Temperature Inquiries and Weather Outlook in 1945 Daily Record
Highs and lows listed for multiple cities with precipitation inches. forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with light snow in the northeast, colder on Sunday and Monday with further light snow. temperatures around 27 to 29 degrees on Monday. St. Gloria Smith reported jewelry and cash valued at 73 dollars stolen from her room between December 25 and 28. City notices include fines for multiple individuals for various offenses and a series of divorce petitions listed with names and spouse pairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Miami
Chicace
Polis
New York
Angeles
Sioux City
Iona
Gloria Smith
First Street
Melody Lane tavern operator in fair condition after beating
Milo Prusek, 27, operator of the Melody Lane tavern, was hospitalized with head injuries after a Saturday attack. He received a blood transfusion at Mercy hospital and was declared in fairly good condition. Clarence McGowen and Edwin J. McGee found him injured and reported his wife drove him there.
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Milo Prusek
Melody Lane
Mercy Hospital
Prusek
Clarence McGowen
Edwin J. McGee
Marion
Whisky Ration Back to Two Fifths in January
DES MOINES Iowa liquor permit holders may buy two fifths of whisky in January down from three fifths in December. Commission chairman Dick Lane blamed depleted December reserves and strong month end demand for ongoing month to month rationing into 1946. Stores close New Year’s Eve at 6 p m and reopen January 3 with January 2 inventory day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Dick Lane
State Liquor Conme Commission
Lane
Thunderbolts Armored Division Breaks Through Across Europe
The Thunderbolts, a new armored division, cross the English Channel in mid December and quickly advance through Bastogne Neufchateau Trois Vierges and the Kyll river. They spearhead the Allied push into Luxembourg Austria and Bavaria capturing Linz and over 76000 German prisoners by V E Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arennes
Thunderbolts
Bastogne
Neufchateau
Fyn
Belgium
Sixth Armored
Trois Vierges
Gee
Kyll River
Luxembourg
Rhine
Austria
Bavaria
Linz
Danube
Esco
Test Suit On To Interpret Pension Law
District Judge C Edwin Moore began a case over whether public employees may join both local retirement systems and the state retirement act. Des Moines waterworks system and trustees with Edna L Harnagel sue the Iowa Employment Security Commission, State Treasurer John Grimes, and State Comptroller Fred Porter. Claude M Stanley testified the commission expected teachers to participate in both systems until the attorney general ruled duplication is not allowed. William Findley outlined the Des Moines teachers retirement system and how the state act would apply to teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
C. Edwin Moore
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Des Moines Waterworks System
Waterworks Trustees
Edna L. Harnagel
John Grimes
Fred Porter
Claude M. Stanley
Employment Security Commission
Stanley
William Findley
More Yanks May Be Sent to China
Lt Gen Albert C Wedemeyer in Shanghai said plans to move more Chinese government armies into Manchuria and to transport and supply them are under consideration. He noted Chiang Kai shek’s forces must be transported to repatriate Japanese and secure rail and port facilities, suggesting US troops in China could rise by 3000 to 4000, possibly totaling 15000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Shanghai
United States
China
Chiang Kai-shek
United States Army
Wedemeyer
America
Chiang
Temporary Injunction Sought Against Pierce in Iowa League
The League of Iowa Municipalities filed for a temporary restraining order in Marshalltown district court to stop Franklin G. Pierce from acting as league official. Hearing set for Jan 3. A separate suit for permanent injunction is pending. Max Conrad was elected to succeed Pierce, but Pierce contests the election. Judge B F Thomas overruled Pierce’s jurisdiction challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
League of Iowa
Franklin G. Pierce
Pierce
Max Conrad
Burlington
B. F. Thomas
Shaw Will Prosecute German War Criminals
Lt. Col. Robert J. Shaw, on 45 days leave from three years overseas, will return to Germany to prosecute war criminals. The former Keokuk county attorney and longtime defense lawyer was assigned because the war crimes commission needs trial experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Robert J. Shaw
Germany
War Crimes Commission
Keokuk County
Domestic Discord Noted At Tommy Manville Home
Police blotter records a family argument at Tommy Manville's OcState residence. Officers were dispatched at 7:32 p.m. to stand by for over two hours as Manville, who wed for the eighth time three weeks earlier, and Georgiana Campbell reportedly argued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Manville
Ochelle
N. Y
Cedar Rapids Freight Agents Elect 1946 Officers
Newly elected officers of the Cedar Rapids Freight Agents association for 1946 were announced Saturday. Glenn E. Norton will serve as president, succeeding Harold Harmon. Frank W. Houston is the vice president, E. J. Zadnichek treasurer, and B. W. Hilley secretary.
