Birth Announcements Include Several Newborns Across City
The notice lists births at St. Luke's and various homes with names such as Mr. and Mrs. John Coombs and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph, a daughter born August 1 and a son born August 1, with addresses and family details included. Other entries mention a son born July 31 and a daughter born August 1 for multiple families.
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Wilfred Ied Hokina
Avenue
Kenneth Benesh
St. Luke's Hospital
John Coombs
I Avenue
Gg Dayton
Ralph
Fourth Street
Marriages and property rulings seal 1920s case notes
Edith Grace Steele and Willis G. Steele wed February 18 1927 in Savanna Illinois with Judge C J Haas. The couple receive a Center Point road lot and $50 in attorney fees. Marie Mace and Joseph Mace married April 27 1935 with Judge C J Haas. Marie regains her maiden name Marie Wolf.
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Edith Grace Steele
Willis G. Steele
Savanna
Ill
C. J. Haas
Fire destroys home on Thirty-ninth Street NE
At 7 37 a m a fire caused by an open gasoline stove gutted a residence at 422 Thirty-ninth street NE. W R McDonald issued the general alarm.
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Thirty-ninth Street
W. R. McDonald
Two Deaths Reported In Local Homes
Fred Kadera, 66, died at his home on avenue NE at 10 30 p m Thursday. Mrs Fred F Fox, 44, of Sixth Street NW died in a local hospital at 9 a m Friday.
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Fred Kadera
Avenue NE
Fred F. Fox
Sixth Street NW
Dick Reeder Fined for Speeding on Thirty-Third Street NE
Dick Reeder of Thirty-third Street NE was fined costs after a speeding incident recorded as 42 over the limit. The brief entry notes the infraction and penalty without additional details.
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Dick Reeder
Thirty-third Street
Si We
Shueyville United Brethren Church Schedule
Sunday worship is at 9 30 with Sunday school at 10 30 and Senior Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m on the church calendar.
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Shueyville United Brethren Church
Senior Christian Endeavor
Gosnell Returns Home After Tonsillectomy
Bruce Gosnell son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Gosnell of 1601 Thirteenth Avenue SE has been returned home from Mercy hospital following a tonsillectomy.
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Bruce Gosnell
Raymond Gosnell
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Family Man Leaves City After Father’s Death
H. J. Kiecksee of 515 Seventh Avenue SW departed Friday for Ward, M. D., called by his father’s death. He is expected to stay away about a week.
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H. J. Kiecksee
Seventh Avenue
Ward, M. D
Ahring Called Home By Father’s Death
Mrs. F. A. Ahring of 926 Twenty first Street SE is summoned to Burlington by the death of her father F. B. Bied. The funeral is scheduled for Saturday in Burlington.
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F. A. Ahring
Twentyfirst Street
Burlington
F. B. Bied
Kiffe Family Returns from Staples After Brother’s Death
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Kiffe and their daughter Mary Louise of 821 A venue NE returned Thursday from Staples Minnesota following the death Sunday of Mrs. Kiffe’s brother Martin E. Bridgeman. Bridgeman, who had visited Cedar Rapids frequently, died in a heat related incident.
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C. R. Kiffe
Avenue NE
Mary Louise
Staples
Minn
First Lieut Merriam Gearhart Receives Reserve Medical Commission
First Lieut Merriam Gearhart of Springville received a reserve commission in the medical corps to the 347th medical regiment announced at Cedar quarters Friday. He is not in active service.
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Merriam Gearhart
Springville
Cedar
Baldy Barbecue Fest Set for Labor Day at Riverside Park
Wilson announced the annual southern barbecue Claren Ce Baldy will be held Labor Day at Riverside Park in Wilson. Barbecued chicken and ribs will be served. Various games will take place in the afternoon as part of the all day affair.
