Weather and notices fill Daily Record page 1947
Weather report lists low temperatures and precipitation across cities including New York Miami Minneapolis Phoenix and Sioux City. Agricultural forecast predicts cloudy skies light snow possible in northern Iowa with a mix of rain in southern areas. Shippers forecast notes open country temperatures overnight. Divorce decrees list multiple cases and court actions with addresses and fines. Obituaries mention Margery Shaffer James Smith and others with service details and locations.
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Miami
Minneapolis
New York
Phoenix
Sioux City
Kearn Sentenced and Transferred to U S Medical Center
John Kearn, held in Linn County jail before sentencing on Dyer act charges in Waterloo, was delivered to a U S medical center in Springfield. He received an 18 month sentence and was taken there by U S Marshal Fred Bierman of Dubuque. Also arrested at Tama in a stolen Omaha car, Herman Kenneth Nichols, a 15 year old Tennessee boy, pled guilty before Judge Henry N. Graven in U S court Waterloo.
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John Buck Kearn
Linn ‘County
Waterloo
Springfie
Kearn
Springfield
U. S
Fred Bierman
Dubuque
Herman Kenneth Nichols
Tennessee
Tama
Omaha
Aviation Cadets May Resume Pilot Training in 1948
Wartime aviation cadets whose training was halted in 1944 45 may be reinstated under a new air force program. About 35 000 men who qualified during the war could resume by passing a physical, being unmarried and 20 to 26 percent years old with two plus years of college. Three thousand cadets will be accepted in 1948.
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Air Force
Army
Headquarters
U. S. Air Force
Aviation Cadet Section
Washington, D. C
Neighbors Rally To Gibsons Aid After House Fire
Neighbors aid the Gibson family after a gasoline heater exploded at their three room house on Sixteenth Avenue SW. Harry Gibson suffered third degree burns and is in St Luke's Hospital with his wife and three children staying with relatives in a trailer. Community volunteers collected clothing food and $150 while efforts secure a room and furniture continue.
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Harry Gibson
Sixteenth Avenue
Gibson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Arnold Gibson
Twentieth Avenue SW
Sharon Evangelical Church
Penick and Ford Company
Four Eastern Iowans Enlist for Navy Duty
Four Eastern Iowans re enlist in the navy for three years. George A Frayman and Richard Merritt have reported to San Francisco for assignment. Harold L Meeker and John Albert Smith also re enlisted for three years and will receive training in San Diego. Navy men re enlisting here will be sent to Philadelphia for assignment by the Atlantic fleet commander starting December 1. Previously Iowa re enlistees always reported to San Francisco.
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George A. Frayman
Oakland Avenue
Richard Merritt
Twenty-third Street
Navy
San Francisco
Harold L. Meeker
Iowa City
John Albert Smith
Central City
San Diego
Philadelphia
Commander Service Force
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Investment Dealers Adopt Constitution
A Cedar Rapids dinner meeting at the Roosevelt hotel saw the Cedar Rapids Investment Dealers Association adopt a constitution. The Iowa Investment Bankers Association will hold a two day annual meeting in Cedar Rapids January 28 and 29. Tom Crabbe was named arrangements chairman by Ernest Kosek, with Tait Cummins speaking and Janet Sullivan singing with Lucia Clark. Ravenscroft and Company will host the January gathering.
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Cedar Rapids Investment Dealers Association
Roosevelt Hotel
Iowa Investment Bankers Association
Cedar Rapids
Tom Crabbe
Ernest Kosek
Cedar Rapids Group
Tait Cummins
Janet Sullivan
Lucia Clark
Ravenscroft and Company
Cedar Rapids Association
Courthouse Action Delayed in Linn County Kyrmel Korn Suit
In Linn County District Court Judge G K Thompson postponed action in a Karmelkorn trademark case to December 2 granting the defendant more time to move or plead The Karmelkorn Corporation of Chicago and C H Gregersen operate against Harold R Bright who runs a popcorn candy shop at 109 Third Avenue Southeast seeking to restrain use of a color able imitation of the Karmelkorn mark The defendant was initially given until Tuesday to move or plead.
