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Willa John Dickens Edits The Flash Despite Illness
Iowa City 12 year old Willa John Dickens edits a local paper The Flash with help from Bernice Sitka and Ray Eyman. The weekly paper grew from one to six pages with ads and subscriptions climbing to 75 copies weekly. Despite a knee infection and long leg cast he gathers world news by short wave radio and leads a small staff including a 10 year old cartoonist.
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Dale Boyd
Iowa City
Iowa
Willa John Dickens
Willa John
W. N. Dickens
University Hospital
Bernice Sitka
James Sitka
Massachusetts
Ray Eyman
Curtis Eyman
Acs
St. Mary’s
War News
Flash
F ‘Hevtiaen
Willie John Dickens
Bernice Stika
James Stika
North Dodge News
Bernice