Windows for 9 Friends of Coe College
Nine trustees faculty members and alumni of Coe college are honored by eight clerestory windows in the T. M. Sinclair Memorial chapel. Donors are relatives and friends. Windows will be installed next week with dedication services planned. Names honored include Dr W R Boyd Miss Ethel R Outland Dr B W Stookey Dr George W Bryant Miss Elizabeth Cook and other Coe affiliates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
T. M. Sinclair
W. R. Boyd
Coc
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
State Board of Education
Ethel R. Outland
Coe
8. W. Stookey
George W. Bryant
Coe Alumni Association
Elizabeth Cook
Wash
Fewer Replacement Ration Books Issued in Linn County
The Linn County district ration board announced fewer replacement ration books will be issued for lost stolen or destroyed books. Applicants must apply in person await 30 days before a new book is issued and damaged books are not replaced unless stamps are unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Dc Price and Ration Board
Memorial Window Honors Cedar Rapids Art Club Members
A memorial window at a high school honors Cedar Rapids Art Club members including Miss Cook a charter member. It notes James W. Good Coe alumnus and former secretary of war who later served in congress, and First Lt Wayne Lowe who died in January 1943. Donations come from S J Lowe of Los Angeles and the Kremers family, with Dr Kremers a Coe professor and trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
Cedar Rapids Art Club
Cook
James W. Good
Coe
Hoover
Congress
Board of
Wayne Lowe
S. J. Lowe
Los Angeles
Calif
Harry Kremers
Kremers
Soldier Wesley G Youngmon Wounded in Germany
Pfc Wesley G Youngmon age 27 was slightly wounded in action January 29 in Germany and awarded the Purple Heart. His wife and son Dallas live at 419 Second Street SW. He attended Brookings High School in South Dakota and worked for Iowa Steel and Iron Works before joining the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley G. Youngmon
Germany
Dallas
Second Street
Brookings
S. D
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Eligibility Cut for New 1942 Cars Sets Eight Groups
Washington AP reports the Office of Price Administration trimmed the 1942 new car eligibility from 26 groups to eight. Home-to-work driving is dropped. remaining groups include government workers on public safety and health duties, physicians, farm veterinarians, public health nurses, religious leaders, armed forces on official business, taxi owners for replacements, and rental car operators for transfers. About 10,000 new cars remain until March. 1942 used cars become purchasable only by those in eligible groups with monthly mileage credits, and veterans redistributing a car may re-register it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Roosevelt to Broadcast Red Cross Appeal
President Roosevelt will address the nation next Tuesday night in a three minute broadcast urging support for the American Red Cross campaign for 200 million dollars. The White House said the program will be carried by all networks between 8 and 8 05 p.m. Central War Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
American Red Cross
White House
Leatrice Joy and Arthur Wester Wed in Mexico City
Leatrice Joy once a film star and Arthur Kem Wester mark, an electrical engineer, announced to friends they wed on March 5 in Mexico City. The ceremony followed a private exchange of vows, with the couple planning to reside in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laguna Beach
Calif
Leatrice Joy
Arthur Kem Westermark
Mexico City
New Coverall Aids Flyers in Icy Seas
Akron Ohio reports B F Goodrich announced a nylon and synthetic rubber one piece anti exposure suit for airmen forced down at sea. Developed with Air Technical Service Wright Field it has built in shoes rubber sealed neck and wrist openings and weighs three pounds. The suit aims to reduce death from shock and exposure in icy water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
B. F. Goodrich Company
Air Technical Service
Wrightfield
Dayton
Major John J. Cook Here for Visit to Get New Assignment
Major John J. Cook accompanied by his wife Audrey Ames and children John and Ellen visits his aunt Mrs. eo Cook at 419 Eighteenth street while en route to Leavenworth Kansas for reassignment. He is a Washington high school graduate, former Iowa University student, son of late Cedar Rapids fire chief Joseph P. Cook. He joined the army in 1928 and served on the military lend lease staff with Harriman in Russia during 1941 1942 and 1943. Audrey Ames previously worked for the Paris edition of the New York Herald in 1935 1936 1937 and later for United Press in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Cook
John
Ellen
