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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1937

Page

3

Air-Minded Youths Take Planes Up For Salo After Six Hours Flight

Two young men Alton Keller Jr and Gail Storck earned early solo status after about six hours of instruction at the Aviation Country club. Storck, 24, from a farm near Orion, soloed after 5.5 hours in a Taylorcraft with Ted Saxon ownership. Keller, 19, Coe College sophomore, soloed after 12 days of training with instructor Robert Nelson in an Aeronca. Keller’s first flights began with a Waterloo trip guided by John O. St Aubin.

Salo Darrell Wuff Aviation Country Club Alton Keller, Jr Oakland Avenue Gail Storck Highway No Orion Storck The Mar Ted Saxon Walton Keller, Jr Walton Coe College Marion Road John O. St. Aubin First Avenue E Waterloo Keller St. Aubin Faulkes Field Robert Nelson Aeronca Coe

Czech American rally and events span South Side

A C S A rally runs from Friday through Sunday with leaders from Chicago and several states set to speak. Delegates, housing needs, and a large Labor Day picnic plan under way at Miller Park, plus Czech film nights and a Sokol camp picnic, mark the weekend.

Hugo Sindelar Leo B. Sedlacek Libbie Stastny Frank Stastny M. Mach Eighth Avenue SE Progressive Lodge Machula Grove Indian Creak Lincoln Park C.S.A

Bel-Din Treatment advertised for asthma relief

During World War era a French chemist formula for asthma relief gained fame in Europe and now marketed in the United States as the Bel-Din Treatment. The Bel-Din Company offers a free supply to any sufferer who writes Dept 338 Montrose California.

Europe United States Bel-Din Company Dept Montrose California

Do You Remember When We Boys Hunted Childhood Moments

Gazette readers recall old days from 1884 to 1915, sharing memories of hiding in a plano box behind a neighbor’s barn to smoke grapevine, hose company firehouse roots, cave hideouts near Kenwood, school crafts, and early reading milestones. Contributions must be signed and under sixty words.

Gazette Cedar Rapids Gasette

ZCBJ Leaders Named in Bond Declarations

F M Barta supreme president M L Hromadka assistant secretary Vv Kubovec director and Charles Cacek manager of the bond de-

F M Barta Z.C.B.J M. L. Hromadka Vv. Kubovec Charles Cacek

Z C B J Board to Meet as September Initiation Planned

Sports and other amusements have been arranged. Mladocech lodge Z C B J has made plans for an initiation to be held sometime in September. The Z C B J board of trustees will meet at the Z C B J hall Wednesday at 7 p.m.

C.S.A Prokop Vesky Lodge No. 7 Sokol Mladocech Lodge Z. C. B J. Board of Trustees Z C. B. J. Hall

Former Georgians in Iowa plan Sept picnic at Ellis Park

J H Townsend announces a Georgia exiles reunion in Cedar Rapids Iowa Sept 12 with a picnic dinner novelty races a ball game and talks about thirty attendees already in Cedar Rapids with more expected from across Iowa Reservations to Townsend or Basil Corey Cedar Rapids.

Iowa Georgia Ellis Park J. H. Townsend California Virginia Tipton Townsend Cedar Rapids J.H. Townsend Seventh Avenue SW Basil Corey Fourth Avenue SE

Garner Campaigning For Harmony In Democratic Party

Vice President John N. Garner works to heal Democratic rifts amid pressure over New Deal reforms. He urges unity against Republicans, notes his role in steering major Roosevelt bills, and acts as peacemaker between conservatives and new dealers within the party.

Washington John N. Garner Garner Democratic High Command Supreme Court Roosevelt Congress

Paradise in Navy Finds Musician’s Five Day London Trip

A bandsman named Leon Gossett describes a five day London trip with the Navy band. He notes England lagging behind the United States in progress and recalls visiting the Royal Military School of Music at Knellerhall. He observes diverse costumes and superb playing from Scots Indian and other regiments.

London Leon England United States Torquay Gossett Royal Military School of Music Knellerhall Twickenham Middlesex Empire

Musicians Parade Spirit as Navy Band Travels and Studies

Gossett, a Cedar Rapids native, leaves for naval duties after graduation on December 1. He and his bandmates will substitute on radio programs this fall while the Navy band tours. The group has traveled over 15 000 miles since June and anticipates a musician's paradise. Russia reports sobering institutions handling drunkenness without immediate punishment.

Navy Leon Cedar Rapids Gazette

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