Linnis the guiding collie returns home to Drennan
Linnis a sable and white collie trained to see for Wayde Drennan is back in Vinton after two weeks away. The dog accompanied him to school each day, learned traffic handling and curbs, and helped him navigate town. The story notes Linnis had been stolen during Linnis absence and the training aimed to help others train their dogs.
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Butler
Drennan
Clarksville
Linnis
Mrs
Mr. Drennan
Mrs. Drennan
Vinton
Port Moresby Letters From Japanese Prisoners Reported
Army Minister Francis M. Forde said Japanese planes dropped 395 letters to Australian prisoners over Port Moresby New Guinea and the letters were forwarded to the addressees.
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Canberra
Australia
Francis M. Forde
Port Moresby
New Guinea
McKinley Band Preview Spring Concert program details
The McKinley high school concert band directed by Paul Anthony presents its annual spring concert in the McKinley auditorium Tuesday at 8. Admission is free. Highlights include flute solo by Marilyn Moats who qualified first division at the state contest in Vinton, a novelty number Comin Round the Mountain and a salute to the armed services. Descriptive pieces Headlines and Safari, Schubert Unfinished Symphony in B minor, Hymn to McKinley High, and a Star Spangled Banner finale complete the program.
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McKinley High School
Paul Anthony
McKinley Auditorium
Marilyn Moats
Vinton
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
McKinley High
Ralph Lee
Cedar Rapids
the Star Spengied
Sateen Gyusheng
Miner
Elvubert Piute
Martinn
McKae
McKin
Uo Shield Artillery
South Sea Islanders Paint Bodies in Deep Blue with Yellow White
Some natives of the South Sea Islands paint their bodies blue and add small touches of yellow and white. The practice is noted as a decorative custom among island peoples.
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South Sea Islands
Ellis Swim Pool Opening Prep Details Announced
Memorial day opening set for May 30. Manager Dick Beall to report Monday with a staff of helpers under 12 years old to assist. Free swim 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. later closing 8 p.m. on cool evenings. Sixteen playgrounds operate 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily except weekends. Old Elks club site replaced by Harrison school grounds between K and L on Fifth Street NW. Annual playground season runs June 15 to August 15 with community night movie events planned in Ellis Riverside Daniels and Bever parks. Archery instruction at Ellis park offered two periods weekly for six weeks starting mid-June. Last year 117 learned to shoot. similar turnout expected.
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Dick Beall
Beall
Elks Club
Harrison
L Avenue
Fifth Street NW
Ellis
Riverside
Daniels
Bever
Playground Commission
Ellis Park
Y M C A Extends Fitness Classes to June 11
Cedar Rapids YMCA extends 10 week fitness courses through June 11 after 50 men requested extensions. About 100 participants have trained Mondays and Thursdays at 7 30 p m with Day noting about half a crew improved 50 percent on navy physical tests. Swimming will be added. new enrollees pay 15 cents per class.
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Y. M
Cedar Rapids
Gurney Day
Navy
Naval Pre-Flight School
Iowa City
Gandhi Open to Body Building Lessons From Atlas
The Daily Mail's Bombay correspondent reports Gandhi would not object to muscle-building tips from American bodybuilder Charles Atlas after Atlas claimed he had advised Gandhi citing pity. The piece notes Gandhi’s reaction and contains humorous remarks about Atlas’s assertion and other inventive Americans.
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London
Daily Mail
Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Charles Atlas
Atlas
Passage to India Bid Cited For Unnamed Subject
A fragment notes a request to have someone work on the speaker and mentions paying his passage to India, implying a plan or desire to enlist assistance abroad. The text provides no clear names, dates, or locations beyond the reference to India.
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India
City Recreation Permit Office Opens Monday
Beginning Monday May 18 the recreation permit office will operate in the basement of city hall. Reservations for courts at Ellis Bever Daniels and Riverside parks require a written permit from the office. Open 8 to noon daily except Sunday and 1 to 5 p.m. after noon except Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. R E Mellen named permit clerk. Organizations may borrow game equipment by visiting the permit office. service funded by the park department and the playground and recreation commission.
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Ellis, Bever, Daniels
Riverside Parks
R. E. Mellen
Park Department
Playground and Recreation Commission
Life in Port Darwin Gabfests with Lizards
An American soldier newly arrived in Melbourne describes life in Port Darwin in a humorous voice. He notes isolation and talking to himself, then to lizards, and finally hearing the lizard voices in a reflection on military life abroad.
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Port Darwin
Melbourne
San Francisco
Buddy
Vera Zorina Sketches in Charcoal Hobby
Vera Zorina the movie actress pursues drawing as a hobby sketching scenes in charcoal. Her art interest showcases a different side to the performer known for stage film and dance work.
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Vera Zorina
Wage Boost Granted to 25,000 AFL Workers in Northwest
The War Labor Board announced an arbitration award awarding a 70 cent per hour wage increase to more than 25,000 AFL workers in the Pacific Northwest Douglas fir industry.
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Portland, Ore
Ins
AFL
Pacific Northwest
War Labor Board
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Ellis Swim Pool
United War Fund
Thompson
Y.M
City Recreation
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Vanity Fair
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Mary Miles
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