Temperatures and weather notes from June 2 1947 record
Daily Record lists highs and lows for cities including Bismarck Atlanta Chicago Minneapolis Denver New York Sioux City and others. Agricultural forecast shows partly cloudy warm conditions with showers west in late afternoon and most of state Tuesday night and Wednesday. Also reports drunk and disturbing the peace fines, divorces petitions and decrees, court notices, and local police actions with multiple names and addresses.
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Bismarck
Atlanta
Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Yowa Agricultural
Training Plan Outlines Large Scale Selective Service
The draft proposal envisions a pool of 750000 to 950000 for training with a six month basic program on land or ship. It stresses weapons development and warns against commando courses that praise brutality and killing. After training, options include regular service branches academies or other military paths.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
West Point
Annapolis
Plan for a college ROTC program with civilian oversight
The proposal envisions an ROTC like college program overseen by a three member civilian commission reporting to the President and a general advisory board of local civilians. It estimates annual costs between 1.75 and 2 billion dollars, with program start about one year after congressional approval and full readiness in five years to build a trained manpower pool for emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Non-Stop Cargo Service Cleared For Cedar Rapids Route
United Air Lines gains Civil Aeronautics Board approval for unlimited non stop cargo service between Cedar Rapids and Chicago. Inauguration set for June 11 with daily eastbound Cargo liner DC-3 at 5 28 p.m except Sundays and Mondays. Flight 804 will originate in San Francisco via Omaha Chicago South Bend Akron Newark.
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United Air Lines
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
United
Civil Aeronautics Board
Don Hines
Cedar Rapids Airport
West
West Coast
San Francisco
Omaha
South Bend
Akron
Newark
Leo Ankeny Receives 30 Day Jail Term and Fine
Leo Ankeny, 22, of Springville, was sentenced to 30 days in county jail and fined $100 plus costs after pleading guilty to two traffic counts. He was charged with operating a car after license denial and reckless driving, arrested by state highway patrolmen on Memorial Day for weaving on Route 150, nine miles north of Cedar Rapids. Patrolmen cited faulty steering and Ankeny said his license was denied for inadequate vision, with driving after denial carrying a mandatory jail sentence.
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Grover C. Schwarz
Aliquippa
Leo Ankeny
Springville
Vallie Saunders
Hannibal
Justice H. R. Churchill
Justice Court
Ankeny
Route 150
Cedar Rapids
U S Credit Plan To Aid Iran Military Modernization
The United States plans a 30 million dollar credit to Iran for buying surplus American military supplies. The State Department said a formal agreement will be signed in a week or two. The credit is a drawing account rather than a formal loan to allow purchases of surplus goods for Iran's army and police.
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Washington
United States
Iran
State Department
Court To Review Issue Of Religious Education
Washington report notes the Supreme Court agreed to review the Illinois Supreme Court ruling allowing religious education classes in Champaign public schools. Mrs Washtin McCollum, a 33 year old mother of three described as a rationalist, seeks to ban the classes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Illinois Supreme Court
Pas Public
Champaign
Washtin McCollum
Dr Snyder Resigns Post at Davenport
Dr Charles E Snyder 70 longtime pastor of the Unitarian church in Davenport resigns effective Oct 1 after 16 years of service. He is noted as a student of eastern Iowa history and has served as past president of the Davenport Ministerial Association and past grand chaplain of the grand lodge of Iowa Masons.
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Davenport
Charles E. Snyder
Unitarian Church
Snyder
Iowa
Davenport Ministerial Association
Grand Lodge of Iowa Masons
City Hall News Cavalcade Amusements Approved for June Dates
The Cavalcade of Amusements received permission to present its carnival under American Legion auspices June 16 to 25, after a prior authorization for June 3 to 15. Northwood dairy’s request to bury a 1000 gallon water tank at 700 Center Point Road NE was referred to inspectors. Libbie Krejci gained a class B beer permit for 601 Twelfth Avenue SE. Refunds of unused building and electrical permits went to Howard E. Landrus and E. H. Benay.
