Daily Record Weather and Police Court Notes 1946
Weather details for cities including Bismarck Los Angeles Chicago Minneapolis Enver New York Jacksonville Sioux City and Iowa forecast predicting fair cold Saturday rising Sunday and mild Monday with specific high lows and precipitation. Police court briefs list fines for drunkenness speeding parking improper passing failure to dim lights defective equipment and other traffic offenses in Cedar Rapids area with names and amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Los Angeles
Chicago
Minneapolis
Enver
New York
Jacksonville
Sioux City
Iowa
Marvin Hartwig
Clutter
Vivian Ives
Crescent Drive
John Russell
Cedar Rapids
Max D. Harger
Sixteenth Street SE
Esther B. Strait
LaGrange
Roy F. Walker
Anamosa
Howard R. Churchill
Valentine’s Mother Dies at Centerville
VALENTINE’S MOTHER DIES AT CENTERVILLE. Mrs H E Valentine 67 mother of former Lt Gov John K Valentine and widow of a Centerville attorney died Thursday night. Survived by another son Robert both Centerville attorneys Funeral services set for Monday at 11 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville, In
H. E. Valentine
John K. Valentine
Centerville
Robert
Airport Clinic Set for April at Iowa State College
Des Moines report says the second annual state airport clinic will be held at Iowa State College in Ames on April 15. Lester G. Orcutt, secretary of the Iowa Aeronautics Commission, announced the event Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State College
Ames
Lester G. Orcutt
Iowa Aeronautics Commission
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa 1946
State of Iowa Linn County to all whom it may concern notice is hereby given that on the 12th day of March 1946 at 9 oclock am an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Charles Edward Earhart late of said county deceased will come on for hearing before the District Court at the Court House in Cedar Rapids Iowa for proof and admission to probate. March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Linn County
Charles Edward Earhart
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Russia Backs ANO Role on Spanish Issue
Paris report says Russia favorably replied to a French proposal to bring the Spanish question before the United Nations Security Council. Washington and London officials indicate the United States and Britain oppose the move, deeming Franco's regime not a threat to international peace. Madrid radio accuses the U.S., Britain, and France of inciting civil war in Spain.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Washington
United States
Security Council
France
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
London
Madrid Radio
Britain
Spain
Radio
Madrid
ABC
Francisco Franco
Moscow
Mussolini
F C C Tightens Policy on Issuance of Radio Licenses
Washington AP The FCC tightened procedures for issuing and renewing radio station licenses. It will weigh four program service factors affecting public interest: sustaining programs including network offerings, local live programs, public issues discussions, and elimination of advertising excesses. The report cites a paucity of network sustaining programs due to network supply and station carriage issues.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
White Collar Steel Raise Is Authorized
Washington based Wage Stabilization board authorized the steel industry to grant an 18.5 cent hourly wage increase for white collar employees to remove intra-plant inequities following a similar boost for production workers. The action excludes administrative or executive personnel and salaried workers earning over $5,000 annually.
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Washington
INS
Truman's Jackson Day Talk to Be Major One
The AP reports President Truman will deliver his first post inauguration Jackson Day speech on March 23 from Washington to be broadcast by all radio networks at 9 p.m. CST. The address will also be heard at over 500 similar dinners nationwide, marking a major political moment.
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Washington
Truman
Italian Rioting In Andria After Unemployment Roil
Italian troops patrolled Andria, Bari region, after two days of rioting sparked by unemployment. At least five people have been killed in the unrest.
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Bari
Italy
INS
Andria
Pedestrian and taxi passenger hurt in three crashes
Four people injured Friday morning in three auto accidents. Nick Scheuler and Frank J. Gorman face failure to yield charges. Victims include William E. Cornish, Herman Little, Inez Lawrence, and Loren Hart. Lawrence taken to St Luke’s Hospital. Miller and Wright cited for failing to yield.
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Nick Scheuler
Springville
Frank J. Gorman
Seventh Avenue
Scheuler
First Avenue
Tenth Street
William E. Cornish
Seventeenth Street
Herman Little
A Avenue NW
Cornish
Little
Cedar River Dam Project Case Argued Before Court
The First Iowa Hydro-electric cooperative argued before the U S Supreme Court that a federal license for its Cedar River power project should be granted without a prior state permit. Iowa contends state compliance is required. the case concerns navigable waterways and federal power act authority. The court planned to announce a decision later.
