Cost of Living Tops News for 1947 Says UP Editors
United Press editors pick the high cost of living as the year’s leading story for 1947 in the United States, noting continuing news from inflation to housing shortages and price controls. The cold war and Taft Hartley law battles follow, with global lists echoing similar concerns.
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New York
United States
United Press
Congress
Russia
United Nations
Hughes-Meyers
Texas City
Partition of India
Palestine
Daily Record Mt Bee Sees aoe be. 23. 2. lows
Agricultural forecast dominates brief items with cloudy mild weather and light rain, and colder night snow flurries. The page lists numerous public notices and fines for traffic infractions, plus many birth, marriage, and death notices from Mt. Bee and nearby towns. Notable entries include divorce petitions for Viola and Dawson Behel, Irma Barvinek's decree from Stanley Barvinek, and multiple marriages and obituaries across Anamosa Cedar Rapids and neighboring areas.
Feegess oy WEL Sti Reaeal incident near coast
A stray fragment reports a coastal event involving Feegess and WEL Sti Reaeal with a five point score or measure. The text mentions a possible public or coastal area context and a webed reference to Danses Coast.
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Bots OF Feegess
Thes. Waebaned
Blandy Named Commander of Atlantic Forces
Defense Secretary Forrestal designated Admiral W H P Blandy as commander of all United States forces in the Atlantic area. He will remain Atlantic fleet commander and control U S naval forces in the region except units under Caribbean command and eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Forrestal
W. H. P. Blandy
United States
Atlantic
Blandy
Caribbean
Martelle Man Fined For Reckless Driving
Harvey N. Bowen of Martelle pled guilty to reckless driving and received a $100 fine plus costs with an additional $10 for lacking an operator license. He was arrested after erratic driving on First Avenue near Eighteenth Street and admitted a prior collision near a bridge between Cedar Rapids and Mt. Vernon. The owner faces charges for allowing an unlicensed driver. Another suspect, Donald G. Cox of 129 Fourth Avenue SW, was fined $25 after driving 55 mph on First Avenue E near Thirty-eighth and Fortieth streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald G. Cox
Fourth Avenue
Harvey N. Bowen
Martelle
Ralph T. Davis
Route 1
Jack Dean Sample
Des Moines
Jack Elwood Scott
Marion
Kyle E. Blaine
First Avenue
Gilbert L. Bayer
Central City
Curtis Gearhart
Third Avenue
Virgil K. Cooper
Ninth Street
Bowen
First Avenue W
Eighteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon
Don Spicher
Ozzie Kruidenier
Thirty-eighth
Fortieth
Burglars Take $138 From Statehouse Cafeteria
Des Moines burglars stole about 138 dollars from the basement statehouse cafeteria over the weekend. The loot came from a steel locker in a locked area. the closet door was found up and unlocked with a key. Frank Marsh operates the cafeteria.
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Des Moines
Statehouse
Emia
Frank Marsh
Party of Month Club Plans Christmas Gathering
The organization announced a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Loft on Third avenue SE. Attendees from clubs churches lodges schools and other groups will discuss a Christmas social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing Organization
Third Avenue SE
Joniaiien
Saurentinia
Planning Council To Issue Where To Turn Directory
The Cedar Rapids Planning Council of Social Planning will publish a new booklet titled Where To Turn, a health and welfare agency directory. Issued in January, it will include private and public agencies with brief service descriptions, listed under Veterans, child welfare, family and youth, and group services.
