Intricate Wood Sculpture Began With Apple Crate And Calendar
John J. Stodola, a Cedar Rapids rancher turned wood carver, creates near photo accurate sculptures from single blocks of hardwood. His works include Washington Crossing the Delaware and biblical panels, with scenes of Montana memories and a forest fire.
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Montana
John J. Stodola
Avenue NW
Stodola
Lorado Taft
Captain Kidd
Jesus
West
America
Bohemia
Cedar Rapids
Ture
Merchants National Bank
Gazette
Washington Crossing
The
Delaware
Seamen Seek 50 Percent Raise and 250 Dollar Monthly Bonus
The Maritime Federation of the Pacific on Saturday urged a 50 percent wage increase and a flat $250 monthly bonus for west coast seamen sailing into war zones, aiming to boost compensation amid wartime danger.
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San Francisco
Maritime Federation of the Pacific
West Coast
Landon Attacks Wallace Over Profiteer Speech
In Topeka Kansas Alf Landon denounced Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace for a radio speech on food profiteering. Landon accused Wallace of claiming wheat corn hogs and cotton surpluses and of proposing controls to curb profiteering while farm prices remain well below parity set by Wallace.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Landon
Kansas Affmer
Mr. Wallace
Profit and price concerns in wartime commodities
Evidence suggests profiteering persists while American farm products remain steady at reasonable prices. The remark notes ample signs of gouging in other goods, contrasting with farm commodities. The context implies calls for vigilance as markets adapt to wartime conditions.
Mount Mercy College Dept To Open Tuesday New Faculty Members
Mount Mercy College prepares for Tuesday registration with new faculty including Mother M. Maura president and philosophy instructor, Sister M. Thephouse secretary treasurer, Sister M. Miriam academy principal and chemistry instructor, plus instructors in physical education, commercial studies, English and dramatics. Several faculty returning after summer study include Sister Mary Perpetua, Sister Mary Elizabeth, Sister Mary Norbert, Sister Mary Gonzaga and Sister Mary de Lourdes.
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Mount Mercy
Mount Mercy Academy
M. Maura
St. Louis University
M. Thephouse
Columbia College
Creighton University
M. Miriam
University of Iowa
Margaret Nash
College of St. Catherine
Pauline Schulte
Clarke,college
Jeanne Wiedner
B.A. Clarke College
Mary Perpetua
Department of
Mary Elizabeth
Department of Education
Mary Norbert
Christian Art
Rosary College
River Forest
Mary Gonzaga
College of Commerce
Mary de Lourdes
Pius X School of Liturgical Music
New York City
Secretary Perkins Intervenes in Packing Dispute
Secretary Perkins invited officials from Armour and Company in Chicago and the CIO packinghouse union to meet in Washington on September 13 to resolve a bargaining row. The union quickly accepted. This marks a second intervention within a month as threats of a strike loom due to alleged refusals to sign plant level agreements.
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Washington
Perkins
Armour and Company
Chicago
CIO
Packinghouse Union
Secretary of Labor
Packinghouse
Labor Department
Armour
New Plane Wing Aims At 500 Miles Per Hour Speeds
Washington reports a Langley Field wing may enable U S military aircraft to reach 500 miles an hour within the year. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics says it has conquered the shockwave barrier once thought impassable for speeds beyond 475 mph.
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National Advisory Committee
Secret military aircraft structure shocks scientists
Backing the shock wave, scientists offer no explanation. They call the design one of the era’s most secret military inventions. A German flyer set the present speed record at 469,220 miles per hour in April with a stripped down plane, while fully equipped military aircraft like Langley field designs have not surpassed 320 mph.
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Langley Field
Author in trouble as he must show cause in contempt claim
In Waukegan Illinois J P McEvoy author and playwright was ordered to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for failing to pay 3255 to Mrs Mary B McEvoy from whom he was divorced in 1932. She says he did not maintain 35 weekly payments as decreed.
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Waukegan, II
INS
J. P. McEvoy
Mary B. McEvoy
Kin of Mussolini Becomes U S Citizen in Ohio
Dominic Mussolini a 57 year old unemployed steel worker and second cousin of Italian Premier Mussolini became an American citizen in Warren Ohio. He told Judge Dewey McVicker he and the premier once played as children and that he arrived in the United States from Buenos Aires in 1909. When asked if he would return to Italy to live under his cousin, he replied he loves the United States and wants to stay.
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Warren
Dominic Mussolini
Premier Mussolini
Italy
Dewey McVicker
United States
Buenos Aires
McVicker
Mussolini
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Rock Island Railroad
LaPlant-Choate Company
Alf Landon
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Mount Mercy College
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Gee
Jean Joyce
Killian
WMT
Munsingwear
Balbeauty
Abeile Sd
Floer
Layette
Killian Company
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Killian’s Presents
Cooking
Frank Decatur
Aladdin
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