Home Builders Set April 12 17 Dates For Annual Show
Cedar Rapids Home Builders set the 1955 show for April 12 to 17 at Hawkeye Downs Farm Youth Center Building. The move provides extra exhibit space ample parking and free nightly bus service. Show Manager Paul Watters will travel to Chicago to arrange talent for a six day event with entertainment twice nightly and four times on the weekend.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Farm Youth Center
Hawkeye Downs
Paul Watters
Chicago
Outlook Improves for Winter Grain in Plains States
The weather bureau reports rainfall in the past two weeks has improved prospects for winter grains across the plains. Conditions are notably better in western regions previously hit by moisture shortages, though soil remains prone to wind erosion in Texas, Oklahoma, and adjacent areas.
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Des Moines
INS
Weather Bureau
Plains States
Sebdigee
Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Bereavement thanks to neighbors and groups
Mrs. Paul L. A. Hughes Jr thanks neighbors relatives and friends for kindnesses after a bereavement. Special thanks go to Rev Zdenek Frauk and W F W Post 788 for the service and to Concrete Materials and Const Co Operating Engineers Local 234 for help. Also notes services in the community.
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Zdenek Frauk
W.F.W. Post
Concrete Materials
Wheat field conditions improve with late snow cover
The report notes easing drought in the Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming region as moisture returns, but northern high plains and western plateau areas in Texas, western Oklahoma, and southwestern Kansas still need more rain. Wheat in northwestern Kansas and southwestern Nebraska benefits from two to four inches of snow, described as good to very good in various regions, while Far West fields remain snow covered and in good condition.
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Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
High Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Benson Answers McCarthy Query on Farm Prices
Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson told Senator Joseph R. McCarthy he shares concerns about farm prices and sees a good prospect to avoid deflation. Benson replied by letter that he is anxious farmers receive a large share of national income while maintaining welfare for the country.
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Washington
Llp
Ezra T. Benson
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Benson
Voters approve Garnavillo School Consolidation
Voters here Tuesday overwhelmingly approved consolidation of the Garnavillo school district. The district will expand by six sections of land and 300 pupils. The vote was 150 to 9.
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Garnavillo
Civic Club To Install Officers
Byron Walla will be installed as president of the South Side Civic club at a meeting Jan. 24. He will succeed Ralph Anderson. Other new officers are Lorraine Schrader vice president Richard Hach treasurer and M. S. Kuba secretary. Board members include Schrader Anderson Hach Kuba Walla and others.
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Byron Walla
South Side Civic Club
Walla
Ralph Anderson
Lorraine Schrader
Richard Hach
M. S. Kuba
Schrader
Anderson
Hach
Kuba
John Drabelle
Ed Rudin
Lumir Striesky
Joe Zachar
Hunter Baylor
Iowa Electric Light and Power sells $9 million bonds
NEW YORK The Iowa Electric Light and Power Company of Cedar Rapids has sold through private sale to institutional investors $9,000,000 of first mortgage bonds at 3 percent due 1985. Announcement of the sale was made by Sutherland Dows, president of the company. A group of 15 institutional investors participated.
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New York
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company of
Cedar Rapids
Sutherland Dows
Insurers and Funds Back Company Financing Plan
Major life insurance companies and pension funds have purchased the issue to fund the 1955 construction program. Financing arranged through First Boston Corporation and G H Walker & Company.
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Dows
First Boston Corporation
G. H. Walker and Company
Court Upholds School Closing in Iowa Consolidation
Iowa Supreme Court upholds two school consolidation rulings. It affirms the closing of North Superior School for 1954-55 and rejects Palo County Supt J E Smith’s claim of proper procedure for Cylinder district consolidation election. Residents contested the May 26 1953 date. judge had ruled the vote invalid. Other cases listed include traffic accidents and divorces.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
North Superior
Spirit Lake
High Court
Palo County
J. E. Smith
Cylinder
Smith
James Worthington
Robert McDonald
Rin
Lydia Meier
Town of Cushing
Mark Harris, Jr
Greenbay Levee
Lee
Bessie Crowe
DeSoto Consolidated Senco. Dist
Dallas
George J. Stiefel
Alvin Wandro
Charles H. Bales
Warren
Edward L. Fletcher
Harold E. Goetsch
Carl B. Matheson
Palo Alto
Annabelle Hunter
Roy Hunter
Woodbury
Vernon L. Pruitt
Farm Brokers of Iowa elect officers in Des Moines
The Iowa Real Estate Association and the Iowa chapter of the National Institute of Farm Brokers installed new officers in Des Moines on Tuesday night. Charles B. Chappell of Keokuk was named association president, with Wayne Smith of Marshalltown as Brokers chapter president. Several other officers and directors from Belmond Sioux City Des Moines and Council Bluffs were announced along with additional vice presidents and new directors.
