Fireworks May Follow FDR Georgia Entry
President Roosevelt’s pre primary swing invokes third term talk as observers see a power struggle within the Democratic Party. A Georgia stop looms as a potential political purge moment to shape New Deal loyalties amid campaigning for renomination. Roosevelt continues southward after a courtesy chat with Mexico’s President Cardenas aboard his cruiser.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Walter F. George
Democratic Party
Georgia
Houston
Pensacola
Fla
Drunk Driving Worse Under Prohibition Says Survey
Washington report cites Repeal Associates finding higher mortality per gasoline use during prohibition than in later years. Captain Stayton cites 1925–33 average deaths per 10 million gallons of gasoline at 122.8, vs 21 in 1936 and 22 in 1933, urging chemical tests for DUI under state constitutions.
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Washington
INS
W. H. Stayton
Slayton
Repeal Associates
IFTC Accuses Four Firms Two Unions In Glass Monopoly
The federal trade commission charged four companies and two unions with a glass monopoly and price gouging. Named firms include Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Nurre Inc, Burroughs Glass, and Hadley Dean Glass. unions listed are district council No. 2 of the Painters Decorators and Paper Bangers of America and its secretary Lawrence M. Raftery. Also named is E V Hanser as agent. Respondents must file inserts within 20 days. They allegedly loaded a $14 000 PWA bid to buy a competitor’s assets after the rival refused to join the combine.
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Washington
INS
Federal Trade Commission
St. Louis
IPWA
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Nurre Companies, Inc
Fof Bloomington
Ind. Burroughs Glass Company
Hadley-Dean Glass Company
The
Brotherhood For Painters, Decorators and Paperbangers of America
Lawrence M. Raftery
Combine
Newark man exhausted after 15 mile swim toward Statue of Liberty
Adam Majewski a 27 year old Newark factory worker began a attempted 22 mile swim from Newark to the Statue of Liberty. He completed about 15 miles before exhaustion forced his rescue by a convoy boat in Bayonne New Jersey.
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Bayonne
N. J
INS
Adam ‘Majewski
Newark
Liberty
Majewski
Backstage and politics in Iowa campaign graft debate
Iowa campaign notes show graft as a central issue in 1938 with Republicans attacking Democratic officials over cash influence. George Wilson’s platform frames graft as a key contrast while Thornburg’s primary tally is mislabeled as a November total. Farley courted Maine and Vermont victory. Kraschel critiques utilities assessment. Cook calls firearms control a issue.
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Wilson
West Liberty Man Dies After Fall Into Cone Lake
Ed Yedlick 48 of West Liberty fell from a row boat into Cone Lake near Conesville. Authorities say a heart attack preceded the plunge and he died before hitting the water. The body was recovered quickly but CPR failed. Sheriff F B Nesper of Muscatine county investigated. Yedlick was a section hand at the local site.
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the Gazette
Conesville
Ed Yedlick
West Liberty
Cone Lake
F. B. Nesper
Muscatine County
Yedlick
Luther College Receives Carnegie Gift for Music Dept
Luther College in Decorah receives a $2,500 Carnegie Foundation grant in phonograph records and modern reproducing machines for classroom instruction. The gift enhances a renowned music department that has earned international praise for its programs and leadership.
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Decorah — Luther College
Department of Music
Carnegie Foundation
Chicago
Probe Davenport Bomb Raises Labor Dispute Tension
Police investigated a black powder explosion near a baking company wall in Davenport. It is unclear if the bakery or nearby residence was the target. The bakery had faced picketing in a labor dispute until a few days prior.
