Temperatures and precipitation mark November climate notes
The Daily Record reports Tuesday highs and lows across cities with inches of precipitation. Bismarck reaches 9 and Minneapolis 46 with .37? Chicago 42 and 30 with .49. New Orleans 63 and 44. Duluth 29 and 23 with .84. Omaha 55 and 36. Los Angeles 81 and 56. Phoenix 82 and 47. Miami 78 and 66. Seattle 43. Iowa forecast calls for partly cloudy west and cloudy east with cooling nights. Low tonight 25-30, highs Thursday 37-41 northeast and 41-46 southwest. Wind at Municipal airport NW 25 knots gusts to 36. Moonrise times and year-ago temperatures listed. Various local death notices and civil suits summarized.
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Bismarck
Minneapolis
Chicago
New Orleans
Deny
New York
Dulut
Omaha
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Names Include Olson Parsons Dunlap Staskal
Indianapolis resident Thomas E. Short and Darla Hick, Cedar Rapids, join S. G. Don Olson, Roxy Parsons, John R. Dunlap, and Jeanne R. Staskal of Cedar Rapids in a listed group. The notice cites several individuals connected to Cedar Rapids.
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Thomas E. Short
Indianapolis
Ind
Darla Hick
Cedar Rapids
S. G
Don” Olson
Roxy Parsons
John R. Dunlap
Jeanne R. Staskal
Multiple Traffic Fines Across City for Signals and Control
A series of traffic violations listed include failures to stop for pedestrian and traffic signals, leaving the accident scene, and general loss of vehicle control. Names, addresses, and fines range from 2 to 25 dollars with costs, applied to numerous residents and out of town drivers.
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James Seevell
Toddville
Betty Holub
First Avenue SE
Marion Johnson
C Avenue NE
Dale Harmon
Staub Court NE
Eva Kohl
E Avenue NW
David Barry
Trail Ridge Road
Arnold Benedict
Marion
James Beers
White Oak Road
Paul McCright
Waveland Drive
Milford Randell
E Avenue
Jess Showalter
Fourteenth Avenue
Henry Herman
G Avenue
Francis Hughes
Bever Avenue
Roy Eaton
Justin Hingigen
LaMotte
B. L. Dunbar
Fort Atkinson
Wis
James Yuill
Pleasant Drive
Jackson Burns
Twenty-fifth Street
William Vogel
Fifteenth Street
Cyril Elliott
Thirtieth Street
Richard Schermer
Waterloo
Harold Hollingsworth
Eighth Street NW
Bruce Hamlett
Strawberry Point
William Kistner
Minneapolis
Edith Newland
Belle Plaine
Herschel Ponder
Monticello
August Stenzel
Mon
Jets Dominate Fighter Wings Across U S Air Force
The United States Air Force fields about 4 000 jet fighters in more than 50 wings with additional jet assets in training, proving ground and development commands. National guard wings add to jet strength as piston engines end for Navy and Air Force fighters. New jets, capable of delivering atomic weapons, replace older models as a supersonic defender path unfolds.
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Washington
INS
United States Air Force
America
Air Training Command
Proving Ground Command
Air Research and Development Command
AIA
Air National Guard
USAF
U. S
Navy
Air Force
Fisherman Nets 14 Foot Basker After Huge Shark Attack
In Rockland Maine a 775 pound basking shark tore a fisherman's net but Robert Learned and his crew aboard the dragger hauled the 14 foot fish aboard with the damaged net still attached.
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Rockland
Maine
Robert Learned
Learned
Iowa Convict Menning Nabbed in Slay Probe
Walter Henry Menning, 36, held in Polk County jail as an Iowa penitentiary escapee, faces Dyer Act charges with $10,000 bond. FBI linked him to an Illinois truck theft and Iowa transport. Miss Alice Schneck, 23, former prison worker, accompanied him. Minneapolis officials seek him for questioning in the Maple Plain slaying.
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Poplar Bluff
Walter Henry Menning
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
W. H. Fabriz
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
U. S
FBI
Menning
Illinois
Iowa
Alice Schneck
Bennett
Burlington
City Hall Sets Hearings on Curb, Gutter Assessments and Land Sale
City council met briefly to set December 16 at 10 a.m. for hearings on curb and gutter assessments for five streets and to consider selling a half acre of city land to Nathan Cohn for 1100. The meeting also addressed a sanitary sewer easement, storm sewer work by Indian Creek Hills Company, street lighting near Kenwood school, and a protest over selling Christmas trees at the city market by the Optimist club.
