Marion Corn Festival Queen Contest leads with Betty Lou Kemp
Betty Lou Kemp tops the Marion Corn Festival queen race with 2832 votes as Phyllis Ford follows at 2573 and Elaine Petrusch at 1948. Other contenders include Mary Tucker 1935 and Barbara Trimble 1856 in the field of candidates. Four H Club members hosted a tea for mothers and guests at Mrs. Wilbur Reed’s home with 45 present. Carol Callahan named to represent the club in the style review. blue ribbons awarded to Gloria Hudson and Joyce Reed. red ribbons to Doris Miller Donna Hoover Carol Muthaler and Helen Miller.
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Betty Lou Kemp
Veda Mae Pollock
Winifred DeWees
Edna Mae Kemp
Margaret O’connell
Virginia Roberts
H Club
Monroe
Wilbur Reed
Daisy Ashby
Maxine Quaas
Ernest Mollenhauer
Style Review
Carol Callahan
Gloria Hudson
Joyce Reed
Doris Miller
Donna Hoover
Carol Muthaler
Helen Miller
Hancher Says Soleys Post Hard To Fill
President Virgil M. Hancher told the Iowa legislature committee the University of Iowa seeks to boost medical college enrollment after the death of Dean Mayo Soley. Enrollment for 1951-52 may meet the 120 freshman target. the college needs funds for expansion and a replacement for Soley is hard to find.
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Hancher
Soley
Des Moines
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
Medical College
Mayo Soley
Dean Soley
Handes
Gillette Hopes Switzer Nomination Withdrawn Soon
Senator Gillette of Iowa says he hopes Carroll Switzer’s nomination to the Southern Iowa federal judgeship will be withdrawn soon and that President Truman should instead name one of two recommended candidates William Riley or Ed Halbach. Switzer declined to comment and Iowa party leaders offered no comment.
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Washington
Gillette
Iowa
Carroll O. Switzer
Des Moines
Truman
William F. Riley
Ed Halbach
Clinton
Switzer
Department of Justice
Jake More
Fist Fight Not Factor In Crash CAB Rules
The Civil Aeronautics Board said a fight between two passengers had nothing to do with the July 12 California plane crash that killed 35. A preliminary report gave no cause and a final report will follow after further study.
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Washington
INS
Civil Aeronautics Board
California
Radio listings and questions on air for sports and outdoors
Radio schedule details tonight on KCRG KCRK including Rockets game broadcast at 8 00 P M Bert Wilson hosts Cubs and Red Sox games from Wrigley Field at 12 30 P M Also Fishing and Hunting Club of the Air at 7 30 P M with host Bill Slater and a panel of experts The Air Force Hour at 7 features Navy and Air Force personnel in storm and hurricane missions with Capt Maxwell Marvin reporting
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Wae
Rockets
Bob Brooks
Kcrgkcrk
Chicago Cubs
Boston
Wrigley Field
Bert Wilson
AIR Force Hour
Navy
Air Force
Air Force Radio
Maxwell Marvin
Florida
Cuba
Bermuda
Kewanee
Radiolog Nelson Eddy and Kirsten Instrumentalists Featured
Nelson Eddy and Dorothy Kirsten headline a program at the Gazette with Rose Marie Russ Morgan and Curt Rogosinski among the instrumentalists, delivering a concert event likely to attract local music fans.
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Nelson Eddy
Dorothy Kirsten
Curt Rogosinski
Rose Marie Russ Morgan O
Thursday Evening Radio Schedule Snapshot
A condensed listing shows broadcast times for News 14 persest and Ar Force Hour on MBS, followed by Fishing and Farm Roundup. Baseball scores and Major League Baseball segments appear throughout the afternoon and evening with various program blocks noted.
Marion play ground parade and community races update
The second annual Marion playground parade is set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Marion softball field. More than 300 parents and children attended race car night. Dorothy Kroening won first prize for a 50 year old doll, with Sharon Otting second. Sharon Berlin’s dog Nipper won pet contest. Dickie and Jimmie Wheeler took second with a white rabbit. Boys’ races saw Dickie Wheeler, Danny Fadness, Darrell Failor, and Jerry Peck victorious. Girls’ races went to Judy Crowley and Bethine Culbert.
