Wapsie camp closes with ceremony and awards
The second Wapsie camp session ended Sunday with the tradition rock ceremony. Honor campers were Joseph Zisko, Robert Ruml and Robert Ettinger. Forty boys earned achievement ribbons. fifteen monograms and one red card. Bob Ettinger and George Ross won white cards. Billy Lattner won blue. Sunday services honored Gerald Ireland, with Elmer Nelson delivering the dedication. The boys band performed for over 100 visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapsie
Joseph Zisko
Robert Rum
Robert. Ettinger
Bob Ettinger
George Ross
Billi Lattner
Gerald Ireland
Cedar Rapids
Elmer Nelson
William Bele
Servce
Stanley Vesely
Benny Drahauza
Devere Newberry
Ray Wells
Joe Zisko
Drahauzal
Donald Ross
Rod Bennett
Lowell Andreas
Perry Andreas
Jace Bel
David Battin
Jim Battin
Don Bennett
Myron Bonsib
Booby Chadime
Don Chadima
John Choate
Roy Walter Goffmer
Billy Cotting
Leonard Meierkord
Bobby Diellen
Charlies Miller
Eddie Miller
Robert Mitchell
Stanley Mohrbacher
Donald Morgan
Bruce Multhaup
Robert Multhaup
George K. Newland Jr
Bill Nolan
Paul Fatterson
Oliver Patricks
David Perkins
Tommy Picxford Wessop
Douglas Ralston
Hulbert Rice
Richard Russell
Donald Schindler
Willam Bevera
Frank South
Wayne Swan
Jack Talbot
Bir Taylor
Buddy Thomas
Bob
Live Power Parade Friday Forenoon Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids prepares for the Live Power animal parade on Friday morning at 10 30 p m with Standard Oil’s motorized circus trucks. Mark Vance and E J Brown arrived to finalize plans for the event which also includes a caravan from Iowa City for parade and lunch. The animated animal replicas on large trucks will move along a prescribed route, offering a novel and entertaining display. Standard Oil tours cover three Mardi Gras carriages on multiple Midwest routes, with a Chicago debut last week and a planned 325 cities and about 10 000 miles by July completion.
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Cedar Rapids
Mark Vance
E. J Brown
Iowa City
Standard Oil
Midwest
Chicago
Loop
Iowa National Guard Company C Praised After Inspections
The 133rd Infantry Iowa National Guard unit at Cedar Rapids receives official praise from Brigadier General Grahl and Colonel Hollar after a satisfactory annual inspection. Captain Elliott notes very good appearance, drill attendance, and excellent supply room. deficiencies from 1932 and 1933 corrected. Commanded by Captain J F Curred with 1st Lt Vincent RR.
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133Rd Infantry
Iowa National Guard
Cedar Rapids
Charles H Grahl
Walter Alliott
Mason Cry
National Guard
Grahi
Gordon Hollar
Horace F Wulf
133Rd
Elliott
J F
Vincent RR
Dvorak and Second Lieutenant Carl ton K Smith as other commissioned officers
Dvorak and Second Lieutenant Carl ton K Smith are listed among other commissioned officers in a recent military roster. The document confirms their active status and rank alongside peers in the unit.
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Dvorak
Carlton K Smith
County Teachers Exams Set For Cedar Rapids Wednesday to Friday
Regular county teachers examinations will be held at County Superintendent Lulu B Secrist office in room 216 in the courthouse at Cedar Rapids from Wednesday to Friday inclusive. The program lists subjects by session including rural school management spelling reading geography United States and Iowa history home economics or manual training arithmetic physiology hygiene and agriculture music grammar handwriting civics and government Constitution algebra English composition elementary school methods and general science. The government and Constitution examination for state certificates will be given at 1 pm Friday.
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Lulu B. Secrist
Cedar Rapids
United States and
Iowa
Government and Constitution
Wisconsin Tercentenary Stamps To Be Issued
Stamp collectors are invited to Wisconsin Tercentenary commemorative three cent stamps honoring the 300th anniversary of Jean Nicolet’s arrival on Green Bay. First sale scheduled in Green Bay on July 7 with mail-in requests to an official address. BERTRAM?Miseé Nonchalance a one act comedy, presented by Ladies Aid division at the Methodist church under Mrs Ed Marx and Miss Ruth Mikulecky.
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Wisconsin
Jean Nicolet
Green Bay
Wis
Bertram
Methodist
Ladies Aid Society
Ed Marx
Ruth Mikulecky
A RK. Minish
Jean Minish
Velmar Anderson
Olive Wetzel
Fern Wetzel
New Deal faces task of keeping southern westen support
Washington dispatch notes that the 1936 strategy centers on preserving the southern and western political coalition while not alienating the east. Eastern discontent grows in congressional votes, with large blocs opposing key New Deal measures such as gold impoundment, stock exchange control, and reciprocal tariff plans. Tugwell nomination as undersecretary of agriculture passed 53 to 24, with several southern Democrats voting no.
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Roosevelt
House
Senate
Brain Trust
Tugwell
Bailey
N. C
Byrd
Clark
Dill
Wash
Gore
Okla
Smith
D. C
Carter Glass
Midwest
Southwest
Northwest
White House
Wisconsin
Robert M la Follette
Wise
War debts and arms gear swap idea to trim loans
In a reader letter the author proposes Uncle Sam seek 80 percent of rival nations war equipment and cancel debts if they supply 50 percent of new arms for 15 to 20 years. The plan aims to lower armament and debts while preserving training, even suggesting a ringside view of future conflicts. A. W. Filinger also notes a bee’s long travel distance to gather one pound of honey.
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the Gazette
United States
Uncle Sam
Europe
Mind exploration and moral science reflection
Fragmentary excerpt debates moral right and science. It argues science establishes organized society over individuals while acknowledging limits of universal certainty. The text hints at a perspective on how science informs ethics without universal consensus.
How Intelligent Are You News Analysis 1934
A discussion on intelligence tests and word knowledge cites Johnson O Connor of Stevens and MIT, noting exact word meaning links to career success. It claims foremen and managers show strong vocabularies, with a note that such knowledge can be learned. The excerpt mentions Arctic exploration by the Soviet government and misaligned Missouri corn acreage affected by Korean imports.
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Johnson O'Connor
Stevens Institute
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Atlantic Monthly
No clear gender divide in taste for adventure and family stories
The passage notes there is no strict mental or emotional line between the sexes. It cites experiments showing many men favor adventure and combat tales while many women favor social and family life stories involving children and home.
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