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Eighteenth Street
Chandler Street
Eighth Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Third
Eighth Avenues
Mansfield Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Forty-first Street
Lennox
F Avenues
Third Street
Twenty-first
Twenty-second Avenues
Nathan Cohn
Wesley Kobylak
F Avenue
E. A. Prochaska
Kenwood School
Thirty-seventh Street
Thirty Eighth Street
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Prochaska
Optimist Club
W. T. Shipe
Linn County Food Dealers Association
Ao Council
Ile
Dodge Serving as Economic Policy Adviser to Eisenhower
The White House said former Budget Director Joseph M. Dodge is working as a special adviser to President Eisenhower on foreign economic policy. Dodge, a Detroit bank president, has been collaborating with the President for two months at the request of Mr. Eisenhower and serves without salary.
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Washington
White House
Joseph M. Dodge
Eisenhower
Dodge
James C. Hagerty
Detroit
Twenty-Two Indicted in Missouri Penitentiary Riot Sequel
Jefferson City Missouri AP reports a grand jury indicted 22 convicts for crimes during the September riot at the state penitentiary. Seven face murder charges in the death of Walter Lee Donnell 22 dragged from his cell and slain. Other indictments include assault with intent to kill first degree robbery arson and property destruction.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Penitentiary
Walter Lee Donnell
Jury quickly convicts Fimner Trumpold in drunken driving case
A Linn county jury deliberated 13 minutes Tuesday and found 44 year old Fimner Trumpold of 614 E avenue NE guilty of a third offense drunk driving. Trial, verdict, and sentencing date were set in Judge Floyd Philbrick's court with a hearing on a possible new trial. He was arrested by Cedar Rapids police on Sept. 17.
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Linn County
Fimner Trumpold
Avenue NE
Trumpold
Floyd Philbrick
Philbrick
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board Opens Bids On Jail Incinerator
The Linn County board of supervisors opened bids for a new jail incinerator with quotes from contractors ranging 865 to 2400 dollars. The unit will be built in the jail basement to burn refuse and relieve a persistent smoke problem. Also set for December 21 a public hearing on road district assessments in four districts and accepted a petition to establish a Monroe township road district.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Monroe Township
Fayette
Marion
Franklin
Child Custody Suit is Filed by C R Woman
A Cedar Rapids woman Mildred K. Eddy filed suit Tuesday against her former husband for custody of their son Wesley Kobylak Jr. Eddy alleges the boy is wrongfully held at 3730 F avenue NE. She says a divorce decree of June 16, 1953 granted her custody, but he has remained with the father. Judge Floyd Philbrick set a hearing for Wednesday afternoon.
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Cedar
Will of Lugene Carter Granted Probate to Taylor Heirs
The will of Lugene Carter who died November 12 was admitted to probate. It leaves 1322 Fourth Street NW to grand nephew Beverly Taylor Jr, 1210 Tenth Street SE to grand nephew Stevan Taylor, jewelry and $200 in war bonds to grand niece Alberta Jackson, and personal property at 1210 Tenth Street SE along with war bonds, insurance policies and bank cash to the two Taylor boys. Beverly Taylor named executor without bond.
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Lugene Carter
Fourth Street NW
Beverly Taylor, Jr
Tenth Street SE
Stevan Taylor
Alberta Jackson
Tenth Street
Taylor
Beverly Taylor
Judge dismisses jury hearing in $2900 accident suit
Judge Charles Penningroth on Wednesday dismissed the jury hearing after the plaintiff Ray mond LeClerc and Jack Irwin settled the suit out of court with Merton Sweet. The case originated from a motorcycle car collision at a Cedar Rapids intersection as attorneys reached a settlement during a court recess.
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Charles Penningroth
Raymond LeClerc
Jack Irwin
Merton Sweet
Cedar Rapids
Van Auken sues Manley over $4.6 million promissory note
F G Van Auken sues Loren F Manley for 4 613 324 on a promissory note claiming a Feb 10 1951 signature makes the total due plus interest. In a second suit Xavier Hospital sues Donald W Robinson for 101 61 in an account case.