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Washington
Iowa
Cedar River
Cedar
Muscatine
Mississippi River
Congress
OPA Charges Rent Excesses in Three Federal Suits
Three OPA rent overcharge suits were filed in federal court. One case against Pullman hotel ended Friday with Judge Graven ordering $961.40 against the hotel. A suit against Charles Williams seeks $218 for three tenants, and Eva Goodridge faces $292.50 in claims for five tenants. Details reference an investigator’s report. violations span Feb 7 1945 to Jan 15 1946 per stipulation.
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OPA
Henry N. Graven
Pullman
Charles Williams
Third Avenue SE
Eva Goodridge
Sixth Avenue SE
Des Moines
Williams
Lemke to Run Against Langer in North Dakota Primary
Rep Lemke announces he will oppose Sen William Langer for the Republican senatorial nomination in the June 25 primary in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Lemke
R-Nd
William Langer
Witness testifies Goering and Hitler clashed before arrest
Lt Gen Karl Bodenschatz testified that heavy Allied raids strained Goering’s ties with Hitler in 1943. He said Goering opposed war with Russia and the pogroms, insisted on peace after the 1938 Munich pact, and tried to persuade Hitler against attacking Russia.
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Russia
Goering
Hitler
Bodenschatz
Fuehrer
Reichsmarshal
Churchill Urges Union of Hearts Across English Speaking Peoples
In a Richmond speech, Churchill calls for union of hearts based on conviction and shared ideals among English speaking nations. He recalls a wartime pledge with Roosevelt and warns against two extremes while acknowledging Russia’s omission in the talk. He praises Virginia’s people for facing facts with fortitude.
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Churchill
Roosevelt
America
Britain
Globe
England
United States
Russia
Missouri
Virginia
Richmond
Academy Couple Found Guilty of Indecencies
NORRISTOWN Pa AP Mr and Mrs George W Balles operators of the closed co educational Warminster academy were found guilty on morals charges Balles convicted on 10 of 11 charges his wife Laura on five of six The 33 year old headmaster and his 37 year old wife listened stoically as the verdict was read after 314 hours of deliberation Balles faces up to 48 years and his wife could be sentenced to more than 22 years Witnesses included boy and girl students who testified that Balles had corrupted morals and committed indecencies
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Norristown
George W. Balles
Warminster
Balles
Air Officials Deny 50 Killed in Rome Turin Crash
Reuters quoted American air force officials in Rome denying a Rome radio report that about 50 British and American officials were killed in a plane crash between Rome and Turin. The Rome station attributed the information to official sources.
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London
INL
Reuters
Rome
Turin
Truman Defers On Churchill Plan And Other War Issues
President Truman refused to endorse or criticize Churchill's proposed Anglo American military alliance during a press conference. He outlined continuance of the Anglo American chiefs of staff until the war emergency ends, notes no immediate Big Three meeting, and mentions Marshall’s return to China and Winant's status. He hopes to visit the UN council in New York later this month and dismissed a question about Byrnes' retirement.
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Washington
Truman
Winston Churchill
Fulton
Churchill
Great Britain
United States
George C. Marshall
China
Chungking
John Winant
London
Winant
London Post
UNO Council
New York
James F. Byrnes
Rank and File Rail Union Move
Announcement in Cleveland details a rank and file movement within railroad brotherhoods led by Wellington Roe. Roe launches the National Bank and File association seeking democratic(worker) representation and a referendum on settlement terms, while Whitney and Johnston face potential leadership challenges amid a looming walkout and a pending fact finding panel.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Railroad Brotherhoods
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen
Truman
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Wellington Roe
Whitney
National Bank and File Association For
Democratic and Intelligent Representation
B. of R.T
L.E
Roe
Alvanley Johnston
B. of L.E
Johnston
Methodist Bishop Criticizes Kelly Bow to Cardinal
Chicago Methodist Bishop J Ralph Magee says Mayor Kelly acted un American by bowing and kissing Cardinal Stritchs ring on the cardinal's return from Rome. Magee declares the gesture showed subservience of civil government to the church and protests the display.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Cardinal Stritch
Rome
J. Ralph Magee
Kelly
Weather affects Creston district basketball tourney
Public works cleared snow and slush from Cedar Rapids streets as Creston district basketball tournament faced weather delays. City bus schedules adjusted due to moisture causing bus motor issues. The weatherman forecast snow ending Friday night with colder temperatures and a partly cloudy Saturday. High 50 F at 1 PM, 42 by 7 PM, 39 midnight, 31 at 7 AM, then dropping to 30 by 9 AM.
