All-Iowa Family Day draws 15000 at Hawkeye Downs
Crowds flocked to Hawkeye Downs for the All-Iowa fair third day Farm Family day with about 15 000 visitors by noon. Livestock exhibits farm machinery midway and exhibits drew enormous interest as 23 farm families from eastern Iowa counties joined Merchants Bureau guests for a day of judging and entertainment.
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Cidar Baylie
Mosf
Tours Minerts
Delmar
Ivone
Merchants’ Bureau
Miss Henriques
Lucille
Evelyn
Mise Henriques
Brazil
Iowa
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Nad
Rdda
Poland
China
Chester
Hampshire
Guernsey
Case ve-Harriman
Hawkeye Downs
Dick Cole
Bobby
Muscatine County
Lows
Plans for New Grade School Approved by Board
Cedar Rapids school board gave preliminary approval to a new Cleveland elementary school plan. The two story glassy building would sit center lot north of First Avenue West near Nineteenth Street with a large all purpose room and multiple classrooms across two floors. A future drawing will be prepared and a time schedule for Cleveland and Kenwood planning pushed by Buildings and Grounds Chairman Douglas Grant.
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Loyal Meek
Cleveland
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Nineteenth Street
O. H. Briedert
Childs and Smith, Architects
Briedert
Douglas Grant
Kenwood
Arthur
Joe Suma
Supt
Clyde Parker
Jerry Drahovzal
Anna Marie Neessen
Hayes
Harrison ‘School
Educa ‘Tional Committee
Parker
Wiliam & Swim
Ada
van Buren
Bernice Lett
Tyler
Davison
Roosevelt
Daily feature section and local notices page
The readable fragments show a newspaper page with ads and features including film notices and a women’s features section. It lists various items such as want ads and local notices, though most content is fragmented and unreadable.
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Bieke
Truman seeks legal route to exempt merchant marines
President Truman was reported Tuesday to be exploring a legal method to exempt wartime merchant marine veterans from service under the new draft law.
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Washington
Truman
Wisconsin Firm Awarded Job of Linn Appraisal
The LaCrosse Wisconsin firm Appraisal Engineering Company won the Linn County real estate appraisal contract outside Cedar Rapids for 44 500 after two months of bidding. The firm will open offices within a week and begin the revaluation by June 1 1949. Other bids came from Hall Appraisal Company 50 000 Farm Management Associates 54 000 and Doane Agricultural Service 54 750.
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Cedar Rapids News
LaCrosse
Wis
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Robert W. Peterburg
Hall Appraisal Company
Des Moines
Farm Management Associates
Kansas City
Doane Agricultural Service
St. Louis
Clare Petty
Springville
Elmer Seevell
Marion J
Board“Of ‘Supervisors
Clarence Beeson
Doane
LaCrosse, Spa
Doane and Appraisal Engineering Company
Hildegarde Ill in Rome Clinic After Flu Attack
American singer Hildegarde is in a Rome clinic with bronchial tension from influenza. Manager Anna Sbsenko says she is out of danger but will remain in bed for some time.
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Rome
Hildegarde
Anna Sbsenko
Fishing tackle salesman sells gaudy plug to bass
Two tackle men compare notes as one shows a bright rainbow striped plug. The other doubts its appeal to bass and is told it is the best in the line, a remark that hints at a humorous misunderstanding.
NE Seg Keeper dies after heart attack in New Hampshire
Harry Dexter White 56 former assistant secretary of the treasury died Monday after a heart attack at his summer home in Fitzwilliam New Hampshire He was a longtime monetary expert and a former Treasury official who testified before the House Un American Activities Committee on spy cases His death followed his Washington testimony and he had recently retired from government work
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Washington
House un-American Activities ‘Committee
White, Gald-Thep
Hee
Hald
Nho
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hail and High Winds Damage Crops Near Elkader
A severe hail storm two miles wide and several miles long damaged crops and farm buildings near Elkader including corn stalks stripped of leaves south of Elkader and damaged roofs on several farms. Windows broke on a farmhouse, poultry was injured by hail, and other farm property suffered. Forecasters predict scattered showers and continued warm weather in Cedar Rapids area.
