Waites Sweep Gladiolus Show With Top Honors
The Waites, after their Waterloo win a week ago, lead the Montrose hotel event for the annual Gladiolus show with multiple awards. Mrs. Elmer Feye of Bellevue captures two standout trophies, while Joe Holec of Cedar Rapids earns three prizes in amateur categories.
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Waites
Waterloo
Montrose
Elmer Feye
Bellevue
Iowa
Hamilton Seed and Coal Company
Joseph Toman
Cedar Rapids Gladiolus Society
Waite Gardens
Killian’s Flower Shop
Joe Holec
Cedar Rapids
Sheaffer's Manufacturing Jewelry Cup
Bezdek
Monday's Program At Fair Children's Thrill Day
Monday's fair program features 9 a m horseshoe pitching and 4 H vocational judging contests. Juvenile audition occurs before the grandstand rides followed by cattle judging by Dean H Kildee. Amateur juvenile winners announced at 1:30 p.m. A thrill program and auto polo at 1:45 p.m. Vaudeville 8 15 p m Ernie Young's Under the Stars. Dancing at 9 45 p m with Bobby Griggs orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Children
Dean H. H. Kildee
Love
Ernie Young
Bobby Griggs
Wilson To Speak At Dedication Of Street Lighting
Gov. George Wilson will speak at the dedication of the Dyersville ornamental street lighting system on August 21, as announced Saturday. A new fee was installed at a cost of
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Wilson
Dyersville
George Wilson
McCormick Scion Appointed to OPACS Role
Cyrus McCormick of the Chicago McCormick family, a Santa Fe resident for a decade and a Republican National Committee member from New Mexico, was appointed executive in the automobile and truck section of the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply under Leon Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Cyrus McCormick
Chicago McCormick
Wes Appoin Price
Price Division
Office of Price Administration
Civilian Supply
Leon Henderson McCormick
Cyrus H. McCormick
Santa Fe
N. M
Republican National Committee
New Mexico
Roosevelt Churchill Mystery Deepens At Sea Meeting
Washington officials avoided confirmation as rumors swirl about a possible meeting between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill at sea. The No 1 international mystery continues with officials treating the report as a hot potato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Police Halt Three Cities Stop Boy's Chicago Trip
Jack M. 12 fled to Chicago after buying an eastbound ticket. Clinton and local police intercepted him after a tip from a playmate. A telephone alert reached Pecos and they detained him briefly before he could board. His father G. H. McGee expresses concern and jokes about making an engineer of him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack M
Chicago
G. H. McGee
Sixth Avenue SE
Jack
McGee
Hurlburt
Clinton
Walsh
Mr. McGee
Benny
Townsend Club No 2 to Host Guest Speaker J B Smith
City notes say Townsend Club No 2 will host guest speaker J B Smith at their Monday meeting 7 45 p m in the superior court room. Robert Kenney son of Mr and Mrs Ed Kenney of 944 Center Point road NE departed Thursday for the Great Lakes Naval training station in Chicago. Crescent lodge No 25 AF and AM will meet at Masonic hall Monday at 7 p m to confer the old refreshments will
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Townsend Club No. 2
J. B. Smith
Superior Court Room
Robert Kenney
Ed Kenney
Center Point Road
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
Crescent Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Navy man on furlough visits mother in city
Loren Lain of the U S S Ranger on a 10 day furlough visits his mother Mrs John Matus at 3017 Center Point road. Fred W Perley files suit for divorce from Katherine Perley in Marion county in May 1941 not 1938 as previously reported.
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Loren Lain
U. S. S. Ranger
United States Navy
John Matus
Center Point Road
Fred W. Perley
Katherine Perley
Marion County
Local Youth Returns to Marine Hospital in Chicago
Donald Cain son of Mr and Mrs William Cain of 910 Tenth Avenue SE has been readmitted to the Marine Hospital in Chicago Illinois for treatment.
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Donald Cain
William Cain
Tenth Avenue SE
Marine Hospital
Chicago, Ill
Statutory charge arrest follows citizen complaint at home
Stanley Kreutzner, 23, of 316 Twelfth street SE, was arrested by local police at his home on a statutory charge after a citizen complaint. The fire department was called at 1 45 p m Saturday for a general alarm fire that spread to Piant belongings of the Electric SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Kreutzner
Twelfth Street
Retired Railway Trainmen Unit 29 Picnic Plans
Members of unit No. 29 and their wives meet Thursday at 2 p.m. in Thomas park Marion. A picnic supper is served at 5 p.m. Attendees should bring picnic requirements? Mothers invited to a picnic Friday at Daniels park by Degree of Honor avenues No. 2 Carrie Morcombe. Games and ice cream at noon.
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Thomas Park
Marion
Daniels Park Patent
Carrie Morcombe
Hauser to Leave for Chicago for Executive Post
E. B. Hauser of 1434 Wildwood drive NE will travel to Chicago this week to take an executive post with the Central Supply association plumbing trade organization. He and daughter Marilyn will move to Glen Ellyn Illinois where they will reside.
