Pledges Split Between Cornell Groups Amid Campus Parade
Cornell college pledges begin two distinct weeks of initiation for the Arrow and Delphi societies. Arrows host a flower gift each pledge day ending in a formal dinner, while Delphis subject pledges to costumes and chores before a dinner dance. Fall pledges include Alethean and four other women groups and five men’s groups with no national ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nount Vernon
Arrows
Cornell
Delphis
Alethean
Sally Watkins
la Crosse
Wis
Marion Piper
Greenfield
Lois Rupp
Chicago
Jane Albright
Des Moines
Norma Kofahl
Clinton
Helen Harbour
Unclear Names List of Beta Readers and Attendees
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals with scattered city and state hints. It reads like a damaged roster or attendee directory with many misspellings and incomplete place names across Illinois and neighboring states.
Sunday Radio Schedule Highlights from Des Moines Area
Readable segments show a dense list of morning to late night programs across WGN WHO KFJB KFIB WSUI WOI WSUI stations. It documents host names such as Sylvia Marlowe Helen Westbrook and Yvette plus orchestras and broadcasts including church programs, concerts, news, and sports through the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WGN
WMT
Alice Blue
WHO
Sylvia Marlowe
Major Bowes
Bonnie Stewart
Sones
Julio Ovansuren
Cultar
Salt Lake City
WGN Safety Club
America
Helen Westbrook
Lee Gordon
Ofch
KFIB
Mary
KFJB
Bob Jones
Valley
Radio Canaries
Alice Blur
Cubs-Cardinals
Chicago U. Roundtable
George Bokolsky
Wmt—Family Party
Charles Holland
Ho—News
George Sir Venka‘s Arch
H. YV. Kaltenborn
Orean
el Paseo Troubadors
Paul Cunningham
Mark Thornbure
Cubs
Yvette
Sonus
Mark Levant
Quarket
Glen Gray
Orch
Laurence Welk
KFJJB
Family Circle
Chanley Worcester
Sunlee
WOI
Boone
Paul Barger
Wgi—Farm
Wgn—Newa
Music Shop
Arthur Godfrey
WSUI
Mornine Chanel
Myrt and
Maree
June Baker
Kathleen Norris
Tom, Dick
Marty
Wssui
David Harun
Jenny
Linda
Guiding Light
Kate Smith
Homemaker’s Forum
Angel of Mercy
Portia
Magic Kitchen
Judy
Jane
Helen Trent
Wool
Gal
Wal
KFJL
Harmony Street Forum
Wm'i
Voice of Iowa Woi
Mary Marlin
Ma Perkins
Kfaib—Coneratilationa
Pra Youns
Mert Ma_ Brown
Lorenzo Jones
Frank Voelker
Widder Brown
Son
Kitty Keene
Frank Gagen
WoOlf
Creative English
Wing
Arnold Grimm
Jerry Blaine
Lawrence Salerno
Sonan
Charle Flagier
Julia
World Today
Wat —Sinsin
Sam
Don Pedro
Sis
Paul Sullivan
Sports Fec
Captain Herne
Mr. Keen
WOGN
Orcan Melodies
High School Athletic Assn
DiInnes
Fulton Lewis
Lone Ranner
Margaret Speaks
WMTF
Elmer Davis
Eddy Howard Weichilaren
TLIS
KFJIB
Guy Lombardo
Raymond Gram Swine
Blondie
Green Hornet
Burris and Allen
Lew Diamond
WUO
Longfellows
WNT
Wooty Herman
Leo Reisman
Nat Brandwynne
Arch Werance
Bobby Byrne
Atdnicht
Biltmore Boys
Anglo French Naval Clash Reported Off Dakar
A Vichy dispatch via German wireless said British warships attacked a French squadron off Dakar, damaging one ship. It was unclear if the damaged vessel was among six French warships that sailed for Dakar or a merchant escort. The French cruisers reportedly avoided battle and returned to Dakar, reaching port safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vichy
Dakar
Africa
Mediterranean
Man Acquitted After Quoting Nahum In Drunk Driving Case
In Charlotte North Carolina Israel Peterson faced drunk driving charges. He claimed church attendance and quoted a Bible passage as his defense. The prosecutor questioned the pastor's sermon and Peterson supplied the text. The jury acquitted him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Israel Peterson
Peterson
Roosevelt names six advisers to aid draft and war office
President Roosevelt on Saturday named a six member advisory committee to help coordinate conscription plans and approved creation of an office of undersecretary of war. He noted aviation employment tripled since 1938, with the biggest gains in interior states, and said the draft director would be named soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
America
Roosevelt
Army
Congress
Channing H Tobias
New York
National Council of the Wy.m Ocoa
Wayne Coy
Delphi
Ind
Stephen Marlys
Stimson
Navy
James V. Forrestal
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
New York trip changes plans for Pike and Dan in bustling era
The narrator recalls a rapid New York visit with Dan, from the Battery to Grants Tomb, amid late nights, clubs, and a run-in with prominent figures. They receive letters from Myra Stowe and a visit from former ambassador Frederick Winter, while Dan reads the Weekly Gazette and faces personal doubts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Pike
New York
Washington
Myra Stowe
Battery
Grants Tomb
Empire Building
Connie
Jude
Mirra Stowe
Willie
Jim
