Cedar Rapids Men Commissioned In Army Navy News
Warne D. Mead will be commissioned second lieutenant in the army on June 4 at West Point, earning a bachelor of science degree, while James L. Manley is commissioned an ensign after completing Pensacola pre flight training. The report lists Meads and Manleys family addresses and college affiliations, plus other Cedar Rapids service members including Richard D. Treka in Germany, Col. Elmer G. Prohaska stationed in Hawaii, and several aboard carriers Shangri-La and Ticonderoga with details on ranks and assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warne D. Mead
Army
West Point
James L. Manley
Navy
Pensacola
Fla
Mead
Fishwild
O. B. Mead
Center Street
Infantry
Forum
Iowa State College
Military Academy
Henry O. Talle
Manley
Loren F. Manley
Avenue NE
Sally B. Jones
Park Avenue SE
University of Iowa
Ensign Manley
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Saufley Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Richard D. Treka
Sylvia Treka
Forest Drive
Germany
Elmer G. Prohaska
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Pacific Area Air Materiel Force
Wheeler Air Force Base
Hawaii
Col
Prohaska
Coe
Far East
Air War College
Richard T. Drew
Dorothy R. Spooner
Ninth Avenue SW
Pacific Air Force
Hickam Air Force Base
Far East Air Force
Tokyo
Air Force
Roosevelt High School
Marilyn J. Young
Shangri-La
Alameda
Calif
Donald L. Krotz
Frank Krotz
Eighth Avenue SE
Paul E. Saylor
Mary Saylor
First Street
Arthur R. Madlom
Samuel C. Madlom
Eleventh Street
Philip J. Watters
John T. Watters
Seventeenth Street
Alameda Memorial Day
Ticonderoga
Cape Horn
Billy Graham Reports on His New York Crusade
Billy Graham describes the New York City crusade in its third week noting nearly 10,000 conversions. He cites a strong spiritual hunger in the city, united churches, and global prayers as key factors fueling the revival.
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Billy Graham
New York
Christ
Graham
United Press
New York City
Future Building Contracts Decline in April U.S.
Contracts for future construction in the United States in April totaled 2.776 billion dollars, down nine percent from a year earlier, per F. W. Dodge Corporation. The four month total reached 10.3 billion, roughly the same as last year, with both residential and non residential building down while non residential gains in the first quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
U.S
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Construction News Specialists
Texas Affair on Count of Monte Cristo at 5 Sunday
A television bulletin announces the program Texas Affair airing on Channel 9 at 5:00 PM Sunday. The listing notes the show is broadcast on Channel 9 with a 5 PM time slot and no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Cristo
Channel 9
Tattooed stable boy arrested on Florida car theft warrant
FBI agents arrested Hubert E. Courtney, 26, in Chicago on a Florida warrant charging car theft. Court documents note tattoos covering most of his body, including a two inch high chest inscription reading Crime does not pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
FBI
Hubert E. Courtney
Florida
The Bald Boy by Elmer Wheeler in The Gazette
A humorous and promotional overview of Elmer Wheeler authoring The Bald Boy a salesmanship expert who developed sizzlemanship methods. The piece describes Wheeler’s background in psychology lie tests word tests and sales training plus his WWII Marine service and weight loss success. The Gambling.
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Elmer Wheeler
Mr. Sizzle
Elmer
Panhandle
the Gazette
Reader's Digest
Dumont, du Pont
The
Texas Company
Cadillac
Ford
Sears
Ican Business Magazine
Marine Corps
Gazette
Sioux Soldier Heads to Europe From Fort Dix
On The Warpath. Fort Dix New Jersey AP reports a full-blooded Sioux named Pre Whirlwind Soldier from Wood South Dakota breezed through here on his way to military service in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort DIX
N. J
Europe
Wood, S.D
Africa Gains as Coffee Area in World Market
Africa is emerging as a growing coffee producer alongside Latin America, according to the U N Economic Commission for Latin America. Hugh Trivelli notes Africa has made steady gains since World War II with French Africa Madagascar and British East Africa among leading producers. 1955 56 Latin America provided 74 percent of world coffee while prewar output was 90 percent. Brazil Colombia and Venezuela suffered a 13 percent drop in 1955 56 due to poor crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
Latin America
Africa
U. N. Economic Commission For
Hugh Trivelli
Commission
Agriculture Committee
French Africa
Madagascar
British East Africa
Portuguese West Africa
Trivilli
Brazil
Colombia
Venezuela
Church Has Herrtage Shelter In New Chichester Church
In Chichester England Roman Catholics build a soundproof gallery for crying infants at the back of their new church. Parents sit in a glassed enclosure and hear the service via loudspeakers. Father Tak says the plan will relieve disruption and allow heated services to be optional. The $150000 structure also features a cantilevered roof to shelter baby carriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ins
Chichester
England
P. H. Tak
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Valparaiso
Chile
Panama
William A. Meyer
George Meyer
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Camp Pendleton, Calif
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McKinley High School
George E. Emrich
Clifton Emrich
B Avenue NE
Army’s Ordnance School
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Immaculate Conception High School
James B. Raymon
Burnett Raymon
Fifth Avenue SE
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Segundo
Prudence Peterson
Oakland Road
Cpl
Donald E. Craft
Lloyd D. Craft
Nineteenth Avenue SW
Marine
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Santa Ana
William J. Goodell
George R. Goodell
Twelfth Street
USS Ranger
Dennis A. Kepler
Lumir Kepler
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Alaska
Wilson High School
Scott Air Force Base
Boilerman
Vernal G. Moore
Glen H. Moore
Fourteenth Street
Naval Base
Bremerton
Wash
San Diego
Franklin High School
Yeoman
Wayne E. Edgington
Earl W. Edgington
Twenty-second Avenue
Naval Receiving Station
Washington, D. C
Saipan
Robert W., Murdock
Murdock
Ray Murdock
Thirtieth Street
Fontenet
France
Don H. Miller
Maynard H. Miller
Thirty-second Street
Norfolk, Va
Trinidad
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Iowa
America
Times Square
Greenwich Village
Detroit
Minneapolis
Houston
Perpetual
Third Street
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Psychology Department
Johns Hopkins University
Oglethorpe University
Word Laboratory
Time
Fortune
Reader’s Digest
Look
Newsweek
Amer
Mulekoff
Vornado
Smulekoff
Deek
Desk
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