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Creston
Public Improvement Department
Cedar Rapids
Sergeant Yorks Son Too Late for Shooting
San Francisco dispatch reports Pfe Woodrow Wilson York son of Sgt Alvin York arrived in the Philippines August 25 and was en route to his father’s Jamestown Tennessee farm too late to see any fighting. He re enlisted and will depart for overseas duty in Germany after a furlough with his father.
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San Francisco
INS
Alvin York
Jamestown
Tenn
Pacific Theater
Pfe
Woodrow Wilson York
Philippines
Young York
Germany
Deaths Mrs Paul L Miller Dies Pastor's Wife at 45
Mrs Paul L Miller 45 wife of the First Lutheran pastor died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. Born April 12 1906 in Chicago she married Miller in 1927 and lived in California Sedalia Mo before moving to Cedar Rapids. Survived by husband two daughters Marion Ruth Ariel and four sons Paul Donald John Carl. parents B J and Marion Gaddis Chicago. siblings George Richard Helen Murray Isabel Cavanaugh. Funeral 10 am Tuesday at First Lutheran Church with burial in California. flowers omitted. Friends may call Moen chapel.
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Paul L. Miller
First Lutheran Church
Isabel Cavanaugh
Glendale
Calif
California
Moen Chapel
Cedar Rapids Obituaries Compiled for Local Residents
Joseph L Shulista 56 dies after heart attack at 2 am Friday in Cedar Rapids born Bohemia March 23 1889 came to America 39 years ago survived by wife Anna three daughters LeRoy Scanlon Solon Emil Postisil and Louis Sojka Cedar Rapids three sons Joe Lester in the South Pacific and Robert at home sister Mrs Joseph Hruby Bohemia eight grandchildren member of Carpenters local 308 Prokop Velky C.S.A South Side Civic club and Sokol trustees land manager of CSA building body at Brush chapel funeral pending son in the South Pacific also notices Melville Dee Hutchinson 904 Ninth Street SE Cedar Rapids died in local hospital Tuesday services 1:30 pm Saturday Turner chapel burial Oak Hill cemetery born December 15 1886 Dela Prairie Wis married Geneva Meyers 1907 Baraboo Wis she died years ago employed by Milwaukee railroad 20 years in Cedar Rapids since 1918 surviving daughter Mrs George Christie Marion sister Mrs Freeman Gilbert Cedar Rapids two nephews Mrs W R Rush Mrs William R Rush 59 of 1004 Ninth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died at 12:25 am Friday after brief illness member Bethel A M E church Silver Leaf chapter No 5 O E S surviving brothers Alphia and Harry Black sister Mrs Frank Allsup several nieces and nephews services Bethel A M E church 2:30 pm Tuesday Rev A R Parks burial Linwood Rice funeral home.
