Cedar Rapids bus drivers still walk to work years on
Cedar Rapids City Lines employs 69 drivers and a quarter walk to work each day. Veteran operators with 11 years of accident‑free records recall working long hours in streetcar days, the shift to a 48‑hour week, and the morning routine of leaving for the Marion and Cedar Rapids routes long before dawn.
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Gazette Blumenshine
John Nash
Wesley Chadima
Charles Briggs
Cedar Rapids City Lines
Marion
Cedar Rapids
E. A. Prochaska
Eighth Street
John N Sh
A Avenue
Briggs
Linwood-North
Publi Trans
Belfast
Ireland
Canada
Winnipeg
Calgary
Chadma
Alea
T.awood
Chadima
Nash
Prochaska
National City Lines
Japanese farmers form voluntary co op networks under occupation plan
In Tokyo AP reports farmers favor self run cooperatives as occupation orders reform the former government controlled system. In the first year under the plan more than 7 250 000 farmers joined 28 000 co ops and 10 500 mutual relief associations.
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Tokyo
Boy earns candy by report card praise in Laramie
Howard Trevarthan began a practice by giving a child candy for a good report card. Now about 100 youngsters line up for a report card inspection each day, seeking praise and a treat.
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Laramie
Wyo
Howard Trevarthan
VFW Benefit Concert Supports Coe ROTC Band in Washington
The nationally known Veterans of Foreign Wars post 788 band will stage a benefit concert in Memorial Coliseum on Sunday January 16 to aid the Coe College ROTC band for its Washington visit. Admission is free with a silent offering to fund the trip. Coe and VFW bands have strong reputations in music nationwide. The performance includes marches overtures waltzes and light selections under director R I Moehlmann.
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Band of Veterans of Foreign, Wars Post
Memorial Coliseum
V.F.W
Coe College
R.O.T.C
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Truman
Coe
Harold van Horn
Post 788
van Horn
V. W
United States
Stanley Vesely
Illinois
V.F W
R. Ariel Cross
R. I. Moehlmann
GMC
Southwest
Gmcs
Army
Linn County to Pack 600 Junior Red Cross Gift Boxes in 1949
The Linn county Junior Red Cross plans to fill over 600 gift boxes for overseas distribution in 1949. Each box includes soap pencils paper toothbrush paste and some clothing with the label Gifts of the Schools of the United States of America Through the American Junior Red Cross.
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Gazette
Blimenshine Whoo
RED Cross
Geo. N. Harless
William Norris
Linn County
Junior Red Cross
American Junior Red Cross
United States of America
Holland
France
Czechoslovakia
Mexico
ARC
Donald E. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Painless Pheasant Hunt Turns on Lady’s Shot
In Denver Mrs. George K. Smith shot the family’s single pheasant when a low-flying bird crashed through a south Denver living room window. The incident caused $985 in damages for a new window, as Mr. Smith noted.
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Denver
George K. Smith
Wheeler Etched A Success Story In Leathercraft
The article profiles William N. Wheeler who, after a streptococcus infection left him wheelchair bound, turned to leather tooling. He built three Oakland stores a wholesale operation and mail order wing with courses drawing students from Canada and New York, now grossing about $250 000 annually.
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Oakland
Calif
William N. Wheeler
Wheeler
Canada
New York
Leather worker builds wholesale outlet from hobby start
In 1945 Bill Wheeler invested 45 dollars in leather tools and, with wife Janet, began leather work from an apartment. A taxidermist landlord pushed them to a shop across the street name fishbowl. The Wheelers expanded to Artcraft Leather of California and a large catalog, banking on a map with 400 customer pins and 18 hour days to survive a near bank collapse. Wheeler credits hard work for recovery and notes he never used the wheelchair.
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Janet
Florida
Wheeler
United States
Leather
California
Bill Wheeler
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IR Force
Charles Yeager
Air Force
Yeager
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Guadalcanal
Trevarthan
Doe
Junior Arc
U. S
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Stone’s Truck Service, Inc
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