Porter’s 645 Tops Lincoln Major League Bowlers at Subway
Porter’s 645 led the Lincoln Major League with 645 pins as eight others surpassed 600. John Scolaro was second at 634, with Lor raine Schrader 620 Merril Hansen 619 George Driscoll 616 Ernie Liska 612 Jac Jacobsen 312 Cliff Hansen 614 Bud Olson 606. Woolworth’s 2487 triple marked high series, Jerry Hanson 136 261 192 for 529. Daisy Zalesky 502, Alyce Phillips 213. Cedar Rapids Auto Supply split one vs Standard Body and Fender in Oil Auto league behind George Lodge 638 and Ream 619. Austin Rebelski 618 led Cedar Rapids Gas Co. at Lincoln alleys.
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Maples
Woolworth
Jerry Hanson
Daisy Zalesky
Alyce Phillips
Ned Porter
Lincoln
John Scolaro
Lorraine Schrader
Merril Hansen
George Driscoll
Ernie Liska
Ream
Austin Rebelski
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Lincoln Alleys
Auto League
Auto Supply
Forde
Co. Soss
Nee Johnson
C. Hansen
Liska
Ford
Il. Sarver
Hillbrunners
Hanson Ese
Gazette
Leskr
Pea
Nah. Rawson
Joosten
ROT
Wilson and Co
Hich Horan
Stemia Bish
Lancaster
Jack Spratee
Hich
Zvacek
REP
Crown Booster Fliectric Motors
Hall
Hindsch Eine
O. Tunnine
LEAGU
Cooley
Georgie Pace Stops Webster In Eighth Round
Georgie Pace world bantamweight champion from Cleveland stopped Jimmy Webster of Toronto by technical knockout in the eighth round of a scheduled 10 round non title bout. Webster was manhandled on the ropes after the seventh round as he twice went to his knees. referee Lou Parker stopped the contest 28 seconds into the eighth.
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Cleveland
Georgie Pace
National Boxing Association
Jimmy Webster
Toronto
Webster
Lou Parker
Dr. James Naismith Near Death Again At 78
Lawrence Kansas reports Dr James Naismith the originator of basketball born 1861 was near death after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage then a severe heart attack. He had rallied from the hemorrhage and returned home Wednesday from hospital.
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Lawrence, Kan
INS
James Naismith
Cedar Rapids Air-Way Gun Club Plans Thanksgiving Shoot
The Cedar Rapids Air-Way Gun Club announced a Thanksgiving poultry shoot set for Sunday at the club grounds west of the Cedar Rapids airport. Activities begin at 9 30 a m and run through the day with participants likely to attend early in the morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Air-Way Gun Club
Paychek Wins Close Decision From Hartnek
Johnny Paychek edged Paul Hartnek in a ten round heavyweight bout before 4,000 fans in Omaha. Referee My Sullivan scored 95-94 for Paychek after Hartnek pressed the action late in the final rounds and Paychek countered with a decisive push in the last minutes. Hartnek endured a bruised eye and tearful postfight reaction as the crowd booed.
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OMAHA
My Sullivan
Johnny Paychek
Des Moines
Sullivan
Hartnek
Johnny
Paychek
Paul
Eastern Iowa Masonic District Session Heads to Shellsburg
A district school for Masons led by Ed Sparling of Cedar Rapids will convene in Shellsburg Monday and Tuesday with eighteen lodges represented. A dinner by the Eastern Stars is planned Tuesday night, chaired by Jay Napholz.
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Shellsburg
Ed Sparling
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Stars
Jay Napholz
Death Comes To Boy Who Had 129 Blood Transfusions
Mount Vernon reports the death of five year old Junior Simpson at Iowa City Children’s Hospital after a 20 month battle with nephrosis. Since April 27, 1938 he received 129 blood transfusions as the community donated blood while he fought the illness. His crisis occurred at 2:30 a.m. Saturday. despite hopeful signs, his heart failed. He leaves his parents and a four year old brother Dick. Funeral Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Methodist Church with burial in Mount Vernon Cemetery.