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F. G. van Auken
Loren F. Manley
van Auken
Manley
Xavier Hospital
Donald W. Robinson
Judge Awards Judgment in Bowham Case
Judge J E Heiserman awarded Roy Saub a judgment of 481 dollars 02 against Harry Scanland doing business as the Bowham in an attachment and collection suit on Tuesday.
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J. E. Heiserman
Roy Saub
Harry Scanland
the Bowham
Woman Granted Decree Annulling Iowa City Marriage
Delores Kness received a decree annulling her marriage to William Myers Jr. on September 21 in Iowa City. The ruling dissolves the union, concluding the legal process for the couple.
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Delores Kness
Iowa City
William Myers, Jr
Vote To Continue Firestone Strike In Des Moines
Members of the CIO United Rubber Workers Union at Firestone Tire and Rubber in Des Moines voted to continue their month long strike. Union Local 310 President James T. Caffrey said about 1,100 of 1,400 members rejected the latest contract proposal seeking plant wide seniority a single wage setting system and union voice in wage decisions. Plant Manager J C Blue declined comment until formal word from the union is received.
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DES Moines
CIO United Rubber Workers Union
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
James T. Caffrey
Firestone
Caffrey
J. C. Blue
John A Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge Inventor
German born American engineer John A. Roebling designed the Brooklyn Bridge and invented wire rope.
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John A. Roebling
Brooklyn Bridge
FBI Picks Up C R Trucker as North Carolina Fugitive
A 35 year old Kentucky trucker Edward Lee Long of Richmond Kentucky was arrested in Cedar Rapids by FBI agents as a fugitive from North Carolina. He admitted embezzling 125 dollars from an interstate shipment and was arraigned before U S Commissioner Benesh. He is jailed in Linn County on a 2000 dollar bond.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal Bureau of Investigation
North Carolina
William H. Williams
FBI
Omaha
Edward Lee Long
Richmond
Williams
Long
Hendersonville
N. C
Chattanooga
Tenn
U. S
Charles Benesh
Linn County
TV Townmeeting On Kehoe For Toll Road Show
Louis Kehoe an attorney and member of the original Iowa Toll Road Study Committee will be guest on KCRG TV Townmeeting Wednesday night at 8 30 The panel includes Gazette Associate Editor Frank Nye Les Liabo and moderator Dick Yoakam The program is the third in a series Iowa at the Legislatures Head ache.
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Louis Kehoe
Iowa Toll Road Study Committee
Kcrg- TV
Kehoe
Washington
Iowa
Gazette
Frank Nye
Les Liabo
Kcrg-Tv
Dick Yoakam
U S protests Chinese detention of air crewmen
The United States delivered a direct protest over Chinese charges about two U S planes and crews, calling the accusations lies and demanding proper international conduct. Congressmen urged appeals to a U N investigation or a prisoner exchange, with some favoring force while others push for world opinion pressure and Russian influence.
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State Department
U.S
Washington
U. S
A .N
Sen. Welker
Idaho
Sen. Mansfield
D-Mont
State Dulles
U.N
Russia
Vets to Get 226 Million Dollar Insurance Dividend
The Veterans Administration announced a 226 million dollar dividend for veterans next year. About five million WWII World Service Life Insurance policyholders receive 200 million dollars, while 380 thousand WWI permanent plan policyholders share 26 million. Payments begin after policy anniversaries from January through December 1955.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Roosevelt Spurns Harriman Offer for Legal Practice
New York AP Franklin D Roosevelt Jr declined Harriman’s offer to join his team and said he would pursue full time law practice. Harriman said he had invited the late president’s son to join his team though no post was set. Roosevelt, a Democratic Liberal candidate, lost the attorney general race on November 2.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Harriman
Althoough
Roosevelt
Lake Placid Hosts Only U S Bobsled Run in Adirondacks
The United States operates a single bobsled run at Lake Placid in the Adirondack mountains of New York. This venue serves as the national track for sled athletes and hosts training and competition events.
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United States
Lake Placid
Adirondack Mountains
New York
Deaths Henriette Bures 75 Retired Cedar Rapids Teacher
Henriette A. Bures a lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and former Kenwood school principal died in a local hospital after a brief illness. Born October 2 1879 she taught 49 years in the public schools. Surviving are a sister three nieces and a nephew. Services are in Turner chapel Friday with burial in Bures cemetery. Contributions to the retarded children's fund invited.
