Dulcet Tones of Women Fuel Station Work in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids wartime staffing shifts bring women to filling stations. Mrs C E Waddle and Mrs Keith Strait operate drives, service cars, check oils and tires, and greet customers with polite responses. They adapt to open air work, face balancing family needs, and note customer curiosity about women in the role.
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John Reynolds
Cedar Rapids
C. E. Waddle
Ellis Boulevard
Third Avenue
Third Street
Keith Strait
Sixth Avenue SE
Strait
Waddle
Streamlined Police File speeds Detectives Work
Inspector W. J. Kudina reorganized Cedar Rapids police records to speed investigations. The system classifies fingerprints photos and prior arrests by age group enabling detectives to quickly identify suspects. Separate e cards for burglary and other crimes streamline matching with victims and witnesses.
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W. J. Kudina
Cedar Rapids
Kudrna
Kudina
Police Use Card Rack Leads To Suspects
Patrolmen picked up several criminals after spotting their cards in the rack, revealing suspects the local department might not have known. The city bureau acquired Iowa town directories and others from Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce figure George Clark. The directories aid in verifying suspects stories, exposing false addresses and missed local details.
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Iowa
George Clark
Cedar Rapids
Special CSA meeting and Czech lodge activities
A central committee calls a CSA meeting for Sept 27 at 2 p.m. in the CPS hall to present national convention reports. Janet Stastny leads preparations for an all girl drill team for lodge members. Czech school classes start next Saturday at 9 a.m. with no tuition and two instructors. enrollment is open to Czech parent children aged six and older.
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C. S A
Central Committee
C. S. P. S. Hall
Chicago
Janet Stastny
Marie Chmelicek
Bozenn Pidima
C. S. P. S&s. Hall
Shaver Park
Hubert Kaplan
Czech Civic Groups Plan Anniversary Events in Cedar Rapids
Plans outline Oct 28 mark for Czech liberation in 1918 and the Czechoslovak Republic. A speaker may be invited to Cedar Rapids and a classical program arranged. Narodni Sdruzeni to report on a November charity bazaar for C S P S hah.
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Czechoslovakia Republic
Czech Alliance Association
Cedar Rapids
Narodni Sdruzeni
Z.C.BJ Convention In Chicago With Walford Lodge Music
The Z C B J convention takes place in Chicago this week and music will be supplied by members of Walford lodge No 400.
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Z.c.bj
Chicago
Walford Lodge No. 400
Arrest for Robbery To Finance Marriage Stops Wedding Bells
Seattle police said Rodney Gwinn confessed to robbing the Frederick and Nelson department store of more than $600 to start married life. The 24 year old University of Minnesota student inspector was held without bail and was to marry Ruth Hay...
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Seattle
Rodney Gwinn
University of Minnesota
Young Gwinn
Gardner J. Gwinn
E. W. Yoris
Gwinn
Frederick and Nelson
Ruth Hay
Gwinn Planned Honeymoon Heist Despite Toy Pistol
Detectives found a typewritten note in Gwinn's coat claiming three accomplices would cripple those who sounded an alarm after he passed through a department store payroll cage to cashier Miss Anne Jensen. Gwinn said he carried only a toy pistol. A suitcase held $355. he spent about $150 on clothes.
Samuel Mudd's imprisonment over Lincoln assassination act
Dr. Samuel Mudd served years in prison for aiding John Wilkes Booth after Lincoln's assassination by setting Booth's broken leg.
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Samuel Mudd
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
FBI Probes Plane Crash Killing 12 in Buffalo
FBI said it was investigating sabotage as a possible cause of the Curtiss-Wright plant plane crash that killed 12 and injured 39. Test pilot J Bert rand Purnell, 33, parachuted from the craft before it dived into the factory.
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FBI
Buffalo
N. Y
INS
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Curtiss-Wright Aircraft
J. Bertrand Purnell
Curtiss
Curtiss- Wright
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C. R
Fvoman
C.E. Waddle
Gazette
Reynolds
Mierk
W. T. Sands Printing
Carl Koehn
Kurima
W. J. Kuorna
South Side News
Z.C B. J
Sdruzeni Spolka
Mladocech Lodge No. 15
Zc.bj
Chicago Z.c.bj
Z.C.B.J
Z.C.B.J. Park
Hardendorf Camera Shop
Third Avenue SE
Smulekoff
Axminster
Price Oy
Dial
3Rd Ave
Ist Street
U.S. News US
Sanitay Farm Dairies
Kitterman's
Kitterman’s Dry Cleaners
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