Antique and Classic Autos Shown at Fair
The All Iowa fair hosts a second annual Antique Automobile exhibit with 15 cars on display. Highlights include a 1904 Cadillac, a 1914 Reo, a 1915 Buick, a 1929 Graham Phaeton, and a 1937 Cord, plus license plates from 1914 to WWII and a tire saver gadget.
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Hawkeye Downs
Donald
Robert Rottman
Lisbon
Rottmans
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Motor Express
Ralph Moehler
L. H. Sidwell
Sidwell
Graham
New York
Cord
Ford
Bill Meardon
Iowa City
Glide
L. G. Newport
Haynes
Dan Bizek
Robert Steele
Iowa
Group of Thirteen Youngsters Invited to All Iowa Fair
Thirteen youngsters from Froelich Monona McGregor and Marquette invited to spend a day at the All Iowa fair as guests of exposition officials. The invitation follows last year’s Highway Post Office trucks inaugural trip and a Froelich post office welcome tableau.
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Froelich
Monona
McGregor
Marquette
Highway
Cedar Rapids
Froelich Post Office
A. M. Burlingame
Burlingame
Robert
Lee Allen Fett
Pat Seeland
Marion Ashline
Terry Robbins
Pat
Pam
Roger
Ronnie Albert
Dennis
Betty Eilers
Robert Witter
Jackie Pederson
His Career As Policeman Ended Quickly
In Middletown Ohio Freddy J Mooney 19 set up a one man roadblock at 3 am halted motorists for licenses. He allegedly ordered a driver to pursue another car and claimed a criminal was aboard. He was arrested for intoxication after flagging a police cruiser.
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Middletown
Ohio
Freddy J. Mooney
Albert Sellers
Love in Cemetery Sparks Australian Divorce Suit
Cyrus James Baker sues for divorce citing his wife Dorothy Evelyn engaged in an affair with cemetery caretaker Eric Layfield among tombstones. He seeks $2,800 damages plus divorce. court reserved ruling.
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Sydney
Australia
Cyrus James Baker
Dorothy Evelyn
Eric Layfield
Baker
Baxter Attends Geneva Atomic Peace Conference
Howard A. Baxter son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Baxter of 330 Seventeenth Street SE attends the International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in Geneva. He is assistant manager at American Machine and Foundry in Greenwich Conn overseeing nuclear energy activities. Baxter a 1933 Washington High School graduate and 1937 Iowa State College engineering graduate.
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Howard A. Baxter
Arthur Baxter
Seventeenth Street SE
Geneva
Baxter
Cedar Rapids
General Engineering Laboratories
American Machine and Foundry Company
Greenwich
College of Engineering
Iowa State College
Ames
American Machine and Foundry
Bell Laboratories
New York
Hughes Aircraft
California
Egyptian fashion director marries ship captain at sea
Yvonne Mai, 23, director of a leading Egyptian fashion house, wed Capt. Ibraham el Sayed Ebeid, master of the liner Star of Suez, after a playful engagement claim. The couple, who met in Cairo and sailed from Alexandria on the Star of Suez, married on the dock hours after docking in Liverpool.
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Liverpool
England
Yvonne Mai
Egypt
Ibraham el Sayed Ebeid
Star of Suez
Cairo
Alexandria
Miss Mai
Yvonne
Better Food Production Is Real Science
Washington report explains that creating better food involves long scientific work and economic factors. Plant breeders test taste, appearance, and nutrition while researchers wait years for benefits, with industry and consumer costs determining if a new variety reaches markets.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Remembering Or lando Perry Hero of Wartime Escape in Normandy
OTTO recalls Or lando Perry a Wisconsin native of Cambridge who served in the 412th squadron and survived a tent collapse in England then a rugged escape after his P 51 was downed over France. He crawled past Germans, sheltered with cows, and with help from French civilians he walked toward American lines despite a broken ankle and harsh pursuit.
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Orlando Perry
Perry
Wisconsin
Cambridge
Madison
England
France
New York
New Jersey
Normandy
Camp Wapsie Plans Overnight Family Camp
Camp Wapsie will host a 24 hour overnight for families on Sept 4 5 with swimming boating fishing singing and a family stunt night. Fees for Y members start at 3 per adult and 150 per child five to eight with under fives free and four meals included. Register by Sept 1 with Bill McNeil Cedar Rapids YMCA.
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Camp Wapsie
YMCA
Harley van Akkeran
Bill McNeil
Cedar Rapids
One Way Ticket to Jail Stays in Corvallis
In Corvallis Oregon the old railroad station houses the police department and remains a ticket office only for those who will not go farther than jail.
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Corvallis
Ore
Corvalis
Hoosegow
The Next Person He Saw Was a British Infantry Captain
A fragment notes the observer encountering a British infantry captain as the subsequent figure in a sequence. The line suggests a social or military interaction within a historical setting, though details remain sparse.
Industrial Fire School Dates Set For Oct 25 26
The Cedar Rapids annual industrial fire school set for October 25 and 26 will be the sixth event in the city. It is jointly sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce the Cedar Rapids fire department and the engineering extension service of Iowa State College. L P Boudreaux chairs the Manufacturers Bureau of the Chamber and announces the event. The school gathers safety authorities to teach classes for safety personnel in local businesses and industries. It will be held in the Chamber of Commerce building.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids Fire Department
Engineering Extension Service
Iowa State College
L. P. Boudreaux
Manufacturers Bureau
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Police probe after call about bloody leg in car trunk
In Bismarck North Dakota police received a report of a bloody leg dangling from a car trunk. Officers found three teenagers hiding in the trunk eating hot dogs drizzled with ketchup as the investigation began.
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Bismarck, N. D
All-Iowa Fair Entertainers Set for Cedar Rapids Luncheons
Performers from the All-Iowa fair will appear at two Cedar Rapids luncheon clubs next week. Jay Seiler will MC, Tulera Lee the foot juggler, plus the Musical Wades and Jack Bartel. First show at Montrose hotel noon Monday by Rotary club and Chamber of Commerce. Reservations required by phone 49111 before 10 p.m. Monday. Second appearance at Roosevelt hotel Tuesday noon for the Optimist Club luncheon.
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Cedar Rapids
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Jay Seiler
Tulera Lee
Wades
Jack Bartel
Montrose Hotel
Optimist Club
Roosevelt Hotel
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William Cain, Jr
Wichita
Kan
Eskimo Cup
Idaho
Gaylord P. Godwin
Lou Brewer
Otto
Joe Klass
Brever
South
Newman
Mary Miles
John Best
E Us
Taylor Music CO
King Band Instruments
First Avenue SE
Newman's
Rubbermaid
Davy Crockett
Sampson Sox
Sampson Shorts
Newman's Thrifty
Dan River
Gingham
Sepos
AAA Club
Auto Club
4Th Ave
E. Dial
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