Reckless Rex to Stage Thrill Show at Hawkeye Downs
Reckless Rex Murphy a Dallas Texas daredevil will headline a Friday thrill show at Hawkeye Downs as part of the All Iowa livestock exposition with automobile stunts including head on collisions jumps and a ski jump. Murphy aids in most driving while Jack Kelly and Bob Cooper perform paired cars and motorcycle acts backed by a two hour program likely sharing time with the Jalopy Derby.
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Hawkeye Downs
Rex Murphy
Dallas
Tex
Murphy
Dallas News
Fox Movietone News
Flying Aces
Jack Kelly
Bob Cooper
America
Cooper
Juliana Expected to Give Birth Next Year
The Hague officials report Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands will welcome her first child early next year. A physicians bulletin states her health is quite satisfactory following her 1943 marriage to Prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld.
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the Hague
Netherlands
INS
Juliana of
The
Physicians
Juliana
Prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld
Marion City Council Tackles Traffic Reroute and Permit Enforcement
Marion council members discuss rerouting traffic from Marion to Cedar Rapids boulevard to resurface the Sixth avenue bridge. They vow strict enforcement of building permit ordinance 238 with $100 fines for violations.
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E. B. Castle
Park Board, Legion
Highway Commission
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Sixth Avenue
H. Westing
Cedar Park
Mrs Phelps Returns From Wisconsin Visit With Family
Mrs. Alice M. Phelps, visiting relatives in Stoughton Wisconsin, returned to Marion on Tuesday. She was accompanied by her brother Charles Martin and his wife Mrs Martin and by Carlos Martin and his wife of Stoughton who will visit in the L. M. Phelps home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M. Phelps
Stoughton
Wis
Marion
Charles Martin
Martin
Carlos Martin
L. M. Phelps
Ladies Union Picnic Luncheon At Mrs Applegate Home
The Ladies Union of the Christian church meets for a picnic luncheon at 12 30 Thursday at the home of Mrs W H Applegate 940 Central Avenue Members to bring needle and thimble and the little red union banks will be opened Guests at the home of Mrs Bessie Myhlhousen over Labor Day included Mr and Mrs Antone Bees and Ella Wickbach and her two sons Clark and Carl all of Crete Nebraska Mrs Bees is a cousin of Mrs Myhlhousen Ralph Karr of Marion was stopped for speeding and reckless driving by Chief Gene Miller and fined 10 with a 30 day license suspension The Presbyterian church welcomed Rev C V R DeJong and wife at a reception There was a program including talks by city ministers a piano solo by Frank Flack and a vocal solo by Robert Munson The Home Builders Sunday school class picnic at 6 30 pm Thursday at the home of Mr and Mrs C B Vernon 985 Twelfth Street honors Mr and Mrs Merle W Bloom who are moving to Indiana Mrs Stoneburner returned to Dubuque after being called home by her father The Fidelis circle King’s Daughters planned a rummage sale at a future date Next meeting Sept 17 at Mrs E C Ainley 1347 Twelfth Street Orpha Rompf left for Chicago to resume teaching duties with her parents at home in town Mr and Mrs H J Rompf and Mr and Mrs E W Levasseur visited in Tapio Minn with relatives In Norris Home guests included Mr and Mrs Jack Boyle of Belleville Ontario and retired Canadian National railway engineer Dr Jack Norris and family
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Ladies Union of the Christian Church
W. H. Applegate
Central Avenue
Red Union
Bessie Myhlhousen
Labor Day
the Presbyterian Church
C. V. R. DeJong
Frank Flack
Robert Munson
Home Builders
The
Methodist Church
C. B Vernon
Twelfth Street
Merle W. Bloom
Indiana
Fidelis Circle
Fidelis
King’s Daughters
A. R. McElwain
E. C. Ainley
Otter Creek Farm Bureau Meeting At Alburnett School
Sunny Susies 4 H club leads program for Otter Creek Farm Bureau gathering at Alburnett school 8 p.m. Speakers include home demonstration agent Lucife Gove and Miss Dorothy Quass with a German band.
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Farm Bureau
Sunny Susies
Otter Creek Farm Bureau
Alburnett School
Dorothy Quass
Lucife ‘Gove
Ged
Bersay
Becom Enge Tram Township
Elu Fisng- Toloe
Muriel Aouas
Percy Litson
Ae F
Sturgeons Return From Spring trip to Illinois
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Sturgeon and their sons returned home Monday from a motor trip to Springfield Illinois where they visited Mrs Sturgeons parents and Hillsboro Illinois where they visited Mr Sturgeons parents.
Pollard Family Visit Moves to Moline on Labor Day
Miss Maxine Kindig joined Miss Ethel Pollard and Sam Pollard with Minneapolis friends for a Labor Day visit at Mrs Julia Pollard Shaw's home in Moline. The Pollard family once lived in Marion.
