Blind organist flies first time in air and dreams of cheese lined airports
Frank Voelker, a blind organist, rode with Roy O Keefe and Ted Saxon for a ten minute flight. He handled the controls well despite no license and shared a wish to scent Linburger cheese at airports. He recalled past driving feats and noted the sense of freedom aloft.
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Frank Voelker
D Avenue
Roy O'Keefe
Flying Feds Club
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O'Keefe
Ted Saxon
Aviation Country Club
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Saxon
Amateur Ad Contest Opens at The Gazette
Residents are invited to submit advertising ideas to the Ad-Rite Editor with one idea per sheet. Participants must be nonprofessionals, may enter any number of ads for listed advertisers, and prizes include weekly cash awards and three grand prizes of 200, 100, and 30 dollars.
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Ad-Write Contest Fifth Week Winners Listed
Merchandising winners named for the fifth Ad-Rite contest include Toman's, Wolf's, and Monticello with addresses in Cedar Rapids, Amana, Mount Vernon, and surrounding areas. Recipients span Frances Batchelder, Sylvia Brown, Mrs. Leerard Winch, and others across multiple streets and businesses.
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Frances Batchelder
Alburnett
Benard Rosina
Tirst Avenue
Wolf's
Helene Schmieder
Amana Maxine Denny
Wals Morgan
Liegd Edwards
Athurorrt
Sylvia MM. Brown
G Avenue
Fenney's
Ity
Tespelle Gallacher
Asene
Robert Leith
K Street
al Schmidt
Row
Sherwin-Williams
Gatherine Wilcox
Fourteentl Strees
Champlin Hatchery Sells Day Old Chicks and Stoves
Champlins offers thousands of two to five week chicks with delivery while supplies last. Weekly hatch of day old chicks every Monday and Thursday includes limited heavy breeds. Local ads promote a $20.50 Humane Oil Stove and trade-ins. Local Drug Company at 110 Third Avenue SW highlights 29 cent luncheons, pharmaceuticals, and a lunch counter open 6 am to 10 pm serving up to 100 patrons with downtown convenience and parking on Third avenue west. Local ownership noted with Wendl B. Gatto as proprietor.
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Iaw
Champlins
Grant
Champlin’s
Champlin
Hatchere
Third Avenue SW
Third Avenue West
Wendl B. Gatto
Farm income runs ahead of last year
Washington AP reports cash income for farmers totaled 1.378 billion dollars in January and February 1940, up 218 million from the same period 1939. Marketings earned 1.154 billion, crop program payments rose to 224 million, with government subsidies peaking earlier than 1939. March likely shows gains smaller than January and February. Market prices for main farm products edged lower in March versus February.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Schoolmen Conference At Cornell Draws 150 Attendees
In Mount Vernon the eighth annual Schoolmen's conference sponsored by Cornell college drew about 150 schoolmen from Minnesota Illinois and Iowa. Dr Paul Misner Glencoe Illinois superintendent spoke on human relations and civic responsibility in schools stressing the teacher's role with administration curriculum and community. Luncheon was held in Pfeiffer hall and sessions continued in the afternoon under Dr S J McLaughlin head of Cornell's education department.
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Gazette
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Illinois
Iowa
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Pfeiffer Hall
S. J. McLaughlin
Aviators Stay On Ground Craft Model Planes For Fun And Flight
Berle Miller and Arnold Zimmerman design rubber powered and gasoline model planes near Mound Farm. Their Creations include a four foot wing span Korda model with a 38 inch length. The pair chase updrafts and hunt for flights over the Cedar Rapids Country Club. One plane aloft seven minutes and two miles before landing. The models feature light balsa frames and fabric coverings with a folding single blade propeller. Miller and Zimmerman compete in contests, Miller placing third at Ames last year.
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Arnold Zimmerman
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Zimmerman
Miller
Mound Farm
Korda
Aviation Enthusi
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Ames
National Aeronautics Association
Arnold
Air School
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