Alyce Jane Mhenry Eyes Circus After Surgery
Alyce Jane McHenry of Omaha who sang Man On the Flying Trapeze before a stomach operation says she hopes to see real trapeze artists and circus folk if doctors approve. The circus offered free tickets for Alyce and a nurse, as her mother Luella Mellenry and assistant Mildred Knowlton stand by. She is described as unusually pretty with blue eyes, light brown hair, and a potential movie career.
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Fall River
Mass
Alyce Jane McHenry
Omaha
New York
Alyce
Luella Packard Melenry
Truesdale Hospital
Mildred Knowlton
Miil
Hollywood
Johnny Brenner
Mrs. Mellenry
Ambitions of a Young Woman Contemplates Roles
The speaker lists nursing acting and art as goals but jokes she may end up working in a mill, reflecting hopeful yet pragmatic youth. Her grin signals a lighthearted tone amid pondering potential futures.
Alyce Jane McHenry Thanks Doctors After Hospital Stay
The 10 year old from Omaha, famed for her diaphragmatic hernia surgery, thanks doctors and friends in her first press interview after leaving Truesdale Hospital. She smiles through recovery and expresses gratitude for letters prayers and gifts from supporters.
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Fall River
Mass
Alyce Jane McHenry
Omaha
Truesdale Hospital
Add Typists To Linn CCC Quota
Young men who are typists or stenographers may be added to Linn county s new Civilian Conservation corps quota and will be assigned to service at CCC offices at Fort Des Moines according to information received by Miss Cora Jacobs Linn county relief director The county s new CCC contingent will also number seventy four men instead of sixty two as a result of the quota s being raised.
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Linn County
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Fort Des Moines
Cora Jacobs
Miss Jacobs Says Flight Delayed Awaiting Orders
Miss Jacobs stated that the men were scheduled to depart on April 1 but their departure is postponed while awaiting further orders from higher CCC officers.
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Miss Jacobs
CCC
Coggon And Central City Stations Robbed Of Cash and Merchandise
Thieves used a three-quarter inch bit in two break-ins at Coggon and Central City Thursday night. Loot included $56 cash, cigars, tobacco, pipes, ice cream, bologna, cheese, car supplies, and a vending machine. Investigations noted by Sheriff’s office and deputy. An estimate on auto activity within 25 miles of owners’ homes is cited.
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Coggon
Central City
Ward
Highway No. 13
George McCann
Coggan
McCann
W. C. Trefz
James H. Smith
Larry Condon
Watson's 3rd Avenue SW Daily Specials on Bulk Goods
Local listing shows Watson 129 Third Avenue SW offering Thursday specials on bulk spices, flours, coffee, tea, cookies, snacks, and fresh produce. Includes prices for vanilla, canary and Ryce coffees, Pillsbury and Omar/flour, cereals, beans, and fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Ryce
Monarch
Watson's
Hills
Gen
Jersey Cr
Omar
Pillsbury
Graham
Lima
C. R
Marion O E S Chapter Holds Special Meeting
Marion chapter No. 183 O E S gathered at the Masonic temple for a special meeting. Mrs. Laura Kershner supervised a 175-person dinner with Easter decor by Mrs. Harlan Knight and officers. Mrs. Elsie Jordan and Gr Pyle led the evening with songs and introductions.
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Marion
Masonic Temple
Laura Kershner
Harlan Knight
Elsie Jordan
Gr. Pyle
Jordan
Gertrude May
Robert Graepengetter
H. G. Stitzel
May
Mr. Graepengetter
la Verna Crew
Marion Chapter
R. E. Lehdigh
G. O. Pyle
Walter Kennedy
Edna Roberts
General Grand Chapter
Shenandoah
Grand Pawon
Maquoketa
Maude Keyser
Cedar, Rapids
Elna Rohwedder
Olin
Gertrude Brooks
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ladies Aid Union Forms at Presbyterian Picnic
The Second and Third divisions of the Ladies Aid society met Thursday for a picnic luncheon at Mrs. W. L. Dye’s home with Mrs. Merle Dodds assisting. Twenty six attended and during the business meeting a union of the two divisions was perfected and officers were elected.