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Linn County
G. K. Thompson
Karmelkorn Corporation
Chicago
C. H. Gregersen
Karmelkorn
Third Avenue SE
Harold R. Bright
Bright
Rasmussen Pleads Not Guilty to Car Theft
Clyde Rasmussen of Independence and two other youths charged with stealing Raymond Ashlock's car on Nov. 4 and driving it to Richmond Texas were apprehended there. Rasmussen pleaded not guilty before Judge G. K. Thompson while the other two youths had pleaded guilty and received 10 year sentences.
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Clyde Rasmussen
Independence
Texas
G. K. Thompson
Lloyd Dilts
Waterloo
Philip Clark
Raymond Ashlock
Twenty-eighth Street
Richmond
Linn Judges Attend Judges Assn Meeting
Linn county district court will be judgeless Friday and Saturday during the annual meeting of the Iowa District Judges Association in Des Moines. From the 18th judicial district Linn Jones and Cedar counties will be represented by G. K. Thompson association president Floyd Philbrick and J. E. Heiserman with M. C. Hamiel unable to attend.
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Linn County
Iowa District Judges Association
Des Moines
18Th Judicial District
Linn
Jones
Cedar Counties
G. K. Thompson
Floyd Philbrick
Cedar Rapids
J. E. Heiserman
Anamosa
M. C. Hamiel
Tipton
Marion man William Schwab probate grants executor
The will of William Schwab of Marion who died November 11 was admitted to probate Tuesday. His son-in-law William J. Aupperle was named executor without bond, with the bulk of the estate left to his daughter Louise K. Aupperle and a son Charles Schwab also named as a beneficiary.
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William Schwab
Marion
William J. Aupperle
Louise K. Aupperle
Charles Schwab
Judge Grants Fault Judgment Over Dr McConkie Case
Judge G K Thompson on Tuesday granted Dr E B McConkie a default judgment of 229.05 against Ray Edaburn on an account for professional services.
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G. K. Thompson
Dr. E. B. McConkie
Ray Edaburn
Standard Plans Less Gasoline, More Fuel Oil
Standard Oil reports a shift to fuel oil production reducing gasoline output as customers face a potential fuel shortage this winter. M. J. Rathbone, president of Standard of New Jersey, testified to a senate subcommittee that the company warns retailers and the public of tighter supply while asserting no customer will be left without heat or normal driving.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company
M. J. Rathbone
Standard of New Jersey
Senate
Wheely
George Hillmer To Be At Home Thanksgiving
George Hillmer, 48, who calls the county jail his address, will be home for Thanksgiving. Police said he was very drunk when picked up Monday night at a First Avenue East tavern, his 38th arrest and 14th for intoxication. He was booked at police headquarters and sentenced Tuesday morning in justice court to serve ten days at his residence.
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George Hillmer
Hillmer
First Avenue E
Justice Court
V C Finnell To Speak At Temperance Rally
Virgil C Finnell of Winona Lake Indiana editor of National Prohibitionist will speak at a community Thanksgiving temperance rally at the Free Methodist church 800 G avenue NW Wednesday at 7 30 p m Churches sponsoring include Bethany Congregational Church of God Church of the Nazarene Interdenominational and Home Mission Public invited to attend.
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Virgil C. Finnell
Winona Lake
Ind
National Prohibitionist
Free Methodist Church
G Avenue NW
Bethany Congregational
Church of God
Church of the Nazarene
Interdenominational
Home Mission
Doctor Dorner resigns from S U S Faculty at Iowa
Dr. Ralph A. Dorner associate professor of surgery at the University of Iowa College of Medicine has resigned to enter private practice with J. B. Synhorst in Des Moines, announced Tuesday.
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Iowa City
Ralph A. Dorner
College of Medicine
University of Iowa
J. B. Synhorst
Des Moines
Downey Given Life Sentence for Wife Slaying
COLORADO SPRINGS INS An appeal for a new trial was denied David A. Downey 29 year old convicted wife slayer by District Judge G Russell Miller Downey was sentenced to life imprisonment immediately following the decision Defense Attorney Vasco Leavy took exception but did not indicate plans for further appeal Downey who was convicted Oct 24 of slaying his Czech war bride was brought to court under heavy guard and had previously faced escape attempts after bars were cut from his cell by hacksaw blades smuggled by his foster mother Jennie Downey 71 of Bloomfield Ia
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Colorado Springs
INS
David A. Downey
G. Russell Miller
Miller
Downey
Vasco Leavy
San Francisco
Chicago Printers Strike Yet Newspapers Keep Publishing
In Chicago, more than 1500 AFL printers walked out, stopping composing rooms as of 9 p.m. Monday. The six daily papers pressed on using typewritten copies via photo engraving, with morning editions already out and near normal afternoon editions planned. The dispute centers on wages amid a broader no-contract policy stance. Local 16 leaders insist the strike targets wages only while publishers argue for a lawful contract.
