Epic South Pacific survival tale of U S Navy trio
Robert Trumbull recalls a harrowing 31 day ocean ordeal after a bomber crash on January 16 1912. Harold Dixon Gene Aldrich and Tony Fastula endure storms near hurricane conditions while adrift on an 8 by 4 foot raft. Starvation and fear test morale as they imagine meals and face possible cannibalism before reaching a distant atoll.
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South Pacific
Robert Trumbull
Harold ¥. Dixon
Gene Aldrich
Conner
Tony Fastula
U. S. Navy
Sean
Tony
Gene
Calavo
la Mesa
Survival by cannibalism at sea ends in tragedy
A first person account describes four sailors adrift after a shipwreck, debating whether to eat a dead comrade and eventually facing extreme thirst fatigue and pain. The narrative details the slow physical decline, despair, and muttered plans as hope fades, with a cliffhanger note promising continuation.
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Tony
Davy Jones
Commerce Files Offer Data On 600000 Foreign Firms
Department of commerce maintains commercial information on about 600000 foreign business firms. The files are available to interested researchers and firms under established access rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Former Cedar Rapids Resident to Preach in Kansas City
Dr. Eric L. Clitheroe of Coe College will deliver the installation sermon for Rev. Stuart M. Paterson, newly named pastor of Westport Presbyterian Church in Kansas City Missouri. Paterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Paterson, is a 1930 Coe graduate who studied at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. He assumed duties at Westport on Sept. 1 after serving at First Presbyterian in Greeley Colorado since 1938 and five years at Odebolt Iowa’s First Presbyterian Church.
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Eric L. Clitheroe
Coe College
Stuart M. Paterson
Cedar Rapids
Westport Presbyterian Church
Kansas City
Paterson
John W. Paterson
Washington Avenue
Washington High School
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
Clitheroe
First Presbyterian Church
Greeley
Colo
Day and Evening Anne Adams Frock Pattern 4234
Anne Adams pattern 4234 offers Day and Evening versions with slim waist curves and fanfare shirred bodice. Available in women's sizes 36 to 48, size 36 short length requires 34% yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 16 cents for pattern and 10 cents for the new pattern book. Order to The Cedar Rapids Gazette pattern department New York.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department
West 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
Notice of Will Probate in Linn County Iowa
Notice is given that on October 19, 1942 a document purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Edward H Hall will be presented for probate in the District Court at the Court House in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Arthur Axmear Clerk District Court and Carl Hendrickson attorney are involved.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Edward H Hall
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Axmear
Carl Hendrickson
Harvest Home Service at First Congregational Church
The First Congregational Church on Washington avenue hosts a biennial Harvest Home service Sunday. Dr Samuel N Stevens Grinnell College president speaks on The Stars Still Shine at 10 55 am. A potluck dinner follows at 12 15 pm with toastmaster Dr C Ward Macy.
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First Congregational Church
Washington Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Samuel N. Stevens
Grinnell College
Gertrude Shoemaker
Robert Carmichael
Martha Leksa Novak
Stevens
Mrs Pavla Hromadka in Czechoslovak festival honor
Mrs Pavla Hromadka returned home after a six month visit in Czechoslovakia where she represented the Cedar Rapids Bohemian Dramatic association at a festival Aug 13 to 21 honoring Alois Krasek. She was the sole U.S. woman in the play Jan Hus performed at Town theater. A new downtown one story brick building began on Second Street opposite the inter urban station, replacing the Bob Smulekoff shop site.
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Pavla Hromadka
Czechoslovakia
Cedar Rapids
Bohemian Dramatic Association
Alois .Krasek
United States
Jan Hus
Bob Smulekoff
Second Street
Cedar Rapids News Briefs Highlight Local Talks and Permits
C E Fawcett secured a building permit worth thirteen thousand dollars. Rev W A Pratt urged cautious U S recognition of Russia to avoid spreading destruction in Central Europe. Co L Van Ostrand from Des Moines, Iowa League of Commercial Clubs, praised Cedar Rapids cordiality. Rev E P Donnelly left Immaculate Conception parish for Fairfax assignment.
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C. E. Fawcett
W. A. Pratt
Cedar Rapids
Russia
United States
Europe
Co. L. van Ostrand
Des Moines
Iowa League of Commercial Clubs
E. P. Donnelly
Immaculate Conception
Fairfax
Advice From Mary Manners on Envy and Honest Dating
A reader questions a friend’s envy and a shy girl’s chances with a boy. Dear Miss Manners counsels dignity, friendliness, and patient getting to know him, suggesting questions about sports and interests, keeping both friendships until worth is weighed, and honest date manners.
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Miss Manners
French Caribbean Dicker Nearing End Says Welles
Acting Secretary of State Welles said negotiations to clarify the status of French colonial possessions in the Caribbean were nearly completed. Samuel Reber, the State Department representative in the Martinique talks, would soon return to Washington.
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Washington
Welles
Caribbean
Samuel Reber
State Department
Martinique
How to Keep Your Figure At Forty
Dr. Mary MacFadyen advises women at age forty to maintain health and appearance by avoiding excess weight and belly fat through diet and supervised exercise. Outdoor activity like swimming walking golf and light calisthenics help prevent fat in hips waist and abdomen with specific leg raise abdominal and waistline routines.
Lionel Atwill Put On Five Year Probation
Los Angeles judge grants film actor Lionel Atwill five years probation after his guilty plea to a perjury charge linked to grand jury questions about indecent films. Attorney Isaac Pacht said Atwill sought to avoid embarrassment for himself his wife and guests.
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Los Angeles
William R McKay
Lionel Atwill
Atwill
Isaac Pacht
Atwills
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