Famed Medic Imposter in Prison Hire Case Unfolds
In Huntsville Texas on Thursday Texas prison system general manager O B Ellis identified an employee as an imposter Canadian physician who claimed credentials and served as a surgeon in Korea. The man aged 36 produced a education degree from Peabody Nashville and claimed degrees from Texas and Georgia institutions before leaving after confrontation with magazine articles about Ferdinand Demara Jr. and Dr Joseph Cyr.
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Huntsville
Texas
O. B. Ellis
Ellis
Ferdinand Waldo Demara, Jr
Joseph C. Cyr
Peabody University
Nashville
University of Texas and
Georgia Teachers College
Royal Canadian
October Fire Loss in Cedar Rapids Stands at 1328
Fire losses in Cedar Rapids for October totaled 1328.37 dollars, well below September’s 18590.20 and from 1954’s 7514.18. Chief Jesse Hunter told the city council that all October damage was covered by insurance. Buildings involved carried a value of 1,121,750 dollars and contents 748,500 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Jesse Hunter
Hunter
Cedar Rapids Plan Commission Recommends Rezoning and Plat Approval
Cedar Rapids council approved two rezoning recommendations and a previously denied plat. An amendment on 602 Fifteenth Avenue NW involves changing from R-3 to M-1 for four lots to permit an eating place. The council also supported M-2 zoning in the Sixth to Fourth street area and Fourteenth to Fifteenth Avenues bounds. A new preliminary Glenbrook Cove plat was approved, granting access to the Barry Hennessy housing project in Marion area. In a separate incident a car crash on Lindale Avenue caused about 200 dollars in damage to Krizek’s vehicle and a police report noted a remark about Christmas gifts.
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Cedar Rapids
Alex
Steve Varvaris
Fifteenth Avenue NW
Fifteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
City Plan Commission
Sixth and
Fourth Streets
Fourteenth
Fifteenth J Avenues
Lome
Plan Commission
Glenbrook Cove
Barry-Hennessey
Marion
First Avenue E
Fortieth Street
Lindale Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Krizek
Coe Faculty To Attend Holiday Meetings Across Societies
Ten Coe College faculty members will attend learned society meetings after Christmas. History chairmen Dr. John J. Murray and Dr. Albert J. Schmidt go to the American Historical Association annual in Washington December 27 to 30. Murray presents a paper on The Baltic Policy of George I and joins a Baltic power discussion with colleagues from Northwestern, New York University and Occidental College. English department members attend the Modern Language Association meeting in Chicago December 27 to 29, with six educators plus Dr. Herbert Wiese. Music head Prof. Keith Broman will join the American Liberal Arts College Music Association and the American Musicological Association at Princeton December 27 and 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
John J. Murray
Albert J. Schmidt
American Historical Association
Washington D.C
Murray
Franklin Scott
Northwestern University
Oscar Faber
New York University
Ray Lindgren
Occidental College
Calif
George I
Modern Language Association
Chicago
Palmer House
Stuart Daley
Vernon Lichtenstein
Richard B. Hudson
Sigm Falk
Walter Allen
Norman Charles
Herbert Wiese
Keith Broman
American Liberal Arts College Music Association
American Musicological Association
Princeton University
New Jersey
Christmas Present Crumpled a Little
Clarence Krizek of 908 Thirtieth street NE traveled to Milan Illinois on Thursday to buy a 1956 model car for his wife as a Christmas present. Late Thursday afternoon the purchase faced an unspecified development.
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Clarence Krizek
Thirtieth Street
Milan
Ill
I New Alley To Go Into Use Friday
The newly paved alley past the old Milwaukee depot will open Friday with one way traffic eastward from Third to Fifth Street SE along the alley between First and Second avenues. Public Improvements Commission announced the move on Thursday.
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Milwaukee Depot
Third
Fifth Street
First
Second Avenues
Alley Reopened After Depot Abandonment In Milwaukee
W W Stolba announced the alley will open Friday morning after the street department removed a depot canopy, cut through the alley and paved it. The change followed Milwaukee railroad property reverting to city ownership with depot abandonment.
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Acate W. W. Stolba
Milwaukee Railroad
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Demara
Lawrence
New Brunswick
Joseph Curreeos
Canada
Sea Service
Boston Eye and Ear
C.R
Coe
Ronson
Probasco
Jeweler
Palace Theater
Second Ave, SE
Bode's
Bode Optical Dispensary
Craemer
DIAL
Dazzler
By la Cross
Craemer's
Buster Brown
RKO Iowa Theater
Lorraine
Machore
Macshore
Johnny Collar
Rery
Spes
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