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Cedar Rapids
Council of Social Planning
Council
Deaths Mrs Howard H Cherry Cedar Rapids Woman 1880 1902
Mrs Howard H Cherry of 305 Nassau Street SE Cedar Rapids died at 12 25 p m Monday after several months illness. Born June 19 1880 in Neenah Wisconsin she moved to Cedar Rapids in 1896. She married Howard H Cherry in Chicago in 1902 and was a member of First Presbyterian church. Surviving John G Cherry Highland Park Illinois and Howard H Cherry Jr Cedar Rapids. Body at Turner Mortuary. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Howard H. Cherry
Nassau Street
Neenah
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Cherry
Chicago
First Presbyterian Church
John G
Highland Park, Ill
Howard H., Jr
Turner Mortuary
Death of Mrs Alice J Morehead in Cedar Rapids
Alice Jane Morehead age 75 died at her home after a long illness at 11 15 a m Monday Born December 29 1868 in Uniontown Pennsylvania she moved to Cedar Rapids from Marion about 20 years ago Survived by six daughters Lena Blacketer Jessie Everhart Mae Bratton Cora Miller Minnie Glen Dorothy Smith and three sons William Harry Sherwood Albert Dana Sherwood plus three brothers Samuel William Henry Grimm and a sister Elizabeth Grimm Funeral services will be in Turner chapel with burial at Shiloh cemetery Louisa Friends may call after 1 p m Tuesday
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Alice Jane Morehead
John A. Morehead
Sixth Street
Mrs. Morehead
Uniontown
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Lena Blacketer
Chicago
Jessie Everhart
Marquette
Mae Bratton
Cora Miller
Topeka
Kan
Minnie Glen
Dorothy Smith
Cedar
Mrs Josephine Brokl dies after lingering illness
Mrs Josephine Brokl of 1507 L street SW Cedar Rapids died at home at 1115 p m Sunday after a lingering illness Born in Moravia Czechoslovakia March 19 1869 she came to Cedar Rapids at age three Surviving five children a stepson 15 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren a sister and several relatives Services will be held at the Polansky chapel at a time to be announced later.
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Josephine Brokl
L Street
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Cedar Rapids
Silver Lake
Minn
Joseph Spacek
John Brokl
Lorenzo L. Burgess
August Spacek
Harrisburg
Ore
Lillian Spacek
T. E. Ackerman
Westgate
Frank Shotka
Seattle
Wash
Polansky Chapel
Death of John Thompson lifelong Linn county resident
John Thompson died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 4 00 PM Saturday after a long illness. Born May 8 1896 on a farm eight miles east of Cedar Rapids he lived there his entire life. Survived by wife Bessie a sister Mrs K O Knudsen Marion two brothers Fred Cedar Rapids Harley Mt Vernon and several nieces and nephews. Service conducted in Turner chapel at 1 30 PM Tuesday by Rev Grant Anderson First Baptist church. Burial in Campbell cemetery six miles east of Cedar Rapids. Friends may call at the chapel.
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John Thompson
Vernon
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Bessie
K. O. Knudsen
Marion
Fred
Harley
Mt. Vernon
Turner Chapel
Grant Anderson
First Baptist Church
Campbell Cemetery
Clarence J Schuster 45 Dies at Home in Dubuque
Clarence J Schuster aged 45 died at 11 p m Saturday at his residence 906 First Avenue NW He was employed by Link Belt Speeder Corp Survived by his wife Mary and son Terry Body taken to Bennett Ashworth Funeral Home Dubuque Mass to be read Tuesday morning in Dubuque Burial planned at Olivet Cemetery Dubuque
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence J. Schuster
First Avenue NW
Link-Belt Speeder Corporation
Mary
Terry
Bennett-Ashworth
Dubuque
Olivet Cemetery
Maresh Services for Dr Reginald Maresh Held at Local Chapel
Services for Dr Reginald Maresh of 1919 Ellis Boulevard NW will be conducted at 3 PM Tuesday in the Barta Hesser chapel by Rev Grant Anderson of First Baptist and Mt Hermon lodge AF and AM. Burial is at Cedar Memorial cemetery with Master Masons meeting at the Masonic temple at 2:30 PM. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Maresh
Ellis Boulevard
Grant Anderson
First Baptist Church
Mt. Hermon Lodge
A. F
A. M
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Masonic Temple
Talley Services for George and Route 3 Marion
George Marion, who died Friday, will have services at Barta Hesser chapel at 9 30 a m Tuesday. The Rev. Frank Ward will preside. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.
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George
Route 3
Marion
Frank Ward
Oak Hill Cemetery
England's 1818 treadmill penal device described
The treadmill, a penal appliance introduced in England in 1818, forced prisoners to walk an endless set of steps that powered a revolving mill, serving as a harsh form of labor and punishment.
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England
Unseasonable Outburst Of Mumps Strikes C R
Cedar Rapids health officials reported a surge in mumps with 76 cases in November and 26 in October. Normally peaking in spring, this year showed 5 in April, 7 in May, and 11 in June. A third polio case and illnesses from scarlet fever, chicken pox, and measles were also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Health Department
Clyde White
White
Russell Durgin Sees Hope for Japanese Future
Russell Durgin, adviser to the occupation forces in Nippon, spoke to 110 Rotarians at the Roosevelt hotel about postwar Japan. He praised MacArthur’s policies, noted reforms in education and agriculture, highlighted a spiritual youth revival, and warned that success could forge peace in the Orient or failure could invite other powers.