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Chicago
AFL
The
Tribune
Sun and Journal of Commerce
Daily News
Herald-American
Times
Chicago Typographical Union
Local 16
ITU
Chicago Newspaper Publishers Association
John J. Pilch
City Council Approves Crandic Spur Installations and Sidewalk Assessments
The city council approved a Crandic Railway spur project along Tenth avenue SW replacing the current line to the E. Cohn and Sons yard. They also approved more than $11,000 in sidewalk assessments, including $5,523.67 on city sidewalk order No 2 and $5,935.57 on order No 3.
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Crandic
Tenth Avenue SW
E. Cohn and Sons
Diamond V Mills Seeks Loading Zone Denied at 909 First Ave SW
Diamond V Mills asked city officials to establish a restricted parking area at 909 First Avenue SW to create a company loading zone but the request was denied.
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Diamond V Mills
First Avenue
Barbers refuse price cut in University of Iowa row
Iowa City workers plan to resume picketing barber shops after failing to reach an agreement. Prof. Walter Daykin and Frank Spratt led talks with the Master Barbers Association and Journeymen Barbers' Union, while 12 Long-Hair Society members attended. Spratt said prices cannot drop from $1 to 75 cents and warned of a boycott. Sam Bishop said housing units represent the men, but they oppose the 25-cent increase. Spratt replied that hair cuts will be foregone if needed.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Walter Daykin
Frank Spratt
Master Barbers Association
Paul Frazier
Journeymen Barbers’ Union
Long
Spratt
Sam Bishop
Chardan
Chi Beta Phi Wins Coe Fraternity Sing
Chi Beta Phi fraternity won the Coe college annual interfraternity sing contest held Tuesday morning at Westminster Presbyterian church. Under the direction of George Aurand Bellwood Illinois the winning house sang three numbers The Sweetheart Song Even Song of Coe and Bold and Ready.
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Chi Beta Phi
Coe Fraternity
Chi Beta Phi Fraternity
Coe College
Westminster Presbyterian Church
George Aurand
Bellwood
Ill
Coe
Sister Mary Catherine Kearney Dies After Brief Illness
Sister Mary Catherine Kearney, longtime Immaculate Conception high school instructor, died at Mercy hospital at 5 a.m. Tuesday after a brief illness. Born in Limerick, Ireland, she joined the Sisters of Mercy in 1902 and taught in Iowa parochial schools. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Roy Newcomer and Mrs. L. F. Parkinson, and a brother, Dennis J. Kearney. Special masses are set at Immaculate Conception church, with funeral mass at Mt. Mercy college chapel and burial at Mt. Calvary cemetery.
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Mary Catherine Kearney
Immaculate Conception
Mercy Hospital
St. Wenceslaus School
Iowa
Dennis Kearney
Limerick
Ireland
Order of Sisters of Mercy
Roy Newcomer
Oakland
Calif
L. F. Parkinson
San Francisco
Dennis J. Kearney
Immaculate Conception Church
J. M. Morloy
Sacred Heart Chapel
Mt. Mercy College Chapel
Louis Wendling
Mt. Calvary Cemery
Harlow F. Robinson dies in California at 50
Harlow F. Robinson, 50, Cedar Rapids native and longtime linotype operator with several papers, died Monday in Monrovia, California where he had moved a year earlier. A World War I veteran, he served two years overseas with the Rainbow division. He leaves a wife Lucille a son James a daughter Mrs. R. O. Litz his mother Mrs. Joseph Robinson a brother and sister and four grandchildren. Services and burial will be in California.
