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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1941
Page
30
A reader notes Maizie’s manipulative rival and vows future payback. another asks about married women working to support families. Miss Manners responds that workers’ choices reflect real circumstances and advises a reader to seek medical help for persistent fatigue and possible illness.
President Roosevelt urged Americans to guard against fatalism and to trust democracy's strength amid a dangerous world. He framed Education Week as a reminder that resolve and faith in moral justice sustain progress and truth.
Students at Athens University in Greece began a strike demanding abolition of examinations, prompting an official temporary closure of the campus on Saturday. The action reflects frustration with the exam system and calls for reforms.
Four millennia old Sumerian creation tale deciphered by Dr. Samuel N. Kramer at the University of Pennsylvania. The tablets, excavated in Mesopotamia and some kept in Turkey, introduce a poem about a hero descending to the underworld and resemblance to Genesis.
West Union Mr and Mrs A J Bernau will celebrate their 99th anniversary Friday having lived in the same house since their wedding in West Union The couple have long memberships in IO O F and Rebekah Lodge Their family includes Arthur Bernau Fort Dodge Robert Bernau Lake City and Russell Bernau Sioux Falls with Lester Bernau deceased They have six grandchildren and good health remains with Mrs Bernau fond of quilt making
Theodore Moen Walter Buennecke and Rudolph Noecker narrowly escaped asphyxiation while working over a gas main break in Decorah. Buennecke was overcome first and taken home by Moen. Noecker followed, Moon pulled him from the pit and called for help. a pumpo motor revived Noecker.
Extremely high compression in diesel engines generates heat that ignites the fuel without spark plugs.
Anne Adams patterns 4827 4847 and 4849 offered in multiple sizes with fabric yardage and fur details. Prices listed 15 cents per pattern with Book and Pattern sets at 25 cents. Orders to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department New York address.
Mr and Mrs J D Barker of Cedar Rapids celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with open house at home and a family dinner at the Commonwealth tea room on Wednesday Decorations will be gold and yellow chrysanthemums They were married in Manchester on November 12 1891 by Rev J J Hanley The Barkers moved to Cedar Rapids in 1906 and have seven children four sons and two daughters plus 16 grandchildren and one great grandson Their son Jay B lives at 712 Second Avenue SW Joseph J at 825 Fifteenth Street SE Carl E at 450 Ninth Avenue SW Donald J at 627 Fourth Avenue SW Daughters are Mrs W S Klopp 128 Tenth Street NE and Mrs J Leland Kelley 1616 Sixth Avenue SE They have one brother A B Barker and Mrs Barker is the daughter of Bernard O Neil and John of Monticello
City briefs note Townsend Club No 2 hosts a wall meet Monday at 7 45 p m in the Superior courtroom. Light company cooking school advertisement lists sessions Monday through Thursday. Private Garlan Wetzel of Camp Claiborne La on a 15 day furlough visits his parents at 1429 Seventh Avenue SE.
Henry Adams of LaPlant Choate Manufacturing will speak at the Y's Men's club meeting Monday night. Harry Morgan serves as master of ceremonies. Dinner is at 6 15 p m followed by a social hour and bridge is planned.
Dwight J. Krumboltz chairman of the Americanism committee of Hanford post of the American Legion will address the Rotary clubs American Legion day lunch at the Roosevelt Hotel Monday noon. His topic is titled What Time Is Mr.
Organized groups in Linn county are invited to send representatives to the second meeting of the County Nutrition Council. The session will be held Monday at 8 pm at the YMCA. Plans for a county wide nutrition survey will be presented to determine nutrition status.
The Anzac Clipper from Honolulu arrived Saturday at Clear Lake, 75 miles north of San Francisco, marking the line's first use of the new alternate northern California landing base.
Des Moines AP reports Iowa teachers at a state convention share views on personal conduct and community expectations. Respondents from county seats to large cities describe smoking, dating, dancing, and social life limits, with varied local tolerance. They note boards’ liberal stance vs town scrutiny and emphasize discretion.
Mr and Mrs F W Walrath of Center Point road NE celebrate 60 years of marriage with a family dinner and open house at the Walrath home. The couple, ages 83 and 79, have four generations of relatives, more than 100 friends invited, and guests from Iowa origins noted.
A long list of church and faith group gatherings across multiple parishes includes Woman's associations, missionary societies, and class meetings with dates and host addresses. Events cover luncheons, raffles, bake sales, dinners, and circle meetings at venues such as First Evangelical, Kensington, and St. Paul churches, plus various Presby terian and Lutheran groups.
A civilian air defense plan would mobilize about 20 000 private planes and pilots under civilian defense offices led by Fiorello La Guardia. Regional wings will exist in every state and pilots like Eddie Rickenbacker and Roscoe Turner may join, with units already forming in Pennsylvania.
Pattern 2720 offers a transfer pattern of 12 motifs with chart and directions for edging. Send 10 cents for this pattern to The Cedar Rapids Gazette needlecraft department, 82 Eighth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Include pattern number and your name and address.
Florida students deliver a letter to Governor Eugene Talmadge at a Jacksonville hotel calling him an unwelcome guest. Led by John Cotton Brown of the University of Florida Alligator, the delegation says his reforms in Georgia's university system show no sympathy for Georgia schools. Talmadge leaves Jacksonville after the Georgia Florida game and offers no comment.
Inform sources said Saturday night the United States supported Chile's proposal for the American republics to ask Germany to refrain from killing hostages.
Bertram Jeane Moore, a teacher at the White school, led a Friday evening program at the Methodist church. Pupils Mary Louise Vislisel, Doris Kitchen, Edna Hovey, Dorothy Biderman, Joanne Cejka, Virginia Hovey, Adeline Biderman, Joanne Visilsel, James Gunn, Richard Hovey, Francis Cejka and Paul Visilsel performed with church orchestra. Members of Divisions one and two of the Women’s Society of Christian Service, led by Mrs. Ray Hartung, sponsored the event.
Calmar Bunco members hosted a housewarming for Mr and Mrs Del Klemish last week. Prizes in bunco were awarded to Mrs L J Frana and George Buchcit.
The annual Armistice day party for American Legion and auxiliary members and their families is planned for Monday. A supper at 30 cents will precede a program with Mrs H O Hoffmeer and Mr L H Stotte in charge of entertainment. Mrs Bere tha Reinking and Mrs Charles Barnes lead the table committee. Maxine Stakte oversees children’s activities.
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