Engagements and Weddings Plannings Across Iowa Towns
Center Junction announces Catherine Thompson to Roy B Ralston with Aug 6 wedding. Velma Starry to Richard G. Spunkle set at Starry home in Olin. Cleo Ludlow to James Ludlow July 28. Constance Laurence Naylor to Lieut Jasper N Stephens to wed July 20 on Iowa State campus gardens. brides and grooms hold teaching, drafting and survey roles across Maquoketa Urbana Pittsburgh Ames Alona omitted here.
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Center Junction
S G. Thompson
Catherine
Roy B Ralston
Roy Ralston
Alexis. I
Thompsons
Scotch Grove
R A. Naylor
Constance Laurence
Jasper N. Stephens
Ames
Leslie K. Stephens
Algona
Iowa State College
Cleet
Sailfish Sub Goes to 85-Foot Depth Under Mumma
Portsmou th N H on scene of the Squalus tragedy a year earlier the Sailfish formerly the Squalus submerged for two hours forty five minutes to 85 feet with Lt Cmdr Morton C Mumma aboard surviving crew members including Lloyd B Maness and Naval Architect Harold Preble aboard the vessel that carried 33 survivors from the 1939 sinking off the Isles of Shoals where 26 crewmen died.
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Portsmouth
N. H
U S
Lloyd B. Maness
Morton C Mumma
Lowa City
Harold Preble
Saturday Preble
Isles of Shoals
Gracie Allen Drops Presidential Bid to Back Winner
HOLLYWOOD IN S. Gracie Allen a noted screen and radio comedian withdrew from the presidential race as the surprise party candidate and said she would back the candidate who wins the presidency. She urged respect for the franchise and the American Constitution over entertainment.
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Gracie Allen
Hollywood
INS
Screen and
Radio Comedienne
Gracie
Pro-American Bloc Seeks Fair Treatment in Youth Congress
Murray Plavner led about 200 delegates pledging to banish the alleged red taint at the American Youth Congress meeting in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. He appealed to Eleanor Roosevelt the Dies Committee and Wisconsin Governor Julius Heil for credentials and protection against expulsion while Gene Tunney provided support and prestige to the pro American faction.
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Chicago
American Youth Congress
Lake Geneva
Wis
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dies Committee
Julius Heil
Wisconsin
Congress
Murray Plavner
Roosevelt
Gene
Plavner
Government to add 150 G men in anti spy drive
Attorney General Robert H. Jackson announced that 150 more G men will join the pursuit of fifth column agents on Monday. He warned against turning the campaign into a witch hunt and pledged to handle foreign spies and their dupes within constitutional bounds.
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Saranac Inn
N. Y
Robert H. Jackson
Fifth Column
Simulated Air Attack Planned on Panama Canal Defense
Army authorities said a simulated airplane attack on the Panama canal will be staged by 15 Navy bombers in a test of U S canal defenses, announced Saturday night aboard Balboa C I.
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Balboa
C. I
Panama Canal
Navy
United States Army
Tax assessment on North Western line upheld by court
Madison Wisconsin AP Circuit Judge Alvin C Reis rejected a $175000 tax cut claim from the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Railway for 1938. He upheld the state valuation of 17200000 and tax of 42015274, citing offers and figures suggesting higher value. The North Western is parent to the Omaha line.
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Madison, Wis
Alvin C. Reis
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company
Tax Commission
Reis
Fred W. Sargent
The
North Western Railroad
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
North Western Road
William Van Orsdol Graduates From Antioch College
William F Van Orsdol son of Mr and Mrs J W Van Orsdol 205 Twelfth Street SE was graduated from Antioch College Yellow Springs Ohio Saturday morning with an AB degree in accounting and business administration He gained work experience at Plymouth Motor corporation Baumann Finney Co Interchemical Corp and plans to remain with Interchemical in New York City after July 15 He served on campus on the Campus Valet Cooperative board the Bookstore Steering committee and the chorus.
