Keep'em Flying Cedar Rapids CPTP Training Center
Cedar Rapids joins the civilian pilot training program as a class B center under Des Moines guidance. Lieut. Col. Dan Hunter leads Cedar Rapids Airways with Inspector Herbert Whitney supervising flight training quality. The community is urged to support the CPTP effort and keep the pilots flying.
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Linn
America
United States
Navy
CPTP
Des Moines
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington
Cedar Rapids Airways
Dan Hunter
Cedar Rapids
Herbert Whitney
Whitney
American in Egypt story ties Cedar Rapids man to bomber tale
The World Today on WMT described Richard H. Tallman of Cedar Rapids as an American oil prospector in Cairo. He recounted nightly bomber passes over the Red Sea and a mysterious aircraft object found near his camp identified as a spare petrol tank used by German planes. Tallman, a Gazette carrier and Grant high school alumnus, earned a BA from Cornell College in 1937 and studied at Columbia University before going to Egypt.
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World Today
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Richard H. Tallman
J. M. Tallman
Bever Avenue
Cairo
Desert
Red Sea
Tallman
Gazette
Grant High School
Cornell College
Columbia University
Egypt
Community House Hosts Four Simultaneous Halloween Parties
Preparations are underway at the Community House for Halloween night with four parties from 7 to 10 30. Children aged 5 to 8 attend one, 9 to 11 another, and 12 and up another. a separate dancing party for Negro residents begins later.
Has Some Good Yarns But He Can't Tell Em
Carl Koehn reports on Albert C. Gleeson a navy sailor home on a 40 day leave from the Atlantic patrol. He recounts Roosevelt Churchill meetings aboard a battleship 20 miles off Iceland and scenes in Iceland and Newfoundland. Gleeson describes Icelanders attitudes and candy bar dating habits while noting long nights at sea and a Churchill pep talk aboard Ramatics. He enlisted in June 1937 and extended his service last June.
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Albert C. Gleeson
Navy
North Atlantic
Ada Gleeson
First Avenue E
United States
Iceland
Gleeson
Newfoundland
Roosevelt Churchill
Churchill
British Women's Guard Begins Training Schedule
The first 30 members of Britain's unofficial women's home guard began training Saturday. They will learn rifle handling to fight beside their menfolk in case of German invasion. Sandals made of fish skin are worn by the Egyptians.
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London
INS
Britain
Bi Partisan Calls For Aid To Small Business
Washington reports bipartisan pressure in Congress to aid small businesses amid defense program concerns. Sen. Murray chairs hearings and warns that big firms control defense work, urging slower deployment and broader contractor participation plus a better materials allocation system. Rep. Halleck joins in pushing spread of defense work to small contractors.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Sen. Murray
Mont
Rep. Halleck
Ind
Murray
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