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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1940
Page
7
A woman described as Mrs C endured deep fatigue from despair after multiple family losses and personal trials. She found a new life by stopping self pity and practicing positive thinking, replacing thoughts of impossibility with an "I can" mindset and seeking emotional adjustment.
The Coe College Cosmos celebrated its fiftieth founding anniversary at Voorhees hall with 85 attendees including 106 former editors and three ex‑business managers. Miss Ethel Outland lit the birthday candles, honoring past editors and managers, while Dr Gage and alumni sent messages praising Professor Outland.
Washington dispatch says the civil service commission reported Thursday that more than half the rise in government employment arose from the arms program and related defense work. The report notes a substantial expansion in federal staffing during the period.
From December 1939 to June 1940 government jobs rose from 832,305 to 1,002,820 as national defense preparations accelerated. The peak surpasses World War II levels, with agriculture data noting Ohio findings on wheat and corn as dairy feed.
First United Brethren Church holds annual rally day and homecoming this Sunday with former members and friends invited. Services begin at 9 30 am. school assembly at 10 30 includes a flag presentation by the Women's Relief Corps and a donation of a new American flag to the Sunday school. A Christian flag will be presented and Sunday school officers will be inducted by Rev J T Stewart with officer appointments announced for the year. The church recently redecorated and installed new art lights.
Minnesota's Joseph H Balland, newly elected senator, became the first man asked to show his draft registration card by the new conscription chief Clarence Dykstra. They rode to the Capitol on the same train and had not met before. Ball was within the registration age.
At Union Station Ball showed his car to reporters after papers were retrieved from his wallet. He spoke briefly with Dvyk Stra and said he would not discuss legislative matters, noting the rule for freshman senators. A hot day made the air feel unusually light.
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