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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1942
Page
5
CeCLES recommends extra protection for tender skin in cold weather to prevent roughness, drying, and cracking. Use mild soap, lukewarm water, cold cream with lanolin, and night application. protect lips with cold cream and heavy lipstick. wear gloves. avoid hot cleansers and frequent washing. olive oil massages at night. gradual cold exposure and starch in bath water for soothing effects.
Junior Red Cross opens its annual enrollment drive Sunday marking Junior Red Cross Sunday. The nationwide drive runs to November 15 with school age children eligible to join in public, private, or parochial schools. Membership costs 50 cents per elementary class and one dollar per 100 high school students.
The University of Iowa symphony orchestra directed by Prof Philip Gree ley Clapp will perform a modern centric program for its second concert of the year. Addison Alspach’s tone poem Tomesha will be featured alongside a California Death Valley legend inspired work debuting that evening.
Charles Baker, 61, died in a Washington hospital from injuries suffered October 20 when a team drawing a Side delivery rake ran away with him. Services set for Saturday at 4 p.m. Burial details were not provided. A son and two sisters survive.
AMES AP Franklin H. Mann 62 longtime Iowa state highway commission assistant chief engineer died Thursday after a brief illness. He had served on the highway staff since 1914. EDGEWOOD Mr and Mrs Charles V Chapman and their two children planned to leave Friday for San Diego where Mr Chapman will work in the shipyards.
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The Cedar Rapids Gazette offers pattern 468 for making a panda toy with single stitch embroidery. Send eleven cents and require pattern number 468 along with your name and address to The Cedar Rapids Gazette needlecraft department in New York.
Mary Manners counsels readers on self care and learns from past mistakes. A husband who left his family describes social stigma and regret after alimony and guilt. A reader seeks guidance about love for E before he deploys, weighed against remaining feelings for S.
A woman ponders her feelings as she waits for E to return from service before deciding on pursuing a new romance. The letter advises patience and weighing emotions carefully to avoid hasty decisions.
William J. Stewart of Cedar Rapids council Knights of Columbus outlines November activities. Halloween dance opens month, November 3 memorial service for deceased members, November 6 women’s card party, November 15 mass and communion at St Wenceslaus with breakfast, November 17 poultry party dinner at 6:30 p.m., November 28 membership dance for members only.
Fifty five yeomen and store keepers needed. The Des Moines and Cedar Rapids offices are sending recruits for 20 third class yeomen, 15 second class yeomen, 12 third class storekeepers, and eight second class storekeepers. Applicants should visit the navy recruiting office in the basement of the federal building to present qualifications.
Burlington AP reports Ben Albert Sheldon aged 36 of East St. Louis Illinois received a sentence not to exceed 10 years in the Fort Madison penitentiary after pleading guilty to breaking into the Black Jewelry Company store on October 26.
Chapters and members of the Order of the Eastern Star of Iowa bought 17150 dollars in war bonds and stamps during their sixty fifth annual session which closed Thursday with installation of new officers. Mrs Juanita MacGregor of Des Moines reported the figures before the session wrapped up with Mrs A R Lenz of Mason City presiding.
At the installation, Mrs. George L. Fraseur of Tipton served as grand marshal. Musical numbers included solos by Mrs Burton K. North of Arlington and by Mrs Emily T. Sanborn of Cedar Rapids.
The Vichy radio reported that Admiral Jean Darlan, head of the armed forces, returned to France after inspecting defenses at Dakar and in Morocco. The report notes his return follows the inspections and emphasizes his leadership role in the Vichy government.
Cedar Rapids Navy station set a record enlisting 34 men in one group the largest in the station history. The month ended as the biggest ever for Navy recruiters with several out of town enlistees listed alongside local names. Army enlistments reached 20 with a mix of Cedar Rapids and nearby town residents recorded.
Fort Des Moines AP Col J A Hoag a field artillery officer becomes the new commandant of the WAAC training center at Fort Des Moines He was transferred from Fort Sill Oklahoma and succeeds Col Don C Faith who assumes command of a second WAAC training school to open at Daytona Beach Florida on December 1.
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