Weather forecast and temperatures across major cities
The report lists Wednesday high and low temperatures for multiple cities including Bismarck 43 20 Chicago 38 27 Denver 40 26 New York 38 24 Los Angeles 76 52 Miami 79 73 Seattle 39 and Dallas area readings. Iowa forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions northwest Friday increasing cloudiness southeast with little overall temperature change, highs 38 to 43 east and 43 to 48 west. Precipitation totals for December are 0.39 inches year to date 31.66 inches. Barometer at noon is falling Humidity 99 percent and wind at Municipal airport calm. Sunrise 7 31 sunset 4 38 moonrise 9 35 p.m.
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Bismarck
Mia
Chicago
Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
L. Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Iowa
Ccs
Cedar Rapids
Deaths and Notices From Cedar Rapids and Area
Death of Rett W. Maxson 78 of 410 Thirty-first Street SE Cedar Rapids occurred in a local hospital. He worked for Witwer Grocer Company since 1899 and was married to Lina Pitkin. Survived by wife, sister Hazel Rush, and niece Mrs. Sargent. Services Saturday in Beatty-Bearle chapel. Burial at Oak Hill. Also listed are numerous birth notices from December 18 and 19, and various public notices including court actions and fines.
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GREO
W. Maxson
Witwer Grocer
Cedar Rapids
Springdale
Lina Pitkin
Hazel Rush
Redondo Beach
Calif
Stanley Sargent
Phoenix
Ariz
Beatty-Bearle Chapel
Jack A. Oliver
First Christian Church
Oaks Hill Cemetery
Fires at skat ters' shack fire damages Manhattan beach interior
A defective oil stove caused a fire at the skat ters' shack in Manhattan beach damaging the interior and roof. General alarm sounded at 12:47 p.m. on Wednesday as fire companies 1 2 and 5 responded. Separate funeral notices list services for Mrs. Joseph A. Holsapple 70 Whyte funeral home, Mrs. Jessie Leonard 85 Eng lish River church Whyte funeral home, Mrs. Joseph Dvorak 52, Mrs. George Denham 52, Prof. Raymond Kittredge 70 Beckman's Memory Gardens and burial details at various chapels.
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Skatters
Manhattan Beach
Joseph A. Holsapple
English River
Church of the Brethren
Brethren Cemetery
Powell Funeral Home
Jessie Leonard
Whyte Funeral Home
Solon
Joseph Dvorak
Iowa City
George Denham
Cathout Funeral Home
Memory Gardens
Town
Raymond Kittredge
Beckman’s
Mary Cechura 86 Dies After Long Illness in Fairfax
Mrs John Cechura 86 of Fairfax route 1 near Swisher died at 5 30 am Thursday after a long illness Born in Czechoslovakia Oct 9 1870 she came to the United States at age 11 Surviving three sons Edward of Amana Wesley and Leo at home one grandchild her husband died in 1948 Services 1 30 pm Saturday at Brosh chapel by Rev Zdenek F Pauk Burial in Hala cemetery near Swisher Friends may call at the chapel Friday
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John Cechura
Fairfax
Near Swisher
Czechoslovakia
Mary Cechura
United States
Edward
Amana
Wesley
Leo
Brosh Chapel
Zdenek F. Pauk
Hala
Swisher
Suit Settled For 195750 In Illinois History
CHICAGO A 195750 settlement of a personal injury suit the largest in Illinois history was approved in superior court Judge Harold Ward authorized payment to Julius Stapel 44 Chicago a railroad detective who lost both legs above the knee in a train accident Feb 18 1954 He was trailing train looters at the time Defendants New York Central and Chicago Junction railroads volunteered the settlement during pre trial conference Stapel had sued for 250 000
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Chicago
INS
Illinois
Superior Court
Harold Ward
Julius Stapel
New York Central
Chicago Junction
Stapel
Riverside park sale sparks debate in Cedar Rapids council
Residents and union members clash over selling Riverside park land to Penick and Ford. Opponents urge higher price and park upgrades. supporters cite need for funds to improve flood resistance and sewer access. Officials note price drop from 154000 to 135000 due to unusable land. Community figures vow to monitor use of proceeds and plan a future layout committee.
