Winter Grip Persists Across British Isles Strains Fuel Supply
Snow blocks railways and highways across England and Wales delaying coal shipments from South Wales. Temperatures run 10 to 18 degrees below normal. forecasts warn of continued severe weather for several days. Railway unions urge weekend work to hasten coal delivery to Midlands. mine unions expect overtime and 65 South Wales pits operating. London area faces critical fuel shortage under blackout order with nonessential industries still closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Yorkshire Dales
South Wales
British Isles
France
Paris
Mercury
Riviera
Brandenburg
Berlin
Britain
Admiralty
Midlands
Weather and crime roundup from the Daily Record
February 28 1947 issue reports city temperatures and precipitation for multiple stations, details Iowa forecast with partly cloudy to snowy conditions, and northerly winds. A theft report lists Leo Kolar’s missing 1941 Dodge from 500 Third Avenue SE. Justice Court records note intoxication sentences and several residential fire alarms. Local birth notices cite several newborns at Mercy St Luke’s and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Miami
Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Iowa
Leo Kolar
Longwood Drive
Third Avenue SE
Sidewalk Driver Is Charged with Reckless Driving
Lester Cole 103 Fifth avenue SW was charged with reckless driving after police say he drove on a sidewalk near Third avenue SE and Second street around midnight Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Cole
Fifth Avenue SW
Third Avenue SE
Second Street
House Passes Measure For Foot Mouth Action
Washington lawmakers approve joint U S Mexico action to stamp out bread foot and mouth disease among cattle south of the border. The bill heads to a joint committee to resolve minor differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
United States
Mexico
Only 22 of 53 Crash Victim Bodies Recovered
Bogota reports 22 bodies recovered from El Tablazo cliff crash site where 53 people died in an FC-4 plane disaster. Nineteen identified. rescuers halted further recovery work due to danger to crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
el Tablazo
Fire destroys Vance theater and Price tobacco warehouse
Henderson North Carolina AP reports a fire on Saturday destroyed the Vance theater and the Price tobacco warehouse and forced 125 guests from the Vance hotel with light damage to the hotel. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson, N.C
Vance Theater
Price Tobacco Warehouse
Vance Hotel
Notice of Appointment of Administrator in Linn County Iowa
Notice is hereby given that on the 14th day of a certain month an administrator was appointed for an estate in Linn County Iowa. Creditors and interested parties are notified to file claims with the Clerk for Linn County or the attorneys Kubicek Novak Kubicek within the statutory time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Linn Coun
Linn County
Suchomel
Eee
Kubicek, Novak & Kubicek
Otpie
Pre. Linn
Ereby
Iowa
Notice of Administrator Appointment in Linn County Iowa
On February 7 1947 and again February 14 1947 notices announce the appointment and qualification of administrators for estates in Linn County Iowa. Roy W Sells and Rudolph Vorishek named as administrators with Elderkin and Locher as attorneys, urging creditors to present claims.
32nd President Honors Washington on Birthday at Mount Vernon
President Truman marked George Washington's birthday by placing a wreath on Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon. The observance included Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsorship and remarks by Secretary of War Patterson praising Washington as a soldier and citizen.
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Washington
INS
Truman
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Potomac River
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Patterson
American Legion
United States
World Organization For Peace
United Nations
Washington Monument
Washington Circle
Troop Arrivals Reported From Bremerhaven and Navy Ports
The Associated Press notes MIT victory crews to arrive in New York Saturday from Bremerhaven with 730 troops, while destroyer division 91 is set to land in San Diego with an undetermined personnel count. Friday six ships carrying service personnel reached navy ports, including Maritime victory with 822 troops from Bremerhaven in New York, Henry Failing with 182 troops and 102 navy personnel in Seattle, and destroyers F T Berry Norris McCaffery Harwood with 36 navy and 20 marines from China arriving in San Diego.
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Associated Press
M. I. T. Victory
New York
Bremerhaven
Destroyer Division 91
San Diego
Navy Ports
Maritime Victory
Seattle
Henry Failing
Alaska
Navy
F. T. Berry
Norris
McCaffery and Harwood
China
Surviving Suribachi Marines Lead Quiet Postwar Lives
Two years after the Mount Suribachi flag raising three Marines from the famous AP photo live subdued postwar lives. John Bradley, 29, embalm er in Milwaukee. Ira Hayes, 24, a Pima Indian on an Arizona reservation. Rene Gagnon, a Manchester mill worker. Rosenthal now handles SF Chronicle assignments.