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Marion
Dorothy Kroening
Sharon Otting
Sharon Berlin
Dickie
Jimmie Wheeler
Dickie Wheeler
Danny Fadness
Darrell Failor
Jerry Peck
Judy Crowley
Bethine Culbert
Vinton mayor's court handles reckless driving bonds
Mayor Charles Johnson of Vinton defaulted a 105 bond in Mayor M H Biddicks court this week. Erland Stanley of Vinton arrested with Johnson and charged with drunkenness defaulted a 25 bond. John Thacker of Cedar Rapids paid a 15 fine for speeding. William Steffey of Cedar Rapids and Thomas Brokaw of Monticello were each fined 5 for failure to control their cars.
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Charles Johnson
Vinton
M. H. Biddick
Erland Stanley
Johnson
John Thacker
Cedar Rapids
William Steffey
Thomas Brokaw
Monticello
Local notices and classifieds roundup
A traffic accident on the Martin Dale bridge injures Dennis Wolfe 11. He is hospitalized at St Luke's with a knee gash bruises and shock. Other items include remodeling permits for F G Akers and Kirk Bixby 300 and 150 respectively, a Marion Nature Garden show and a booster night for Cedar Rapids Keokuk baseball, a guest from Los Angeles visiting near Central City, sales ads for Hi Oven stove and Sheaffer pens, a postponed study club picnic, a Des Moines trip for W D Shank and Pearl Ogden, and a Linn County Older Settlers reunion noon dinner. Dr J J Booth is at St Luke's.
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Dennis Wolfe
Emerson J. Wolfe
St. Luke’s Hospital
Martindale Bridge
Dennis
Dan Stamy
Two University of Iowa Medical School Professors Resign
Two assistant professors at the University of Iowa medical school, Dr. Clark Millikan and Dr. R C Hardin, resigned on Wednesday. The Rev Robert J Welch was named associate professor in the university school of religion, with Millikan joining Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota and Mayo Foundation as neurology faculty, and Hardin becoming medical director of the American Red Cross blood transfusion program for the Connecticut region. Both appointments begin September 1.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Medical School
School of Religion
Clark Millikan
R. C. Hardin
Virgil Hancher
Robert J. Welch
University School of Religion
Millikan
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Foundation
University of Minnesota Graduate Medical School
Hardin
American Red Cross
Connecticut
Father Welch
Joseph Ryas Beiser
St. Ambrose College
Crook Nabs Crook at Des Moines Filling Station
Charles Crook, 26, chased and captured a man accused of stealing $81.50 from a Des Moines filling station. Crook held the suspect at bay with a wrench until police arrived. The man gave his name as Ernest William Clester, 43, of Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Charles Crook
Crook
Ernest William Clester
Council Adds Three Street Improvement Jobs
Cedar Rapids city council expanded the Hargrave contract adding Sixteenth Avenue SW from A to C Street Seventeenth Street NE between First and E Avenues and Ellis Boulevard NW from E to F Avenue for patching leveling and asphalt coating Work to be paid at 16 50 per ton for removal and binder plus 34 830 estimated for work completed on the ongoing paved street project The council also approved oiling 49 streets funded by special assessments authorized two carloads of road oil and a 1020 foot gas main installation by Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Company in northeast Cedar Rapids ending at Staub Court NE.
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Cedar Rapids
Hargrave Construction Company
Sixteenth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
First
Ellis Boulevard
Public Improvements Department
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Mound Farm Drive
Staub Court
City Hall Notes On Cedar Rapids Gas Use And New Filling Station
Observer A. R. Menary reported July’s average heating value for cooking gas at Cedar Rapids was 1 029.51 Btu daily, a slight drop from June’s 1 033.1 Btu. The July range ran 1 023 to 1 039 Btu. City Engineer Frank Young and Traffic Captain Bill Remington approved Shell Oil to cut curb for three driveways for a new filling station at Sixteenth Avenue and Sixth Street SW.
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Cedar Rapids
A. R. Menary
B.t.u.’S
Frank Young
Bill Remington
Shell Oil Company
Sixteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
Council Approves Final Plat for 33-Lot Subdivision
The city council approved a final plat for a 33 lot subdivision outside the northwest city limits. The tract lies south of Midway Drive NW and west of the proposed Thirty-third Street with owners listed as Mr and Mrs John Cox and Mr and Mrs Cal Markman.
