Working for Mickey Mouse Is Fun in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids girl details life at the Walt Disney studio in Burbank California She describes the accounting office the 51 acre lot the all hands culture and the noon showings of Fantasia She notes the friendly first name culture the youthful workforce average age 29 and the busy Animation building the inkers paint team and a 700 seat theater used for test screenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickey Mouse
Cedar Rapids
Walt Disney
Leopold Stokowski
Kirsten Flagstad
Benchley
United States
Disney Studio
San Fernando Valley
Burbank
Calif
Hollywood
Walt
California
Disney
Mickey Avenue
Marguerite Hibnes
Peter Hibnes
Fourth Avenue SE
Coe College
Los Angeles
Edward E. Clements
Walt Disney Studio
Selecting a Facial Soap with Care Says Dr Mary MacFadyen
Dr Mary MacFadyen cautions readers to choose soap for facial skin with care. She notes the face’s horny epidermis is thinner and more exposed, requiring gentle formulas without free alkali. Oily skin may improve with tincture of green soap, while sensitive skin may sting, crack, or burn.
Skin Care Advice From Dr MacFadyen
Describes cream use to soften dry skin and cautions against creams on very oily or pimply skin. Notes normal skin can use creams as a powder base. Tomorrow, soft water is best for skin. Free leaflet offer via stamped self addressed envelope to Dr MacFadyen Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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MacFadyen
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Plane saboteur arrested at Martin plant in Baltimore
FBI Special Agent in Charge E. A. Soucy announced the arrest of 22 year old Michael William Etzel for admitted sabotage of airplanes at the Glenn L. Martin plant where he had worked since August 1939. Etzel reportedly told authorities that he believes German people are all right and faults lie with the German government.
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Baltimore
E. A. Soucy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Michael William Etzel
Glenn L. Martin
Soucy
Etzel
FBI and Company
Winton Official Service Station at Williamsburg
A local listing shows Winton Official Service Station operating in Williamsburg with MIDWAY MOTOR CO. as a referenced entity in the same notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winton
Williamsburg Midway Motor CO
Secret WWII Plot Claimed Damaged Ships at Martin Plant
The anonymous speaker claims to have sabotaged ships at the Martin plant to prevent their use against German civilians, stating the carriers were not meant for the German people. He asserts personal moral conflict and deliberate destruction to derail production.
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Martin
Advice From Mary Manners on Romance and Caution
A Miss Manners column counsels against viewing every new acquaintance as a potential husband. Claire should relax her romantic gaze. readers are urged to date cautiously, avoid dropping old friends, and watch for signals that a newcomer may have other motives.
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Oys
Claire
Miss Manners
D.T
Shake Out Curtains Before Washing
Regular weekly shaking of dust from window curtains reduces laundering needs. Soak in cool soapy water for 30 to 45 minutes, wash with warm suds, rinse thoroughly, and dry full length on a line or stretcher set to the desired size.
Whistler Portrait Crochet Pattern Prompts Craft Purchase
The Cedar Rapids Gazette advertises pattern 1006 for transposing Whistler's mother into filet crochet with directions materials and chart. Include name and address and pattern number with a training note for Ryan School of Aeronautics in Hemet California. Also mentions Homecoming dinners November 1 at the Roosevelt Hotel Florentine Room.
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Whistler
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Department
Eighth Avenue
New York
N.Y
Ryan School of Aeronautics
Hemet
Calif
Gardner Field
Taft
Florentine
Roosevelt Hotel
City Briefs and Local notices from Cedar Rapids area
Cedar Rapids chapter 194 of the Order of Ahepa meets at St John’s church at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Fried chicken supper Thursday evening 25c and 50c at Church of the Brethren. Hugo Gensicke, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Gensicke, is home on a 15 day furlough from Bowenfield Boise Idaho. J B Lyman, son of Mr and Mrs L R Lyman, 2510 First Ave E, aviation cadet corps, completed the 10-
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Cedar Rapids
Order of Ahepa
St. John's Church
A Avenue
Fifth Street
Church of the Brethren
Hugo Gensicke
Henry Gensicke
Air Corps
Bowenfield
Boise
Ida
J. B. Lyman
L. R. Lyman
First Avenue E
Aviation Cadet Corps
Rug Buying Rule Ends in Even Floor Margin
A safe rug buying rule recommends leaving an even border of six to fifteen inches of visible floor around the rug to ensure balanced room framing.
Aunt Het Sides With Broad Minded Views
Jim is accused of saying he supports women’s rights but only for others’ women, not his own. The remark suggests selective gender equality reflecting personal bias within a family context.
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Jim
Make This Model At Home Pattern 4916 Details
Hy Anne Adams presents Pattern 4916 in women sizes 34 through 48. Size 36 requires 334 yards of 35 inch fabric and 2% yards of ric rac. Send 15 cents to The Cedar Rapids Gazette pattern department in New York for the pattern and 10 cents for a 1941-42 pattern book with hat and bag patterns.
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Hy Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
West 117Th Street
New York
N.Y
Marinate Leftovers for Cottage Cheese Cups
Instructions describe marinating cooked vegetables in French dressing, scooping pulp from ripe tomatoes, stuffing with the marinated veg, topping with cottage cheese, and garnishing with chopped parsley on crisp lettuce leaves.
Reheat Chipped Beef on Creamed Potatoes Dinner
Plan a reheated chipped beef dish atop creamed potatoes served with buttered corn string beans and broiled tomatoes. Include a green salad and hot biscuits. Dessert features canned plums and sugar cookies followed by hot tea or milk.
We the Women Battle Calories at a War Year Luncheon
The article critiques American women at a 1941 luncheon for fussing over calories while British women face strict rations. It contrasts fattening foods prepared for the event with British wartime hunger and urges gratitude for scarce supplies. It notes women count calories to avoid weight, not to sustain families, and condemns snobbery.
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England
Mrs. Jones
Mrs Smith
Britain
Curtain Rods That Hold Fast Improve Window Draperies
Curtain rods must be firm and securely mounted at both ends to prevent sagging. Choose sturdy rods with substantial fixtures suited to the type of curtains to preserve the desired effect.
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Dodge
Belle Plaine
Raleigh
Center Point Hendryx Motor Co
Mechanicsville Lynch Motor Sales Inc
van Horne Wilson Motor CO
Ihmy
Chicago
Des Moines Omaha
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Lee
Marion
Dubuque
Rockford
Westhound—Ly
Des Moines
Omaha
First Ave
Geo. A. Crabb
Paser & Ticket Agt
Mary Manners
John A. Oujiii
Fourteenth Avenue SW
Camp Claiborne
Melvin J. Allan
John Allan
Tenth Street NW
Chanute Field
Army Air Corps Technical Schools
H. E. Trimble
Second Christian Church
The
Christian Family
North Linn
Woman’s Guild of Grace Episcopal Church
Light Company
A. J. Cronin
Mary Clements
Connie Cornwell
Barbara Boyd
Linn
Soway Hive
Sokol Hall
Aang Wheeler
City Briefs
Central Park Church
ING
NEW Dodge
Motor Company
Second Avenue SE
Bowes
Snooty Club
Ruth Millett
Rutie Millett
Garett Special Weiter
Mrs. Brown
Luberger
Patemiaeet
Wadio
Quiy
Third Avenue
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