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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1942
Page
13
Albert E Wiggam discusses reader questions on ideal husbands and a science joke about weight in a box with grasshoppers or bees. He cites a college survey showing preferences and notes on babies fear versus pleasure, plus a 1942 Akron gun scrap drive event with a parade and metal quotas.
The article explains every continent has mountains with Asia hosting the tallest peaks in the Himalayas led by Everest at 29 141 feet. It notes South America’s Andes including Aconcagua near 4 5000 feet, and North America’s Mt McKinley Mt Logan and Mt Whitney. It cites Kilimanjaro Africa Europe’s Sinai and Australia’s peaks and mentions Vesuvius and Sinai in biblical context.
An illustrated leaflet titled Submarine Warfare features ten pictures by Frank C. Pape and several hundred words of text by Uncle Ray. To obtain a copy send a stamped self addressed envelope to Uncle Ray at The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
A last minute surge boosted Cedar Rapids permanent registration to 27 132, the highest total ever. Construction starts on Robert C Armstrong’s residence on a 22 acre tract east of Bever Park. The Cornell football team beat Coe 6 0 at Mt Vernon.
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