Linn Rural Schools to Graduate 208 in Linn County
Lieut Gov Bourke B Hicklen to address 208 graduates from 85 Linn County rural schools at 9 45 a m in McKinley high school auditorium. Charity Fischer of Grange Hall No 11 speaks on Our Schools and Democracy. Diplomas by County Superintendent Walter A Shupp. Leaders include Edgewood No 1 with 18 graduates. Program features Jubilee March, piano and violin numbers, and the singing of America.
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Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Linn County Rural School
McKinley High School
Charity Fischer
Grange Hall School No. 11
Walter A Shupp
Edgewood No. 1
Edgewood No
Frank Ward
Stony Point No
John Wymore
Jack Rejsa
Merle Brieholz
Schaefer Heights
America
Local School and Ward Listings For Spring Grove Area
Readable fragments show names linked to Spring Grove Washington No 2 North Ward No 7 Caldwell and No 3 West districts with residents Betty Jean Bear Darlene Moss Marie C Schmitz Emileu Hanrs Elinora Sherbon Bessie Van Fossen Erma Elgin Ervin Sweetons Berniece Shaffer Kathleen Schnell St Stephen s Atkins Lutheran JH W Albrecht Vernon Ramimelébers Kenneth Schirm and others.
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Washington
North Ward
Marie C. Schmitz
Emileu Hanrs
Charlotte Horak
West
Elinora Sherbon
Bessie van Fossen
Caldwell
Erma Elgin
Ervin Sweetons
McNiel i Berniece Shaffer
Betty Knindt
Kathleen Schnell
St Stephen's
Atkins Lutheran School
City Briefs Reflect Local Meetings and Events
Town and club notices list the Townsend Club executive committee meeting at 7:30 p.m and a general club gathering at 8 p.m in the superior court room. Rotary and Masonic events plus confirmations and a tax lien filing are also noted among community happenings.
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Townsend Club No. 1
Superior Court Room
Three youths enlist in naval reserve and regular navy
Saturday local recruiting offices announced the enlistment of three youths in the naval reserve and one Cedar Rapids resident in the regular navy. Benjamin L. Bain junior age seventeen, son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Bain of 1516 C avenue NE, enlisted for the regular navy. Reserve enlistees were Ernest J. Becker age twenty two of Hopkinton, Lawrence F. Kuriger age nineteen of Monticello, and Harold G. Denner age twenty two of Gladbrook, all sons of their mothers listed respectively.
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Cedar Rapids
Regular Navy
Benjamin L. Bain, Jr
Benjamin Bain
C Avenue
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Rosa Becker
Hopkinton
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Louisa Kuriger
Monticello
Harold G. Denner
Alma Denner
Gladbrook
Army to Train 150 Meteorologists at Five Colleges
Maj. Gen. C. H. Bonesteel announces that 150 college graduates will be trained as army air corps meteorologists at five universities in a program within the Sixth Corps Area.
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Chicago
Army Air Corps
C. H. Bonesteel
Wilson Praises Iowa Troops At Camp Bowie
Go George A. Wilson of Iowa inspected the Iowa national guards men of the 113th cavalry regiment at Camp Bowie and declared the unit fit and fine. He presented an Iowa state flag to the unit as Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl watched and Lt. Donald Gibbons accepted the banner for Troop C Ottumwa. The parade was led by Col. Maxwell O'Brien of Des Moines.
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Tex
George A. Wilson
Iowa
113Th Cavalry Regiment
Camp Bowie
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa National Guard
Wilson
Donald Gibbons
Ottumwa
Maxwell O'Brien
Des Moines
Hotel Roosevelt Gala Window Display For Nat's Hotel Week
Hotel Roosevelt unveils a National Hotel Week display in its southwest window coordinated by William S. Catlow and the American Hotel association. Don Neill and Chef Jack Army built a four foot high Iowa corn sugar miniature of the hotel with electric lights, plus windows featuring lobsters in chef hats, a three layer revolving cake, and moving arrows highlighting hotel offerings. Local product labels and photos of formal dinners and weddings adorn the display set against a skyline backdrop.
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Hotel Roosevelt
American Hotel Association
Don Neill
Jack Army
Iowa
Chef Army
Quaker Oats
Wilson & Company
Penick & Ford
National Oats
Rail workers deny aim to embarrass government over wage demand
Alexander F. Whitney, international president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, told about 2,000 Indiana lodge members that the 30 percent pay increase request is not an attempt to embarrass the administration. He said the demand will be filed June 10 and a conference will be held within 30 days to pursue a settlement. The aim is to raise railroad wages to match other large industries and share in rising carrier profits.
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Indianapolis
ULP
Alexander F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Whitney
Indiana Railroad
New Moon Signals Renewed Bombing Threat Over England
The June moon cycle raises grim forecasts of renewed German night bombing against England. May’s clear skies preceded heavy attacks as the Luftwaffe targeted ports and industries. If weather stays propitious, German air raids and carrier operations may intensify before winter darkness limits engagements.
