Air Corps Recruiting Truck to Visit Cedar Rapids
A three ton six wheel recruiting unit from Texas arrives in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday for a seven day campaign to enlist men skilled with tools. Led by Lieut Foster L. White the group will recruit in Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa offering on the spot testing and training for air corps roles with fields in Ellington Harlingen Midland Perrin Sherman and San Antonio.
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Army Air Corps
Cedar Rapids
Foster L. White
Texas Air Fields
Texas
Ellington
Houston
White
Iowa
Scrap metal drive led by Miss Victoria Abraham at Wilson plant
Miss Victoria Abraham 920 M street SW drives her father's panel truck on scrap routes after work at the Wilson packing plant. Chief assistant Frank Johnson 928 L street SW volunteers to help. Another coworker Miss Emma Nassif sometimes assists. Attendants note the pair and Nassif worked late each night last week until dark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Abraham
Wilson Packing Plant
Frank Johnson
Miss Abraham
Wilson's
Emma Nassif
Iowa mechanics and radio men join army air corps
Between 250 and 300 former Iowa mechanics and radio men have signed on to the army air corps ground forces in six weeks. Most were family men who worked in garages filling stations and radio shops. They receive a month of basic training at a Texas center before active duty, and their prior skill shortens training time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Army Air Corps
Texas Air Corps
Army
VFW Center Sent 47 Cadets to Des Moines
Arthur S. Buckner, chairman of the VFW aviation cadet office, said 47 eastern Iowa men were sent to Des Moines last month for final entrance tests into the army navigation and pilot reserve programs. The VFW center in Des Moines operates 9 30 am to 5 pm daily except Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur S. Buckner
Veterans of Foreign Wars Aviation Cadet Office
Second Avenue SE
Iowa
Des Moines
Army Aviation Cadet Reserve
VFW Center
Army Air Corps
Buckner
Cedar Rapids Faces Winter Fuel Shortages and Steam Network
Cedar Rapids residents stockpile coal and fuel oil ahead of rationing as heating needs rise. Utilities warn of 25 percent cuts for fuel oil and voluntary reductions for others while the district steam system of Iowa Electric Light and Power serves 500 patrons with 813 miles of mains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Fourteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Bih
Sylvia Fetter Await WAAC Service Call
Sylvia Fetter of 422 First Street SW awaits induction into the WAAC. Daughter of Mr and Mrs A Fetter of 810 Rockford Road SW, she attended Cedar Rapids schools and has worked with Penk and Ford and North Eastern Bell Telephone in prior years.
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First Street
Mis Dames
Fetter
Rockford Road
WAAC
Ince
Miss Fetter
Cedar Rapads
Penk and
Ford
Veeastern Bell Telephone Company
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Air Corps
Lieut. White
Navy
Marines
Iowever
THE
Gazette Pote
Steam System
A Avenue
Twelfth Street
First Avenue
Gest
Quaker Oals
Sylvia Fetter
Army and Navy
Lexington
Insteal
Boyson’s
Boyson Jewelry CO
Third Ave. SE
Killian
New York City Defense Recreation Committee
Department Store Economist
Yager
Yagers
Montieur Studio
1St Ave. E
Roosevelt
Zenith
Luberger
Third Avenue
Defense Forces
Air
Prastea
Jewelers
Third Avenue SL
Paramount Theater
Ney
Baldridge Studio
Third St. SE
Bill
Siebke & Taylor CO
Second Avenue
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