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Cedar Rapids Freight Agents Association
Glenn E. Norton
Cedar Rapids and
Iowa City Railway
Harold Harmon
Illinois Central Railroad
Frank W. Houston
Milwaukee Railroad
E. J. Zadnichek
North Western Railroad
B. W. Hilley
Western Weighing and Orion Bureau
Death notices for Molumby and relatives in Cedar Rapids
Michael J. Molumby 94 died at home after a lingering illness. A Milwaukee railway veteran and 65year spouse of Julia Harrington, he leaves four children, 16 grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. Services to be held at Immaculate Conception church with burial at Mt Calvary. A second death notice covers Francis Molumby and family with services in BartaHesser chapel and burial at Bohemian National cemetery.
Funeral for Cedar Rapids Resident Frank Turner
Frank Turner of 615 Tenth Street SE Cedar Rapids died Friday at 3 15 p m after a short illness. Born March 31 1872 in Castle Grove Ia he worked as a watchman for Wilson and Company for 30 years. He married Agnes Farrell in 1897 at Immaculate Conception Church Cedar Rapids and is survived by his widow three sons a daughter a brother five sisters two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services set for 9 a m Monday at Immaculate Conception Church with burial in Mt Calvary Cemetery. Rosary to be recited by Monsignor Molloy and the Knights of Columbus at Brady Mortuary 8 p m Sunday Friends may call after 7 p m Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Griffin
John Molumby
Chicago
Mary Molumby
Mis Molumby
Julia Novak
Cedar Rapids
Monahan
Francis Mo
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Msgr. Molloy
Frank Turner
Tenth Street
Castle Grove
Wilson and Company
Agnés Farrell
Immaculate Conception Church
Agnes
Roy F
Paul
Clarence Turner
Joan Turner
Denver
Cole
Michael Turner
Mary Porter
Anna White
Estherville
Nell Glover
Baltimore
Services for Mrs Ida Hoglan Held at Beatty Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Ida B Hoglan will be at 2 p m Sunday in Beatty chapel with Rev F H Ward officiating. Burial follows in Oak Shade cemetery Marion. Flowers omitted. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida B. Hoglan
Sarah Hakes
B Avenue NE
Beatty Chapel
F. H. Ward
Oak Shade
Marion
孩 Kathleen Faith Long dies after brief illness
Kathleen Faith Long two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd L Long 826 Eighteenth avenue SW Cedar Rapids hospital 5 30 am Saturday after a brief illness survives parents two sisters Mardene and Carole and grandparents Mr and Mrs John Haines Center Point Beatty chapel 1 30 pm Monday burial Urbana cemetery
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Kathleen Faith Long
Lloyd L. Long
Eighteenth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Mardene
Carole
John Haines
Center Point
Beatty Chapel
Urbana
Mrs Jessie Astrosky Dies After Long Illness at 2:45 P M
Cedar Rapids resident Mrs Jessie M Astrosky died in a local hospital after a long illness. Survived by husband Peter three sons George Charles and Peter Jr four daughters Elizabeth Lauratan Pauline Beaver Rose Bergstrom and Anne Astrosky five grandchildren two sisters and a brother. Services will be at St Patrick's church Monday at 9 30 a m with burial in St John's cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at 8 p m Sunday at the home where the body is. Burial details follow.
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Jessie M. Astrosky
Ninth Street
Cedar Rapids
Lithuania
Charles Savakins
States
Peter
George Astrosky
U. S. Army
Charles
Peter, Jr
Elizabeth Lauratan
Pauline Beaver
Chicago
Rose Bergstrom
Anne Astrosky
Fitzsimons General Hospital
Denver
Colo
Mary Pellan
Kewanee
Ill
Anna Orent
Omaha
Michael Savakins
Rosary Society of
St. Patrick’s Church
Raymond R Arnell dies after brief illness in Cedar Rapids
Raymond Russell Arnell longtime Cedar Rapids resident dies at his son Sam’s home 720 Thirty third Street NE at 11 10 a m Saturday after a brief illness. Born October 11 1878 at Wilton Junction he married Iva Eilen Whipple in 1913 in Iowa City and was a member of the Methodist Church and Knights of Pythias. Surviving are two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond KR. Arnell
Raymond Russell Arnell
Cedar Rapids
Sam
Thirty-third Street
Wilton Junction
Iva Eilen Whipple
Iowa City
Methodist Church
Knights of Pythias
Ecctope
Cedar Rapids Man Passes After Brief Illness
Wilbur, 38, of eighteen avenue SW in University hospital at Pop City, died Friday at 11 30 p m after a brief illness. Born June 23 1910 he lived all his life in Cedar Rapids and was employed by the Ba eer iProduce company of Marion.
