Flying Kernels of Eastern Iowa Ready to Pop the Axis
Lenview Illinois hosts 24 Flying Kernels cadets from eastern Iowa and western Illinois. The group blends college and business backgrounds into naval air training, solo flights rising as eight weeks of indoctrination yield disciplined cadets set to become officers within months.
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Berlin
Flying Kernels
Iowa
Illinois
Glenview
Ill. Naval Air Base
Joe Juvik
Elkader
Daniel Mack
Reynolds
Iil
Jack Hansen
Chicago
Roy Neuendorf
Davenport
Fred Warner, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Phil Ruschmeyer
Boone
Coe
Arthur D. Bonnet
Phil Schacherer
Manchester
Paul Damos
Max Plunkett
Alpha
C. B. Courson
George “Sonny” Franck
Norman Dahlgren
Clarence E. Ryan
Moline
Lee Hatch
Rock Island
Walt Roth
Mike Baker
Jack Shea
Lenview
Ill
Naval Air Corps Flying Cadets
Navy
McNally
Art Bonnet
RCAF
Lake Geneva
Wis
Bennett
Canadian Air Force
U. S. Navy
America
Glenvia View
Art Latta
Guttenberg
Elkader Junior College
Jack Ferring
Cee Rapids Gazette
Pat McNally
Jacksonville
Fle
Corpus Christi
Texas
Des Moines Judge Rules on Wartime Job Dispute
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey dismissed a suit against United States Rubber Co alleging color discrimination at the Des Moines plant. He said federal courts lack jurisdiction over labor disputes and urged an appeal to the circuit court. The case sought hires for Elizabeth Shackelford, 18, and Zelda Cassell Brown, 29.
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DES Moines
Charles A. Dewey
United States Rubber Company
Roosevelt
Dewey
Oliver
Circuit Court
Elizabeth Shackela
Zelda Cassell Brown
Iowa City to conferring 1075 degrees at 82nd commencement
The University of Iowa will confer 1,075 degrees at its 82nd commencement this afternoon ending a whirlwind weekend that also included Governor's Day and Mother's Day ceremonies due to the streamlined wartime calendar.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Veishea Festival Opens at Iowa State with War Themes
The 21st Veishea begins Thursday at Iowa State with ceremonies at Lake LaVerne where President Virgil Hancher crowns the Queen of Queens as the 1942 spring festival kicks off a three day program. Exhibits highlight science wizardry and wartime conservation efforts while ROTC units march in a military review and a Veishea parade caps the Saturday events.
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Veishea
Iowa State College
Lake LaVerne
Virgil Hancher
University of Iowa
Army
Joe
Iowa State Rotc
Cardinal Key and Mortar Board
Des Moines Bank Robber Nabbed After Short Chase
A man, Edward Earl Little of Tacoma Washington, robbed the Des Moines Bank and Trust Co of 500 dollars at 2 15 pm. Patrolman E L Ramsey and nearby officers pursued and captured him in front of Kresge store at 615 Walnut Street after a brief scuffle ending with the suspect detained.
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Des Moines
Edward Earl Little
Tacoma
Wash
Des Moines Bank and Trust Company
Walnut Street
E. L. Ramsey
Sixth Avenue
Ramsey
S. S., Kresge Company
Kresge
Ed Lower
Gas Tax Refunds Reveal Wartime Fuel Use in Iowa
Iowa State Treasurer W G C Bagley reported refunds of gasoline taxes for January to April 1942 totaled 509132 dollars, up 38 percent from 368627 dollars a year earlier, indicating higher consumption by tractors, plants, and aircraft.
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DES Moines
W. G. C. Bagley
Iowa
Hickenlooper Attends University Of Iowa Class Reunion
Lieutenant Governor B. B. Hickenlooper from Cedar Rapids paused his campaign for the Republican nomination to attend the twentieth anniversary reunion of his law class at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
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Iowa City
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
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Hhow
Arthur Latta, Jr
Roger Brady
Belmond
Dan Mack
U. 8
George
Sonny" Franck
University of Minnesota
Uncle Sam
Glenview Base
Gene Tunney
Tunney Fish
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Uv. & Navy
U. S. Rubber Company
NYA
Clyde B. Charlton
W. Lawrence Oliver
Chariton
Iowa State
George A. Wilson
Allamakee
Waukon
Arla Moon
Edward J. Thomas
Dorothy L. Hastings
Floyd Fiene
John Ginsberg
Hickenlooper
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