Service Of Their Country Ensign Olson Reports for Navy Training
Ensign Harold O. Olson of 2435 Grande Avenue SE will report June 28 to Fort Schuyler New York for navy indoctrination training. He was sworn into the naval reserve Tuesday at Des Moines and is an inspector for the Chicago signal corps inspection zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold O. Olson
Grande Avenue
Fort Schuyler
New York
Naval Reserve
Des Moines
Chicago Signal Corps
War Bond Saving Guide For Workers Families
Government pamphlet asks households to calculate how much beyond 100 percent of earnings can be saved each payday in War Bonds. It outlines family income, payroll deductions, and commitment to patriotic investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanless
Find Interest And Follow It Graduates Urged
Virgil M. Hancher president of the University of Iowa urged 361 Cedar Rapids public high school graduates at Memorial coliseum to find their interest and pursue it. He warned war will affect life, moral standards may fall, great powers will emerge, and urged service and self development as life goals. Nile Kinnick was cited as a model, and the event featured four high schools and a choral performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids Public
Memorial Coliseum
Dr. Hancher
China
India
Russia
Atlantic
Pacific
Eduard Benes
Winston Churchill
Nile Kinnick
Hancher
Arthur Deamer
W. C. Porter
Local Advertising Representatives Listed in Trade Directory
A fragmented listing shows advertising representatives tied to firms in Detroit New York and Rapids with addresses at Fifth Avenue and Center Building. Mentions membership in industry groups Mods Records and ANPA Bureau of Advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midh Avenue
Iago
York
New Center
Detroit
Mods Records
A.N.P.A. Jureau
Washington musings from RS Franklin D Roosevelt notes
The column recalls Franklin D Roosevelt wife in Washington and daily life scenes with YWCA and fire station nearby. It also comments on Connally-Smith anti strike bill, church bells, and a bus guide scene before the war. Senator Guy Gillette warns against overblown postwar hopes while supporting future international security cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Guy Gillette
Senate
Aginst
U. S
Graduates Honored From Special School at Harrison
Gladys Thomann and Miss Elea Nor Taylor did not serve as organist for the event. The class included Donald Brown Jack Miller Rosemary Vorpa and additional graduates from Wilson High School who completed studies at the Harrison special school for handicapped children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Thomann
Eleanor Taylor
Donald Brown
Jack Miller
Franklin
Rosemary Vorpa
Wilson High School
Harrison
Mental hospital admissions by marital status shown
Data indicates three single men are admitted to mental hospitals for every married man admitted. The statistic highlights a gendered pattern in psychiatric admissions based on marital status.
Casket Handles Fill Live Role in War
Seattle dispatch notes casket handles are repurposed for war needs. H G Barton of Alaska Communications Systems faced delays in securing steel for heavy handles used on mobile radio units accompanying task forces. The report hints at ongoing wartime material shortages and procurement issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
INS
H. G. Barton
Alaska Communications Systems
New Admissions Director at Coe College Named
William D. Fisher of Chicago is the new admissions director at Coe College. He assumed duties June 1 after board ratified the appointment. Fisher graduated from the University of Nebraska with a journalism major and earned an M A from the University of Colorado where he taught English and led the Little Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Fisher
Chicago
Coe College
College Board of Trustees
Fisher
University of Nebraska
University of Colorado
Little Theater
Undertakers Stock Up Casket Handles for Live Wire Action
The report notes undertakers held ample casket handles ready for use and Barton quickly acquired them for what was described as a "live wire" stunt or activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton
Waste at Sunflower plant prompts Senate inquiry
Truman committee heard claims that improper management led to millions in waste during Sunflower ordnance plant construction near De Soto Kansas. Former plant inspector William J Ryan testified of faulty structures discarded lumber and drunkenness among workers with fires burning daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Truman Senate
Urgus
Sunflower Ordnance Plant
de Soto
Kan
Truman
D-Mo
William J. Ryan
Bolivar
Ryan
Sen
Brewster
Maine
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Raymond W. Milota
Camp Walter
Texas
San Francisco
Calif
Albert Milota
Seventeenth Avenue
Donovan Elmore
Farragut
Idaho
Naval Training Base
L. W. Elmore
Edgewood Road
John Beck
Desert
California
Lisetta Baust
Amana
R. J. Moorcroft
Gwendolyn Drive
Donald Keegan
R. W. Keegan
Monticello
Africa
Third Avenue SE
Jerry Giaza
Cedar Falls
Santa Ana
H. J. Glaza
E Avenue NE
Henry Ham
Army Air Corps
North Island
San Diego
James Ham
Solon
Irving BR. Finger
Fort Knox
Camp Campbell
Pfc. Finger
C. F. Finger
Seventh Street
Bernard C. Nemmers
Camp White
Ore
D Avenue
Ray E. Stephenson
Alta E. Stephenson
Floyd T. Stephenson
C Avenue NE
Roy E. Seney
Seney
Mason City
Minneapolis
Fort Sill
Oklo
Oliver Turner
George W. Turner
First Avenue
Turner
Navy
Moffett Field
Pfe
Dale L. McDaniel
William McDaniel
Fifth Street
Chanute Field
Ill
Hammerfield
Fresno
Fourth Street
Donald A. Reed
Greensboro
N. C
Third Street
Sergt
Orley Leech
Camp Grant
Sergt. Leech
Ralph Wilkins
Sixteenth Avenue SW
James A. McArthur
A. W. McArthur
Springville
Camp Robinson
Ark
James L. Jakubec, Jr
Camp Claiborne
Hamilton Street
James L. Jakubec
K Street
Osco Drug Store
Service Optical
Second Street
Cedar Rapids
John L
Pansy Boyes Hoyt
Geda
Managin Ae Rapids, Latter
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Gerster
Iowa
Sta
U.S. Territories
George Stimpson
Virginia
Maryland
First Street
Armstrong
Manhattan
Pomel
LTS
Eee
Coe
Uticura
Dad
Covm AL
Retail Merchants Bureau
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