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Northwood Dairy
Farm
Northwood
Petér, Pan
Colonial
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Newa
Ely ‘Kader
Elkader
Garber-Elkader Road
John Stence
Ray Tieden
B. C. Wright
Hiram Zitter
Bruen
Garber
Alvin Berne
Berne Farm
Lowell Lindenberg
Chambers
Mercury
Iowa Corn Map Shows Arid Spots and Moisture Concerns
Des Moines report notes corn development at normal rate with 96 percent silked and 60 percent at roasting ear stage. Western Iowa shows best prospects. eastern half needs moisture, Northeast poorest. Soybeans near full pod set. little deterioration in yield prospects. Spring seedlings clover alfalfa damaged in southern third. 50 to 60 percent of acreage unlikely to produce satisfactory stand. Fall sowing planned. alfalfa seed may face short supply.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Idwa
Meeting to settle Cedar Rapids police promotions dispute
Police Chief Tom Condon and Safety Commissioner Gordon Hughes plan to present their sides to the Cedar Rapids Policemen's Protective Association with a possible city council grievance session if no understanding is reached. A brief talks preceded by a five page Condon briefing detailing promotions and objections, including Carsten, Davis, Prasil, Concannon, and others.
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Cedar Rapids News
Tom Condon
Gordon Hughes
Condon
Cedar Rapids Policemen’s Protective Association
Hughes
Erievance Committee
Frank K. Hahn
Condon Sepia Department
F. A. Carsteng
Stanley L. Davis
Harold Prasil
Davis
Sage
Juvenile Bureau
Keith Concannon
ARAN
Carstens
Espionage Charges Roil Hearings On Communist Spying
Washington: Rep. Thomas and the House committee revealed new disclosures about a communist spying ring and leaked information from a closed session. The panel pledged to pursue a leak while noting Alger Hiss testimony and calls for a lie detector test for Hiss, with committee members and staff named.
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Washington
IAP
Thomas
R-Nw
Uesday
Ats
Triman
Sawep Thomas
Eid Ene
Sterquik
Chiairian
Diseltis
Nice To Be Sure On Such Matters
An anxious woman asked the weather bureau if the wide ring around the sun signaled the end of the world. Officials explained it was a reflection from clouds of ice crystals and she sighed with relief. She added that if it were the end of time she would want to be sure first and contact her minister.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Aid to Holy Land Refugees Sought
Count Folke Bernadotte appealed to the United States for emergency food for 337,000 refugees from Jewish Arab fighting in Palestine. He urged 2 500 tons of wheat 100 tons of canned meat 50 tons of cheese 500 tons of butter and 2 tons of DDT with 10 percent delivered immediately and 90 percent in three months. The appeal was treated as urgent by Secretary Marshall.
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Washington
Folke Bernadotte
United States
Palestine
Bernadotte
Holy Land
State Department
Marshall
United Nations
Community Chest Campaign Goal Set for Oct 6 to 21
The 1949 Community Chest campaign in Cedar Baglads aims for 185,948.46 dollars, approved by the Public Welfare bureau. The goal is 3.9 percent higher than last year due to increased operating expenses of the 12 Chest agencies, with B C Stillie man as chairman.
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Cedar Baglads News
Public Welfare Bureau
Community Chest
B. C. Stillieman
Strike Called at Harvesters Plants in Chicago Area
Chicago AP report says 24 000 CIO workers were called out at International Harvester Company plants Tuesday.Production halted at most plants while the Fort Wayne factory, employing 5 500, remained in operation.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
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Cedar County
Floyd Eckenrods
Chickasaw County
Andrew Elsingers
Clayton County
Louis C. Meinkes
Clinton County
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Delaware County
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Howard County
Harald Shermans
Iowa County
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Jackson County
Lisle Hurlbuts
Johnson County
Cecil James
Jones County
Adrian Conrads
Keokuk County
Covert Goodloves
Howard Greenes
Louisa County
Eugene Hetzlers
Wilbur Molisons
Poweshiek County
Raymond Balls
Scott County
Keith Barnes
Washington County
Vern Dauschmidts
Tama County
Herman Frethelms
Hax
Evendell Brink
Wilson
Istate Comptroller
Russel F. Shafer
Roosevelt High School
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Grace McBride
Faultcess
Franklin High Schoo
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Linn
Hildegarde III
Seg
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Towa
Glover Damage
Stanley Davis
Prasil
Concannon
Leland Nelson
Harold Mackey
Vaude Fellwock
Fellwock
Igeore
Naan Fee
Orker Ring
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Moscow
Tor” Ihaynen
Snes
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Hiss
Nixon
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R-Pa
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Donald Appelen Mandel
Louis Russell
William
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Assella ‘Poore
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Sonete
Riessen
Kostile ‘Tee
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