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Japan
Roosevelt Hotel
Russell Durgin
Nippon
Durgin
Y.M.C.A. World Service
Civil Information and Education Service
MacArthur
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Agriculture
Y.M.C.A
Pair Held on Check Forgery In Cedar Rapids Case
Boone authorities detain 20 year old man and woman Robert Kroger and Myrna Hink after they confessed to cashing three worthless checks in Cedar Rapids during November. They admitted cashing a 23.30 dollar check at O Meara s and Killian s and were arrested in Boone while attempting to cash a bad check drawn on Farmers State Bank Marion to Carl Hubbard.
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Boone
Cedar Rapids
Robert Kroger
Myrna Hink
Steve Breaulieu
O’meara
Killian
Postponed Strike On C and N W Branch Reported
Omaha AP News says a Wednesday strike on a branch of the Chicago and North Western was delayed after President A F Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen announced the postponement. Judge Frank Douglas agreed to take over jurisdiction of the dispute at a news conference. The railroad is a branch of the Chicago and North Western.
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OMAHA
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omada
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
Whitney
Union
Frank Douglas
United States Board of Mediation
Chicago and North Western
Iowa Dentist Killed by Train Collision
Dr. Joseph Garvey a 28 year old Sidney Iowa dentist was killed in a Sunday collision when his car was hit by a Missouri Pacific train near Nebraska City Nebraska His sister in law Mrs Robert Garvey and Miss Grace Maher both of Sidney were injured in the crash
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Nebraska City
Neb
Joseph Garvey
Sidney
Robert Garvey
Grace Maher
Real Estate Boards Convention Highlights Wagner Report
John J. Wagner addressed Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board members at the YMCA. He outlined plans for a Clayton act style exemption for real estate brokers, urged a uniform fee system, and sought social security act exemptions for real estate firms and salesmen. Wagner, new president of the National Institute of Real Estate Brokers, reviewed convention takeaways and new sales promotion ideas.
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National Association of Real Estate Boards
Congress
John J. Wagner
Cedar Rapids
Y.M.C.A
Wagner
National Institute of Real Estate Brokers
Irish Lady Seeks Denver Stay as Cedar Rapids Fosters Aid
An Irish immigrant traveling from Detroit to Denver receives unexpected local aid in Cedar Rapids. Reports say she faced eligibility hurdles for old age assistance, leading to a community-driven relief effort. Donations, clothing, and a train ticket offer accumulate as she plans future travel by bus to Denver. The story highlights residents’ generosity and her quiet pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mrs. Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
Denver
Denver Post
Mass
St. Patrick’s
Detroit
Noble Granted Recovery Time After Reckless Homicide Charge
SOUTH BEND AP Circuit Judge Dan Pyle allowed Robert Noble of Iowa City to delay arrest warrant service after last week’s indictment on reckless homicide tied to the October 25 crash that killed a St Mary’s student and a Notre Dame escort. Noble may return for court once healed. bond set at 5000 dollars. Noble’s attorney Paul Butler said he will waive extradition and enter a not guilty plea. Noble, editor of the Iowa U. al magazine, had earlier been cleared by the county coroner.
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South Bend
Dan Pyle
Robert Noble
Iowa City
St. Mary’s College
Notre Dame
Noble
Paul Butler
Iowa U. al Magazine
Courthouse Pleads Guilty To Forgery Charge
Eugene Cover a 23 year old stockman pled guilty to uttering a forged instrument in district court Monday Judge G K Thompson set Thursday at 10 am for sentencing Cover was arrested Saturday afternoon when he tried to cash a 71 50 check at Syndicate Clothing Company At headquartersCover gave his Cedar Rapids hotel address and admitted cashing worth less checks under the name John Stanek at three other stores
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Eugene Cover
G. K. Thompson
Cover
Syndicate Clothing Company
Cedar Rapids
John Stanek
Hoffman Given One Year Term For Larceny Of Car
Cecil Hoffman aged 17 of 380 Eighth avenue SW was sentenced to a year at hard labor in Linn County jail after pleading guilty in district court to larceny of a motor vehicle. Judge G K Thompson suspended nine months of the sentence for good behavior. Hoffman was arrested Thursday night by Cedar Rapids police after being found driving a car stolen from the Paramount parking lot about an hour earlier.
