Woman engineer on Mississippi tug Threading new role on Turnbull
Mrs. Grady McConnell a 37 year old grandmother serves as the engineer on the inland river tug Turnbull The sole riverboat engineer on the line her pay matches her husband Richard a tug pilot She rejects the home only role saying she prefers the real work and river life but enjoys quilting when the Turnbull ties up.
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ST. Louis
Annie
Grady McConnell
Turnbull
McConnell
Southern Coal, Coke & Mining Company
Richard McConnell
France Denies Report Of Japan Ultimatum Over Indo China Supplies
Paris AP dispatch says the French foreign office and the Japanese embassy denied that Tokyo sent an ultimatum to Paris to stop war material shipments via the Indo China to Yunnan route. Senator Berenger claimed a warning, but diplomats call the report fantastic and deny any ultimatum.
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Paris
France
Japan
Indo-China
Yuan
Henry Renger
Senate Reign Relations Committee
San of Foreign Affairs
Berenger
Hainan
Burglars Loot Hollywood Producer's Bel Air Home
Burglars broke into Louis D. Lighton's Bel Air home early Thursday stealing jewelry furs silverware and cash totaling 20000 from a small safe and other areas. They fled in a car owned by George Templeton former Stanford coach who was a guest at the home. Lighton and his wife and Templeton discovered the loss upon returning from a studio conference.
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Hollywood
Bel-Air
Louis D. Lighton
George Templeton
Stanford
Lighton
Templeton
M-G-M
Chicago educator attacks football as gambling syndicate
Dr. Joseph Artman told the Texas Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations that football is the greatest gambling syndicate in America and that pep squad girls foster a warlike spirit. He called for athletics to be removed from education.
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Beaumont
Tex
Joseph Artman
Chicago
America
Texas Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations
Marmola Method Promises Fat Loss Without Girdles
An advertisement promotes Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple fat reduction method. It claims 4 tablets daily and diet changes to reduce weight, promising losses of 6 to 8 pounds per week and positioning Marmola as doctor-endorsed.
VFW Post and Auxiliary Install New Officers
More than 350 post and auxiliary members from Cedar Rapids Monticello Davenport and Town City attended in Ben Hur hall as Arthur S Buckner was installed as commander of Post 788. Mrs Emil Erickson became auxiliary president and Roy Echernacht installed post officers. refreshments followed and a second district meeting is planned for Cedar Rapids on Nov 28.
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Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Davenport
Town City
Ben Hur Hall
Arthur S. Buckner
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Emil Erickson
Musketeers Drum and Bugle Corps
Glenn Thomas
Emil Vodoska
Frank Berry
Harry L. Concannon
E. O. Hanson
Florian Francis
V. Reichling
Earl Travis
Frank Hruska
Ivan Armstrong
Otto Tweed
William McCall
Harlow Robinson
F. W. Engberg
Ethel Tweed
Velma White
Auxiliary
Addie Campbell
Roy Echernacht
Troop 11 Wins District No 1 First Aid Contest
Troop 11 sponsored by Peoples church and led by Scoutmaster E I Copeland won the Cedar Rapids arena Scout council District No 1 first aid contest. Troops 7 21 and 1 placed second through fourth with W H Richardson and Dr M D Marr in charge and A B Hird B C Brow D M Hall Thomas Baker P L Kindler Charles Neff judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Church
E. I. Copeland
Cedar Rapids Arena
Ralph Capone Jr Nabbed For Speeding In Chicago
The 20 year old son of a former ganglord was arrested for speeding 53 mph. He was required to tour the county morgue and hospital with other violators. He gave an address tied to Mrs Theresa Capone, mother of Ralph and Al Capone.
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Chicago
INS
Ralph Capone, Jr
Theresa Capone
Ralph
Alcatraz
Trap Stolen by Rats Catches Cat in Wise Woods
In Shelton Washington loggers set traps for rats but the rats stole the traps. A rat catching cat was brought in and ten minutes passed before the cat ended up in a trap set by the rats.
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Shelton, Wash
All-School Play to Be Presented at Roosevelt High
Roosevelt senior high school presents Gamma Delta play Growing Pains in the auditorium Friday at 8. Miss Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets directs a three act comedy set in a California university town with a distraught professor and a soft hearted mother guiding the children through their town life.
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Roosevelt Senior High School
Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets
Gamma Delta
California
George McIntyre
Jerome Nixon
Terry Peintyre
Kathleen Henningsen
Mein
Mary Bmrciek
Metnisre
Jones
Lloyd Schuknecht
Hobere Romesburs
Jack Benson
Two Automobiles Are Causes Of Fire
A backfire from George O'Brien's car at 905 Eleventh Street NE ignited engine grease and burned a rear cushion at 5 30 p m Wednesday. A short circuit in Bill Semerroth's car at 1247 Fourth Street SW caused front seat upholstery damage at 10 10 p m. A small roof fire at T M Simons residence 614 Twelfth Avenue SE was reported at 7 40 a m Wednesday with slight damage. A colossal statue of Rameses II weighs 1200 tons.
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George O’brien
Eleventh Street
Bill Semerroth
Fourth Street
Moonlit Open House Brims With Candle Light at McKinley
Moonlit night at McKinley school open house drew 600 to 700 visitors. A main fuse blew leaving the new wing dark for about fifteen minutes while candles lit the old wing and moonlight streamed through high windows. Principal Paxson noted the view of the new athletic field during the visit.
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McKinley School
W. L. Paxson
Frances Prescott
McKinley
Moon Facts: Diameter 2160 Miles and 1/6 Gravity
The moon measures 2160 miles across and exerts gravity one sixth that of Earth. A 120 pound person would weigh about twenty pounds on the moon.
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Earth
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Gazette
V.F.W. Post and Auxiliary
Troop 11
Hartman
Third Avenue SE
Roosevelt High
Ralph Cerney
Dan Goodfellow
Donald Btransky
John Gerber
Rex Hinman
Kent Johnson
Frances Kucera
Edith Peal
Bill Brasauski
Jack Rohrer
CeCelia Fiala
Irginia
Moor
Sidney Tate
Winifred Erbe
Frances Ruken
Jane Nelson
Evelyn Kroups
Geraldine Daleske
Margaret Annmith
Margaret Mineck
Uellie Johnson
Marilyn Thompson
Merle Tilson
Doris Hesewald
John Barace
Warren Erbe
Viral Richardson
Kathleen Menningsen
Rameses II
M’kinley
Lucen’s
SEARS
Peerless Roaster
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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