50 Missing in Shipwreck of British Craft
Fifty men are missing and presumed dead after the Liberty ship Samtampa wrecked on Sker Point rocks near the Bristol Channel in a gale. Eleven bodies recovered, lifeboat crew among the dead. the ship broke apart and all hands are believed drowned. The Warspite also ran aground nearby with its eight civilian crew saved.
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Porthcawl
Wales
Sker Point
Bristol Channel
Hope
Portland
Maine
Houlder Brothers Steamship Line
Ministry of Transport
Here
Penzance
England
Portsmouth
Scotland
Jutland
Normandy
Notice of Sale of School Houses and Equipment in Marion IA
Public notice states Marion Rural Independent School District in Linn County Iowa will auction the following school houses and on site equipment on May 3, 1947 at the listed times: Sunny Side No 19 Prairie Union No 13 North Star No 14 Millwood No 8. Buildings must be removed by the buyer at their cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Rural Independent
Marion Township
Linn County
Iowa
Sunny Side No
Township
Prairie Union
North Star
Township 84
Millwood No
Harvey E. Trimble
Marion
Owa
Paper Drive for Park Playground Planned Friday
Cedar Rapids neighbors join a Friday paper drive to fund the Sinclair park playground development project. The drive is led by the Tyler PTA with Mrs. Cleo Darrrow and Raymond Hill, supported by St. Wenceslaus, Hus Memorial church, Rev. Zdenek Pauk, and others. Collection centers open 8 9 am and noon 1 pm at five sites including Oak Hill Cemetery and Kuba Funeral Home. officials will supervise at each site. The effort aims to build a year round youth recreation area with courts, a field, ice skating, playground equipment, and a safety fence by the North Western right of way.
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Cedar Rapids
Hus Memorial
Tyler School
Kuba Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery Association
John M. Ely
Hus' Memorial Church
West Drive
Ed Kuba
Lee Osborn
Sinclair Park
Rennet Custards Made Easy with Junket Brand
Lunch talk shifts to rennet custards and Junket brand rennet tablets or powder. The ad touts milk nourishment and easy no egg, no cooking desserts, with options for unsweetened tablets or sweetened powder and a free sample offer from Junket Brand Foods in Little Falls New York.
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Brand Foods
Chr
Hansen’s Laboratory, Inc
N-2
Little Falls
N. Y
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Board Vessel
Warspite
American Cancer Society
B Avenue NE
Lic
Schulte
Burch
Emer
Mfaabalt LF Im
Berrington Halls
Spic & Span
Bartlett Pearl
Vcheck
del Monte
Spall
del Monte NO
Crisco
del Monte Golden Bantam
Heinz Baby
Heinz
Texas
California
Super Meat Market
First ST. S.E
Buehler’s
Ae Pokeane
Velveeta
Kraft
Betty Cracker
Jack Sprat
Jar
Weree
Sozo
Sunkist
Ohio
New York
Bermuda
Gerber's
Gerber's Cereal
Pablum
Jack Sprat Food Stores
Chandler Grocery
Drapela Grocery
Mt. Vernon Ave
M. MM. Dvorak
Dickey Marzion
Mason Food Market
E Ave. NW
North Western
Phooey
Chr. Hansen's Laboratory, Inc
U.S
Canada
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