Coe Band to Play at New York World Fair
Stanley Vesely, director, announced the Coe college military band will perform at the New York World’s Fair probably the first week in September. The 70 piece group will travel by rail from Cedar Rapids the week of Sept 3 and return by Sept 14 for registration. The band has played at three presidential inaugurations and represented Iowa at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.
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Stanley Vesely
Coe College
Coe
New York
Gretl Urban
New York Musicians’ Union
Cedar Rapids
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Chicago
Orchestra Hall
Coe Military Band
Chicago Sunday Evening Club
Ilinois
Haegg Construction moves to pave Third Avenue SE
Crews prepare Saturday to spread a cement base and lay an eight inch asphalt center strip from Fourth Street to the bridge on Third Avenue SE as brick removal nears completion. North half work waits until south side paving finishes and traffic can reopen.
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Haegg Construction Company
Third Avenue
Fourth Street
Trafic
Master of ceremonies named for Hawkeye Music Festival
Philip Maxwell director of the Chicagoland Music festival will host the first annual Hawkeye Music festival at Hawkeye Downs on July 11. Winners advance to Chicago in August. Maxwell has MC’d Purdue and St Joseph fest shows this year.
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Philip Maxwell
Chicago
Maxwell
Purdue
St Joseph
Chicagoland
Cedar Rapids
J. Dale Welsch
Hawkeye
Hawkeye Downs
Jaroslav Cimera
Vinton High School
Chamber of Commerce and
Coc College
John Beck
Joseph Kitchin
Cimera
Rariel Cross
Tyrone Power Smuggled on Ship to Escape Fans
Tyrone Power and Annabella sailed on the Italian liner Rex for their belated honeymoon amid a crush of autograph seekers. Police estimated about 10 000 fans on the pier with 10 percent seeking only a photo or greeting. Detectives maneuvered the couple aboard the ship to a veranda suite, while fans fainted and roared outside as the vessel departed.
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New York
Tyrone Power
Annabella
Rex
Power
Grant School Building Suggested for School Board Offices
The board weighs moving its headquarters from A Avenue and Eighth Street NE to the abandoned Grant school building. J C Blodgett and officials inspect the site and call the setup ideal. Move could incur little expense and use space efficiently with gymnasium and auditorium left intact. The fireproof vault plan is dropped as Grant is fireproof.
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Board of Education
A Avenue
Eighth Street
Grant School
J.C. Blodgett
Arthur Deamer
Joe Suma
Grant
Deamer
Blodgett
School bus garage planned at Grant building site
The board expressed approval of a report and asked Suma to determine the rough cost of remodeling the Grant building and constructing a garage to house three school buses. The figures will be presented at the next board meeting.
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Blodgett
Suma
Roosevelt orders D C government to spend without funds
President Roosevelt announced the district must continue essential services despite no appropriation funds. He directed the D C commissioners to incur necessary expenditures and debts to maintain police fire health water lighting courts and other public services during the emergency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Medical Assn Warns on July Fourth Fireworks
Chicago AP report notes the American Medical Association counted 25 deaths and 7,933 injuries from fireworks last year. It urges avoiding hand or mouth held firecrackers, firing under cans, and warns flimsy dresses can ignite. For minor burns it suggests a baking soda and water wet dressing.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Association
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