Coe and Cornell Prep In IST Relays at Cedar Falls
Coe College and Cornell College plus Cedar Rapids high schools will compete in the Iowa State Teachers College relays at Cedar Falls Saturday. It is the first intercollegiate meet for Coe and Cornell since 1943 with 580 athletes from 32 high schools and 10 colleges entered across 31 events.
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Coe
Cornell
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Harris Lamb
Shorty Larson
Hank Hamblin
Lamb
Russ Collins
Wilbur Gregor
Paul Bolie
Bob Kafka
Johnny Russell
Gil Baumgartner
Eldon Colton
Jim Bonnie
Collins
George Angelos
al Brendel
Bonnie
Wayne Northrup
Gene Markoff
Snuffy Smith
Hilltoppers
Walt Koch
Dick Houden
Kenny Orms
Sig Dietz
Franklin
Roosevelt
Ray Yeakle
America
Gill Dodds
Wheaton College
Jim McKinstry
East Waterloo
East High
John Hollingsworth
Norman
Jesperson
Dick Medlitredt
Marshalltown
Dave Fischer
Mt. Vernon
University High of
Iowa City
Wilson
G. Gormly
Dar Rapids
Augustana
Dubuque
Grinnell
Simpson
Wheaton
Iowa State
Luther
Iowa
Rochester
Minn
DeWitt
Vinton
Traer
Cresco
Ft. Madison
Manchester
West Union
Oelwein
Hampton
West Waterloo
Iowa Falls
Ft. Dodge
Charles City
Clarion
Mason City
Reinbeck
Spencer
Waverly
New Hampton
Teachers College High of
Janesville
McKinley
M. A. MacAllister
Adventures in Space The Story of Radar
David Dietz discusses radar history from WWI to peacetime use and space dreams. He notes amateur radio links to Byrd, wartime microwave radar, loran navigation, and future drone planes, radar in Bikini tests, and radar guided rockets extending travel beyond Earth. The piece ends with visions of space travel and a radar powered lunar voyage.
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David Dietz
E. F. W. Alexanderson
Admiral Byrd
South Pole
Bikini Atoll
Army Air Forces
Fleet Air Arm
Space
Moon
Venus
Mars
Earth
Solar System
Men and Women In Service Triumphs and Movements
Service notices detail Pfc Harold E Johnson serving with First Cavalry in Tokyo as cook with Asiatic Pacific and Philippine ribbons. Pvt Desmar L Konicek assigned to Manila engineer battalion. Cpl Dale E Nosek on 30 day leave in Maryland. Burton F Kolek released after 13 months service in Europe and Philippines. Gene Ford en route to Jacksonville base for aviation study after boot leave.
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H. E. Johnson
Nineteenth Street
First Cavalry
Tokyo
Cook
Leyte
Luzon
Army
Desmar L. Konicek
Louis J. Konicek
Elberon
Manila
Philippines
Dale E. Nosek
Aberdeen
Proving Grounds
Ella Nosek
J Avenue
Burton F. Kolek
Frank J. Kolek
Lisbon
States
Europe
Kaiser’s Shipyard
Adelaide E. Nemecek
Frank J. Nemecek
Cedar Rapids
Eighteenth Avenue
Gene Ford
Jacksonville
Fla
Great Lakes
P. E. Ford
Fifteenth Street
Glenn CO. Pesek
Edward Pesek
Mt. Vernon
San Diego
Calif
Seaman
Dennis Pesek
Seabees
Admiralty Islands
Marvin Pesek
la Havre
France
Harlyn O. Price
Navy
J. J. Schoenfeld
Thirty-fifth Street Drive
Francis Zelinek
Magnus
Denver
Colo
Philadelphia
Mike Haddy
John G. Haddy
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Shoemaker
Jack Quinn Dies At 60 In Pottsville
Jack Quinn Picus a famed spitball pitcher died in Pottsville at 60 after a three month illness, ending a 25-year major league career. He played for the 1929 1930 champion Athletics and appeared with the Yankees in 1923 before finishing with the Reds in 1935. He retired to Pottsville where his true age remained a baseball mystery.
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Pottsville
Jack Quinn
Good Samaritan Hospital
Quinn
Jack Quinn Picus
Philadelphia Athletics
New York Yankees
Cincinnati Reds
Iowa State Opposes Racial Discrimination in Big Six Athletics
Iowa State officials rejected race discrimination in Big Six sports. President Charles E. Finley stated the college never discriminates by race. Athletic Council Chairman Dean Helser said the college would go along with schools favoring Negro participation after Nebraska and Kansas student councils proposed inclusive conference play.
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AMES
Iowa State College
Iowa State
Charles E. Finley
M. D. Helser
College Athletic Council
University of Nebraska
University of Kansas
Eastern Iowa prep baseball results pace week
Multiple high schools report midweek games with Van Horne edging Norway 2 1 Calmar defeating Clermont 2 1 Brooklyn routing Montezuma 24 1 Winthrop no hitting Quasqueton 12 2 Solon Triumphs 12 11 over Martelle and Oxford falls 9 2 to Walford. Davis High hopes rise as Davenport Blue Devils win 12 3 over St Ambrose Academy.
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Prooklen High School
Montezuma
van Horne
Norway
Winthrop
Quasqueton
Calmar
Clermont
Iowa
Davenport High
Blue Devils
St. Ambrose Academy
Davenport
Town City High
Robinson Opens With Big Frightful Performance
Jackie Robinson impressed in his Montreal Royals debut as he led the team to a 14 to 1 win over Jersey City in the International League opener. He hit a 335 foot homer and added three other hits driving in eight runs.
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Jersey City
N. J
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Montreal Royals
UCLA
Royals
Jackie
Branch Rickey
Dodger
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