Frederick Winter
Weekly Gazette
Ambulant hernia treatment gains favor in medical view
A 1940 survey cites the ambulant injection method as safer than surgery, with about 80 percent initial success but a 20 percent failure rate and 25 deaths in operative series. Indirect hernia in children may heal with proper truss use. physicians stress truss fitting as key to cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Association
Council On Pharmacy and Chemistry
March of Medicine
Welfare
New York City
Dies Committee
Soka F. Dille Co
India’s Discus Thrower Comes To Iowa
Janet Wellons an 18 year old Indian born student and daughter of American missionaries became the champion women discus thrower of India by tossing 90 feet three inches at a competition in Bombay. She is a freshman at Cornell College in Iowa and traveled to the United States with three other students after a long voyage due to wartime conditions. Rebecca Wellens her sister also attends Cornell as a sophomore. The article notes her piano hobby and the lack of a women’s track team at Cornell during freshman year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ount Vernon
Janet Wellens
India
Bombas
Tucknow
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Miss Wellens
Mussourie
Misa Wellens
Cornell
Rebecca
Wrrts
Dick Baker
Mise Wellens
Night at Sea Aboard the Glynndale Ends In Intrigue
The narrator recalls a voyage where Fred Winter dines with an English trio including Mrs Humphrey Graham Sir Henry and Lady Dorland. Fred and his father part warmly on the dock before boarding. Onboard Dan is befriended by Lady Dorland as a storm approaches and the tale ends with a cliffhanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
France
Willie
Fred Winter
Humphrey Graham
Sir Henry
Dorland
Dan
Plas Bridge
Wille
Mrs. Graham
Lady Dorland
Myra Stowe
Notice to Holders of Cor College Verst Mortg and Collateral Trust Bonds
Notice that Cae Callere has called for payment on November 1, 1940, of all Cor College bonds issued April 19, 1929 secured by a Deed of Trust to Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids Iowa. Bonds mature and coupons payable on surrender, with 1 percent premium and interest to that date. Trustee: Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cae Callere
Cor College
Merchents National Bark of
Cedar Rapids Tourn Brake
Caunons Merchants National Bank OF
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Oregon
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Jane Travis
Mount Vernon
Wanda Walder
Dixon
Ill
Eloise Magee
Virginia
Anne Jones
Iowa City
Helen Danforth
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Muriel Tibball
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June
Marjorie Littell
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Marian Fowler
Sigourney
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Waterloo
Lois Smyre
Sterling
Mia T.A
Richard Snodgrass
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Ed Gill
Keokuk
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Lee Lusted
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Itl
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Ted Statler
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Moravia
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Rock Falls
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Nashua
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Walnut
Gordon Benson
Batavia
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Gene Rosburg
Robert Sapp
Buffalo Center
Don Wilson
Geneva
Dick Rex
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Rapid Cits
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Harcourt
Stan Strosahl
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Bill Holch
Hinsdale
Jenette Heston
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Connie Brooks
Ames
Chicaso
Wsul
Marshalltown
Wes
Wmt—Etchines
Ivory
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Olc
Basndwaron
Columbia Workshop
Ray Noble
Arc
Terren and McCarthy
Ness
National Defense Program
Freedom
Siummer
Sheild Schultz
Manhattan
T1s
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Eddie Oliver
Gus Steck
Dick Jurgens
Nevws
Gene Krupa
Lawrence Welk
Tyes Bate
Lang Thompsons
Milt Herth
Sammy Kaye
Phil Levant
Coleman Hawkins
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Jerry Shelton
Eddie Niebauer
Jimmy Lunceford
Dick Bhelton
Sacasa
Arch
Bake-Owen
Harold Ammons
Fifth Avenue SW
FD. R
Frederick Osborn
Red Cross
Budget Bureau
Willam H. Draper Jr
Floyd W. Reeves
University of Chicago
National Defense Commission
Joseph Po Uarris
Northwestern Unversity
Evanston, Jr
Defense Commission
Personal Health Service
Sperias
The
Gazette
Janet Wellons
Harpers
Harper's
Fifth Avenue
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