Eagles Clinch Fraternal A Softball Title
The Eagles clinched the Fraternal A pennant with a 12th straight win as Sokols forfeited the game. Maccabees moved into a tie for second by beating CSA 3 2, with all runs in the fourth on three hits. C Y O won 11 5 behind six C B J fielding errors. In B division UMCA stayed one game up on Moose with 13 runs on 16 hits while Knights of Columbus were held to six. Moose beat Triton 9 3. North West Men's Forum posted its third straight win, 11 1 over Junior ILOF, Huston allowing only two hits. Friday features Becks Open vs Wilson Packers on diamond 4 plus Armstrongs vs Baxter B’s and Link Belt Speeder vs Eddy Paper.
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Eagles
Sokols
Maccabees
Schrodermier
Moose
Knights of Columbus
Triton
North West Men's Forum
O. F
Huston
Beck
Wilson Packers
Armstrong's
Baxter B
Eddy Paper Company
Taglen
Sokola
Gener
Diehl
Campbell
Wilson
Karasek
Jucha
N. Pi
Metis Forum
Podzimek
Sanket
Hahn and
Bisek
Dyson and
Sullivan
Darling and Morehouse, Kindler and
Houston
Douglas to coach East's backfield in Prep All-Star
DES MOINES. Ben Douglas of Grinnell college was named backfield coach for the east squad in the Iowa high school all star game on Sept 5. He will work under Moray Eby of Coe college, while Vee Green of Drake leads the west squad. Eastern Iowa fans backed Iowa City players and Des Moines North fullback for East berths in ballots from 37 schools.
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Des Moines
Ben Douglas
Grinnell College
Douglas
Moray Eby
Coe College
Vee Green
Drake
Iowa
Iowa City
North Des Moines
Bob Towell
Bud Lemons
Ed Crossett
Jack Fetig
Dan Kroloff
Allied Swim Meet Set At Ellis Park Picnic
A swimming meet is among features of the Allied Industrial picnic at Ellis Park. Only workers from 23 industries may compete. Ribbons for all winners and a prize for the two top swimmers are provided by the Municipal Pool.
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Allied Industrial
Ellis Park
Dick Beall
Passeau Out Of Cub Lineup For 10 Days
Chicago Cubs pitcher Claude Passeau is expected to miss about ten more days after X rays revealed a broken rib and tissue damage from a slide into second base during last Saturday's game with the Giants.
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Passeau
Cub
Chicago
Claude Passeau
Chicago Cubs
Giants
Anamosa Team Set for Eastern Iowa Golf Meet
Anamosa announces its lineup for the Eastern Iowa golf tournament at Monticello on Aug 10 led by Manager Eugene Rees. Named players include Allan Turner John Trevarthen Neal Turner Gerald Kehoe and others with Charles Tyler and Alfred G Remley as alternates. Last year Anamosa finished second to Marion in a ten team field.
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Gazette
Anamosa
Eugene Rees
Eastern Iowa
Monticello
Allan Turner
John Trevarthen
Neal Turner
Gerald Kehoe
G. R. Wilkinson
F. C. Frank
Bob McCullough
Roy Wilkinson
Tom Powell, Jr
Charles Tyler
Alfred G. Remley
Marion
Mount Vernon
Tipton
Maquoketa
Manchester
DeWitt
Qualifying Round Ends Saturday In Ellis Golf Tournament
The Ellis tournament enters its final qualifying day with 18 holes to be carded. Eight players per flight advance to the Sunday finals on the municipal links in medal play. Prizes go to the flight winners and runners-up. 50 cents entry covers qualifying and finals. Earl Baird led day one with 75, followed by Alex Mitchell 85, Bill Thayer 89, and Jim Chester 93.
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Ellis Course
al Stieger
Stieger
Earl Baird
Alex Mitchell
Bill Thayer
Jim Chester
Court Order Grants Mrs. Joe Louis $220 Per Week Alimony
In Chicago a court granted temporary alimony of 220 a week to Mrs. Marva Trotter Louis from heavyweight champion Joe Louis. Judge Feinberg referred the petition to a master and set alimony to begin Aug. 6. Mrs. Louis seeks divorce on cruelty grounds filed July 2.
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Joe Louis
Chicago
Marva Trotter Louis
Michael J. Feinberg
Master In Chancery
Dwight S. Bobb
Joe
Cyrus
Temple
Grid Picture Is Left Hazy By Army Draft Commissioners Say
In Miami Beach the National Association of Football Commissioners said the draft clouds the national gridiron picture. They expect Minnesota to be the top team, with powerhouses like Tennessee Stanford Texas A&M Fordham Boston College potentially dropping to also rans. Oklahoma could field the strongest Big Six team if the draft is not too heavy. Missouri might clinch the conference title if Oklahoma suffers losses. R. E. Lee noted the draft’s impact on rosters.