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Joseph Louis Shulista
Twenty-second Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Bohemia
America
Anna
LeRoy Scanlon
Solon
Emil Postisil
Louis Sojka
Joe
Lester
Navy
South Pacific
Robert
Joseph Hruby
Carpenters Local No
Prokop Velky C.S.A
South Side
Melville Dee Hutchinson
Ninth Street SE
Turner Chapel
H. K. Galloway
Oak Hill Cemetery
Dela Prairie
Wis
Hutchinson
Geneva Meyers
Baraboo
Milwaukee Railroad
George Christie
Marion
Freeman Gilbert
W. R. Rush
William R. Rush
Ninth Avenue SE
Bethel A. M. EB. Church
Silver Leaf Chapter No. 5
O.E.S
Alphia
Harry Black
Frank Allsup
Cedar
Services for Keffer and Pohorsky Names of City Funerals
Services for Jess F Keffer five son of Mr and Mrs Paul H Keffer 1229 Tenth Street SE will be held in Beatty chapel at 130 p m Saturday with Rev Ralph B Colton pastor Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church Burial will be Cedar Memorial Park Friends may call at the chapel Services for Mrs Frank Pohorsky 318 Twelfth Street NE will be conducted in Kuba funeral home at 230 p m Saturday with Rev Zdenek Pauk Cremation will follow Pallbearers will be members of Mladocech Lodge No 18 of ZC BJ Friends may call at the funeral home 1228 Second Street SE
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Jess F Keffer
Paul H. Keffer
Tenth Street
Beatty Chapel
Ralph B. Colton
Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Frank Pohorsky
Twelfth Street
Kuba
Zdenek Pauk
Mladocech Lodge No
Zc.bj
Second Street
Services Set For Mrs Bradke In Hopkinton Hopkinton and Rohn Chapels
Mrs. William C. Bradke of 416 First Avenue NW will have 1 p.m. Saturday services at the Rohn chapel and 2:30 p.m. at the Hopkinton Methodist church, conducted by Rev. Homer E. Dalrymple. Burial follows in Hopkinton cemetery. flowers omitted. Friends may call at the chapel. Funeral rites for Clark E. Brewer aged 78, killed Thursday in a local hospital from injuries received January 16 when struck by a car, are at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Moon chapel, Rev. I. E. Linkletter officiating. Burial is in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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William C. Bradke
First Avenue NW
Rohn
Hopkinton
Homer E. Dalrymple
Clark E. Brewer
Moon Chapel
I. E. Linkletter
Linwood Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs George E Dennis
Funeral services for Mrs George E Dennis of 1554 Fourth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids, resident since 1885, who died Wednesday, will be at Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Saturday. The Rev Ralph B Colton pastor of Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian ...
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Dennis
George E. Dennis
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Ralph B. Colton
Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian
Funeral service details announced for local resident
A local church will officiate the funeral with burial at Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel prior to services.
Mrs Mary Minor Died in Milwaukee After Long Illness
Mrs. Mary Minor daughter of Mrs Eliza Blakey of 918 Eighth Street SE and mother of Mrs George Rice of 514 Sixth Street SE died Wednesday evening in Milwaukee after a long illness. She was a member of Mt Zion Baptist Church Cedar Rapids. Survivors include two sons Robert and Lawrence Hunter of Milwaukee and seven grandchildren. Services will be at Mt Zion Baptist Church at 230 pm Monday led by Rev D O Bell. Burial in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Mary Minor
Eliza Blakey
Eighth Street
George Rice
Sixth Street
Milwaukee
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Cedar Rapids
Robert
Lawrence Hunter
D. O. Bell
Linwood Cemetery
Rice
Atom secrets kept inviolated despite foreign attempts says Solon
Rep. Thomas asserts that American atomic bomb secrets remain secure but foreign agents continue attempts to obtain them. He notes investigations by the House Un-American Activities Committee since August, with Oak Ridge cited as a focal point and stresses government cooperation and vigilance.
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Washington
INS
Rep. Thomas
R-N. J
Thomas
House un-American Activities Committee
Rep. Wood
D-Ga
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
United States
Canada
Cedar Rapids Church Officers Dinner Set At Y M C A
City briefs announce a 6 30 p m dinner meeting of the Cedar Rapids Association of Church School superintendents at the YMCA with officer elections. Also notice openings and sermons by local pastors, a hospital patient, a lawyer reopening, and a post posed bingo party due to a death.
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Cedar Rapids Association of Church
Mrs Drew Suffers Knee Injury Crossing Rail Tracks
Mrs C C Drew staff assistant at the Linn County Red Cross office of 1619 First Avenue SE suffered a knee injury after an accidental fall while crossing Second Avenue railroad tracks Thursday night. Twenty one stitches were required to close the wound.
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C. C. Drew
First Avenue SE
Linn County
Red Cross
Second Avenue
City Clerk Extends Hours for Primary Absentees
The city clerk's office will stay open until 5 p.m. Saturday to assist residents away for Tuesday's city primaries. Absentee ballots are available at the clerk's office on the third floor of City Hall.
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City Hall
Davenport Man Hurt in Brush with Semi trailer
Walter Hakensen of Davenport sustained a possible fracture of the left leg when a semi-trailer slid into his car on Highway 64 ten miles east of Marion near noon on Friday. He was taken to St. Luke's hospital and said his car narrowly avoided falling into a creek after the collision as the truck slid on snow and stopped against a post at the embankment.