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Harlow F. Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Monrovia
Calif
Watertown
Wis
Torch Press
Cedar Rapids Tribune
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Eureka Press
Anamosa
The
Gazette
Rainbow Division
Funeral services set for Miss Louise Buchanan instructor
Funeral services for Miss Louise Buchanan a 21 year instructor at the Stout Institute Menomonie Wis will be held at Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev A B Curran Burial will be in Linwood cemetery The body arrived here Tuesday afternoon Miss Buchanan long time Cedar Rapids resident and Washington High School graduate held a master degree from Iowa State College did post graduate work at Columbia University and University of California She was granddaughter of the late Robert Ellis early Cedar Rapids settler Ellis Park named for him
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Louise Buchanan
Stout Institute
Menomonie
Wis
Turner Chapel
A. B. Curran
Linwood Cemetery
Miss Buchanan
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Iowa State College
Columbia University
University of California
Robert Ellis
Ellis Park
Mrs A L Embree Dies After Stroke in Des Moines
Mrs A L Embree wife of A L Embree of Des Moines died at Methodist hospital in Des Moines at 6 am Tuesday after a stroke. Born February 10 1882 at Monticello she lived most of her life in Cedar Rapids except ten years in Keota. Survived by husband two sons Kenneth Oklahoma City and Edwin Des Moines a daughter Mrs T C Munger Cedar Rapids two brothers Chris Wetzel Austin Texas Thomas Wetzel Iowa City a sister Mrs Kathryn Anderson Cedar Rapids and three grandchildren Funeral services will be held at Turner chapel time to be announced.
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Lillian Embree
A. L. Embree
Des Moines
Methodist
Embree
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Keota
Meadowbrook Drive
Kenneth
Oklahoma City
Edwin
T. C. Munger
Chris Wetzel
Austin
Texas
Thomas Wetzel
Iowa City
Kathryn Anderson
First Christian Church
Turner Chapel
Low Sioux City Costs A Matter of Statistics
Sioux City's 46 cents per capita cost of city administration is cited as unusually low compared with larger Iowa cities. An Iowa Taxpayers Association spokesman and data director note the figure may reflect cost distribution methods, with a full municipal-cost report due around January 1. Cedar Rapids reports 88 cents per capita.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Leo Howe
Des Moines
Association
Howe
Cedar Rapids
Louis D. Burgos
New Chief At C R Navy Recruiting Station
Chief Motor Machinist Mate Ira H. Rehmel from Cedar Rapids is assigned to the Navy recruiting substation in the Federal Building. Rehmel enlisted in 1938 in Cedar Rapids, recently returned from Guam to rejoin his wife and two children.
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Ira H. Rehmel
Cedar Rapids
Navy
Federal
Rehmel
Guam
Prominent Appanoose County Farmer Killed in Tractor Accident
MOULTON Iowa AP Glen Appler 34 prominent southern Appanoose county farmer was killed Tuesday in a tractor accident on the highway south of Moulton. He had won the county and district plowing contests this fall and was en route to the Merval Moulton farm to use the tractor on a corn picker. He was found in a ditch beside the highway pinned under the tractor. Friends theorized the tractor skidded on ice and pinned him.
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Moulton
Glen Appler
Appanoose
Appler
Merval Moulton
Call for Iowa special session amid revenue boom
Legislature notes no vacancy in Appanoose as Rep. Leonard Scott reportedly moved to California. Governor Blue cites polls showing broad support for a special session. State finances show a $40 million general fund balance and rising sales tax receipts, while education and Farm Bureau oppose income tax cuts.
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John W. Gannaway
Grinnell
Appanoose County
Leonard Scott
Centerville
California
Blue
Iowa State Education Association
Iowa Farm Bureau
Des Moines to Host Twelfth Iowa Special Session on Tax Rates
Gov Blue calls Iowa legislature to a twelfth extra session in 101 years to address income tax rate changes. Past sessions varied from one day to eight months, with costs ranging from about 9,276 to 338,329 dollars. The pending session mirrors the 1947 practice of $9.70 per day pay based on prior session days.
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Des Moines
Robert D. Blue
Iowa
Liquor Control Commission
Special sessions in state history and costs
Governors may call special sessions and legislators may adjourn, with a three day limit without mutual consent. Subjects are guided by session rules and key member agreements. Past sessions 1848 to 1944 show varied lengths and heavy costs, including 1944 three days $9,276.53 and 1933-34 liquor and tax reforms costing $338,329.03.