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Davenport
Iowa City News Briefs Highlight Local Events And Changes
Bill Sener, University of Iowa graduate student and WSUI announcer, will become program director at WLB University of Minnesota broadcasting unit, starting July 25 after earning an M A in history last month. Funeral services for Fred H Crow aged 69 were held at Cathout funeral home with burial in Oakland cemetery. Survivors include his wife two daughters three sons a sister and a brother. A Heidelberg singers program led by Frank Bennett will perform Monday at 8 p m in Town Union. A public hearing on the proposed budget will be held by the Town City board of education Aug 10 with expenditures for next year over budget by more than 700 000. tax millage may rise from 15 02 to just over 17.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Bill Sener
University of Iowa
WSUI
WLB
University of Minnesota
Sener
Fred H. CroWy
Cathout
Oakland Cemetery
Crow
Johnson County
Elva Taylor
Ames
Ernest Cotter
Oxford
Lloyd Crow
Sigourney
Raymond
Orville Crow
Charles Buck
Charles Crow
Hills
Heidelberg Singers
Chicago Octette
Frank Bennett
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Town City Board of Education
Ivor A. Opstad
Iowa U Play Cast Stages Stage Door in Iowa City
University of Iowa cast presents Stage Door a Broadway hit about the private lives of New York actresses. The show runs Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday under the direction of H Darkes Albright visiting lecturer from Cornell. Cast includes Alene Strauss Bette Reitz Marian Whinnery and Frances Spence from Iowa City Cedar Rapids.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
New York
University of Iowa
H. Darkes Albright
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Alene Strauss
Bette Reitz
Cedar Rapids
Marian Whinnery
Frances Spence
Iowa Flood Area Receives State Relief Aid
The Iowa emergency relief administration allocates 720 to Fremont and Mills counties. Bartlett in Fremont County gets 500 and Mills County receives 120. Investigators assess additional needs as surplus commodities are sent. Relief is on a ten dollar per case basis, with flexibility for higher needs. About 25 families were displaced near Bartlett.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
Fremont
Mills
N. S. Genung
Glenwood
IERA
Bartlett
Mills County
Genung
Fremont County
Green Island toddler dies after car strike
Nancy Lou Daniels, 30 months old of Green Island, died from injuries after being struck by a car driven by Frances Ostert. The coroner said no inquest is planned. the child ran into the street while with her father and was hit at about 5 p.m. in Green Island. Surviving are her parents and three brothers.
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Maquoketa
John W. Jordan
Nancy Lou Daniels
Howard Daniels
Green Island
Ronald T. Cahill
Jordan
Frances Ostert
Eight Injured In Keota Area Car Crash
Eight people were injured two miles south of Kinross when two Keota drivers Frank Fauler and Doyle Wagoman collided at country road intersections. The Fauler party, including a 4 year old boy, was taken to a Washington hospital with serious injuries.
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Speelatta the Gazette
Keota
Kinross
Frank Fauler
Doyle Wagoman
Wagoman
Fauler
Wapello Homecoming Schedule Promises Week of Festivities
The Gazette reports Wapello hosts a three day homecoming with free admission. Highlights include a Tuesday kiddies parade at 10:30 a.m. at the high school, a daily tenball tournament at 4:30 p.m., harness and running races, selling races, horseshoe pitching contests, and a tractor speed contest.
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Gazette
Wapello
Maquoketa Youth Pleads Guilty to Pett y Larceny
Frank Harmon 19 of Maquoketa pled guilty in Justice Clifford Miller's court to petty larceny after confessing to stealing a spare rim and tire from John Hale in Baldwin. He was jailed 15 days after the theft was linked by Deputy Sheriff Ronald Cahill who found the tire and rim on Harmon's car in an alley near Main Street.
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Maquoketa
Frank Harmon
Clifford Miller
Harmon
Baldwin
John Hale
Hale
Ronald Cahill
Cahill
Main Street
West Liberty Man Found Dead From Car Exhaust
John Burnett, about 50, a farmer near West Liberty, was found dead at his farm Monday at 5 am. The county coroner said death was by his own action due to financial worry and ill health. Burnett asphyxiated himself with car exhaust. Surviving are Mrs. Burnett and three children. Body taken to Snider Funeral home. The Bolivia population is predominantly Indian.
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Gazette
West Liberty
John Burnett
Andrew McCormick
Tipton
Burnett
City Briefs and Personals Highlight Local Events
Free kolaches and coffee at St. Ludmila’s kolache festival July 20 to 23. The United Packinghouse Workers Local 51 auxiliary hosts a social fun night at 1434 Third Street SE with a mystery trip tonight, gathering at 6 30. Police seek missing Bill Fahlquist, 15, last seen June 27. he is described as 5 10 with dark hair blue eyes wearing a grey sweater wash trousers and tennis shoes.
