Poe Princeton Football Star of the 1900s
The article profiles Arthur Poe, Princeton quarterback turned football end, who later rose to manager of the Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant. It traces his Ivy League days from 1896 to 1900, his all-America selection, early “professional” play for U.S. Steel, and his long Indiana career. Poe, 64, remains active in civic work and sports, proud of Navy Era recognition and his long service at Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids plant.
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Frank Nye
Arthur Poe
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Company
United States Naval Academy
Roy
Poe
Princeton
Navy
Edgar Allan Poe
Manager Poe
Harvard
Yale
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Peterboro
Canada
East
Indiana
Illinois
Mississippi
Iowa
Reddy
America
Youths Seek Gas Books to Aid Draft Evasion
Two youths aged 18 and 19 in San Diego applied for supplementary gas books on urgent-need grounds. OPA findings show they sought one last four wheel sling before being drafted, with the OPA blocking gasoline for army use.
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San Diego
Calif
OPA
Forty Years at Quaker He Worked Up the Hard Way
Emil J. Petranek Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant superintendent turns 54 as Navy E pennant honors the yard. From 14 in packing to office chief, he rose through the ranks over decades of work and service. He and his wife enjoy fishing, nature study, and outdoor life, with two sons serving in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
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Quaker
Cedar Rapids
Qaker Oats Company
Emil J. Petranek
Supt. Petranek
Ted” Petranek
Ted
George Laird
Emil
Old Washington High
Messenger Bay
Petranek
Grand Island
Neb
Capt
Emil, Jr
Fort Belvoir
Robert
Army Air Force
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Spirit Lake
Wapsipinicon River
Central City
Quaker Oats lists 271 war service names at Cedar Rapids plant
Honor roll for the Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids plant shows 271 names of servicemen and one Wave, Doris Fink. Two have died in the line of duty, Wesley Cheteborsky and Robert N. Eby. The list includes Robert Akers, Francis Argo, Leo Baburek, Guy Baldwin, Leonard Cerny, Donald Chapman, and many others with full names, ranks, and hometowns.
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Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Company
Doris Fink
The
Waves
Wesley Cheteborsky
Robert N. Eby
Robert D. Akers
Francis Argo
Nasseam Atty
Leo Baburek
Guy R. Baldwin
Kenneth Bastian
Glen Batchelder
Harlan W. Bean
Howard Beatty
Harold H. Benson
Leo E. Benischek
Edward H. Berry
Milo Besta
Howard J. Beuthien
Harold F. Birky
George J. Bishop
Leonard Biskup
Thomas A. Bjornsen
George E. Blake
Raymond H. Blake
Erwin C Bohstedt
Listing of Names and Mentions in Dearborn Page 19
A long list of personal names appears in the Dearborn page 19 column. The fragment includes Francis J. Dickson Charles L. Douglas Harold B Downs Quentin Dudley Harold Durr Edwin D. Dvorak and many others with numerous middle initials and surnames. The text ends with a parenthetical note Continued on Page 19 Col 1.
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John W. Frueh
T. H. Fuehr
Svevin G. Gallagher
Virgil C. Gallo
Joseph A Gessner
John T. Gilbert
Millard C Gullis
Leo O. Golden
Harold R Goodrow
Al<yah E. Gersh
Russel F. Gorsh
Robert J. Graham
William K. Graham
Chester S Gralund
Earl L. Grimm
Samuel D Gross
Donald E. Gurley
Robert A. Hasley
Robert Hastings
Owen J Hayes
Leo F. Heck
Emil Sherman
Webb V. Herring
Robert Hinton
Eugene
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Walter Camp
Y M.C.A. Board of Trustees
Coe College Board of Trustees
University of Iowa
300
Twenty-seventh Street
Anne Johnson Poe
Joseph Peee Jr
Washington
Bill Edwards
Guadalcanal
Creamery
Army-Navy
Cherry-Burrell
Csi
Quaker Oats CO
Army
First Trust & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Third ST
Twelfth Ave
DIAL
Czechoslovakia
J. S. Petranek
Fourteenth Street
ACE Cleaners
Third Avenue
CIAL
Dupont
Luberger
Luberger’ S Fine Furniture
Cedar Rapids, l
Owa
Quaker Oats
Auto Electric Shop
Seventh Street SE
TNA
Labor
United Cereal Workers
Quaker Oats Plant
Reddy Kilowatt
OWA Electric.light and Power Company
Lows Dt
Locals Light and Power Co
Arn
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