Linn Relief Load Shows Sharp Drop in May
Linn county relief office reports 1 070 May cases, 165 fewer than April and 139 fewer than May 1940, with 529 general relief family, 174 single, 5 hospital only, 362 medical only. Expenditures $21 184.44. WPA employment down to 337, 132 less than a year ago. Food stamps issued $10 881. War work projects yielded 15 earners. 182 relief applications, 73 accepted, 73 for service, 16 rejected, 20 pending. Medical aid to 701 cases, old age recipients 75 with medical care.
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Linn
Relief Office
WPA
Food Stamp Office
S Ce
Gloria Sheppard Plans 13th Birthday Roller Party
Gloria Nadine Sheppard, daughter of Mr and Mrs F D Sheppard of 862 Eighteenth Street SE, turns 13 on Friday June 13 and hosts a birthday roller skating party for thirteen guests including Patty Pratt Rose Rodgers Juanita Owen Joyce King A Yura Marv Davison George Homsey Betty Pohorsky Bobby Reif Peter Vour nagas John White and Robert Williams.
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Gloria Nadine Sh
F. D. Sheppard
Eighteenth Street SE
Patty Pratt
Rose Rodgers
Juanita Owen
Joyce King
A. Yura
Marv Davison
George Homsey
Betty Pohorsky
Bobby Reif
Peter Vournagas
John White
Robert Williams
Raincoats and blanket found in hedge may be stolen
Police recovered two raincoats and a gray blanket from a privet hedge at 1901 Fifth avenue SE around 6 p.m. Tuesday. A yard man found the bundle. One coat held two Paramount Theater ticket stubs dated June 6 after 7 p.m., suggesting recent theft from an automobile.
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Fifth Avenue SE
Paramount Theater
Corn Pops Cause Large Building Collapse in Kansas City
In Kansas City a corn storage incident led to the collapse of a 40 by 50 foot five story brick section of a building owned by Empire Storage and Ice. manager W R Wilkerson blamed spontaneous combustion in the corn. Two box cars were overturned and nearly buried in corn and bricks. No injuries reported.
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Kansas City
Po Phisty
W. R. Wilkerson
Empire Storage and Ice Company
Maas Opposes Separate Air Force Plan
Rep. Melvin Maas a World War II Marine flyer argues a separate air force would misplace modern military tactics. He favors centralized command and warns against further de centralization as the armed forces reorganize.
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Washington
Melvin J. Maas
Minn
World War Marine Corps Flyer
United States
Maas
Marine Air Reserves
Sunbathing Coeds Cause Roof Traffic Jam
A group of fifty coeds sunbathing on the roof of San Diego State College disrupted aerial traffic. The incident prompted the college to request a closed campus policy as authorities assess the situation. The semester ends soon.
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San Diego
San Diego State Women's College
Ann
Survivor Recounts Narrow Escape From Oncoming Truck
A witness describes a near fatal incident and the moment of realization after seeing an oncoming truck. The account frames a personal crisis resolved by imminent danger and survival.
Shriners Parade Transforms Indianapolis Into Bagdad
A procession of Shriners in bright bloomers vests turbans and tunics turned downtown Indianapolis into a carnival resembling Bagdad. The mood was festive though skies remained dreary with rain held off.
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Indianapolis
Grand Lodge Pageant Draws Five Thousand Masons
Upward of 5,000 members of the Masons participated in a bright pageant along a grand march route. The parade took two hours and 13 minutes to pass the reviewing stand as officers reported the event.
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Ine Mikes
Masons
Testimonial Class Sunday At Mooseheart Ill
Thirty two local Moose lodge members will be initiated during a testimonial class at Mooseheart Illinois on Sunday. An auto caravan will depart Cedar Rapids at 7 am with initiates including Otto P. Rigg and Arthur A. Berdeix among others.
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Mooseheart, Ill
Moose Lodge
Mooseheart
Heart
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Otto P. Rigg
Arthur A. Berdeix
Earl F. Robbins
Donald V. Morton
Charles L. Adams
Roger C. Barry
Leo J. Wicke
Carl Kuh
Harry Abel
Kenneth Steber
J. C. Shelton
Verne Hepker
Dean Thomas
Keith Eng
Divisions Receive Priority Equipment For Potential AEF Force
Washington reports a Marine division and an Army infantry division have been given top equipment priorities to form a rapid response expeditionary force. No immediate plans exist to deploy the force abroad. the priority would shift gear from other units to ready a 15,000-strong Marine division and an Army unit at Fort Devens.
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Washington
Congressional
United States
United Press
Vest
Caribbean
Guantanamo
Cuba
Fort Devens
George C. Marshall
Econ Coum
Chungking Bombed Again by Fifty Three Japanese Planes
Fifty three Japanese bombers raided the western suburbs of Chungking on Wednesday, intensifying the attack reported from Chungking China by United Press.
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Chungking
China
Milk Bottle Theft Ends in Death for Suspect
In San Francisco Joseph Berger 45 a unemployed plasterer died after allegedly stealing a quart of milk from a dairy truck. Police say driver Ray Hickman stopped the escape and struck Berger on the jaw knocking him to the pavement before arrival at Central Emergency Hospital.
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San Francisco
INS
Joseph Berger
Berger
Ray Hickman
Hickman
Central Emergency
July 4 Weekend Trip to Camp Claiborne Planned
Parents and friends of men at Camp Claiborne La plan a weekend trip over July 4 with excursion rates. Meeting Friday 8 p.m. at the Roosevelt hotel to confirm attendance. Round trip fare is 18.90 dollars. train departs Cedar Rapids July 2 at 11 p.m. and returns July 7 at 8 p.m. Reservations urged promptly to aid planning.
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Camp Claiborne
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Order Action Against Middlewest Corporation
The Securities and Exchange Commission ordered a corporate simplification proceeding against Middlewest Corporation, top unit of a $500 million holding company system. Subsidiaries Northwest Utilities and Wisconsin Power and Light were named, with a geographic integration proceeding pending. Replies due by June 24 and a hearing set for July 9 to address whether Northwest's existence unnecessary complicates the system and whether Wisconsin Power's structure inequably distributes voting power among holders.
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Washington
Securities Commission
Middlewest Corporation
Insull Utilities
Northwest Utilities
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Middlewest
SEC
Northwest
Wisconsin
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