Cedar Rapids Chamber Sees 283 New Members Enrolled
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce reports 283 new members at a one day campaign closing with 148 new Junior Chamber members and 135 new regular members. Ken the Jaycee pig will transfer to a new owner after the sign up target is met. Les Giblin urged recognizing people as they are and using the word you to connect, stressing politeness and agreement.
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Cedar Rapids
Jaycee
Harlan Dobry
Dick Hoskins
Junior Chamber
Vinton
Dobry
Cedar Raps
Ken
Independence
Civic Bureau
Jaycees
Chicago
Milwaukee
Leo E. Stone
Center Point Road
Jack Brown
Twenty Eighth Street Court
Ted Johnson
A. E. Morehouse
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids Raiders
Chamber
Les Giblin
Hoegh
Dayton Countryman
Countryman
Duffy
Armed Forces Enlistments Reported in Cedar Rapids
Recruiters in Cedar Rapids announced three new entrants to service two for the Army and one for the Air Force. Cheslie Squires and Lee Smith join airborne infantry and Tenth Infantry respectively with training at Camp Chaffee and Fort Riley. Charles Dillingham enlists in the Air Force for Sampson base training. Howard Loring becomes a chief yeoman in the Naval Reserve from Cedar Rapids.
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Army
Air Force
Cedar Rapids
Cheslie E. Squires
Vernall Street
Lee T. Smith
Iowa City
Squires
Airborne Infantry
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Smith
Tenth Infantry Division
Fort Riley
Kan
Charles E. Dillingham
Eighth Avenue SE
Sampson Air Force Base
New York
Naval Reserve Unit
Howard B. Loring
Eighteenth Street
Fisherman's Worms and Golf Gear Stir Sunday Closure Debate
Madison legislators hear William Callow oppose a bill banning nonessential stores from Sunday trading. He warns fishing crews would be blocked from buying worms and shops would drop sale of golf balls and tees.
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Madison
William Calllow
Iowa House OKs 26 Million Korea Vets' Bonus
Des Moines announces the Iowa House passed a 26 million dollar Korea veterans bonus by a 103 to 0 vote. The plan would pay about 100,000 veterans roughly 250 dollars each, funded by tax levies and a 1956 referendum approval. The measure awaits senate, governor, and public vote.
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House
Korea
Des Moines
Senate
Iowa
Pulitzer editor dies after abdomen rupture
Joseph Pulitzer age 70, longtime editor and publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, died from a ruptured abdominal blood vessel. He led the paper for 43 years and steered it as a crusading daily. He attended the Gridiron dinner the prior night and was active at his desk the day of his death.
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ST. Louis
Joseph Pulitzer
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joseph, Jr
Pulitzer
St. Louis Advertising Club
Post- Dispatch
Centralia
Ill
Post-Dispatch Main
Evergreen trees to be cut on Tama Indian area for market
Evergreen trees planted in 1924 on erosion prone hills of the Tama Indian settlement near Joslyn Manufacturing will be cut into poles and posts and creosoted for sale. The event marks the first timber harvest on the reforestation project with a demonstration by Iowa State College foresters on April 2.
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Iowa State College Forestry Department
College Forestry Department
Tama Indian
Tama
Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Company
Iowa State College Department of Forestry
Sac and Fox Tribal Council
U.s.forestry Department of the Indian
Glover Pajama Firm in Dubuque to Close Operations
The H. B. Glover Company, oldest men’s apparel maker west of Chicago, will discontinue manufacturing and merchandising in Dubuque within weeks. President F. E. Bissell Jr cites competition and economic reasons. The firm, founded 1856, employs about 100, inspired Richard Bissell of 714 Cents and The Pajama Game links. Bissell calls the closure a sad day. he adds he does not wear pajamas.
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Dubuque
H. B. Glover
Chicago
F. E. Bissell, Jr
Richard Bissell
Roweyton
Conn
F. E. Bissel
Bissell
Gov Dwight Green Defeated in Re election Run
The real outcome occurred as Gov Dwight Green lost his bid for a second term. The Post-Dispatch later earned multiple Pulitzer Prizes, honors established by Joseph Pulitzer, the founder.
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Dwight Green
The
Post-Dispatch
Pulitzer
Dean Smith Wins Top Honor on Air Speech
Dean Smith of Lamont, a Coe College ROTC member and junior, won the top prize in the Republic Aviation Corporation air power speech contest held in Farmingdale New York. He will receive a silver identification bracelet and certificate at a forthcoming ceremony.
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Dean Smith
Lamont
Republic Aviation Corporation
Farmingdale
N.Y
Coe College Reserve Officers Training Corps
Smith
AFROTC Speech Contest Sponsored by Republic Aviation
The Coe military unit reports Republic Aviation Corporation will sponsor the speech contest for all college AFROTC units this spring. The event will involve participants from multiple ROTC programs and highlight speaking skills and military topics.
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Eral
Coe
Republic Aviation Corporation
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