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St. Ludmila’s
United Packing House’ Workers
Third Street SE
W. Fahlquist
Allwen Drive
Dayton
Ohio
Bill
Picnic Luncheon and Meeting for Barbers Union
The auxiliary to the Master and Journeymen Barbers union holds a picnic luncheon at Ellis Park pavilion at 1 p.m. Wednesday followed by a business meeting.
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Barbers Tunion
Ellis Park Pavilion
Young man seizes two women in island plaza assault
A young man Sunday night grabbed two women as they walked in the island plaza. He sprang from behind bushes, one woman screamed and another freed herself. The youth dashed away on a bicycle toward the Third Avenue bridge.
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Island Plaza
Third Avenue Bridge
Elder Rock Island Engineer Collapses in Heat
E P Butterfield aged 80 a retired Rock Island engineer living at 1341 B avenue NW was overcome by heat Monday noon on First avenue at Third street SE. He fell on the sidewalk pedestrians aided him to his feet and an ambulance carried him home after a second collapse.
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E. P. Butterfield
Rock Island
B Avenue NW
First Avenue
Third Street SE
Boy Gary Johnson Receives Stitches After Fall at Home
Two year old Gary Johnson fell against a step Sunday suffering a head cut. He was treated at Mercy hospital where three stitches were placed.
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Gary Johnson
Millard Johnson
Ninth Street
Mercy Hospital
DeWoody Family Reunion At Bever Park
The DeWoody reunion was held Sunday at Bever Park with fifty five attendees. Mrs Jennie De Woody was the oldest member present and Ronald Morrissey was the youngest. Officers elected for the coming year are Elbert Kee as president and J A Lewis as secretary treasurer. A ball game was played in the afternoon.
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DeWoody
Bever Park
Jennie DeWoody
Ronald Morrissey
Elbert Kee
J. A Lewis
Bus Driver Reports Hit-Run Collision in Cedar Rapids
Tom J. Calhoun of Cedar Rapids City Lines said a sedan with license Tinois 542-942 struck the rear of his city bus on First Avenue at Twelfth Street E and fled the scene, damaging the bus door. Police investigated the hit-and-run incident Saturday night.
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Tom J. Calhoun
Cedar Rapids City Lines, Inc
Calhoun
First Avenue
Twelfth Street
Galloway Takes Leave to Join AP Washington Staff
Clark Galloway of Council Bluffs a Cornell graduate and former Gazette reporter has a year's leave of absence from the Council Bluffs Nonpareil to join the Associated Press in Washington DC. The editor left for Washington Saturday and Mrs Galloway arrived in Cedar Rapids Saturday to stay with her sister Mrs Carl D Thomas at 2267 Washington avenue SE.
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Clark Galloway
Council Bluffs
Cornell College
Gazette
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Washington
Galloway
Cedar Rapids
Carl D Thomas
Thomas
Washington Avenue
Detective Condon Undergoes Operation at Mercy Hospital
Detective Tom Condon of the local precinct had an operation at Mercy hospital on Monday to remove an exterior growth near his spinal column. He is reported making satisfactory progress. Condon is the second detective incapacitated, following Chief Earl Stanley who is home with a lame foot.
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Tom Condon
Avenue NE
Mercy Hospital
Condon
Earl Stanley
Checker Club In Tie at Riverside Park Win ton
The Cedar Rapids Checker club and Waterloo Checker club tied at Riverside Park in Winton with 144 points each. Bobby Kennedy led the local club with 31 points, followed by A. R. Beck 30, J. W. Houser 27, Percy Woolwine 20, Ralph Kennedy 19, and Logan Stingley 19.
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Cedar Rapids
Smith Busted for Intoxication After Early Morning Accident
Paul J. Smith stopped to view a 4:30 am accident in front of 2400 Johnson Ave NW and was taken to the police station. Patrolmen Kansky and Dyson booked him for intoxication. he was fined 10 dollars plus costs in police court Monday.
