Cedar Rapids milliner Brammer marks 50 years in hats
The Cedar Rapids hat maker Brammer recounts a half century in millinery, recalling trends from Victorian bonnets to postwar styles. He notes his single preferred hat style and recalls memorable customers, while reflecting on fashion highs and hatpin dangers.
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Cedar Rapid
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Couple from distant points marry in Oakland church
Winfield Starr 41 and Elizabeth Carpenter 22 wed at Fort Christian church Oakland after a four year romance carried on by letters from Vermont and Montana and other places The Rev Paul Reagan Carpenter officiated They plan to depart for Honolulu on Sunday after Starr’s Army Engineers assignment in Vermont and recent duty in the Northwest Fort.
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Winfield Starr
Elizabeth Carpenter
Fort Christian Church
Oakland
Miss Carpenter
Moentpehier Vt
Wwa- Warnan
Paul Reagan Carr
US Army Engineers
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Vermont
Honolulu
Legionaux supper and card party marks twenty first year
Keystone Legion auxiliary members hosted a supper and card party for Legionaires in the OOF hall celebrating the twenty first anniversary. Mrs William Bernstorf was hostess to the Jolly Thirteen Bridge club on Wednesday. Mesdamirs Clarence O Brien and George Fell led high scares. Eureka club met Tuesday with Mrs Robert Bender. West Indies for U S former secretary McAdno urged acquiring the British West Indies and Bermuda as part payment of Britains war debt.
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Toledo Club Hosts Guest Day Program Highlights Local Meetings
Mrs C H McMahon of Marshalltown spoke at the Toledo Womans Club guest meeting held at the C L Henderson home. Musical numbers by C Ho Yerkes and Cath erine Yerkes accompanied by Mrs Ray w Antles and Mrs Alda Richards were among events. numerous local women attended from Tama, Cedar Rapids, and Highland townships.
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Crystal Township
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Iawa State College
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Rolland
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Highland Township
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Elaine Marsh
Jackie Silver
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Thelma Conaway
Marjorie Hufford
Marjorie Ruff
DeEtte Michalek
Katherine Byram
Jean Conaway
Mexico Rebuffs U S arbitration request on oil dispute
Washington reports Mexico formally rejected U S calls for arbitration over the dispute stemming from the expropriation of American and British oil companies.
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Pope Hears Gray in Vatican City Assignment
Vatican report notes Pope hears a description involving David Gras the United minister during a Saturday event. The fragment mentions a pirate anchor and a Vatican context with international figures. Further details are not readable in the supplied text.
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House seeks conference on farm bill amid Senate increases
The House economy bloc prepared for a final stand against Senate raises in the agriculture department supply bill, now totaling about 1 billion dollars. Rep Cannon of Missouri heads the bid to send the bill to conference on Monday to avoid an immediate Senate-led increase fight. The dispute centers on 212 million for farm parity payments and 85 million for a stamp plan to dispose of surplus crops, with the bloc demanding an immediate showdown.
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Jacob Boy To Wed Hubert Girl in Pittsburg Nuptials
AP report from Pittsburgh notes 26-year-old Charles F Jacob to marry blue-eyed Grace Hubert next week. The match follows five years of affection after Charles' brother Earl wed Grace's sister Margaret. Marie Hubert, 17, will be Grace’s bridesmaid with a Jacob nephew serving as best man.
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Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club Meeting Planned
The Six teenth Avenue Commercial club will hold its regular meeting on March 28 at the usual location. Mrs Silvia Crandall of Springville Utah was injured Friday in a head on transport truck collision west of Stanwood and reported in poor condition Saturday night at St Lukes hospital with a brain concussion and other injuries.
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Two Roof Fires Extinguished on Saturday
Firemen answered two alarms Saturday. At 1045 am a fire at Corbin D. McNabb 1003 Tenth Street SE was extinguished in ten minutes by engines 4 6 and ladder. At 1014 pm a fire at Elmer Adams 619 Sixth Avenue SE was out in fifteen minutes with no damage.
