Christmas Dinners Bring Marion Families Together
Marion residents and relatives gather for multiple Christmas dinners across the area. Guests include C L Burlingham Vaughn Winnetka Ill. L D Johnson Beverly Springfield Ill. Schenkens Cedar Rapids. Sloss Ames Des Moines Omaha. many Marion families host relatives and friends for holiday meals and community events.
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Marion
W. W. Vaughn
C. L. Burlingham
Vaughn
Betty
Winnetka
L. D. Johnson
Beverly
Springfield
Ill
Clayton Smith
Ashley Smith
Mae Coffatt
H. A. Sutherland
Marguerite Sutherland
W. A. Ladd
Emily
Harriet Cunningham
Anamosa
Ladd
Charles Miller
Morley
O. Ladd
Toledo
Robert Oxley
Harrison Oxley
Harry Horn
Harold
Mount Vernon
G. O. Pyle
Helen
Virginia
Bernard Schenken
Dee
Rudolph
Schenkens
Bombs in Havana Stir Holiday Forecast of Revolution
In Havana twenty five bombs shattered Yuletide dawn amid threats of a Christmas revolution. ABC organization clashes with provisional President Mendieta as editors are silenced and a secret-printed issue denounces the government. Armour Packing workers face amnesty talks.
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Havana
INS
Armour Packing Company
Carlos Mendieta
ABC
Mendieta
Accion
Manuel Antonio de Varona
Raul de Cardenas
Girl Wife Found Dead In Thicket Near Port Jefferson
Police probing the death of Loretta Wilson 19 whose unclothed body was found in a highway thicket north of Port Jefferson. Authorities believe an illegal operation caused death and say the body was left about twelve hours before discovery. her husband William Wilson, a New York chauffeur, was questioned after reporting her missing. Divorces rising in England this year.
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Port Jefferson
N. Y
Loretta Wilson
William Wilson
New York
Wilson
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
A short verse notes a son listening to his mother read ads inviting bargains from a “first class husband” illustrating a shift from poetry to commerce within family life. The speaker reflects on changing parental roles and the nature of love and value.
Deaths Lydia Heneks 44 Dies After Long Illness in Cedar Rapids
Lydia May Heneks 44 wife of William C. Heneks died at home 617 Third Street SW after a ten year illness. A Cedar Rapids resident all her life she belonged to Calvary Baptists church. She is survived by her husband three sons Byron Cedar Rapids Merrill E. Vinton Ralph G. Chicago a sister Mrs Melissa Heneks Mechanicsville and a brother Amos W. Andre Ralston. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Friends may call Beatty chapel Wednesday evening.
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Lydia May Heneks
William C. Heneks
Third Street
Cedar Rapids
Calvary Baptists Church
Byron
Merrill E
Vinton
Ralph G
Chicago
Melissa Heneks
Mechanicsville
Amos W. Andre
Ralston
Beatty Chapel
Widow Mary Mrech Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Mary Mrech 120 Third Avenue SW widow of Allick Mrech died at a local hospital at 5 30 p m Monday after a lingering illness She was born June 15 1863 in Assyria and came to the United States in 1905 residing in this city for the past year She is survived by two sons Charles Mrech Cedar Rapids and Emmett Mrech North Dakota a brother Allick Komani North Dakota and several distant relatives Funeral announcements will be made later Friends may call at Turner chapel.
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Mary Mrech
Third Avenue SW
Allick Mrech
Assyria
Mrech
Charles Mrech
Cedar Rapids
Emmett Mrech
North Dakota
Allick Komani
Death of Cedar Rapids Woman Frances Challed
Miss Frances Evelyn Challed 57 lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died suddenly Monday at her home 616 Summer Street NW She had been in ill health Survived by mother Frances Challed and brothers Frank and Charles all of Cedar Rapids Funeral services at Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church Thursday at 1:30 p m conducted by Rev Joseph Bren Burial Linwood Cemetery
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Frances Evelyn Challed
Cedar Rapids
Summer Street
Frances Challed
Frank
Charles Challed
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Joseph Bren
Furia
Linwood Cemery
Death of Mrs Agnes Willford in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Agnes Willford died at her home 377 Fifteenth Street SE at 12 25 am Tuesday after a illness of several months. A Cedar Rapids resident nine years she was born July 18 1872 in Winthrop. Survived by sister Mrs Sheeley of Cedar Rapids brother W D Wilson of Portland Ore and eight nieces and nine nephews. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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Agnes Willford
Fifteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Willford
Winthrop
M. Sheeley
W. D. Wilson
Portland
Ore
F. E. Wilson
Iowa Supreme Court Affirms and Reverses Linn County Rulings
The Iowa state supreme court affirms two Linn county district court judgments and reverses one. It overturns a 160.76 verdict in a Federal Cartridge trade acceptance suit against Western Auto, modifies a mechanic lien redemption ruling, and sustains a 5500 personal injury award against R G Hart for injuries in a car strike at Fourth Street and Second Avenue SE.
