Advertising Magazine Hails Cedar Rapids as Growth Center
Midwest Media lauds Cedar Rapids as a thriving industrial and educational hub with 42,500 adults in the city market, 55,000 students in area schools, Quaker Oats as a major employer, and a robust trade area feeding 180,000 people. The feature highlights defense contracts, civic amenities, and the city’s “Heart of Trade” slogan.
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Advertising Magazine
Cedar Rapids
Ladies Home Journal
Aulden Griffin
Edward Bowes
National Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Midwest Media
Union
East Central Town
Cuba
Mexico
Central America
Australia
Great Britain
Russia
Robert Stuart
England
Quaker Oats
Midwest
Coe College
University of Iowa
Cornell College
U S Workers Eat Well In Ireland Dispatch
London reports hundreds of American workers in Ulster are fed from a distant U S food base. Chris Corveleyn, a New York dishwasher turned head chef, leads daily orders for thousands of pounds of food not available locally, supporting the camp, factory, and base housing American technicians. He serves as chief steward overseeing the camp’s large daily rations.
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London
INL
Ulster
America
Chris Corveleyn
New York
Chris
Ulster Canteen Stock and Rationed Food Notes
The report lists a cargo of bread, eggs, meat, butter, coffee, fruit, onions, and potatoes. It notes Ulster’s rationed milk only and Sunday meals of roasted chickens and apple pies, with a canteen stocked with chocolate, candies, cigars, and tobacco.
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Ulster
Man of the Month Fred R Jolly of Cedar Rapids
Midwest Media names 38 year old Fred R Jolly advertising manager of LaPlant Choate Manufacturing as Man of the Month. He previously worked in Oakland and Caterpillar projects, created an ad agency in 1932, and photographed Caterpillar work before moving to Cedar Rapids with his wife and two children at 375 Twentieth Street SE. He is noted as civic minded and enthusiastic about his city.
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Midwest
Cedar Rapids
Fred R. Jolly
la Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company, Inc
Cedar Rapid
Midwest Media
LaPlant- Choate Manufacturing Company
Oakland
Calif
Tribune and Post-Enquirer
Monford, McNutt and Jolly Advertising Agency
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Peoria
Ill
Cateruier
Twentieth Street
Navy Observations on U S Japan Conflict Rising
observations by M C Madson of Cedar Rapids navy recruiting station warn of imminent U S–Japan clash. They discuss war timing 90 days to defeat Japan, chasing the Japanese fleet, and potential Panay incident as a test of American resolve.
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M C Madson
Cedar Rapids
United States
Japan
Madson
Uncle Sams Navy
U. S. Navy
Yangtze River
China
Jipi
United States Navy
Here's New Comfort and Style for Ford Cars
Ford showcases a softer ride with a wider chassis and longer springs plus dual stabilizers for quiet steadiness. Sleek new lines and rich interiors claim Ford's handsomest ever, while an enhanced engine story boosts performance and economy. Driving ease improves steering, shifting, and braking for a confident feel.
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Ford
Ford Io
America
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Jones
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Allamakee
Minnesota
Cedar River
Municipal Island
Linn County
Gazette
Times
Republican
The
Tribune
Independent Republican and Labor
Kiinan Och Hemmet
Woman and Home
Order of Railway Conductors
Sanford
Penney
U.S
Ireland
Neisner
Man of the
Fred R, Jolly
Navy
Jack Illian
U. S
M.C Madson
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Ogy
Ford National Defense
Pratt & Whitney
Highland Park
Ford Navy Service School
Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Hearn-Stevenson Motor Company
Second Avenue SE
Ryde Auto Co
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