Rationing Board Reports Retreads and Tires Allocated
The Rationing Board issued an assortment of retreads and new tires to 58 individuals and entities including Nash Transfer, Highway Equipment, Collins Radio, Iowa Electric Power, Lagomarcino Grape Company, Searles Dairy, Railway Xpress, Kacena Company, and The John Blauls Sons. Recipients include farmers like Orval and Ralph Du Bois, salesmen such as Paul Jerabek, Charles W. Stolba, and Dick Langerak, plus drivers, machinists, and delivery personnel receiving various combinations of retread tires and new tires for passenger cars, trucks, and tractors. The list enumerates each recipient with their role and requested tire type, reflecting wartime rationing priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nash Transfer Company
City of Marion Police Department
Charles B. Towers
Orval
Bailey
Kent Cole
Hugh Soden
Frances Welred
Dean Hunter
la Plant-Choa
Raymond W. Ephart
C. L. Fuller
Highway Equipment Company
Eddie Hessenflow
Collins Radio
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Paul Jerabek
Kacena Company
Leonard Kohl
Lagomarcino Grape Company
F. B. McClure
Roy Patten
John W. Pealer
Railway Xpress Agency
Searles Dairy Company
A. Trimble
Wilson and Company
E. N. Bearken
Glenn Wagner
R. J. Schnebel
M. L. Johnson
C. H. Sweet
Charles W
CAP to Police Midwestern Model Airplane Contest
Six members of CAP squadron 722-1 will patrol Cedar Rapids Sunday July 12 during the Chamber of Commerce model airplane contest. The unit will not fly between 10 a.m. and 5 30 p.m. to keep a clear field for contestants. Patrols are needed due to war regulations restricting public flight activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
722-1
Civil Air Patrol
Cedar Rapids Airways
Young Men’s Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Truman Hanson
Hanson
Red Cross Nursing Classes Expand For Students
Red Cross calls to high school and college girls prompted division into two home nursing classes. One group meets Mondays at 2 30 p m and Thursdays at the Y W C A both under Mrs Edith Parsons with volunteer instructors. Forty girls are enrolled and more can join the fourth nurse's aide class starting July 27 with interviews at the Y M C A volunteer services office Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Y.w.ca
Y.W
Edith Parsons
Public Nursing Association
Elizabeth McIntosh
Frances Barker
Ti See
Irvin L. Huffman
Nurse’s Aide
Y.M.C.A
Red Cross nurses aide volunteers for Mercy hospital service
Miss Julia Weldon a recent Red Cross nurse aide graduate volunteers her vacation to help patients serving eight hours daily at Mercy hospital. Miss Charlotte Hubbard assigned as Red Cross recreation director at Camp Wolters Texas after Red Cross instruction in Washington DC with Cedar Rapids chapter.
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Julia Weldon
Red Cross
Mercy Hospital
Charlotte Hubbard
Sixth Street
Linn County Relief Department
Red Cross School of Instruction
Washington, D. C
Cedar Rapids
Camp Wolters
Texas
M.C.W
Aztec Ruins NM Welcomes 10550 Visitors in 1940
Aztec ruins in New Mexico, designated as a national monument, drew 10 550 visitors during the year 1940, reflecting notable public interest and attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Iowa Motorcyclists to Meet in Cedar Rapids Sunday
The Iowa State Gypsy tour will be held Sunday in Cedar Rapids along with Hawkeye Downs motorcycle races. The event is an all-day gathering of local riders, with the American Motorcycle Association awarding a belt buckle to each registered attendee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Whaley family moves to Storm Lake for new home
In a June report ninety two building permits were issued totaling 30,074 dollars. Joyce Fryrear, five, suffered a forehead gash in a car accident. The Cedar Rapids-Dakota Rock Island accounting and time keeping department merged with Des Moines and will relocate there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Whaley
Storm Lake
Joyce Fryrear
R. A. Fryrear
Cedar Rapids-Dakota Division
The
Rock Island Railroad
Des Moines
Rock Island shops halt as 550 join wage protest
Prompt at 10 a.m. today workers at Rock Island shops left their posts in a mass walkout led by union chiefs protesting the new wage scale. The action affected operations as crews donned coats and hats and departed in compliance with union orders. The article notes 550 employees involved and mentions a ceremonial tree planting of seventy trees, including one in Cedar Rapids, by the Rock Island railroad to celebrate the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island Railroad
Ardmore Leader Visits Cedar Rapids Railroad Pioneer
H. Mccarty of Ardmore Oklahoma, a veteran rail executive, marks his seventieth anniversary in commemoration of road development. He began his railroad career forty years ago with the B C R N in Cedar Rapids and now serves as vice president and general manager of the St. Louis and Hannibal railroad and other lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. McCarty
Ardmore
Okla
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis and Hannibal
Educator Hellopeter named head of public speaking in Coecol
Herbert S. Hellopeter of Wakarusa Indiana takes the post as head of the public speaking department at Coecol. Mrs J C Broeksmit and daughter Helen left for Chicago to meet John S Broeksmit and plan a Europe trip. In Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway Co reorganization Henry V Ferguson becomes second vice president secretary and assistant treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert S. Hellopeter
Wakarusa
Ind
Coecol
J. C. Broeksmit
Helen Broeksmit
Chicago
John 5S. Broeksmit
Europe
Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway Company
Henry V. Ferguson
Executive committee member named assistant secretary
A member of the executive committee and A. M. Wragg of Cedar Rapids was named assistant secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Wragg
Cedar Rapids
Rector Wins Battle Over Rich Woman Parishioner's Estate
Surrogate Charles D. Millard directed a verdict in favor of Rev. Dr. Henry Darlington and other proponents of the late Mrs. Anna H. Paton's will. The will left a 30 percent share of her $1.3 million estate, later taxed to about $650,000, to the Church of the Heavenly Rest rector. Three relatives had contested the will alleging improper influence. A last year compromise provided half of Darlington's share would go to Rudolph Rauch, Paton's nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Charles D. Millard
Henry Darlington
New York City
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Anna H. Paton
Paton
Darlington
Rudolph Rauch
Canton man detained on worm theft charge
A Canton Ohio man was detained at the request of Muskegon County Michigan authorities on a charge of stealing 20 gallons of fishworms. He said he would fight extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton, Ohio
Muskegon County
Mich
Doolittle Receives Guggenheim Medal for Air Feats
Brigadier General James Doolittle is awarded the Guggenheim Medal for air achievements. Dr J C Hunsaker notes the honor recognizes a body of work, not a single stunt. The citation highlights Doolittle's 1929 blind flight at Mitchel Field New York guided only by instruments.
Survey May Decide The Ration Course
The Office of Price Administration began a nationwide stock-taking of tire serviceabilities held by dealers, automakers, and finance firms on Tuesday. The June 30 inventory will cover new, used, retreaded, and recapped tires to chart future tire rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
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Union Pacific Stages
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Red
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Poor PA
Claude Callan
Heaven
Uncle Sam
Dear One
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Mother
Phillips
Sam
Mom
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Doolittle
Armstrong's
Swim Shop
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Jantzen
Kelly
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