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Cavalcade of Amusements
American Legion
Council
Northwood Dairy
Center Point Road NE
Libbie Krejci
Twelfth Avenue SE
Howard E. Landrus
Allview Drive
E. H. Benay
Westwood Drive
Naval Academy graduate Chadima completes Annapolis program
Midshipman Robert S. Chadima son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester C. Chadima of 2250 Washington avenue SE graduated Monday from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis Maryland. He was appointed from Iowa's second congressional district after studying at Iowa State College and the University of Oklahoma. Chadima will be commissioned an ensign and hopes to enter aviation.
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Robert S. Chadima
Lester C. Chadima
Washington Avenue
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Second Congressional District of
Iowa
Iowa States College
University of Oklahoma
Chadima
Claeys Seek Boundary Line With Wilsons Over Garage
Frank T. Claeys and Lorine E. Claeys sue Marion district court Monday to set a boundary line between their property and Clinton T. Wilson and Jessie Gertrude Wilson. They say a garage built Jan 1, 1946 extends one foot onto their land and ask to bar the overhang. They also claim the Wilsons assert three and a half feet of disputed land where flowers were planted. They seek 512 dollars total: 500 in damages and 12 for a court-ordered survey.
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Frank T
Lorine E. Claeys
District Court
Marion
Clinton T
Jessie Gertrude Wilson
Wilsons
Claeys
Judge Woids Judgment Awarded R. H. Tallman
Judge G K Thompson set aside a May 15 district court judgment of $734.43 against Ken wood Transfer Company in favor of Richard H Tallman on grounds of mistake and excusable neglect. Tallman’s petition filed April 18 alleged the moving firm mishandled a trunk sent to Barranquilla Colombia in damaged condition with items missing.
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Kenwood Transfer Company
Richard H. Tallman
G.K. Thompson
Tallman
Barranquilla
Colombia
South America
Trimble Pleads Innocent On Larceny Charge
Orville Trimble aged 35 of Cedar Rapids pled not guilty to grand larceny in Judge G K Thompson's court. He was charged with taking a paycheck for 30 47 and $13 in cash from Mr and Mrs Ray Kibler of 529 Fifth Street SW during a May 26 visit to the Kibler home.
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Orville Trimble
Cedar Rapids
G. K. Thompson
Trimble
Ray Kibler
Fifth Street
Kibler
Judge dismisses suit over air conditioning gear sale
On motion by the plaintiff Judge Floyd Philbrick dismissed the case in which Mario A Leoni sued Cedar Rapids lodge No. 304 Loyal Order of Moose for $1,241.11 related to air conditioning equipment allegedly sold to the lodge last summer.
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Floyd Philbrick
Mario A Leoni
Cedar Rapids Lodge No. 304
Loyal Order of Moose
Union Drops Suit Against LaPlant
Union members had sued La Plant Choate Manufacturing for 2 million dollars in portal to portal pay and liquidated damages. The action, filed Dec 26 by three union reps for plant employees, was withdrawn without prejudice as a new contract was signed last Thursday, ending a wage dispute that delayed settlement.
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Portal To Portal
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
U. S
Henry N. Graven
Portal
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Union
CIO
Ellis Terrace Storm Sewer Plan Hangs on Authority and Funds
A veterans' committee manages Ellis Terrace as contractor Williams holds the storm sewer pipe. The plan calls for about 500 feet of 12 inch sewer line at an estimated $1500 to $2000. It would reduce flood levels but not handle all flash floods from nearby hills. Funding may come from city funds instead of a bond issue, with $12,000 already allocated to Ellis Terrace.
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Williams
Young
Ellis Terrace
Solon accuses agencies of negligence in LaGuardia crash
Washington Rep. Ross charges the Civil Aeronautics Board and Civil Aeronautics Administration with gross negligence and dereliction of duty over the United Air Lines crash at LaGuardia. He says a personal probe supports findings. House hearings on air safety will feature an expanded investigative group. Hariman warns air travel remains eight times riskier than rail or bus travel and cites a 33 percent cut to the commerce budget threatening safety device programs.
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Washington
INS
Ross
D-N.y
Civil Aeronautics Board
Civil Aeronautics Administration
United Air Lines
la Guardia
New York
House
Wolverton
R-N.j
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
LaGuardia
Maryland
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Congress
Senate Appropriations
Commerce Department
CAA
Investigators Probe Cause of Eastern Air Lines DC-4 Crash
Gov ernment probe begins X-ray tests on blackened parts and twisted propellers of the four engine DC-4 wreck in Bainbridge Maryland. Preliminary findings show tail assembly stabilizers and fins broke off before the crash that killed all 53 aboard. Eastern Air Lines says the aircraft was a converted surplus C 54 bought from the army. Civil Aeronautics Board experts conduct magna flex internal crack checks.
