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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1943
Page
2
John Reynolds profiles a Coe College Aircrew student officer in Cedar Rapids who leads aviation discipline and barracks inspection. The article notes his khaki uniform and silver insignia, his high status among peers, and how graduates moved on to leadership roles at Santa Ana air base.
Chauncey L. McDermott, 20, of Casper Wyoming, serves as corps commander at Coe. He holds four diamonds per shoulder and leads nightly meetings with student officers. The Aircrew public relations officer notes a West Point academy application may be considered. War reshapes campus leadership as social rank shifts from shoes in medieval France to modern insignia.
By Saturday noon 300 reservations had been made at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce for the 6 30 p m dinner meeting on June 8 where Beardsley Ruml will speak. Members of the chamber and others are expected to attend.
The Gazette will use gross revenue from Honor Roll advertisements in this edition to purchase United States war bonds, directing proceeds toward a government bond program.
Cedar Rapids service clubs are invited to attend a dinner with guest tickets set to go on sale Friday, June 4. The Montrose hotel space will seat about 450 for the event where Rums will speak on Postwar Planning followed by a forum discussion.
The Office of Price Administration extended for two months until July 31 the emergency provision allowing retailers to reduce point values on rationed meats and fats in danger of spoiling.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette dated from 1883 notes publication details and editorial staff roles. It lists wire services Associated Press and United Press International and provides subscription rates by carrier and mail for various regions.
Private Frederick I. Eglin Jr. boards the Coe college campus as a new aircrewman after extensive service in the Army and Navy prep programs. He is 23, West Point alumnus, and son of the late Lt. Col. F I Eglin, with a family military lineage spanning the Civil War to World War II. He hopes to fly to Japan and Tokyo with aviation cadets in training at Cedar Rapids.
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