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Liquor Commission
Meyers slander suit and air force court-martial push spurred by Ferguson probe
Symington denounced Meyers as the central figure in a sordid career tale while detailing Meyers bid for a court-martial to block a public hearing by Sen. Homer Ferguson. Meyers claimed a five year love affair with Mrs. Lamarre and alleged neglect by air forces. Symington and Gen. Spaatz took the issue to Attorney General Tom Clark and Ferguson after Meyers complained of lack of cooperation and hinted at naming important people.
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Meyers
Homer Ferguson
Rmich
Senate War Investigating
Sen. Ferguson
Symington
Town Council Meets In a Chicken House
Evansdale, Iowa officials held the first formal meeting in an abandoned chicken house serving as the town hall. Mayor William Wiltsang said the quonset structure was the only satisfactory venue, with heat from a pot belly stove as council members tidied the place. Evansdale lies just south of Waterloo.
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Evansdale
William Wiltsang
Waterloo
Civic Bureau Elects Glen Ives Chairman
Glen W. Ives of Wilson and Company was elected chairman of the Civic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce at a board meeting Tuesday noon. Ives will take office Jan. 1, succeeding Joseph Stenner to the bureau's top post. He has long been active in the Civic bureau and chaired the membership committee this year. Committee chairmen for 1948-49 will be elected at the next board meeting.
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Glen W. Ives
Wilson and Company
Civic Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Ives
Joseph Stenner
Bureau
Corn Harvest Delayed by Snow and Wet Fields
Des Moines AP reports snow and wet fields slowed the Iowa corn harvest last week. About 850,000 acres were harvested and 22 percent remained as of Nov 22. Cribbing 8-10 days ahead of last year, with no area below 70 percent cribbed. Soybean combining nearly complete except in east central Iowa. Some crops may not be fully harvested until spring. Forage from pastures and stalk fields fell sharply last week. Weather forces earlier livestock housing.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bulletin
West's Condition Said To Be Good
Richard T. West, 58, who police said nearly died in Mercy hospital from injuries suffered in a fight with neighbor Archie S. Chapman, was reported in good condition Tuesday afternoon. Police rushed West to Mercy and arrested Chapman after finding West dazed and bleeding in the hallway of their apartment building at 524 Fifth Avenue SE. Chapman said he grabbed West and threw him backward through a glass doorway. West had been in critical condition earlier due to loss of blood and shock. Chapman was charged with assault with intent to do great bodily injury and bound over to the grand jury on $500 bond.
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Richard T. West
Mercy Hospital
Archie S. Chapman
West
Chapman
Fifth Avenue SE
Marine Corps Reserve Enlists Three Cedar Rapids Members
The Cedar Rapids Citizens Marine Corps Reserve adds three members, two veterans, Dorothy Bartholmey and John T. O Connell, enrolled as corporals and Virgil W. Darling as a private. A nationwide drive seeks 100000 enlistees ages 17 to 28 inclusive, led locally by Capt Robert H O Meara First Lt David Elderkin and others.
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Citizens Marine Corps Reserve
Cedar Rapids
Marine Service
Dorothy B. Bartholmey
First Avenue SE
Marine Corps Womans Reserve
John T. O’connell
Fifth Avenue SE
Virgil W. Darling
Miss Bartholmew
O’connell
Darling
Citizens Reserve
Robert H. O’meara
David Elderkin
John W. Robinson
Chester P. Tuttle
Gene’ A. Wallar
Accident Victims in Fairly Good Condition
Mrs. C. E. Hickman of Bettendorf remained in fair condition at St. Luke’s hospital after a highway collision on Route 30 near Lisbon. Her son-in-law Joe Slavens, also of Bettendorf, was listed in fairly good condition. Slavens drove the car. his wife and their five year old son were released after examinations.
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C. E. Hickman
Bettendorf
Lisbon
St. Luke's Hospital
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Jack
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Seb Pere
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Vernon
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Roy Gaddis, Jr
At Mercy
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Milton A. Smith
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Margery Shaffer
Cedar
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Effie Maxton
Methodist Church
Clarence
Hans J. Klatt
Clarence Telephone Company
Horne
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Salem Evan
John Kearn
U.S. Medical Center
Gibsons
C.R. Investment Assn
Lapes
Lapes Florist
Third Ave
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PF. J. Monahan
Wm. J. Stewart
Rasmussen
Judges Assn
Schwab Will
Standard
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S.U.S
City Hall News
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S. C
Buchanan Services
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Glen Ives
Marine Corps Reserve
Turner
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