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Mount Suribachi
Associated Press
U. S
Iwo Jima
America
Pacific
Joe Rosenthal
Ira H. Hayes
Bapchule
Ariz
Phoenix
Yes
Rene Gagnon
Manchester
N. H
Jey
House Committee To Probe Passport Ring Allegations
The House Un-American Activities Committee will send a New York subcommittee to probe a passport ring supplying foreign agents with fake papers. Chairman J. Parnell Thomas says the panel will question Leon Josephson and Samuel Liptzen about ties to Gerhart Eisler. The committee plans bills to stiffen penalties and require fingerprints on all passports and visas.
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Eisler
Europe
Josephson
Liptzen
J. Thomas
Nixon
Hanns Eisler
Gerhart
Hollywood
Ben Mandel
Communist Daily Worker
Thomas
United Electrical Workers Union
CIO
Allis Chalmers
Thaw Reported Ill After Suspected Heart Attack
Harry K. Thaw, 76, once famed as a millionaire playboy whose 1900s exploits culminated in the murder of Architect Stanword White, was reported very ill at his Miami Beach home Friday night after a physician diagnosed him as a very sick man following a Friday afternoon visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fila
INS
Harry K. Thaw
Stanword White
Thaw
Oh You Smoothie pattern 4970 by Anne Adams
Pattern 4970 offers a fitted waist and swirly full skirt with a smooth bodice suited to Jr Miss sizes 11 through 17. Includes illustrated views and fit tested sewing instructions. size 13 requires 2 1/4 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 25 cents and name, address, zone, size to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept. Chicago Illinois.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Dept
N. Clinton St
Chicago
Dunbar Rites Held in Center Point for David O Dunbar
David Owen Dunbar a Chicago attorney and former Center Point resident died Thursday in Wheaton Illinois at 68. Services will be in the Center Point Methodist church at 4 p m Tuesday with burial in Center Point cemetery. Surviving are his wife Caroline two daughters Mrs Mary Bridegroom of Kenilworth Illinois and Mrs Jane Caples of Chicago a son George B Dunbar of Kenilworth and a sister Mrs Mabel Carr of Center Point.
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Center Point
David Owen Dunbar
Chicago
Wheaton
Ill
Caroline
Mary Bridegroom
Kenilworth
Jane Caples
George B. Dunbar
Mabel Carr
Warden Opposes Gas Chamber for Executions
Warden Percy Lainson of the Iowa penitentiary opposes substituting the lethal gas chamber for the gallows. He criticized gas methods as costly and inhumane, stating there is nothing humane about killing people under law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Madison
Percy Lainson
Iowa Penitentiary
Iowa House
Lainson
Synthetic soap eyed by laundrymen in wartime research
DES MOINES AP A German developed synthetic soap from World War II may end washroom woes for American launderers. Lloyd Wright of Chicago, rep of Philadelphia Quartz Company, outlined its promise. He said practical research has begun and tests show it works in hard water and not-too-hot water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Lloyd Wright
Chicago
Philadelphia Quartz Company
Boy Sustains Fractured Ankle In Yard Accident
John Roerig, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Herman Roerig of 410 Thirty-second street NE, suffered a fractured ankle Saturday morning when a heavy piece of equipment fell on him at the LaPlant Choate yard at First Avenue E and Thirty-second Street. He, Brice Meyers, 11, of 326 Thirty-second street NE, and Jerry Hamman, 9, of 3309 First Avenue E, were nearby as he played with machinery and he was taken to Mercy Hospital by Ambulance Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roerig
Herman Roerig
Thirty-second Street
LaPlant- Choate
First Avenue E
Young Roerig
Brice Meyers
Jerry Hamman
First Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Explosion Destroys Utica Factory and Café
A pre dawn blast levelled the J. A. Firsching textile machine plant and an adjoining restaurant in a seven block Utica area. One man feared trapped in the cafe. Five people hurt, non serious. Fire brought under control in three hours as all city units fought the blaze. Fire Chief said cause undetermined. Windows shattered over a wide area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
J. A. Firsching
Leo Barry
Wright College News Held Up Over Cafeteria Cartoons
Chicago report: Wright College News distribution delayed as faculty met after editorials and cartoons criticized the campus cafeteria. Dean Medaker requested postponement until after the faculty conference. Officials argued high prices reflect lack of eligibility for subsidy aid. The piece joked about butter at three cents a pat and doughnuts at seven cents each, questioning nonprofit operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
SNS
Wright College News
Leland Medaker
Bay Bridge Pileup Claims Three Lives and Injures Five
SAN FRANCISCO AP Three people are dead and five injured after a six car pileup on the fogbound San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge early Saturday. The traffic tieup triggered another car to crash into a line of vehicles, setting one ablaze and injuring a sixth person. All three deceased were from San Francisco and riding in a car involved in a head on collision.
