Cedar Rapids WAAC Ambulance Corps forms in 1940s
Cedar Rapids forms its own WAAC style Ambulance Corps as 13 women complete training to serve in emergencies. Under Kenneth Hofer, chief of the Ambulance Service, they learn tactical ambulance methods, practice on a patient, and will assist on calls though not drive. A September class will open for qualified applicants at the civilian defense office.
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Women’s Army
Women's Auxiliary Balance Corps
Mbulance Service
Linn County Office of Civilian Defense
Beta i
Kenneth Hofer
Ambulance Service
Don Condon
Ed Lowe
Civilian Defense Office
Fred Henson
Hofer
Iowa State College
Ruthing
Maxine Bendorf
Eleano Dose
Vera Fifield
Peg Gould
Leola Jack
Donna Kelly
Gertrude MacNeil
Kathryn Marshall
Berniece Monnahan
Mildred Pazdernik
Helen Stourac
City Hall
Gaselte Reynolds
Women's Auxiliary
Aees
Eleanore Condon
Leola L. Jack Fright
Ruth Bartling
Baldy Wilson Plans Fourth Annual Labor Day Barbecue
Clarence Baldy Wilson, city jailer, announced plans for his fourth annual Labor Day barbecue in Riverside Park. He promised a larger prizes lineup and all day food, with Ed Smith from down South mastering Southern style chicken barbecue. About a hundred people attended last year’s event and prizes were awarded to winners.
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Clarence “Baldy” Wilson
City Hostile
Riverside Park
Wilson
Ed Smith
South
Janitor Is Ace Bond Salesman
NEW HAVEN Conn AP A Yale university janitor Adolph Fleischman has sold 200800 in war bonds and stamps as a solo fundraiser. He works nights and spends eight hours daily on this effort, even skipping lunch and vacations to aid his country as he pushes toward a quarter of a million in sales.
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New Haven, Conn
Yale University
Adolph Fleischman
Fleischman
Uncle Sam
Morgenthau Thanks Retailers for War Bond Work
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr expressed appreciation to retailers for promoting war bonds and stamps. He sent a letter to Benjamin H. Namm, chairman, praising the retail advisory committee for urging continued sales and lauding the collective effort in July by trade and retail groups.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Benjamin H. Namm
Als
Wingstate
War Say
4000 French Jews Deportations Reported by Paris
AP dispatch from Vichy says 4000 Jews previously arrested in the unoccupied zone were deported Friday to regions under supervision where they will perform labor for the European collectivity. The Paris press carried the report on Saturday.
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VICHY
Paris
France
Health Camp Ends as Campers Return Home
Health camp concludes after a season of full capacity thanks to donor support. About 50 youthful campers remain to return home by Monday morning, with facilities and bedding to be reused next summer.
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Public Health Nursing Association
Clitheroe To Be Guest Speaker in Washington
Dr. Clitheroe will be guest minister at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington on August 23. Earlier today he spoke at the First Presbyterian Church in Waterloo. He held a key role in Parson’s College and serves as dean of the chapel.
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Weahington
D.C
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Clitheroe
First Presbyterian Church
Waterloo
Coe
Hlis
Parsons College
Shipyard Widow Faces Series of Misfortunes
In Broadus Montana AP report Glenn Nash works in a navy yard while his wife tends the ranch. Her car burns with no insurance. Horses bolt, she is thrown from a mower and injured. Sheep ruin half her wheatfield during treatment. Back home she is bitten by a rattlesnake.
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Broadus
Mont
Glenn Nash
Navy Yard
Formation of Two Corps Announced
Washington AP reports two army corps were formed, announced by Lieut. Gen. Lesley J. McNair. The corps are led by Major General Courtney Hodges with headquarters at the first corps and Major General Lloyd Fred P. R. in Chicago.
Banquet Followed by Dance at CIO Convention Friday
A CIO convention plans a Friday evening banquet and dance for members. The event aims to boost membership and feature speakers and entertainment.
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CIO Convention
The Reign of Henry VIII and a Hanged Alms Solicitor
A fragmented note recalls Henry VIII's era and mentions a figure hanged for soliciting alms. The item preserves a sparse historical reference without full context or dates.
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Henry VIII
Ione Cae
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Russell Kohr
Baldy” Wilson
del Monte
Ountry
Morgenthau
Washington
Cedar Rapids Business College
America
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Bob Killen
Seale Aee
CIO
Wanye Puck
Pat
Lowaeo Industrial Union Coun
Hardendorf Camera Shop
Third Avenue SE
Killian
Tussy
Cologne
Addic Tax
Burlington
China
Killian Company
All
Rayon
Dickeys
Jean Joyce
Hannah Pickett
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