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Henriette A. Bures
Seventh Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Kenwood School
Helene B. Knurr
Georgiana Knurr
George D. Shaw
W. A. Renquist
Racine
Wis
John J. Knurr
Knoxville
Tenn
Bures
Moravian Brethren Church
Turner Chapel
Francis Pokorny
Ely
Widow Clara Heath Dies After Illness in Cedar Rapids
Clara Heath of 1269 Fourth avenue SE Cedar Rapids widow of Milton L Heath died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 1 40 p m Tuesday after an extended illness. She was born at Wapello daughter of Cornelius Lenihan and the late Mrs Lenihan. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Richard D Long and Mrs Elinor Dixon and a sister Mae Furman all of Cedar Rapids 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mr Heath died in 1918. Services will be at 9 a m Friday in Immaculate Conception church by Rt Rev Msgr William H Schulte Burial will be in Mt Calvary cemetery Msgr Schulte will recite the Rosary at 830 p m Thursday at Monahan funeral home friends may call after 7 p m Wednesday. MRS HEATH
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Clara Heath
Fourth Avenue SE
Milton L. ‘Heath
Cedar Rapids
Wapello
Cornelius Lenihan
Richard D. Long
Elinor Dixon
Mae Furman
Heath
Immaculate Conception Church
William H. Schulte
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Msgr. Schulte
Monahan Funeral Home
Infant Schroeder Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital
Lorri Lynn Schroeder five day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald M Schroeder Swisher route one died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 3 pm Tuesday Survivors include a brother Kim grandparents L E Curtis of Hiawatha H O Schroeder of Swisher Graveside services were held at Cedar Memorial cemetery at 2 pm Wednesday conducted by Rev Floyd Hinshaw of St James Methodist church Beatty Bearle mortuary in charge
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Lorri Lynn Schroeder
Donald M. Schroeder
Swisher
Cedar Rapids
Kim
Hhome
L. E. Curtis
Hiawatha
H. O. Schroeder
Cedar [Memorial Cemetery
Floyd Hinshaw
St. James Methodist Church
Beatty-Bearle Mortuary
Funeral Arrangements for Earl W Fritz in Blakesburg
The body of Earl Wright Fritz, Iowa Employment Security Commission general counsel, who died suddenly of a heart attack in Linn county district court, was moved from Beatty Bearle mortuary to Knedler mortuary in Blakesburg for funeral services and burial. He resided at 1007 Twenty-second street, Des Moines. A Blakesburg native and University of Iowa law graduate, he is survived by his wife and mother, Mrs. Nellie Fritz of Blakesburg.
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Earl Wright Fritz
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Linn County
Beatty- Bearle
Knedler Mortuary
Blakesburg
Twenty-second Street
Des Moines
University of Iowa
Nellie Fritz
Services for Mrs. John T. Tomash
Mrs. John T. Tomash aged resident dies Tuesday in his home services scheduled for Friday at Brush chapel at 2 p.m. with Rev. Walter Cerka officiating burial in Linwood cemetery friends may call after 6 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel
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John T. Tomash
Sixth Street
Brush Chapel
Walter Cerka
Linwood Cemetery
Farmer Killed in Tractor Accident Near Tama
Frank Henle, 62, a Tama area farmer, died when his tractor with a scoop overturned while building a pond dam. He was pinned between the tractor and scoop after driving onto dirt. Found by Fred Schuneman, he died instantly. Funeral plans at Mason funeral home. survivors include his wife and several children.
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the Gazette
Toledo
Frank Henle
Tama
Henle
Fred Schuneman
Mason Funeral Home
Two Charged After North Liberty Auto Crash
Iowa City area crash leads to charges against Mrs. Jess Hodge for illegal possession of a concealed weapon and Mona Knight for failure to yield half the highway. Knight, driver, is a student nurse at SUI. her father Dr. Benton Knight was injured with fractured ribs and is in University Hospitals.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
North Liberty
Jess Hodge
Mona Knight
SUI
Miss Knight
Benton Knight
Mt. Ayr
University Hospitals
Hodge
Patricia Young
Hoover warns against being lulled by Soviet talk
Former President Hoover urged the Free World not to abandon defenses amid Soviet declarations of peace. He called for strengthening arms and a united front to deter Communist aggression while noting a cautious hope for better East–West relations and urging Russia to show coexistence by deeds.