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Bainbridge, Md
Eastern Air Lines
Army
Civil Aeronautics Board
Commencement for Eighth Grade Students Tuesday
Eighth grade graduates from Linn county schools will hold commencement in the McKinley school auditorium at 9 45 a m Tuesday. Diplomas will be awarded by Walter A Shupp county superintendent of schools. Jessie Parker state superintendent of public instruction will give the main address. Music by the rural seventh grade choir directed by Miriam L Shupp and the Monroe Township band.
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Linn County
McKinley
Walter A. Shupp
Jessie Parker
Miriam L. Shupp
Monroe Township
Traveler Sees Damage to Land From Rainstorms
Des Blumenshine reports widespread flood impact after heavy rains in Tama and Marshalltown areas. Basements flooded and yards inundated at coal and lumber firm, Tama airport flooded with planes moved onto a road. corn fields submerged and pastures escaping damage. Iowa River near Tama runs wide, highways flooded, drainage overwhelmed.
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Tama
Coal and Lumber Company
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Marengo
Ladora
Pune
John Jakoubek Fined for Drunkenness and Disorder
John Jakoubek of 1302 Third Street SW was fined $25 and costs in police court after pleading guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace. He was arrested at Snyder's tavern Saturday night after being removed twice for disturbing patrons, police said.
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John Jakoubek
Third Street
Jakoubek
Snyder’s Tavern
Traffic Toll in Cedar Rapids Since April 1
Cedar Rapids records show a rising toll from traffic incidents since April 1, with 201 injuries and 57 deaths reported. Officials warn conditions remain dangerous as the trend continues.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids and area reel from weekend floods and washouts
Cedar Rapids and surrounding Linn County area faced extensive flood damage as rail and road washouts disrupted service. Mainlines near Vinton and Iowa Falls were repaired after trains were turned back, while bus substitutions operated for Cedar Rapids to Waterloo segments. Bridges washed out and numerous sewer and street flooding issues required rapid municipal response.
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Towa Falls
Chicago
Sioux Falls
Iowa Falls
Vinton
Many Fields Some Roads Under Water
Flood reports from Gazette correspondent across northeastern Iowa detail rising Iowa River levels near Marengo and widespread bottomland inundation along Bear creek. Residents face seepage into basements as runoff slows, but the levee between Bear creek and Marengo again holds water from entering town.
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Marengo
Iowa
Bear Creek
Anamosa
Wapsie
Charles Spaethe
Stone City
Monticello
W. E. Long
Gazette
Wyoming
Flood Conditions Widespread Across Iowa Towns
Flooding worsened in many Iowa communities as rivers rose and creeks overflowed. Belle Plaine and Anamosa reported rising waters while Cedar Rapids and Waterloo faced significant river levels. Roads closed near Anamosa and Marshalltown, basements flooded, and crops threatened in multiple counties.
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Marshalltown
C. John Anderson
Riverview
Marshall County
Waterloo
Cedar River
West
Tipton
Grant White
Wapsie
Cedar County
Olin
Walnut Creek
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Raccoon River
van Meter
Raccoon
Tracy
Eldon
Ottumwa
Central Addition
Music educator Earle G. Killeen dies in California
Earle G. Killeen, longtime head of Coe College music department from 1910 to 1918, died Saturday night at his Carmel Heights home. He later directed musical activities for Seiberling Tire in Akron and taught at the University of Minnesota. Survived by wife, two sons Albert and David, and a grandson. Cremation cremation funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Earle G. Killeen
Coe College
Carmel Heights
Calif
Killeen
Akron
Ohio
Seiberling Tire Company
University of Minnesota
School of Music
Albert
David
Anton Kapoun Dies After Brief Illness
Anton Kapoun 45 of 59 Twenty-second avenue SW Cedar Rapids died at home at 3:30 a.m. Sunday after a brief illness. Born in Czechoslovakia June 13 1901 he moved to Cedar Rapids in 14 and ran a meat market with his father since 1920. Survived by wife Ann two children Robert and Betty Ann sister Mrs Eugene Dillon and father Frank Kappun all of Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be held at Sokol hall 2:30 p.m. Tuesday conducted by Theodore B Hlubucek with cremation to follow. Friends may call Kuba funeral home until 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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Anton Kapoun
Twenty-second Avenue
Czechoslovakia
Cedar Rapids
Sokols
Prokop Velky, C. S. A
Ziskov Dub No. 91
Z. Cc. Bad
Cedar Rapids Retail Grocers and Butcher
Mrs Dusil, Fairfax, Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs William Dusil of Fairfax died at her home at 1 15 a m Sunday after a lingering illness. Born March 1 1880 in Johnson county she lived in Johnson and Linn counties all her life, 19 years in Fairfax. Survived by husband two sons Louis and William of Fairfax sister Mrs Mike Nunn Cedar Rapids half sister Delia Putnam Manchester and 12 grandchildren.Polansky chapel at 2 p m Tuesday by Rev Zdenck F Pauk burial in Hala cemetery Johnson county Friends may call at the chapel.
