Former Cedar Rapids Woman Heads Connecticut Women Prison
Elizabeth Munger, superintendent of the Connecticut State Farm and Prison for Women, discusses her 20 years of correction work at Niantic. She favors protection over punishment, cottage-style daily life, and individualized treatment for 250 inmates including sex delinquents and alcohol or drug offenders.
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Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Munger
Connecticut State Farm and Prison For Women
Prison World
Niantic
University of Chicago
New Jersey
Trenton
American Prison Association
America
Miss Munger
Mary B. Harris
Alderson
W. Va
Washington High School
Nrantic
Hanford Post to Nominate Officers at Legion Meeting
The Hanford post of the American Legion will nominate officers at its Tuesday 8 p.m. meeting in the Memorial Building Armory. The program features Texas Tommy and his Wonder Horse and Sunny Sue and her Ranch Boys with refreshments after. Admission is by 1941 membership card.
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Hanford Post
American Legion
Memorial Building
Texas Tommy
Wonder Horse
Sunny Sue
Five Die in Cuautlancingo Land Clash Near Puebla
Five persons were killed and ten wounded in a clash between peasant groups over a land dispute in Cuautlancingo near Puebla. Police restored order in the town.
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Mexico City
Cuautlancingo
Puebla
Alaskan Defenses Ranked Inadequate For Invasion Risk
Senator Brewster told Congress that Alaskan defenses are insufficient to deter air attack from the north. He urged new funding beyond 100 million and housing upgrades, plus unified command of naval and army forces to prevent friction. He warned Soviet flights show vulnerability along Siberian routes. Five hundred birds an hour can be cleaned with poultry-picking wax.
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Washington
INS
United States
North American
Alaska
Congress
Brewster
Aleutian Islands
Moscow
Siberia
Japan
Russia
Slime flux in trees explained by City Arborist
City Arborist R F K Alman reports slime flux a yellow brown stain from heartwood in trees caused by wounds. Bracing cannot stop flux. best method is a pipe to channel fluid from cracks. Elm species are worst but several trees show it. drainage and central collection advised.
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Washington, D. C
Freshman Week Opens At Coe College September 15
Coe College schedules Freshman Week events starting September 15 with room assignments tests and placement exams. Acting President C Harve Geiger to greet students at an opening reception September 19 in Voorhees Commons.
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Coe College
Reshman
Voorhees Commons
C. Harve Geiger
Arthur Poe
Eric L. Clitheroe
Grace Huddle Lockhoff
Clitheroe
Coe
Y.W.C.A
Irving L. Churchill
Department of
Grace E. Lambert
Faul S. Ray
Aper
Berger
Voorhees Hall
Tree braced after children split Russian olive in Greene square
In Greene square the Russian olive tree in the northwest corner shows a bad split from children climbing. Three bolts were placed near the crotch and a steel cable now takes the strain while letting the tree sway normally.
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Greene Square
Deaths and funeral notices from Cedar Rapids area
Obituary notices list Elva McIlwain of 826 Twenty first Avenue SW who died after a brief illness. Survivors include her husband and her Griewatz parents plus two sisters in California. Rose Bester, Cedar Rapids resident, dies at home on 1543 First Avenue SE with services at Turner chapel and Oak Hill cemetery. Jerry Tappen fatally injured in a car overturn near West Liberty with services at Turner chapel.
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Rose Bester
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Turner Chapel
William A. Jacobs
Oak Hill Cemetery
Jerry Tappen
West Liberty
David I. Berger
Infant son of Frys dies after birth in Cedar Rapids
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Fry of Garrison died at a Cedar Rapids hospital at 1 30 p m Saturday several hours after birth. He is survived by a sister Velma Ann in addition to his parents. The body will be taken at 10 a m Monday from the Rohn chapel to Linwood cemetery where private services will be held at the grave.
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Kenneth Fry
Garrison
Cedar Rapids
Velma Ann
Rohn Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Death of Nils Coulter Fornell at Cedar Rapids
Nils Coulter Fornell three year old son of Mr and Mrs Sharon Fornell of 3056 Carroll Drive SE died at a local hospital Saturday evening after a short illness. He was born June 17 1938 in Camden New Jersey and moved with his family to Cedar Rapids from St Paul Minnesota in 1941. Surviving are his parents two brothers Paul and John Fornell grandparents Mr and Mrs Thurston of Springfield Minnesota and great grandfather Ben Coulter of Lamberton Minnesota. Funeral arrangements not yet made. Body at Turner funeral home.
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Nils Coulter Fornell
Sharon Fornell
Carroll Drive
Camden
N. J
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
Minn
Nils
Paul
John Fornell
Russians Arrive in Spokane From Seattle
Six members of the Russian military mission to the United States arrived in Spokane Saturday after traveling from Seattle. The arrival marks a new phase in the mission’s travel through the region as officials coordinate further meetings and engagements.
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REDS
Spokane
Wash
United States
Seattle
Compulsory Training In Nicaragua Announced
MANAGUA Nicaragua government announced compulsory military training for all youths aged 18 for six to twelve months starting Saturday. The move aims to bolster national defense and readiness amid regional tensions.
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Nicaragua
Managua
Nic
INS
Saturay
Bomber Damaged On Landing At Akron Airport
A bomber flown in for transfer to the royal air force was damaged on landing at Akron municipal airport when the pilot could not lower the retractable landing gear and the aircraft slid in on its nose.
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Akron, O
Royal Air Force
Akron Municipal Airport
New Fighting Plane Termed A Success
The maiden flight of Boeing’s four motor B17E fighter ship concluded as a complete success. Edmund T. Allen, director of flight and research for Seattle Aircraft, praised the craft as a swell ship and more streamlined. Flights ran between Tacoma and Everest before the test return. Production will soon start at California, Kansas, and Seattle plants.
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Seattle, Wash
Ins
Boeing
Edmund T. Allen
Seattle Aircraft Company
Bite
Tacoma
Everest
Allen
California
Kansas
Seattle
Pig iron set aside for defense production
The OPM priorities division allocated the entire September pig iron production for defense use. An estimated 4.5 million tons were earmarked to support defense industries and military production.
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Washington
OPM
Employment Service Lists Jobs Open For Qualified Applicants
The Iowa State Employment Service reports unfilled openings due to applicants not meeting specs. Unemployed men not registered or not renewed in 30 days should visit the office at 308 Third Street SE. Open positions include stenographers, part time salespeople, maids, farm hands, window trimmers, apprentices, and a restaurant night cook and waitresses.
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Iowa State Employment Service
Third Street SE
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Ann Tamarri
Munger
Solon
RF. K. Alman
City Aborist
R. K. Alman
Turner Funeral
Turner
John B. Turner
Firm
John B. Turner & Son Organization
John B. Turner & Son
Second Ave
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Vesper Service
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Geiger
Earl Lewis
Voorhees Quadrangle
Elva MclIlwain
R. C. Mclilwain
Twenty-first Avenue
Otto Griewatz
Marengo
Erma Thomas
Lorrene Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Beatty Mortuary
Rose Besler
Dia
Star Jewelry CO
Employment Service
Door Understand
MOEN
Armco
Moon Funeral Home
Scott McIntyre and Company
DIAL
Scott McIntyre & Company
Iowa
Merchants National Bank
Fulton Lewis, Jr
WMT
Re ‘ Eger
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