Cedar Rapids Senior Aims Army Career Through Flying Training
Cedar Rapids high school senior Jack Russell, 21, prepares for an army aviation path by completing Iowa's advanced civilian pilot training at the University of Iowa. Alongside nine peers, he logs 40 to 50 hours of dual and solo flight and 145 hours of ground school to meet CAA standards. Russell plans to join Randolph Field after earning his mechanical engineering degree next June, with a full Iowa training program projected for next fall.
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Iowa City
United States Army
Jack Russell
J. H. Russell
Twenty-sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
Russell
University of Iowa
Iowa
CAA
University of Towa
Paul Shaw
Towa City
Shaw Aircraft Company
Elmer Lundquist
Randolph Field
Texas
Don Bush
Eldora Crime School Seen Shaping Iowa Boys
Report describes Eldora program aiding Linn county youths with physical growth and moral betterment. Jonas and Judge Powell praised for close contact, while Norris and Family Managers oversee a staff of about 80 aiding an average student body of 600.
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Jonas
Carstens
Linn County
Eldora
Thomas B. Powell
Johnson
Powell
Norris
Wyoming Methodists Observe Church's 50th Anniversary
The Wyoming Methodist church marks the fiftieth anniversary of the cornerstone laying with events Aug 31 and Sept 1 led by Rev. R. C. Scott. Bishop Magee will preach. a reunion lunch follows a reminiscence meeting. The church traces to 1855 in Thomas Green's barn, formally organizing later and completing the present building in 1890.
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Wyoming
Methodist Church
R. C. Scott
J. Ralph Magee
Des Moines
M. H. Calkins
Thomas Green
Joel B. Taylor
W. B. Davis
Tailor Measures Boys for Fort Madison Made Suits
A few weeks before release, boys visit a tailor to be measured for suits made in Fort Madison, obtaining uniforms and fittings for their upcoming departure from the facility.
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Fort Madison
State advisory committee maps adult skilled training for defense workers
A state advisory committee for vocational education of defense workers, led by Director F E Moore, plans fall classes for adults in skilled Iowa trades. Programs will offer supplementary and refresher courses drawn from WPA and employment rolls, targeting cities with greatest need and involving leaders from the machinists union, employers, and manufacturing firms.
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F E Moore
Iowa
WPA
John Sherbo
Des Moines
The
National Association of Machinists
J. E. Stewart
Cedar Rapids
Machinists Union
Carl O Edmunds
Ottumwa
E .A. Kimball
Town Manufacturers Association
John H. Ploehn
Davenport
French and Hecht Manufacturing Company
R. C. McCague
Marshalltown
Chiowa Corporation
Here
Library Room To Open In Monona City Hall
Monona officials plan an open house Wednesday to unveil a redecorated city hall library room. Mayor John Moses and the council oversaw shelving and children reading benches, with book carriers added. The Monona Woman's club inspired the idea, leading to the library established Nov 14 1934 by the town council. A library board was first appointed Nov 19 1934 by Mayor George Heins.
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Monona
John Moses
Monona Woman's Club
George Heins
W. F. Humphrey
H H W Smith
C. J. English
Elsie Possehl
Blanche A. Sherman
G A. Tornowske
Parks Rittenhouse
Midshipman Flaunts 30 Day Furlough to Learn to Fly
U S Naval Academy midshipman H Hamilton Ries of Iowa City spends his 30 day furlough at the Iowa City municipal airport learning to fly under Paul Shaw. He aims to solo before Sept 43 and join Pensacola sailors, but may be recalled early as Annapolis programs tighten for national defense.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
United States Naval Academy
H Hamilton Ries
Annapolis
Towa City
Herbert Ries
Paul Shaw
Navy
Ries
Squaw Emma Claims Iowa's Tallest Tall Bean Stalk
Emma Big Bear, a Winnebago descendant near Waukon Junction, Iowa, grows an 18 foot tall bean stalk claimed as the state's tallest. Raised from seed passed through generations, the garden plant towers above an old bamboo fish pole, with Emma and husband Henry Holt living in a simple shack and maintaining traditional lifestyle and crafts.
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Iowa
Emma
Mary Blue Pink
Nebraska
Ex-Cedar Rapids newsboy tops CBS Washington bureau
Special to The Gazette tells how H. C. Butcher known as Cecil or Butch rose from Cedar Rapids newsboy to vice president and head of the Washington bureau of CBS. His career spans Illinois farm papers to the Des Moines corn conference and the Fireside Chats coinage.