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Miami Beach
Fla
INS
National Association of Football Commissioners
Minnesota
Tennessee
Stanford
Texas Aggies
Fordham
Boston College
Oklahoma
Missouri
R. E. Lee
Anamosa Grid Prospects Asked To Meet Saturday
Fred Shadle new Anamosa football coach has asked all candidates for next fall's Blue Raider team to meet in the high school study hall Saturday at 7 p.m. Plans will be discussed for the annual football training camp at Wapsipinicon state park from Aug. 25 to 30 with headquarters at the Boy Scout cabin. This week of training prior to school opened under Coach Walter C. Schwank and helped contribute to the Raiders' no defeat record.
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Anamosa
Fred Shadle
Blue Raider
Wapsipinicon State Park
Boy Scout Cabin
Walter C. Schwank
Raiders
Whitehead Sold to Syracuse from Browns
Johnny Whitehead veteran right hand pitcher was sold Thursday by the J Louis Browns to Syracuse of the International League. Whitehead was recalled recently from Toledo of the American League.
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ST. Louis
Johnny Whitehead
J. Louis Browns
Syracuse
Whitehead
Toledo
Wallace Seeks Liberty Arsenal Role at Burlington Plant
Vice President Wallace tours the Burlington ordnance plant where shells are loaded for defense. He praises the four freedoms of speech worship freedom from want and fear and urges the middle west to power war material while preserving democratic values. He announces his new role as head of an economic defense board and pledges unity with Britain and other allies against the Axis.
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Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
God
Memorial Coliseum
Middle West
America
Quisling
Economic Defense Committee
British Board of Economic Warfare
South America
Burlington
Ordnance Department of the Army
Africa
Far East
Norfolk
Wichita
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Montana
Wallace delivers America The Mighty talk at war plant dedication
Vice-president Wallace quotes presidential greetings and outlines civilian effort to build a plant for manufacturing war shells as a step toward preparing for potential conflict. He frames the factory as a peace maker creating a peaceful countryside through wartime readiness in Iowa.
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America
Wallace
United States
Iowa
Witten Hinen
Liberty and Unity in Wartime Resolve
A wartime sermon urges unity and steadfast defense of liberty and democracy. It condemns a loud minority aiding enemies and calls for devotion to justice, truth, and the might of American arms to secure salvation and prevent failure. The speaker emphasizes Bill of Rights values and global leadership in liberty.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
America
Jones Body Sent to Ohio for USC Coach Howard Jones Funeral
Howard Jones 55 former USC football coach dies of a heart attack last Sunday. Services held in Los Angeles with USC vice president Dr Henry Bruce delivering the eulogy. Jones will be buried in Middletown Ohio after a Friday shipment and Tuesday service. His son Clark and brother Tad Jones will accompany the body.
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Los Angeles
Howard Jones
University of Southern California
Middletown
Jones
Clark
Tad Jones
USC
First Methodist Church
Henry Bruce
Bruce
Glenn Phillips
Bummy Davis Sits In Guardhouse
Brooklyn welterweight Bummy Davis, an army private, sat in Fort Jay guardhouse after AWOL from Camp Hulen Texas. He will be escorted back to Texas under armed guard after discharge from hospital following a fight with Fritzie Zivic.
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New York
INS
Bummy” Davis
Brooklyn
Fort Jay
Governors Island
Camp Hulen
Texas
Bummy
Davis
Fritzie Zivic
Gils' Softball Teams Play At Marion Tonight
The Williamsburg girls team and the Marion Merchants will face opponents tonight at the Marion Athletic field. Games start at 7 30 pm followed by a clash between the CI O Packers and Moose Lodge of Cedar Rapids.
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Gils
Marion
Williamsburg
Marion Merchants
Marion Athletic Field
Ci.o. Packers
Moose Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Mation Merchants
CIO Packers
Oelwein Ladies Ross Company Event Results
Results from the second round at the Oelwein Country Club show Flight 1 with June Bennett over Mrs Don Witt and Mrs J J Duffy over Mrs H Lauber. Flight 2 finds Mrs Theodore Olson over Mrs A J Lathmer and Mrs Ray Murphy over Mrs Grant Goodlander. Flight 3 has Mrs Barrie Stebbins defaulting to Mrs Roy Anderson while Mrs Oliver Reynolds defeats Mrs Carl Jakway.
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Oelwein
Ladies’ Ross Company
Flight
June Bennett
Don Witt
J. J. Duffy
H. Lauber
Theodore Olson
A. J. Lathmer
Ray Murphy
Grant Goodlander
Barrie Stebbins
Roy Anderson
Oliver Reynolds
Carl Jak- Way
Louise Brough Upsets Sarah Palfrey Cooke In Maidstone Meet
In East Hampton New York on Thursday Louise Brough of Beverly Hills Calif defeated top seed Sarah Palfrey Cooke 6 2 6 4 to pull the biggest upset of the 1941 tennis season at the Maidstone invitation tournament.
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East Hampton
N. Y
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Maidstone
Louise Brough
Beverly Hills
Calif
Y W C A Cedar Rapids Plays Coggon Girls Friday
The Y W C A softball team from Cedar Rapids travels to Coggon to meet the local girls team Friday at 8 p m. Admission is free.
