First piling driven for Eighth Avenue Bridge project
Ross Construction crews pushed on despite high water driving the first test piling at the west end of the Eighth Avenue Bridge site. Richard Dunn directs a growing team from Cedar Rapids and Des Moines with up to 100 workers planned as piers and trestle begin.
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Ross Construction Company
Eighth Avenue Bridge
Richard Dunn
Ross Concern
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
R. M Oothout
Oothout
State Highway Commission
Iowa State Employment Service
Two Cedar Rapids Children Escape Injuries In Accidents
Janette Fuegen 4 suffered bruises when her tricycle ran into a backing car driven by Stanley F. Kula near Twenty fourth street and First avenue E. Jerry Fink 3 received a skinned knee and a bump on the head after darting from behind parked cars into a machine operated by Wilton H. Best on Fifth avenue SE between Sixth and Seventh streets.
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Cedar Rapids
Janette Fuegen
A J Fuegen
A Avenue NE
Stanley F. Kula
K Street
Twentyfourth Street
First Avenue E
Jerry Fink
R Fink
Fifth Avenue SE
Wilton H. Best
Beverly Road
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Belle Plaine Woman Dies Without Learning Of Son's Death
A 75-year-old Belle Plaine woman died at 3 am Tuesday without knowing her son Harold Struckenbruck 46 had been accidentally killed while hunting two days earlier. Harold, president of Central Service Co of Kansas City, was shot in the stomach while crawling through a fence on the Struckenbruck farm three miles southeast of town. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the First Congregational church with burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs Struckenbruck, born in Dayton Ohio, moved to Belle Plaine at age two and is survived by two sons, two sisters, a brother, and five grandchildren.
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Belle Plaine
Herman Struckenbruck
Harold Struckenbruck
Central Service Company of
Kansas City
Struckenbruck
First Congregational Church
Oak Hill
Dayton O
Chifford
Arthur
Jamestown
S D
Quakie Trueblood
John Stowell
John Carter
Luzerne
Deck To Head Lutheran Brotherhood Reelected in Baltimore
J Milton Deck of Philadelphia was reelected Tuesday as president of the Brotherhood of the United Lutheran Church in America at Baltimore in the convention’s morning session. Also reelected were O Roy Frankenfield of Philadelphia as secretary and Harry A Fritsch of Allentown as treasurer.
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Baltimore
J Milton Deck
Philadelphia
Brotherhood of the United Lutheran Church In America
Brotherhood
O. Roy Frankenfield
Harry A Fritsch
Allentown
Richmond minister and industrialist dies in hunting accident
Richard Crane aged 56, a retired industrialist and former minister to Czechoslovakia from 1919 to 1922, was accidentally killed Monday by his own shotgun while hunting at his Richmond estate.
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Richmond, Va
Richard Crane
Czechoslovakia
Marion Chamber of Commerce elects six directors at first annual meeting
Six new or reelected directors take seats on the Marion Chamber of Commerce board for two year terms after a dinner and meeting attended by 153 people. Elected to succeed retiring members and to fill vacancies are listed alongside officers and key committee leaders. plans include highway talks and a school bond issue to fund heating plants and Lincoln building repairs.
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Chamber of Commerce
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Winfield A. White
Anthony Blake
Hugh E Gordon
Gilbert Gordon
Dan Storck
Kenneth Murdoch
Z. N. Lundy
Earl Welscher
M H. Biddick
K. E. Cornell
Irvin L Ford
J Lewis Papes
A C Sloss
Walter A Hall
Hailwood
Robert Vesely
King Thompson
Jim Smith
Milo Sedlacck
John Pazour
Cornell
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Highway Commission
Ames
Pazour
Commission
C. B
Vernon
Lincoln
Mrs. R. O. Shively Dies at 64 in Marion
Mrs. Richard O. Shively, 64, longtime Marion resident, died at her home after a two year illness. Born Bertha Hanna in Bevan Ohio, she was a great-niece of Senator Mark Hanna. She leaves a daughter Mrs. Hazel Sheldon and three sons, Frank W., Robert W., and Melvin M. The service will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Yocom chapel with cremation and interment at Oak Shade cemetery.
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Richard O. Shively
Marion
Fifth Avenue
Bertha Leora Hanna
Bevan, O
Matthew and
Elizabeth Hamilton Hanna
Mark Hanna
Ohio
Nebraska
Iowa
Central City
Shively
Betty
Donald Chase Shively
Milwaukee
Yocom Chapel
C. V. R. DeJong
Presbyterian Church
Burbank Plant Crossing Quip Attributed to Willie Willis
Willis jokes about Luther Burbank improving a plant by crossing it with another item. He suggests the idea could even extend to spinach crossed with poison ivy.
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Burbank
New Transmission Tech Highlights for Modern Vehicles
The report lists six innovations including Perfected Remote Control Shifting All Silent Auto Mesh Transmission and an Ingenious Safety Signal Speedometer. These features suggest quieter gear changes and enhanced speed indication for safer driving experiences.