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City Plan Commission
Dick Patek
Penick and Ford
Don
Hunter
Gardner
Penick
Ford
Riverside Park
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Topinka
Miss Turechek
Services for Mrs Vance Am spoker in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Vance Am spoker lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died Tuesday. Services set for Friday at 1 30 p m in Turner chapel with Rev H L Sunderman of St Andrews Evangelical United Brethren church. Burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Vance Amspoker
Second Street SE
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
H. L. Sunderman
St. Andrew’s
Services for Mrs Otto Thorsson Held at Turner Chapel
Services for Mrs Otto Thorsson of 330 First Avenue NW Cedar Rapids, resident 35 years, will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Friday in Turner chapel by Dr. Arthur Schuldt of St James Methodist Church. Burial will be Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may
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Otto Thorsson
First Avenue NW
Cedar ,Rapids
Turner Chapel
Arthur Schuldt
St. James Methodists Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Alburnett Youth Enlists in Army at Cedar Rapids
Ronald F. Wede, 18, of Alburnett, enlisted for anti aircraft artillery duty and was sent to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas for basic training. Air force recruiters announce holiday closures for three days over Christmas and remind that academy nominations must reach Air Force headquarters by January 31.
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Cedar Rapids
Ronald F. Wede
Alburnett
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Air Force
Air Force Academy
Air Force Headquarters
Refugee framed as Hun secret police target jailed in Ontario
In Toronto a Hungarian named Giorg Boros was jailed in protective custody after refugees allegedly attacked him, claiming he was an agent of the Hungarian secret police. He was rescued from a Toronto reception center where a crowd with ropes tried to hang him, while authorities verify his story of fleeing Hungary.
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Toronto
Giorg Boros
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Hungary
Boros
Ontario
Neighbor Slayer Tells His Motive
Ang ole, Ind AP an eccentric bachelor Merlin McNaughton 40 claims he killed three neighbors and wounded two others because he believed they caused his father's death He calls himself an executioner and says neighbors broke into his Bay Street two story home accusing them of carbon poisoning his father died in January Sheriff calls Moe Naughton story concocted by a deranged man
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Angola
Ind
Merlin McNaughton
Bay
Harry Dirrim
MoeNaughton
Linn County Supervisors Buy Three Underbody Blade Trucks
The Linn County board of supervisors bought three heavy duty underbody blade road maintenance trucks for 37,878 net. Gross price 45,916 with 8,038 trade in for three used trucks. Bids came from All Wheel Drive Company Davenport Choate Equipment Cedar Rapids and Hanstrum Hubley Cedar Rapids. One truck bought from Davenport firm via a 1950 Ford traded in for 15,950 less 2,000 trade in. Four wheel drive unit bought from Choate for 14,888 less 3,788 trade in. Third unit purchased from Hanstrum Hubley for 15,078 less 2,250 trade in on a Caterpillar grader.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
All Wheel Drive Company
Davenport
Choate Equipment Company
Hanstrom-Hubley Tractor Company
Cedar Rapids
Ford
Choate
Hanstrum-Hubley
Jury Deliberates in Condemnation Case
A Linn county jury began deliberations in a land condemnation appeal. Plaintiffs Ernest E. and Mrs. Trachta, farm owners on a highway south of Cedar Rapids, contest a $2,603 award for 4.6 acres by a sheriff's commission. They seek $27,000 from the Iowa Highway Commission and Sheriff James Smith.
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Linn County
Floyd Philbrick
Ernest E. Trachta
New Highway 218
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Highway Commission
James Smith
Plaintiff Dismisses Injury Suit Against Borden Company
A $16,903.94 personal injury suit filed by Richard Berzinsko for injuries to his minor son Robert from a July 19, 1955 truck incident against Borden Company and driver Dale F. Hopkins was dismissed in Linn district court with costs taxed to defendants. A separate $49 auto damage suit by Lenore Goodwin was dismissed after she failed to appear. Arthur Barnes pleaded guilty to forgery. the court suspended a 90 day Linn county jail sentence due to restitution on a $97.20 forged check. The will of Lee A. Iten died November 27 was admitted to probate naming Meta Iten as sole heir and executrix without bond.
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Borden Company
Linn District Court
Richard Berzinski
Robert
Borden
Dale F. Hopkins
Charles Penningroth
Lennore Goodwin
Cecil W. McFatridge
Linn County
Arthur Barness
Barness
Cedar Rapids
Lee A. Ilten
Meta
Moroney Damage Suit Shifted to Nebraska
Leonard J. Moroney of near Ryan files a 150000 damage suit for the Donald J. Moroney estate against the Burlington Railroad. The case moves from Cedar Rapids to the district of Nebraska after a judge finds transfer would aid convenience and justice. Records to be sent to Nebraska district.
