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Thursday Is Circus Day in Cedar RapidsV*JT v%,.»Cut FoWASHIJSadmimslralimuiced a feme spenlt; hikes ekevLog revenu eminent $■ during the The ne' the fiscal 30 was ai 000,000 ov ed by Pr his budge last Janus downward administn fice, it wi than last; cess of spDelTWO OF THE FLYING COMETS demonstrate (Ittir twitting somersaults in the dome of the (tingling circus biglop, which will bo Ml up at Hawkeye Downs Thursday.BRIGHT and early Thursday morning Ringltng Brotherscircus will roll Into Cedar Rapids, bringing with it all the wonder* of “The Greatest Show on Earth.The 79-ear Utree-secUan insist trala that carries tht Ring* list thaw acreu the natioe will yall lata lawn from Du-feuvse via the DUnala Central tracks. First seettaa b expect-ad abaot S aja.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 Is checking on crossings and plotting Hawkeye Downs to accommodate the two-score tents' which house the show and its,personnel,Within houri of its arrival, the circus will set up. iia Ringling city — a city of more than 1,000 icopje and several' hundred an-mala.Performances in the blgtop Thursday will be at 2:13 and 6:13 with doors opening at 1 and 7, Advance ticket sale — for both grandstand chairs i-and unreserved seats — Is being con ducted 'at Killian's,in the Rjngling show this year— “Dreamlsnd, “Rocket to the Moon, “Fiesta” and V. N.” There are hosts of topflight international acts — many of them being introduced to the Amert can public in lire current Ring-iing tour and many making relt; peat appearances.Alter She Thursday night performance, the show will lpave far Davenport, where it will exhibit Friday.The trip to Davenport will be over the Rock island tracks, and loading will be Juet north of Eighth avenue SE between Sec ond and Third streets.Warship Switch To Pacific ToldThe re much the debt this the annu view, malt; by the buIt sal •peadtaa the bm dent” f tten eve* In at bureau inational the prinSecrets Humphrr on the i new defi terlm fi work evlt; every me fiscal yei He cmEmmpff Kelly onKCRG-TV ThursdayEmmett Kelly, the famous sadfaced clown of Ringling Brothers circus, will be featured on a1 special program on KCRG-TV Thursday, It will run from 5:45 to 6.Kelly, whose life story forms the basis of a recent book, “The Clown'’, will appear without makeup since his “Willie is silent clown. •Besides being a clown he is i cartoonist, and he will presentWASHINGTON (AP) - The navy will send the big aircraft carrier Midway and 18 destroyers from the Atlantic to the Pacific la the next four months as part of a long-range plan to equalize strength in the two oceans.In confirming reports that the 43,000-ton carrier and two destroyer squadrons will be assigned to the Pacific, a navy spokesman said the move has no direct connection with continuing alarms along the Asian mainland.The U.S. 7th 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 are the 28th, now based at Norfolk, Vs., and th* 18th at Newport, R.l.Navy officers said that when the current transfers from the Atlantic ate completed the Pacific veterans will be brought back to the Pacific coast.PMTO!Four production numbers arelWilUe via the charcoal route.YW
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Cedar Rapids Citizen
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Wed, Sep 15, 1954
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