Marion Items Show School Band and Club Activities
Miss Mary Ellen Granger a freshman selected to sing in the girls glee club at the college. Davis Reynolds plans a visit to Oak Forest Illinois to see his son-in-law and daughter. Mrs E Jefferson visited Savannah Illinois. KV cafe luncheon ended with two tables of bridge at Mrs Fred Blakeslee’s home. Mrs A A Schenken returned from Cedar Rapids hospital. Methodist church choir to meet Wednesday at 7 15 p.m. at the church. Mrs Oca Beal Price hosted Cary club Monday. Mrs A E Blinks reviewed James Whitcomb Riley life and poems. Next Cary club at Mrs E W Griffiths 485 Sixth avenue. Marion high school football vs Wilson high Thursday in Cedar Rapids. Dinner guests included Nelle Hazen of Los Angeles and Mrs T J Whilock of Cedar Rapids.
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Ber
Marion
Mary Ellen Granger
Collge
KV Cafe
Fred M Blakeslee
Oca Beal Price
Cary Club
A E. Blinks
James Whitcomb Riley
Riley
E. W. Griffiths
Sixth Avenue
Alithea Seager
Ralph C Seager
Ways Of Law In This Case Just Don’t Make Sense
Detroit police officer Albert Frank shot at Motorist John Lesczynski during a reckless driving arrest and struck him with a pistol butt after he claims no resistance. Lesczynski was fined $25 after hospital treatment for a head and hand injury. Frank admitted the charges but no formal charges were filed against him.
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Detroit
INS
John Lesczynski
Albert Frank
Frank
Leszczynski
Mt. Vernon Atkins Get PWA Grants and Loans
The Public Works Administration approved loans of 1,352,500 and grants of 635,020 on Tuesday for 115 non federal projects totaling 13,416,389. Iowa allocations include Ackley municipal building 13,477 Alton school 11,862 Atkins waterworks 11,911 Bellevue streets 24,390 Davenport sewerage works 192,875 Everly streets 2,160 Hardin county highway improvements 25,650.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Iowa
Ackley
Alton
Atkins
Bellevue
Davenport
Everly
Hardin County
State of Town
Community projects and crossing funds listed in county notice
A line item summary lists funding for buildings in Melrose and Rhodes, waterworks in Mt Vernon, bridges in Osceola county, and schools in Pilot Mound and Rhodes with amounts ranging from 3 510 to 70 200 dollars. The figures include 70 200 Melrose buildings and 7 506 Osceola bridges plus 12 272 Rhodes school and other allocations.
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Melrose
Mt. Vernon
Osceola County
Pilot Mound
Rhodes
Morgenthau opposes California $30 Thursday pension plan
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau in a letter aligned with President Roosevelt condemned California’s $30 per week pension scheme as financially unsound. He declined to judge constitutionality, noting the proposal is for California voters to decide and echoed concerns about its fiscal stability.
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Washington
Llp
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
California
Ontario
Calif
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Lutheran Brotherhood
Turner Mortuary
Marion News
Earl Boozee
Adeliza Daniels
Priscilla Guild
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Gene Isham
Sara Nott
E. L. King
Soil Conservation Project
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R. O. Shively
Virginia Jackson
John Cone
H J Rompf
Tappi
Minn
Ernest Levasseur
Minnesota
James Murray
Jeannine Marie
Sheila Colleen
Mrs. Murray
William T. Kehoe
Hopkinton
Squaw Creek Threshing and Silo
Fred Rauch
Highway 94
Robert Elkins
George Munier
Rauch
Julia Allen Missionary Society
R. J. Kendall
Baptist Choir
Fire Department
Mothers’ Club
LeRoy Scott
Noble Grand Association
Leonard Holden
Ottosen
George Gillmore
Lawrence van Note
Plato
Dell van Note
Elmer Neff
Barbara Ann
John van Note
Russell Elson
Kenneth van Note
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Charles van Note
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Perry
Frank Shively
Melvin Shively
Hazel Sheldon
Jeanne
Chicago
J B. Howell
Theristrial Club
J T. Gallivan
Howell
Dickey’s Foods
Eleventh Street
Glen Owen's
Larimore Hargrove
CCC
Missouri Valley
Hargrove
B. Howell
Methodist Church School
John W. Gill
Alburnett Road
Republican Central Committee
Marion Township
George A. Holsinger
Diana Fret Club
Carl Secrist
J. H. Stanaway
Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Lillian Ann Harding
Iowa State College
Harding
Willie Willis
Plymouth
PlyMoutt
Carysler Corroration
Mich
Osee
AMOLA
Amola Steel
Ninema Cere
Elise Linn
Arno
Davis Reynolds
Oak Forest
Ill
Ed Sharp
E Jefferson
Savanna, Ill
A A. Schenken
Methodist Church
Wilson High School
PWA
of Progressive Business
Iowa Masonic Library
Coe College
Bohemian National Library
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Elks
Knights of Pythias
Knights of Columbus
Shrine Temple
Middle West
Boy Scouts, Pioneers
Camp Fire Girls
Stuarts
Second Street
Stuart
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