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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1949

Page

16

Socialite Patricia Helbig Faces Divorce Battle in Ohio Court

Akron socialite and skeet shooting champion Patricia Jelm Helbig fights a second divorce case that could bind her to two husbands. The judge heard that she wed Jack Helbig after reportedly divorcing Charles Jelm with alleged intimacies and that she had a child with Jelm during the pending divorce.

Cleveland Patricia Jelm Helbig Akron Ohio Common Pleas Samuel H. Silbert Charles R. Jelm Patricia Jack Helbig Helbig Jelm Massachusetts Institute of Technology Melissa Eee Purgatory Myers New York State Florida Pearl L. Laursen Patricia Laursen

Woman Worker Accused of Stealing Watches

A 22 year old Elgin National Watch Company employee, Mildred Funk of Bartlett, was held on a charge of stealing 15 watch movements valued at 305. She allegedly admitted taking the movements and was arrested after attempting to sell them in a downtown drugstore following weeks of surveillance. The larceny warrant lists ten 21 jewel Lord Elgin movements at 23 each and five deluxe 17 jewel movements at 15 each.

Elgin, Ill Elgin National Watch Company Mildred Funk Mildred Christiansen Bartlett Joseph Huber Funk Huber Lord Elgin

Ancient Egyptians Harnessed Water Power for Irrigation

Ancient Egyptians first used simple wheels to lift Nile water for irrigation. This early technology marks a foundational step in water power application in antiquity.

Notice of Administratrix Appointed in Iowa Estate

State of Iowa Linn County notice announces Julia L. Gage duly appointed and qualified as Administratrix of Adolph Zobatch deceased. Creditors are urged to present aging claims to Kubicek Novak Kubicek Attorneys at the Linn County district center by a stated deadline.

State of Iowa Linn County Julia L. Gage Kubicek Novak & Kubicek

Boy's Amputated Leg May Let Girl Walk Once More

In Orange New Jersey doctors grafted bone from seven year old Carole Ann Wenzel and 11 year old Joe Lipani to create a bone graft for Carole Ann. The graft uses three five inch bone strips from Joe's amputated leg to strengthen Carole Ann's spine after infantile paralysis and a spinal tumor. Carole Ann will likely stay in hospital in a cast for about three months more while Joe is expected to walk soon.

Orange N. J Little Joe Lipani Carole Ann Wenzel Joe New Jersey Robert Wenzel West New York Joseph Lipani Passaic Little Joe Little Carole Ann Carole Ann Carole Anh

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