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Cedar Rapids
CBS
Cecil
Butch
Arnolds Park
Okoboji
Myrtle Butcher Nicols
Lucille
Springville
Town State College
Iowa
Butcher
Illinois
Illinois Agricultural Association
Ilnois Agricultural Association Record
Des Moines
Young Butcher
National Fertilizer Association
Washington, D. C
Columbia Broadcasting System
Nations Capital
Washington
Ruth Barton
H. H. Barton
Beverly
Lake
Jake
Los Angeles
Elwood
Ind
Willkie
West
Sonora
Calif
Pastor Swisher to Lead Marion Congregational Church
The Rev Raymond C Swisher newly elected pastor and Mrs Swisher will transfer from Whiting to Marion for September. Swisher to occupy the pulpit Sept 1 with weekends in Marion while the parsonage is repaired. Both natives of Ohio, he is a graduate of Ohio Northern University and studied at the University of Chicago. He previously served congregational pastorates in De Kalb York and Scottsbluff and recently completed six years at Whiting. Mrs Swisher is a Otterbein College graduate. Additional items note social events, a wedding, and local club activities in Marion.
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Raymond C Swisher
Swisher
Marion
Whiting
Ohio
Swish
Women Society of Christian Service Charter Meeting
The charter meeting of the Women s Society of Christian Service is set for Wednesday at 2 30 p m in the sanctuary of the Methodist church. The society will become the official all inclusive women s society of the local Methodist church and all women and young women connected with the church are invited. Also notes of personnel movements and local ads are included.
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Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Womens Society
Ladies Aid Society
Missionary Societies
Friendly Guild
Marion Section Notices and Local Social Highlights
Additional Marion items note a wedding of Harry Herbold family members during a visit to Vic Herbalds parents. Iona Deaf Convention attendees from Councer Bluffs. locals discuss garden club events and guest speakers. Advertisements include hair permanents, a Portland trip, and a music camp return. Tyrone Power film Johnny Apollo plays at the Garden Theatre with a Legion pool concert later today.
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Harry Herbold
Denver
Cole
Iona Association of the Deaf
Councer Bluffs
Vic Herbalds
L. P Herbold
Prawie Chapel Garden Club
Clem J. Weis
J. I. Rhea
H. J. Hromek
Cedar Rapids
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Iowa U
Randolph
Carter
George Wilson
Dave McCreery
Alburnett
Board of Control
McCreery
Supt. von Krog
Thursay
D. C
Crime School
Wyoming Methodists
James A. Bronson
S. W. Johnson
James Mallicoat
J. R. Graft
W. J. Brainard
J. K. Pixley
Dilson Bronson
Boston
H. W. Farnham
G. R. Manning
J. A. Suders
E. G. Waite
Robert N. Earhart
A. W. Smith
L. L. Lockard
A. D. Stevens
A. M McIntosh
H. E. Wilcox
O. C. DePuy
H. J. Bowder
Monona City Hall
Iowa Commerce Commission
Harold Davidson
Hoyt Crooks
Boone
Richard Davis
Florence L. Clark
Eagle Family
Winnebagoes
Indian Bureau
Name Ile
Henry Holt
Henry
Big City
H. C Butcher
Columbia Broadcomme Company
Radio
Uruguay
H. C. Butchers
Marion News
Lois Lockwood
H G Sutzel
A A Hardin
Lewis Alcorn
Sutzel
Gus Won Miller
A FE Granger
Lehr-Jamison Nuphals
Mary Ann Lehr
C E Lehr
Marion Jamison
Harry Jamison
Morles
Federated Church Parsonage
Lasbon
Maron High School
Springville High School
Milkey Benish
Sioux City
Cheerful Companions Missionary Guild of the Christian Church
Eugene McConaughs
Twelfth Street
Floyd Emmons
Walter Erwin
Thomas Thompson
Collette Hlambka
Fthel Gordon
Marion Golf Club
Loms Buresh
Arthur Lanning
H O Allen
Ames
Thomas Park
Laura Bailey
Don Beadle
Ben Noltsch
Charles Moeller
Order of de Molay
Order of de Molas
Emma Kendall
Womens Association of the Congregational Church
Norman J Waffle
Garth Hunter
Essex
Owens Cut
Sam Jackson
State College
Pennsylvania State College
Gordon Hatchery
Miriam Jackson
Wot Jackson
Charlos Mont
A R McElwain
Bertha F Barnes
George H Fiilerton
Whitney
Wood Acre
T Gallivan
Rush
Patton
Josephine Giffen
Marton
le Clerc
Jeannette T Tu
Portland, Ore
la Verna Titus
Cornwalhe Ore
Robert Tutus
Interiidien Midh
Viet
Howard M. True
Wet Marion Garden Club
Jay Albaugh
Tyrone Power
Johnny Apollo
Wreaming
American Legion
Tone Smith
Wall
Alph Fitzgerald
Balster Furniture Co
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