Army aims for 20 000 planes in two years
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration targets 20 000 military aircraft for the Army within two years as part of a broader 50 000 aircraft program. Officials say 30 new plants costing about 400 million dollars will be built to reach the goal, with 15 000 annual production plus expanded naval aviation.
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Washington
Army
Roosevelt
United Press
Mr. Roosevelt
Germany
Great Britain
France
United States
Notice of Probate of Will and Codicil No 61
In Linn County Iowa the District Court will hear proof for admission to probate of the Last Will and Codicil of Glenn M Averill deceased a non resident of Iowa on May 22 1910 at 9 o clock A M Dated Cedar Rapids Iowa May 16 1910 Edwind W Landouist Clerk District Court Grimm Elliott Shuttleworth and Ingersoll Attorneys
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Tora
Linn County
Glenn M. Averill
Iowa
District Court
Cedar Rapids
Edwind W. Landouist
Grimm
Blliott
Shuttleworth and
Ingersoll
Love Courtship and Marriage by Ernest R and Gladys H Groves
Two noted marriage authorities discuss how boys and girls should approach courting. They warn against rushing or chasing for danger of shallow connections and advise thoughtful, genuine interaction to form lasting friendships and potential love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest R and
Gladys H Groves
Swisher Pupils Tour Wilson and Penick Ford Plants
Sixteen students from Swisher consolidated school and their teacher Miss Grace Soukup toured the Wilson company and Penick and Ford plants Thursday afternoon. Students also visited Kinross consolidated, Central City junior high, and West Branch consolidated schools with stops at Quaker Oats and Ina Plant Choate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swisher Consolidated School
Grace Soukup
Wilson Company
Penick and Ford
Wilson Packing Plant
Kinross Consolidated School
Miss Elliott
Miss Forsythe
Central City Junior High
West Branch Consolidated School
Kinross
Quaker Oats
Hutchinson's
Central City
Ina Plant-Choate
Franklin High P E Instructor Named Northwestern Conference Leader
Harold Templeman physical education teacher at Franklin High School has been appointed by Dean E O Melby of Northwestern University to lead a conference July 8 to 19 on Problems of Public Education in a Democracy for Classroom Teachers. Templeman is president of the Iowa and Cedar Rapids Classroom Teachers associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Templeman
Franklin High School
E. O. Melby
School of Education
Northwestern University
Transfer of certificates to Mid-Iowa Transport approved
The Iowa commerce commission approved the transfer of certificates of convenience and necessity from Clark's Freight Lines of Cedar Rapids to Mid-Iowa Transportation Company of Eagle Grove. The move covers truck routes serving Waterloo Hampton and Fort Dodge. The Clark firm owned by R B Fearing Cedar Falls was sold three years ago. Ralph Gearhart Jr was fined five dollars and costs for faulty brakes by Judge Powell after arrest at Second Avenue and Third Street SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark’s
Cedar Rapids
Mid- Iowa Transportation Company
Eagle Grove
Iowa Commerce Commission
Associated Press
Waterloo
Hampton
Fort Dodge
Clark Concern
R. B. Fearing
Cedar Falls
Ralph Gearhart, Jr
Twenty-first Street
Thomas B. Powell
Second Avenue
Third Street SE
Walt Bishop
Gearhart
Fifth Street
Driver’s Car Needed 75 Feet to Stop at 20 MPH
Bishop noted in testing that the vehicle required 75 feet to stop from 20 miles per hour, indicating braking distance concerns for the model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Cub Pack No 6 awards at First Congregational church
Cubmaster William O Gray and Bob Marshall led a Cub Pack No 6 meeting at the First Congregational church Wednesday night presenting stunts and issuing awards. Recipients included Wolf Henry Coburn Jack Haney Cass Bailey Barnes O'Donnell Tom Crabbe Ross Ingram and Jock Bickert for wolf silver Denny Sacora for bear and bear gold Peter Stamats iron gold Alan Bickel and Charles Spratt for years of service star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
William O. Gray
Bob Marshall
Wolf
Henry Coburn
Jack Haney
Cass Bailey
Barnes O'Donnell