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Wilbur
Eighteenth Avenue
University Hospital
Pop City
Cedar Rapids
Ba Eer iProduce Company
Marion
Truman Signs Broad War Labor and Immigration Measures
President Truman signed 64 bills and resolutions before a Potomac voyage on the Williamsburg. He approved a six month extension of the Second War Powers Act and backed further legislation beyond June 30 1946. Other measures include G I Bill liberalization 2.4 billion deficiency funds UNRRA veterans housing and flood control funds immigration relief for families of service members and Panama canal security study. The NLRB halted strike vote work due to lack of funds with about 600 cases pending.
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Washington
Truman
Williamsburg
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
White House
Mr. Truman
Missouri
G.I
UNRRA
Veterans Housing
National Service Life Insurance Fund
Panama Canal
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Permanent U S Information Unit Comes into Being
Assistant Secretary Benton announced the permanent United States information service to be formed from the former Office of War Information and Office of Inter-American Affairs within the State Department. The plan calls for about 13 million dollars in six months and 25 million next fiscal year to explain U S government acts and aims abroad. The service will use wireless, short wave, libraries, speeches, films, and exchanges to tell America’s story, with twice-daily news from the State Department and a 7000-word daily report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Benton
Office of War Information
Office of Inter-American Affairs
United States Information Service
State Department
United States
Congress
America
Benton
OWI
Honolulu
Saipan
Manila
Germany
Europe
Asia
Ica
American
Ten Paroled Veterans Receive Full Pardons in Iowa
DES MOINES RP Ten Iowa war veterans who were on parole from county jail sentences were granted full pardons. The governor did not release the names, stating the pardons are the first of their kind in Iowa and result from 1943 legislature forethought directing the parole board to recommend clemency to the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Board of Parole
Anamosa
Towers Takes Command of Pacific Fleet Expansion
The Navy assigned Admiral John H. Towers to command all Pacific Fleet forces as commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas. He succeeds Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, who becomes president of the Naval War College at Newport. Spruance will direct high officers in Navy battle strategy, succeeding Vice Admiral William S. Pye.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific Fleet
John H. Towers
Pacific Ocean
Raymond A. Spruance
Sod War College
Newport
Spruance
William S. Pye
10Th Fleet
Atlantic
Bieri
Richard L. Connolly
Richard §. Edwards
Western Sea Frontier
San Francisco
Royal E. Ingersoll
Retail Coal Prices Up 10 Cents Jan 2
OPA announced a 10 cent per ton increase in retail prices for all coal coke and solid fuels effective January 2. The rise, the first general addition since price controls began, aims to cover higher operating costs and ensure fuel supplies for the heating season. Applies to deliveries to consumer premises only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Cab Calloway Freed of Charges After Ballrom Altercation
Cab Calloway and Felix Payne Jr were acquitted on three counts including drunkenness and resisting arrest after a dispute at a ballroom in Kansas City. Judge Frost ruled the evidence conflicting and insufficient. Calloway said he was hit with a gun butt, needing eight stitches, while they claimed they bought tickets to hear Lionel Hampton’s band and boost attendance.
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Kansas City
Cab Calloway
Calloway
Felix Payne, Jr
Earle Frost
Payne
Lionel Hampton
Bill Todd
Hampton
Tax Title Question Reaches Supreme Court Over Trust Implications
Judge Thomson notes the case hinges on who holds the beneficial title and whether a trust affects tax exemption. Past cases like a Des Moines man granting property to Grinnell College involved trusts that paid annuities to grantors, with the court ruling properties not tax exempt due to the trust. No trust exists in the current local case, raising a fresh question for the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court
Des Moines
Grinnell College
Industrial Output Rises at Last but Barriers Remain
Washington AP report details a first uptick in industrial output since Europe’s victory while consumer goods lag due to labor disputes and material shortages. CPA administrator John D. Small notes 30 day strike suspensions on material orders with a 45 day supply cap and outlines slower auto, textile and appliances production, but calls the financial climate favorable for expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civilian Production Administration
John D. Small
CPA
Small
Rescuers Reach Mine Nine After Explosive Hall
In Pineville Kentucky rescue teams finally reached nine miners trapped by a Wednesday explosion in a barricaded side shaft. The group included Bud Townes who directed the barricade and drew arrows to mark the location. Eight survivors were treated for exhaustion while Albert Bennett died in rescuers arms after 53 hours.
