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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1942

Page

31

Paratroopers Catch Sky Thrill in Iowa Training News

Cedar Rapids recruits and their families witness paratrooper training at Fort Benning Ga as young men enlist for airborne service. Sergt Charles Boyer and Private John Marsh describe jumps from 1500 feet and the discipline behind four stage training culminating in wings.

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

Burglars Loot Denver Cafe Candy Gum Machines

Burglars in a Denver cafe stole six cartons of candy seven gum machines contents two pies and broke a jukebox opening a record titled Why Don't We Do This More Often The incident highlights a bold midafternoon theft at a local eatery and entertainment venue.

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Cedar Rapids Night School Opens Sept 2

The 12 week fall session at McKinley high school begins Monday Sept 21 with registration Sept 18 from 7 to 9 pm. Enrollment targets 800. no formal requirements. Courses cover academic, business, shop subjects with a $2 fee plus books. Defense courses start Sept 15 at Franklin high in cooperation with the University of Iowa engineering college.

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

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