Custom Tailors Name 10 Best-Dressed Men in U S
The Custom Tailors Guild of America named ten best-dressed men led by Edward R. Stettinius Jr and Ray Milland. Guild head James Balletta notes trend toward informality and comfort, with belts returning, vest absence, bow ties rising, and shirts and collar styles evolving for ease and fit.
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Custom Tailors
U.S
New York
Custom Tailors Guild of America
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Adonis
UNO
Ray Milland
Guy Lombardo
Morton Bernstein
National Silver Company
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Perry Como
Hank Greenberg
Detroit
John Brownlee
Metropolitan Opera
Chicago Cop and Two Others Nabbed in $375000 Burglary
Police captured Anthony Crane a 46 year old Chicago officer Frank Cunningham 40 a millwright and Lawrence Brandi 29 a cab driver after they triggered a burglar alarm while attempting to steal 60 cartons of fountain pens valued at 375000 from the Reynolds International Pen company factory. They bound a worker and fled via a rear door leaving a ladder behind as other members reportedly escaped.
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Chicago
Reynolds International Pen Company
Anthony Crane
Frank Cunningham
Lawrence Brandi
Justin McCarthy
Pen Company
Crane
Crane J
Cunningham
McCarthy
City Hall Notes on Vacating Eleventh Street and F Avenue Fence
The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway asked the city to vacate the dead end of Eleventh Street SW from Fourteenth Avenue SW to the Milwaukee railroad right of way. The council referred the petition to the city engineer. It directed M. Feder and Sons to build a solid fence along the northeast boundary of their junk yard at 1208 F Avenue NE to meet ordinances. It approved filing the city engineer and water works reports on the F Avenue dam fishway per the Iowa conservation commission. The mayor and city clerk were authorized to enter an agreement with Tait and Wagner Realty Co for water main extensions near Soutter Avenue SE. Beer permits for A. F. Nelson and two hotels were renewed. the H and K Operating Co surrendered a class B permit for the Allison hotel.
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The
Cedar Rapids and
Iowa City Railway
Eleventh Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Milwaukee Railroad
M. Feder and Sons
F Avenue
Iowa State Conservation Commission
F Avenue Dam
Tait and Wagner Realty Company
Soutter Avenue SE
A. F. Nelson
Ellis Boulevard
C. Herman
Allison Hotel
Ray H. Wortman
Taft
H and K Operating
Quarantine Placed At Minneapolis General Hospital
Dr D W Pollard superintendent says Minneapolis General imposes partial quarantine after nearly 50 nurses contract a mild epidemic streptococcus infection. The outbreak was detected Monday and restrains from hospital duties are in effect for affected staff pending further tests.
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Minneapolis
D. W. Pollard
Minneapolis General Hospital
Hess Trial Brings Secret Treaty Objection
In Nuremberg a Russian prosecutor blocked Rudolf Hess’s counsel from reading in court excerpts of a purported secret treaty between Germany and Russia three days before Poland’s invasion. The defense argued the treaty fixed spheres of influence in eastern Europe and cited an affidavit by former German ambassador Dr. Friedrich Gaus. The document allegedly stated Germany would not seek control of Latvia Lithuania Estonia and Finland. Earlier Hess counsel had claimed Hess warned Britain that Nazis would starve Britons if the war continued after an invasion of the British Isles.
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Mernberg
Germany
Rudolf Hess
Russia
Poland
International Military Tribunal
Europe
Friedrich Gaus
Moscow
Baltic
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Finland
Hess
Fuehrer
Scotland
British Isles
April Maneuvers Planned by Navy
The navy announced that Admiral Marc A. Mitscher will conduct normal peace time elementary training exercises in the western Atlantic in April. The plan had been in place for some time with no details on task force size or exact composition released.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Marc A. Mitscher
Eighth Fleet
Atlantic
Iowa Old Age Assistance Payments Up in March
Iowa counties report March Old Age Assistance totals of 54,879 across Linn County and 99 counties statewide with 1,867 for needy blind and 3,695 for dependent children. Average per case rose as total expenditures increased despite fewer recipients, driven by higher living costs and need-based allotments.
