Headon Car Crash Kills One and Hurts Three
Four injured in a Tama County crash on highway 63, one fatally. Oscar Long died from injuries after a head on collision between a Long Eddyville car and a Louvrien Grinnell vehicle. Other victims include William Long and Oscar Long’s skull fracture, plus the Louvrien occupants with multiple injuries.
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Brecial
Tama
Oscar Long
Eddyville
William Long
A. J. Wentzien
William
Deaconess Hospital
Marshalltown
Russell Louvrien
Grinnell
J. M. Standefer
Louvrien
Blue Law Dancing Charge Leads Swisher Man Bond
Iowa City report says Frank Strangler of Swisher was charged under a Sunday desecration statute for dancing. Justice of the Peace T M Fairchild set bond at ten dollars. no hearing time was announced.
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Iowa City
Frank Strangler
Swisher
Justice of the
T. M. Fairchild
G. C. Chadima
Strangler
Fairchild
Norman Thomas Links Conscription to Totalitarian State
Norman Thomas, presidential nominee of the socialist party, told about 300 Iowa supporters in Des Moines that peacetime military conscription would complete a totalitarian framework. He criticized the pro conscription campaign for a one sided view and warned civil liberties have deteriorated since last winter.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Norman Thomas
United States
Thomas
Pickart and Sonka to Wed in Norway
NORWAY The engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Marcella Pickart daughter of Mr and Mrs John F Pickart of Norway to Jerome Sonka of Cedar Rapids son of Mr and Mrs John R Sonka is announced. The wedding is set for Aug 29 at St Michaels church Norway. Both plan to live in Norway where he farms.
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Marcella Pickart
John F. Pickart
Jerome Sonka
John R. Sonka
Cedar Rapids
St. Michael's Church
Miss Pickart
Norway High School
Sonka
Roosevelt High School
Brooklyn Child Dies Of Infantile Paralysis
Private services were held for Betty Jean Barber 10 daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Barber living one mile west of Brooklyn. She died Saturday in an Iowa City hospital after a four day illness from infantile paralysis placed in an iron lung but did not respond. This is the second paralysis case in Brooklyn with another Combs child recovering in Iowa City.
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Brooklyn
Betty Jean Barber
Fred Barber
Iowa City
Pat Combs
Tipton Bride Ties Knot With Iowa City Man
Miss Florence Hobstetter and Richard H. Davis were married at the bride’s Tipton home before 70 guests. The Rev H N Poston officiated. attire featured yellow net and blue delphiniums. After a Canada trip, they will reside at 615 North Dubuque Iowa City after Sept 1. Davis is a Delta Tau Delta graduate and farmer. Hobstetter a University of Iowa graduate and former Oak Park High teacher.
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A. P. Hobstetter
Richard H. Davis
Morgan Davis
Iowa City
H. N. Poston
Presbyterian Church
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Fonda
Kendall Davis
Chicago
Canada
North Dubuque Street
Davis
University of Iowa
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Oak Park
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Six Die In Auto Crashes In Iowa Sunday
Iowa traffic deaths rose to 14 in the last week, with six fatalities on Sunday. Victims include Siena Mueller, 10, of Albion, killed in a bicycle collision with a car driven by Everett Warford of Council Bluffs, and Charles B. Holliday, 28, also of Council Bluffs, struck by a car driven by Grover Green. Additional victims were Jack Condon, 14, Jesup. Steve McKern, 21, Moravia. Fontaine Spencer, Milford. and Mrs H C McCrea, 71, of Boone. Billy Condon, 15, brother of Jack, died Saturday in a bicycle crash.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Siena Mueller
Alton
Everett Warford
Council Bluffs
Charles B. Holliday
Grover Green
Jack Condon
Jesup
Steve McKern
Moravia
Fontaine Spencer
Milford
H. C. McCrea
Boone
McCrea
Billy Condon
Jack
Albert Lea Firm Low Bidder for Anamosa Post Office
Viggo M Jensen and Company of Albert Lea Minnesota is the low bidder on the Anamosa post office construction. The winning bid is 51854 with 13 bids total and Hogenson Construction of Belmond Iowa second at 52170. The project budget plus site and furniture totals 75000 dollars.
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Washington
Viggo M. Jensen
James T Barnes Construction Company
Columbus Junction
Marion social notes and farewell for Griffiths visit
Marion residents hosted a Sunday farewell picnic for Mr. and Mrs. Joe Griffith of St. Cloud Florida who had stayed with Mrs. Griffiths parents Mr. and Mrs. Massingale. The event drew many local families and friends from Cedar Rapids Center Point Palo and surrounding areas.
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St. Cloud
Fla
Griffith
Hirams. Massingale
Walter Sutcliffe
Cedar Rapids
George Duffield
Ryan
Harold Duffield
Nadine
Charles Barkwill
Ella
Darline
Massingale
Marion
Glen Sanborn
Bernice
Bernita
Bonnie
Mardena
Pearl Lyman
Center Point
Roy Williams
Central City
Henry Harper
Anna M. Bell
D. W. Gardner
Louis Schaefer
Mount Vernon
Joe
Marie Sutcliffe
George Spicer
Myron
Palo
Social Roundup Readers Far and Wide
Names and family visits across Iowa as residents host relatives and friends from Des Moines Cedar Rapids Iowa City Marion Humboldt Buffalo Denver Denver area and Anamosa. The notices note travel plans hospital treats and gatherings including dinners and camping trips among neighbors cousins and former classmates.
