Weather summary and local notices from a mid-century forecast and births
A detailed regional forecast notes mostly sunny and mild days with highs in the 70s to upper 80s and lows in the 60s, plus occasional thundershowers and precipitation around 0.1 to 0.4 inches. It lists barometric, humidity, wind data and sun and moon events. Also reports several local births, dam readings, and church notices with names and addresses.
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Bismarck
Solis
N. Or
Chicago
New York
Duluth
Omaha
Phoenix
Seattle
Iowa
Divorce Decrees and Fine Notices From Iowa Courts
Divorce decrees list Erica Blecker and L H Blecker. Speeding fines include Robert Hintz and others from multiple towns with bonds and cash penalties. Obituaries and funeral services are announced for several residents with dates, churches, and funeral homes across Decorah Waukon Kinross Iowa City and Keota.
Four Judges Seek Re election In Eighteenth District
The four Republican judges of Linn Jones and Cedar counties in the Eighteenth district were unanimously nominated for re election at a Linn county convention. They are Charles Penningroth Floyd Philbrick J E Heiserman and B J Maxwell. Their terms begin next January with 2000 pay raises likely under new state law. No Democratic opposition expected.
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Eighteenth Judicial District
Linn
Jones
Cedar Counties
Charles Penningroth
Floyd Philbrick
Cedar Rapids
J. E. Heiserman
Anasmosa
B. J. Maxwell
Tipton
Linn County
John Tuthill
Heisserman
G.O.P
Democratic Party
Service Pins Awarded to Cedar Rapids Revenue Bureau Staff
Nine Internal Revenue Service employees in Cedar Rapids received service pins on Friday. A. J. Kopecky presented the pins on behalf of District Director V. Lee Phillips. Kopecky, a 40 year veteran, earned the 30 year gold pin while silver 15 year pins went to C. Glenwood Crist James W. France Edward J. Marek Cecil B. Roth Gerald J. Shirk John J. Sparks Herman Stecklein and Mary Margaret Stewart. Five employees earned certificates for membership in the One Thousand Hour Club for more than 1000 hours of sick leave. France Kopecky Marek Sparks and Stecklein. Also announced, the cashier’s office will be closed all day next Tuesday for a staff meeting in Davenport.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Cedar Rapids
A. J. Kopecky
V. Lee Phillips
Kopecky
Bureau
C. Glenwood Crist
James W. France
Edward J. Marek
Cecil B. Roth
Gerald J. Shirk
John J. Sparks
Herman Stecklein
Mary Margaret Stewart
France
Marek
Sparks
Stecklein
Ande
Tennessee Senate Convicts Judge Raulston Schoolfield
The Tennessee Senate convicts Judge Raulston Schoolfield of Chattanooga on a charge tied to accepting a car in 1950 from criminals and lawyers in his court, part of 22 impeachment charges. The 24 to 7 vote removes him from office. The impeachment case grew from a U S Senate rackets committee hearing. he faced acquittals on seven other charges.
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Nashville
Tennessee Senate
Raulston Schoolfield
Chattanooga
Senate
U.S. Senate
Schoolfield
Glenn Smith
Chattanooga Teamsters
Senate Approves Hoegh for Post Nomination
The Senate on Friday approved Leo Hoegh former governor of Iowa for the post as director of the combined Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization.
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Washington
Senate
Leo Hoegh
Iowa
Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization
Search for Nose Cone of Missile, Mouse Continues
The Air Force reports a Thor Able missile landed in the South Atlantic about 6,000 miles from its launch point east southeast of Ascension Island. The nose cone containing a live mouse is missing as of Friday with weak radio signals offering little guidance for recovery. Visual sightings by two planes and two ships provided an approximate search position and recovery chances remain remote.
