Ames Couple Adopts Joan Leslie On Los Angeles Movie Set
Ames couple Mr. and Mrs. R. Fe Carr visit a Hollywood studio and unofficially adopt screen star Joan Leslie as part of their family of 56 adopted children. The 35 year effort to care for homeless children continues at their 45 acre Ames area farm as the Carrs meet their nephew Don Fore on the film set for The Male Animal.
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R. FE
Carr of
Ames
Hollywood
Joan Leslie
Carrs
America
Carr
Los Angeles
Don Fore
Cedar Rapids
Warner Brothers
Leslie
R. E. Carr
Don DeFore
Warner Brothers Studio
Mrs. Carr
Mr. Carr
Cars in New York Reach Parity With Three Nations
A state survey reports that New York has as many motor cars in operation as Germany, Italy, and Japan combined, highlighting the scale of local motoring against international benchmarks.
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State of
New York
Germany
Italy
Japan
New Classroom-Workspace For Ground School At Municipal Field
Upper course students in the C P T program will gain a new classroom attached to the repair shop north of the hangar. The space will include blackboards and a map table to support ground school, flight instruction to begin soon, and a push to produce more pilots for national defense. Instructors and classes expand as Cedar Rapids Airways hires Jack Leib as instructor.
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Loyal Meek
C.P.T
Coe College
Cedar Rapids Airways
Jack Leib
Norway
Kenneth Kress
Explaining U S Aircraft Designation System
The text outlines how aircraft are labeled with a base designation, a model number, and a letter indicating improvements or experimental status. X marks experimental models later becoming Y after service trials, and Z replaces letters when the aircraft is obsolete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Air Force
Ryti proposes postponing Helsinki elections to 1944
President Risto Ryti suggested on Saturday that parliamentary elections due next year be delayed until 1944 due to the wartime emergency in Finland. The move aims to avoid electoral disruption amid the ongoing crisis.
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Helsinki
Finland
Risto Ryti
Cub Mothers Course Opens Wednesday For Den Mothers
Announcement of the year’s program for mothers of Cub Scouts based on the Den Mothers course offered by the University of Scouting. The opening meeting is Wednesday Oct 1 at 1 30 p m in the Chamber of Commerce building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Scouting
Chamber of Commerce
Melvin Tudor
Reuben Smith
Coe College
L. Frost
H. Strasburger
G. H. Seigie
Randolph Field Pays For Idle Men In Crash Cars
Randolph Field Texas prides itself on sixteen men on the payroll who do nothing to earn their salt. The men drive crash cars and ambulances while others perform active duty, and everyone is glad to see them inactive.
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Randolph Field
Tex
INS
Bevin Urges Britain to Back Russia with Sustained Aid
Bevin warns Russia needs sustained material support from Britain for defense and victory. He calls for a six to twelve month drive in British factories to produce aid for Russia and allied efforts.
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International News Service
London
Ernest Bevin
Russia
Britain
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