Driver Escapes After Car Upset Burns In Iowa Crash
Rex Emry narrowly escaped serious harm when his Auburn coach overturned at the Frank Kouba corner south of Blairstown and caught fire. He crawled from the upper window with a traveling bag as the gas tank exploded, destroying the car and losing lodge papers. He uninjuredly telephoned for convention registration and left for Des Moines in a new car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Emry
C Avenue
Frank Kouba
Blairstown
Des Moines
Knights of Pythias
Emry
Auburn
Cedar Rapids
Trains Collide in Peoria. One Dead Ten Hurt
A Burlington motor passenger train crashed into a freight near Peoria Illinois. Brakeman J W Buck of Galesburg was killed, several passengers and families from Galesburg were injured, and a torpedo warning is blamed for the wreck with witnesses citing engine heedlessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
INS
Burlington
Here
J. W. Buck
Galesburg
Jerome Williamson
Pana
Bobby Lair
S. Gripp
George Cebert
Dan Camper
Eggert
Inhibitory Bids Change Bridge Strategy and Tactics
The article surveys contract bridge bidding where players bid suits they do not hold to block opponents. It notes defenses keeping pace, bluff bids designed to prevent leads, and a trend toward bidding on actual holdings. It cites an unsuccessful inhibitory bid that failed to stop a likely slam. North and South are vulnerable in a part score play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South West North
West
North
Opening lead choice and takeout raise in bridge
Analysis of West opening with diamond four, East with Ace, slam thwarted by correct psychology of bidding. Explains reopening raise logic: opener reevaluates hand by supporting-trick count and raises partner’s suit for each extra trick beyond four, given adequate trump support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
East
North
Former Paris Residents Attend Reunion in Central City
Seventy nine former residents of Paris Iowa gathered in Central City for a reunion. Attendees included Mrs. Alex McDonald Mrs. George Davis Mr. and Mrs. Charles Forrest Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mills Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bliss and others from Central City Marion Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Paris
Alex McDonald
George Davis
Charles Forrest
Frank Mills
Howard Bliss
Adeline Palmer
Milton
Isabell Pike
Otis
Charles Norris
Ella Moles
Florence Moles
Russell Hatch
Blanche Hamilton
J. W. Montgomery
H. L. Houle
W. W. Hamilton
Marion
Christina Strand
Fred Domer
Harold
Cedar Rapids
Kate Hesser
Multiple Social Guests Attend Clinton Event
A long list of attendees includes Miss Sareen Davis of Clinton Mrs E A Bailey and daughters Lavona Bethel and Beryl from Center Point Miner Evans Newton J G Domer Wheatland Dora Workman Brainard Maud Norris Atlantic City Gladys Norris Great Neck Oliver Domer Kenneth Dankert J F Grassfield Fay Domer and family Margaret Long Ione Birch Adam Evans and son George Mrs Adam Evans Jr Caroline James Evans P C Bremer Verle Neuert and daughter Donna Etta Avis and granddaughter Irene Edith Avis Owen Bremer William Carroll Hall Park Forrest family dash Paris hosts Mrs Hannah Gill and Miss Margaret Gill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sareen Davis
Clinton
E. A. Bailey
Lavona
Bethel
Beryl
Center Point
Miner Evans
Newton
J. G. Domer
Wheatland
Dora Workman
Brainard
Minn
Maud Norris
Atlantic City
N. J
Gladys Norris
Great Neck
Long Island
Oliver Domer
Kenneth Dankert
Grassfield
Fay Domer
Joan
Thomas
Margaret Long
Ione Birch
Adam Evans
George
Caroline
James Evans
P. C. Bremer
Verle. Neuert
Donna
Etta Avis
Irene
Edith Avis
Owen Bremer
William and Carroll Hall
Park Forrest
Dorothy and
Marie
Paris
Hannah Gill
Margaret Gill
Stormy voyage off Bermuda in Uncle Ray's Corner
Roberta and Allen endure a fierce storm aboard the Sister Sue as the captain steers away from a tornado zone near Bermuda. Lifeboats are ready, but the ship stays afloat and heads toward Bermuda as the sky clears by the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta
Allen
Uncle Tim
Sue
Bermuda
Bermuda Islands
To Be Continued Tomorrow On Bermuda
Fragmentary line mentions Bermuda and Argentina with references to control and valuable land or area. No clear event, persons, or organizations available to form a complete summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Argentina
Bankruptcy notice for John Alexander Larke mer in Iowa
In the Northern District of Iowa Cedar Rapids Division John Alexander Larke mer is adjudicated bankrupt. A meeting of creditors will be held August 23 at 2 00 PM before Referee M W O Rieley at 832 833 Higley Building Cedar Rapids. Prepare proof of claim in advance and bring attorney if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of United States
Northern Dist of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
John Alexander Larke Mer
John Ale Aeeke Central Linn
Aly
M.er
Higley
Iowa
Augustus
M. W. O'Rieley
Notice of Probate of Will No 12285 Iowa
District Court in Linn County will hear proof for the Last Will and Testament of Russell O'Brien, deceased, to probate at Cedar Rapids on August 2 at 9 o clock. Oliver John, Clerk, and John D Randall, Attorney, oversee the proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Linn County
Russell O’brien
District Court
Cedar Rapids
Swedish Wrestler Ivar Johansson Wins Olympic Middleweight Title
Ivar Johansson of Sweden won the 1932 Olympic middleweight wrestling championship in Los Angeles, defeating American star Robert Hess of Iowa State in two minutes and ten seconds. Hess was the favored American performer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Robert Hess
Iowa State College
Ivar Johansson
Sweden
Kaiona Lineman Electrocuted Near Titus Farm
Walter Swartzendruber, 28, an Iowa Electric lineman, was electrocuted at about 10 am Wednesday while working on a transformer near the Titus farm west of Sharon Center. He lived with his widow and three children and also ran a Katona radio shop with Charles Strickler. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Swartzendruber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Walter Swartzendruber
Iowa Electric Company
Titus Farm
Sharon Center
Iowa City
Swartzendruber
Katona
Charles Strickler
Cc. C. Swartzendruber
Thieves Target Horak Drug Store Basement In Break-In
Thieves who went to the trouble of removing part of a basement gang got only between two and a half and three dollars from the Horak drug store at Fourth avenue and Fifth street Tuesday night. They entered through an adjacent empty store room basement and forced a door at the head of the Horak basement stairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agang
Horak Drug Store
Fourth Avenue
Fifth Street
Horak
Births in Washington Area Notify New Arrivals
Several families announce newborns on Aug. 2 at St. Luke's hospital including daughters for Mickel sen Han and Hines and a son for Davis and Nassif. The village also notes W G Huston of Crawford township named treasurer of Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance, succeeding the late Ed Kos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F. Mickelsen
B Avenue NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
E. H. Hanson
Twelfth Street
H. W. Davis
Oakland Avenue
Thirtieth Street
H. L. Hines
Twenty-second Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Prank Nassif
Sixth Street
Eugene Eli
Washington, Ia
W. G. Huston
Crawford Township
Washington County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Ed Kos
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K. P. Lodge
David Burnstine
F. C. Montgomery
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Mr. L. H. Watson
Mr. Sherman Stearns
C.C
C. C
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Uncle Ray’s
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OLIVERS_ JOHN
John D Randall
Ames
Kaiona
Sccreen AV Lars
Florence Reed
Lux
Hollywood
Chichesters Phls
Brand
The
Gladiolus Society
Killian’s Fashion Row
Berkley
Killian
Bacilla
Kaynee Boys
Jersey
Royal
Nainsook
Babbitt’s
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