Navy Day tribute to first line of defense in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids and hundreds of cities plan Navy Day observances on October 27 to honor the United States Navy. The article notes Teddy Roosevelt's birthday, Navy officials discuss recruitment goals, and lists current and planned fleet numbers plus ships under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Jack Illian
Daxr
Ceder Rapids
United States Navy
America
Teddy
Continental Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Ed E. Lowe
Committee For
Civilian Defense
Navy
Navy Day
Lowe
Coroner's Helper Is Lonesome For Snakes
New Orleans report on Jules C. Richards a coroner's helper who keeps reptiles as a hobby once housed 1000 snakes but now has only one copperhead left as he reminisces about the good old days. The piece notes his interest in reptiles and the dwindling collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richards
New Orleans
Jules C. Richards
Cedar Rapids
Lacey Gee
Premonitions Rule Cedar Rapids Flying Scene
Wing Tips notes pilots rely on superstitions and forebodings at Cedar Rapids and Washington IA fields. Instructors say nerves shape flights. Soloist Ralph Slade performs at Saxon field. New ships join Cedar Rapids fleet. six new instructors rated. Fatality miles per death rise in CP T P stats. Navy planes gain new descriptive handles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Ralph Scott
Lloyd
Washington Junior College
John Zlatohlavek
Cedar Rapids
Civil Aeronautics Authority
United States Navy
Frank Knox
Buffalo
Wildcat
Corsair
Seagull
Kingfisher
Buccaneer
Helldiver
Dauntless
Vindicator
Sea Ranger
Mariner
Catalina
Coronado
Devastator
Avenger
Committees Named For Industrial Ball
In preparation for the Queen's ball to be held on November 14 in the Memorial coliseum, the Allied Industrial league named committees for lighting music coronation stage kneeling benches and throne arrangements. Key organizers include Reuben Smith as ball chairman with Joe Jaeger Bernard Reese Hubert Eagan leading lighting, Frank Bates Jr George Cervenka Harley Hallenbeck directing music, and Karl Koffron Milo Nelson coordinating coronation details. The effort also covers attendants to the queens and kings, drum corps seating, floral design, policing, publicity, and ticketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Industrial League
Memorial Coliseum
Reuben Smith
Joe Jaeger
Bernard Reese
Penick and Ford, Ltd., Inc
Hubert Eagan
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Frank Bates, Jr
George Cervenka
Harley Hallenbeck
Wilson and Company
Shirley Huston
Penick and Ford
T. H. MacGregor
Collins Radio Company
Harold Kirchman
Petersen Baking Company
Karl Koffron
Quaker Oats Company
Milo Nelson
LaPlant- Choate Manufacturing Company
Ralph Macnamara
Penick and
Ford
Dean Haworth
Witwer Grocer Company
Paul Novak
Richard Cypra
Mathilda Schirm
Harley Bowser
Wilma Shoup
the Gazette
Ray Hamilton
la Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Virginia Byers
Y.M.C.A
S. R. Hawkins
Gurney W. Day
Bolek Wishniewsky
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Defense savings stamps offered in multiple denominations
Defense savings stamps are available in 10, 25, and 50 cent values and in 1 and 5 dollar amounts. They enable the purchase of defense savings bonds through a practical installment plan.
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Defense Savings
Entertainers Named for Policemen's Ball Show
Dick Jurgens orchestra will headline the ninth annual Policemen's ball on November 10 at Memorial coliseum from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. with a floor show at 10 p.m. Carl Brandt will sing, and young imitator El Roy Peace from Kansas City will perform impressions of Cab Calloway Duke Ellington and the Ink Spots. Other acts include Harry Cool Buddy Moreno Lou Quadling and Frank Lehrer. tickets cost $2 per couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Jurgens
Carl Brandt
Memorial Coliseum
Leonard Bruce
el Roy Peace
Kansas City
Bowes
Hope and Skelton gag dispute headlines
Hollywood figures trade blows over exclusive rights to jokes as Bob Hope and Jack Douglas settle a misunderstanding over Red Skelton. Tony Martin faces MGM review of draft classification while Tanya Geise and Jack Fain II split amid career strain. Pauline Garon cites a beauty parlor incident costing her 11000 and a wig dependency. Major James Henderson Carroll, Earl Carroll’s brother, died of a heart attack in Washington. world military rites held at Forest Lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Bob Hope
Jack Douglas
Hope
Red Skelton
Douglas
Skelton
Pauline Garon
James Henderson Carroll
Earl Carroll
Washington
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
English Humor Persists Amid War Says London Cartoons
A folding cartoon from Hitchin England shows Mussolini Hitler Von Ribbentrop and Goebbels merging into Churchill when folded. Harold E Pratt in Maryland received it from Harold T C Brown who notes high London prices air raids and limited damage, yet rebuilding continues as Britain fights Nazi tyranny with naval support and looming giant bombers.
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Harold E. Pratt
Mount Vernon Road
Harold T. C. Brown
Hitchin
England
Pratt
Brown
Mussolini
Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Goebbels
Winston Churchill
London
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Madson
U. S. Navy
U. S. S. North Carolina
Atlantic
North Carolina
O. M. Hustvedt
Decorah
John E. Lopes
Third Avenue SE
Florist
DIAL
LOYAL
Gee
Ralph Slade
Saxon Field
Art Kroening
Troy
Ohio
Wacé
Aeronca
Cedar Rapids Airways
Middletown
F. C. Cruz Hahn
Municipal Field
Leland Fass
Frank Nelick
William Thomas
Donald McDermott
Hays Hinds
Waldo Thomas
Byyrarie
Turner's
Turner Funerals
Martin
Andersen
John B. Turner & Son
Tarmer
Baby
Peultey Supplies
Margaret Williams
Harry Hoyt
Joe Loufek
Towa Manufacturing Company
Kenneth W. Fish
D. W. McKinsey
Knights of Labor
Louise Secor
Dee Murphy
The
Gazette Company
Ladies In
Gerald Byron
Roy W. Decker
Link Belt Speeder Corporation
W. T. Abernathy
Harry L. Bean
Welch Cook Bears Company
Leroy Faunt
Ellsworth Fife
Hilda Hendrickson
Clifford Riley
Karl Koff
Tony Martin
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Tanya
Sugar) Geise
New York
Jack B. Fain III
New Oreleans
Miss’ Geise
Kitterman’s
Kitterman
DAY Cleaners
Third Avenue
Great Britain
W. T. Sands
St. NE
Second Street
Roosevelt Hotel
Second Ave
Boegel’s Appliance
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