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Washington
Air Force
South Atlantic
Ascension ‘Island
Deaths Mrs Harold G Poland 53
Mrs Harold G Poland formerly Ber nice Evans 53 Cedar Rapids resident and Cherry Burrell employee died after lingering illness She born Williamsburg Sept 2 1904 married June 5 1926 Survived by husband daughter Jacqueline Davidson mother Mrs Walter Evans sister Opal Ainsworth Funeral 2 p m Monday Rohn funeral home with Dr Glenn S Hartong Trinity Methodist burial Linwood Friends may call after 1 p m Saturday
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Harold G. Poland
Bave
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Bernice Evans
Williamsburg
William
Jacqueline) Davidson
Walter Evans
R. A
Opal ) Ainsworth
Mrs Watson Dies After Long Illness in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. William R. Watson died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home on Thursday after a long illness. Born August 7, 1902 in Independence she moved to Cedar Rapids in 1919. Survived by daughter Evelyn three sons Raymond Clare and William all of Cedar Rapids a sister Miss Ethel Hines of Chippewa Falls Wis and two brothers Ray Hines of Cedar Rapids and Harry of Minneapolis. Services at Salvation Army chapel 2:30 p.m. Saturday conducted by Major J E LaLone burial Linwood. Friends may call Kuba funeral home until 1 p.m. Saturday.
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William R. Watson
Cedar Rapids
Independence
J. E. LaLone
Linwood
Kuba Funeral
Services for Edgar Ludwig at Barta-Hesser chapel
Services for Edgar Filbert Lud wig of 909 Oakland Road NE are planned for 10 30 am Saturday in the Barta Hesser chapel conducted by Elder Thomas Mortimer and Crescent lodge No 25 AF and AM Burial will be at Cedar Memorial Friends may call at the chapel All Master Masons are asked to meet Crescent lodge at 10 am Saturday
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Edgar Filbert Ludwig
Oakland Road
Thomas Mortimer
Crescent Lodge
Cedar Memorial
$1 Tax for War Is Voted by Elks
The Grand Lodge of the Elks authorized by convention to levy a $1 tax on each member for war times. The order has more than 1,225,000 members. The funds will be used at the defense department’s direction in case of war.
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New York
Grand Lodge of the Elks
Order
Defense Department
New Musicians Union Gains Hollywood Nnd
The American Federation of Musicians loses control of major studio work to the new Musicians Guild of America in Los Angeles. Cecil F. Read leads the breakaway group to a 580 to 484 victory in a collective bargaining election, costing AFM about 1,000 dues paying members and a major royalty stream from the studios.
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Los Angeles
American Federation of Musicians
Musicians Guild of America
Hollywood
Cecil F. Read
AFM
Three Eastern Iowans Hurt in Minor Mishaps
A rash of minor accidents in Eastern Iowa left three residents injured. Jack Kellog, 59, of Elkader, injured his foot with an axe while on a bridge crew and is in good condition. George Schuchmann, 51, of Strawberry Point, had his foot run over by a Caterpillar and was hospitalized. Mary Funke of Edgewood fell at home and fractured her hip. she is in good condition.
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Iowa
Jack Kellog
Elkader
George Schuchmann
iStrawberry Point
Mary Funke
Edgewood
Johnson United Fund Approved by Chamber
The Chamber of Commerce board adopted a committee report recommending a countywide United Fund drive in Johnson county. The plan aims to reduce duplications and provide for new needs while maximizing coordination. Countywide meetings will be held soon to discuss the proposal.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
United Fund
Johnson County
Robert Osmundson
McGregor Jaycees Win National Leadership Awards
The McGregor Jaycees received the orientation award for leadership training and the civic service award for outstanding Junior Chamber activity for 1957 58 from the U S Junior Chamber.
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McGregor
McGregor Jaycees
U.S
Iowa Safety Chief launches drive to save 100 lives
Des Moines Iowa Safety Commissioner Russell Brown rallied about 250 staffers and unveiled a Save 100 Lives campaign noting Iowa has cut traffic deaths since April 1 and urging public information, police radios, and local officials to broadcast the message daily. He set a goal of saving 24 lives by January 1 to reach a 100 life reduction.
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Iowa
DES Moines
UPI
Russell Brown
Brown
Safety Department
Icity
Jaycees Name Slogan Contest Prize Winners
Cedar Rapids residents shaped a pool bond push with three winning slogans. Emma Moorcroft won first prize for a 25 prize entry praising three municipal pools. John Hodges took second with a rising growth theme and Helen Lillie earned third for calling for more swimming facilities.
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Jaycees
Cedar Rapids
Emma D. Moorcroft
Second Ave
Junior Chamber of Commerce
John E. Hodges
McKinley Sr
Louis Graue
Ormandr. SE
Two Drivers Report Same Hit-and-Run Near Oelwein
Two teens reported the same hit-and-run Thursday night near Oelwein. Jerome Szyszka, 19, told Oelwein police and Carol Scott, 16, of Independence reported to the highway patrol in Independence. Szyszka and four passengers were shaken but unharmed. Scott, driving his grandfather's car, was unhurt. Both recalled that the other car had vanished. The incident happened just outside the south city limits.
