Cedar Rapids Scouts Embrace Be Prepared Motto in Modern World
Cedar Rapids Wyars Boy Scout units, about a thousand boys aged 12 to 18, unite under the Be Prepared ethos amid modern crises. The article notes their 17 year history of citizenship, self expression, and readiness to aid in disasters, now expanding with an Emergency Service Corps and first aid, messenger, and relief work.
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Cedar Rapids
Boy Scouts
VER
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scout Movement
Emergency Service Corps
England
Gazette
Bob von Stein
Seventh Avenue
Vernon Bus
Fifth Avenue
Duncan Ross
Forest Drive
Nad von Stein
Blake St. Clair
Herbert Northcutt
Thirty-third Street
John White
Twenty-second Street
Higley Avenue
Halifax Says He will Return to America
London reports Lord Halifax denies rumors of staying in Britain and cites plans to return to Washington soon. The Daily Mirror quotes the British ambassador to Washington confirming an early return to the United States.
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Halifax
America
London
INL
Lord Halifax
London Daily Mirror
Washington
Earliest shorthand system by Cicero’s secretary
The earliest shorthand system was invented around 80 B C by Cicero’s private secretary.
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B. C
Cicero
Scribe Returns War Memoir of Two Years in Britain and France
Letter from Drew Middleton recounts small moments that defined two years of war. He recalls Sept 3 in London, the teletype of Chamberlain, air sirens, gas masks, barrage balloons, and reservists leaving with one gesture of kissing loved ones before marching to war. He reflects on how many of those men survive to today.
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BEF
Artois
London
Norway
Amery
Drew Middleton
England
France
Fred Vanderschmidt
Associated Press
New York
the Gazette Special News Service
Fred
Bob
Hyde Park
Chamberlain
Britain
Germany
Bill
Isola Bella
Berkeley Square
Anne Keefe
Drew
Remembering the Blitz Across Summers of Air War
A letter from Drew recounts wartime nights of bombing across Britain and France. He recalls Le Mans, Brest, and the B E F marching, the constant machine gun chatter, and a shift as raids moved to distant cities. The piece captures fear, resilience, and memories of near misses.
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le Mans
Brest
England
Bob
19 Year Old Britons Register for National Service
Thousands of 19 year olds registered in Britain on Saturday, with many already well past their eighteenth birthday. The registrations aim at future call up when they turn 19, and labor exchanges note a strong preference among registrants for service with the Royal Air Force.
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Britain
London
Royal Air Force
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Belgium
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Tournai
White Road
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Bill Henry
Newman’s
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Elbertas
Sunkist
Ige
Eddy
Landsdowne House
Merle E. Garmoe
Third Street SE
Dial
Newman
Store Mnours
Newman's
Kitterman’s Day Cleaners
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