Cedar Rapids to Go Underground With Electric Grid Modernization
Iowa Electric Light and Power plans a five year, 2 million dollar project to underground the downtown Cedar Rapids loop from Second Street to Fifth Avenue. The upgrade will raise load capacity from 10 000 to 30 000 kilowatts and shift distribution from 2400 to 13800 volts with new feeders and a larger underground network.
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E Light Company
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Company
Second Street
B Avenue
First
Second Streets
Sixth Street
Second Avenues
Fifth Avenue
Security
Tacoma
Paramount Theater
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids Loop
Cedarapidians
Cedar Rapids Alley
Second
Third Avenues
Third Street
Iowa
Memorial Services at Elks Club Next Sunday
Linn county District Court Judge Floyd Philbrick will deliver the memorial address at the Elks club annual memorial services Sunday December 2. Officers of the lodge will conduct the program. The Franklin high school chorus will perform. Ed Pieman is chairman of the memorial day committee.
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Linn County
Floyd Philbrick
Elks Club
E Franklin High School
Ed Pieman
Mink dog collars escape sales tax in Britain
A British trend shows mink dog collars as the season’s fashion for pampered pets. Authorities note these dog accessories are not subject to purchase tax, reflecting a culture that heavily protections animal welfare and stylish canine living.
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London
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Hyde Park
Sailors vote to curb profanity by cooks aboard Coastal Creek
The Canadian Sailor reports aboard the M. V. Coastal Creek crew members passed unanimously a motion to have two female cooks stop using profane language in front of the crew, especially when there is no justification for it.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Sailor
The
Seafarers’ International Union
Paris Mother Seeks Son After 27 Years
Mme Suzanne Ferrier, a 58 year old Paris resident, has not seen her son since 1929 when his father took him from France. Now in Chicago to pursue access through an American court, she seeks to force the father to reveal the son’s present address and to obtain 1.5 million francs in damages.
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Paris
France
Chicago
Mme
Suzanne Ferrier
United States
Serge Frederic
Jean Strauss
Mme. Ferrier
Soviet Botany Dept Sends 31 Clover Varieties to California
Tass reports a Latvian university botany department sent 31 varieties of four leaf clover to California to fill an international collection. The effort highlights cross border exchange of plant specimens during the era.
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Reds
Versity
Latvia
Soviet Information Agen
Cy Tass
University
Auto Regained Thanks to Light at Stockton
In Stockton California two stolen cars were abandoned after a patrol car flashed its light during an accident scene. Patrolman Art Dossey investigated a minor collision and saw the first car stop and the driver flee into a field, with a second car doing the same moments later. He believes both drivers mistook the road block for danger.
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Stockton
Calif
Robert F. Wisecarver
Kenneth Hallmark
Art Dossey
Dossey
Dry Spell Hits Columbus Water Supply
A hit and run driver struck a water hydrant in Columbus Wisconsin causing an underground pipe to break and leaving the city without water for seven hours officials said.
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Columbus
Wis
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Bob LaFountaine
LaFountaine
First Avenue
Rexall Drugs
al Ema
1St Ave
Centar Point Rd
Rene Bender
Yokohama
Japan
Serge
Moscow
INS
Charles French
California
the Silver CO
Roosevelt Hotel
Christma
Sie V
Eee Et
Royal
Royal Smith Corona
Remington Underwood
Olivetti
Merveaux Typewriter Exchange
Third Ave
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