Parakeet rescue and a busy Cedar Rapids wedding ordeal
A Cedar Rapids airman serving as best man faced a hot humid wedding day in a heavy winter suit after giving away his summer clothes. He fainted briefly at the ceremony, recovered with help, and finished the event. Nearby, readers learn about reaction-time tests using a falling card and a lighthearted note on flavored envelopes.
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Cedar Rapids
Air Force
Roosevelt High School
Rocky
Linda Moorehead
Eighth Street
Linda
Ellis Moorehead
the Gazette
Gilbert Martin
L Street
Next Season's Clothes Will Be Colorful
Fashion note by Phyllis Battelle predicts a colorful fall with sparkler glitter replacing sky rockets. Purple is set to dominate, tweeds feature 10 to 12 shades balanced with brown and black, and jewel tones like emerald and amethyst rise in evening wear. The look stays shaped by Dior-like restraint, with color emphasis on accessories and fabrics rather than daytime glitter.
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New York
INS
Chic
Paris
United States
Allied
England
Dior
Buying Blankets For European Tours And Home Use
The article notes travelers should learn essential phrases for foreign travel and explains blanket buying tips. It covers fiber content, labeling, moth-proofing, binding quality, and new blanket sizes 66 twin 80 double 90 over size. It also mentions coordinated ensembles and seasonal color matching options and fabrics such as tweed and cashmere.
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AP New.ar
Doctor Says Bread Type Does Not Matter
INDIANAPOLIS INS Harvard public health expert Dr Frederick J Stare says it does not matter if bread is whole wheat enriched white or none since the body uses food elements regardless of chemical analysis. He notes travelers should learn basic phrases to aid understanding and goodwill while abroad.
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New York
INS
Charles Berlitz
Indianapolis
Frederick J. Stare
Department of Nutrition
Harvard School of Public Health
Stare
Berlitz
Women Traffic Cops Gain Ground in U S Cities
The American Municipal Association reports more women joining traffic patrols nationwide as men fill fewer police roles. Women serve in Seattle Evansville and Phoenix. New Orleans uses parking checker title. Richmond Virginia assigns women as regular patrolmen with equal pay.
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Chicago
U. S
American Municipal Association
Seattle
Wash
Evansville
Ind
Phoenix
Ariz
New Orleans
Richmond
Dogs Aid in Teaching Music in Victoria BC
Mr and Mrs H W Mellish keep 90 dogs from English Mastiffs to terriers and host 20 children for music lessons. Mrs Mellish teaches singing and multiple instruments while husband plays violin and piano. The family has shown dogs continent-wide and accumulates trophy cups though they lose money on the dogs.
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Victoria
B. C
H. W. Mellish
Mellishes
Trend Away From Family Life Is Seen
An expert on juvenile delinquency says American life shows a growing pattern of separate parental and child interests. He links this to delinquency, arguing society must rebuild family solidarity and address underlying home and emotional deficits to reduce youth crime.
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William N. MacKay
Connecticut Third District Juvenile Court
MacKay
New Books Review Highlights Travel Through South Africa and More
A Mayfair look at new novels and nonfiction features works by Albert Segal Michel de Saint-Pierre Keith Jennison Esther Pearce Kermit Daugherty A B C Whipple plus a tip on repurposing waxed paper bags as small fridge containers. The selection covers contemporary fiction and adventure titles with brief critical notes and reader takeaways.
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Michel de Saint-Pierre
Edward Fitzgerald
Bernadette and
Lourdes
Bernadette
Grotto
Mary
Elaine Neprash to Wed Gilbert Miller in Chicago
Mr and Mrs M E Neprash announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Elaine to Gilbert Miller son of Mrs W D Miller of Olney Illinois The wedding is set for Sept 20 in Chicago Miss Neprash trained at Wheat on College and the Presbyterian hospital school of nursing in Chicago Miller is a University of Illinois graduate and a senior in the college of medicine member of Phi Rho Sigma. Center Junction Earline Salmon returns to Richmond Virginia after visiting her sister Mrs Jack Stingley and family.
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Pierre A. Tracy
Meadowbrook Drive
Patricia Ann
Robert Howard Bugenstein
Louis M. Bugenstein
Grande Avenue
Miss Tracy
Beloit College
Beloit
Wis
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
University of Iowa
Phi Rho Sigma Medical Fraternity
M. E. Neprash
Twentieth Street
Elaine
Gilbert Miller
W. D. Miller
Olney
Ill
Chicago
Miss Neprash
Wheaton College
Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing
Miller
University of Illinois
College of Medicine
University
Center Junction
Earline Salmon
Richmond
Jack Stingley
The Lovers by Mitchell Wilson review excerpt
A physicist turned novelist Mitchell Wilson debuts with The Lovers set in 1870s Martha's Vineyard. Ex whaling captains John Gosnold and Saul Pengarth and wives Deborah and Judith navigate loyalties shaped by East Coast training. The lovers’ bond challenges their mates and tempers, a study of intimate ties.
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Mitchell Wilson
Martha’s Vineyard
John Gosnold
Saul Pengarth
Deborah
Judith
John
H. G
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McGraw-Hill
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Farrar
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Keith Jennison
Funk & Wagnalls
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Life Magazine
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Roosevelt Hotel
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