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Des Moines
Iowa Real Estate Association
Iowa
National Institute of Farm Brokers
Charles B. Chappell
Keokuk
Wayne Smith
Marshalltown
Brokers
Clark McNeal
Belmond
Louis C. Burkle
Sioux City
George Scully
Waterloo
Delbert Leamer
Davenport
George Clarkson
Desmoines
Richard Klefman
Council Bluffs
Patrick Kelly
Spirit Lake
DeWayne Guernsey
Don Knudsen
Eagle Grove
S. Lysle Duncan
Iowa City
Ray Overholtzer
Osceola
Robert Weaver
Kelly Gatton
Rose Hill
Victor Glass
Mason City
J. Drayton Ingraham
F. W. Fisher
Spencer
Neil Flanagan
Henry Godlove
Indianola
Harold Holden
J. L. Holland
Independence
Joe Bailey
Clarksville
Hoffman
Walker
H. K. Larson
Madrid
Ralph Norman
Atlantic
Philco Expands Dexter Plant in Fairfield Iowa
Philco Corp announces plans for additional assembly lines at the Dexter Company plant in Fairfield Iowa as part of a product expansion after acquiring Dexter a year ago. Dexter makes home laundry equipment and the company declined to say if this will raise employment.
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Philadelphia
Philco Corp
Dexter Company
Fairfield
Philco
Dexter
Memo for Men By Bert Bacharach
Practical shoe care tips advise using thin sponge rubber inner soles to imitate leather. For new shoes, have them shined promptly and address slippery soles by scraping the bottoms with sandpaper.
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Bert Bacharach
Revolt Fails as Lepers Strike Over Doctor Removal
Police quashed a 300 inmate revolt on Chacachacare Island leper colony 13 miles west of Port of Spain after inmates seized the isle to protest Dr. Michael Corcos’s removal. Corcos was brought to the mainland. Dr. Young Lao took charge while Corcos remains on compulsory leave amid British‑government inquiry.
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Port OF Spain, Trinidad
Chacachacare Island
Trinidad
Here
Michael Corcos
Corcos
Young Lao
Sabet
Theritish
Board of Trade Seat Sold for 7500 in Chicago Market
A Chicago Board of Trade membership sold for 7500 dollars the highest price since September 1934. Robert C. Liebenow, secretary, reports the transaction as notable in local trading circles.
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Board of Trade
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Robert C. Liebenow
Girls Union To Ballot Soon on New Constitution
Des Moines Iowa The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union says its 705 member schools will vote by mail on a proposed 25 000 word constitution drafted by a six member committee led by E Wayne Cooley executive secretary The measure aims at stricter control of union funds meanwhile former secretary R H Chisholm of Des Moines faces trial on charges of embezzling union funds as investigations followed a grand jury probe.
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Girls’ Union
Des Moines
Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union
E. Wayne Cooley
R. H. Chisholm
Polk County
Soil Lab Totals Behind Year Ago
The Iowa State College Cedar Rapids soil testing lab received 3,565 samples in December, an about 20 percent rise from November but 10 percent below December 1953. Yearly total tests reached 18,402, down 2,147 from 1953’s 20,402.
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Iowa State College Branch
Cedar Rapids
Oo Oschwald
Oschwald
Branch Laboratory
Hurricane Carol wrecks Barrington Christmas tree on town hall lawn
Hurricane Carol snapped off the top of Barrington Rhode Island’s 40 foot permanent Christmas tree that grows on the town hall lawn. A 20 foot tree was grafted to the old one for the 1954 Christmas.
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Barrington
Town Hall
Grinnell Professor Paul Wood Dies in New Jersey
Paul Spencer Wood 72 former Grinnell College English professor died Tuesday in New Jersey services set for Thursday in Madison. Wood retired in 1947 and taught at Grinnell for many years.
