United Campaign to unify Des Moines fund drives
Des Moines launches United Campaign to consolidate annual charitable drives into one citywide effort. The plan, led by the Chamber of Commerce and unions, aims to cover major agencies including Community Chest, Red Cross chapters, American Cancer Society, USO, and other defense services. Potential future expansions and a 21 member board will govern budgets and drive dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
United Campaign
George C. Ross
Fund Appeals Review Board
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Iowa
Ross
Illinois
Community Chest
Polk County
American Red Cross
American Cancer Society
United Service Organizations
USO
American Hygiene Association
American Relief To
Korea
Sister Kenny Foundation
National
Polio Foundation For
Iowa Tuberculosis and Heart Association
Society For Crippled Children and Adults
The
Red Cross
Board of Trustees
Go West Young Men Six Cedar Rapids Youths Return
Six Cedar Rapids youths who toured the West for summer work returned home after a 7,386 mile trip in a 1949 station wagon. They found no jobs due to a steel strike and school vacation, spending only eight dollars on rooms.
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Cedar Rapids
West
West Coast
George Johnson
M Avenue NW
Roosevelt
Carroll Baumgartner
Avenue NW
School of Music
Cornell
Tom Wharton
Fourth Street NW
Cornell College
Jim Miller
Sixth Street NW
University of Iowa
Wayne Selzer
Coe College
Doug Wiley
Fifteenth Street NW
College of Commerce At
Iowa
Port Orchard
Wash
Puget Sound
Seattle
Los Angeles
Indio
Calif
Roosevelt High School
Don Ballard
Wiley and
Johnson
Selzer
Long Beach
Grand Canyon
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Kansas
St. Joseph
Students chase work on cross country road trip
Four college men set out for summer jobs across the West and Alaska area areas, seeking work in shipyards, wheat fields, and crates. After a fruitless trek from Colorado to California they return home with one man employed briefly in Indio and the others facing slim chances for local employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado
Salt Lake City
Oregon-Idaho
Yakima
Wash
Port Orchard
Seattle
Boeing Aircraft
Walla Walla
Federal Workers Eager for Vacations Panics Over Leave Rules
Federal workers scramble for 1953 leave dates as a House Senate agreement tightens limits on accumulating annual leave and taking extra long vacations. Deadline to use earned leave is June 30 1953 prompting a rush that could strain defense agencies with heavy workloads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Defense
Rain totals convert to water volume per acre and DC
An inch of rain yields 27,000 gallons per acre, while in the District of Columbia one inch produces about 1,200,000 gallons. The figures show rainwater volume varies by land area and locale.
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District of Columbia
Playground Attendance Rises Over Last Year Across 16 Parks
Attendance at all 16 playgrounds reached 19 951 in the opening week and 24 452 the next, with 1951 figures at 12 539 and 16 925. Reed park saw the largest weekly total 2 047 while Daniels park led in week one with 2 018. The two week average per playground was 1 322 and gains are evident in 6 to 8 year olds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Playground and Recreation Commission
Reed Park
Daniels Park
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Robert P. Hogan
the Gazette
State of
By Russ Wiley
Gazette
Miller
Ottumwa
Coast
Redwood Forest
Whitlam Park
Kenwood School
Harrison School
Coe Women’s
Cleveland School
Arthur
Sinclair Park
Hayes School
Ellis Park
Ellis Pool
Bever
Ellis Park Pool
WMT
Cee
Russell
Cleveland
Davis Dairy
Daniels
Ellis
Hayes
Shomont
Kenwood
McKinley
Reed
Wading Pool
Sinclair
V and
L News Lounge
Light
Second Avenue
Sonotone
Guaranty
T. A. Carlin
Mgr
Toy Department
Kelas
Dial
Craemer's
Chenille
Terry
Craemer
Rayon
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