Cedar Rapids Boys Build Enemy Plane Models For War Effort
Cedar Rapids youths under John Parlis craft 1:72 scale wooden models for Navy air and ground training. At Roosevelt and Wilson schools and through Hawkeye Aeroneers, about 70+ students from seventh to twelfth grade pursue exact replicas, with a June 30 deadline and 1000-model hope fading to achievable.
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Cedar Rapids
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy
John Parlis
Roosevelt School
Leslie Grigg
Wilson School
F. A. Clarke
Hawkeye Aeroneers
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Arts Department
Public Schools
Bill Wallace
Cedar Rapids Boys
Commencement Schedule Set for Coe College May 22–25
The sixty first annual Coe College commencement schedule released by the alumni office lists events Friday May 22 through Monday May 25. Highlights include class day exercises band concert receptions faculty and alumni addresses baccalaureate and the main commencement with Dr Albert N Jorgensen of Connecticut and Dr Theodore G Lilley of Sioux City as speakers.
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Coe College
Voorhees
the Knoll
C. Harve Geiger
Voorhees Quadrangle
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Dr. Geiger
Stewart Memorial Tatu
Uncheon
Commonwealth Éearoom
al Encle
Onelsh
University of Iowa
Oe Writer's Club
Voorhees Hall
Gift of Insight
Theodore G. Lilley
Oeste
Albert N. Jorgengen
University of Conpecticut
noon—College
Mempare
Iowa Typographical Conference May 3 in Cedar Rapids
The Iowa State Typographical conference will convene at the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids on Sunday May 3 at 9 a.m. Elmer D. Manning of Minneapolis will address the afternoon session. Officers include Carl E. Linder Des Moines president and J. Charles Toborg Marshalltown secretary treasurer.
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Elmer D. Manning
Minneapolis
International Typographical Union
Iowa State
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Woman’s Auxiliary No. 105
Carl E. Linder
Des Moines
Walter F. Sharp
Burlington
J. Charles Toborg
Marshalltown
E. E. Johnson
Anamosa
C. M. Manley
Hitler May Address Reichstag on France Relations
London AP Reuters report cites Swiss Ga zette de Lausanne Berlin correspondent saying Hitler may address the Reichstag about Germany and France. The source says many French prisoners will be released soon but mostly kept in Germany as workers or sent to French industries aiding the German war effort.
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London
Reuters
Berlin
de Laussane
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Germany
France
Authorize Production Boost in Buna Rubber
The War Production Board says the Reconstruction Finance Corp is authorized to fund facilities to raise Buna synthetic rubber capacity from 600000 to 700000 tons yearly. This adds to plans for 100000 tons of butyl rubber annually. It is projected U S factories could produce 350000 tons of synthetic rubber in 1943, with none available for civilian uses.
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Washington
INS
War Production Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Buna
U. S
WPB
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Proctor & Gamble
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P&g
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CAMRY
Oxydol
T&g
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Posmetia
Armand
Peeta Rod
Maxwell House
Vigoro
Bronson
Trout
Va. Cuttyhunk Line
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Gal. Elk
Asbeatos
J&j
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Deen
Thornton & Minor
China
May’s Drug Store
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