Longtime railroad man John R. T. Rives honored in history feature
John R. T. Rives, editor and auditor for the Order of Railway Conductors, has traveled across all 48 states and many Canadian provinces. A Tennessee native, he started as a L&N office boy and rose to conductor before serving as coroner of Jefferson County in 1917, and later as sergeant-at-arms at the 1912 Democratic convention and conventions in 1936 and 1940.
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America
John R. T. Rives
Order of Ilway
Cedar Rapids
Rives
United States
Order
O.R. C
Canada
Ward
Buffalo
Birmingham
Butte
Middle Tennessee
Louisville
Nashville
Hugo Black
United States Supreme Court
Woodrow Wilson
Baltimore
Anamosa man to speak at Knights of Columbus banquet
Glen J. McLaughlin of Anamosa, conciliation commissioner in Jones county bankruptcy, will be principal speaker at tonight’s Knights of Columbus banquet in the Roosevelt hotel after the district initiation. About 40 candidates are to be honored. Dr. B. G. Broghammer will preside and Ray Conley will outline the order’s Iowa activities.
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Glen J. McLaughlin
Anamosa
Jones County
Roosevelt Hotel
Knights of Columbus
Order
B. G. Broghammer
M. D Marr
John Bormann
McLaughlin
Ray Conley
Des Moines
Iowa
Frank Voelker
Paul Prior
Gloria Zemanek
Devs Sedlacek
K. of C
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Monticello
Manchester
Refusal of Registration Leads to Police Detention
A. R. Moffett, 32, an Springfield iron moulder and father of one, was held by police Saturday night for refusing to register under the selective service act. He cited religious principles and stated I belong to Sinisie are in the army.
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Springfield, I
A. R. Moffett
Springfield
Sinisie
Moffett
City Officials Indicted On Conspiracy Charges
LACKAWANNA N Y AP The mayor and members of the common council along with three other city officials were indicted on conspiracy to defraud the city by padding WPA payrolls and misusing funds and resources. They pleaded innocent as Erie county grand jurors brought charges after a five week probe.
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Lackawanna
N.Y
Common Council
New York City
Erie County
Norris Urges Coal Legislation to Halt Strikes
Senator Norris of Nebraska urged the administration to sponsor legislation authorizing presidential takeover of coal or other strikebound industries, warning that the entire defense machinery would stop without coal.
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Washington
Norris
Ind
Franklin School Play Invited to National Drama Conference
Franklin school dramatics coach Geraldine Green has been invited to enter The Flying Prince in the first national High School Drama conference June 27 at the University of Indiana. The cast includes Bob Jones Yvonne Svoboda Jean Elder Jon Hanna Betty Shelly John Fisher Margaret Allen Marcia Kensinger Betsy Blaise.
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Geraldine Green
Franklin School
Flying Prince
University of Indiana
Iowa City
Franklin
Bob Jones
Yvonne Svoboda
Jean Elder
Jon Hanna
Betty Shelly
John Fisher
Margaret Allen
Marcia Kensinger
Betsy Blaise
105 Vacancies For Iowa Army Recruits
Recruiting begins in Iowa to fill 105 regular army vacancies at Fort Leavenworth Kansas and Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Quotas include 80 men for First Infantry at Leavenworth with 32 basic soldiers and 48 specialists. An additional 25 Negro applicants will join 92nd engineer battalion and 76th signal corps at Fort Leonard Wood. Many air corps ground forces vacancies offered with posts at Jefferson Barracks Missouri or Fort Douglas Utah. Applications taken at the federal building.
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Iowa
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leonard Wood
Rolla
Army
Cedar Rapids
92Nd Engineer Battalion
76Th Signal Corps
Air Corps
Jefferson Barracks
Fort Douglas
Utah
Federal
Aeronca to deliver four training planes to Cuba
President Carl Friedlander of Aeronca Aircraft Middletown and three pilots plan a mass flight next Tuesday to Miami to deliver four training planes to the Cuban government. The announcement was made Saturday.
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Middletown
INS
Carl Friedlander
Aeronca Aircraft Corporation of
Miami
Fla
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May's Sale
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Pinaud
Pennsylvania
Miles Nervine
BIG Ben Tobacco
Rob Roy
Eastman Films
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Wrichania
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Ernes
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