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Oelwein
Here
Jerome Szyszka
Carol Scott
Independence
Highway Patrol
Szyszka
Miss Scott
Atom Engine Gifted to France for Submarine
Paris reports Premier de Gaulle says the United States will give France an atomic engine for a submarine. The pact, reached with Secretary Dulles, would be provided at no cost under the U.S. mutual security program, with restrictions on sharing reactor plans.
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Paris
U.S
France
de Gaulle
Dulles
Ships Sunk by Japanese Sold to Japanese Firm
Darwin Australia AP reports the submerged wreckage of the U S destroyer Peary and three troopships sunk by Japanese bombers in 1942 have been sold to a Japanese salvage company. Two American troopers and one Australian were aboard. eighty of Peary's crew perished. Diver Carl Atkinson located the Peary and arranged sale via war disposal sales for scrap to the Japanese. Longstanding rumors claimed the Peary carried a gold fortune after escaping Manila.
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Darwin
Australia
U. S
Carl Atkinson
Manila
Editorial urges ignoring heat talk amid Phoenix record heat
The Arizona Republic calls on readers to avoid talking about extreme heat as temperatures reach 116 degrees this week. The piece argues that discussing past heat only stirs more talk from those claiming it was hotter in previous summers.
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Phoenix
Arizona Republic
Contempt Flag Raised Over Inquiries Into Goldfine Case
Subcommittee members press Goldfine on Boston Port Development Company loans and notes totaling $305,684.46. Chairman Harris questions SEC independence as Adams defends inquiries into regulatory actions. Goldfine refuses to answer about board direction and bookkeeper withdrawals amid prior SEC reporting lapses by East Boston Company.
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Boston Port Development Company
L Proice
Harris
D-Ark
Goldfine
Lishman
East Boston
SEC
Adams
Boston
Insane Patients Hold Attendants in Fulton Ward
Four attendants were briefly held hostage by inmates in a Fulton state hospital ward for the criminally insane. Attendant Clovis Metcalf suffered head and leg injuries. another bruised above the eye. All four hostages released after about 15 minutes. Doctor Alfred Baur said patients complained attendants came to work drunk and beat a patient, a claim he called false after investigation.
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Fulton
State Hospital
Alfred Baur
Clovis Metcalf
Baur
Firefighters Elect Melvin Cook President of Local 11
Fire Lt Melvin Cook was elected president of local 11 for the International Association of Fire Fighters and will take office August 1. Elected officers include Harold Fillenworth vice president Marvin Heath financial secretary George Leehman recording secretary and John Helming treasurer.
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Melvin Cook
International Association of Fire Fighters
Harold Fillenworth
Marvin Heath
George Leehman
John Helming
Two People Injured In Cab Car Accident
Two persons were injured Friday in a cab car crash at Twenty ninth street and Eastern avenue NE. Carolyn Pangburn age 68 of Second avenue SE suffered a hip injury and driver Tom Mullinex of Sixth street SW sustained a head injury. Century Cab driver Clarence Sawyer was not hurt and faces a charge of failing to yield.
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Twenty-ninth Street
Eastern Avenue
Carolyn Pangburn
Second Ave
Tom Mullinex
Sixth St
Century
Clarence Sawyer
Executives Club Names President in Cedar Rapids
Lloyd W. Mack, sales manager for Toledo Scale Company, was installed as president of the Cedar Rapids Executives Association. He succeeds Dr. D. D. Olsen. Other officers include Carl Krebs as first vice president, Carl W. Hendrickson as second vice president, L. W. Struesky as treasurer, Ed C. Budin as secretary, and Wil es Fluegel named a director.
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Lloyd W. Mack
First Ave. Ise
Toledo Scale Company
Cedar Rapids Executives Association
D. D. Olsen
Carl Krebs
Carl W. Hendrickson
L. W. Struesky
Ed C. Budin
Wiles Fluegel
One Man Pleads Innocent In Bad Check Case
In district court Ivan E. Gillis 24 of Richland pleaded innocent to passing an 18.56 dollar forged signature check at a service station on May 9. Richard Lane 27 of 509 Fifth Ave SE and Mrs. Charles Hartman 38 of 616144 Second St SW were each given time to plead to forgery and false check charges. William R. Hutto 34 of 616 Seventh St SE was given time to plead to a larceny charge involving a diamond ring a wrist watch and cash.
