Three Cedar Rapids Scouts Earn Eagle Rank
Three members of Troop E-6 in Cedar Rapids will receive the Eagle Scout rank. John Liddle 16 Otto Kohl Jr 18 and Jim Pickford 16 are named as new Eagles. Kohl attends the University of Iowa Liddle and Pickford attend Franklin High School.
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Cedar Rapids
John Liddle
George R. Liddle
Bever Avenue
Otto Kohl, Jr
Otto R Kohli
Seventeenth Street
Jim
A. J. Mason
Jim Pickford
War Bonds Push Encourages Savings Across Paydays
Message urges citizens to save and invest by buying War Bonds with ten percent of each paycheck. It frames every dollar saved as safeguarding lives and national effort, urging immediate action.
Liberalized U S Inspectors Jobs Standards Expanded
Wartime needs widen eligibility for Navy Department inspectors and civil service posts. Applicants with four to six years in electrical, mechanical, or shipbuilding fields may qualify without prior inspectional experience. Substitutions include engineering courses and war training. salaries from 2000 to 2600 dollars yearly.
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Federal Commission
Navy Department
Cedar Rapids Post Office Window 8 Provides Information
Information about formation may be obtained at window 8 of the Cedar Rapids post office. The note directs readers to the exact location for inquiries and guidance on the process.
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Cedar Rapids
Cold snap hits Cedar Rapids with rare frost
Ten to twenty to thirty years ago Cedar Rapids recorded the season's first heavy frost as the temperature dropped to 386 degrees. A lone bandit armed with a revolver staged four holdups in 40 minutes, escaping with 335 dollars from Vernon Heights Fifth Avenue Park Court and Horak drug stores. The first mushroom show opened in Coe College botany laboratory.
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Cedar Rapids
Vernon Heights
Fifth Avenue
Park Court
Horak
Coe College
Special deputies deployed as railroad layoffs loom
U S Marshal Fred Davis dispatched a force of special deputy marshals to Cedar Rapids to head off trouble as Rock Island railroads planned to take back former employees under the individual agreement, set to expire at midnight. A farewell at Second Christian church honored Rev Mr and Mrs F E Smith before their departure for Muncie Indiana where he assumes a new pastorate.
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Cedar Rapids
Fred Davis
Rock Island
Second Christian Church
F E. Smith
Muncie
Ind
Mr Smith
Forming All Polish Units in U S Army
London dispatch reports the United States Army forming special duties units composed exclusively of Poles born in America or Poland. The units are to be used for combined operations under command and will take on tasks of a special operations character.
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London
America
Poland
United States
Northwest Airlines chief Cross Hunt reappointed president
Cross Hunt er, who has led Northwest Airlines for five years, was reelected president and general manager by the board of directors in St Paul.
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ST Paul
Cross Hunter
Northwest Airlines, Inc
Tuesday
Cedar Rapids Tin Can Drive Costs City Money
Cedar Rapids will ship its first car of prepared tin cans to East Chicago next week. Finance Commissioner Lou Burgus says the drive loses about 1 dollar per ton after freight and collection costs. Civilian Defense Chief Henry Haegg urges citizens to participate and place cans with salvage authorities.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Lou Burgus
Tin Can Salvage Drive
Burgus
Metal and Thermit Corporation of Chicago
East Chicago
Ind
Civilian Defense
Henry Haegg
Haegg
Mobilization Peak Hopeed for 1942 Through 1948 Outlook
United States Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey urged that military mobilization should peak this year and begin to decline with 1948, but warned against certainty. Speaking to 2000 managers at the American Management Association session on manpower and war labor, he emphasized difficulty predicting demand amid wartime events.
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New York
Lewis B. Hershey
Metmnbers
American Management Association
Volga
Volga Events Ae Transpuring
Farm Work At The Age We Once Expected Of Youth
A concise reminiscence notes that farm chores were expected from children at a young age in earlier generations. It reflects on the shift in youth labor expectations and the nostalgia for hands-on rural work.
Traveling Naval Examining Board Sets Cedar Rapids Visit
A traveling examining board from the Minneapolis naval reserve aviation base will be in Cedar Rapids October 5 and 6 to interview and examine applicants for direct enlistment in naval aviation. Open to high school graduates, single, ages 18 to 36. Cadets start at 75 dollars monthly, undergo induction training, then attend pre flight schools and pilot training, with commissions as ensigns and lieutenants in the Navy.
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Elkis
Cedar Rapids
Naval Air Reeserve
Minneapolis, Minn
Naval Reserve Aviation
Elks Club
Selection Board
Navy
Lowe Cots
Fiipht
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U. S
Reader's Digest
P. Lorillard Company
Hershey
Jodo
Newmans
Agice
Furs Epres
Alaska
Skunk
Sable
Baum Marten
Mink
New Zealand
Newman’s Furs
Newman
Naval Examining Board
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