Junior Willkie Club Parade Saturday In Linn County
About 600 members of the Linn county Junior Willkie club with a motorcycle escort will parade from Greene square Saturday around 2 p.m. more than 1,200 youths belong to the club. They will carry 500 flags wear hats and roll poster decorated cars. Mothers may sign up cars by calling Mrs Gertsen. Prizes will be given for best dressed bicycles. The procession routes Greene square to Third avenue SE First street SW First avenue W and back to Greene square. A loud speaker system will aid the meeting for officer election. A nominating committee will meet Friday at the club headquarters to draft a slate. Arthur Gertsen jr is organizer and temporary chairman. Membership is for those under 21.
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Linn County
Junior Willkie Club
Greene Square
Arthur Gertsen
Commonwealth Apartments
Gertsen
John Turner
Ed Stepanek
Bill Abshire
Third Avenue
First Street
First Avenue
Third Street
Jack Bell
Jim Smith
Katherine Barngrover
Marian Toms
John Robert Horton
Larry Johnson
Robert Sweet
Don Harper
Bill Fletcher
Arthur Gertsen, Jr
Coe Geology Group Heads Tri State Field Trip Saturday
Coe college will send its largest geology delegation to the annual two day Tri State field trip into Wisconsin. Dr Leonard R Wilson will lead the expedition with Dean Mary Bell and others from the faculty and a list of students. About 300 participants from Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin will travel by car starting at 2 am Saturday to Montello and Wausau region to study Pre Cambrian rocks.
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Coe College
Wisconsin
Badger State
Iowa
Illinois
Leonard R Wilson
Mary Bell
Irving L. Churchill
Yu Pin Wang
Hankow
China
Dora Jane Hamblin
Bedford
Mary Rabe
Evanston
Douglas Klemme
Belmond
Kenneth Bro
Mount Carroll
William McBride
Bert Looney
Humboldt
Charles Rochau
Davenport
Mary Towne
Marion
Elizabeth Johnston
Austin
Shirley Kelley
Cedar Rapids
Mary Mas
Chicago
Sam Zoeckler
Hugh White
Don Ross
Webster City
Wayne Christian
Scranton
Estelle Bachelder
Robert Buckingham
Wis
Middlewest
Wausaw
Deliberate Raid on Canterbury Cathedral Rumored
Dr Hewlett Johnson of Canterbury Cathedral says German planes made a deliberate attempt to demolish the cathedral. An explosion wrecked the front of the deanery and damaged the 700 year old building, rocking it like an earthquake.
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Canterbury
England
Hewlett Johnson
Pioneers Charles and Jennie Laurance Celebrate 57 Years
Mr and Mrs Charles A Laurance marked their fifty seventh wedding anniversary in Cedar Rapids. He leads the Laurance Press and wrote Pioneer Days in Cedar Rapids published in 1936. The couple married October 18 1883 at the Price home with Rev John Hood officiating.
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Charles A. Laurance
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Laurance
Laurance Press Company
Laurance Press
E.G Price
John Hood
Second Presbyterian Church
Jennie C Price
Rochester
Alexander and
Eliza Skinner Laurance
Ohio
Bonnie Baker Engaged to Orrin Tucker in Hollywood
Hollywood report says Bonnie Baker, the child vocal star known for Oh Johnny Oh, announced she and bandleader Orrin Tucker are engaged to wed. The couple rose to fame together with Tucker's band and signed major contracts.
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Bonnie Baker
Orrin Tucker
Hollywood
Wee Bonnie Baker
Johnny
Tucker
Federal Court Rules Against Cab Man On Unemployment Tax
Judge George C. Scott ruled for Charles D Huston Cedar Rapids internal revenue collector in a suit by Peter J. Kaus Council Bluffs United Cab asking to halt 1150.43 in employment taxes for 1937 to 1940. Scott held no exceptional circumstances allowed court relief and found drivers under lease acted as employees under the master servant relation.
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George C. Scott
Charles D Huston
Cedar Rapids
Internal Revenue
District of Iowa
Peter J. Kaus
Council Bluffs
United Cab Company
Kaus
Huston
Pottawattamie
Scott
Judge rules tax issue not enough for injunctive relief
Judge Scott held that although the tax could harm the business, it did not constitute a special circumstance warranting equity injunctive relief. The decision emphasizes the need for a distinct, substantial factor beyond ordinary harm to justify such equitable relief.
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Scott
Prizes Awarded As Coe Freshman Week Ends
Freshman week on the Coe College campus ended with a chapel ceremony. Ben Jump praised student leaders and announced a postponement of a push ball contest. Prizes went to Jack Logan of Red Oak and Hubert Auman of Dixon for standout freshman traits. Frank Bauder of West Union presented the awards.
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Coe College
Chapel
Coe
Ben Jump
Jack Logan
Red Oak
Hubert Auman
Dixon
Logan
Auman
Frank Bauder
West Union
Roosevelt Comments on Canadian Chief's Hyde Park Visit
President Roosevelt described the Earl of Athlone's weekend visit to Hyde Park as a mix of unofficial and official ties reflecting ongoing exchanges between U S and Canada. He noted the setting makes it unofficial yet official since he has never met the king’s uncle.
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Washington
Ins
Roosevelt
Earl of Athlone
Canada
Hyde Park
George
Lord Tweedsmuir
Beat Coe on Campus Walk Sparks Pregame Rivalry
Blue paint on the sidewalk in front of Science hall at Coe signals the annual pre game rivalry with Cornell. The upcoming Coe Cornell football game is set for Mount Vernon Saturday at 2 p.m. Cornell college students left purple and white streamers on the victory bell as part of campus spirit.
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Coe
Science Hall
Cornell
Coe College
Cornell College
Melvin Carlson
Roosevelt says no priority for government orders yet
President Roosevelt indicated the administration wants faster national defense production but has not, at this time, found it necessary to insist that industries give priority to government orders. He said the issue is nearing a decision but no action is planned now.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
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