Mardi Gras Baton Twirler Drummer Set for Memorial Coliseum
Jackie Fromm will perform baton twirling and drumming at the second annual Mardi Gras in the Memorial Coliseum. The coronation of the king and queen, secret until ceremony, will feature Joseph Belhrad crowning them as trumpeters and heralds march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Fromm
Jack Fromm
Highland Drive
Musketeers
Cavaliers
Memorial Coliseum
Joseph Belehrad
University of Iowa Highlanders
Marilyn Lee Chapman
Cupid
Jack Kline
Georgie Doherty
Betty Warren
Richard Carey
Henson-Slavik School of Dancing
Rissler
Elaine Stettler
Belle Plaine
Woman with fur slippers leads 100 robberies solved
Chicago detectives cap a year and a half crime spree by arresting Mrs Annette Detente and four men, headline scout wore house dress and fur slippers. The gang targeted breweries oil firms and packing houses, with licensing traced via an auto. Nine wounded in pursuit amid gunfire and traps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Metropolitan Petroleum Company
Annette Detente
Ralph Detente
John Detente
William Ott
Chris Dattalo
Yank Drivers in Finland on War Front
Continued from page one, a dramatic report describes American drivers in Finnish service amid snow and blood. It highlights Robert H. Newman of Chicago, a prolific writer now ambulance driver, who assists in the operating room by day and drives at night, noting his blunt wit and dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Mother Hubbard
Army
Cain
Robert H. Newman
New Yorker
Chicago
Newman
Exeter
Robert
Field Hospital
Carideo to Speak at Postville Grid Dinner February 8
Postville hosts Frank Carideo Iowa university backfield coach as guest speaker at the annual athletic banquet in the Community Presbyterian church fellowship room. Over 250 attend with Ivan Blackmer as toastmaster. Carideo to discuss Knute Rockne life, Iowa season highlights, and show Iowa Minnesota game film. Postville Pirate players of 29 will receive letters from Assistant Coach Herb Carris.
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Postville
Frank Carideo
Iowa University
Ivan Blackmer
Iowa
Community Presbyterian Church
Postville Commercial Cl.b
Blackmer
Carideo
Knute Rockne
Postville Pirate
Herb Carris
Bigamous Captain Ends Sentence Over Vanished Bride
Auburn prison released Captain Ivan Poderjay after five years for a bigamous marriage to Agnes Colverson Tufverson who disappeared on a European honeymoon. He faces three days at Cayuga county jail before deportation to Yugoslavia. questions about the missing bride remain unanswered.
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Auburn
N. Y
Ivan Poderjay
Cayuga County
Yugoslavia
Agnes Colonia Tufverson
New York Corporation
Miss Tufverson
Captain Poderjay
International Bon Vivant
New York
Poderjay
Agnes
London
Mile
Suzanne Ferrand
Vienna
Mlle. Ferrand
Agnes’ Trousseau
Feud Ends With Slaying Of Master In De Kalb
Edgar Cotton, 55, was arrested on a murder warrant after Clyde Taylor, 37, died from three gunshot wounds. Cotton admitted shooting Taylor after a two year neighborhood feud that began with the shooting of Taylor’s dog. Cotton said he was tired of fighting and confessed at the police station.
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DE Kalb
Edgar Cotton
Clyde Taylor
Cotton
Taylor
Taylors
Daladier Returns as French Cabinet Meets
Paris AP reports Premier Daladier chaired the first cabinet meeting since his injury on January 8. He reviewed the military situation and indicated return to work after the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Daladier
George Reaugh longtime coffee company executive dies
George Reaugh a Cedar Rapids resident for 51 years and longtime Frick and Kaupke Coffee employee died in a local hospital at 2 30 p m after a three week illness. He was born May 24 1859 in Rock Island Illinois and married Minnie Kaupke in 1881. He served 50 years in the First Christian church and chaired its board at his death. Survived by two daughters Mrs Leo Mull and Mrs Carl Arp both of Cedar Rapids. Funeral 3 p m Friday Beatty chapel with Dr Marion H Williams. Burial Oak Hill cemetery.
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George Williams Reaugh
Ninth Street
Rock Island
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Frick and Kaupke Coffee Company
Minnie F. C. Kaupke
First Christian Church
Old Timers Club
Leo B. Mull
Carl Arp
Beatty Chapel
Marion H. Williams
Oak Hill Cemetery
Air Corps Seeks Pilots for 6000 Planes Expansion
The Army Air Corps struggles to recruit enough qualified pilots for 6000 planes authorized by a $300 million expansion. Officials say the shortage is seasonal with 396 needed now, 250 prequalified for June classes, and two more six week training windows to fill. Major barriers are college commitments and stringent physical tests, with nearly 2000 men aged 20 to 27 having started training and about 40 percent expected to fail standard tests.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Woodring
Army
Adela St Johns Charged With Drunk Driving in Queens
Adela Rogers St Johns writer faces three pre dawn traffic charges in Queens Felony court. Magistrate Frank Giorgino continues the case until February 8 after Dr John Martin Gibbons signs a letter saying she is ill and confined to bed. Bail set at $700.
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New York
Adela Rogers St. Johns
Frank Giorgino
Queens
John Martin Gibbons
Great Neck
Long Island
Miss St. Johns
Teazle hooks replaced by brass bristles in weaving
The plant teazle once used for raising nap on cloth gave way to brass bristles in weavers shops. This shift marks a modernization in finishing cloth with metal tools replacing natural hooks and adapting production techniques.
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Moose Drum and Bugle Corps
Iowa City
Mary Elgas
Doris
Baldridge
Lumbia
Sorbonne
Mack
Dartmouth
Northwestern
Finland
William B. T. Mock
Stephens College
George Reaugh
C.O
Pated
Henry H. Arnold
Air Corps
George W. Reaugh
District Court of Iowa
Linn County
A.D
E. J. Trimble
Florence Trimble
Susan E. Ward
John L. Rendall
Rendall
John Windelle
John Windell
William Lorimer
W. W. McKim
Eiffel F. McKimm
L. A. Upton
Cyrus C. Upton
C. C. Lyford
J. P. Coon
Range 8
Court House
R. S. Milner
Adela St. Johns
Armstrong's
Rice O’neils
Styleez Tweedies
Selby Arch Preservers
Oxfords
Shotrzs
Willow Tire
Sale Florsheim Shoes
Sule
Men’s & Young
Armstrong
Wen
Oshkosh
America
Winter Coats
Harry
E& W
Johnny Walker
Gazette
Bargain
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