Regular practice and aerial aids keep U S naval gunners accurate
Lieut Bain asserts American gunners’ accuracy due to routine drills and aircraft eyes. He traces training from the Naval Academy to service on Tennessee Waters Mississippi Saratoga and the Mississippi. He notes Japan’s Far East moves, cites ship modernization, and mentions family and leave plans.
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U.s.naval
Lieut Bain
United States
W. I Bain
Gertrude Bain
Seventeenth Street
Bain
United States Naval Academy
Naval Air Force
Tennessee
Pensacola
Saratoga
Mississippi
Congress
Washington
Chief of Naval Operations
Europe
Japan
Far East
U. S
Atlantic
U. S. Navy
San Pedro
Canal Zone
Haiti
Virgin Islands
Norfolk
San Francisco
Seattle
Honolulu
Man Rescues Boy After Tank Blast Fire
In Denver AP reports Merle Dunning 29 ignored flaming clothes to smother the burning attire of Wayne Hall 10 saving him from severe burns. Dunning was badly burned but Hall suffered only minor injuries.
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Denver
Merle Dunning
Wayne Hall
Dunning
Nine Enrollees Planned for CCC July Fifth in Iowa
Linn county social welfare director Mrs Mil dred Hunt announced that nine young men will be enrolled here July 5 for the civilian conservation corps. Applications may be made to Mrs Hunt. The CCC expansion will include youths whose families do not receive relief. Previously only those on relief qualified. Enrollees' $22 monthly pay may be diverted to the war department if not needed by the family. Iowa camps have suffered from few applicants, often filled by out of state enrollees. Iowa aims to select members willing to stay the full six months.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Mildred Hunt
Linn County Social Welfare
Hunt
CCC
A. B. Miller
War Department
Iowa
Widespread Rumor Confirmed Vincennes Carried French Gold
The U S cruiser Vincennes secretly brought a shipment of French gold to the United States last week. Officials would not disclose amount or acquisition method. Treasury data shows a large weekly rise in gold assets, fueling speculation about emergency transport and high level orders.
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Washington
U. S
Vincennes
United States
Navy
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
Harold R. Stark
Germany
Federal Reserve
Orville Charlton Drowned After Power Boat Collision
Orville Charlton a 42 year old Joplin Missouri resident died Friday night when a power boat struck a water logged log near Bagwell dam at Lake of the Ozarks. Two other men drowned in the accident. Charlton employed by General Foods for 15 years leaves a wife Leone Bohac Cedar Rapids a sister and two daughters. His funeral was held in Joplin Monday.
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Orville Charlton
Joplin
M. F. Harmon
C Avenue
Harmon
Charlton
Cedar Rapids
General Foods
Bagnell Dam
Lake of the Ozarks
Mr Charlton
Leone Bohac
Everett
Des Moines
Maddigan School Revue Presented Thursday Evening
One hundred fifty students perform in the Maddigan school revue at the Iowa theater on Thursday at 7 30 p m. The program opens with Bill Franey and the Duke of Rhythm orchestra followed by dances songs and readings by a large cast including Connie Jerry George Close Marie McCray and many others. The show features numerous acts from soft shoe to grand ensemble including a Judy Garland tribute and an Eaton girls chorus.
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Iowa Theater
Bill Franey
Duke of Rhythm
Connie and
Jerry
George Close
Marie McCray
Johnnie Cleator
Merla Jean Even
Connie Ann Takes
Doris Eckert
Colleen Mackey
Jean Petrusch
Belihna Dingman
Lou Ann Pickart
Shirley Mefford
Sharon Evanoff
Junior Nassif
Flavian Kimm
Evelyn Burnaugh
Maurice Kimm
Alice McNulty
Carol Ann McNulty
Corrine Dwyer
Margaret Ann Sisco
Beverly Briles
Junior Briles
Robert Adkins
Corrine Poppe
Connie Staples
Carl Heinen
Phyllis Scheneberger
Earl Sandstrom
Helen McCray
Agnes Hauser
Janet Hayman
Anne Crull
Bonna Heinen
Alice Krupicka
Jerry Staples
Dolores Terwilliger
Vance McCray
William Bull
John Pettit
George Seifford
Neil Richardson
Bessie Gray
Carl Poppenhagen
Ballet Wisteria
Arlene Selzer
Margaret Ann Schroeder
Natalie Skogsbergh
Patty Rubel
Mercedes Palumbo
Marilyn Morrissey
Marjorie Schloeman
Mary Jane Quinn
Jean Abney
Pauline Clegg
Beverly Hover
Violet Speake
Betty Wolfe
Jean Ardis Smith
Matilda Slaman
Ruth Staples
Nadine Jedlicka
Mildred Navratil
Joyce O'Keefe
Velma Ruffin
Patty Ruchel
Mary Kelly
Helen Crouch
Claribel Moore
Libby Zrudsky
Don Blake
Carl Heinen Eaton
Marian Pollitz
Elizabeth Barber
Martha Kohl
Eleanor Kohl
Jacqueline Carberry
Patty Ann Dudek
Seek Gang Member For Murder Quiz
Federal agents sought Charles Bernardie a suspected Green Dragon member for questioning in the Siegel murder case. Bernardie is the sole Chicagoan named in a Fort Worth indictment accusing 29 defendants of smuggling narcotics from Mexico into the United States.
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Chicago
Green Dragon
Gerald Siegel
J. J. Biggin
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Charles Bernardie
Siegel
Fort Worth
Tex
Mexico
United States
Barnardie
Local Group Home From National Hi Y Congress
Y M C A advisor Paul Parks and delegates Bob M Hubacek George Meyers and Leo Koutny returned from Oberlin Ohio where they attended the third National Hi Y congress The Iowa group traveled with two other delegates from Fairfield and Ottumwa aboard the Camp Wapsie Y truck Fifteen hundred delegates from across the United States Canada South America and Mexico attended the congress on the Oberlin College campus
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Paul Parks
Bob M Hubacek
George Meyers
Leo Koutny
Oberlin
Canada
South America
Mexico
Oberlin College
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Robert Repass
Billie Sisco
Leon Morrissey
Virginia Repass
Doris Kinney
Agnes Heavelo
Judy Hart
Janes Wallace
Margaret Wickham
Joan Steinbeck
Dolores Jacquet
Patricia Bell
Jean Zobl
Mary Doyle
John Pet
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