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Mount Vernon
Junior Simpson
Children's Hospital
Iowa City
Earl Simpson
Children’s Hospital
Junior
Methodist Church
Lloyd Gustafson
Mount Vernon Cemetery
Threaten Suspension Of 3 Des Moines Police Officers
Des Moines officials consider suspensions for Chief Henry A. Alber Detective Captain Paul Castelline and Chief of Detectives J A Brophy as councilors discuss the jail case of three forgotten men. Four council members favored action but delayed a formal vote after closed meeting with Safety Commissioner HasBrouck. The incident involves arrests by Patrolmen Wood and Bognano and raises questions about lawful detentions for investigation without charges.
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DES Moines
Olice
Henry A. Alber
J. A. Brophy
Paul Castelline
Henry HasBrouck
Mark Conkling
Lee Keyser
L. P. Love
John MacVicar
Garden Grove
Alber
Brophy
Capt
Castelline
Wood
Bognano
Plaza Hotel
Grand Ave
Polk County Junior Bar Association
Chamber of Commerce
B. J. Flick
Iowa
HasBrouck
What Magnetic Mines Are And How They Work
SOWARD W. BLAKESLEE explains magnetic mines are scientifically feasible but not as feared. Permanent and electro magnets face inverse square law limits, while a magnetism based switch with coils could trigger a detonator or motor. A simple surface feeler design could become a contact mine with delayed activation to protect the laying craft.
Twenty Cornell football players win varsity letters at Cornell
Twenty five men received varsity letters and twenty seven received numerals this week as the Cornell college athletic board and Athletic Director Dick Barker announced selections. Twenty of the varsity athletes were football men, led by Don Anderson and Art Boettcher, with cross country five earning letters including Roy McCauley and Charles Warden. Freshmen earning numerals in football include Bob Bailey and Herbert Bellamy, among others, while Howard Orms received a numeral in cross country.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College Athletic Board
Dick Barker
Don Anderson
Art Boettcher
Ernie Dahlberg
Oswill Fais
Charles Harris
Melvin Hetland
Dave Hoare
Gavie Howery
Quentin Joy
Don Larson
Bill Lyman
Alien McKean
Byron Nelson
Jack Paul
Jim Sprague
Robin Lee Turns Pro After Amateur Career Ends
St Paul skater Robin Lee, five time national amateur senior champion, has turned professional. His father Agner R. Lee announced Robin will join the Winnipeg Winter Club as an instructor beginning December 1, a move prompted by the cancellation of the Olympic Winter Games and his aim to pursue a professional career.
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ST. Paul
Robin Lee
Agner R. Lee
Robin
Winnipeg
Man
Match Games Scheduled At Red Crown Sunday
The best Muscatine bowlers will meet two local teams at Red Crown alleys Sunday afternoon. Plamor Pearl Button will roll against Josten Trophies and Plamer Pearl Button (women) will meet Bishop's Cafeteria.
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Muscatine
Red Crown
Plamor Pearl Button
Josten
Plamer Pearl
Bishop's
Appointments Made for State Reformatory Guards
Anamosa Iowa AP announced Friday the appointment of H W Blair of Washington Indiana and Francis Miers of Grand Junction as guards at the men s state reformatory in Anamosa.
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Anamosa
H. W. Blair
Washington, In
Francis Miers
Grand Junction
Two Killed Eight Hurt In Davenport Auto Accidents
In Davenport two women died and eight people were injured in a sequence of car crashes caused by heavy fog. Delila Abents, 67, and Anna Passig, 68, were struck by Arthur Pollitz, 20, as they stepped into traffic. Passig was blind. Margaret Simpson, 60, was fatally struck by Allen Strohbeen, Davenport driver. Inquests were ordered by Coroner W. F. Shelley. police cited fog as the contributing factor.
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Davenport
Delila Abents
Anna Passig
Arthur Pollitz
Miss Passig
Margaret Simpson
Allen Strohbeen
W. F. Shelley
Amber Couple Are Married Fifty Years
Amber Mr. and Mrs. Willie Husman celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Saturday at the home of their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weenekamp. Born in Germany they came to the United States in 1885 and were married in 1889 at the Wayne Zions Lutheran church. Eleven children listed including Mrs. Anna Weenekamp of Monticello and others—some living in Minnesota and Anamosa. two grandchildren noted.