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Riverside Park
Wilson
Whitlam Park Community Night Lineup Split Among Performers
At a Whitlam park community night on Thursday a list of performers appeared including Pauline Holverson Pete Murillo Alfonso Rodriguez Fred McLand Helen Holverson Felix Saldone Delores Duarte Mendoza Julia Cortez Terese Cortez Eva Arenas Mexican ae Rosia Florence Richard Mendoza godvet Carmen Arce Pauline Cortez Arce solo accordion Mendoza and a segment titled Three Minstrels featuring Richa a Mendoza and John Lopez.
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Whitlam Park
Pauline Holverson
Pete Murillo
Alfonso Rodriguez
Fred McLand
Helen Holverson
Felix Saldone
Delores Duarte
Mendoza
Julia Cortez
Terese Cortez
Eva Arenas
Ae Rosia
Florence Richard Mendoza
Godvet
Carmen Arce
Pauline Cortez
Arce
Richa
Nazi Army Girds For Third Assault In Russia
Reports from the front indicate Germany's war machine stalled after six weeks of brutal fighting in Russia and may be reorganizing for a third major push to break Soviet resistance. Smolensk area sees the heaviest fighting as Soviet counterattacks push back Germans with heavy losses.
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Germany
Russia
Wehrmacht
Red Army
Camoa
Smolensk
Permit JAP LinER to unload cargo at San Francisco
The Japanese liner Tatuta Maru is granted permission to unload all cargo valued at 3 060 090 dollars including silk within 50 hours at San Francisco. The ship, tied to a jurisdiction dispute between justice and treasury over freezing Japanese credits, faces legal action from libel suits while marshals prevent sailing of the Heian Maru and Tatuta Maru amid New York importers’ cargo claims.
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Washington
Treasury
San Francisco
Herbert E. Gaston
Roosevelt
Justice
Treasury Departments
Justice Department
United States
New York
Tokyo Steps Hinted To Improve Japanese American Ties
Diplomatic circles foresee a quiet move to mend frayed ties between Japan and the United States. Possible steps include Kaname Wai’s return to Tokyo and Nomura’s efforts to outline a basis for reconciliation amid war pressures and censorship of anti American articles.
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TOKIO
Japan
Kaname Wai
Ssy
Washington
Kichisaburo Nomura
United States
Tutuila Chungking
Tutuila
Baltic fleet destroys enemy ships in new communique
The Russian Baltic fleet report claims its forces destroyed an enemy destroyer and large transport vessels, as stated in a recent communique.
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Ers
Oil dealings in Mexico tied to Germany probe
W R Davis testifies about buying large quantities of expropriated oil in Mexico before the war for barter sales to Germany and Bewsy. He denies illicit aims, claiming only intent to recover an $11, and notes in a January press conference that only a few cargoes reached Germany or Italy as war began.
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Mexico
Germany
Bewsy
Davis
Italy
Navy to Open Philippine Air Station Sept 1
The navy announced the new naval air station will be placed in service September 1 in Cavite Philippines at meet point. Two other air stations in the Oh, nstoen area were noted with planned activity in mid September.
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Washington
Ins
Naval Air Station
Philippine Islands
Navy
Meet Point
Cavite
P. I
Fone
Airport Program Announced to Modernize 288 Air Ports
The Civil Aeronautics Administration unveiled an $80.81 million plan covering 288 airports. Brig. Gen. Donald H. Connolly said 149 new fields will be added, with 216 projects to be WPA funded and 87 mixed contracts. Work should finish shortly after year start. Congress authorized the appropriation this summer.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Donald H. Connolly
CAA
Secretaries of War, Navy and Commerce
WPA
Connolly
Congress
U S Silk Industry Faces End Says CIO Leader
Emil Rieve of the Textile Workers union told a defense conference that U S silk stocks will last only one month and warned the industry faces an end “for all time” due to the Japanese American economic war. He proposed a plan to employ 175,000 silk mill workers and move the nation toward synthetic fibers to become independent of Japanese silk.