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William Dusil
Fairfax
Johnson County
Johnson and Linn Counties
Louis
William
Mike Nunn
Cedar Rapids
Delia Putnam
Manchester
Polansky Chapel
Zdenck F. Pauk
Hala
Mary L Rock 67 dies at Cedar Rapids home
Miss Mary L Rock age 67 dies after lingering illness at her Cedar Rapids home on A Avenue NW. Born September 8 1879 near Parnell she is survived by sister Mrs Joseph C Gutenhauf and brother James Rock of Cedar Rapids. Services Tuesday at 8 30 am at St Patrick's Church with Msgr D J Lenihan. Rosary at 8 pm Monday at Monahan ase home. Burial in St Joseph's Cemetery Parnell.
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Mary L. Rock
A Avenue NW
Parnell
Cedar’ Rapids
Joseph C. Gutenhauf
James Rock
Cedar Rapids
St. Patrick’s Church
Services for Mrs Jennie Lynch Hunter
Funeral services for Mrs Jennie Lynch Hunter of 1408 Fourth Avenue SE are set for 9 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Church with Rt. Rev. Msgr. J M Molloy officiating. Burial follows at Mt Calvary Cemetery. Rosary will be recited at 7 30 p.m. Monday at Monahan Funeral Home, where friends may call.
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Jennie Lynch Hunter
Fourth Avenue SE
Immaculate Conception Church
J. M. Molloy
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Msgr. Molloy
Monahan Funeral Home
Mayor Curley Conviction Upheld By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Monday upheld Boston Mayor James M. Curley’s mail fraud conviction. It denied his request to review and overturn the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling affirming the conviction. Curley received six to 18 months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Donald Wakefield Smith, ex National Labor Relations Board member, also denied review and sentenced to four to 12 months and a $1,000 fine.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James M. Curley
Boston
Curley
United States Court of Appeals
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Smith
Des Moines Trucker Burns to Death in Crash
An Iowa Packing Company truck driver from Des Moines was killed when his vehicle collided with a coal truck eight miles west of Knoxville. Roy Pope of Knoxville, driver of the coal truck, was hospitalized in Knoxville with injuries.
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Knoxville
INS
Newcomb
Des Moines
Iowa Packing Company
Roy Pope
Collins Memorial Hospital
Soap Box Derby Set For Highway 149 in Cedar Rapids
Highway 149 in west Cedar Rapids will host a soap box derby on July 18 attracting Linn county contestants. Detours along Sixth Street SW and Sixteenth Avenue SW will reroute traffic while gravity powered cars race. Winners proceed to state finals in Des Moines with a chance at the national crown sponsored by Geneva Motors Chevrolet division.
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West Ceda Rapids
Highway Commission
Theity Council
Lin County
Sixth Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Third Avenue
Linn County
Des Moines
Iowa
Akron
Nationa
Geneva Motors
Chevrolet
Gordon Hughes
Soap Box Committee
Iowa Farmers Assess Crop Progress and Corn Outlook
Eastern Iowa reports show about 25 percent of acres seeded with shifts toward corn or soybeans possible in Tama county. Weather has aided pastures and small grains, but weeds like smartweeds threaten oats. Agronomists urge careful discing and monitoring of corn centers. uncertain crop prospects may delay market movement as farmers check ear moisture for storage.
