Drainage Case Tops Federal Court Docket
An appeal from a 142 828 drainage assessment filed by the Central railroad against Crawford county supervisors and the Boyer River Drainage District No. 2 will lead the civil docket as U S District Judge Henry N Graven returns to Cedar Rapids Wednesday. Trial starts at 9 a m with defendants including drainage trustees R R Hannah Chriss M Olson and J HM A Christiansen The railroad argues the assessment is illegal excessive and confiscatory and far exceeds benefits received.
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Central Railroad
Crawford Ty Board of Supervisors
U. S
Henry N. Graven
Cedar Rapids
Boyer River
Crawford County
Norwegian Gets Coat He Wanted in 1917
Per Hoggbrennen of Trysil finally gets the coat he admired in 1917 while working on a Norwegian railroad with an American. The man offered to sell it for 14 dollars, but Hoggbrennen could not afford it. While viewing clothing donated by Americans to wartorn Norway, he spots the coat and a tailor’s billing slip bearing his friend's name.
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Oslo
Per Hoggbrennen
Trysil
Norway
Per
Hoggbrennen
Tulsa cabby cites losses in bankruptcy filing
A Tulsa taxi driver admitted in a federal bankruptcy petition that over the past 90 days he lost 3500 dollars in craps games, noting he was not rolling in dough. The filing appears in the Tulsa federal district court.
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Tulsa
Okla
Federal District Court
Dr George W Crane to Speak Before Cedar Rapids Executives Club
Dr George W Crane psychologist author and lecturer will address the Cedar Rapids Executives Club at 7 p m Wednesday in the Crystal Ballroom Montrose Hotel He is billed as a leading medical speaker combining psychology expertise with engaging presentation skills
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George W. Crane
Cedar Rapids
Winners Named in First Of Three Speech Contests
Three finalists were announced after the Saturday judging at Old Main. Winners include William DuVall Cedar Rapids and Charles Elias Donnellson with Daryl Sander of Donnellson. Final judging to be during the January 23 service. The second contest will be the Pan Hellenic poetry read.
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Bever
Old Main
William DuVall
Mr. Carroll
Charles Elias
Cedar Rapids
Daryl Sander
Donnellson
Durance
New Manager for Baker Company's Cedar Rapids Branch
John C. Engskow has replaced Jack Thurman as manager of the Cedar Rapids branch of Baker Manufacturing Company. Engskow, from Omaha, cites postwar plans to add plumbing fixtures and heating equipment to the existing windmills pumps and water systems.
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John C. Engskow
Twentieth Street
Jack Thurman
Cedar Rapids
Baker Manufacturing Company
Engskow
Omaha
U. S. Engineers
Army Air
Canada
Alaska
Engshaw
Brazil Ends 1946 With Record Treasury Deficit
Rio de Janeiro reporting treasury figures show Brazil closed 1946 with a deficit near one hundred million dollars the largest in the nation's financial history.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Treasury
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