New World Dawning For Ex-Cabbie
Kenneth S. St Onge, once a Detroit taxi driver, robbed a bank for 540 dollars after joblessness and hungry kids. In Los Angeles he faced court with his wife and eight children, but Judge Thurmond Clarke gave five years probation, citing sympathy and the family’s hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Kenneth
S. Cnge
Ben
St. Onge
Edward
Gary
Van
Guy
Kim
Cal
Harvey
Thurmond Clarke
Detroit
California
Studebaker
Family Struggles Amid Unemployment and Hunger
A caregiver describes a day spent shuttling children to school and returning home to feed the family with tips. He details job search failure nearby, his wife’s pregnancy related unemployment, mounting debt, and starving children at night, ending with a call for action.
Bus Driver Swoboda Stirs Omaha With Sack Shirt Turn
E T Swoboda, a 6 foot 2 inch, 200 pound Omaha bus driver, wears his daughter Sharon’s sack shirt creation. Sharon, a 16 year old model aiming to be an engineer, altered a pepper mint striped shirt with tucks to billow at the back, adding a small bow. The look drew crowds and cheers rather than sneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
E. T. Swoboda
Sharon
Dad
Swoboda
Merchants Favor Sales Tax As Aid To Iowa Schools
A survey of several hundred Iowa businessmen shows 77 percent favor increasing the sales tax if proceeds fund more state aid to schools, while 70 percent oppose a withholding plan and 67 percent back extending the tax to services. Supporters urge property tax relief and fair burden sharing. critics cite border counties and administration costs.
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Iowa
Harrison Weber
DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa Retail Federation
Ames
Davenport
Funeral Services For E. M. Pet Bell Held At Roland Home
Funeral services were conducted at Roland Funeral Home for E. M. Pet Bell with Rev. F. G. Barnes presiding. Organist Walter Lyon played Crossing the Bar and Old Rugged Cross. Casket bearers included Herman Behrends Harold Mailander Harold Henderson James Stapleton Kenneth Neary and Maurice Coumes. Interment followed at Wiota Cemetery.
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E. M.pet Bell
Roland Funeral Home
F. G. Barnes
Walter Lyon
Herman Behrends
Harold Mailander
Harold Henderson
James Stapleton
Kenneth Neary
Maurice Coumes
Wiota
Michigan governor’s wife to get 581 pound birthday cake
A 581-pound cake will be baked for Nancy Williams birthday party in Detroit. About 4000 guests will sample the cake, which includes 500 eggs 100 pounds of sugar 75 pounds of butter and 15 pounds of cream. A Northwestern study found 92 percent of housewives prefer newspapers with advertising.
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Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Nancy
Williams
Detroit
Northwestern University
Prize Shorthorn herd sells for 170000 at Waukegan auction
In Waukegan Illinois on Monday the country’s top pure bred Shorthorn herd was auctioned for 170175 dollars. Owner Thomas E. Wilson 89 former chairman of Wilson and Co meat packers. A one year old bull Edellyn Superb Mercury sold for 6100 dollars to Rasmussen Bros of Goldfield Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Thomas E. Wilson
Wilson & Co
Rasmussen Bros
Goldfield
Lowa
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Eny Drug Counter
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Cunningham
Charles
Red
Clinton Fuod
Hoover Commission
Council Bluffs
Estherville
Burlington
Cass County
Atlantic High School
Beverly Sorensen
Dennis Tighe
Gloria Wolf
Dawn Corralt
Robert Boyd
Leanne McFadden
Janet Shahan
John Schmitt
Roger Sieck
Mary Petriska
Robert Skow
Dale Lind
Karen Zellmer
David Wilson
Maye Lischka
Delbert Westphalen
Don Westphalen
Judy Templeman
Dennis Templeman
Dennis Kragelund
Linda Emerson
Linda Kay Arnburg
Dennis Cohrs
Joyce Steffens
Mary Cullen
Carolyn McLaren
Shirley Campbell
Sharon Silk
Wayne Lary
Richard Comes
Nancy Dasher
Marie Herchenbach
Sheryl Schuler
Ted Bell
Atlantic News-Telegraph
News-Telegraph
Norman Realtor
Spurgeon’s
Orlon
Rayon
Chatham & Beacon Line
Beacon
Orlon - Rayon
Leha
Tka
Nylon
Dacron
Orlon Rayon Scotch
Cmatham's
Orleans
Orson—Rayon—Cotion
Tek
Edsel
Edset
Edsil Livesion
Ford Motor Company
Atlantic Auto Exchange
Atlantic, Ova
DEA
Salcom
Ory
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