Mechanicsville Folk Visit Camp Good Health
Mechanicville visitors toured Camp Good Health near Cedar Rapids learning about the program's history, daily routine, and care for physically handicapped children. They saw the kitchen, hospital area, sleeping cottages, and a hill dash at the wading pool as staff from the Public Health Nursing association explained health checks and vaccinations. Contributions to The Camp Good Health Fund are needed to continue care for all eligible children.
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Dbyterian Church
A J. Kindred
Methodist Church
Oren Boyd
Mervyn Boots
Allene Norris
Emma Dorman
Elnor Eichelberger
Lucille Smith
Louise Smith
Clifford Johnson
Helen Buchannan
Kindred
Mary Joy Finnigan
Union Vacation Church School
Mechanicsville
Alma Hartz
Public Health Nursing Association
Hartz
Elizabeth S. Johnston
Fof
Mechanicsvile
Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Byrd Crewmen Call Polar Expeditions Exhausting
Harold Hankleton and Jack Dymond, two Byrd expedition veterans from New Zealand and San Bernardino, visited Cedar Rapids en route from New Zealand to California. They voiced fatigue with long polar voyages, noting records show a summer high around ten degrees above zero during their stay aboard Bear of Oakland and Jacob Ruppert.
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New Zealand
San Bernardino
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Harold Hankleton
Dunedin
Jack Dymond
Richard Byrd
South Polar
Hankleton
Byrd
Bear
Oakland
Dymond
Jacob Ruppert
Will Rogers Style Satire on Huey and Senate
In Beverly Hills Will Rogers mocks Huey Long and the Senate’s luxuries. He notes Long would talk only sixteen hours now and recalls the Constitution reading as an educational novelty. The column contrasts with a headline about Japanese advances into China.
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Gasette
Beverly Hills
Celif
Huey
Senate
U.S
China
Sailors Describe Wild Antarctic Journey and待遇
Two sailors report their South Pole expedition aboard a ship named Little America faced extreme cold and ice. They were discharged in Boston on June 9 claiming only 2.50 each in pay despite expectations of a larger bonus. They say Byrd was in 60000 debt and could not pay more. They claim 135 expedition members, about 10 percent able seamen, lived largely on canned food. frostbite common without proper gear.
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Boston
Byrd
South Pole
Little America
South Polar
Former Navy Men Asked To Register In District
Former Navy men are urged to register before June 30. Claude C. Hudnall, local recruiting officer, asks every man with an honorable discharge to report his discharge date and activities since leaving the service. Registration is at the Navy recruiting office in the basement of the federal building, daily 9 to 4, Saturdays 9 to noon. For more information, call Hudnall at 2-6568.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Claude C. Hudnall
Navy
Federal
Mr. Hudnall
Re Application Blanks Mailed For Linn County Work Relief
Linn county relief will mail re application forms to all on relief and asks anyone not receiving them by next week to call the courthouse basement office. Bath and face towels plus pillow slips are distributed by need and supply, and dress material is on hand for home sewing with garments returned for inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Cora Jacobs
Linn County Relief
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Will Rogers
Will
Berkeley
Coty
Lucien LeLong
Newman
CORD
Fioor
Fleer
Paradise
Jantzen
Catalina
Acordiana
Caliente
Dolores ‘del Rio
Sports Shop
Lorraine-Haspel
America
Shir
Madras
Phecatz
Phoenix
Ga. Gallen
Oasis
Vas
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