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Washington
INS
Emil Rieve
CIO
Textile Workers Union
National Defense
United States
Rieve
Japan
AFL
OPM
OPACS
Army
Navy
Con
Sidney Hillman
Mills Hurls Rights At PM Correspondent In Hearing
Congressman Newt V. Mills exchanged blows with George E. Reedy, veteran PM correspondent, after Reedy accused Mills of questioning his integrity. Reedy said Mills demanded an apology but Mills struck twice, later saying he could not crack an eggshell. Reedy testified before a House Buildings Committee about tenant evictions at du Pont Circle to make way for expanding government offices.
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Washington
Llp
House
Newt V. Mills
George E. Reedy
New York
Reedy
Mills
House of Buildings
du Pont Circle
Roosevelt Sells Russian War Aid Doubtless United Front
President Roosevelt praised Russia as a magnificent ally while rejecting terms under the lease lend act. He said Moscow can pay for US war supplies and referenced Hopkins’s safe arrival there. He declined to discuss movements of planes or ships and offered no comment on Far East oil shipments or a possible turn in the war.
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Russia
Moscow
Smolensk
BES
Uni
Germany
Hopkins
Roosevelt
China
Recht
Far East
Japan
Johnson County Sheriff Resigns Amid Sixth Term end
IOWA CITY Johnson County Sheriff Don McComas resigned Friday during his sixth term effective August 15. Deputy Albert Murphy was named to succeed him, with James Koser retired. McComas was noted for involvement in notable cases from the 1930s. Also cited are state agricultural production figures for spring and winter wheat, corn, oats, and government forecasts.
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Iowa City
Don McComas
Johnson County
McComas
Presionce
Board of Supervisors
Albert Murphy
Koser
Folsom
Corn Yield Forecast Tops Last Month's Prediction by Govt
Chicago reports indicate the combined U S winter and spring wheat crop at 925 million bushels from four private crop reports. Winter wheat at 665 million, unchanged from a month ago and 17 million below government forecast. spring wheat at 260 million, up 26 million from last month.
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Govt
Chicago
United States
Four Members Of Zimmerman Family Hurt In Spill
Four members of the Howard H. Zimmerman family at 1720 Third Avenue SE were injured when their car overturned Thursday. Mrs. Zimmerman suffered a shoulder fracture. daughters Jean, 15, and Marilyn, 8, sustained cuts and bruises. They were recovering at a Columbus hospital Friday.
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Howard H. Zimmerman
Third Avenue SE
Fered
Jean
Marilyn
Columbus
Archivist R D W Connor Resigns for UNC Chair
Washington AP President Roosevelt Friday accepted the resignation of Dr R D W Connor as archivist of the United States effective a 15 and announced he will join the University of North Carolina to chair American history and jurisprudence under a new endowment.
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Japan
Foreign Office
Thailand
East Asia
Yokohamas Bank
London
Tokio
Washington
Roosevelt Friday
R. D. W . Connor
The
United
Connor
University of North Carolina
FCC Will Enforce Subpoenas on Radio Hearing Witnesses
Washington FCC chair James L Fly ordered enforcement actions against two ANPA witnesses who refused to appear at a hearing into newspaper ownership of radio stations. Edwin S Friendly and Lt. Cmdr James G Stahlman faced potential contempt of court if they did not testify after a federal-order bid.
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Washington
INS
James L. Fly
Eecommunications Commission
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Elisha Hanson
ANPA
Edwin S. Friendly
The
New York Sun
James G. Stahlman
U. S. Navy
Thomas E. Harris
FCC
Federal District Court
Harris
Hanson
Commission
Fly
Arthur Robb
William A. Thomason
Horseshoers at Fort Riley Stumble Over Metal Heat
Two horseshoers at Fort Riley attempt to forge a horseshoe. After heating the metal one stammers hits the anvil and the other stammers questions. They admit they must heat it again.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Army Post Cos
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