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Pineville
Joe Hatfield
Hatfield
Albert Bennett
Bud Townes
Townes
Kettle Island
November Aid Distributed by Linn County Relief Dept
Sixty eight families and sixty individuals received aid in November. Medical and burial cases added 104 more. New cases accepted totaled 107 with 76 closed. Total spending 9403.06, including 715.23 for aid to dependent children, 2091.20 for food, 2077.13 hospital bills, 67 ambulance, 124.50 appliances and biologicals, 713.30 medical and dental, 819.12 medical office, 487.50 for aid to the blind, and 359.17 for fuel up from October.
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Linn County Relief Department
William Byse Charged With Drunk Driving
William G. Byse aged 61 of 726 Second Avenue SE faces a drunken driving charge filed Saturday. He posted a $750 bond set by Judge G. K. Thompson and was released. Patrolmen Henry Overman and George Rubey stopped him on A Avenue between Second and Third streets NE after he was driving slowly with no lights and allegedly fell from his car.
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William G. Byse
Second Avenue
Byse
G. K. Thompson
Henry Overman
George Rubey
Second and
Third Streets
Bruce sues for 120 dollars in back rent from Mortons
James Bruce filed a suit Saturday against Mr. and Mrs. William Morton for 120 dollars in back rent. He says they rented the property at 860 Fourteenth street NE for four months ending March 31, 1945 at 36 dollars per month, all due.
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James Bruce
William Morton
Bruce
Mortons
Fourteenth Street
Anderson sues for judgment and foreclosure of mortgage
Forrest D. Billett and Audrey P. Billett face a suit filed Saturday by Anderson seeking $875 and foreclosure of their charter mortgage. The action notes the lien on property at 1560 Mt Vernon Road SE and alleges the defendants removed the furniture securing the lien from Linn County to Des Moines Iowa.
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Forrest. Anderson
Forrest D. Billett
Audrey P. Billett
Mt. Vernon Read SE
Anderson
Linn County
Des Moines
Nadine Watson Sues For Divorce From Lloyd Watson
Nadine Watson filed for divorce alleging her husband Lloyd D. Watson was convicted of a felony. The couple wed July 28 in Pinto county Texas and separated August 1. she seeks custody and to resume the maiden name Nadine Workman.
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Nadine Watson
Lloyd D. Watson
Pinta County
Texas
Cedar Rapids Native Allan Dalbey Dies in Nevada
Allan K. Dalbey, 52, editorial leader of the Falcon Eagle and former Nevada Press Association president, died Friday in Fallon, Nevada. A Cedar Rapids native, he edited the Eagle since 1929 after studying at Iowa State and the University of Washington. He is survived by his wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fallon, Nev
Allan K. Dalbey
The
Falcon Eagle
Nevada Press Association
Cedar Rapids, Sr
Dalbey
the Eagle
Iowa State College
Ames
University of Washington
Men and Women In Service Veterans listed with duties and discharges
Lt Comdr Barrett H Lattner returned to his father in Seattle and awaits inactive duty until March after two years as engineering officer for ships on the Atlantic Fleet staff. Radioman 2/e Gerald A Parker becomes teletype instructor at San Diego base, returning from 18 months in the South Pacific. His brother Lt Alan L Parker serves in Frankfurt with sixth liaison squadron. S/Sgt William A Fowler discharged from Camp Grant after 19 months in Europe and Berlin with occupation forces. Pfc Robert Greenlee discharged December 21 after 34 months in the South Pacific serving with the 96th division, wounded in Okinawa, awarded Purple Heart and multiple ribbons.
