Manchester Couple Celebrating Golden Anniversary Today
Mr and Mrs Joseph Thurn celebrate their golden wedding anniversary in Manchester after 26 years of residence. He turns 76 Monday, she 77. Open house runs 3 to 5:30 p.m. at their home with 80 relatives invited, dinner at Glen Charles hotel today, and a 6.30 a.m. mass Monday at St Marys. They wed July 21 1891 in Strawberry Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Joseph Thurn
Thurn
Glen Charles
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Strawberry Point
Anna Wiley
Patrick Wiley
Lacella
Mr. Thurn
Edgewood
Int
Iowa
Clayton County
Joseph Wulfekuhle
Marie
Lynus Putz
West Union
Marion Citizens Asked To Donate Defense Aluminum
Mayor John C Mullin calls Marion residents to join the national defense aluminum collection this week. Linn county supervisors will issue a bill to accept old aluminum at the northeast corner of the city park. Rural donations will be gathered by rural mail carriers according to plan.
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John C Mullin
Marion
National Defense
Board of Supervisors of
Linn County
Legion Supper and Meetings Set for Monday at Legion Hall
Marion post No. 298 American Legion and Auxiliary invite members and families to a 6 30 p m prime supper at the Legion hall. An executive committee meeting follows at 7 30 p m with separate post and auxiliary meetings at 8 p m. Co chairs are Mrs Herbert Price and Mrs Hugh Hutton. other committee members include Mesdames R J Williams Arthur Newman John A Clay Herbert Wesling Violet Hansstrom Grace Behrens Esther Barber Sophia Johnson and Frances Wahl. Auxiliary committee chairmen will report, and auxiliary officers will be installed at a special meeting July 28.
Picnic and community notices common in Cedar Rapids area
Complimenting Donald Bragg as he leaves for Corpus Christi. A Cedar Rapids picnic at Bever Park features families including the Braggs and Beesons. Cub Scout pack No 58 Dad and Son picnic at Granger's pasture Tuesday at 5 30. Other events and meetings listed with local names and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scout Pack No 58
Granger's Pasture
Outdoor fireplace with Scotch motif on Mark Woodward home
Mark Woodward, a mason, built a cement fireplace in his garden at 1585 Seventh Avenue with a Scotch head statue on the chimney. The structure rises 12 feet high on a four foot base, seven by four feet at the base, using stone from the Wapsi Pinicon river. His nephew Jack Beeson Jr assisted. Woodward plans Mount Rushmore style carving, lily pool, garden paths, seats, and a cement tree with bark and hearts and initials.
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Mark Woodward
Seventh Avenue
Woodward
Wood
Ward
Jack Beeson, Jr
Wapsipinicon
Stone City
Mr. Woodward
Mount Rushmore
Community notices from Marion area events and visits
Local residents plan trips and gatherings including Rev J B Clyde family a week at Methodist Institute Clear Lake. Choral club rehearsal at Marion Public Library Tuesday at 2 pm. Handicraft club picnic at Thomas Park Wednesday noon. Cedar Rapids drum corps perform today at 2:30 pm at American Legion pool then head to Lions convention in New Orleans. Various visits and travel plans described.
