U S Lead in Capital Ship Power in World War II News
The Associated Press reports sinking of the British battleship Royal Oak shifts lead in capital ships to the United States. Britain remains ahead of Germany in overall naval strength, while Allies total 21 capital ships at 606,495 tons with several ships under construction for Britain, the United States, andFrance.
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Royal Oak
United States
Britain
Germany
Jones Fighting Ships Registry
France
Jones
Clinton to Host Iowa Synod Church Congress
The eastern Iowa congress of the Iowa Synod United Lutheran Church meets in Clinton on October 21 and 22. The district covers Fort Madison to Guttenberg and Cedar Rapids east. Mrs Sylvia Heidt of Des Moines serves as chairman and Miss Meta Frerichs of Clinton handles arrangements. Dr Arline Beal, missionary from India, will speak on the Sunday program.
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Clinton
Eastern
Iowa
Iowa Synod of the United Lutheran Church
Fort Madison
Guttenberg
Cedar Rapids
Sylvia Heidt
Des Moines
Meta Frerichs
Arline Beal
India
Record 1907 Austrian Emigration to the United States
In 1907 Austria-Hungary sent 338 452 emigrants to the United States. This marked the largest single-year emigration from one country to another on record.
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Austria-Hungary
United States
Chicago Artist Exhibits At Killian's Better Homes Show
Chicago artist Miss Dorothy A. Keyes will display oil flower paintings at Killian's Better Homes Show from Monday to Friday in the fourth floor picture and lamp department. Works include Er Umese Spring Life and studies of lilacs chrysanthemums delphiniums and calendulas first shown at the Drake hotel under the All Illinois Society of Fine Arts. Fay Huttenlocker of Des Moines will speak on Tuesday at 2 30 pm and Bernice Lowen leads a home economics cooking school daily Tuesday to Friday at 10 am.
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Dorothy A. Keyes
Chicago
Killian’s
Better Homes
Drake Hotel
All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts, Inc
Keyes
Edgewater Beach
Stevens Hotel
Lake Shore Athletic Club
Jerome P. Uhl
Paris
London
New York
Fay Huttenlocker
Des Moines
Better Homes and
Quaker Oats Workers Name Representatives In Coronation Pageant
Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids names its workers representatives for the Allied Industrial League Queen's ball coronation pageant on Nov 3 at Memorial auditorium. Duchess is Agnes Konecny with knight Robert Hastings. attendants include Agnes Hasik Dorothy Kazimour Eugene Brown and Joseph Dugan. Other industries also selecting reps for the event.
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Quaker Oats Company
Cedar Rapids
Allied Industrial League
Memorial Auditorium
Agnes Konecny
Avenue
Robert Hastings
Highland Drive
Agnes Hasik
Seventh Avenue
Dorothy Kazimour
Memorial Drive
Eugene Brown
Eleventh Street
Joseph Dugan
First Avenue
Queen’s Ball Court
Penick and Ford, Wilson and Company
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Speeder Machinery Corporation
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Universal Crusher Company
la Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Secret committee to crown king and queen at ball
In the plants a secret committee will choose the new king and queen and the names will be announced on the night of the ball to be crowned before thousands of celebrants.
Maine Lodge I O O F Dinner Program
Maine lodge No. 643 I O O F invites members to a Tuesday dinner at Maine lodge hall 838 First avenue East with a 7 PM business session followed by a talk on Odd Fellowship by James E Patterson. Dinner, then C P Spencer shows moving pictures from the American Legion convention in Chicago. Cards and games after. members may bring a guest.
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Maine Lodge
First Avenue E
Odd Fellowship
James E. Patterson
C. P. Spencer
American Legion
Chicago
War profits tax proposed for January session
Rep. John M. Coffee of Washington predicts the Roosevelt administration will submit a war profits tax measure to Congress in the regular session in January. He leads the house progressive bloc and spoke on Saturday.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Rep
John M. Coffee
Wash
House
Auto Club Distributes Foreign Safety Posters
Four hundred round the world safety posters, first in a colorful educational series, were distributed last week by the Cedar Rapids Auto club to rural and town schools. The posters show children in authentic native costumes from ten countries and include translations of safety rules in English and the local language. Each country provided selections and loaned photos and drawings to aid the artist in accuracy, with a top strip highlighting the nation’s principal industry and flag. October's poster features two, but the text ends abruptly in the source.
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American Automobile Association
Cedar Rapids Auto Club
Washington
Cross Only at Corners in Mexican Fiesta Scene
A street scene in Mexico City shows girls in fiesta costumes and a man with a serape near a fine building. A Spanish warning reads Crucese Solo En Las Esquinas and bold English instruction Cross Only at Corners. The era contrasts with an educational strip about oil fields along the coast and Mayan ruins at Teotihuacan.
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Mexico City
Crucese
Mexico’ Coast Line
Tedtihuacan
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Ey Saat
ULB
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Sixteenth Ave
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Marion
Earl Lanning
Center Point
George Knott
Prairieburg
Hampton Motor CO
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Ingwerson Motor CO
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McCaslin Service
Mechanicsville
Tumilty
Sheilsburg
Vans Standard Auto Parts
Independence
Zimmer Motor CO
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Newman
Araid
S. Arrid
American Institute of Laundering
Auto Club
Camay Soap
Ameth
Second Street
Third Avenue
Higley Building
Probak Jr
Rose
Woodbury
Elmo
Candy Dept
Nestle
Lopez
Briar Pipes
Alka Seltzer
Dime Food
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