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E. B. Hauser
Wildwood Drive
Chicago
Central Supply Association
Plumbing Trade Organization
Hauser
Marilyn
Glen Ellyn
Ill
Bicycle Collision Injures 14 Year Old Paul Vance
Paul Vance age 14 son of Mr and Mrs Paul Vance 1113 Lincoln avenue NE suffered a deep cut on the arm when his bicycle collided with a car driven by Nathan Rick of Marion at First avenue and Sixth street East about 12 15 am Sunday. He was taken by the Ambsurance Service to St Laike s hospital where he was treated and dismissed.
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Paul Vance
Lincoln Avenue
Esca
Nathan Rick
Marion
First Avenue
Sixth Street
Vance
St. Laike’s Hospital
Babson Institute Course Attendance by Chandler Company Official
Halford T Barry secretary and general manager of the Chandler Company left Saturday for a two week intensive study course in credit and financial management at the Babson Institute of Business Administration Babson Park Mass. The program is a summer school by the National Association Credit Men of which the Chandler Company is a member.
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Halford. T. Barry
Fourth Avenue SE
Andler Company
Babson Institute of Business Administration
Babson Park
Mass
National Association Credit Men
Chandler Company
No Longer Require Silk In Parachutes
The army announced that silk is no longer required for most parachute powder bags and chutes. Substitutes have been found in cotton cloth and other materials. Ordnance officers active since 1934 report successful development, and the air corps confirms nylon substitutes after months of testing.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Ordnance
Air Corps
Rosalind Russell Sighting Sparks Nevada Marriage Rumors
Hollywood buzzed on a real life mystery as Rosalind Russell, rumored to marry a mystery man, reportedly planned a Las Vegas trip after a speeding ticket in Pasadena. Police noted she asked to delay a hearing and fueled talk of a Las Vegas wedding.
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Hollywood
Rosalind Russell
Nevada
Miss Russell
Pasadena
Las Vegas
Mexico
Fred Brisson
Carl Brisson
Deaths Homer Flanagan 84 Former Oelwein Foreman
Homer Flanagan 84 formerly of Oelwein died after several months illness in a local hospital. He spent most of his life in Des Moines where he worked as foreman of the Chicago Great Western shop. Born in Millersburg Ohio he was married to Isabella Magee of Marion who survives along with 16 daughters and one sister. The body lies at Turner chapel with calling hours announced.
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Homer Flanagan
Oelwein
Gyal
Chicago Greatestern Railway
Millersburg
Isabella Magee
Marion
Charles Ritchie
Cedar Rapids
Lafe Lindley
P. E. Oakes
West Lafayette
Ind
F. H. Jamison
Long Beach
Calif
Blanche Wheeler
Cedar Ra
Turner Chapel
Ships sunk in war reach 1813 in AP tally
AP records show 1813 ships lost in the war through the week end, with 14,859 dead and 9,217 missing. Britain suffers 816 losses, Germany 135, Norway 208, Greece 119, and the United States has two ships lost with one death.
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New York
Associated Press
Athenia
Britain
Germany
Nikoklis
Australia
Robin Moor
Cape Town
Argentina
Bulgaria
Hungary
Iran
Japan
Latvia
Norway
Greece
Sweden
Italy
Netherlands
France
Denmark
Finland
Belgium
Estonia
Yugoslavia
Spain
Panama
Poland
Portugal
Rumania
Egypt
Lithuania
Turkey
Russia
Widow of Paul Ehrlich Arrives in New York Unheralded
A 77-year-old widow Hedwig Pinkus Ehrlich arrives in New York aboard the Nyassa among 690 mostly refugees fleeing Germany. She recalls her husband Paul Ehrlich’s fame for the magic bullet therapy and notes with sorrow that he is not alive to see the modern world.
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New York
Hedwig Pinkus Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich
Germany
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Paul
Mrs. Mary E White 85 Dies in Cedar Rapids After Illness
Mary Elizabeth White aged 85 died at her daughter’s home 512 Knollwood Drive at 2 30 p m Saturday after a four month illness. Born August 18 1955 in Wyoming Indiana she lived in Cedar Rapids 53 years. Survived by husband William F White died 1915 two sons Calvin O Weyss W White Cedar Rapids and Lynn L White Glencoe Indiana two daughters Mrs Harold S Carlson Los Angeles and Mrs Carl F Minneker Detroit a sister Mrs John A Bel and 17 great grandchildren. Funeral at Oak Hill cemetery family lot.
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Mary Elizabeth White
Raymond A. Reid
Knollwood Drive
Wyoming
Cedar Rapids
William F. White
King’s Daughters
Reid
Calvin O. and
Weyss W. White
Lynn L. White
Glencoe
Inl
Harold S. Carlson
Los Angeles
Carl F. Minneker
Detroit
John A. Beland
Oak Hill Cemetery
Spanish War Veterans Leave For Nat s Meet
About 30 Cedar Rapids United Spanish War veterans will travel to Omaha for the national convention Aug 17 21 joining 17 000 veterans. The Omaha committee has arranged shows and a city parade including an Ak Sar Ben event.