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Clear Lake
Methodist Institute
J. B. Clyde
Helen
Robert
Myrtle Wagner
Clyde Scott
Betty Lou
Jean
Bob Scott
Dorothy Hutton
Myrna
Mary Bailey
Bernice Benesh
Harold Wagner
Albert Hindman
Clarence Boesenberg
Marion Towers
Marion
Lillian Peterson
Doris Arnold
Genevieve Koch
Alburnett
Marion Choral Club
Public Library
Handicraft Club No 1
Thomas Park
Y M.C. A. Drum and Bugle Corps
Cedar Rapids
American Legion
Lions Club
New Orleans
Jack Higgins Improves After Home Explosion Burns
Jack Higgins son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Higgins of 890 Thirteenth street is out of bed part time in a wheelchair after severe burns suffered February 14 in a home explosion. Beverly and Maxine Craig of Chicago, former Marion residents, visited. A birthday picnic for William Domer at Thomas Park drew many relatives including the Day, Day Jr., Day Sr., Frank Day, Stevenson, Summy, and Domer families from Marion Rock Island and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Higgins
F. E. Higgins
Thirteenth Street
Beverly and
Maxine Craig
Chicago
Marion
Higgins
Thomas Park
William Domer
Fourteenth Street
Robert Day
Robert Day, Jr
Ronnie
Frank Day
Frank Stevenson
Rock Island
Aaron Summy
Newton, Mo
Lee Summy
Cedar Rapids
Virginia Stevenson
Ray Domer
Kenneth Domer
Tommy
Paul Fidler
Alex Fidler
Iowa City
Fidler
Norman Petersen
West Branch
Bob White
Don Padilla
Bob Montgomery
Petersen
Montgomery
Paul Shaw
Iowa Girl Becomes United Air Lines Stewardess
Vida Casper, a former Washington Iowa high school student and glee club member, recently graduated from United Airlines stewardess school in Chicago. The daughter of Charles and Mrs. Casper, she studied cosmetology and nursing before joining the coast to coast and Pacific routes as one of over 200 stewardesses. Casper, 5 feet 2 inches, 105 pounds, with chestnut hair and blue eyes, enjoys dancing horseback riding swimming and violin and piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vida Casper
Washington, Ia
United Air Lines
Miss Casper Just
Chicago
Charles F. Casper
Washington Junior College
Paris Academy
Cedar Rapids
St. Francis Hospital
Evanston
Casper
Local Social Scene Highlights With Prizes Announced
Mrs D A King hosted the five hundred club Friday with five hundred players at three tables. Mrs Roy Houser won high and Mrs Leonard Burrows second high prizes. Traveling prizes went to Mrs Harold Miller and Mrs Houser. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Pearson and Mrs Mary Hanna plan a weeklong trip to Colorado Springs Denver Fort Collins and Miss Eleanor Hanna joins after summer school.
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D A. King
English Boulevard
Roy Houser
Leonard Burrows
Harold Miller
Houser
Kenneth Pearson
Mary Hanna
Colorado Springs
Denver
Fort Collins
Eleanor Hanna
Marion
Harper's Ferry First Iowa Town to Get REA Service
McGREGOR The Mississippi river village of Harper's Ferry in Allamakee county is now receiving electric light and power from the REA, the first incorporated town in Iowa so to be serviced. The 300 population town is connected to the same high line as hundreds of farms in Allamakee and Clayton counties. Current comes from Galena, Illinois temporarily, but after August 15 power from the Tri State REA generating plant in Genoa Wisconsin will energize the lines. Twenty four street lights using 200 watt bulbs have been installed and fixtures and bulbs provided. Street lighting will be paid for on a flat rate, replacing the old gas engine powered electric plant built by a local citizen 25 years ago and operated as a community enterprise.
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Mcgregor
Harper's Ferry
Allamakee
REA
Iowa
Clayton
Galena
Ill
Genoa
Wis
Trucks and Buses Run on Charcoal in Japan Says Commerce
The department of commerce states most trucks and buses in Japan operate using charcoal as fuel. This claim highlights a shift toward alternative fuels within Japanese transportation and could affect energy policy and industry practices.
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Japan
Department of Commerce
Property Once Owned Since 1848 To Be Partitioned
Buchanan county court hears a partition suit over 160 acres in Hazleton township that has not changed hands since 1848 when the federal government sold it to Orlando B. Sufficool. The 160 acres were deeded to Sufficool in four parcels with a Polk signed patent. Plaintiffs are Charlotte M. King and Sarah F. Heskett, sisters, while defendants are Orlando and Glenn A. Sufficool, heirs of Emma G. Sufficool.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Hazleton Township
Orlando B. Sufficool
Mr. Sufficool
James K. Polk
Charlotte M. King
Sarah F. Heskett
Orlando Sufficool
Glenn A. Sufficool
Emma G. Sufficool
Relief Rolls Show 25 Per Cent Drop In Unemployables
DES MOINES AP The Iowa welfare board reports 14,859 unemployables on the June relief rolls, down from 19,732 a year earlier and 19,096 in June 1939. Officials note no clear reason, possible causes include more available jobs and households leaving the rolls. The employable relief client total fell to 7,609 in June, a decrease of 5,500 since January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Towa
State Social Welfare Board
Coe Professor Joins Nature Study School Faculty
Dr Warren N Keck an ornithologist from Coe College Cedar Rapids and president of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union will join the Nature Study school faculty at its twenty third session on McGregor Heights August 3 to 14 He will lecture lead bird hikes and conduct special work on Iowa trees.
