Iowa Pioneer Laura Rook Celebrates 90th Birthday
Laura Rook of Cedar Rapids marks 90 years on July 7 1850 born in Gallia County Ohio. She spent 86 years in Iowa recalling log houses open fire cooking churchgoing and family farms in Wapello Mahaska Clarke Mills and Des Moines counties. Her memory spans Lincoln campaigns the 1865 assassination news and a cyclone near her sister’s home.
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Eighteenth Street
Lincoln
Wapello County
Towa
Iowa
Gallia County
Ohio
Mahaska County
Rook
Clarke County
Ambrose Rook
Mills County
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Allies accused by Germany of invasion plan via Turkey
ISTANBUL officials denied a German claim that Britain and France plotted four months ago to invade Russia with Turkish aid. The denial refrains from confirming or denying the specifics of the alleged coordination and emphasizes official positions from Istanbul.
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Istanbul
Britain
France
Russia
Turkey
Industrial League Picnic Set for Aug 4 at Ellis Park
The fourth Allied Industrial League picnic brings Cedar Rapids industrial workers and families to Ellis park on Aug 4 for a full day of golf, diamond ball games, horse shoe exhibitions, races, drum and bugle corps, a band concert, and a waterfront show. The event is expected to draw 7 000 to 10 000 attendees with a planning meeting at the Y M C A on Monday at 7 30 pm to finalize committees.
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Allied* Industrial League
Ellis Park
Industrial League Board of Control
Cedar Rapids
Crissman Spent $790 In Primary Campaign
Cedar Rapids lawyer William W. Crissman reported spending 790.45 dollars in his campaign for Republican nomination for county attorney at the June 3 primaries, with no receipts listed. Marion candidate A Schenken reported 37.09 dollars. Wes Robovsky and James Vanda certified no expenses.
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Wiliam W. Crissman
Cedar Rapids
Robert M. Vesely
A’ Schenken
Marion
Wes Robovsky
James Vanda
Rapids Township
Prien Sinks 66,587-Ton Enemy Shipping Cruise
Berlin reports a submarine led by Lieut. Commander Gunther Prien sank 66,587 tons of enemy shipping in a single voyage. The official communique announced the feat on Saturday.
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Berlin
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Gunther Prien
Missionary Society Meets at Anamosa Home
The Christian missionary society gathered at Mrs Clyde Wilson's Anamosa home on Wednesday. New president Mrs Herman Koch presided as Mrs Peter led devotionals. The CC club sponsored a July 4 picnic for members and their families near Lafayette school house.
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Christian Missionary Society
Clyde Wilson
Anamosa
Herman Koch
Peter
CC Club
Lafayette School House
Czech Alliance marks Huss anniversary with lecture in Czech
Dr Otakar Odlozilik history professor at Washington and Jefferson College will speak in Czech at 8 p m in C S Hall commemorating the 525th anniversary of John Hus death. The event is free and hosted by the Czech Alliance association with plans for an annual July picnic at Miller's Grove and additional meetings across the Czech community.
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Czech Alliance Association
John Huss
Otakar Odlozilik
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington
C.S
Charles University
Prague
Odlozilik
America
University of Colorado
King’s College
London
Czechoslovakia
Theodore B Hlubucek
Dr. Odlozilik
WMT
Bandwagon Grows for Dies as Roosevelt Vice Presidency Bid
Supporters urge Rep. Martin Dies of Texas as a potential vice president on a Roosevelt third term ticket. They argue Dies would be geographically eligible and fit the southern or far western regional preference for a Roosevelts ticket.
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Ins
Martin Dies
Tex
Roosevelt Dies
Roosevelt
South
Keystone Bridge Club Hosts Members Wednesday
Mrs George Gulsterf hosted the Jolly Thirteen Bridge club on Wednesday in Keystone. George Kloppenburg marked his eighty fifth birthday on the Fourth of July by entertaining family at his Keystone home. Mrs C A Johnson hosted the Hi Lo Bridge club Friday.
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George Gulsterf
Jolly Thirteen
George Kloppenburg
Keystone
C. A. Johnson
Community Clubs Meet For Summer Socials
Wapello The Home Benefit society met Wednesday in the home of Mrs. Harry Meyerholz. The Thursday club enjoyed a Fourth of July picnic supper hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lukenbill in Mediapolis.
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Home Benefit Society
Harry Meyerholz
Ben Lukenbill
Mediapolis
Quints Consider New York Fair Visit to Aid War Relief
The Dionne quints may be invited to the New York World’s Fair to raise funds for war relief. Henry Modell of the Smaller Business Association of New York proposes bringing the children to help place 6,000 refugee youngsters in American homes for a year, backed by the association and sought after by leaders in Canada and Britain.
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INS
British Isles
Smaller Business Association
New Jersey
Connecticut
Henry Modell
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Lord Lothian
United States
Quints
Walter Mack job awards create internships for 12 youths
New York teens will receive business fellowships Monday as the Walter Mack job awards committee inaugurates a system of business internships for American youth. The program, devised by Walter S. Mack Jr. of Pepsi Cola, creates new jobs in company departments chosen by each winner for their life long business careers.
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New York
INS
Walter Mack
Walter S. Mack, Jr
Pepsi-Cola Co
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