Tom Crabbe
Ross Ingram
Jock Bickert
Denny Sacora
Peter Stamats
Lron
Alan Bickel
Charles Spratt
Blair's Ferry native graduates from Navy School of Music
Lyle Manson son of Mr and Mrs Ed Manson of Blair's Ferry road has graduated from the Navy School of Music in Washington DC He will be stationed at a marine base in Honolulu Manson attended Coe College two years played in the Coe band won the state high school tuba solo title years ago He entered the music school in 1938 his father is a city mail carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Manson
Ed Manson
Blair's Ferry Road
Navy School of Music
Washington
Midshipmen Graduates Highlight Iowa Ties at Naval Academy
About 450 midshipmen will graduate from the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis on June 6. Robert Daniel Quinn, who attended Coe College in 1936 37, won the Bever Oratorical prize as a freshman. His mother is Mrs Ruth Williams of Washington D C and his grandmother is Dr Letitia B Runyon of Cedar Rapids. Also among the seniors are Jack Jones Hinman II, son of Prof and Mrs J J Hinman of Iowa City, and Benjamin T Frana of Protivin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Daniel Quinn
Coe College
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Quinn
Ruth Williams
Washington, D. C
Letitia B. Runyon
Cedar Rapids
Jack Jones Hinman II
J. J. Hinman
Iowa City
Benjamin T. Frana
Protivin
Lincoln and Buffalo Churches Plan Sunday Services and Farewell Sermons
Lincoln Evangelical church four miles south of Palo holds Sunday school at 10 and morning worship at 11. Buffalo Evangelical church offers Sunday school at 10, morning worship at 11 and E L C and E at 7 30 with Coe College chorus directed by Prof Dale Welsch. Farewell sermons set for May 26 at Lincoln at 10 and Buffalo at 11 15 by Rev H L Sunderman.
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Lincoln Evangelical Church
Palo
Buffalo Evangelical Church
Reading Chorus
Coe College
Dale Welsch
Lincoln Church
Buffalo Church
H. L. Sunderman
Dale Marine recruit earns promotion and marksman status
Laurence R. Dale son of Mr and Mrs James A Dale of 1321 Fourth street NW graduated Roosevelt high school January 1939 and enlisted in the marine corps last summer He was promoted to private first class on April 1 and graduated from the intelligence school He is attached to the intelligence section of the first battalion Eighth marines San Diego and is a qualified marksman with rifle and pistol and a bayonet expert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence R. Dale
James A. Dale
Fourth Street
Roosevelt High School
Marine Corps
Edward B. Moore
Iowa
Dale
Eighth Marines
San Diego
Expectation Grows Of Move On Swiss Frontier
Paris Midi correspondent reports continued German troop concentrations on the Swiss frontier and increasing belief a move into Switzerland could come soon. He says barbed wire barriers were moved back from the frontier to allow a potential departure point for troops, while Swiss evacuated frontier villages and Basel residents, including women and children, fled toward the south.
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Paris
Paris-Midi
Switzerland
Basel
Make This Model At Home Pattern 4465 Ad
Pattern 4465 available in misses and women's sizes from 12 to 40. Size 16 requires 34 percent yards of 39 inch fabric and 1 4 yards rucking. Send fifteen cents to Pattern Department Cedar Rapids Gazette 243 West Seventeenth Street New York NY for the pattern and ten cents for the Pattern Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
West Seventeenth Street
New York
Gazette Forum Letter Echoes Faith Duty Over War and Wealth
A letter from John I Smith questions Christian nations’ invasions and urges using the “Talent of Living” to aid the poor. He warns that neglecting equal sharing may invite condemnation and “Might makes Right” dangers amid war and greed. Local court notes follow.
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the Gazette
God
Christ
Roosevelt’s Labor Day defense message shocks WHN listeners
The article notes President Roosevelt’s speech on defense and drought on Labor Day, broadcast across WHN and CBS. Engineers initially thought it was a drought talk, then learned it was a national defense plea. NBC described a Purdue professor researching Roosevelt speeches using private line recordings.
