Pioneers in Auto Industry Recall Joe Wicke Feats
Cedar Rapids sales man Joe Wicke, famed for endurance driving from 1909 to 1912, drove a Moline across the Chicago Reliability Run and Glidden tours. He helped launch automaker advertising and inspired editors, with lifelong ties to Chrysler and early auto sales.
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Joe Wicke
Sammy Snead
Jack Benny
Wiley Post
Cedar Rapids
Wicke
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Fort Worth
Chicago Herald-Record
Oelwein
Walter Chrysler
Oldsmobile
Chrysler
Biles
Marengo
van Horne
Moline
Fred Dusenberg
Gazette
Eighth Grade Graduates May Enter Air Corps Ground Branch
Cedar Rapids recruiting office announces that eighth grade graduates who pass the army general classification test are eligible for non flying ground service in the air corps. Vacancies exist at Jefferson Barracks Missouri and Fort Douglas Utah with training in photography mechanics armoring welding and radio.
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Army Air Corps
Cedar Rapids
Army
Jefferson Barracks
Fort Douglas
Utah
Air Corps
Anonymous Gifts Unearth FiftyHundred Dollar Bills
In Cape Girardeau Missouri an envelope from a church collection revealed two anonymous donations of 500 and 100 dollars. Mrs. James Allen, the church secretary, notified the pastor after confirming the figures.
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Hay
Cape Girardeau MO
James Allen
Church of the Nazarene
Pre Memorial Day Service in Cedar Rapids May 25
Cedar Rapids post No. 1 Iowa Volunteers sponsors a pre memorial day service at Grace Episcopal church on Sunday May 25 at 7 30 p m Parade from the plaza precedes the service Assembly at 6 30 p m on the island Parade marshal Lieut James Taylor Mayor Frank Hahn and city council members invited to head the parade Major Charles H Obye will speak Lieut Col J R Gardner to receive colors Mother attendees urged and various organizations invited to participate in parade and service
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Grace Episcopal Church
James Taylor
Frank Hahn
Charles H. Obye
Cedar Rapids Military District
R. E. Wilhelm
Y.M.C.A
Musketeers
Cavaliers
Wilhelm
Youth Ordered to Attend Church for Two Months
Spartansburg police judge Paul Brown sentenced a youth convicted of disorderly conduct to attend church regularly for two months.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Paul Brown
McKinley Seniors Stage Three-Act Comedy Friday
The McKinley high school senior class of 1941 presents the three-act comedy Growing Pains by Aurania Rouveral Friday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium under Miss Marjorie Emerson. Cast includes Violet Hanshaw as Terry and Gene Lilly as George with a large student crew handling music, scenery, costumes, and lighting.
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McKinley High School
Aurania Rouveral
Marjorie Emerson
McIntyres
George
Terry
Terry McIntyre
Violet Hanshaw
Vera Hanshaw
D Avenue NE
Gene Lilly
James H. Lilly
Bancroft
Towa
Ellen Johnson
Otto Novak
Elsie Barnes
Sylvia Lehti
Martha
Jury rules Peggy Finley died of self-inflicted head wound
A coroner's jury in Savanna Illinois found Peggy Finley died from a bullet wound in the head inflicted by Charles Irwin during a confrontation. Irwin, 56, faced the inquiry as the shooter in the incident.
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Savanna, Ill
Peggy Finley
Charles Irwin
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