Farm Youth Program Added to All-Iowa Fair
The All-Iowa fair expands to include 4-H girls and home project departments under Linn county Farm Bureau supervision. Each girl club shows two exhibits in home economics and activities to earn prizes from 15 to 50 dollars based on scores. Boys compete in concrete construction and galvanized roofing demonstrations, with judges James Kerns and William Diamond leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Farm Bureau
Lucille Gove
A. R. Minish
Gove
A. D. Brennaman
James Kerns
Anamosa
William Diamond
Fayette
Divorce petitions cite 1930s New Zealand residence
Irene M. Campbell sues John Thompson Campbell for desertion after returning from New Zealand in 1935. They married in Denver in 1929 and lived in New Zealand 1930 to 1935. She seeks custody of two sons. Zella M. Flenniken files for divorce from Donald A. Flenniken on cruel treatment, seeks custody of a 10-year-old daughter, alimony, support, and property decrees. marriage occurred in Cedar Rapids in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Irene M. Campbell
John Thompson Campbell
Cedar Rapids
AFL Orders Building Strikers to Return to Work
The AFL through the building and construction trades department and the Associated General Contractors of America ordered strikers to resume work nationwide. Disputes will be referred to the department president, and current jobs stay under the craft currently in possession until entitlement is decided.
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Atlantic City
N. J
INS
Building Trades
American Federation of Labor
Building and Construction Trades Department
AFL
Associated General Contractors of America
Fugitive capture led by Charleston detective
Detective Lieutenant E C Bourne announced Friday the capture of the first two of seven federal prisoners who overpowered guards and escaped from a prison bus near Thornburg Virginia on July 26.
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Charleston
W. Va
E. C. Bourne
Thornburg
Gladiolus Show Opens With Entries From Across Iowa
Gladiolus from gardens across Iowa and beyond fill preparations for the tenth annual Iowa Gladiolus Society Cedar Rapids show at Memorial auditorium Saturday and Sunday. Public hours run 12 to 10 Saturday and 10 to 8:30 Sunday with a 10 cent admission. Outstate exhibitors ship seedlings from Burg Hill Ohio and a grower in Burlington Vermont plans spikes. Picardy variety heads the catalog with single and three spike entries and cuttings showcased in tables for arrangements alongside garden flower displays and numerous prize classes.
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Lowa
Iowa Gladiolus Society
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Burg Hill
Burlington
Frantiska Neprash
C Street
Memorial Auditorium
Neprash
Scribe Averts Fire Tragedy in Boise Arena
AP report from Boise details how sports writer James Allen of the Nampa Free Press alerted officials to a smoky dressing room fire during a boxing semi final. His warning prompted a calm evacuation of about 500 spectators before the blaze consumed equipment worth about 750000 dollars in the wooden arena owned by Mrs. H. H. Bryant.
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Boise, Ida
Civilian Conservation Corps
James Allen
Nampa
Idaho
Free Press
Allen
H. H. Bryant
Boise
Henry Ford
Melvin Bryant
London Air Raid Blackout Test Cited As Partial Failure
London endured a coordinated blackout drill with air force squadrons anti aircraft units and observer corps reporting mixed success. A Fairey bomber crashed killing three near Carlton Bedfordshire while pilots noted difficulty locating targets under night flying conditions.
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London
Air Ministry
Observer Corps
England
Greater
Royal Air Force
Carlton
Bedfordshire
Kensington
West End
Regent Street
Fifth Avenue
New York
Deaths Mrs Myrtle Hasinbiller in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Myrtle Deardorff Hasinbiller died suddenly at her home 2206 First Avenue East Cedar Rapids at 12 30 p m Thursday She was born in Tipton June 5 1890 and came to Cedar Rapids 28 years ago She was a Christian Science member and is survived by her husband parents two sisters and a brother Funeral services will be held in Moon chapel Saturday at 1 30 p m with cremation There will be a viewing at the chapel Ruth Ramage Chicago and several sons are named in the obituary
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Myrtle Deardorff Hasinbiller
F. G. Hasinbiller
First Avenue E
Tipton
Cedar Rapids
The
Christian Science
Ed Deardorff
Gale Frink
Lisbon
Russell Willer
Ralph Deardorff
Los Angeles
Calif
Moon Chapel
Christian Science Church
Ruth Ramage
Chicago
Janeba
Theodore B. Hlubacek
Jan Hus
O. O. F. Lodge
Bohemian National Cemetery
Friends Rowy
Baldwin 68 Former Cedar Rapids Resident Dies in Atalissa
Nathaniel Baldwin aged 68 formerly of Cedar Rapids died at his Atalissa home at 2 a m Friday. The body will be moved to Cedar Rapids for funeral services at Beatty chapel Sunday at 2 p m with burial in Linwood cemetery.