Marion News Briefs Highlight Local Groups and Events
Ed Fox and others organize as Second division secretaries and committees. Marion high school prepares for its first track meet at Mechanicsville with upcoming meets at Cedar Falls Drake relays Grinnell district and state qualifiers. Local births visits marriages and a Baptist church wiener roast accompany tonight’s schedule and a saxophone solo at the state music contest.
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Marion High School
Mechanicsville
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Drake
Grinnell
Ames
Lawrence Brenneman
William Lawrence
Ivan Brenneman
Schenectady
Brenneman
Esther Falcon
Trojan Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Baptist Church
Robert Kennedy
Christian Church
Fred Lutz
Howard Martin
Waverly
Gwendolyn Newlin
Hugh Gordon
Local Meat Prices On Sale At Kohr’s Store
Choice Young Beef Roasts sixteen cents per pound lean bacon sugar cured twenty five cents pork hearts hocks liver twelve cents beef pot roast per pound thirteen cents boned rolled rib roasts twenty one cents boned rolled veal roasts eighteen cents Kohr’s lard open kettle rendered two pounds small wieners per pound steaks small loin per pound
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Alyce Jane M’henry
BIG
Te Circus
Leibsohn
Cedar Rapids and
Kenwood
Hershey
Folger’s Coffee
Ibs
Jersey
Blue Barrel
Johnson
Toute Keong Veen
Jersey Cream Quaker Oats Co
Pillsbury’s Gold Medal
Linn
A“ Watson
Third Avenue
Fey
Globe Dial
Baby Stuart
Dole
U. 5
Peck
Grocery & Market
Richelieu
Chipso
Pkg
Marion News
Claude Grant
St. Joseph, Mo
George Michel
Harry Blackford
Raymond
Gerald
Pauline
J. H. Blackford
Hazel White
H. H. Blackford
Ralph
Forest Blackford
Beulah and
Richard
W. M. Clymer
W. H. J. Coonrod
Vernon Marsh
Virgil Coonrod
DeWayne
Covington
A. T. Olinger
Hazel
Mr. Myers
Robins
Marion Dairy
J. M. Walters
Mother’s Club
Neal Bunting
Walters
W. E. Peddycourt
Freda Mary Smith
Nira Bakery
J. M. Albright
Leo Voss
Gene
Muriel Gahan
Claire Davis
Dorothy
Charlotte
Ivan Woods
Wilma Woods
Carl Lundeen
Florence Holsinger
Mrs
Herbert Lund
Webster City
Lincoln School
Faye Marsh
Tenth Avenue
Ladies Union of the Christian Church
Marion Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Legion
The
Town Poultry Improvement Association
Des Moines
James Dunlop
North Liberty
Dunlop
Town City
University Hospital
Blanche Mullin
St. Luke's Hospital
E. J. Esgate
Josephine Whitacre
Beethoven Club
Montrose Hotel
U. S
Ralph Hoskins
Carl Wiley
S. J. Jordan
D. J. Hoskins
Claude Scott
Douglas~Ross
Ed Bills
Betty Hanson
West Branch
Dave Newman
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
Congregational Church
F. S. Skinner
Eighth Avenue
G. M. Hibner
Japan
Minnie Whitcomb
Karl Kendall
Floyd Slauson
Minnie Wagner
Cheyenne
Wyo
Fannie DeWald
Ottawa
Kan
Charles Slauson
Charles DeWald
Ralph Smith
Loren Lacock
City
Ed Fox
Alfred Johnson
George Bristol
Owen Fernow
Clara Wilson
Otto Kieckhoeffer
Margaret Ecklin
Emerson Fosdick
W. W. Wallace
Howard Wallace
Allen and
Grace
Anamosa
L. A. Dunn
Culbert’s
van Heusen
ED. Sigfred
Sox
Goodrich
Oshkosh
Nunn
Bush
Aera
Fopcoats
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