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Tama
Byra
Emmet Gardner
Iowa City
Town State College Agronomist
Iowa
Vote Crackdown On Red Passports
Washington UPI report says the House passed and sent to the Senate a bill to curb Communist and subversive passport fraud. The measure, sponsored by Representative Mundt, would require fingerprints with every passport application and authorize the State Department to implement the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate Legislatio
Re Mundt
R-S.d
State Department
Explosion at Chemical Factory Kills Two in Edinburg
An explosion at the America Dynamid and Chemical Corporation in Edinburg Pa destroyed two buildings, including the jelly house where dynamite gel was manufactured. Two workers were killed and nine injured as the blast wrecked the facilities on Monday, according to Detective John Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburg, Pa
America Dyanamid and Chemical Corporation
John Moore
Jelly House
British Heat Record in London Hits June High
London temperatures surged to a record for June as Kew Observatory reported 89 degrees. The reading marked the highest June temperature in the 80 year history of the facility entering a heat wave across Britain.
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London
Kew Weather Observatory
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James Franklin Fowler
Maxine M Fowler
Frances H. Stein
S. Allen Stein
Sally Maude Fishburn
Clyde Dent Fishburn
Gerald Walkup
Betty Jean
Lenora Wright
Watkins Wright
Grace Wood
Ernest Wood
Faye Jones
Winford Jones
Donna L. Sadilek
Frank J. Sadilek
Melvin Cooley
Second Street
Ray Quaid
Tenth Street
Fay Ivan Ross
Iva Pearl Campbell
Herbert M. Shepard
Mary L. McInerney
Robert C Getlin
Corrine Jones
Leonard W. Lanton
Luvena M. McKeehan
Earl S. Lint
Clara M. Zohn
Shellsburg
Jack O. Blood
Sharpsburg
Roxanna O. Armstrong
Harold Bergen
Joyce Lane
Palo
George D. Hodges
Norfolk, Va
Ardyce L. Quass
Edward J. Smith
Elma Kucera
William Smith
Rockford
Margaret Port
St. Luke’s
Vernon Herren
Lumir Stusak
Twelfth Avenue
Kenneth Nevins
Clarence, Witt
Belle Plaine
Kenneth Waggoner
F. F. Doty
K Avenue
Kenneth Myers
Nineteenth Street
Mercy
William Lint
Robert J. Brejcha
L Street
Panguitch
Utah
Edwin J. Neckville
Thirty-sixth Street
Wiliam Frendle
Eighth Street
G. R. Stauffacher
Eldora
Warren L. Summy
Marvin A. Knapp
Central City
Paul S. Ray
First Avenue
Jack Andrew
Fourteenth Avenue
Paul Brown
Ralph N. Gordon
Paul Scott
Sixteenth Street NW
Clifford J. Henderson
Second Avenue SE
C.R
U.S
City Hall News
Naval Academy
Woids
R. H. Tallman
LaPlant
Veterans’ Committee
UE SL
Ave. S.E
Solon
Des Blumenshine
W. F. Winkrantz
Northwestern
O. A. Beerman
Milwaukee Road
Waterloo, Cedar Falls
Northern Line
C. E. Fisher
Independence
LaPorte City
K. C. Daniels
Greyhound Bus Lines
Daniels
Crandie
Walker
Prairieburg
Toddville
Paris
William Behrens
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Country Club Parkway
Indian Creek Bridge
Cottage Grove Avenue SE
Twentieth Avenue SW
Twelfth Street
First Avenue SE
Sidney Street SE
Indian Creek
Sadie Thompson
Public Improvements
David L. Williams
City Engineering Department
Owa
D. H. Zentmire
Salt Creek
Monay
L. C. Crawford
Geological Survey
Iowa River
Crawford
Dubuque
Albia
Jefferson
Monroe
Perry
Guthrie Center
Sac City
Pte
Creston
Nebraska
Lincoln
Norfolk
Earle Killeen
Coe Music Department
Kapoun
Miss Mary Rock
Hunter Services
Highway 149
Flower
LA Pite S Feorists
Third Avenue SE
Weston D. Ralston Insurance, Inc
W. D. Ralston
Peter F. Berenson
Frank W Scheible
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