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New York
WHN
Roosevelt
NBC
CBS
America
Purdue University
Cedar Rapids man fined for drunken driving after guilty plea
George W. Tzer, 52, of Cedar Rapids, pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated before Judge H. C. Ring. He was fined $300 and costs. 90 days in county jail if unpaid. Police records listed 716 Second Street NW as his address, which residents say he does not occupy.
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George W. Tzer
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Izer
Oran Jackson
F Avenue NW
Second Street NW
Notice of Appointment of Executrix in Linn County Iowa
Margaret Sloan named Executrix of the estate of David Sloan deceased of Linn County Iowa. May 16 1940. Creditors asked to pay debts and file claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk via attorney Fred Wo Hann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Linn County
David Sloan
Iate
Iowa
Iundersiene
Judge H C Ring Sets May Court Law Equity Probate Schedule
Thursday Judge H C Ring announced the May term assignment of law equity and probate cases. The schedule, effective next Monday, lists May 20 with multiple cases on motions, May 21 with three hearings, and May 22 featuring school district and other appeals and defenses.
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H. C. Ring
Conrad
Kerr
Thompson
Iowa Pharm
Assa, Et al
May
Sankot
Binko
Havlik
Steggall
Winslow
Schluter
Schneider Et al
Zobac
Anthony
City Court Authorizes Sale of Central City Property
Judge C J Haas authorized the sale of Central City real estate to L Hall and Pansy I Hall for 925 dollars. The action was approved Thursday, with the museum listed as the place of record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tral City
C J. Haas
Central City
L. Hall
Pansy I. Hall
Iowan Clifford Day Led UP Coverage of Nazi Invasion
Clifford L. Day, United Press assistant European news manager at Amsterdam, coordinated all activity of the staff during Germanys rapid invasion of the Low Countries. He dispatched reporters to cover strategic points as searchlights lit the sky and issued bulletins amid anti aircraft fire. Day began in journalism at 16, served in the AEF in the second battle of the Marne, then worked in London and Germany before joining United Press in 1924 and covering major war and aviation stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford L. Day
United Press
Amsterdam
Garnaville
Low Countries
Germany
Day
Beloit Academy
Wis
Beloit College
Madison
Democrat
A. E
Marne
United States
Europe
London
VU. S. Army
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33Rd St
Hild
IRLS
Tins
Ltke
City Briefs
Shueyville United Brethren Church
Senior Christian Endeavor
Ralph J. Schindler
Seventh Avenue SE
The
Mercy Hospital
C L, Young
Ellis Boulevard
Third Avenue
Fourth and
Fifth Streets
Todd Miller
Sixth Street
First
Avenues NE
C. V. Shepherd
National Life of Vermont
Montpelier
General Agents and Managers Association
Shepherd
Monroe J. Flicker
Illinois Central Railroad
Milwaukee
George H Sorensen
Chicago
Army Reserve
Fort Des Moines
Federal Building
Richards Field
Linn
Ioway Hive
Maccabees
Bever Park
J. Jackson
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
U. S
Relief
West Coast
HS. Wright
Oakland Road
Wrights
John L. Wright
Jackson
Great Lakes
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Emal
Eda
Templeman Conference
Albert
First Ave. E
Navy Music School
Lincoln
Buffalo
Laurence Dale
Abel Ei Ts
People’s Forum
John I, Smith
Willman
Reid
Kellaney
William R. Syers
John Belorit
Stanley Roach
West Virginia
H.C. Ring
Honeymead Products Company
L. L. Moore
C. J. Haas
D.C. McCormack
Eugene Miller
Ella M. Hefner
Franklin A. Hefner
Fern H Hahn
Thomas Kenneth Hefner
D. W. Bates
Wapsie Valley State Bank of
Cen
Court House News
Margaret Sloan
Executrix
Fred Wo Hann
Deanna Durbin
Paramount Theater Staff
Second Street S
Cere
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Regula
Glamour Girl
OVIE
Hollywood
Phillips
Phillips 66
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