Ragtime wedding skit at Cedar Rapids playground
Nine week Cedar Rapids playground season featured a ragtime wedding skit at Ellis with Keith Elley as best man Loretta Luxinger as mother of the bride Verne Long father Duane Emerson bridegroom and Mary Lpa Patty Long Joanne Nost Hindek Jean Nelson Ma Powers as bridesmaids Anne Crocker as flower girl Ard Dahms coordinates the Kenwood program as playground director
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Kenwood
Edie Tain
Cedar Rapi
Sixteen PLC
Ellis
Keith Elley
Loretta Luxinger
Ne Verne Long
Duane Emerson
Rey Airmen
Mary Lpa
Patty Long
Joanne Nost
Hindek
Jean Nelson
Congressmen Speed Homeward To Visit With Constituents
Washington dispatch notes Congressmen begin a multi day recess to rest and reconnect with constituents after years in session. Only a few senators remain to handle minor business while major items like tax policy and the St Lawrence Seaway await the next formal adjournment.
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Washington
INS
St. Lawrence Seaway
Mother Gives Birth To Son In A Theater
CHICAGO INS It was an added feature not on the scheduled program Douglas Mrs Bertha Dinsmore to husband as they were a movie at a north side theater I ve got to get out of here end away for a telephone to call an ambulance but before it arrived mother soon gave birth to a son her seventh child None of the trio mother father or son remained for the rest of the show Mother and her added feature were doing nicely Saturday
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Chicago
INS
Douglas
Bertha Dinsmore
Cmamere
Six Children Die as Plane Hits Home in London
A plane crashed into a Brampton residence. Six children aged five to 15 were killed as the house caught fire. their mother and two others escaped through a window. The father was at work at the time.
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London
R. W. Zie
Brampton
Herve
Ren
Trade Pressure on Japan First Job of Wallace Unit
The economic defense board led by Vice President Wallace will target trade pressure on Japan and aid Free French Africa. Two projects are under way though details are undisclosed. Existing authorities allow halting trade, freezing Japanese funds in the United States, and licensing restrictions could stop all commerce. The Free French have about 500,000 tons of central African oils available through the purchase plan. Pepper urged immediate recognition and aid for the Free French.
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Washington
Economic Defense Board
Henry A. Wallace
Japan
Africa
Wallace
United States
Treasury
Central
Pepper
Fla
Germans warn conference in Moscow may be rushed
Berlin radio reported by CBS says if America Britain and Russia delay a Moscow conference the German armed forces might reach the conference table first. The warning urged holding the Moscow talks as soon as possible to avoid a German presence.
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New York
INS
America
Britain
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
CBS
Saeve
Radio
Roosevelt Churchill Conference Off Maine Coast Report
The Boston Post dispatch from Rockland Maine says Roosevelt and Churchill met off the Maine coast about 15 to 18 miles south of Northeast Harbor. An informant fisherman reported a vast armada of boats clustered in the area amid tides and rocky green islands.
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Boston
Boston Post
Rockland
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Maine
Northeast Harbor
Frenchboro
Island
Swans Island
Asks War Service of 100000 British Women
AP reports Capt. H. Margesson war secretary urges enlistment of 100000 British women for war service noting Britain has greater manpower and needs both hands and heads. He says a limited trial succeeded and aims to expand to meet demand for hands on routine and big tasks.
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England
H. Margesson
War Services
Britain
Rockets To Combat Enemy Planes Now Studied By Army
The American Rocket Society reports that Pont and Sharp have filed blue prints for radio controlled anti aircraft rockets with the War Department and the National Inventors Council. They claim costs under 1000 dollars and potential control by visible or invisible light beams. Nathan Carver proposes a short wave radio remote control using a klystron oscillator to direct rockets from the ground.
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Spe- Tilet
Pierce
Aantinan Eee
W. F. Pont
KF. Sharp
American Rocket Society
War Department
National Inventors Council
Washington, D. C
Farm Machinery Purchases Reported For Last Year
A local notice notes Sawmate Saat completed farm equipment purchases during the previous year totaling forty thousand dollars.
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Soumate Saat
Local Flying Club Showcases Ercoupe and Air Breakfast Flight
The Wing Tips club features a distinctive Ercoupe with a decalled aluminum finish. Members include Dwayne Andreas president and Jim Wathan flight commander. They plan an air breakfast from Municipal port to DeWitt and Rockford with several aircraft, as statistics show air travel hitting historic highs in June with record passengers and freight.
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Dwayne Andreas
Jim Wathan
Walter Wickler
Bob Bell
DeWitt
Dan Hunter
Truman Hanson
Maynard Bartling
Jim Wilson
Wilma Reuhotzke
Aeronca Chiefs
Gale Peterson
Aeronca
Lee Knowles
Stinson
Adele Weymouth
Artore
Rockford
Dodo
Canary Flying Club
Vern Roberts
Moline
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Free French Fond Aid
the Sunday Gazette
Muscatine
Fancy Freestone Elberta
Oel Monte
California
Merle E. Garmoe
Third Street SE
Dial
Kitterman
DRY Cleaners
Third Avenue
Theaires
Vance Coleman
Lee
Willard Carson
Sojicist
Louie Hudechek
Mechanicsville
C.P.T
John Hall
Robert Sweitzer
Jack Wallace
Petrick McNally
Samuel Nage
Rapids Airways
Junior Munter
Middlecut
Jim Sealy
Halen
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