Linn Relief Load Drops Sharply in May
Relief office reports 1 070 May cases, 165 fewer than April and 139 fewer than May 1940. General relief totals include 529 family, 174 single, five hospital only and 362 medical only cases. May expenditures reach 21 184.44 with 337 WPA workers, 91 on both relief and WPA, and a net May total of 1 316 cases. Food stamps worth 10 881 issued. 15 earned part relief through county work.
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Relief Office
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Food Stamp Office
Linn
Sagestes
Ene
Nie
Gloria Sheppard Hosts 13th Birthday Roller Party
Gloria Sheppard plans a roller skating birthday party for her 13th Friday, forming a group of 13. Guests include Patty Pratt Rose Rodgers Juanita Owen Davison George Homsey Betty Pohorsky Bobby Reif Peter Vour nagas John White and Robert Williams.
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Gloria Nadine Sh
Keppa Sh
Patty Pratt
Rose Rodgers
Juanita Owen
Davison
George Homsey
Betty Pohorsky
Bobby Reif
Peter Vournagas
John White
Robert Williams
Raincoats and Blanket Found in Hedge Believed Stolen
Police recovered two raincoats and a blanket hidden in a privet hedge at 1901 Fifth avenue SE around 6 p.m. Tuesday. The items, tied in a bundle, appeared recently stolen as they were dry. One coat, a gaberdine trenches model, contained two Paramount Theater ticket stubs used after 7 p.m. on June 6. The gray second coat may have been taken from an automobile.
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Fifth Avenue SE
Paramount Theater
Corn Bins Collapse After Spontaneous Combustion
In Kansas City an Empire Storage and Ice Company building 40 by 50 feet tall five stories collapsed as corn storage overheated. W R Wilkerson blamed spontaneous combustion in the corn. two box cars were overturned and nearly buried in debris. No injuries were reported.
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Kansas City
W. R. Wilkerson
Empire Storage and Ice Company
Maas Criticizes Separate Air Force Plan Belief
Rep. Melvin Maas of Minnesota, a World War II Marine flyer and reserve colonel, argues a separate air force would hinder rather than advance U S military modernization. He says it centralizes power instead of better joint command and expects to return to active duty soon.
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Washington
Melvin J. Maas
Minn
World War Marine Corps Flyer
United States
Maas
Marine Air Reserves
Sunbathing Coeds Cause Aerial Traffic Jam
In San Diego a group of fifty coeds sunbathing on the roof of San Diego State Women's College prompted a traffic disruption. Cadets in an air force unit staged flights that caused the incident. officials requested a closed fly area but no action followed before the semester ends.
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San Diego
San Diego State Women’s College Oo
Air
Ghesilege
Parading Shriners Turn Indianapolis Into Bagdad
Shriners in bright red bloomers vests turbans and tunics parade through Indianapolis creating a Bagdad like carnival atmosphere despite cloudy skies. The event drew crowds as rain held off and the city hosted the unusual turnout.
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Parading Shriners
Indianapolis
Bagdad
Parad Shriners
Grand Parade Opens Sixty Seventh ShrineCouncil Session
More than 5 000 Masons marched in the long parade marking the grand opening of the sixty seventh council session of the Gient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. The two and a half mile line took two hours and 13 minutes to pass the reviewing stand.
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Gient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Masons Par
Ias
Testimonial Class Sunday at Mooseheart Illinois
Testimonial enrollment at Mooseheart Illinois Sunday will leave Cedar Rapids by auto caravan at 7 am. Those to be initiated include Otto P. Rigg Arthur A Bezdek Earl F Robbins Donald V Morton Charles L Adams Roger C Barry Leo J Wicke Carl Kuh Harry Abel Kenneth Steber J C Shelton Vernon Dean Thomas Keith Engle Albert L Madison William A Volz Arthur Davison Bill Syers John Lewis J E Cole gs Slaughter John K Lewis Glen Reynolds Harry L Smith Don Cooper D A Albaugh Frank Bailey Jr Frank M Smith Arnold F Barta Henry W Harms August Rothenbacher Norman L Strain.
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Gradua
Mooseheart
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Otto P. Rigg
Arthur A. Bezdek
Earl F. Robbins
Donald V. Morton
Charles L. Adams
Roger C. Barry
Leo J. Wicke
Carl Kuh
Harry Abel
Kenneth Steber
J. C. Shelton
Vernon
Dean Thomas
Keith Engle
Albert L. Madison
William A. Volz
Arthur Davison
Bill Syers
John Lewis
J. E. Cole
Gs Slaughter
John K. Lewis
Glen Reynolds
Harry L. Smith
Don Cooper
D. A. Albaugh
Frank Bailey, Jr
Frank M. Smith
Arnold F. Barta
Henry W. Harms
August Rothenbacher
Norman L. Strain
Divisions Given Priorities To Speed Possible A.E.F.
U S forces set equipment priorities for the First Marines at Parris Island and the First Army Division at Fort Devens to form a rapid response task force. Plans include potential overseas action such as Martinique or Azores if needed, with about 7000 Marines expanded toward 15000 by reallocating from other units.
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Washington
Army Infantry
United States
United Press
Martinique
Marshall
Geesamites
Chungking Rioted by Fifty Three Bombers Raid
Fifty three Japanese bombers attacked the western suburbs of Chungking Wednesday in another raid on the Chinese capital area. The assault followed previous strikes as defense efforts continued.
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Chungking
China
Pays With Life For Milk Bottle Theft
In San Francisco Joseph Berger a 45 year old unemployed plasterer was killed after stealing a quart of milk from a parked dairy truck. Ray Hickman allegedly struck Berger breaking his jaw and causing a fatal skull fracture at Central Emergency Hospital.
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San Francisco
INS
Joseph Berger
Berger
Ray Hickman
Hickman
Central Emergency Hospit
July 4 Weekend Trip To Camp Claiborne Planned
Parents and friends of men at Camp Claiborne La plan a July 4 weekend visit using excursion rates. A meeting is set for Friday at 8 p.m. at the Roosevelt hotel. Round trip fare is 18.90 dollars with Cedar Rapids train leaving July 2 at 11 p.m. and returning July 7 at 8 p.m. Reservations should be made soon.
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Ae Claiborne
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
SEC Orders 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 once part of the Insull utilities empire. It named Northwest Utilities and Wisconsin Power and Light, with replies due by June 24 and a hearing July 9. A geographic integration proceeding is also pending.
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The
Securities Commission
Middlewest Corporation
Insull
Pire
Northwest Utilities
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Middlewest
SEC
Northwest
Wisconsin
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