All-Iowa Fair Opens At Hawkeye Downs Attracts Thousands
Scenes at Hawkeye Downs show the fair's grandstand painted gray and white as thousands flock to the All-Iowa fair. Bart Grim of Anamosa reviews Dr Fenton's Palomino stallion for parade duties while contestants enter junior livestock classes and harness races. National guardsmen set up a kitchen tent for Camp C Robbins as a model military camp begins.
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Hawkeye Downs
Bart Grim
Anamosa
EB. Fenton
Grim
Fenton
Mack Towers
Marion
John McDonald
Eldon
Frank Lynch
153Rd Infantry
Beau Bell Wedding: Carolyn Webster Marries Beau Smith
Carolyn Webster and Beau Bell marry amid family tensions and social differences. The ceremony at the church precedes a chaotic breakfast with relatives, contrasting Beau’s quiet resolve with Carolyn’s anxious hope for acceptance. Amidst clashing guests, the couple vows commitment, facing the awkward reality of blended families.
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Carolyn Webster
Beau Bell
Carols
Aruns
Carolyn
Beatt
Buttty
Garolyn
Beau
Scotty
Scott Mansion
Hungary adopts conscription and youth training measures
Premier Bela Imredy announced Hungary will implement military conscription and compulsory preliminary training for youths aged 14 to 21, aligning with German and Italian practices. He also unveiled plans for a Hungarian "strength through joy" group, required medical exams for couples planning marriage, and ordered ex-service men to join shooting organizations.
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Budapest
INS
Bela Imredy
Hungary
Entente
Imredy
Germany
Italy
Farouk I Escaped Assassination in Alexandria Shooting
In Alexandria a Syrian law student fired a pistol at King Farouk I as he left a sports club. One spectator was wounded in the leg. A bystander restrained the shooter, and royal bodyguard officers arrested Safra on the rooftop. Officials noted the act may not have been deliberate.
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Alexandria
INS
Egypt
Farouk I
Royal Bodyguard
Safra
Fractured skull after fall at Rosenbaum store
Shirley Peal suffered a fractured skull yesterday when he fell down an elevator shaft to the cement floor while unloading furniture at the Rosenbaum store. AG. Bauder of Cedar Rapids was appointed by the National Association of Real Estate Boards on a commission to study farming conditions. Mrs. L. E. MacLaughlin and daughter Mary Irene returned from a visit to Yellowstone Park and other Colorado points with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Dunlap.
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Shirley Peal
Rosenbaum Store
Bauder
Cedar Rapids
National Association of Real Estate Boards
L. E. MaccLaughlin
Mary Irene
Yellowstone Park
Salt Lake City
Estes Park
Denver
WF. Dunlap
Colorado Points
Probasco Death Highlights Local World War II Sacrifice
Edwin T Probasco former Battery E corporal seeking reduced rank to join overseas unit of sixty left for France around July 4 and was killed August 1 in yeston. He was son of Mr and Mrs W N Probasco of 637 Ls street west and the first Battery E member to make the supreme sacrifice.
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Edwin T Probasco
Battery E
France
Yeston
W. N Probasco
Ls Street West
Battery Ey
Helen Brooksamit
Cedar Falls
Bartlett Hall
State Teachers College
Cape Cod
Adirondacks
Ethel Pinney
Globe, Ary
Daniel Harrington
D G Harrington
Waco
Exis
Cenotaph in Edinburgh Gets Unofficial Bath
Two men from the Pension League washed the Cenotaph at Edinburgh city chambers without authority. Officials passed by as they carried out the clean, arguing the memorial often looks grimy and visitors from the dominions might be surprised by the neglect.
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Edinburgh
Pension League
Syrian American queen crowned at Midwest convention banquet
Miss Lorraine DeWood an 18 year old Milwaukee radio singer was crowned queen of the 1938 Syrian American Midwest conclave at a Sunday banquet in Cedar Rapids. The coronation crowned by Capt J F Currell with Tyrone Power selecting the winner from six finalists. Attendants include Joha Aboud Sally Trad Mary Nassrallah Lavonne Maloof Eva Zakem.
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Lorraine DeWood
Milwaukee
Montrose Hotel
Crystal Room
J F Currell
Cedar Rapids
Rosebud Rashid
Fort Madison
Miss DeWood
Omaha
Lavonne Maloof
Indianapolis
Eva Zakem
Grand Rapids
Phoenicians Club
George Alberts
WTMJ
The Poet of the People Edgar A Guest
Edgar A Guest ponders a hot day as ninety five degrees drives toil and fatigue. He notes nature resting while people labor to gain fame and endure heat to chase small dreams, a restless contrast shaping his reflective verse.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
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