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Wiliam F van Orsdol
J W . van Orsdol
Twelfth Street
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Antioch
van Orsdol
Plymouth Motor Corporation
Baumann, Finney and Co
Public Accountants
Chicago
International Printing Ink
Interchemical Corporation
New York City
Campus Valet Cooperative Association
Chorus
Violations Of New Red Laws Pile Up
Moscow and Leningrad report prosecutions under newly issued Soviet labor rules aimed at speeding war production. The decree, issued three days ago, shifts to a seven day work week and longer daily hours, prompting cases against workers who fail to report for work or who quit.
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Moscow
Russia
Leningrad
New Authority Given To Sherman Anti-Trust Law
James J. Sterig reports that the Sherman act gains new life under Supreme Court rulings and a revived enforcement approach. The Justice Department marks its 50th anniversary with a broad campaign led by Arnold to mobilize consumers and pursue widespread enforcement across industries including food, fuel, and medicine.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
Douglas
Madison
Apex
Lincoln
Arnold
Building Industry
Arnolds
Anti-Trust
No Songs Barred In Hawkeye Music Festival
Hawkeye music festival in Cedar Rapids July 2 will not require specified numbers for choral band or solo entries. Winners advancing to Chicagoland festival Aug. 17 must play set numbers. Contests at Coe College morning clinics at Hill Park in afternoon mass performance. Tickets via Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Coe College
Hill Park
Huge Spy Plot In Sweden Reported
Four persons including two British nationals were sentenced to long terms at hard labor in Sweden for an espionage plot. Alfred Rickman received eight years, Ernest Briggs five years, Elsa Johansson and Arne Behrisch 42 months each. Rickman was paid 35000 pounds for propaganda and sabotage. a foreign power paid 32000 pounds for the plot. The sabotage aimed at an ore harbor cranes, thwarted three times in May and April by vigilant workers.
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Stockholm
INS
Alfred Rickman
Ernest Briggs
Elsa Johansson
Arne Behrisch
City Notes and Community Announcements Summary
Townsend club meets Monday at 7 30 p m in the Memorial building council room public invited sermon at First United Presbyterian church Wells Without Water at 11 o clock birth announced a son to Mr and Mrs Harold Chase Cedar Rapids former Miss Arline Croft Davenport hospital Odd Fellows install officers Tuesday 7 30 in I O O F hall District Deputy Grawe to preside Veterans secretaries reelected at Minneapolis convention Emergency hospital aid for Mrs Lewis Streit downtown store incident Industrial musicians seek rehearsals next Monday 8 p m Allied Industrial league band Hill park massed band July 12 Sokol circle festival film Crete Neb shown Monday 8 p m
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Harold Chase
Calamus
St. Luke's Hospital
Davenport
Chase
Arline Croft
Cedar Rapids
Hill Park
Allied Industrial League
Roy Schwab
Scout Den 3 Trip Plans and Movie Event
Three trips were taken by Den 3 Troop 26 cubs including a High Rock hike, fishing, and a Wiener Roast at Foremost Theater plus visits to WAT station and the central office. Members Emmett, Joe Gaskill, Richard Stanek, Frank Susheme, and Ted Suchomel Cray are listed along with others. A Sunday event is scheduled for July 7 from 1 to 8 p.m. at Cedar Rapids facilities with entertainment by local leaders. attendees are asked to bring cups and a vegetable dish for refreshments.
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den 3 Troup
High Roek
WAT
Faeds Etmert
Coxws
CHUNS
Jon
Ipers
Cedar Rapids
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Olin
F L. Starry
Velma
Richard G. Spunkle
Emma Spunkle
Pittsburgh
Starry
W. P. Nicholess
Wyoming Presbyterian Church
M. C. Starry
A. E. Cibbison
Seventh Street
Cleo
James M. Ludlow
Catherine Thompson
Velma I
Baldridge
Cleo Cubbison
Constance L. Naylor
Mumma
U. S. Youth Congress
Canal
North Western
William van Orsdol
James J. Strerig
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Republic
Control Abroad
Standard Oil and Associated Companies
Theodore Roosevelt
Sweden
City Briefs
Townsend Club No. 1
Memorial Building
T. M. Nielsen
First United Presbyterian Church
Odd Fellows Lodge No
Second Avenue
F. S. Grawe
F. E. Love
First Street
Lewis Streit
Fifth Avenue SE
Crete
Neb
Sokol Society
Sokol Hall
Ates
Poe
Royon
Robertshaw
Montgomery Ward
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