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Cecil Hoffman
Eighth Avenue
Linn County
G. K. Thompson
Hoffman
Cedar Rapids
Paramount
Blast Triggers Gas Shortage Across Michigan
A pre-dawn blast at a gas compressor station near Temple Michigan killed one worker and injured six, leveling the plant and triggering a $750,000 loss. Consumers Power urged large industries to cut use and residential customers to conserve as shortages spread to 250 communities including Flint Saginaw Lansing Bay City Pontiac Jackson and Kalamazoo, though Detroit was spared.
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Temple
Mich
Here
Michigan
Muskegon River
Consumers Power Company
Flint
Saginaw
Lansing
Bay City
Pontiac
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Detroit
Levees Blasted in Florida Flood Threats Afterbreak
Armed guards patrolled the damaged levees north of Miami after Sunday floods from a 66 foot breach. A 57 man crew including 30 convicts battled the gap to avert danger to OPA Locka Biscayne Gardens and Hialeah. Investigators probe wanton destruction with detonating gear found nearby.
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Miami
INS
Opa-Locka
Biscayne
Gardens
Hialeah
Maytag Buys War Surplus Factory in Iowa
The War Assets Administration announced Maytag Company of Newton, Iowa, purchased the Hampton plant near Hampton, Iowa, for 45750 dollars. The facility, used during World War II to produce hemp fiber for the Commodity Credit Corporation, spans eight buildings on 38 acres. Sealed bids for Hampton and six other Iowa plants opened November 18.
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Kansas City
Hampton
Maytag Company
Newton
War Assets Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Iowa
Larson to Cooperate With Tama Authorities
Des Moines AP reports Attorney General Robert L. Larson will cooperate with Tama County officials to fix law enforcement on the Tama Indian reservation. He endorsed a county plan to transfer jurisdiction over misdemeanors and minor crimes from federal to state authorities.
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Des Moines
Robert L. Larson
Tama County
Tama
Hayse Black Named University of Iowa Faculty
Hayse H. Black of Detroit was appointed associate professor of sanitary engineering at the University of Iowa, effective Wednesday. A West Liberty, Indiana native and UI graduate, he directs the United States part in an international water pollution study.
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Iowa City
Hayse H. Black
Detroit
University of Iowa
Black
West Liberty
United States
Earth Tremor Wakes Missouri Townsfolk
Poplar Bluff residents were awakened by a 30 second earth tremor at 2 40 a m Monday. No damage was reported.
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Missouri
Popular Bluff
Monay
President Truman to Fly to Key West Wednesday
The Ice House announced that President Truman will leave Washington on Wednesday morning for a trip to Key West.
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Key West
Washington
INS
The
Ice House
Truman
Five-Man County Board of Review Named at Meeting
A five man county tax assess ment board of review was appointed Monday by mayors, supervisors and members of the county board of education. Appointed were S. M. woe of Center Point, C. L. Bur roughs of Springville, C. E. Hedges of Mt. Ver non, and two members at large, P. C. Lassen of Marion and Ben Holets of Fairfax. The board will be the only means of appeal from assess and must include one farmer, one real estate broker and one construction field experience.
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County Board of Education
S. M. Woe
Center Point
C. L. Burroughs
Springville
C. E. Hedges
Mt. Vernon
P. C. Lassen
Marion
Ben Holets
Fairfax
Elmer Sewell
L. A. Johnson
Walter Shupp
Leo Donovan
Coggon
George Price
Alburnett
Ray Hutchins
Central City
Ed Castle
Frank Green
Charles Biddick
Sherwin Caldwell
Bertram Township
Ernest Kosek
Degree Day concept explained by Cedar Rapids experts
Statisticians say the thermal year is 17.9 percent complete by Nov 27 and the heating season is 8 percent warmer than normal yet 6 percent colder than the opening 1946-47 phase. The article explains the degree-day system used by Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric to estimate consumption and track daily heat demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
French Assembly Backs Troop Call for 80,000 Forces
The French National Assembly authorized the government to mobilize 80,000 troops to restore order, bringing total recruitment to about 300,000 in two weeks. The Communist strike committee rejected the government's terms to end the strikes.
