Hunter Investigates Fire at Vernal Street Grain Facility
The vacant warehouse dating to 1960 was destroyed by a fire Tuesday. Firefighters fought to control flames with no injuries reported. About $10,000 of grain conveyor and elevator equipment belonging to contractor Don Barry was burned. Fire Chief Jesse Hunter suggested a vagrant may have started the blaze. a man described by witnesses was detained but not yet charged.
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Vernal St. N.W
Don Barry
Jesse Hunter
Classified ads offer job chances and sales items
The page lists diverse ads including taxi driver recruitment praising wives as drivers, contract work with A-1 Taxi, opportunities for men in sales and field training with earnings quoted, delivery work for Linn County, entry-level courses from International Correspondence Schools, and multiple sale items such as furniture, baby gear, a Ford Galaxy car, animal traps, and a Sting Ray bicycle. It also seeks a babysitter and includes contact boxes and phone numbers.
Training Seaman Harapot Starts Nine Weeks Navy Boot Camp
Seaman Recruit James F. Harapot, son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Harapot of Cedar Rapids, begins nine weeks of basic training at the San Diego Navy Training Center. He will learn naval customs, ordnance, seamanship, drill, and inspections as classification tests decide his next posting.
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San Diego
Calif
James F. Harapot
USN
George E. Harapot
34Th St
Cedar Rapids
Naval Training Center
Navy
Look and Learn Questions and Answers Quiz Answers
A reader quiz lists fifteen questions covering geography history and science with answers. Topics include continents by size, first unemployment law state Wisconsin 1932, presidential spouses, civil ceremonies, cicadas, Mont Blanc, ton measurements, Santo Domingo, Webster’s Blue Back Speller, Denver Mint, flag birth date, Atlantic coast South American nations, Sons of the Prophet, the Pampas, common cold and dental caries.
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U. S
Lou Henry
Grace Anna Goodhue
Bess Wallace
Helen Herron
Mamie Geneva Doud
U.S
Alps
New World
America
Fort Knox
United States
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Antarctica
Europe
Australia
Wisconsin
Hoover
Coolidge
Truman
Taft
Eisenhower
Mont Blanc
Monte Rosa
Matterhorn
Santo Domingo
Haiti
Columbus
Noah Webster
Dictionary Fame
Denver
Colorado
Venezuela
British
French Guiana
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
Mohammed
Pampas
Paraguay
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de Luxe
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Matic
BUICK
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Chevrolet
Pontiac
Mercury
Montclair
Ruto Hyattee
Thunderbird
First Avenue
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Wee Ve
izen-Times
Hunter
Burianek
A-1 Taxi Service
AL Varge
Arco
Jes Moines Register
Linn County
Citizen-Times
Erst
Kenneth J. Scott
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Bonanza
Sting Ray
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