Telephone Operator Finds Flying Dream Takes Wing
Adele Schaefer a Cedar Rapids telephone operator for ten years and aviatrix since June takes lessons with Bob Nelson and aims for fifty hours solo to qualify for a pilot’s license. She balanced work and aviation despite naysayers and sees a future for women pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Earhart
Adele Schaefer
Adele
Adelay
Miss Schaefer
C. C. Schaefer
Third Avenue
Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Ted Saxon
Arthur Collins
Thompson
Norma Shearer Faces Uncertain Film Future After Irving Thalberg's Death
Norma Shearer, heiress to Irving Thalberg's estate and MGM stockholder, confronts grief and questions about returning to acting. She remains at home with children Irving Jr and Katharine, expressing doubt about ever filming again while her lawyers handle Thalberg's estate and MGM affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Norma Shearer
Irving Thalberg
Norma
Irving
Santa Monica
Irving, Jr
Katharine
David Hawks
Athol
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Filmland
Nine Local Packing Co Veterans Earn Silver Service Buttons
Cedar Rapids veterans from Nine Local Packing Co qualified for the Institute of American Meat Packers silver service buttons after a quarter century or more in the packing industry. Recipients include John F. Yuza John Melicher Anton Melicher Peter Engel Gabriel Engel Joe Jakubec Frank Messa Jr John Magnuson and John Severn of Wilson and Co. About 1100 buttons are awarded nationwide this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Institute of American Meat Packers
John F. Yuza
John Melicher
Anton Melicher
Peter Engel
Gabriel Engel
Joe Jakubec
Frank Messa, Jr
John Magnuson
John Severn
Wilson and Company
United States
County Tax Take Tops 3 Million as 1935 Bills Due
County treasurer Milo Sedlacek reports current property tax collections surpassing 3 million dollars. 1935 taxes to be collected reach 3,510,926.09 with 2,649,138.76 received by Oct 1 and 1,856,157.92 by Aug 1. Unpaid 1934 and earlier total 481,882.31, delinquent collections to Oct 1 at 237,957.46, with 16,532.21 received in July and August. The note ends with an unrelated historical aside about peanuts on slave ships.
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Milo Sedlacek
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adeline Taylor
Bob Nelson
Will
First Trust
12Th Ave
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ely
Iowa
America
Africa
Mother
May’s
Childre
Utter
Mays Tea Room
Second Street
Adlerika
Merce's
McCoy
Fletcher
Manzan Pile
Hardwater
Castile
R.C.A
RCA No
Brickle
J&p Coats
Pecans Jum
Ata
Dent Cough
E. Ingraham Co
Hill's Bros
Clapp's Baby Food
Iic
Reg
Ular
Wair
Cory Glass Coffee Maker
May
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