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James
Eliza McCabe Farley
Wyoming
Ethel Oest
Harold Bryan
Anamosa
George A. Woodall
Amber
Willie Husman
Henry Weenekamp
Germany
United States
Wayne Zions Lutheran Church
Anna Weenekamp
Monticello
William
Onslow
John
Kate Dirks
Dena Dirks
Henry
Minnesota
Mate Dirks
Louis Conley
Alvina Rink
Mayme Husman
Ed Husman
Farmer Near Harper Ends Life With Rifle
SIGOURNEY W Redlinger sixty five, a farmer two miles east of Harper, was found dead in bed Friday night by neighbors after not being seen for two days. He shot himself, believed to have done so Wednesday night. Despondency over his wife’s death a year earlier is cited as the motive. Sheriff E E Tremmel and Coroner Irvin H Reynolds investigated. Funeral at St Elizabeth's church Harper Monday at 9 am.
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ST. Olaf
John K. Olson
Norway Lutheran Church
Olson
Johanna Larson
Herbert
Decorah
Olavus
West Union
Helena Olson
G. Roland
Clermont
Sigourney
W. Redlinger
Harper
E. E. Tremmel
Irvin H. Reynolds
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Iowa City News Briefs Highlight Talks and Honors
Prof Harry E vba and Richard Gates will speak on art Dec 3 in gallery talks. Iowa University to initiate 14 men and eight women into Phi Beta Kappa Dec 4. Attorney Ingalls Swisher named county chairman of the President's birthday ball for a third year. ball likely Saturday Jan 27. Troop I 113th cavalry training seven days ending Dec 2 near Eagle Point and Hills. Rev Lewlyn A Owen to speak at Community Thanksgiving service at First Presbyterian Church. Miss Mary Sueppel 73 died at Mercy hospital, a pioneer resident active in St Marys church.
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Center Point
Nina Fry Kessler
Blue Island
Ill
Kessler
John Fry
Rachel Barry
Dorothy Knopp
Charles Fry
Urbana
George Fry
California
Manchester
Maude Glew
Glew
Milo Township
Thomas P. Shaffer
Miss Glew
Oscar
Anna Glew
Chicago
Harry M. Logan
Margaret
Alice Glew
Colorado Springs
Emma
Cedar Rapids
Ray E. Glew
Lee Glew
Charles Quimby Burdette
Virginia Hahne
Betty Jean Holdren
Jean McLane
Hubert Smith
Francis Gosling, Jr
Merle Kratzer
Robert Miller
Wanda Smith
Mary Louise Hintz
Jean Beddow
Eleanor Dunlap
Harvey Stephens
Smith Conklin
Eleanor Brown
Lorraine Eibey
Iowa City
Harry E. Vba
Richard Gates
University of Iowa
Phi Beta Kappa
Honorary Scholastic Society
H. J. Thornton
Ingalls Swisher
Children’s Hospital
National Foundation
U. S. War Department
113Th Cavalry
Iowa National Guard
Elmer Hay
Eagle Point
Hills
Lewlyn A. Owen
First Presbyterian Church
Iowa City Ministerial Association
Inter-Church Student Council
Mary Sueppel
Mercy Hospital
Miss Sueppel
Sne
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Signs Recovered at Cornell Hall After Mount Vernon Theft
Thirteen highway signs and 25 street markers torn down in Mount Vernon last week were found at Merrer Hall dormitory at Cornell College. Returned to city hall by Iowa highway commission request. Penalty for sign damage is up to 100 dollars. no charges filed yet.
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Mount Vernon
Merrer Hall
Cornell College
Iowa Highway Commission
Magees Honored At Anniversary Party At Cornell
Cornell faculty members honored President and Mrs. John B. Magee at a surprise party for their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary Friday night in Armstrong Hall. Their romance was reenacted and old games played as about eighty attendees witnessed a gift of silver candlesticks.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
John B. Magee
Armstrong Hall
Magees
High Court Reverses Part Of Arthur Stoneman Case
INDEPENDENCE Iowa supreme court reverses district court, finding Isabel Stoneman’s warranty deed to Arthur Stoneman valid and not marred by fraud or undue influence. Court affirms district ruling that a $2000 mortgage assignment made while Arthur managed her affairs is invalid.
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High Court
Arthur Stoneman
Independence
Supreme Court of
Iowa
District Court
Isabel Stoneman
Supreme Court
el Stoneman
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Se¢Er
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Marshalltown
H. J. von Lackum
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Beloit
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Arizona
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Washington
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Kansas City
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Edgerton
Delhi Consolidated School
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Joan Wurtzer
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J. Dale Welch
Coe College
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New York
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