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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1942

Page

2

Paratrooper Training Draws Cedar Rapids Recruits

In Cedar Rapids a group trains for paratrooper duty under Fort Benning instructors. Sergt. Charles Boyer and Private John J. Marsh headline a wave of volunteers, detailing rigorous stages from calisthenics to tower jumps and dual parachutes.

Charles Boyer P. W. Boyer Seventeenth Street Fort Benning, Ga John J. Marsh Fort Benning Fred C. Wahr Avenue NW Marsh Parachute Infantry Unioa Sergt. Boyer

Cedar Rapids Opens Night School In September

Cedar Rapids Night School starts September 21 with evening classes. A $2 enrollment fee plus books and materials are the only charges. Courses cover shop basics for men and women, including mechanical drawing, sheet metal, welding, and measuring. Tuesday sessions at Franklin High and rooms 420, 318. No tuition. textbooks required. Enroll for 14 weeks from 7 to 10 p.m. with eligibility rules.

E. H. Christensen Cedar Rapids Franklin High School Christensen University of Iowa College of Engineering Vocational Education Department of Cedar Rapids

Burglars Loot Candy, Gum Machines, and Jukebox Prize

In Denver the cafe burglary yielded six candy cartons seven gum machine contents two pies and a broken open juke box with a record titled Why Don't We Do This More Often stolen.

Denver

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