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Mcgregor
Warren N. Keck
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Ornithologists’ Union
Nature Study School
McGregor Heights
Keck
Iowa
Assembly Rejects Daylight Saving as Cruel to Animals
In Hamilton Bermuda the assembly voted 25 to 6 against daylight saving time, citing it would be cruel to animals. Farmers argued animals would lose an hour of sleep each night as clocks shift, while humans keep same routines.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Iowa News in Brief Highlights Across Cities
In Solon, women completed Red Cross home hygiene courses taught by Lois Lang. Anamosa saw two new homes begun with existing structures nearing completion. Earlville hosts Big Gala Days with baseball games, 4-H show, pie contest with prize to state fair, and a lion-tiger-elephant carnival. Independence reports a divorce petition with alimony and child custody sought. Waukon honors library board retirees after 30 years service. Shellsburg installs Rebekah officers. Delhi marks Grandma Jackson's 90th birthday. Shellsburg funeral held for Mrs. Wyant, long-time resident. Thornburg worker injured as belt broke on threshing machine. North Liberty elects Standard Bearers officers at the Methodist church.
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Leo F. Loyer
North Huber Street
Lee van Kirk
West Broadway
Eric Owen
Earlville
Earlville Community Club
Delhi
Delaware
Elkport
Dyersville
Independence
Virginia
Kline Frost
Paul M. Frost
Buchanan County
St. Paul
Minn
Waukon
Ellison Orr
J. E. O'Brien
Decorah Park
O’brien
Orr
P. F. Kjor- Jang
J. S. Cameron
J. H. Hager
H. E. Taylor
W. C. Decker
H. Haehlen
Grandma Jackson
Clara Breach
Theodore Breach
Northumberland County
Pennsylvania
Wilson Jackson
Draft Army Chef Pierre Plechot Joins Fort Des Moines Menu
Pierre Plechot, once a top chef in New York and Miami, now works at Fort Des Moines cooking for soldiers. The 35 year old Frenchman left a $75 a week Hormel job for $41 a month, proud to serve his country and keep artistic flair in military dining. His mother lives in Philadelphia and he recalls cooking for royalty in Bordeaux as a youth.
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George
Mills
ES Moines
Pierre Plechot
Fort Des Moines
Terrapina
Maryland
Jobster Bellevue
Plechot
New York
Washington
Atlantic City
Miami
Hormel’s
Austin
Minn
United States
Pierre
Bordeaux
Fort
Philadelphia
France
Iowa Clubwomen Name Defense Leaders in State
Mrs. Robert Pike of Sioux City is named chairman of national defense work for the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs. Sub-committee heads include L. C. Davis Tama agriculture H. G. Schill Fort Dodge Americanization Ben Todd Ida Grove aviation S. L. Sherman Carroll defense products nutrition E T Hubbard Iowa City stamps and bonds Eugene Cutler Des Moines nursing George Robeson Iowa City housing recreation Red Cross and a note from Mrs. John L. Whitehurst General Federation president urges active involvement.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Robert Pike
Sioux City
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
David Lennox
Marshalltown
Iowa
General Federation of Women's Clubs
L. C. Davis
Tama
H. G. Schill
Fort Dodge
Ben Todd
Ida Grove
S. L. Sherman
Carroll
Eugene Mannheimer
Red Cross
George Robeson
Iowa City
H. B. Woods
E.T. Hubbard
United States
Eugene Cutler
John L. Whitehurst
Baltimore
General Federation
Iowa Convict Guard Arrest Highlighted
The report cites a penitentiary guard who followed Faulkner to the site and notes the man had been trusted to set up targets on the prison rifle range before his arrest on July 11.
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Tain
Iowa
Faulkner
Iowa convict in custody at New London with multiple aliases
Iowa board of control records list Jack OBrien as the convict held in New London Conn He has also been known as Stanley Faulkner and Harold Brown He escaped Fort Madison prison January 25 1937 and was sentenced to 10 years for automobile theft at Grinnell Ia on September 25 1933 Records show no conviction for manslaughter, a charge he claimed to New London police.