Wallis and Edward Attend Bermuda Cathedral Service
The Duchess of Windsor and the former King Edward VIII attended a Bermuda cathedral service. They spent a quiet morning as they head to Nassau where the duke will become Bahamas governor. The duchess drew crowds with a plum and light blue outfit and matching accessories.
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Bermuda
Ins
Duchess of Windsor
Edward VIII of England
Nassau
Bahamas
Arthur Browne Heber
Browne
Pattern 4518 Dress Pattern Offer for Various Misses Sizes
By ANNE ADAMS. Pattern 4518 is available in misses and women's sizes 14 through 42. Size 16 street length dress requires 344 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send fifteen cents for pattern to Pattern Department Cedar Rapids Gazette 243 West Seventeenth Street New York New York. Additional ten cents unlocks latest Pattern Book.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
West Seventeenth Street
New York
N. Y
Railroader at 80 Still Loyal to the Iron Horse
Walter H. Applegate, retiring railroad employee, celebrates eighty as a believer that steam locomotives remain essential. He recalls early teakettle engines, 53 years with the railroad, and notes trains grew from sixteen stock cars to eighty or more, with engines gaining drive wheels and steam pressure.
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Amber Traiis
Walter H. Applegate
Central Avenue
Marion
Mr. Applegate
Applegate
Youngstown
Monticello
Iowa
Tehel Co Answers NLRB Complaint Hearing Opened
Trial Examiner Gustaf Erickson opened the NLRB complaint hearing against William Tehel Bottling Co at 2 p.m. Monday. Dispute centers on if United Beverage Workers is a company union and if the company pressured workers to avoid another union. The company denies majority approval of the AFL union or any wrongdoing. Funeral services are set for James Edward Arthur, 80, at La Porte City Presbyterian Church Tuesday at 2 p.m. He leaves a wife, several children, and many relatives.
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Erickson
Washington, D. C
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William Tehel Bottling Company
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American Federation of Labor
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Cedar Falls
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Waterloo
Russell
la Porte City
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Mt. Auburn
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Raymond
S. W. Arthur
Nevada
Altodena
Calif
Sioux City
Arthur
O Day Sham Battle Opens In Minnesota Test Of Strength
Cavalry and advance units clash as two forces of the Fourth U S Army launch a five day sham battle near Camp Ripley to test military strength. More than 45 000 troops along with planes tanks and guns participate in early reconnaissance and skirmishing across a 900 000 acre theater from Onamia toward Duluth and Mille Lacs.
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U. S
Camp Ripley
Onamia
Duluth
Mille Lacs
Ripley
Louisiana Flood Relief Reaches 25 000 Homeless
Armed sheriff's deputies and state police patrolled flood stricken areas in southwestern Louisiana Monday while relief officials and physicians distributed food medicine and clothing to an estimated 25 000 persons made homeless by the disaster.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Spain Prepares For Entry Into War
London report says Spain is ready to join the Axis at any moment. The London News Chronicle attributed the information to the Moscow radio.
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London News Chronicle
Moscow Radio
Roosevelt approves housing loans for defense workers
President Roosevelt approved U S housing authority loans and allocations totaling 13 773 000 to build 3 601 homes for families of workers in eight defense centers across the nation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
U. S. Housing Authority
British Transport Sunk. 120 Men Lost
The 7,290 ton transport Mohamed Ali Elkebir was torpedoed in the Atlantic with 120 men lost and 740 rescued. The sinking was announced Monday.
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London
Mohamed Ali Elkebir
Atlantic
Immortality Lends Life Purpose Says Dr Jayne at St Pauls
Dr Arthur M. Jayne of Altadena Calif told a large congregation at St Pauls Methodist in the second of five August union services that immortality gives earthly life a purpose. He spoke on The Defeat of Death and urged that life must extend beyond the sundown to measure character.
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Arthur M. Jayne
Altadena
Calif
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Jayne
St. Paul's Church
Dr. Jayne
Fire damages car on Streamliner in Tama
Tama fire department battled a North Western streamlined train fire at 12 20 a m as it arrived in Tama. A short circuit in a diesel unit caused the blaze with smoke forcing firemen to wear gas masks. Only interior scorching and broken windows were reported in one car. the train continued on about an hour later.
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Tama
North Western
Democratic Women Tea At Nancy Cook Cottage In Hyde Park
A Hyde Park diary entry describes a Democratic women’s luncheon hosted by Miss Nancy Cook that drew up to 800 attendees from four counties. President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace attended briefly, then picnicked at Tivoli, with reflections on family, memory, and resilience in later years.
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Nancy Cook
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Edward Conger
Dutchess County
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