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Inez Lawrence
Avenue
Gorman
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Miss Lawrence
Walter Hakensen
Davenport
Highway 64
Marion
Iowa Seeks Return of 3 Kidnap Bandits
Des Moines AP Iowa authorities sought the return of two men and a woman who Chicago police said confessed to kidnapping Iowa State Patrolman John Mahnke in Denison on November 28. The trio Robertson, Margaret Robertson and Felix Kargel were among six arrested in Chicago. Mahnke escaped after being held at gunpoint and later resigned from the patrol.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Denison
John Mahnke
John L. O'Malley
Robert Lee Robertson
St. Louis
Margaret
Felix Walter Kargel
Mahnke
Western
Towa
Bachman Will Probate In Cedar Rapids Court
Jacob Bachman's will, admitted to probate Thursday, named his wife Mrs. Anna Bachman and brother August as executors with Judge G K Thompson appointing Baldwin and Mrs. Bachman. Baldwin’s bond set at 10000. Bachman died February 24 in Cedar Rapids at 93. Bequests include 500 to sister Mrs Elizabeth Heins and 500 to sister Mrs Mary Dietz who is dead. Wife receives one half of the remainder with the balance split among Bachman’s living siblings and Anna Bachman.
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Jacob Bachman
Frank B. Baldwin
Cedar Rapids
G. K. Thompson
Baldwin
Bachman
August Bachman
August
Charles
Elizabeth Heins
Oakland Road
Mary Dietz
Henry
Louis
LaPorte City
Anna Bachman
Julius
Corbett Fined and Sentenced for Delinquency Case
Judge Floyd Philbrick Friday sentenced William Corbett, 20, to a $100 fine and 30 days in Linn county jail after pleading guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a 13 year old Cedar Rapids girl. In default, he faces another 30 days. He listed 632 First Avenue NW as his address.
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Floyd Philbrick
William Corbett
Linn County
Corbett
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue NW
Lisbon church to receive $100 bequest in Kettering will
Mrs. Caroline Kettering of Lisbon dies at 84 and leaves 100 dollars to the Federated Church of Lis bon. Stella Burd and Gladys Kepler share the estate equally with their brother, with daughters receiving all personal property. The will was written February 4 1944. probate also admits Mrs J C Cunning’s will with distribution among her children including Beverly J Cunning and James H Cunning and a diamond ring.
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Federated Church of Lisbon
Caroline Kettering
Lisbon
Stella Burd
Gladys Kepler
J. C. Cunning
Lucille M. Carver
Fifteenth Street
Mabel R. Cunning
Detroit
Mich
Howard J. Cunning
Chicago
Divorce Petitions Dismissed by Judge Thompson
Judge G K Thompson Friday dismissed two divorce petitions. Homer T Walcott vs Cinderella Walcott filed Feb 23 and Truman A Trapp vs Elizabeth E Trapp filed Aug 14 1943 were dropped at the plaintiffs request.
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G. K. Thompson
Homer T. Walcott
Cinderella Walcott
Truman A. Trapp
Elizabeth E. Trapp
Trainman Official Dies in Chicago at 57
Isaac Hoff man, 57, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, died Friday in Chicago. The report notes his leadership role and prominent standing within the railroad union.
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Chicago
Isaac Hoffman
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firesmen
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Ellis Boulevard
Loren Manley
A Avenue
Robert O'Meara
John Patrick
L. C Sharp
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William Layer
Ed Vatroubek
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George Thomas Knapp
Helen M. Stevens
George N Stevens
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G. A. Erickson
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Anna Kaiser
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Velma C. King
St. Luke's
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Mt. Vernon Avenue
Dewey Brown
Ely
Brown
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Mercy
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Stanwood
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Arthur Axmear
H Kablieek
Py Das
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Pasenger
Sixteenth Street
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William Mikulecky
Nineteenth Street
Cedar River Dam
Hermann
Adolf
Union of Hearts
Sly
Academy
Rank and File Rail Union Move
York
Joseph L. Shulista
Hutchinson Rites
Jess Keffer
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Bradke Services
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Eee
Atom
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Iowa City
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Lyle K. Anderson
World Missions
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Jesus
C. W. Harrop
Pale Methodist
Emma Lou Sweet
Nobility Silver Company
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R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
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