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Moline
Maxine Kindig
Ethel Pollard
Sam Pollard
Minneapolis
Labor Day
Julia Pollard Shaw
Pollard
Marion
Grace H Starr Circle Meets in Marion
Grace H Starr Missionary circle of the Christian church met Tuesday at the home of Mrs. E A Starry with Mrs Keith Vawter presiding. Mrs E C Hamm led devotionals and Mrs Josephine Kindig directed the program. Leaflets were read by Mrs Mae Widger and Miss Esther Luse. Merle W Bloom, longtime soil conservation engineer, accepts a new post with Allis Chalmers in Milwaukee as his family plans a move to LaPorte Indiana. Sam Jackson named Marion Older Boys and Girls conference chair. plans discussed at local committee meeting in the base.
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Grace H. Starr
Merle W. Bloom
Soil Conservation Service
Marion
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
Sam Jackson
Presbyterian Aid group names officers and plans program
The Presbyterian Aid assembly announces vice-chairman Helen Biddick and secretary Eleanor Resting with committee chairs for Registration Louise Cippera ban qnet decor ations Theresa Farley meeting place Melvin Clark music Kathryn McElwain publicity Helen Hamm delegation June Milner. The First division will present a program of pictures music and readings Friday at 7 30 p.m. at 657 Sixth avenue hosted by Mrs Mabel Gallivan. A free will offering will be taken.
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Ment
The
Presbyterian Church
Helen Biddick
Eleanor
Louise Cippera
Banqnet
Mary Ellen Granger
Theresa Farley
Melvin Clark
Kathryn McElwain
Helen Hamm
June Milner
Presbyterian Aid
Mabel Gallivan
Sixth Avenue
Candid Camera Contest Promises Prizes for Chest Stories
Cedar Rapids invites amateur photographers to submit photos illustrating work of the eight Community Chest groups. Prizes of 10, 5 and 2.50 dollars awarded for compelling images. Submissions due Sept 22 at Roosevelt hotel. Photos may be published in The Sunday Gazette.
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Cedar Rapids
Community Chest
Roosevelt Hotel
Sunday Gazette
Community House
Public Health Nursing Association
Sunshine Mission
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Y.M.C.A
Y.W. C.A
Home For Aged Women
Izations
Legless Swimmer Seeks Porpoise Aid For Shark Defense
New York AP report on Zimmy the legless merman planning a nonstop Key West to Havana swim aided by a porpoise. He aims to deter sharks with porpoise presence and wonders if loyalty can extend to feeding needs and barracuda threats.
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New York
Zimmy
Key West
Fla
Havana
Cuba
Charles
Albany
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C. A. Robbins, Jr
Ozark Trip
Bert C. Burrows
Marion L. Dye
Missouri
Arkansas
Bagwell Dam
Ozarks
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Jf W Wiggins
A. J. Keyes
Ed Sigtred
Fernows
Carl Fernow
C. E. Bigelow
New York City
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Loring Lacock
Epworth League
Prairie Chapel
Glenn Platner
Pauline Platner
Betty Scott
Patschke
G. A. Patschke
Esther
Jerry Benesh
Bobby
Marjorie
Barbara
Chicago
Mrs. Benesh
Mrs. Phelps
Ladies Union
Mrs. Myhihausen
Ralph Karr
Lincoln Building
Gene Miller
John H. Pazour
Stoneburner
John Stoneburner
Theotis Murray
Dubuque
Mrs. Murray
Miss Rompf
Orpha Rompf
H. J. Rompf
Mr. Rompf
Tappi
Minn
E W. Levasseur
Norris
Jack Norris
Mr. Norris
Jack Boyle
Belleville
Ont
Boyle
Canadian National Railway System
Thomas D. Cruise
Ray F. Dowdle
Cruise
Dowdle
Ethel and Lyllian Norris
Charles Sturtz
L. Winman
Gordon L. Inman
Burnside
A. J. Clark
Toledo
Pauline Clark
Paul Vore
W. S. A. Club
Lillian Harlan
Charles Harlan
St. Luke’s Hospital
Packard
Stewart Hawk
George Trygg
McGregor
Mrs. Trygg
Hawk
R. O. Shively
Hazel Sheldon
Melvin
C. J. Haas
Woodbury County
Earl T. Brockman
Eighth Avenue
Friendly Guild of the Methodist Church
Ivan Gilmore
First Avenue
Kenneth Winter
George Fullerton, Jr
Sufoe
Concord A. and
L. Club
Leslie Dunn
Russell Elkin
Elizabeth
George Keyes
J. Elkin
Methodist Women’s Home Missionary Society
Addie Shumack
Fifth Avenue
Robert Burns
Kenosha
Ruth Neill
Mrs. W. G. Neill
Trojan Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
James Hess
Waukesha, Wis
John Hess
the Old Frontier Park
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