Boy to see schoolroom after 11 years in hospitals
PEMBROKE Mass AP Carl Mason will join the fourth grade Monday after spending most of his first 11 years in hospitals. He learned to walk recently and writes with his feet. He rode a bus to school and enjoys adventure stories and stamps, having begun life with tuberculosis of the spine and long hospital care.
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Pembroke
Mass
Carl Mason
Oldham Lake
Carl
New England Peabody Hospital
Newton
Governor seeks relief from washing machine output cut
Des Moines reports Gov George A. Wilson urges President Roosevelt and defense leaders to reverse a 20 percent curtailment on domestic washing machine production. He cites Davenport and Fairfield manufacturers seeking materials and defense contracts to prevent layoffs and community hardship.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Roosevelt
National Defense
Davenport
Fairfield
Statehouse
Wilson
Washington
Man Sought For Bad Checks To Be Charged
Detectives said they would file an information charging uttering a forged instrument against a local man identified as August Conway. He allegedly cashed two checks for 33.68 dollars each on September 2 and 3, using forged signatures and leaving town afterward. One check was presented to Dr. L. D. Morrissey at Merchants National Bank for a 23 dollar bill with a Schultz signature. he received 10.68 in change. The other was at Nassif’s Grocery at Eighth Avenue and Eighth Street SE for 1.75 dollars, with the balance given in change.
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August Conway
L. D. Morrissey
Merchants National Bank
Conway
Walter Schultz
Mike Nassif
Eighth Avenue
Eighth Street SE
Schultz
Franklin Teacher Named To Foreign Language Committee
Miss Gertrude James, French teacher at Franklin high school, is named to the Iowa organization aiding the National Committee on the Place of the Modern Foreign Languages in American Education. The state chair is Prof. Marguirette Struble assisted by Prof. Helen M. Eddy and Carrie Longfellow. The campaign promotes wider foreign language teaching with the slogan Awaken Americans to Foreign Language Needs aimed at breaking language barriers with Latin America.
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Gertrude James
Franklin High School
Iowa
Marguirette Struble
Iowa State Teachers College
Helen M. Eddy
University of Iowa
Carrie Longfellow
Fort Dodge High School
National Federation of Modern Language Teachers
Wilfred Attwood Beardsley
Goucher College
Baltimore
Henry Grattan Doyle
George Washington University
U. S
Iowa Ohio Truck Tax Parley Set for Sept 12 in Chicago
State Safety Commissioner Karl W. Fischer said Iowa and Ohio will meet in Chicago on September 12 to discuss avoiding the possible end of truck tax reciprocity. Iowa taxes apply to two Ohio operators with Iowa terminals, while Ohio threatens to impose a utilities tax on all Iowa trucks entering Ohio.
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Iowa-Ohio
Des Moines
INS
Karl W. Fischer
Iowa
Ohio
Chicago
Army Transport Plane Stops Here
Army C56 bi motor transport plane at Municipal airport flown in Thursday by Col. Phillip Love from Bollingfield Washington D C for a radio.
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Phillip Love
Bollingfield
Washington, D. C
Reunion Flight Highlights Longtime Aviation Ties
A Collins Radio checkup flight brought together old friends. Colonel Love and Dan Hunter, Cedar Rapids Airways manager, have maintained aviation contacts for 25 years. Accompanying Love were Lieut. M. M Stricklan and Sergt. Charles Sell.
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Collins Radio Company
Colonel Love
Dan Hunter
Cedar Rapids Airways
Love
M. M Stricklan
Sergt
Charles Sell
Cedar Rapids Baby Wins City Baby Contest at Iowa State Fair
David Ray Arends, son of Mr and Mrs Ray F Arends of 1208 Ellis Boulevard NW, Cedar Rapids, was awarded first place in the city section for boys 24 to 36 months at the Iowa State Fair baby contest. He previously appeared to be listed as second due to misclassification though he earned a high 98.69 rating.
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David Ray Arends
Ray F. Arends
Ellis Boulevard
David
Pheasant Quail Census Begins September 29
DES MOINES Iowa conservation officials announced the annual pheasant and quail census will start September 29. F T Schwab director of the Iowa conservation commission said officers will conduct the survey and compile counts after field enumeration is completed.
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Des Moines
INS
F. T. Schwab
Iowa Conservation Commission
Com
Commission weighs hunting area opens and season length
The mission will decide which areas may be opened to hunting and whether a three day pheasant season should be shortened or extended. Indications point to a good pheasant crop. The commission has requests for a weekend season Friday to Sunday instead of the current Wednesday to Friday dates, with law setting November 12 to 14 as the season.
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Schwab
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