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Ryan
Burlington Railroad
Cedar Rapids Federal District Court
Federal Court
District of Nebraska
Leonard J. Moroney
Near Ryan
Donald J. Moroney
Nebraska
Cedar Rapids
Graven
Walford Man Charged After Auto Crash
Robert Holub of Walford was charged with drunk driving after a Wednesday night accident six miles north of Iowa City on highway 218. He was released on bond. His car missed a curve, knocked down a curve sign, hit a parked car, narrowly missed the Clasen house, and crashed into a tree, sustaining a cut on the forehead.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Robert Holub
Walford
Here
Holub
G. E. Clasen
Clasen
Kidnapped Baby Found in Iowa
A 19 month old boy from Sandy Utah was found unharmed on a farm near Creston Iowa. FBI official Joseph E. Thornton said Lelan Radford and wife Maxine were in custody on a flight to avoid Utah kidnapping charges.
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Creston
J. R. Ewing
FBI
John B. Carter
Sandy
Utah
Here
Joseph E. Thornton
Omaha
Lelan Radford
Maxine
Radford
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Ewing
Carters
Dennis Carter
Missing Broker Found in Rio De Janeiro
Charles Robert Stahl, 35, former chairman of De Pontet and Company, a NYSE broker dealer, was located in Rio at the Copacabana Palace hotel after vanishing. He said he lost his fortune and may return to New York if needed as authorities review his affairs and the firm’s capital position.
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Rio DE Janeiro
INS
Charles Robert Stahl
New York Stock Exchange
Stahl
U.S
de Pontet and Company
Tthe Securities and Exchange Commission
New York State Attorney General's Office
Exchange
Copalcabana Palace
Weather and fatalities across Iowa amid dense fog and delays
Dense fog shrouds Cedar Rapids and Des Moines with zero ceilings and minimal visibility. only one private flight lands. Mild, improving weather expected later in the week. Two traffic deaths near Missouri Valley and Varina, with others injured, as winter approaches.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Sioux City
Benton County Atty Gets National Post
Keith Mossman of Benton county Iowa was chosen to head the NACPA civil legislation committee. Frank FE. Moss, NACPA president, announced the appointment in Salt Lake City. The association will hold its mid winter meeting in Houston February 25 to 27.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Keith Mossman
Benton County
National Association of County and Prosecuting Attorneys
Frank FE. Moss
Vinton
Moss
NACPA
Houston
Teacher Mary Christmas Meets Stranger Greeting
Lawrenceville Illinois reveals a lighthearted local scene as Mary Christmas a high school teacher is introduced to strangers and replies with a cheerful Happy New Year greeting highlighting community whimsy and seasonal mood.
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Lawrenceville, Ill
Mary Christmas
Man Found Dead Believed Suicide Near Cedar River
Walter Semelhooth, 36, of 429 Fifth Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, was found dead Wednesday afternoon in timber along the Cedar River downstream from the REA plant. Coroner’s office says it appears a self-inflicted gunshot wound from a .22 rifle, with the weapon partly under his body after he sat on the river bank drinking beer and practicing with the rifle. Semelhooth, born December 28, 1919 in Rock Island, had lived in Cedar Rapids since 1928. Survived by his mother Edna Semelhooth, seven brothers William, Guy, Carl, Howard, Benny, Donald, and Melvin, and two sisters Mrs. Wallace Post and Mrs. Arthur Myers. Friends may call at Brady mortuary after 1 p.m. Friday. funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Walter Semerroth
Fifth Avenue
Cedar River
REA
Semerroth
Semelroth
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Edna Semelroth
William
Guy
Carl
Howard
Benny
Donald
Melvin
Atkins
Wallace Post
St. Joseph
Mich
Arthur Myers
Mt. Vernon
Brady Mortuary
Solon Warned on Turncoat Money
In Alexandria, Rep. Long's office said he was warned against sponsoring recovery of $10,000 federal insurance money paid to the family of Turncoat Aaron Wilson. The warning came in an anonymous call to Mrs. Long in Pineville, saying the Wilson family had suffered enough through Korea.