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Kirke L. Simpson
England
English
Germany
Hamburg
Bremen
Berlin
London
Midlands
Roosevelt
Britain
Crete
Channel
Britain's Night Flyers Battle Raiders
A New Zealand born night fighter pilot in a Beaufighter chases a German Heinkel high over London. The RAF night fighters claim 33 bombers shot down that night while noting 200 airmen lost if 50 planes were destroyed.
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England
New Zealand
London
R.A.F
Hitler
Standard Oil Gas Lines Begin in Iowa and Midwest
Standard Oil of Indiana announced construction on two six inch gasoline pipelines from Burlington Junction Missouri to Des Moines Iowa and from Council Bluffs Iowa to Sioux Falls South Dakota. The lines extend the main Sugar Creek Missouri to Council Bluffs route with 111 mile and 167 mile branches and two new terminals at Des Moines and South Sioux Falls to distribute products by tank car.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Burlington Junction
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Sioux Falls
S. D
Sugar Creek
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Des Moines Clive Plant to Add Eight Tanks and Rail Service
The Des Moines terminal will be built in Clive two miles west of the city and include eight storage tanks served by the Milwaukee railroad. The South Sioux Falls terminal will have nine tanks served by the Great Northern railroad. Both terminals load 16 tank cars at once with a daily capacity of 150 cars and each tank will be protected by a six foot earthen dyke.
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Des Moines
Clive
Milwaukee Railroad
South
Sioux Falls
Great Northern Railroad
Raids Kill Twice As Many Britons As Actual Battle
London dispatch reports government figures showing nearly twice as many Britons killed in bombing raids as in direct combat. In the first 21 months of World War II, Britain’s military casualties reached 101,056 with 18,627 killed, while civilian losses during the 11 months of heavy air raids totaled 83,551 dead and wounded.
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London
Britain
Greece
Crete
Hood
Burns From Stove Fatal To DeWitt Woman
Special to The Gazette DeWitt Iowa Mrs Elihu Wynkoop 72 died in Clinton hospital after kerosene stove exploded and burned her Friday morning She is survived by husband two sons Jack Reeder Berkeley California Arthur Reeder Seattle Washington two daughters Zeba Wecker York Pennsylvania Thelma Wynkoop Clinton Funeral services set for 2 pm Monday at McGinnis Funeral Home with burial in Elwood cemetery
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Dewitt
Elihu Wynkoop
Wynkoop
Clinton Hospital
Jack Reeder
Berkeley
Calif
Arthur Reeder
Seattle
Wash
Zeba Wecker
York
Thelma W
Avalanche of Letters Endorses Roosevelt Emergency Policy
Hyde Park N Y AP a flood of letters and telegrams Saturday night backed President Roosevelt unlimited national emergency. Roosevelt named Harold L Ickes oil industry dictator and said he has read all messages and feels American mandate to continue New Deal policies.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Seaboard
Harold L. Ickes
White House
Death by Own Action Claimed for Nazi Admiral Boehm
London reports say Admiral Boehm commander in chief of Nazi naval forces in Norway died by his own action in Oslo's Grand hotel after questioning by Himmler. Link suggested to Rudolf Hess flight. Haushofer arrest also noted.
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London
INS
Rudolf Hess
Reuters
Boehm
Norway
Grand Hotel
Oslo
Heinrich Himmler
Hess
Scotland
London Radio
Germany
Karl E. Haushofer
Haushofer
Hitler
Irish Beat Bears In Tight Notre Dame Victory
Notre Dame defeated California 8 to 6 before 3,000 fans in South Bend on Saturday to take the series opener and secure both games after a 5 to 4 win Friday.
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South Bend
Ind
Ins
Notre Dame University
California
Drowned Boy Ira Cole In Des Moines River
Ira Cole eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs Grover Cole drowned Saturday while swimming with a younger brother in the Des Moines river near Bentonsport Iowa AP report states.
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Keosauqua
Ira Cole
Grover Cole
Des Moines River
Bentonsport
Irish Beat Big Ten Champs For State Track
Notre Dame defeated Indiana by 68 to 34 in the Indiana intercollegiate track meet. Roy Cochran of Indiana tied the state 440 yard record with 34 seconds, equaling Bon Fuqua's 1948 mark. Other scores: Butler 17, DePauw 7, Taylor 5, Ball State 3, Indiana State.
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Bloomington
Ind
Notre Dame
Indiana
Butler
de Pauw
Taydeh
Ball State
Indiana State
Roy Cochran
Bon Fuqua
Wright proposes rebuilding London to twenty five times its size
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright told British officials that future London should be rebuilt on an area twenty five times the present city. He said historic structures damaged by the war should not be restored but kept as museum pieces in a park for visitors.
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Spring Green
Wis
Frank Lloyd Wright
London
Wright
Walpole III Sir Hugh Walpole Hospitalized
Sir Hugh Walpole aged 57, British novelist, is hospitalized with a severe heart ailment, the London report said Saturday.
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London
Sir Hugh Walepole
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