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San Francisco
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge
50 000 Man Austrian Army Recommended for Peace Treaty
London AP reports deputies drafting the Austrian peace treaty proposed an army of about 50 000 men. The plan limits the air force to 90 non bombers and the tank corps to 30 tanks for the postwar force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Ministers Council
Naked Washington Statue Saga from Congress to Smithsonian
A humorous account recounts the 1832 commission of a colossal George Washington statue, its perilous voyage from Florence to New York, the political uproar over its nudity, the shed to hide it, and its final relocation to the Smithsonian cellar where staff deny knowledge of it. The piece blends satire with historical quirks, noting Congress fought jokes and fate alike.
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Washington
George Washington
Congress
Boston
Herbert Greenough
Herbert
Florence
Italy
Navy
Leghorn
New York
George
Smithsonian Institution
Mrs Waples Dies at Cedar Rapids. Funeral Tuesday
Mrs. F C Waples of 331 Forest Drive SE Cedar Rapids died at 2 55 a m Saturday after a long illness. Born April 8 1887 at Castana she married Frank C Waples on June 25 1913. Surviving: husband two sons Eliot O Waples Madison Wisconsin and Robert S Waples Berkeley California a daughter Mrs William H Ryan Jr Cedar Rapids three sisters Mrs James E Neil Cedar Rapids Mrs W L Patterson Belmond and Mrs Grace Clayton Fallon Nevada a brother W W Otto Detroit and four grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Tuesday at St Pauls Methodist Church with Dr Russell Cole and Rev Marvin B Kober officiating. Friends may call Turner Chapel until 10 30 a m Tuesday.
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F. C. Waples
Forest Drive
Cedar Rapids
Castana
Frank C. Waples
Eliot O. Waples
Madison
Wis
Robert S. Waples
Berkeley
Calif
William H. Ryan, Jr
James E. Neil
W. L. Patterson
Belmond
Grace Clayton
Fallon, Nev
W. W. Otto
Detroit
Waples
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Eastern Star
Y.W.C.A
Camp Fireboard
Chapter II
P.E.O
W.S.C.S
St. Paul’s Church
Philathea
Camp Fire Board
Camp Huaga
Grinnell College
Iowa State College
Ames
Death notices for Bruce McKay contractor in Miami Beach
Services for Bruce McKay age 57 Cedar Rapids building contractor who died Friday in Miami Beach will be conducted in the Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Monday by Rev Waldemar Argow pastor of the Peoples church Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery The body will arrive Sunday afternoon
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Bruce McKay
Cedar Rapids
Miami Beach
Turner Chapel
Waldemar Argow
The
Peoples Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Obituary: Cedar Rapids Resident Mrs Frank Thomas Dies
Mrs Frank Thomas 62 longtime Cedar Rapids resident died at a Cedar Rapids hospital at 2 50 am Saturday after a lingering illness. Born Linn Junction March 19 1881 she was survived by her husband two daughters Ida Paseka Verona Herington two sisters Emma Morneau Till Gillick two brothers Joseph Barta Frank Barta and three grandchildren. She was a member of Hvezda Pokroku No 4 and Ceske Vias tenky. Services set for 2 pm Monday at Polansky chapel with Rev Samuel E Dooty burial in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call after 3 pm Sunday at the chapel.
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Frank Thomas
Ninth Street
Cedar Rapids
Linn Junction
Ida Paseka
Verona Herington
Emma Morneau
Troutdale
Ore
Till Gillick
Evanston
Ill
Joseph Barta
Infant David Allan Moss Dies. Private Services Held
Private services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cedar Memorial cemetery for David Allan Moss infant son of Mr and Mrs Donald C Moss of Marion who died Friday. Surviving are his parents a twin brother Steven Kent Moss grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Moss of Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs Eddie Ledvina of Marion and several aunts and uncles.