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Nathaniel Baldwin
Cedar Rapids
Atalissa
Beatty Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Matthew Nemecek Dies at 88 In Mason City Home
Matthew Nemecek, 88, longtime Cedar Rapids and Solon resident, died Thursday morning at the I O O F home in Mason City. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Nemecek
Cedar Rapids
Solon
Mason City
Mrs. Flor E Jeanette Vail Funeral Today
Funeral services for Mrs Flor E Jeanette Vail Cedar Rapids resident of 35 years will be held at Turrier chapel at 4 p.m. Saturday conducted by Rev D A Loferski of St Johns Episcopal Church. The body will go to Genoa City Wisconsin for services at 1 p.m. Sunday and burial there.
Funeral time change for Sidney Abbott at Beatty chapel
Funeral services for Sidney Abbott at Beatty chapel are moved to 2 p.m. Saturday. Rev. Frank Ward will officiate and burial will be in Linwood Cemetery.
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Sidney Abbott
Beatty Chapel
Frank Ward
Linwood Cemetery
Playground Table Tennis Tourney Decides City Winners
Citywide playground table tennis tournament at Riverside park crowns champions. Junior boys singles go to Joe Heider of Sinclair, senior boys to Earl Beck of Lincoln, girls singles to Kathleen Check of Lincoln, with doubles titles earned by Hibben and Hamad of Harrison for the boys, Stieger and Trieble for the girls, and Check and Beck winning the mixed doubles.
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Riverside Park
Joe Heider
Tenth Street SE
Sinclair
Craig Sweet
Daniels
Earl Beck
Twenty-second Avenue
Lincoln
Tompkins
Kathleen Check
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Trieble
Harrison
H. Hibben
Sixth Street
Ray Hamad
Fifth Street NW
Shadle and
Gertrude Stieger
Ellis Boulevard
Evelyn Trieble
Darris and
Schnoebelen
Arthur
Garber
Sweet
Slot Machine Operator On Ferry Fined $100
Tony Catalano of Rock Island pled guilty to keeping a gambling house after a Davenport Rock Island ferry raid. He received a $100 fine plus costs and a suspended 60 day sentence. Six seized slot machines were ordered destroyed and the $200 found was turned over to Scott county treasurer.
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Davenport (Ap
Tony Catalano
Rock Island
Davenport-Rock Island
W. W. Scott
Scott County Treasurer's Office
Ilford Crowd Smashes Lighted Shop Window
A crowd in the Ilford suburb smashed a lighted shop window and cheered as the test succeeded while observers remained nearby.
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Ilford
New Alcatraz Prison Plan Presented for Budget Review
The Justice Department submitted plans to the budget bureau for a distant new prison named Alcatraz costing about 3 million dollars to incarcerate around 300 of the most hardened criminals. Attorney General Frank Murphy aims to start construction next year pending budget bureau and congressional approval.
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Washington
INS
Alcatraz
Budget Bureau
Justice Department
Frank Murphy
Congress
Prison Plan Seeks New Facility for Inmates’ Labor
Murphy proposes a new prison to replace Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay. Justice Department officials refused to discuss details as plans move to the budget bureau. The foreseen institution would be large enough to provide facilities for agricultural labor for its inmates.
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Murphy
Alcatraz
Grim Island
San Francisco Bay
Justice Department
Cials
Budget Bureau
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Home Project Dept
U. S
Choice Gladiolus
Myrtle Hasinbiller
Hercules
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Cedar Rapids, IA
Vogue
Killian Company
Stayines Island
Belle Sharmeer
Killian
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