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Barrett H. Lattner
P. M. Lattner
Fifth Avenue SE
Atlantic Fleet Air Force
Norfolk, Va
Naval Air Station
Gerald A. Parker
San Diego Naval Base
South Pacific
Alan L. Parker
Frankfurt
Germany
C.L. Parker
J Avenue
Set
William A. Fowler
Fourteenth Street
Army
Camp Grant, Ill
Europe
Berlin
Robert Greenlee
Horace Greenlee
Avenue NW
Leyte
Okinawa
96Th
Lutheran Church To Burn Mortgage
The First Lutheran Church at 1000 Third Avenue SE will host a mortgage burning during the 11 o clock service Sunday to begin the new year debt free. Participants include George Lowe representing the church council Mrs Louisa Palmer John C Horner loyalty bond chairman Max Janowsky and Harvey Lindahl finance chairman. The original mortgage of 18000 was assumed in 1910 and by 1926 debt was cut by over half. the depression repairs and 1941 parsonage purchase raised the balance to 17550 before Rev Paul Miller became pastor and planned to clear the debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Lutheran
Third Avenue SE
George Lowe
Church Council
Louisa Palmer
John C. Horner
Max Janowsky
Loyalty Bond
Harvey Lindahl
Fifth Avenue
Paul Miller
Treason Claim by Lidice Butcher Frank
Karl Herman Frank, once Nazi chief in Bohemia Moravia, admitted that the Sudeten German party program of 1933 was treason to Czechoslovakia and a step in re Germanizing Bohemia. He discussed Nazi failure, blaming overstated power and overreach while awaiting trial as a war criminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Karl Herman Frank
Lidice
Sudeten German Party
Czechoslovakia
Frank
Mrs. Anna Beranek of Mount Vernon Dies at 62
Mt. Vernon mourns as Anna Blanche Beranek 62 passes Friday at her home. Survived by husband Frank Beranek sister Mary Bittner of Cedar Rapids and brothers Joseph and Frank Henik of Mt. Vernon. Funeral 10 a m Monday at St John’s Lisbon with Revs Stemm and Goodman officiating. Burial Lisbon cemetery. Friends may call Neff funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
MT. Vernon
Anna Blanche Beranek
Frank Beranek
Mary Bittner
Cedar Rapids
Joseph
Frank Henik
St. John’s Church
Lisbon
Stemm
Goodman
Neff
Cub Pack 8 awards at Kenwood Methodist Church
Twelve boys received awards at Cub Pack 8's Christmas program held Thursday night at Kenwood Methodist Church. Winners include Jerry Stephens Stephen James Bronson Bruce Pflughaupt David Hodge James Busby Keister John Roerig Dick Spencer Jim Borschel Benny Schneider and Harold Cramer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Pack 8
Kenwood Methodist Church
Jerry Stephens
Eephan James Bronson
Bruce Pflughaupt
David Hodge
James Busby
Keister
John Roerig
Dick Spencer
Jim Borschel
Benny Schneider
Harold Cramer
Medal of Honor winner on honeymoon in Des Moines
Sgt. Ralph Neppel of Glidden IA and his bride Jeanne Moore of Liddedale IA were honeymooning in a Fort Des Moines suite. The Medal of Honor recipient and his childhood sweetheart were married Thursday at Carroll IA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ralph Neppel
Glidden
Fort Des Moines
Jeanne Moore
Lidderdale
Carroll
Dubuque Driver Fined for U-turn Crash
A. C. Swift, 35, of Dubuque, was fined $50 and costs by Judge Harry S. Johnson after pleading guilty to reckless driving. Police say Swift, driving east on First Avenue, made a sudden U-turn in front of Charles C. Van Cleve, injuring Van Cleve’s 7 year old daughter. Swift admitted drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Swift
Dubuque
Harry S. Johnson
Swift
First Avenue
Charles C
van Cleve
C Avenue NE
Varn C’ Se
Charles
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Police Theft Report
Thomas J. Doyle
Nineteenth Street NW
Frank Kutrules
Reginald Lewis
St. Luke’s
Clifford Chrisman
James Dougherty
Nineteenth Street
Wilton Steff
Wilson Avenue
Mercy
Calvin Coats
Wilson Avenue SW
Wilbert Voss
van Horne
Faye M. Bartosh
Joseph M. Bartosh
Zona Ross
Harry Ross
Leon Sauer
Anna Marie Sauer
Harry Starnes
Kingsport
Tenn
Ethel Bock
Thomas C. McDermott, Jr
Hazel Tischhauser
Buque
Fred Paul Kimes
Hazel Jean Muir
Marvin Edward Rathje
Lewil Mac Gannon
Francis C. Hammerness
Glasgow
Mont
Shirley Jean Larson
Health Armored
Thunder
English Channel
von Rundstedt
Associated Press
Shaw
C. R. Freight
Grace Svee
Little Brown
Nashua
Patty Ann
Edward Hejda
T. B. Hrubucek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Hogland Services
Kathleen F. Long
Peter Astrosky
Wilbur King
U. S
Towers
Thompson
Sterling F. Green
Kentucky Straight Creek
Adam Stacy
Min Mine
Charles Stacy
Bennett
Stacy
William Byse
Nevada
Mount Vernon
Cub Awards
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