Leavenworth
Kan
Maj. Cook
Eo Cook
Eighteenth Street
Washington High School
Iowa University
Joseph P. Cook
Cedar Rapids
Ellen Richardson
Washington, D. C
Lendlease
W. Averell Harriman
Russia
Audrey Ames
Paris
New York Herald
House Votes for State Regulation of Trade Schools
Iowa house approved a measure to license trade, business and correspondence schools 95 to 0 and send it to the senate. The bill requires a 25 yearly license fee plus 25 first application and 10 solicitor fees, with 1000 dollar bonds for schools and solicitors. It places oversight under the state superintendent and vocational education board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Iowa House
House
Senate
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Vocational Education
Henry W. Wormley
Kingsley
Robert D. Blue
Eight Die as Storm Hits B-29 Base in Asia
A hurricane force storm struck a B-29 Superfortress base in Southeast Asia killing eight men and injuring 15. About 25 cargo and transport aircraft were damaged though no B-29s were harmed. Most deaths came from collapsed walls and roofs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. 20Th Bomber Command Hdq
Southeast Asia
Wounded Marine Pvt James Schuknecht on Iwo Jima
Pfc James C Schuknecht of the Fifth Marine Division reports in a March 3 letter that he has been wounded in action on Iwo Jima and is hospitalized at the Mari anas with what he calls nicks and a cin der in his right arm He trained with Carlson's Raiders on the west coast before joining the Fifth Marines and had previously spent three days in Hawaii with his brother Lt Lloyd C Schuknecht Jr, then serving with the signal corps His sister LeNore Schuknecht is a Marine research technician at Cherry Point North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Schuknecht
Fifth Marine Division
Iwo Jima
Marianas
Lloyd C. Schuknecht
B Avenue NW
Pfc. Schuknecht
Carlson
Raiders
West Coast
Fifth Marines
Hawaiian Islands
Lloyd C. Schuknecht, Jr
Signal Corps
Marshalls
Gilberts
Cpl
LeNore Schuknecht
Marines
Cherry Point
Pfc James Bowman Wounded in Germany
Pfc James R Bowman 24 an infantryman was wounded in Germany with shrapnel under the right eye and is hospitalized in England. He is recovering satisfactorily. Son of Mr and Mrs Martin W Bowman of 3015 C avenue NE he has been overseas since December trained as a Franklin graduate and formerly worked for Iowa Manufacturing before enlistment nearly three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Bowman
Germany
England
Martin W. Bowman
C Avenue
Franklin
Iowa Manufacturing Company
New Iowa District Judge Appointed to Third Judicial District
Charles J. Lewis, Mt. Ayr attorney and Ringgold county Republican chairman, appointed to the Third judicial district to succeed the late Judge Homer Fuller. The district covers Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Union and Wayne counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Llp
Charles J. Lewis
Mt. Ayr
Ringgold County
Homer Fuller
Adams
Clarke
Decatur
Ringgold
Taylor
Union
Wayne Counties
Nineteen Charter Members Inducted Into Wilson Junior Hi-Y
Nineteen boys were formally inducted as charter members of the Wilson junior Hi-Y club at the Y M C A Tuesday evening. Wilson Hi Y club members led the ceremony with President Howard Prochaska presiding. Inducted members include Dick Curtis, Jack Andrew, Jack Cooper, Jack Fulton, Floyd Davie, Jerry Jerman, Harvey Hixson, Harold Whitmer, Douglas Hamilton, Paul Chukas, Robert Rocarek, Richard Mortland, John Jensen, Charles Dumond, Ernest Dochterman, Melvin Simoons, Jimmy Dorland, Glenn Matter, and Richard Svoboda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Junior
Ernest Dochterman
Melvin Simoons
Jimmy Dorland
Glenn Matter
Richard Svoboda
Meeting attendees and ceremony details at Wilson Hiclub event
Attendees listed for the meeting include Secretary Bill Fitch Harold Cooper Walter Loeffler and Clifford Brown. Don Havlik sponsors the junior group as he leaves Wilson Hiclub. Prochaska was assisted by Dick Fikers David Brunius Bob Carter Erwin Derrow and Dor Harmon in the ceremony. Earl Lintz and Joe Regan served as guard and master at arms. Jerry Hey spoke as YMCA boys work secretary and Prochaska presented the national charter to Dick Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Fitch
Harold Cooper
Walter Loeffler
Clifford Brown
Don Havlik
Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Friends of Coe College
Matilire
W. G. Youngmon
Reich
F.R
Red Cross Appeal
Servel
Army
Navy
Roy Fortner
Mt. Vernon Avenue
America
Iowa-Illingis Gas and Electric CO
Pfc
Jas. Schuknecht
Iwo Jima Island
James Bowman
Iowa
Junior Hi-Y Club
Princess Gourielli
Craemer
Dorothy Hubbs
Vanta
Hubbard
Craemer's
Infants’ Dept
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