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Paul J. Smith
Johnson Avenue NW
Smith
Kansky
Dyson
Trucker Ensures Escape After Lisbon Highway Crash
Don Bell of Chicago, driving a tractor-trailer for Keeshin Motor Express, escaped injury when his rig skidded on wet pavement on Highway 30 one mile east of Lisbon. Bell reported traveling 30 to 35 mph as the trailer swung on a curve. damage to the truck was about $250.
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Don Bell
Chicago
Highway No. 30
Lisbon
Bell
James H. Smith
Keeshin Motor Express Company
Wrong Car ends in intoxication fine for Sheldon
R B Sheldon 51 of 1011 Sixteenth Street NE faced police court on Monday for intoxication after entering a car he believed was unoccupied and being driven. The car, registered to Mrs J G Smyth of Mount Vernon, rolled downhill from Fifth to Fourth Avenue.
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R. B. Sheldon
Sixteenth Street
First Avenue E
Sheldon
J. G. Smyth
Mount Vernon
First Avenue Hill
Fifth
Man Mistakes Car for Own and Tries to Drive It
The narrative describes Sheldon misidentifying a car as his own, attempting to drive away with keys missing and the vehicle heading toward the curb. He was unable to steer the car and faced a dangerous situation due to the mistaken ownership.
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Sheldon
Hubbard Ice and Fuel to Open Station with Shell Products
C. H. Perkins and Hubbard Ice and Fuel will operate a new master service station at the Tenth street SW intersection with Third and Fifth avenues. They contracted Shell Petroleum to supply gasoline oils and lubricating greases. Public opening planned around August 15 with new pumps and equipment for motorists.
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C. H. Perkins
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
Tenth Street
Third and
Fifth Avenues
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Shell Products
Fined For Fighting In Front Of Local Beer Parlor
Ezra Hatch twenty two of 527 Sixth avenue SE was fined twenty five dollars plus costs in police court for disturbing the peace by fighting. He was arrested Saturday night in front of the Silver Palace beer parlor after an altercation with Leonard Sipe of 1417 Sixth street NW who was also fined twenty five dollars with costs but given a suspended fine. Hatch had fifteen dollars of his fine suspended.
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Ezra Hatch
Sixth Avenue SE
Hatch
Silver Palace Beer Parlor
Leonard Sipe
Sixth Street
Sipe
Turkington Faces Reckless Driving Charge After First Lesson
J W Turkington of 2733 O Avenue Road NW took a first driving lesson Friday but was charged with reckless driving after passing a double parked car along Sixteenth Avenue SW and driving on the curb. He lacked a muffler and a beginner's license, and pleaded guilty in police court Monday, receiving a $25 fine with $15 suspended.
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J. W. Turkington
O Avenue Road
Turkington
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Inmate Lacerates Wrist While Incarcerated
Albert Swearinger 19 of 621 C avenue NE suffered a badly lacerated right wrist Sunday night after punching through an iron window in a burn cell. City physician Dr. V Y Hasek attended the wound requiring six stitches. Swearinger, arrested at 7 20 p m for intoxicated condition, paid a 10 fine plus costs in police court Monday.
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Albert Swearinger
C Avenue NE
Swearinger
V Y. Hasek
Fourth Street
First and
Second Avenues SE
Woman Steals To Save Sister From Sale Claim
In New York a 23 year old Alma Schecter and her 19 year old sister Evelyn Steinbaum were arrested for burglary after entering their mother Elsie Steinbaum's home with a passkey to move clothes they say toward preventing the mother from selling Evelyn to a man. The sisters testified the clothes belonged to Evelyn and the family case involves Alma's past sale as a child bride. Magistrate Mogelesky dismissed the burglary charge.
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New York
INS
Bernard Mogelesky
Alma Schecter
Evelyn Steinbaum
Elsie Steinbaum
Mogelesky
Bach to Chicago announcement from Iowa City
Marcus Bach a noted religious playwright at the University of Iowa announced his acceptance of an appointment as director of the Midwest Play Bureau in Chicago Illinois. The item notes the depth to which bogs sink can reach forty feet.