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Alexandria, la
Long
D-La
Aaron Wilson
Pineville
Wilson
Korea
U S Seeks Five Power Talks On Disarmament
United States Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge announced that the United States will seek five power talks next spring with Russia and others to break the disarmament deadlock. He cited Premier Bulganin's suggestion to apply the Eisenhower open skies plan to a 500 mile belt through central Europe.
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United Nations
INS
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
Russia
Lodge
Bulganin
Europe
Master Plumbers Elect Officers
The Cedar Rapids chapter of the Master Plumbers met recently to elect officers for 1957. Named president was Francis C. Hurych, vice president John M. Gerber, and secretary treasurer James W. Bowker.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Master Plumbers
Francis C. Hurych
John M. Gerber
James W. Bowker
Vandals Damage Hargrave Construction Equipment
Hargrave Construction officials report $1,200 in damage to equipment over the week. Police investigated a break in at the lot on 210 Thirty-third Street SE where keys to cars and trucks were stolen and vehicles were smashed. Three trucks were damaged, one driven into a house trailer and a car into a ditch.
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Hargrave Construction Company
Hargrave
Thirty-third Street
October Fire Loss in Cedar Rapids Report
Fire losses totaled 10738.32 in Cedar Rapids for October per Fire Chief Jesse Hunter’s monthly city council report. Buildings damaged were valued at 377714 and contents at 144832, with most losses covered by insurance.
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Cedar Rapids
Jesse Hunter
Hunter
Worth More Now
In St Joseph Michigan the sheriff planned to sell car No 29 to a dealer for 977 dollars but the vehicle was wrecked before sale. The county received 1200 dollars from the insurance company.
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ST. Joseph, Mich
Ulp
Sheriff's Office
Toy Shop Opening Delayed One Day In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Jaycees and Christmas Exchange run a toy shop at Sunshine Mission now opening Friday and Saturday instead of Thursday and Friday. Families notified of toy pick up times, with letters sent after schedule change. Extra day allows more toys to be prepared including refurbished items donated by Junior Chamber of Commerce and Marine Reserve unit.
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Cedar Rapids Jaycees
Christmas Exchange
Exchange
Sunshine Mission
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Marine Reserve Unit
Cedar Rapids
Delicate Surgery On Stormy Sea
On the liner America a delicate operation was performed during a 65 mile per hour gale as 40 foot waves lashed the ship. Dr Oliver Steiner of Buffalo an army captain aided surgeon Dr William P Kelly to remove Culhane a 48 year old bartender with a ruptured appendix and peritonitis. The ship slowed to three knots to maintain course and arrived 24 hours late with Culhane reported serious but recovering.
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New York
America
Michael Culnane
William P. Kelly
Frederick Fender
Culhane
Oliver Steiner
Buffalo
Stolen Truck Carrying Damaged Vaccines In Transit
An all-state alert was issued for a tractor trailer stolen from a Manhattan loading dock containing damaged vaccines and anti-toxins from Lederle Laboratories. The load included diphtheria anti-toxins tetanus toxoid measles mumps vaccines and typhoid. 730 of 2709 tons were damaged and the Chicago office planned to return damaged cartons to Pearl River for destruction.
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New York
Manhattan
Lederle Laboratories
Pearl River
N.Y
Chicago
Paving Requested for Old Marion Road NE
About 42 property owners petitioned the city council to pave over a mile of Old Marion Road NE next year under a city contract from Thirty-fifth Street to C Avenue. Council referred the petition to City Engineer Frank Young for further checking with other paving petitions for 1957.
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Old Marion Road
C Avenue
Frank Young
Nearer Pact Report From Chou and Burmese Chief
In Rangoon Premier Chou En-lai of Communist China and Burmese Premier U Ba Swe said their talks have brought their border dispute nearer settlement. A joint communique relayed by Radio Peiping stated peace in Asia and the world rests on the five principles of coexistence.
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Tokyo
INS
Chou En-lai
China
U Ba Swe
Burma
Rangoon
Peiping
Asia
Rites Saturday for Mrs George Donham
Funeral services for Mrs. George Donham age 52 of route 6 Iowa City will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Cathout funeral home. Burial will be in Memory Gardens. Mrs Donham was killed and her two daughters injured in a car truck crash on highway 6 east of here Wednesday. Joyce Denham 19 remained in serious condition at an Iowa City hospital Friday with head injuries Doctor said she was partly paralyzed. Her sister Naomi 22 was reported in good condition.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
George Donham
Route 6
Cathout
Memory Gardens
Donham
Highway 6
Here
Joyce Denham
Naomi
Nixon Near Hungarian Frontier On Austrian Refugee Tour
Vice-president Nixon visited refugee camps in Austria within two miles of the Hungarian border. He met with Chancellor Julius Raab and President Theodor Koerner, carried Eisenhower letters pledging U.S. help, and spoke with Hungarians including a wounded 20 year old who had fled Budapest. Security was tight as camps at Neustadt and Traiskirchen were planned for inspection.