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Ivan E. Gillis
Richland
Richard Lane
Fifth Ave
Lane
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Charles
Anne) Hartman
Second St. SW
Jchildren
William R. Hutto
Seventh St. SE
Hutto
Frank F. Tordik
Sixteenth Ave
C R Man Fined For Drunk Driving
Peter E Telenson age 37 of 315 Fourteenth Ave SE was fined 300 for drunk driving after pleading guilty in district court before Judge Floyd Philbrick. He was arrested Wednesday afternoon for erratic driving and paid 100 on the day with the balance 50 per month.
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Peter E. Telenson
Fourteenth Ave. SE
Floyd Philbrick
Telenson
Patron Sues Roosevelt Hotel Over Waxed Floor Injury
Illinois man H. S. Mulholland files suit in Linn district court against The First Avenue Corporation doing business as the Roosevelt hotel for 5928 dollars claiming a fall at the Piccadilly tavern in the hotel basement on August 27 1956 due to excessive wax and dim lighting plus a back injury and requests a jury trial.
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Illinois
Roosevelt Hotel
H. S. Mulholland
Linn District
First Avenue Corporation
Mulholland
Piccadilly
Seven Die as Truck and Car Collide
In Hannibal Missouri seven people including four children died when a car and a tractor trailer collided during heavy rain. One victim identified is Benjamin Rogers age 55 from Parsons Kansas. The tractor trailer driver Thomas Short age 26 from Brighton Illinois escaped injury and said the car lost control as it neared his truck five miles west of Hannibal.
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Hannibal, Mo
Benjamin Rogers
Parsons
Kan
Thomas Short
Brighton
Ill
Here
Civil Service Exams Reopened at Cedar Rapids Post Office
Civil service examinations for clerk and carrier positions at the Cedar Rapids post office are temporarily reopened. Applications are available at window 8, with a filing deadline of August 26. Substitutes start at $2 per hour, and residents of the service area qualify. Veterans receive preference, but openings are not limited to veterans. Those on the eligible list after January 1, 1957, need not reapply unless seeking a higher score.
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Wege
Cedar Rapids
Mer
Cats Won’t Need Handouts in Light Of Owner’s Will
Three cats living on handouts will soon find good homes as Charles Maier 75 who died July 2 left most of his $50 000 estate to the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society to fund animal cruelty prevention The society will care for the cats until they are adopted with neighbor accounts noting Maier’s quiet affection for his pets and limited relatives
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Pittsburgh
Charles Maier
Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
Alan Gregg
Humane Society
Maier
John Adams
Clyde Gaunt
Gregg
President views Seaway project in Massena stop
President Eisenhower accompanied by Secretary Dulles inspected the American portion of the St. Lawrence seaway power project at Massena as part of a Washington to Ottawa return. Talks with Canadian Prime Minister Diefenbaker yielded plans for a joint cabinet committee on continental defense and discussions on trade with Communist China via Canadian subsidiaries.
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Massena
N.Y
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence Seaway
Dulles
Ottawa
Washington
Diefenbaker
Arctic
China
U.S
Defense
Neil McElroy
Treasury
Robert Anderson
Sidney Smith
George R. Pearkes
Donald M. ‘Fleming
Dulles and Smith
Jets Grounded After U-2 Explosions in West Texas
United States air force has grounded all Lockheed U-2 high altitude weather planes after two U-2s exploded within 24 hours near sparse western Texas and eastern New Mexico. One pilot died in each crash. investigators at Laughlin and Cannon air bases probe possible causes, with officials noting no sabotage suspected and speed as a possible factor.
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Lloyd Strot
Laughlin Afb
John Swafford
Laughlin
Cannon Afb
Clovis, N.M
Dr Ben Peterson Honored by Iowa Chemical Society
Dr. Ben Peterson receives recognition from the Iowa Chemical Society for notable contributions to chemistry. The honor highlights his research achievements and service to the professional community.
Peterson Wins 1958 Iowa Award of the American Chemical Society
Dr. Ben H. Peterson of Coe College has been chosen for the 1958 Iowa Award by the Iowa section of the American Chemical Society. An engraved gold medal will be presented at a banquet in Iowa City on November 7. Peterson, a 36 year educator and researcher in water purification, will relinquish his chemistry chair this fall but will continue teaching.