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Paris
National Assembly
France
Communist
National Strike Committee
Jaycee Officers Attend Fairfield Dinner in Iowa
Two Iowa State Junior Chamber officers from Cedar Rapids and a national director from Marshalltown travel to Fairfield for a Junior Chamber dinner Monday evening. Frank T. Nye state president will speak, joined by Bob Peck state secretary treasurer and La Verne Johnston national director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State
Aid restored in Europe emergency program funds
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to restore 38 million dollars of the 108 million cut last week from the 597 million dollar emergency aid program for western Europe. The full 38 million was earmarked for Italy, mainly for wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Western
Europe
Italy
Meeting Thursday To Discuss Chest Campaign Deficit
East the Some 40 Cedar Rapids community leaders have been asked to meet Thursday with heads of the 1947 Community Chest drive to discuss ways of meeting the campaign quota deficit. Lee Winterberg and William Barron, chairman and vice chairman of the campaign conducted in November, have called the meeting for 4 p.m. at Chest headquarters at the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Lee Winterberg
William Barron
Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Red Feather
Winterberg
Brooks Named to Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment
Ira R. Brooks, vice-president of the King’s Crown Plaster Company, was named by the city council to fill the unexpired term of Ray Coutts on the Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment. Brooks, who lives at 511 Twenty-third Street NE, has worked for King’s Crown since 1989 after managing the Wisconsin Lumber Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira R. Brooks
King’s Crown Plaster Company
Cedar Rapids
Lamarres Called To Meyers Jury
Washington AP Major Ben E Meyers accused Lamarre of an affair while she denied the claim under oath. She and her husband and brother T E Readnover were subpoenaed to a federal grand jury, spending over an hour with officials as the panel continued inquiries from a Senate committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Maj
Benor E. Meyers
Marion Fire Family Loses Clothes And Furniture In Massive Blaze
The Marion family watched as their clothing and furniture were destroyed by a fast spreading fire. It was part of a sequence of fires starting Saturday in the business district totaling about 75000 dollars in damage. The owners planned rebuilds though the full extent remained undetermined. A separate incident earlier Sunday involved a quonset hut loft fire caused by an overheated stovepipe at 780 Second Avenue. Additional Sunday blazes included a car fire at 1807 Fifth Avenue and a brake fire near the fire station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skelly Oil Company
Lincoln Avenue
Center Point Road
Carl Pugh
Fourteenth Avenue
General Alarm
Marion
L. E. Cooper
Eagles Club
Kopecky
Cooper
Second Avenue
John Lyon
Ralph Seager
Fifth Avenue
Seager
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Petkov
Maniu
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Pfeiffer
de Gaulle
Princess Elizabeth
Britain
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Daily Record
Mt Bee
Viola Behel
Dawson Behel
Irma Barvinek
Stanley Barvinek
Né&il
Maxine Jackson
Clyde W. Barrett
Avenue NE
Walter E. Gorious
Anamosa
Harvey E. Lynch
Second Avenue SE
Ed . T. Smith
Eighth Avenue SE
William L. Kisling
Grand Hotel
John L. Livermore
Eighth Street
Donald Robertson
Norbert Pudil
Third Street
Harley Bruce
Memorial Drive
Kenneth Millard
J Street
Emil Volesky
William Dytrt
Second Street
Chadian Mills
Fourteenth Street
Roswald Wheeler
Division Street
St. Luke’s
John O. Safranek
Seventeenth Street
George Franck
Lisbon
Tor
Richard Nebergall
Tipton
Dean Stockton
Arlington
Charles Finney
Wunder
Pan
Zion
Charles Wee Ees
Hawkeye
Herman Griebenow
Charlies Kammerer
Danses Coast
Martelle Man
Planning Council
H. H. Cherry
Maresh Services
Talley Services
C.R
Orient
N.W
Ste Oy
Real Estate Board
Colorado
Lee Nelson
Howard Walsh
Avenue
Kennedy
Walsh
Larson
Hayse Black
T. U. of Iowa
la Rey
Board of Review
Bayne Freeland
French Assembly
Jaycee
Fairfield
Brooks
Lamarres
Meyers
Matz
Florist Nue SE
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