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Calderon Guardia to Visit President in Washington
Costa Rica President elect Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia will arrive in New York on Sunday en route to Washington for a meeting with President Roosevelt, as he plans a visit to the U.S. capital.
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Roosevelt
Winter A Freakish One Hangs On Into Spring Says Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau warned that spring remains distant amid a bizarre winter marked by extreme cold. Forecasters cited unseasonable cold across the nation with possible snow flurries in the northeast and east, while mild conditions prevail west of the Rockies. Florida logged its coldest spell since 1895 and Key West hit a new low of 42 degrees as officials noted the season’s oddities.
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Qualify Slate For Garner In California Primary
In Sacramento California AP reports that supporters filed more than enough signatures to qualify a Garner for President slate for the May 7 presidential primary. The slate backs Roosevelt and includes the backing of Governor Culbert Olson and former Senator William Gibbs McAdon for a third term.
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Culbert Olson
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William Gibbs McAdon
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Private industry luring unemployed, says W P A official
Carring ton Gill, assistant commissioner of the Work Projects Administration, said in a radio address that private industry was luring all the unemployed it possibly could.
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Census Enumerators In School This Week
Iowa census enumerators to attend instruction this week for the upcoming April 2 population and agriculture count. Ross Ewing, census area manager for western Town, says reports must be filed by June 15. The business census started January 2 and will be completed within a week.
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Ice cream from cotton revealed in Dallas dessert
Ice cream made from the cotton plant was unveiled Saturday in Dallas, the center of the western cotton-growing region, showcasing a practical chemistry breakthrough.
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Saturday Final Date For State Income Tax
The Iowa State Tax Commission warns one final week to file state income tax returns. Returns postmarked by midnight March 30 are on time. Penalties apply at 5 percent of tax plus 1 percent per month for late filings.
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Damage Confirmed On Sylt In RAF Raids
London reports that British accounts of RAF raids on Sylt island are confirmed by an eyewitness from Germany's Freedom station. The witness says arms camps were exploded three hangars hit and 22 German aircraft destroyed. British air ministry countered that reporters may not have seen the whole island.
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Czech Industrialist Protests Deportation of Skilled Shoe Men
New York report says Jan A Bata, Czech shoe magnate, planned mass layoffs at the Marslane plant after U.S. authorities canceled permits for 56 Czech expert workers he had imported. Bata filed suit in Washington to halt deportations as he sails with his family to South America.
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Boxing Kangaroo Peter the Great Dies After Tail Injury
MINNEAPOLIS AP A boxing kangaroo named Peter the Great died after a tail injury worsened into gangrene. Peter suffered a nipped tail in an elevator at the municipal auditorium and, after initial hopes of a simple healing, sank into infection despite treatment.
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Breathes To Save Baby In Lungs Rescue
In Chicago a nine month old baby was saved when mother Bertha Zeller 27 performed five minutes of mouth to mouth resuscitation while awaiting inhalator squad arrival.
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Wages Chief Sets 35 Cent Min Wage for Shoe Workers
Wages hours Administrator Philip Fleming ordered a 35 cent minimum hourly wage for more than 60 000 shoe workers with effect starting April 29. The action targets low paid labor in the shoe industry amid ongoing labor standard enforcement.
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Iowa News in Brief 1940 Officers Chosen and Local Notes
Special to The Gazette Decorah lodge No 4438 elected officers for 1940 at a March 21 meeting. Installation set for April 4 with Karnmeyer honored as night ruler. Independence Scouts advance ranks and earn merit badges at a court of honor. CentraI City high school to present The Sunshine Twins March 29 with a large cast. Rev Anthony W Chihak named new pastor of St Mars parish and Holy Trinity Church. Oxford Junction fire destroys Anton Hudtukan farm home. cause unknown. roads slowed rescue efforts.
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Don Lennon
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Nazi Request Roils Poles In Protest From Polish Groups
A protest sent to Secretary Hull by the United St Stanislaus societies and the New York State Conference of Polish Clubs denounces Germany's demand to close the American consulate at Warsaw as an affront to the United States and an injustice to Americans in Polish territory.
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