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Cedar Memorial Cemetery
David Allan Moss
Donald C. Moss
Marion
Steven Kent Moss
Charles Moss
Cedar Rapids
Eddie Ledvina
Mrs Mina Connally services held at St M s Cascade
Mrs Mina Orr Connally, 78, died Thursday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after living in Cascade most of her life. Her funeral was held Saturday at St M s church in Cascade. She lived with her niece Mrs Pat Murphy at 1706 First Avenue NW. She was born October 10, 1868. Survived by sister Agnes Frent yoming and brother John Orr, Cascade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mina Connally
Mina Orr Connally
Pat Murphy
First Avenue NW
St. M *S Church
Cascade
Temple Hill
Cedar Rapids
Nak
Agnes Frent Yoming
John Orr
Services for Mrs Mary H Hunter in Beatty chapel
Services for Mrs Mary H Hunter will be held at Beatty chapel at 1 30 p m Monday. Burial will be in Pringville cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary H. Hunter
Thelma L. Keller
Avenue NE
Beatty Chapel
Pringville
Death notice for Andrew Considine at 77
Andrew Considine, 77, of 898 Eleventh Street NE, formerly of near Prairieburg, died in a hospital at 3 30 p.m. Friday after a long illness. He was born in Dubuque County July 10, 1869. Steetee announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Considine
Eleventh Street
Prairieburg
Dubuque County
Steetee
Elbert E Earl Dies at 84 in Cedar Rapids Home
Elbert E Earl 84 of 326 Thirty sixth street NE died at home at 3 50 am Saturday after a lingering illness. He came to Cedar Rapids in 1869 in a covered wagon and retired 15 years ago. His wife Deborah died in 1944. Surviving are a son Edward E and a granddaughter.
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Elbert E. Earl
Thirty-sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
Deborah
Edward E
Burial for Beatty at Cedar Memorial Cemetery
The Beatty chapel service will be held at 3 30 p m Tuesday with burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Beatty Chapel
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
St John's Episcopal to Hold Lenten Services
City Briefs say Lenten services will be conducted at St John’s Episcopal Church on Wednesday with communion at 7 30 a m and 10 a m and 7 30 p m.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
James Clark Charged with Intoxication in Linn County
James Clark, 45, of Springville, was taken to Linn County jail Saturday at 4 50 am by Sheriff James Smith and charged with intoxication.
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James Clark
Springville
Linn County
James Smith
Iowa Junior Chamber Board Meeting Heads to Council Bluffs
Ray Spielman Kenneth Hastie Charles Severn and George Hallenbeck travel to Council Bluffs to attend a weekend meeting of the Iowa State Junior Chamber of Commerce board of directors Spielman serves as president of Cedar Rapids Young Men's Bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Spielman
Kenneth Hastie
Charles Severn
George Hallenbeck
Council Bluffs
Iowa State Junior Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Spielman
Young Men’s Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Death notices and services across Iowa towns
Obituaries detail multiple Iowa deaths including Emil Seifert of Amana a longtime South Amana school teacher who died midweek with services at Community church Amana. Others include Floyd Hall Oelwein 50 former C.G.W. rail blacksmith. William Pitts Crosby Minn former Oelwein resident. Anna Bennett Oelwein 90 long-time resident. Charles H Haun Fairbank 80 lifelong blacksmith. John Reuman Traer 83 born Germany with four children. William Novotny 53 Traer township WWI veteran with wife Frances and four siblings. Burial plans listed in Brant and Hintz funeral homes and Maple Hill and Grove Hill cemeteries.