Johnny Dickshot Joins Hollywood Stars in PCL
Former Giants and Pirates outfielder Johnny Dickshot, who once called himself the ugliest man in baseball, has signed with the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League, continuing his career in the California era of professional baseball.
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LOS Angeles
NBA
Johnny Dickshot
Giants
Pirates
Hollywood Stars
Edward Allen Austin Dies in Mitchell Hospital
Mrs Ina Dye Minor reports the death of her brother Edward Allen Austin at a Mitchell South Dakota hospital where he had lived six months. He was 63 born in Marion son of the late W A and Mrs. Austin pioneer Linn county farmers. He leaves W B Austin Cedar Rapids John Austin Chicago Mrs Margaret Gano Faith South Dakota Mrs Kate Crew Omaha Neb Mrs Sade Scott Santa Ana California and Mrs Merle Jordan Central City. Funeral services and burial will be at Mitchell.
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Edward Austin
Ina Dye Minor
Edward Allen Austin
Mitchell
Mr. Austin
Marion
W. A. Austin
Linn County
Minor
W. B. Austin
Cedar Rapids
John Austin
Chicago
Margaret Gano
Faith
S. D
Kate Crew
Omaha
Neb
Sade Scott
Santa Ana
Calif
Merle Jordan
Central City
Complete 300 Garments by Marion Red Cross Volunteers
Marion branch of the American Red Cross reports 300 garments completed during July. Mrs. A. A. Hardin, chairman, said sewing rooms at S. and S. Lockers stayed active despite heat. Since Oct 1940, 215 sweaters have been finished. new volunteers include local school teachers.
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Marion
American Red Cross
A. A. Hardin
Unit No. 1
Unit No. 3
Severe Leg Injury From Mowing Falls On County Work
Richard Lee of 545 Central Avenue suffered a severe muscle severance in his right leg above the knee when his scythe hit a stump while mowing weeds for the county on a steep incline Thursday afternoon. He received first aid from a local doctor and was taken by ambulance to St Lukes hospital where fourteen stitches were needed. The notice also reports local social items and advertisements.
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Richard Lee
Central Avenue
St. Lukes Hospital
Marion items reflect family notices sales and events
Scraps of local life center on family milestones and sales from Marion area. Notices include births at home north of Marion, reunions for D B of IORP and Burns families, visits and dinners, shop ads for sport shirts and shoes, and chicken-raising enforcement, plus a softball game featuring Williamsburg and Marion merchants.
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Pet Eagles Perret Oes
Mace
Z.c. B.S
L Pet. xc
AL Oss
Nenees
Kalents of Columbus
W. Men's Forum
East
Allied
Ellis
Louis
Brndley Cyrus
Fort Leonard Wood
Rolla
Liberty
R. W. Broadlow
Broadlow
Jank
John C. Lowry
Thomas E. Martin
Washington
House
Lands Middlewest
Atlantic
Britain
War Department
Washington, D. C
Isaiah
Micah
Hitler
Hess
Scotland
England
Australia
Canada
South Africa
Latin America
Berlin
France
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Greece
Pacific
New Zealand
China
Ohio
Bummy Davis
Oelwein Golf
Y. W
Coggon
Culbert
Food Market
Doyle
Ralston
Betton
Pepsi-Cola
Brooks
Marion News
Walther League of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Pauline Krog
Carl E. Krog
Ute
Hutchinson's
Owen
W. N. Dearborn
Elizabeth Ware
Stone City
E. J. Reed
6Th Avenue
Jean Bordner
University of Iowa
Kathryn McElwain
Miss McElwain
Norma
Helen Biddick
Mrs. L. M. Hall
Collins
Halls
Patsy
M. H. Biddick
Fry's Milk Bar
Bob Mullaley
Ottumwa
Ed McGuire
J. J Keith
Dr. Keith
Thomas B. Keith
la Pointe
Wis
Jack Shinault
Tenth Street
Benjamin Sebern
Cleveland, O
Mr. Sebern
Katz Salvage
Albert Patschke
Waukon
D. B. Af Iorp
Samuel W. Elmore
Elmore
Ed Sigfred Co
Bowdish School House
Bowdish School
Waubeek
Ralph Mathes
Mary Ellen
Edward
John Heffron
Eleventh Street
Benish Shoe Store
Charles Hollings- Worth
Richard
St. Paul, Minn
Mrs Hollingsworth
Hulda Peterson
Gene Miller
Harold Carlberg
Doris
Dickie
Syl's Grocery
Lincoln Building
Earl Yount
Dubuque
Rae
Mrs
Frank Fuller
Newt Young
W. B
Boston
Bever Park
Lorraine Hamlin
Spring Valley, Minn
C. C. Randall
Mrs. Randall
Ruby Pratt
Mrs. Bess Golden
Dickey
Monarch
Harmon
SUICE
U.S
Shredded
Alston
SWERL
Freestone Aekan Sas
Riz
Pat
Philadelphia
Pke
PUREX
Brooks Tabasco
Dar
Charmin
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