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Linn County
Iowa
Elmer M. Seevell
Linn County Social Welfare Board
Troop Arrivals By United Press
Twelve ships were scheduled to arrive at U S ports Monday with more than 9 000 service men Due at New York U S S R Victory from Antwerp 1 017 troops including 802nd field artillery battalion 634th medical company 3 358th quartermaster truck company medical detachments of 547th field artillery battalion and medical detachments of 103rd port company Alexander Donihan from Casablanca One soldier James Emery from Naples Undesignated number of troops Fort Amherst from Bermuda Undesignated number of troops John Bidwell from Spain Undesignated number of troops Due at San Francisco General J C Breckenridge from Saipan 5 193 army and naval personnel Adromeda from Taku 251 naval personnel LST 856 from Harbor 71 naval personnel Due at San Diego Tasewell 1 628 army and navy personnel St George 524 naval personnel Saidor 297 naval personnel
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United Press
United States
New York
U.S.S.R. Victory
Antwerp
Bermuda
John Bidwell
Spain
San Francisco
J C. Breckenridge
Saipan
Adromeda
Taku
of Harbor
San Diego
Tasewell
St. George
Saidor
Franklin Students Win In Regional Art Exhibit
Franklin school art teachers Miss Erma Oberg and Miss Anna Marie Painter announced 17 entries in the Regional Scholastic Art exhibit with winners Mary Louise Jackson honorable mention in crayon Frederick Buse honorable mention in water colors Beverly Oldfield and Jean Nelson honorable mention in general design Achievement keys will be presented Friday evening in the Hoyt Sherman Art gallery Des Moines The work will be sent to the National Scholastic exhibit at Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh Penn in June
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Franklin School
Erma Oberg
Anna Marie Painter
Franklin
Mary Louise Jackson
Frederick Buse
Beverly Oldfield
Jean Nelson
Hoyt Sherman
Des Moines
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh
Penn
Whitney rails waste two million daily says union chief
CHICAGO A F Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen told an emergency fact finding board that railroads waste as much as two million dollars daily. He accused carriers of a propaganda push, unsafe practices, and failure to install safety devices, urging Rule 33 limits on train lengths and criticizing the ICC for delaying technology and shielding railroads from accountability.
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Chicago
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Whitney
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Police Interrupt Boys' Bomb Making Experiment
Patrolmen George Rubey and Henry Overman, in a squad car near Sixth avenue and Eighth street SE, heard a blast. They found two teenage boys, ages 14 and 12, mixing chemicals and fusing a device in an alley. The youths were ordered to report to the juvenile bureau for questioning with Sgt. Fred Carstens on their future activities.
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George Rubey
Henry Overman
Sixth Avenue
Eighth Street
Juvenile Bureau
Fred Carstens
Fire at London Docks Injures 13 on Fresno Star
A blaze in the Fresno Star engine room at London's docks injured 13 crewmen, some seriously, as the 7,998 ton British registry vessel, loading a South America cargo, burned for about an hour before being controlled.
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London
London's
South America
Marion couple wed at Breed home in Marion
Miss Verle Breed daughter of Mr and Mrs H F Breed and Armand J Benassi son of Mr and Mrs Frank Benassi were married Sunday afternoon at the Breed residence in Marion. The ceremony featured yellow and green decor with snapdragons and jonquils. The bride wore a gold street dress with gardenia corsage. sister Miss Anna Benassi attended. Best man was William Breed. A reception followed with jonquil centerpiece. The Bride, a Coe College graduate, belongs to Beta Phi Alpha and Mu Phi Epsilon. Benassi recently returned from 30 months overseas service and they will live in Highwood Illinois.
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Verle Breed
H. F. Breed
Tenth Street
Marion
Armand J. Benassi
Frank Benassi
Highwood
Breed
Anna Benassi
William Breed
Cedar Rapids
Benassi
Coe College
Beta Phi Alpha
Mu Phi Epsilon
I Decatur Illinois Doctor Atz to Intern in Louisville
Decatur Illinois native Dr Atz formerly of Marion will begin an internship in Louisville. The move marks the next step in his medical training and professional path with assignments expected to commence this summer.
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I Decatur
Marion
Dr Atz
Louisville
Services for Edward Dunn Held at Yocom Chapel
Edward Dunn died suddenly in the Miller apartments Saturday night. Services will be at Yocom chapel at 2 pm Tuesday with Rev. C V R De Jong officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Edward Dunn
Miller Apartments
Yocom Chapel
C. V. R. de Jong
Cedar Memorial Park
Local Real Estate Transfers and Family News
Mr and Mrs F L Epperson sold their home at 635 Seventh avenue to Mr and Mrs William R Reed. They plan to move to a farm near Springfield Tl. Mr and Mrs Marvin Fernow hosted 13 relatives for dinner for the third birthday of their nephew Phil Smithmeyer. Mr and Mrs L N Martin received a cablegram from their son T Sgt Lawrence N Martin Jr stating he is leaving Germany for the United States. Mr and Mrs J J Wallace of Ames, formerly Marion residents, visited Mrs Frank S Skinner over the weekend. Mrs Harman W Hall is home after spending winter on the west coast. Mrs Charles Luse is critically ill at University Hospital Iowa City. Mr and Mrs Verne H Balster went to Minneapolis Monday. Mr and Mrs L C Coon bought a lot on West Seventh avenue from Roy Reynolds and will place a portable house there.
