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Thursday Is Circus Day in Cedar ftopic/sFiWASHadmmisL IKHUiCed lease splt; hikes elsmg reve eminent during t The i the fisc. 30 was 000,000 ed by his bud last Jan downwj adminia fice, itthan la; cess of1TWO OF THE FLYING COMETS danwnitrata ihtir twilling lomtnaulH in the dom* oftha Singling circui biglop, which will b« sat up at Hawkaya Down* Thursday.BRIGHT and early Thursday morning Ringling Brotherscircus will roll Into Cedar Rapids, bringing with it all the wonder* of “The Greateat Show on Earth”.Tile 7»-ear three-aectlan »M-clal train that carries tha Ring* ling shew across the nation will pail into town from Du-feuqw via the HUbbI* Central tracks, lint aeetian is expected nbast i ajn.Unloading will be along the tracks between First and Second street SE in the freight house area — from Fifth avenue southward toward Eighth avenue.Today a crew of agents known in' circus parlance as “Twenty-Four' Hour Men*1 la checking on crossings and plotting Hawkeye Downs to accommodate the two-score tent* which house the show and its personnel,Within hours of its arrival, the circus will set up its Ringling city — g city of more than 1,000 people and several' hundred animals.Performances in the blgtop Thursday will be at 2:13 and 8:15 with doors opening at 1 and 7, Advance ticket sale — for both grandstand chair* :-and un-reaerved seats — is being con ducted 'at Killian's,in the Ringling show this year— “Dreamland’1, “Rocket to the Moon”, “Fiesta” and “U. N.” There are hosts of topflight International acta — many of them being introduced to the Amerl can public in the current Rlng-ling tour and many making relt; peat appearances.After the Thursday Bight pbrfermaBee, the *how will tpave far Davenport, where it will exhibit Friday.The trip to Davenport will be over the Rock Island tracks, and loading will be just north of Eighth avenue SE between Sec ond and Third streets.Warship Switch To Pacific ToldThemuch t debt lb the am view, r by theIt •pendi the m dent ties e In burea tiaUor the piSeen Humpl on thlt; new d terlm work i every fiscal ; He iEmmpff Kb fly onKCRG-TV ThursdayEmmett Kelly, the famous sad-faced clown of Ringling Brothers circus, will be featured on a1 spec lal program on KCRG-TV Thursday. It will run from 5:45 to 6.Kelly, whose life story forms the basis of a recent hook, “The Clown”, will appear without makeup since his “Willie’' is silent clown, •Besides being a clown he Is a cartoonist, and he will presentWASHINGTON lt;AP - Hie navy will send the big aircraft carrier Midway and 18 destroyers from the Atlantic to the Pacific la the next four month* as part of a long-range plan to equalize strength in the two oceans.In confirming reports that the 45,000-ton carrier and two destroyer squadrons will be assigned to the Pacific, a navy spokesman said the move has no direct connection with continuing alarm* along the Asian mainland.The U.S. 7»h fleet is pledged to defend Formosa from attack, and recently the Chinese Communist* have bombarded nearby Quemoy.The two destroyer squadrons designated tor transfer to the Pacific ere the 28th, now based at Norfolk, Va., and th* 18th at Newport, R.I.Navy officers said that when the current transfers from the Atlantic are completed the Pacific veterans will be brought back to the Pacific coast.NTCFour production numbers aretWlllie via the charcoal route.V
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Cedar Rapids Citizen
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Wed, Sep 15, 1954
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