Franey
J. L. Stewart
D. M. Robertson
IrvinLegget Applies for Motor Carrier Permit to Cedar Rapids
Iowa firm Irvin Legget of Anamosa seeks a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to operate as a motor carrier of passengers between Anamosa and the Iowa Manufacturing Company Plant in Cedar Rapids. A public hearing is scheduled for December 6, 1944 at 10 A.M. in Cedar Rapids before the Iowa State Commerce Commission.
Jones County notice on motor carrier permit application
Jowa state commerce commission notifies citizens of Jones County that Paul Hearn of Monticello has applied for a certificate to operate as a motor carrier between Monticello and the Cedar Rapids area plant. A public hearing is set for December 6, 1944 at 10:00 A.M. in the Linn County Auditor’s office, Cedar Rapids.
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Jows State Commerce Commission
Jones County
Paul Hearn
Monticello
Iowa
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Code of Iowa
49Th General Assembly of Iowa
Iowa Manufacturing ,Company
Cedar Depics
Jones and
Linn County Auditor
Cedar Rapids
B. M. Richardson
David B. Long
Carl_W. Reed
Geo. L. McCaughan
Des Moines
Keeping Nursing Equipment In Accessible Spot
A focus on home nursing by boarders in rooming houses. It urges readers to assemble a small emergency kit including thermometer antiseptic dressings salt and basic first aid supplies. Emphasizes that while self care helps, a family doctor remains essential for security and ongoing health guidance.
DDT Use and Postwar Travel Costs Highlight 1940s Notes
A Washington dispatch reports DDT is not yet ready for civilian use despite its wartime spraying on a Pacific island and ongoing industry tests on animals. The piece also lists proposed postwar airfares from major U S cities to Paris London Athens Calcutta Berlin Istanbul and Moscow and notes salt molasses corn and bran in steel making and foundry sand binding.
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Pacific
Washington, D. C
American Airlines
New York
Paris
London
Washington
D. C
Athens
Calicutta
Berlin
Washington, D.C
Istanbul
Moscow
Antwerp
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Oslo
Stockholm
Helsinki
Leningrad
Iron and
American Iron and Steel Institute
Button-up Frock by Anne Adams Pattern 4571
Pattern 4571 features a back with three pieces and a front with four for a figure flattering frock. It comes in sizes 12 through 48. Send 20 cents for the pattern to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept. in Chicago, with size, name, and address.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Dept
Clinton St
Chicago
Lubricants and Agents in Tin Plate and Wire Production
The article notes corn middlings as an oil-removal agent in tin plate production, pure corn sugar blown inside ingot molds to prevent splashes, and a patented process for applying it. Soap reduces friction in wire drawing and coats cartridge blanks before shaping, while suet provides lubrication on rolls and dies.
Japs Raze 8 Towns On Pattern of Lidice
Two villages in Java and Sumatra were wiped out by Japanese forces, Aneta said, with inhabitants machine gunned and towns razed in a pattern similar to Lidice. Colombo dispatch quoted official Netherlands Forces of the Far East headquarters.
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San Francisco
Java
Sumatra
Netherlands East Indies
Lidice
Aneta
Colombo
Ceylon
Ralph Coniston
Netherlands Forces of
Far East
Navy Blimp Crash Off Cape Cod Leaves Two Missing
Navy reports a blimp crash 12 miles east of Cape Cod during an operational flight from South Weymouth in foul weather. Two men are missing and presumed dead, eight survivors were rescued, and one body was recovered along with the rescuing vessel. Names were not released.
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Boston
Navy
Weymouth
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Cod
18 Year Olds Cast Ballots in Georgia
In Atlanta youths aged 18 to 21 voted in the national election for the first time. Georgia officials estimate about 25 percent of the expected 600,000 votes from young voters, enabled by a 1943 state law.
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Atlanta
INS
Georgia
United States
Georgians Petition to Extend Voting Rights to 18-Year-Olds
The petitions argue that if 18-year-olds are eligible to serve in the military they should be allowed to vote. They urge the legislature to declare 18 as the legal voting age and to permit political choice by young adults.
Japanese advance near Liuchow aim toward U.S. airbase
Chungking dispatch says Japanese forces captured Masun, 130 miles south of Kweilin, while another column pushed to 75 miles southeast of Kweilin within 25 miles of the Liuchow airbase. The communique reported the developments on Tuesday.
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Chungking
Masun
Kweilin
Liuchow
On Broadway with Walter Winchell on postwar unity and opinion leaders
A stream of questions challenges isolationism and political rhetoric. The piece critiques pacifist and pro Nazi sympathies, links to Axis talking points, and urges continued Allied cohesion to win the peace and prevent future wars. It also questions political campaigns and media slander surrounding figures like De Gaulle and Hopkins.
War era worries and political odds in a bitter campaign
A collage of questions on wartime espionage, international police, democracy, and voters. It probes Nye’s isolation record, congressional bickering, the pace of political smears, and hopes for Dies committee's fate amid a looming end of war. It questions bigotry, voting records, and postwar peace challenges.
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America
Sen. Nye
North Dakota
Congress
Germany
Service Life Gold Seal policy offers $100 monthly sickness or accident pay
Omaha Neb is selling a new Gold Seal policy offering up to $100 monthly disability and over $650 hospital benefits per confinement plus $6000 accidental death or loss of limb cash, with no medical exam and 10 days free examination by mail. Beneficiary names and addresses to Dept. 76 Omaha 2 Nebraska.
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Omaha
Neb
Reliable Service Life Insurance Company
Big Savings Io
Service Life Insurance Company
Dept
Omaha 2
Nebraska
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Woman’s Club
Irvin Legget
Anamosa
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Jones and Linn Counties
David B. Lots
Carl W. Reed
Test
TIN Gans
Lona L. Trott
Red Cross Nursing Service
Frankfurters
Buehler Bros. Mkt
First Street SE
Bishops
She
Bos Apt
Eldie
Naomi Doebel
First Avenue NE
U. S
Walter Winchell
Pearl Harbor
Ham Fish
Russia
Midwest
Franco
Lend-Lease
Stumpsters
Hillman
Harry Hopkins
de Gaulle
Justice
Dep’t
Gerald L. K. Smith
Morote
Idaho
Russet
EPL
Cudahy Pia
Cudahy
Mrs. Roosevelt
Dies Committee
Hinds
Ed Pry Ae
Lehn & Fink Products Corp
Bloomfield, N.J
Cadahy
Codahy
Cedahy
Roweas
Puritar
Anya
Delrich
Pitie
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