DAR Radio Show Highlights Local Club Growth
The Iowa Pion Women series aired on WOI under DAR auspices with three new members and several nominations at Tuesday’s meeting. The County Home and Kate Duncan Smith School benefited from gifts, while the new GM Folks magazine spotlights Sgt. Pfe Joseph S Pransynski and a Sloan Kettering cancer institute grant. A KC hall lunch drew 200 plus diners. Juanita Weidner Fenn’s death is noted. boxing exhibition pits Jimmy and Halloran in a no holds barred Tokyo showdown.
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Irene Simpson Hendrickses
Ruth
Carolina
Iowa
WOI
DAR
County Home
Kate Duncan Smith School
Pearl Whistler
Elsie Conard
Threshhold
Alfred Sloan Foundation
Memorial Hospital
New York
Sloan- Kettering Institute
Sloan Beng
General Motors
Blood On The Sun Showcases Cagney In Judo Driven Battles
Jimmy Cagney stars as Nick Condon, a U S newspaperman in Tokyo, in Blood On The Sun. The film opens with a judo match that sets the action tone and features Cagney learning the Japanese wrestling art under John Halloran. He later battles two Japanese police officials and winds up in a brutal fight with Rhys Williams as Joseph Cas.
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Jimmy Cagney
Imue
MacArthur
Nick Condon
Tokyo
Jimmy
John Halloran
Los Angeles Police
Blood On the Sun
Captain Oshima
Imperial Secret Police
Dan Decker Family Spends Few Days At Kientz Homes
Merrimac reports Dan Decker and Roy Decker of Cedar Rapids visiting the Lester and Robert Kientz homes this week. Dan has just returned home from a discharge in the European theater. Dale Baldosier, son of Mr and Mrs Simon Baldosier, came home Saturday. Jake Burger visited his mother Mrs Maggie Burger on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Lester Kientz and daughters Mary and Karen and other relatives are mentioned in the visit notes.
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Carl Amrine Merrimac
Dan Decker
Roy Decker
Cedar Rapids
Lester
Robert Kientz
Dan
Dale
Bud) Baldosier
Simon Baldosier
Navy
Jake Burger
Maggie Burger
Local visits noted from Libertyville households
Mrs. Dan Decker and Roy Decker spent Friday evening at Steve Shelangoski's. Mrs. Alvin Beale and son Kenneth visited Sunday in the George Miller home in Libertyville. Daughters Mary and Karen and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wolfe spent Sunday afternoon in the Otto Lamansky home.
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Dan Decker
Roy Decker
Steve Shelangoski
Alvin Beale
Kenneth
George Miller
Libertyville
Lester Kientz
Mary
Karen
Henry Wolfe
Otto Lamansky
Nail polish stops chiggers in South Pacific
United States troops in the South Pacific report that nail polish creates an airtight seal over chigger bites, killing the chiggers inside the swelling.
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United States
South Pacific
Doan's Pills Promote Kidney Health And Sleep
Doctors note tired kidneys disrupt sleep and cause backache swelling and headaches. Doan's Pills are marketed as a stimulant diuretic to flush waste from the blood and relieve nocturnal symptoms. The ad claims millions of users and forty years of use.
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Doan
Rock Island Buys Large Victory Loan Allocation
Fourteen states and every county and principal city along Rock Island Lines receive government securities totaling 45 775 000 as part of Victory Loan quotas. The railroad's purchases bring its systemwide total to 373 500 000 with Iowa counties each allocated about 51 000.
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Chicago
Towa
Rock Island Lines
Koch Island
Victory Loan
Iowa
Roate
Princi pal cities on the line in Towa
The fragment notes plans or actions affecting principal cities along a line in Towa. It hints at broader transportation or regional developments, but details are limited in the readable text.
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Towa
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DA R
Stanley Miller
Los Angeles
Red Cross
General Motors Co
Sol
Dier
KC Hall
St. James Church
Anna Harmeier
Juanita Weidner Fenn
Edith Weidner
Juanita
Ell
Sella Cat
Williams
Tese
Halloran
Buckley
Kley
Druzaista Geo, L. V
Daniel
Pillsbury
Ceresota
Duff
Dromedary
Fort Dearborn
Aker's
Hershey's
Pillsburyry
CERES
Hazel Flolovi
DR Price
Mott's Apple
California
Pascal Celery
Calipornea
Texas
D'Anjou
U.S
Bi AP
Xan
Kreleogs
Rhys Willams
Joseph Cas
Champay
America
Wieners
Louisa Gold
P. Loc
Wheaties
Phe
Arn & Hanunet Soda
Campbell's ‘Pomato
Gerber's Baby Food
Ade
Acta Rai
Daar
Folger's
del Monte
Ree
Texas Juice
Calif
Red Rooster
Ae RR
Kientz Homes
Mary and
Chigger
Rock Island
SF PA
Nestor
Vicks
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