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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1948
Page
5
In Roman times funeral pyres were wrapped in asbestos cloth to preserve the ashes. The fund drive will support the Urban League and its social service work emphasizing better job opportunities for Negroes in the community.
New York insiders report an Urban League Service Fund exhibition of 101 canvases by famous amateurs including Dwight D. Eisenhower Winston Churchill Joan Crawford and Oswaldo Aranha. Notable pieces range from Churchill’s Marrakech city gate landscape to Eisenhower’s Indian portrait copy and J Louis and Colbert portraits. The show runs at Associated American Artists Galleries through October 13 ending with a public auction of most works.
Notice is given that on September 20 1948 the undersigned was duly appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of Anna C Widra late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted to the estate should make immediate payment and those with claims must present them duly authenticated at the office of the Linn County Iowa District Clerk.
Executorship declared on September 13 1948 with Frank Koutny Jr and Kubicek Novak and Kubicek as counsel. Creditors and debtors urged to settle accounts and file claims with Linn County District Court clerk.
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