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F. L. Epperson
Seventh Avenue
William R. Reed
Epperson
Springfield
Marvin Fernow
Phil Smithmeyer
L. N. Martin
Sgt
Lawrence N. Martin, Jr
Germany
United States
L. C. Coon
West Seventh Avenue
Roy Reynolds
He Finds Beer An Aid to Long Life
CHICAGO AP Arpad Saba dos celebrating what he says is his 110th birthday offered a blunt rule for longevity He claims a man needs four things to be happy and healthy beer whisky dollars and good friends He translates any doctor’s prescription into a drink of beer or whisky when feeling unwell
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Chicago
Arpad Sabados
Congregation Pledges Nylon Hosiery Safety Plans
NEW ALBANY Ind The congregation of St Mark s Evangelical and Reformed church pledged itself to conserve nylon hosiery. Women worshippers complained of snags and runs on pew edges so the men promised to bring sandpaper planes and files one night each week to make the church safe for nylons.
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New Albany, Ind
St. Mark’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Prison Camp Chalk Marks Born Chicago Studio Plan
In Stalag 17 B near Krems Austria John L Susan 24 and Irving L Rosen 31 planned a photography business while prisoners of war using chalk marks on barracks floors. After release May 3 1945 they returned to the U S and set up a Chicago studio following their wartime partnership aims.
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Chicago
John L. Susan
Irving L. Rosen
Army Air Corps
Krems
Austria
Vienna
Susan
Kiel
Kiel Bay
Rosen
Naples
Italy
Stalag No. 17-B
Llewellyn
International Red Cross
Red Cross
U.S
Commercial art studio opens amid cautious optimism
Susan said fair about business while Rosen noted it was better than expected after the studio opened.
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Susan
Rosen
Four Pay Fines In Police Court
Judge Harry S. Johnson levied four $25 fines in police court on Monday with one suspended. Earl Gallagher of 1200 Third Avenue SE faced drunkenness and disturbing the peace after allegedly chasing his wife around a parked car. Oliver Reif of 819 Third Street NW and Walter Moran of Omaha were also charged with drunkenness and disturbing the peace after incidents involving their wives. Joseph A. Soper of 1212 Fifteenth Street SE received a suspended fine for disturbing the peace after reportedly chasing his wife and fighting officers with crutches.
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Harry S. Johnson
Earl Gallagher
Third Avenue SE
Waude Fellwock
Felix Barta
Howard Walsh
Gallagher
Oliver Reif
Third Street
Ray Murdock
George Shimek
Walter Moran
Omaha
Harold Mackey
Moran
Joseph A. Soper
Fifteenth Street
Weekend Auto Accidents Hurt Two People
A 4 year old boy Ronald D Olsen suffered arm abrasions after jumping into the path of a car driven by Ray A Dickinson near 1654 Ellis Blvd NW on Sunday evening. Glenn C Caldwell of Marion sustained chest knee and lip abrasions when his car hit a parked vehicle in the 1000 block of Ninth Street SW early Sunday and was treated and released at St Luke hospital.
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Ronald D. Olsen
Carl F. Olsen
Ray A. Dickinson
Ellis Boulevard
Dickinson
Glenn C Caldwell
Marion
Ninth Street
Caldwell
St. Luke’s Hospital
Governors Room Board of Governors of the Exchange
The passage describes entering the Governors Room on the NYSE sixth floor to talk with the 25 men who form the Board of Governors. They establish the rules for the conduct of the national market, the world's greatest free market, and represent a broad cross section of investment experience from across the country.
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New York Stock Exchange
Board of Governors
The
U. S
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Philip Smithmeyer
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Cira
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Mercy Hospital
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Milwaukee
W. A. Jackson
W. J Atz
Robert Atz
Us.n.r. College of Medicine
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Jay Atz
Reeds Bay House
J. J. Wallace
Ames
Frank S. Skinner
Charles Luse
University Hospital
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