Cedar Rapids Sees A Hobby Take Flight Model Planes Flourish
Nearly 100 residents from ages 12 to 50 in Cedar Rapids chase the craft of model airplanes. The Hawkeye Aeroneers club plans an AMA sanctioned contest with prize money and high caliber planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Balsa Wood
Hawkeye Aeroneers
Academy of Model Aeronautics
National Aeronautical Association
Paul Marchal
Marshalltown
Des Moines
AMA
Hawkeye Aeroneer
Bright
Monkey leads New York cops on two hour chase
A rhesus monkey escaped from New York University College of Medicine and dodged officers for two and a half hours. It climbed ledges, evaded capture, entered a footwear factory, and sprinted across rooftops before a tenant finally trapped it and returned the animal to the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
New York University College of Medicine
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
College
Argentina to Train 850 Air Pilots in 18 Months
The department of commerce says about 850 air pilots will be trained in Argentina over the next 18 months. This program aims to boost aviation capacity and regional connectivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Department of Commerce
Committees Named For Outing Of Traffic Men
S. L. Myers of LaPlant-Choate traffic bureau names committees for the Cedar Rapids Country Club outing on Sept 24. Ed Kucera of Rock Island lines assists. The Chamber of Commerce event draws top traffic men with 509 attendees in 1939. Committees include reception, sports, transportation, golf, dinner and music, and amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
S. L. Myers
LaPlant-Choate
Ed Kucera
Rock Island Lines
Myers
Traffic Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Mr Myers
H. J. Kling
Peter McCracken
Henry Peters
J. E. Richey
Joe Long
E. R. Petro
E. M. Pinney
Marvin Wright
Charles Shackell
Harvey Lindahl
Fred Mueller
Fred Petrick
No Traffic Deaths In Cedar Rapids For 3 Months
Cedar Rapids finished a third straight month without a recorded traffic fatality last Thursday. The city logged 74 accidents with 41 injuries in the latest month, up from 47 accidents and 40 injuries in July 1940, while pedestrians suffered 12 crashes versus 3 a year ago. The collision count rose to 50 from 41. Police plead for slower driving and warn pedestrians against jaywalking.
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Cedar Rapids
Soldiers and Pets Tour Camp Claiborne Life
Private Duart Vandever and Private Charles Pedigo keep a pig named Salami and a pup named Rookie with their unit at the 133rd Infantry Regiment service company. The animals accompany them at retreat and reveille and share rations and quarters at the mess hall, growing daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Claiborne
Duart Vandever
Eldon
133Rd Infantry Regiment
Vandever
Charles Pedigo
Cedar Rapids
Service Company
Molly Wrathers Honeymoon in New York
Molly O'Daniel Wrather daughter of Texas Governor W Lee O'Daniel and her husband Jack Wrather an oil executive are honeymooning in New York today.
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New York
INS
Molly O’daniel Wrather
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Jack Wrather
Modern Pop Stand Proprieties Miss Fun Of Making Lemonade
Modern pop stands have evolved from old horse drawn ice wagons to street side bottle and ice cube setups. Young entrepreneurs use delivery trucks and large metal ads, while nostalgia recalls the days of ice, spade stirring, and five cent lemonades.
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Dagwood
East Iowa Soldiers Receive Promotions At Camp Claiborne
Several eastern Iowa men were listed among recent promotions and transfers announced by the 34th division headquarters at Camp Claiborne. Second Lieut Louis W Sanders of Cedar Rapids was recommended for promotion by Maj Gen E A Walsh. Thirty nine other division members ordered to Camp Beauregard for a cooks and bakers course include Emmett R Berry of Cedar Rapids John E Kiburz of Monticello Martin C Sweerin of Reinbeck and Arthur K Anderson of Decorah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Claiborne
Iowa
34Th
Louis W. Sanders
Cedar Rapids
E. A. Walsh
Camp Beauregard
Emmett R. Berry
John E. Kiburz
Monticello
Martin C. Sweerin
Reinbeck
Arthur K. Anderson
Decorah
Fourteen Boys Qualify For YMCA Swimming Clubs
During the last week fourteen boys qualified for YMCA swimming clubs. Minnow club members include Billy Trumpold Richard Reger John Krumholtz Robert Stone Doug las Hamilton Todd Krebs and Darrell Link. Fish club qualifiers are Ernest Lorenc Dick Morrison Lynd Ewart Guerin Thompson Paul Howe Bill Wadden and Bill Stanley.
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Billy Trumpold
Richard Reger
John Krumholtz
Robert Stone
Douglas Hamilton
Todd Krebs
Darrell Link
Fish
Ernest Lorenc
Dick Morrison
Llnyd Ewart
Guerin Thompson
Paul Howe
Bill Wadden
Bill Stanley
War disrupts spice trade driving prices higher
Disruption of the spice trade by the war has increased the price of some items as much as 1,000 percent.
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LOYAL
Arnold Zimmerman
Leonard Douda
United States Air Defense
Donald Nadved
Waco Cé
Waco
Marchal
Merry Chase
Eleventh Street
DIAL
Claiborne
Molly
Dee
Dora Jane Mamoblin
Shade
Gazette
David Morse
David Barnhizer
Glenn Chadima
Jimmie Morse
Forest Avenue
Linden Drive
Dave Morse
Dave
H. H. Morses
W. CD. Barnhizers
G. E. Chadimas
Fulton Lewis, Jr
WMT
Scott McIntyre and Company
Scott McIntyre & Company
Merchants National Bank
East Iowa
Turner
John B. Turner & Son
Second Avenue
Smith
Towa
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