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Amana
Emil Seifert
South Amana
Dave Krauss
Wilhelmine Slaymaker
Ed Koteska
Ce‘dar Rapids
Oelwein
William Pitts
Crosby
Minn
Brant Funeral Home
Anna Bennett
Winton
Lloyd and
Arthur Bennett
Oelwein, Sons
Hintz
Woodlawn
Fairbank
Charles H. Haun
Independence Hospital
Clair
Clyde
Ray Haun
Fairbank Methodist Church
Grove Hill Cemetery
Traer
John Reuman
States Funeral Home
Maple Hill
Gladbrook
Hamburg
Germany
F. E. Nissen
Amelia Claussen
Amelia Rocimaker
John Reuman, Jr
William Novotny
Carroll Township
Immaculate Conception Church
Clutter Thursday
Frances Heriik
Wayne Rickert
Pauline
Bu Pane Gas Company of Sioux City Incorporation
A new corporation named Bu Pane Gas Company of Sioux City is incorporated under Iowa law with Cedar Rapids Linn County as its principal place of business. The business includes buying selling dealing in gases and related equipment for household industry and agricultural use, and ownership of property and facilities. common stock is $5 par value with voting rights. board of directors of not less than seven to manage affairs. perpetual existence unless dissolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Gas Company OF
Sioux City
Bupane Gas Company
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Corporation Hall
Smmail
Ee Eels & Es
Eto A
Lucky Luciano in Cuba tied to narcotics ban
Cuban secret police seek how Charles Lucky Luciano entered Cuba and what he does there after the United States halted narcotics shipments. Officials say he frequents Havana race tracks, while authorities vow deportation if he entered illegally. The narcotics cutoff aims to prevent drug diversion to the United States.
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Lucky
Cuba
Havana
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
New York
United States
Luciano
Alfredo Requeno
Benito Herrera
Italy
Washington
Harry J. Anslinger
Julian Solorzano
Thomas E. Dewey
Anslinger
It's Back Regardless Of How It Disappeared Wallet Found With Note
St Louis report says Taylor W Meloan recovered his wallet carrying $44 after three months. It hung by a string on his apartment door with a thank you note reading Thanks pal its all here. Meloan questions whether the borrower retrieved it or took it from his pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
INS
Taylor W. Meloan
Melean
Judge Denies Divorce To 51 Year Married Couple
In Los Angeles a judge refused to grant a divorce to Frank D. Waltz and Maude E. Waltz married 51 years. Waltz 78 sought divorce on cruelty charges which Maude denied. Both claimed a stake in their shared home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
LLP
Frank D. Waltz
Maude E. Waltz
Two Sailors and a Civilian Held for Lead Theft
In Charleston South Carolina two sailors named Robert Bullock and Dale Jones and a civilian were in custody charged with stealing 52000 pounds of lead from the Charleston naval base valued at 7500 dollars. They allegedly sold the lead to junk dealer Roy Whetstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Charleston Naval Base
Robert Bullock
Dale Jones
Roy Whetstone
Laundrymen in China Will Get New Deal
Bendix Home Appliances officials said Chinese laundrymen will receive a new deal. Omas C. Tong of San Francisco has been granted a franchise to distribute Bendix automatic washers in Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend, Ind
Bendix Home Appliances, Inc
Omas C. Tong
San Francisco
Shanghai
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Daily Record
Justice Court
Carl Cratty
Loran Coolahan
Ninth Avenue SE
Howard R. Churchill
Justice of the Peace
Hilbert Bond
B Avenue
Kermit Folkedahl
Sixth Avenue
James Aiken
Eighth Avenue
Louis Hammill
Third Street
Mercy
Joseph Bennett
Marlowe Burgy
Homestead
Richard Price
Tenth Street
St Luke’s
Ralph Martin
G Avenue
Jess Fauchier
Thirty-eighth Street
Eugene Ball
Oakland Road NE
Kenneth Nye
D Avenue NE
Arthur Stone
G Avenue NW
Ge B. Heskett
Frank Melsha
C Street
Alfred Linder
B Avenue NW
Bever Park
Pavilion
Linder
Roy W. Sells
W. Hann
Linn
Y Kee
Ts Tova
Ant Ney
Rudolph Vorishek
Elderkin & Locher
First
Alexandria
John Bradley
Milwaukee
Enes
Wisconsin Institute of Mortur
Bradleys
Elizabeth van Goort
Appleton
Bradley
Lions, Elks
Knights of Ogre
Holy Name Society
D. O. Dunbar
Warden Lainson
Boy
Othman
Frederick C. Othman
Nel
Baltimore
New Orleans
Moss Infant
Hunter Services
Floyd Hall
He, Cores Rapids
Naer
PANE
Tal
Veterans' Cab CO
Grand Hotel
John Btu
Turner
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