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Midway Drive
Thirty-third Street
John Cox
Cal Markman
City Water Plant Pumps 669 Million Gallons in July
Waterworks Supt H F Blomquist reports the city water plant pumped 669 280 000 gallons in July with a daily average of 8 686 451 gallons. Revenue from rentals and sales tax totaled 32 533 91 and expenditures included 23 047 55 for operating accounts and 11 847 93 for permanent improvements.
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H. F. Blomquist
Blomquist
City July spending totals and remaining budget in Cedar Rapids
Finance Commissioner L. D. Burgos reports July city expenditures of 2013 for Cedar Rapids amounting to 201,463.35 dollars. The year to date expenditures total 818,770.95 dollars leaving 1,880,294.05 dollars available from the 2,699,065 dollar annual appropriation.
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Cedar Rapids
L. D. Burgos
Refund Granted To Milo J Kopecky For Unused Exam
Milo J Kopecky of 4901 Center Point road NE received a five dollar refund after an electrical examination fee. He did not take the test.
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Milo J. Kopecky
Center Point Road
Kopecky
Ronald R. Smith Receives Refund for Unused Building
Ronald R. Smith of 3315 Pioneer Avenue SE was issued a $2 refund for an unused building as part of an ongoing local financial adjustment.
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Ronald R. Smith
Pioneer Avenue SE
Dwelling Construction at 1900 Memorial Drive SE Planned
The notice indicates plans to construct a dwelling at 1900 Memorial Drive SE. Details are sparse but the project involves a residential structure proceeding under applicable permits and local regulations.
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Mit
Memorial Drive SE
Sunshine Food Market gets class C beer permit
A class C beer permit is issued to Sunshine Food Market Inc located at 1501 03 First Avenue East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Food Market, Inc
First Avenue E
Cedar Rapids Symphony elects three new board members
The Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Association named Mrs. James E. Reeder Edwin C. Evans and Jesse B. Birks to its executive board. President A. O. Ambroz said Robert Weede of the Metropolitan Opera will perform as soloist at the annual benefit concert on November 9 as the orchestra plans to expand for the 1949 1950 season. Musicians interested in joining should contact Prof. Joseph Kitchin.
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Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Association
James E. Reeder
Edwin C. Evans
Jesse B. Birks
A. O. Ambroz
Robert Weede
Metropolitan Opera
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Joseph Kitchin
Iivi
Kitchin
July Superior Court Payments Rise Slightly Over June
Clerk Maude M. Krebs reported July totals show a small increase in city law violations with fines of 3904 collected versus 3824 in June. Police court intake reached 4663.25, plus 673.50 in court fees and 62.95 marshal fees. meals 21 and witness 1.80. Civic division reported no income.
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Maude M. Krebs
Superior Court
Gazette and KCRG Reporters Observe Cedar Rapids Tax Offices
Reporters from The Gazette and KCRG regularly visit tax funded offices in Cedar Rapids to gather exclusive, accurate coverage. They serve as the public’s eyes and ears, delivering timely news from government spaces.
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the Gazette
KCRG
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Guardsmen to Depart Saturday for Fort Leonard Wood
More than 120 officers and men from Cedar Rapids units of the Iowa national guard will convoy by motor to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. The group includes the 3657th maintenance company Battery C 185th field artillery and the 94th field artillery service battery. They will gather at 6 a.m. Saturday at Wilson avenue and highway 218 then rendezvous at Washington Iowa with guardsmen from other eastern cities before continuing to Paris Missouri and Leonard Wood. The party is expected to return by midnight Sunday August 21.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa National Guard
34Th Infantry Division
Fort Leonard Wood
3657Th
185Th Field Artillery
94Th Field Artillery
National Guard Training Center
Wilson Avenue
Highway 218
Washington
Iowa
Paris
Leonard Wood
Corps of Engineers
Wolves may bear large litters up to fourteen pups
A study notes wolves can produce between five and fourteen offspring in a single litter, reflecting high reproductive capacity and potential population growth under favorable conditions.
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Central City
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