Bible Class Movement in Cedar Rapids Uses Visual Aids
FOTO FACTS visits Cedar Rapids to report on the Children's Home Bible Class Movement. About 700 youths attend 23 classes weekly from ages five to nearly twenty, with varied routines for youngsters and teens, using felt-backed visuals and song, led by volunteer teachers and hostesses. Miss Eloise Storch leads the Cedar Rapids effort, funded by free-will offerings, with women officers and plans for a men's committee to expand outreach.
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Cedar Rapids
Children’s
Rapids
Inka Chewing Hay In Comfort After Weight Loss
Inka the prize bull valued at 15 000 pounds rested in his stall and chewed hay after an operation that removed 13 baling wires, a bolt, stones, metal scraps, nails, and other metal pieces from his four stomachs. Veterinarians earlier found a liver ailment and treated him with penicillin. Dr. T. H. Ferguson of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, performed the major surgery and anaesthetic.
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Freeport
Inka
W. T. Rawleigh
Ferguson
Notice of Appointment of Executrix in Iowa
Notice from Linn County Iowa on 20 Jan 1947 appointing A Lincoln as Executrix of the estate. Creditors must file claims with the undersigned at the Linn County District Court. George Parmer Adorn Attorney to administer the estate and settle debts.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Ted
Troop Arrivals Reported From Bremerhaven
Three transports with large troop assignments were due in New York on Tuesday. The General Howze carried 1,305 soldiers, the Lewiston Victory 808, and the General Stewart 1,278 troops along with 28 wives and children.
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Associated Press
Bremerhaven
New York
Howze
Lewiston
Stewart
Cedar Rapids firm forms automobile and electrical supply company
A new corporation named Star Motor Corporation is chartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It will engage in the manufacture repair and sale of electrical appliances automobile parts tires and related services including a service station and fuel sales. The board of directors will include E. H. Owen and L. A. Edmonds with officers to be elected at annual meetings and the capital stock set at one dollar per share.
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Siaseia
Ft and
Star Motor Corporation
Aes
Iowa
Secretary of State
Board of Directors
Iers
Board of
Corpotion
E. H. Owen
Cedar Rapids
Return of War Dead To Start Next August
The army announced plans to begin bringing World War II dead back to the United States in August with the first arrivals from Pearl Harbor and Hawaii. Most recovered remains will be returned for private or national burials, with about 80 percent expected to be claimed by next of kin. Arrival timelines include New York by August 25 for the Henry Chapel temporary cemetery dead from Belgium, with broader shipments from Europe and the Pacific.
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Washington
JNS
America
Army
War Department
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
San Francisco
United States
Ceme
Next of Kin
Office of Quartermaster General
Europe
Henry Chappelle
Belgium
New York
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Germany
Pacific
Arrival of Remains and Overseas Operations First Year
The report details the arrival of remains from overseas during the first year after operations begin. It notes rates of arrivals: 1,290 for the first two months, 5,200 in the following month, and 7,000 in the subsequent period, outlining escalating numbers and ongoing logistics.
Progressive Increase to Steady Monthly Rate Reached
The plan describes a staged rise until a consistent monthly rate of 18 900 is achieved with the return and final costs outlined. The wording indicates a gradual adoption leading to a fixed ongoing payment, though the exact context and parties involved are not fully specified in the fragment.
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John Reynolds
Tor
Foto Facts
Paul Mundy
Mt. Vernon Avenue
M. D. Helmich
First Avenue
Oo DB
Eloise Storch
Eduuniversity
Normal
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Miss Storch
Fifteenth Street
A. W. Peterson
Grande Avenue SE
George Schuller
Fourth Avenue SE
Joe Shearer
B Avenue NW
Judy Baugh
Michael Meany
Allan Tow
Jane Carringer
Kayleen Thompson
Roosevelt High School
George Parmer
Adorn Attorne
Fox Daluxe
Grand Rapids, Morton
Ing
South Side
Harold Hockaday
C. V. Shepherd
Agency
National Life Insurance Company
Vermont
Robert O. Bickel
C.L.A
John B. Heidel
John B. Walters
Fred C. Woolrich
Iowa City
Chan F. Coulter
Paul W. Knowles
R. W. McCallister
Manchester
Fay Ashline
Killian Company
Killian
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