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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1955

Page

3

Early 1955 56 travel program at Iowa Mountaineers and gift to archives

The Iowa Mountaineers travel adventure film lecture series for 1955 56 is highlighted by a travelogue feature at Clayton Auditorium. Char, a 16 year Hawaii legislature veteran, is noted as a tour organizer and world traveler. An early 16 mm hand crank projector was donated to the National Education Association archives at the University of Iowa library by S G Rose of Victor Animatograph. Alexander Victor designed the device, now living in Carmel by the Sea California. A public lecture on The Theory in History of Physics will be given at Old Capitol on Monday at 8 p.m. by Josef M Jauch of the University of Iowa with sponsors SIU Humanities Society and graduate college. Jauch, a nuclear theory specialist and author of 30 articles, is preparing The Theory of Photons and Electrons with Fritz Rohrlich for publication November 28.

University of Iowa Iowa Mountaineers Char National Education Association Department of Audio Visual Instruction Lee Cochran SUI Extension Division l DAVI S. G. Rose Victor Animatograph Corporation Davenport Cochran Alexander Victor Victor Corporation Carmel-by-the-Sea Calif Old Capitol Josef M. Jauch SUI Humanities Society Graduate College Jauch SUI Fritz Rohrlich

Radio KYTC At ISTC Begins Broadcast Today

Cedar Falls station KYTC at Iowa State Teachers college starts official broadcasting at 2 p.m. on carrier current 555 kilocycles. A student staff will air news and entertainment from a campus lab setup using donated and repurposed gear with a schedule 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 11 p.m. Sundays, 6 to 11 p.m. weekdays, and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays.

Istc Cedar Falls KYTC Iowa State Teachers College College Commons Herbert Hake Ed West Glidden

Iowa Cition Gets Observer's Wings

Special to The Gazette reports multiple World War II era air force updates from Iowa cities. LeRoy A. Ebert earned silver wings at Harlingen Texas and joins Mather California, with a University of Iowa degree. Others include Marvin Muchow heading to San Francisco duties, Lt. William Palmer discharged to Texas, and several air force transfers, promotions, or furloughs among Postville, What Cheer, Riverside, Calmar, Clarence, Marengo, Coggon, Dysart, Urbana, and Urbana sites as many servicemen participate in Sage Brush and related maneuvers.

the Gazette Iowa City LeRoy A. Ebert George Ebert Air Force Harlingen Air Base Texas Ebert Mather Air Base Calif University of Iowa Postville Marvin J. Muchow Enos Muchow San Francisco William R. Palmer Charles Morris Misawa Japan Riverside Wayne Lemley Walter Lemley Ardell Chabal Miles Atkins Camp Chaffee Ark Calmar Leon Hageman Ignatius Pevo Artillery Fort Sill Okla Fort Hood Eugene C. Severn Waco Frank Severn Clarence John Marvin Rathman Louisiana Lowell Sander Fort Scott Ill Alaska

Draftees to Report for Induction on November 30

Anamosa Glen Rowland King of Monticello and Lonnie Ray Hinrichsen of Cedar Rapids will report November 30 for induction into the armed forces. The local selective service office will be closed the afternoon of November 23 and 25 and all day November 24, Thanksgiving Day.

Anamosa Glen Rowland King Monticello Lonnie Ray Hinrichsen Cedar Rapids Selective Service Office

Army Personnel in Readiness Drills Across States

Coggan James Hungerford Robert Henderson listed in army. Walter D. Winborn son of J T Winborn Brush in an army air maneuver in Louisiana, stationed at Fort Hood Texas. Dennis E Netser son of Mr and Mrs Jack Hesser at Solon in Sage Brush exercise in Louisiana. David D Thuerauf son of John Thuerauf at Fort Carson Colorado. Eldon A Leas discharged from the marines in Waukon.

Lester J. Hill Vance Air Base Okla Dysart Larry L. Lorenzen Walter Lorenzen Louisiana Fort Hood Texas Urbana — Army Paul L. Blake William E. Blake Fort Carson Colo David D. Thuerauf John Thuerauf Colo. Waukon Eldon A. Leas Army John M. Goodwin Charles Goodwin Central City Everett J. Paul Ernest R. Paul U.S. Naval Hospital Key West Fla Seaman Ernest J. Paul Salem Boston West Union Marion F. Landas William C. Landas Quartermaster School Fort Va Quasqueton Richard Stanford Clarence Stanford Navy McGregor — Gaylord Lawson Harold Lawsons San Diego Naval Center Imperial Beach Calif Troy Mills Carl FE. Carson Willard Carson Korea Larry D. Wright Camp Carson Ora Wright Bennett Pfc Kenneth P. Brendes Walter Brendes Merle Kramer Ozzy Kramer Greenland Coggan Bruce B. Hill Bainbridge Air Base Waukon Ronald Jahnke Postville Barton D. Hamm Waterville Clermont DeWayne Johnson Jacksonville North Liberty Floyd Dale Strand Camp Chaffee Ark Walter Strand Walter van der Hart Monroe Richard Nage Denver Earlville Clark Brecht Great Lakes Ill Victor Brecht Iowa City Jerome Mottet Paul Mottet Victor William C. Claeys Charles J. Claeys Manchester Donald G. Zehr Donald E. Zehr Oxford Earl L. Johnson Elmer T. Johnson 75Th Okinawa Oelwein Sp 3 Robert E. Hassler Braxton Hassler 16Th Armored Field Artillery Germany Oeelwein Robert D. Linder George C. Linder 61St Onslow Robert Hinrichs John Hinrichs