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Des Moines
Iowa Board of Control Records
Jack O'Brien
Iowa
New London
Conn
Stanley Faulkner
Harold Brown
Fort Madison
Grinnell
New London Police
Wallace Talk To Be Broadcast At 9 30 P M July 31
Burlington AP reports Vice President Henry Wallace will deliver a nationally broadcast talk on July 31 at 9 30 P M instead of the previously announced 7 P M Glenn Cray Burlington Defense day chairman confirmed the change.
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Wallace
Burlington
Glenn Cray
Funeral today for Mrs. Sarah Doe 93 in Tama
Funeral services are held today at 2 30 p m in the Methodist church for Mrs. Sarah Doe 93 a Tama resident who died Thursday at Deaconess hospital Marshalltown. Burial is in Woodlawn cemetery Toledo maples. She was born January 18 1848 near Mount Vernon and married Franklin D Doe in 1867.
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Sarah Doe
Tama
Marshalltown
Ben Horner
Earl Seth
Ben Cory
Woodlawn
Toledo
Sarah J. Robinson
Joseph
Margaret Robinson
Mount Vernon
Franklin D. Doe
Linn County
Tama County
Mr. Doe
Relief Office Reopened In Winneshiek County
The Winneshiek county board of supervisors rescinded last week’s decision to close the county relief office at a Saturday meeting. The reversal came after the county was notified that the closure would affect NYA WPA and CCC activities and the distribution of commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek County
Decorah
Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors
Rea
NYA
WPA
CCC
Flower Show Scheduled at Town State Fair
Des Moines AP reports a state wide flower show with 1700 dollars in cash prizes and a program of special contests displays and features spanning eight days at the Town state fair August 22 to 29 announced Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Government Aims to Produce 40,000 Pilots Monthly by 1941 End
The government plans to turn out pilots at 40,000 annually by late 1941. The army sets a 30,000 pilot quota and the navy a 10,000 pilot quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
McCleary Clinic Offers Free 122 Page Book On Colon Ailments
Advertisement from the McCleary Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri announces a free 122 page book on colon disorders piles and constipation with charts diagrams and X ray pictures. Send a postcard to receive the entire volume postage paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCleary Clinic
Elms Blvd
Excelsior Springs
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Cedar Rapids Bee
Marion Newsgazette
Donald Bragg
Corpus Christi
Tex
Bever Park
A E Bragg
J. A Beeson
Jack Beeson
Mark Woodward, Jr
1.C.C.F
Lodge Hall
Martin's Creek Community Club
Reginald Adams
Mr Adams
Muscatine
Wyona Carey
Anna Mullaley
Lake Okoboji
Clear Lake Methodist Institute
Mary Alice Kemble
Bonnie Carey
Geraldine Smith
Clifford O. Johnson
Hulda Munson
Elmer Fisher
Tommie
Billie
Peeves
Milwakee
Mabel Johnstone
Davenport
Mrs . A. Hardin
Rocky Road Hutchinson
Owen
Howard Clark
Ray C. McCalley
Donna
David
McCalley
G. Vaughn
Tucson
Ariz
Handicraft Club No. 2
Ralph Parks
Ninth Avenue
Roy King
Frances Pringle
Barbara
Storm Lake
James A. Pringle
Ina Dye Minor
Mabel Walsh
Cornerstone Kensington
Presbyterian Church
L. A. Klump
Eighth Street
Klumph
Merle Robison
George Bristol
Carl E. Krog
Mr. Krog
Pauline Krog
Louis Bretthauer
Bretthauer
Ute
Gazette
Frank B. Travis
H. G. Stitzel
F. H. Whipperman
Frank
Dorothy
Robert Richardson
Lloyd Richardson
Indian Creek
Tuckabache Club
W. Hewitt
Glenn E. Kinser
Albert E. Bragg
Bragg
Navy Band
Naval Air Station
Walther League of the
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lucille Cone
Daytona Beach, Fla
Mary Ellen Granger
Miss Granger
Ruth McGhee
Miss Rose Wilcox
Martha Ann Young
Estherville
Ashley Williams
Coe Man
Faculty of
Iowa News
Shellsburg
J. E. Wyant
Neal Clemmer
Oakwood Cemetery
Mary Barbara Crawford
William and Mary Crawford
Thornburg
James McCracken
Fred Bowers
North Liberty
Methodist Church
Lucille Martin
June Daniels
Margaret Burdick
Maxine Daniels
Eloise Martin
Chef Plechot
Uncle Samuel
George V
England
King Annas
Spain
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