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Hoover
BOM
SNS
Free World
German and
Inseeps Press Association
Cop Raid Snares 125 Hot-Rodders
Compton California police and highway patrol squads arrested more than 125 youths aged 15 to 21 in a raid to break up illegal hot rod racing on a divided highway. About 60 officers in 16 patrol cars set roadblocks, impounding souped up cars as pursuits followed races reaching up to 80 mph.
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Compton
Calif
Tire makers use thousands of molds for varied tire sizes
Some tire manufacturers operate as many as six thousand distinct molds to produce a wide range of tire sizes and types. This extensive tooling supports diverse vehicle specifications and market demands, enabling rapid production customization.
Arthur Schmidt Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Arthur Fr. Schmidt aged 49 of 819 Rockford Road SW died from injuries from a November 9 automobile crash on Old Marion Road NE near C Avenue. Pathologist Dr. Regis Weland said the fatal clot in the lung was directly caused by the accident. Schmidt's death marked the eighth Cedar Rapids street fatality this year.
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Arthur Fr. Schmidt
Rockford Road
Regis Weland
Mercy Hospital
Saje
Schmidt
Old Marion Road
C Avenue
Weland
Cedar Rapids
Remington Conviction Upheld after Supreme Court Appeal
Remington’s appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected after the first indictment accusing oppression and deceit by prosecutors in the grand jury. His conviction stood as of November 24, 1953, seven months into his prison term, with the defense portraying him as a gullible boy and the U S Attorney labeling him a psychopathic or philosophical Communist.
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Supreme Court
Grand Jury
John Brunini
Miss Bentley
Remington
U. S
Myles J. Lane
War Production Board
Commerce Department
Dog Mail System Binds Sisters by Mountain Notes
Stanton Kentucky reports a novel communication link between Emma Dawson and Amanda Allen DeHart. Their dog Sprig delivers notes by crossing a ridge between their mountain cabins, using a cliff shortcut, then returns at sundown. The system has inspired the sisters to train a cat to carry messages as well.
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Stanton, Ky
Emma Dawson
Amanda Allen DeHart
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Bpudugoo
Becker
Robert, van Horne
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Bailey
Thomas
Strom
Arthur
Williamsburg
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Joseph
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Witwer
Henry
Lee
Obed
Norway
Lange
John
Bowling Street
Reynolds
Glen
Hubbard Avenue
Rosdall
Erick
Golfview Drive
Denver
G. R. Matteson
Matteson
G. F. Matteson
Oakland Road
Barbara J. Hickman
Richard C. Hickman
Ticello
Arnold Stutzman
Wellman
Aetna Finance Company
James R. Murphy
State Finance Company
Cherry-Burrell Employes Credit Union
Edmund
Shirlee Reinartson
Cristle Leonard
Glenn Me— Jr
Kaybee Store
Donald Schmidt
Haegg Coal Company
Orheey
Florence Brown
R. Y. Netolicky
Robert O’hara
Ginsberg’s
Philip Sweet
Doris Lacy
M. C. Sweet
St Luke’s Hospital
Desmond
Evelyn Norris
Killian Company
Paul and
Jean Margrett
Moon
Ingle
Charles
Velma Lee
C. A Manahan
Granville
Lorene Humble
Albert
Cecilia Henderson
Erskine
Prouty
Cooper and
Russell
Mary Haufle
Hall-Ekfelt, Inc
Bernice Gaa
Independence
Harriet M. McFee
Hazleton Methodist Church
Hazleton
Swan Funeral Home
John C. Smith
Congregational Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Goetsch
Baxter Mortuary
Center Point
Andrew “Mac” Mahuren
Satchett-Murdoch Funeral Home
Friends Mmay
Louise Yates
Jones Funeral Home
Jown B. Turner & Son
Ncaniike
Joan E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Mit
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City Hall
John C. Reynolds
McLoud Run
Center Point Road
J Avenue
Glass Road
Indian Creek Hills Company
Indian Hills Third Addition
Murdoch
Walker
C.R
Carter Will
C.R. Trucker
China
Shun Ting
Geneva
Britain
Henriette Bures
Mrs. Milton Heath
Mrs. Heath
Fritz Services
Tomash
Grace ‘Chir
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Second Ave
Arthur E. Schmidt
Jesus Christ
Christ
God
Chas. W. Leabs
E. H. Widmann
Trinity Lutheran Church
First Avenue
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