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Grinnell
Paul Spencer Wood
Grinnell College
Madison, NJ
Wood
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Novak Monument CO
A Ave NW
Dial
Iowa Theater
Twin Towers Sun
P.m
Gazette Office
Lo&t
Joe
Gazette
Rapids
1St Ave SE
Smaleroff's Sparkling Jewelery Dept
Kenwood
Trans Call
3Rd St
Pan
Steve Marshall
Taftotel
Maude McCalley
Reeder
Jim Eeder
Sea Ave
St. SW
Glen E. McMullen
Melvin Kasner
Dick Alexander
Marion
Superior Construction Co
Yin Martinson
Kutchera Excavating CO
Don Austine
Robert Kalous
Mersch
Ave. N.E. Moial
Venetian Blind Hospital
John Vosdingh
Ninth St. S.W. Dial
St. St. SW
Clark's
Lark’s
Bill Hale
3Rd Ave
Irving W Smith
F. MN. Warren
Scotty
R. E. Gaumon
William Turner
L. A
Bill Leibrand
Lester Bailey. Sr
Jerry Voldingh
SKY Way
SKY Way Boys
Melody Inn
12Th Ave
Vic Barto
M. P. Russo
Paul J
P. _ Lyman
Simon
Bob Waddington
Eling
A. Gee
Sands
St. NE
Myers
Registere
8Th St NW
S.E
M. W. Sewing Center
10Th St
Ave
C.R. Barber College
Guaranty
3Rd St. SE
Lamb Welding Supply
St. S.W
ACE
Casant
Universal Engineering
Hotel Roosevelt
J. C. Kennedy
Roosevelt
Lincoln-Mercury
Iowa City Motors, Inc
East College Street
Mental Health Institute
Fuller Brush Co
Imarried
Lmen
H. W. Sauerer
Baxter Motors Inc
Zachar & Fries
Marian S. Klapp
Toledo Scale Company
Achor & Fries
Barber
Markin
Leah McCoy
Newman's
Presser
Armstrong’s
Jone
Davis
Davis Cleaners
1St St
Bell's
2Nd St. S.E
Hester
Magnus
Oakland Road
Madeline Beauty Shop
Shellsburg
Ivyl Spear
Highway 30
Highway 39
Cedar
Sprynel’s
17Th St
Rapid Placement Service
America
N.E.S
Eetios
Janitress
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. CO
1St Ave
Cherry-Burrell Corp
Ellis Blvd
Cincinnati
Ben Franklin
Avon
Leo Klinger
Frank Jakoubek
Klinger Paint Co
Third Avenue SE
Ente
Anu
Bridps
e.Jaeyv
Chenhall
Paramount
Franklin Institute
C. Rochester
Autos & Trucks—Sale
Icars
Packard
LDS
FORD
Horthand
Cedar Rapids Business College
Autos & Trucks
DeSoto
Red's Auto Service
Palo
Whitey S
16Th Ave
Studebaker
Schamberger Motor CO
2Nd Ave
Ehrke Motors
Qualiy
Utility
2Nd Ave. S.W
Langhurst Motor CO
3Rd
Cadillac
Ehree Motors
C.O.E
Fred C. Beer
Hartwick
Jack’s
Daman
West End
F Ave
Styleline
Marion Auto Sales
DODGE
Stemlar
Harold Motors
St. & St. Ave. S
Baker
Nca Grand Avenue
Milwaukee Roundhouse
D Ave
Boyle
F.O.B
Stuber
Wilson Ave
Kaiser
Dia
New
Wieck
Skalsky 224 Avenue
Super Riviera
Civic Club
Farm Brokers of
Realtors
Sweden
Harry E. Thomas
Burlington
Robert Drake
William McCulloch
Frank Warden
Greater
Martin
Sen
R-Ia
Government Operations Committee
Post Office and Civil Service Committees
Rep
Jensen
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Roy Morgan
Greeney County
William Davis
Morgan
Thos
Murphy
Ford Hopkins
Illinois
Start
MR. Findorff
Third Ave
ICE
E-11
P.O. Box
Dayton
Ohio
Mm Soece Stry
Universal PS Credit Orp
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