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Ben H. Peterson
Coe College
Iowa
American Chemical Society
Peterson
Iowa City
Norman C. Baenziger
University of Iowa
Macedonia
Coe
Ifall
Iowa Academy of Science
Iowa Basic Science Board
Sigma Xi
Phi Lambda Upsilon
Phi Kappa Phi
Not Drowned, He Just Got Thirsty
An unoccupied boat anchored on Jimmerson Lake with a fishing pole baited was found by conservation officers as they dragged the lake for two hours under the hot sun. A skin diver was called. meanwhile the fisherman was located drinking beer at a lakeside tavern and said two thirsty friends rowed past and he swapped boats to join them. Authorities withheld his name while reviewing applicable charges.
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Angola
Ind
Jimmerson Lake
It's Not Vodka So $500,000 Junked
A Philadelphia detective testified that Lawrence Nutter and accomplice William McCall stole three cases from the Railway Express Agency on June 26 and burned $500,000 in negotiable American Express checks after mistaking them for vodka. Nutter is held on $500 bail for trial.
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Philadelphia
Lawrence Nutter
American Express
Vincent Heeney
Nutter
Railway Express Agency
William McCall
McCall
J. Amos Harris
Scotland Hangs 7 Time Slayer
Peter Manuel a 32 year old woodworker born in New York and raised in Scotland was hanged Friday for the murder of seven people in a string of robberies. He was convicted on March 29 of killing a man three women two girls and a boy.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Peter Manuel
Manuel
Similar U.S. Canada Seaway Stamps Planned
The United States and Canada will issue commemorative stamps with the same design to mark the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway early next year. The post office department announced that this will be the first instance of synchronized stamps by the two neighboring nations.
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Washington
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Post Office Department
Gunmen Kill 3 in Paris Cafe Slaying
In Paris French authorities report three people killed in a cafe shooting carried out by a Algerian nationalist group member killed in the attack. Police say the incident occurred Thursday night and is among the most brutal in months.
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Paris
Urs
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Lansing
Dam No
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Fall
Tibbs
Albert
8Th St. SE
Walsh
Michael
18Th St. SW
Trimble
Jerald
Anamosa
Greiner
Earl
Istave
Chihak
Paul
Kauffman
Russell
Regent St. NE
St. Luke's
Arthur M. van Cleve
Mary L. Maloney
William Smerkal
One Reese
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Hohenschuh’s
West Liberty
Mark Alan Heick
Robert Heick
Snider’s
Erica Blecker
L. H. Blecker
Robert Hintz
Edwin Brink, Jr
Oakland Rd
Orpha Metzger
Gateway St
Irwin Mattox
Toddville
Paul Cameron
Mt. Vernon Rd
Robert Weitenhagen
3Rd St
David Long
Swisher
Carl Schlemmer
Mt. Vernon
Alberta Jenkins
O Ave. NW
Joseph Chalder
2Nd St
George Horak
18Th Ave
Lillian Hahn
9Th St
Thomas Brazier
5Th Ave
Oliver Bishop
Higley Ave
Noisy Muffler
Michael Daman
Waukon
Gaylord Karr
A Ave
Ralph Johnson
Bernice Hawkins
16Th St
Charles Farley
Central City
Robert Moss
Helen Sellers
Oscar Grimsgaard
Waterville Lutheran Church
Martin’s. Decorah
Hattie Haslip
Winneshiek
Decorah
Patrick McKenna
Bluffton
Senseatlenwidas
Ed F. Harmon
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Chapman's
Revenue Bureau
C.R
Hoegh
St. Paul’s Parish
Worthington
Don Hoy and His Orchestra
Worthington Memorial Hall
Mouse
Elks
New Musicians Union
Hollywood Nnd
Johnson United Fund
Chamber
Helen Lillie
Fifth Ave. SE
Vicious Circle
Shaft
White House
Securities and Exchange Commission
Executive Department
Fire Fighters
Executives Club
L. W. Mack
C.R. Man
Suing Hotel
Krebs Flower Shop
Krebs
3Rd Ave
Seaway Project
Jets
John B. Turner & Son
Ben Peterson
Iowa Chemical Society
Canada Seaway
John E. Lopes
Mt. Vernon Ave
Third Street
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