Former Postville Soldier Receives Greek Medal

Milo L. Harnack of Postville earned the Metallion Excretion Meritorious Service Medal from Greece for invaluable services to Greek Expeditionary Forces in Korea. The decoration, sent via the UN Greek liaison group, parallels a U.S. Silver Star in significance.

Postville Milo L. Harnack Metallion Kingdom of Greece Korea United Nations Command Harnack United States U.S Metallion Excretion Praxeon U.S. Army United Nations World Freedom D. Vourdoubas National Defense

More Pieper Pictures Present Duluth Photo Collection

The Sunday Gazette previews additional Pieper photographs from the Duluth Pieper collection. Images include historical log rafting on the Mississippi River, first with manual handling and later with steam paddle wheel boats maneuvering the rafts.

Sunday Gazette Duluth Pieper Mississippi River

Funeral Monday At Manchester

Mrs. Freeman Smith 97 lifelong Manchester resident died Friday in a nursing home. Born May 16 1858 at Delhi she married in 1881 and leaves a sister Mrs Ole Hammer of Boise Idaho. Funeral services Monday at Shelly funeral home burial in Oakland cemetery. She was a Presbyterian member.

Manchester Freeman Smith Shelly Oakland Cemetery

Schroeders Sell House to Manchester Couple

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schroeder sold their house to Mr. and Mrs. Olsen of Manchester. The Schroeders will move into their new brick house on December 1.

Dundee Earl Schroeder Olsen Manchester Schroeders

Osage Hosts University of Iowa Students Intl Thanksgiving

About forty University of Iowa students from 18 nations will stay with Osage hosts for a sixteenth annual International Thanksgiving. They travel by bus Wednesday, dine with hosts, tour Osage Friday, and perform a program "Holidays in Many Lands" at a Rotary banquet Friday night. Hosts cover all expenses, and students return to Iowa City Saturday. Also noted: English Council president John Gerber to speak at the National Council of Teachers of English meeting in New York City, a library exhibit "Pictures by Children from 45 Countries" in the SUI library, and a Hawaiian travelog by Char Yew at Macbride Sunday evening.

Iowa City University of Iowa Osage Ao Sui Turkey Osage Rotary Club SUI Wallace Maner English Council John Gerber Sui National Council of Teachers of English New York City Gerber SUI Library Hans Christian Andersen Smithsonian Institution of Washington, D. C Copenhagen

Man Burns From Gas Heater Explosion On Farm

John Higgins aged 30 sustained facial hand and arm burns when a gasoline heater exploded Friday morning while warming farm machinery. He was transported to Peoples Hospital in Independence for treatment.

Aurora John Higgins Peoples Independence

County Engineers Conference Slated at Iowa State

Iowa State College will host the County Engineers Conference at Memorial Union from November 29 to December 1. Sponsored by the County Engineers Association the Iowa Highway Commission and ISU engineering groups the meeting will cover highway program effects on secondary roads national design trends and transportation development in Iowa with reports on bridges culverts aerial photography isotopes and staffing in highway engineering.

Ames Iowa State College Iowa Memorial Union County Engineers Association Iowa Highway Commission Civil Engineering Department Engineering Extension Service Iowa Engineering Society Iowa Highway Research Board

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Clayton Pieper Main Street City Garnaville Ponsar Buck Creek Clayton City Elkader Eastern Serviecemen By John Robertson Cition Marengo Joesph C. Simmons Owen Simmons Kessler Air Base Miss Coggon — Manley LeClerc England Kenneth Conane Camp Chaffee,rk Fred Hober Oxford Junction Robert Williamson Allen Field Parks Lair Force Base McGregor — Marine Emil Ertz Las Vegas Nev Leo Ertz Center Point Larry C. Arnett Charles L. Arnett Pensacola, Fla., Naval Base Lamont Jack Macheak Jack McBride Russell Cirksena Lackland Air Force Base Macheak Keesler Miss. McBride Amarillo Cirksena Cheyenne Wyo Traer— Navy Allan Wilson Sigourney Frank L. Kerkove L. J. Kerkove San Diego Naval Base Lyle Hagelburg Fort Campbell Harold Hagelburgs Roger Clemens Chris Clemens Great Lakes Naval Training Station West Coast Mrs. Freeman Smith Bersonek Eines Hawaiian Islands Macbride County Engineers God Episcopal Church All Church Episcopal MEN OF Thirty-Seventh Street Des Moines Episcopal Men of St. Dept
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