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Vienna
Nixon
Austria
Julius Raab
Theodor Koerner
Eisenhower
U. S
Andau
Budapest
Neustadt
Traikirchen
Frontier
Five Appointed To Police Force
Cedar Rapids city council approved five new sergeants for the police force from a Civil Service list. The appointees are John Erger John W. Elliott William Riley Donald Randall and Marion L Reed with start dates in January and pay at $335 a month. Reed did not qualify for soldiers preference.
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Cedar Rapids
Civil Service
John Erger
Ninth Avenue
John W. Elliott
First Street
William Riley
Twentyninth Street
Donald Randall
Thirtyninth Street
Marion L. Reed
Center Point Road
Reed
Civil Service Commission
Three Zoning Changes Receive Cedar Rapids Council Approval
Three zoning change ordinances gained final council approval after a public hearing with no objections. The measures rezone property near Blairs Ferry Road and Milwaukee tracks to M-2, a Cedar Hills Development Company area from R-2 to B-1, and Daniels Park additions from R-3 to M-1 near the LeFebvre Corporation. All were previously recommended for approval by the City Plan Commission.
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Cedar Rapids
Blairs Ferry Road
Milwaukee Tracks
Allis-Chalmers
Johnson Avenue NW
Cedar Hills Development Company
Daniels Park
LeFebvre Corporation
City Plan Commission
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Daily Record
C. R. Weather
Rett W. Maxson
Mississippi
LaCrosse
Dam No
McGregor
Dubuque
Keokuk
Bradstream
George
Marion
Grim
Marshall
Brislaun
James
Prairieburg
Haynes
Ninth Street
Bails
J. Ray
Stanwood
Styers
Cornelius
Thirty-first Street
Carney
Thomas
Regent Street
Keller
St. Luke's
Helbig
Second Avenue
Seger
Gerald
Edgewood Road
Brady
Raymond
Seventh Street
LaFrenz
LeRoy
Bennett
Michalicek
Ozark Street
Martin
van Horne
Willman
Kenneth
Dirks
Dwaine
Third Avenue
Harrison
D Avenue NE
Morgan
Jack
Benton Street
Welton
Paul
Hite
B. Vern
Thirty-second Street
Shiro Air Base
Japan
Dan McGrew
McGrew
Ann Holec
J. Holec
Meadowbrook Drive
Niles
Chester M. Wetzel
Wetzel
B. O. Wetzel
Park. Court SE
Edward B. Lawrence
Dorothy Lawrence
Patricia L. Tracy
Howard L. Tracy
Municipal Court
Russell Jones
Laurence Berends
Paul Ott
A Avenue NW
Ivan Knapp
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Murry Folsom
Mechanicsville
Joseph Clancy
Avenue NW
F Avenue NW
James Ivey
J Street SW
Kenneth Follmer
Coe College
James Gebel
Alta Vista
Everett Slager
Brandon
Riverside
Local 3
United Packinghouse Workers Union
Wilson and Company
William Thayer
L. J. Sykora
John Nemec
W. W. Hunter
Joseph Paseka
J. J. Hronik
American Federation of Grain Millers
George Merrifield
Clyde Brown
South Side
Southwest Civic Clubs
Nemec
Penick and
Boudreaux
Amspoker Services
Thorson Services
J&r Auto Store
2Nd Ave
Mollet
Paris
Suez
National Assembly
Assembly
Egypt
Ilten
Walford Man
Rio
CAA
Cedar Rapids Municipal
Francis Holland
Denison
Council Bluffs
Missouri Valley
Louis Peterson
Rolfe
Storm Lake
Varina
Peterson
Benton County Atty
National Post
Bezder's Florists
Marion Bivd
Marion Ph
Hargrave Construction
C.R
For All
Turner's
John B. Turner & Son
Chou
Mrs
LAPES
3Rd Ave
Mt. Vernon Ave
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