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Iowa City
Marcus Bach
University of Iown
Midwest Play Bureau
Chicago
Ill
Warm Weather Returns Across Iowa After Weekend Cool Spell
After a cool weekend, Iowa state reports show rising temperatures Monday with highs reaching about 90 degrees in Carroll and 94 in Albia. Cherokees logged the heaviest rain at 3.40 inches Saturday while Iowa Falls recorded 2.96 inches. Burlington and Keokuk also noted precipitation Sunday.
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Des Moines
INS
Velez Weissmuller Divorce Confirmed After Five Years
Lupe Velez confirms divorce from Johnny Weissmuller after five and a half years of marriage. She signs the petition and reports a property settlement is arranged. She says they are happier apart despite love remaining.
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Lovella C. Parsons
Hollywood
INS
Lupe Velez
Johnny Weissmuller
Tarzan
Lupe Monday
Johnny
New York
Japanese Air Strike On Nanchang Decimates Chinese Airfield
A Japanese naval communique reports the heaviest air attack in military aviation history. Japanese bombers landed at Nanchang under heavy fire, attacked seven grounded planes, seized two machine gun magazines, and, after pursuing Chinese retreating by a gasoline truck, returned to base unharmed.
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Nanchang
Lake Poyang
Ontario Will Claim Sidley Estate Tax
Ontario government to collect succession duties on the entire estate of the late Maybelle Horlick Sidley heiress to a malted milk fortune Racine Wisconsin as reported by reliable authority Monday.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario
Maybelle Horlick Sidley
Racine
Wis
Aged Iowans Die in Auto Fire Near Winterset
Mrs. Eva Swartz 68 and Lloyd Conrad 73 of Earlham died when their car overturned and burned eleven miles north of Winterset. Conrad escaped but died hours later in hospital. Sheriff says loss of control caused the wreck and no inquest will be held.
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Winterset
Eva Swartz
Lloyd Conrad
Earlham
Pope Attacks Nationalism Prompted by German Clergy
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XII denounced exaggerated nationalism. He rejected compromise talks with Hitler's regime and urged a return to Catholic doctrine. The speech, delivered to French Sisters at Castel Gandolfo, framed nationalism as a threat to world peace.
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Vatican City
Ins
Pope Pious
Holy See
Hitler
Vatican
Germany
Sisters of Cenacolo
Hig Castel Gandolfo Summer Villa
No Ghosts Just A Woodpecker In Council Bluffs
In Council Bluffs a woodpecker emplaced in a house caused repeated hammering sounds for days. The Stowe family searched the home but could not locate the source until a furnace door was opened revealing the woodpecker pecking at the grates.
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Council Bluffs
E. L. Stowe
Stowe
Roosevelt Leaves Rochester With His Mother
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and her eldest son James Roosevelt departed Rochester Minnesota after a special Northwest Airlines stop. James had been hospitalized since June 21 for a gastric ulcer on a strict diet and rest and will return for further treatment the first week in September.
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Rochester Minn
Eleanor Roosevelt
Sears Roosevelt
Monay
Northwest Airlines
Roosevelts
Young Roosevelt
Farm Problem On G. O. P.'s Docket
Chicago will host the Republican program committee in August to tackle the farmer’s market issues at home and abroad. Dr. Glenn Frank, committee chairman, announced the plan Sunday night.
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Chicago
INS
Republican Program Committee
Glenn Frank
Birth Announcements From Local Families Highlight Mercy Hospital
A series of birth notices lists adds for newborn sons. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Raymer welcome a son on July 16 at Mercy Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Franke Hoffman report a son on July 17 at 1120 Lincoln Avenue NE. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Krizek of Marion Route 2 announce a son on July 18 at Mercy Hospital.
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Arthur Raymer
Sixth Street
Mercy Hospital
Franke Hoffman
Lincoln Avenue
Albert Krizek
Marion
A Srrineey
Mercy Hos Pita
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Ray Murray
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Board of Assessment and Review
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J. C. Landenberger
Iowa U
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Barbers Auxiliary
Checker Club
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