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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1940

Page

26

2-Engine Line Keeps Chugging Along Never Misses Dividend

Manchester Iowa's 8.6 mile Manchester and Oneida line has paid at least 5 percent dividend in 37 years. Locomotives Nos 5 and 6 overhaul daily, with No 5 dating to 1884 and No 6 to 1886. The short line serves Manchester and Oneida with freight coal and goods, employing 9 and boasting a steady pay record and annual bond retirements.

Anchester Manchester and Oneida Manchester Casey Casey Jones M. and O Farmer Jones Chicago Roundhouse Great Western Oclwein Rhode Island Locomotive Works Milwaukee Illinois Central Bill M. and A. C. Philipp Manchester and Oneida City of

Gifts fund Camp Good Health aid for Cedar Rapids children

A local program highlights gifts aiding physically handicapped children through the Camp Good Health Fund. The event features a singalong and performances by Miss Dorothy Shulze and Miss Regina Drake with Edward Kopecky, plus a talk on Jesus by Miss Margaret Scott. Donations support the health center operated by the Public Health Nursing association.

Elizabeth Johnston Public Health Nursing Association Dorothy Shulze Holy City Regina Drake Edward Kopecky Jesus Margaret Scott Immaculate Conception Church Cedar Rapids Camp Good Health Camp Good Health Fund The Gazette Iowa

Constable Taylor Ends Escape With Madison Ride

The Cedar Rapids constable known for his strong will hopped into a car to a garage but directed to Madison Wisconsin instead. He warned the driver that police would wake him around 5 a.m. tomorrow in Madison. Taylor, 46 years in Cedar Rapids, enjoys quiet home life and July 4 porch chats, saying Willkie will be president.

Cedar Rapids Madison, Wis Center Point Taylor Madison Willkie Constable Taylor

Man Wanted on Auto Theft Count Returned

Edward Charles Quickel, 39, of Fort Worth, was returned from Oklahoma City by officials to face a district court arraignment on auto theft. He had possession of a sedan belonging to A J Murray taken from Hutchinson Ice Cream parking lot on August 2, 1939. Quickel admitted stealing the car after initial denial.

Edward Charles Quickel Fort Worth Texas Oklahoma City Earl Stanley George Connell Quickel A. J. Murray Second Avenue SE Hutchinson Ice Cream Company Albert Lea Minn Stanley Emmett J. Nolan Sixth Avenue

Tunney Burlesqued by Youth Congress at Lake Geneva

At Lake Geneva Wisconsin United Press reports the American Youth Congress mocked former heavyweight champ Gene Tunney at a mock reception during a convention session. A separate pro American rump group planned to organize against communism, with a first meeting in Williams Bay and an executive board including Albert Tavarazzi Oscar Kanny Bruce McKay and Stephen McArthur. No name was chosen for the new organization.

Lake Geneva Wis American Youth Congress Gene Tunney Tunney Congress Youth Congress Williams Bay James Carey AYC Congress of Industral Organizations New York Michigan Albert Tavarazzi Young Democrats of America Oscar Kanny Jewish Youth Organization of America Bruce McKay Young Republicans of Stephen McArthur Kearnes Young Democrats

Halliburton says he will not probe wreckage link

Wese ley Halliburton said Saturday he would not investigate reports that wreckage sighted in the Pacific Ocean might be part of the Chinese junk involved in the voyage of his adventure writer son Richard Halliburton from the Orient to the United States.

Memphis Tenn Weseley Halliburton Pacific Ocean Richard Halliburton Orient United States

This Guy Was Chewsy Stole 15 Boxes Of Gum

Police investigated a garage break in reported by MR Main a gum salesman at 222 Elev enth street NW. He said at 625 p.m. Saturday someone forced the hasp to his garage Friday night and took 15 boxes of gum valued at 10 dollars. It was the seventh garage break in two weeks.

MR Main Eleventh Street

Refugees To Be Housed Around Chicago

Five hundred European war refugees, mostly children, will be housed in the Chicago area under the Catholic Youth Organization, learned Saturday.

Chicago INS Catholic Youth Organization

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