City Gladiolus Show Attracts Hundreds Of Entries
The Cedar Rapids Gladiolus Society reports more than 900 entries at the sixth city gladiolus show. Exhibits include varieties from New Zealand and Germany with blooms like Roi Albert and Trevonian, plus a Grecian fan bouquet. An auxiliary floor features Gold Banded Lily of Japan and other perennials, with judges noting color variety and plant health.
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City
Giscalus Institute
McCarter
New Zealand
Canada
Germany
United States
Third Avenue
Killians
Trevonian
Madrid
John E. Lopes
Cedar Rapids
Killian’s
J. L. Rhea
Japan
W. Streeter
Avenue West Road
Streeter
Henry J. Hromek
Anna Kacena
Fourth Avenue SE
Rose of Sharon
Joseph R. Libal
Ida Dayton
PWA funds approved for Linn County road resurfacing project
Linn County receives a 13 500 PWA allotment toward a 30 170 09 project total for nine miles of trunk road D and A north of Prairieburg nine miles of trunk road K from Fairfax to Cedar Rapids and other segments. Contracts await state approval before bidding begins.
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Linn County
PWA
Board of Supervisors
P. F. Hopkins
Des Moines
Prairieburg
Alburnett
Marion
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
Behel Worked At Gustafson Place Menace Reported
Louis Scibierski 24 of Chicago, returning from Perry to Marion by Milwaukee rail line detective Jack Monahan, is lodged for investigation at 9 30 a m Friday by Deputy Sheriff Dick Payn. Leafa Murphy seeks divorce from Martin J Murphy for cruel treatment. married December 8 1920. Harriette Hale seeks divorce from Leland Hale for cruel treatment. married in Missouri April 20 1912. The throne of Italy has been occupied by Victor Emmanuel for thirty four years.
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Louis Scibierski
Chicago
Perry
Marion
Jack Monahan
Milwaukee Railroad
Dick Payn
Leafa Murphy
Martin J Murphy
H. C. Ring
Harriette Hale
Leland Hale
Missour
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Williams Dismissed From Army After Court Martial
President Roosevelt approved the court martial verdict finding Brigadier General Alexander E. Williams guilty and ordered his dismissal from the service effective August 12. Williams was accused of obtaining a 2500 loan from Frank Speicher while serving as assistant to the quartermaster general in charge of transportation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alexander E. Williams
Army
Williams
Frank Speicher
Hope To Terminate Federal Relief Aid In Iowa By Sept. 15
Iowa officials plan to end direct federal relief by September 15 and transfer employable relief recipients to the WPA. County relief offices will turn over employability cards to the Works Progress Administration to guide placements on upcoming WPA projects. Estate Director George J. Keller said the transfer aims to finish by mid-September.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iown Works Progress Administration
Federal
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Cestate
George J. Keler
Keller
Attacker Of Girl Sentenced For Life
Frank Nace, 50, confessed attacker of an eight year old girl, was sentenced to life imprisonment in Clinton county court by Judge Paul E Layman. He was taken to the Indiana state prison at Michigan City under heavy guard after threats of mob violence and the courthouse was fortified with tear gas bombs by Sheriff Fred Rogers.
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Frankfort
Ind
INS
Frank Nace
Clinton County
Paul FE. Layman
Nace
Indiana
Michigan City
Fred Rogers
Alibi Testimony Ties Schweitzer to Dickinson Killing
Loretta Jackson, a Schweitzer co defendant and show girl, testified that Schweitzer talked of papers tied to the $40,000,000 Yawkey estate as investigators probe a claim that brought Dickinson to Detroit. The trial concerns the murder and robbery of How ard Carter Dickinson who was killed for $134.
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Detroit
INS
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
William Schweitzer
Dickinson
Loretta Jackson
Schweitzer
William Yawkey
Michigan
Loretta
Florence
Jean Miller
Jim
Witness recounts search for papers after Dickinson shooting
A witness described a sequence after the shooting of Mr Dickinson, noting no papers found on the body and that investigators then searched his hotel room for evidence. The state charges against the suspect include taking papers related to the girls and money.
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Dickinson
Schweitzer
Townsend club to meet at Riverside park with speaker
Townsend No 2 club will meet at 7 30 p m at Riverside park with Mr. Richardson of Iowa City as speaker. Mrs C C Hudnall returns from visits in Seattle Port Angeles and Victoria B C. Homer Buchan treated for a dislocated shoulder at Mercy hospital.
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Townsend Club
Riverside Park
Richardson
Iowa City
C. C. Hudnall
Seventeenth Street
Seattle
Port Angeles
Wash
Victoria, B. C
Homer Buchan
Second Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Miller outlines relief missions in Africa and Asia
J K Miller spoke at the High Twelve club Friday noon about his trip to Africa India and other Orient regions. He praised relief missions for alleviating suffering and combating barbarism in backward countries.
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J K. Miller
Africa
India
The
Orient
High Twelve Club
Local sportsmen rally features state official speech
Fred Swob, head of the fish and game division of the state board of conservation, will speak at Ellis park pavilion this evening. The Cedar Rapids Fish and Game Rescue club sponsors the event and Leo Logan, deputy game warden, will also speak. Public invited.
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Fred Swob
Fish and Game Division
State Board of Conservation
Ellis Park
Cedar Rapids Fish and Game Rescue Club
Leo Logan
Robbery in Mediapolis Man Seeks Watch After Box Car Sleep
Ben Jones, 50, of Mediapolis, was robbed of his watch shoes and handkerchief while sleeping in a box car Thursday night. A wheel and tire were removed from Roscoe Duncan s car 1223 Memorial Drive SE Wednesday night and Duncan reported it to police Thursday evening.
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Ben Jones
Mediapolis
Roscoe Duncan
Memorial Drive
Duncan
Monticello to vote on bonds for swimming pool site
A special election is set for Wednesday August 28 to decide on issuing bonds for the erection and purchase of a site for a new swimming pool. The vote will determine financing for the project and its location.
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Monticello
British Despair Of Preventing War In Africa
Addis Ababa reports Italy has 100000 troops in Eritrea and 50000 in Somaliland. Britain abandons hope of peaceful settlement and plans to reinforce Somaliland Kenya frontier and deploy troops to Sudan. An August conference is hoped to avert war. failures threaten arms embargo and Italy-Ethiopia air movements across the region.
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Addis Ababa
Italy
Eritrea
Somaliland
London
Great Britain
Africa
Kenya
India
Sudan
Lake Tsana
Ethiopia
Egypt
Tripolitania
Palestine
Syria
Arabia
Red haired man sought with Sally Rand by Iowa Patrol
Sally Rand asks Iowa Highway Patrol to help locate Charles Mahan a red bearded man with freckles and green eyes The search centers on a Lincoln sedan and follows a telegram tip from the dancer to Chief John Hattery as Mahan remains overdue in Chicago
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Iowa
Sally Rand
Des Moines
Sally
John Hattery
Iowa Highway Patrol
Miss Rand
Charles Mahan
Oxypol Soap Promises Faster Whitening and Gentle Action
An advertisement touts Oxypol as a new no scrub soap using a patented process for faster acting mild cleansing. It claims clothes appear 4 to 5 shades whiter by Tintometer tests and that one package lasts twice as long, with thick suds effective in hard water.
Sally entrusts car to guard as fear of foul play cited
Sally reports fear of foul play regarding her New York registered car 7 N 6286. Hattery and Iowa patrol will investigate to reassure her. Chief stresses nothing must interfere with her dancing. Also notes sun spot temperature around 4700 C, cooler than spot free surface by about 1000 C.
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Cage
Sally
New York
Hattery
Iowa
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