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Iowa State Supreme Court
Linn County
Associated Press
Des Moines
High Court
H. C. Ring
Federal Cartridge Corporation of Minnpolls
Western Auto Specialty Company
Cedar Rapids
John T. Moffit
Charles T. Werner
J. W. Hammill
Mae Hammill
Asociated
David Orr
R. G. Hart
District Court
Orr
Hart
Fourth Street
Second Avenue SE
City Briefs and Personals Highlights
Mrs Walter L Neal of 1419 B avenue NE was notified of her sister Mrs Ethel Barker's death in Omaha Monday. The Chamber of Commerce young men's bureau hosts a holiday meeting with entertainment and games Thursday evening. Miss Bertha Kodera of near Oxford had an appendectomy at St Luke's hospital last week and is expected home Wednesday.
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Walter L. Neal
B Avenue NE
Omaha
Ethel Barker
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Bertha Kodera
Oxford
St. Luke's Hospital
College Trained Girl Sentenced For Year As Bandit Car Driver
A Daytona Florida college graduate, Dorothy Young, received a one year prison term for driving the car used by three youths to flee after a market robbery in Ontario California. Co-defendants France H. Brownrigg Earl July and Huntington Westvir were sentenced to one to fifteen years for their roles.
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San Bernardino
Calif
INS
Daytona, Fla
Ontario
Dorothy Young
C. L. Allison
France H. Brownrigg
Daytona
Fla
United States Naval Academy At Annapolis
Earl July
Huntington Westvir
Pangborn Plans Globe Flight From San Diego
Clyde Pangborn announced a 114 hour nonstop world flight starting in San Diego around July 1. He will travel to New York then across the Atlantic to Moscow, Siberia, Chita, Nome, Seattle, down the Pacific coast and back to San Diego. Co pilots and radio man Bennett Griffin and Reeder Nichols will assist aboard the new Bernelli flying wing under construction.
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Seattle
Clyde Pangborn
Clyde
San Diego
New York
Atlantic
Moscow
Russia
Siberia
Chita
Nome
Alaska
Pacific Coast
Bennett Griffin
Reeder Nichols
S C Ward Dies After Short Illness At 23
S C Ward 23 son of Mr and Mrs William H Ward and manager of a local Cedar Rapids area garage died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after meningitis. Funeral services set for Thursday at 1 30 pm in Federated church. He was born in Millville and is survived by his parents and two sisters.
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Central City
S. C. Ward
William H. Ward
Cedar Rapids
Federated Church
Ward
Millville
Make This Model At Home
Tiny round collar tops a youthful frock with an over the shoulder yoke and soft puffed sleeves. The dress features a slim full skirt with stitched front pleats, options in satin back crepe or print, and a simple flattering bodice. Pattern 1954 in sizes 12 to 20 with step by step instructions. Send 15 cents and order from Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Proctor M. Fiske Visits Chicago Family For Holidays
Proctor M. Fiske of Chicago arrives to spend the holiday season with his mother Mrs. E. O. Fiske at 532 Knollwood Drive and the Verne Marshall family.
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Proctor M. Fiske
Chicago
E. O. Fiske
Knollwood Drive
Verne Marshall
Man shoots woman then kills self in Los Angeles
Ernest A. Bassett, 45, shot and seriously wounded Laura Destifano, 35, after she spurned a Christmas Eve party offer. Bassett died Tuesday by suicide in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
INS
Ernest A. Bassett
Laura Destifano
Railroad switch man killed after being struck by three cars
Kansas City in Missouri reports Jesse H. Julian a railroad switch man was fatally struck by three automobiles two of which did not stop no further details available about the incident or the circumstances surrounding it
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Kansas City
Jesse H. Julian
Police Kill Bandit After Mad Pursuit
Indiana state police fatally wounded 22 year old Bernard Bradshaw during a snowy 50 mile chase in Bloomington after a holiday robbery with accomplice Charles Fuller. Bradshaw fled as officers fired machine gun and shotgun rounds while interlocked bumpers limited pursuit. He died after exiting his car and collapsing.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indianapolis
Bernard Bradshaw
Bedford
Charles Fuller
Fuller
Bradshaw
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Junction
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Ohsman & Sons Company, Inc
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First St. NE
Old City
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