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Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for Mrs. Oscar E. Smith
Mrs. Oscar E. Smith of 958 Seventh Avenue Marion died at home Friday. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Marion Methodist church, conducted by Rev. A. W. Henke. Burial in Cedar Memorial Park. Pallbearers: Sam Stirm, Fred Stirm, Mark Hickman, Frank Etzel, Henry Peters, Chauncey Dunlap. Calling hours at Moon chapel until noon Sunday.
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Oscar E. Smith
Seventh Avenue
Marion
A. W. Henke
Buria
Cedar Memorial Park
Sam
Fred Stirm
Mark Hickman
Frank Etzel
Henry Peters
Chauncey Dunlap
Moon Chapel
Funeral services for J B Meredith in Turner chapel
Funeral services for J B Meredith who died in Okla Friday will be held at the Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Monday Crescent 1 will have charge of the service with burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Sunday Master Masons are requested to meet at Masonic hall to attend the service in a body.
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J . B. Meredith
Okla
Turner Chapel
Crescent 1
Linwood Cemetery
Friends
Masonic Hall
Powlishta Funeral Services Held for Edward Ducted
Funeral services for Edward were conducted at the Janeba funeral home with the Rev. Fred Mastin officiating. Burial is planned at Linwood Cemetery.
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Edward Ducted
Janeba
Fred Mastin
Linwood Cemetery
Bellevue names Fay Schiefelbein police officer over bomber plant
Bellevue Nebraska police appoint Fay Schiefelbein to handle issues from construction of a nearby bomber plant. Mayor F H Freen expresses doubt, saying put him in a uniform and hope he won’t have to arrest anyone.
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Bellevue
Neb
Fay Schiefelbein
F. H. Freen
Henderson vows sympathy to business if price control law passed
Leon Henderson the price administrator told a house committee he would be sympathetic to business problems if a price control law is enacted and he is appointed to administer it.
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Washington (Ap
Leon Henderson
House
Waukegan Sailors Cling 11 Hours After Capsize
Two youths clung to a sail boat for 11 hours after it capsized in Lake Michigan near Waukegan Illinois. They were rescued as night fell and treated for exposure.
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Waukegan, Ill
INS
Lake
Waukegan
Marriage Is Pretty Unnerving Business To Oklahoma Youth
In Oklahoma City a nervous young man fails to recall the bride’s name when asked by Deputy Clerk Marjory Rosen during license proceedings. After a delay he returns with the bride’s name and secures the license.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Marjory Rosen
Lindbergh Flyer Sparks War Debate At Home
A historical flyer argues that four-fifths of Americans oppose war while a one-fifth supports it, labeling dissenters as a fifth column and urging voters to decide war policy at home. The text contends true freedom lasts only if Americans can vote on foreign war.
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America
Nazi Soviet Air War Over Berlin and Leningrad Assaults
Reports say Soviet L-760 six motor bombers could fly long missions and strike Berlin with 7000 pound loads while Germans raided Moscow with casualties and fires. Moscow claimed anti aircraft and fighters stopped most bombers though some reached the capital. In Ukraine new Nazi offensives surged as Baltic fleet ships shelled shore targets to aid Red Army retreats near Leningrad and Estonia.
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Moscow
Tass
Ukraine
Leningrad
Russia
Reichswaffe
Baltic
Estonia
Red Army
Red Fleet
Organ
Navy
Woman Injured as Horse Falls Onto Rider Near Saxon Airport
Margaret Kelly and Marvin Fatka were taken to Merck hospital after a trick horse toppled while Fatka rode it on the road near Saxon airport. Kelly suffered a crushed chest and Fatka injuries to the body. The animal reportedly reared and fell backward on them.
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Margaret Kelly
A Avenue NW
Marvin Fatka
C Avenue NW
Fatka
Sai
Merck Hospital
Saxon Airport
All-Iowa Fair Opens with Livestock Show and Night Revue
Hundreds of cattle head will compete as judging begins Monday at Hawk Eye Downs. A night performance of Under the Stars opens tonight at 8 15 with a cast of 80, plus midway rides, bands, exhibits from 17 counties and 4 H demonstrations.
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Gether
Coum
Hawkeye Downs
Expe Hall
Y M C A Swim Students Pass Progressive Tests
YMCA swim students completed progressive tests in the past week. Minnow club cards issued for the Fish test and Flying Fish test with named students advancing.
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Y.M.C.A. Swim
Areusng
Talan Sa Eadhome
Jack Schlee
Richard Peterson
Don Paul Howe
John Doetzel
Gilbert Mason
Bob Matteson
Herbert De'Vees
Bob Jenkins
Guerin Thompson
Gasoline Spill Draws Farmers to Aid Cleanup Near Columbus
Secretary of the Interior urged conservation as a truck carrying 3,600 gallons of gasoline overturned on state road 7 southeast of Columbus. The fuel drained into a ditch while farmers from miles around rushed to collect it with buckets and jugs. One driver even refilled his tractor tank from the spill.
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Columbus
Ind
Secretary of the Interior
Vern
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