Groth’s Three Homer Day Leads Tigers Past White Sox
Detroit catcher Johnny Groth powered the Tigers to a 5 2 win over the White Sox with a bases loaded three run hit and a long homer. Groth added a double and single as Virgil Trucks allowed four hits in a strong start.
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Reformatory Produces 1950 License Plates At Anamosa
Ward en Foss Davis announced that the state reformatory has begun making 1950 motor vehicle license plates with two perforations in the upper right corner to take possible 1951 revalidation clips. The 1950 plates use smoother aluminum with black letters on white, reversing the 1949 design. Perforations ensure clip position remains uniform if revalidation clips are adopted.
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Hillbilly Will Wrestle Here in All Star Show
Hillbilly wrestler Don 'Hillbilly' Marlin headlines an all star card at city hall gym hosted by Buckwalter on Saturday night April 23. He faces John Cyclone Cobb, a six foot two, 250 pound Texas colored wrestler from Dallas, in a best two of three falls contest under a sixty minute limit. Also featured are women wrestlers Miss Atlas and Miss Anita Bennington in a 45 minute time limit bout, with a final third match starring local favorite Jimmie.
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Seeli Samara
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Tampa
Florida
Anita Bennington
Omaha
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Cedar Rapids Bear Faces Montana Warrior in Mixed Bout
Bear from Cedar Rapids challenges Al Gotz the Roughhouse Cowboy from Montana in a wrestling match. Bear previously defeated Jack Clayborn in a memorable bout and despite being lighter, Gotz may struggle to out wrestle the stocky Cedar Rapids fighter.
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Cedar Rapids
al Gotz
Montana
Jack Clayborn
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Birthday greetings and anniversaries highlighted in Cedar Rapids area
Mrs. Charlotte Dunlap observes her 94th birthday as neighbors send best wishes. Other locals include Mrs. Ira Mitchell Mrs. George Dowell Mrs. Ever ette Jarvis Harold Sehulty Clarence Kiefer Mrs. Orie O'Connor and Mrs. Henry Dittmer. Marriage anniversaries for Mr. and Mrs. John Frame noted. Paris Beauty Academy graduates Phyllis Guenther and Mira Homer Cannon stay for additional work after completing studies. Guenther will work in Washington following state board exams.
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Ira Mitchell
George Dowell
Everette Jarvis
Harold Sehulty
Clarance Kiefer
Orie O'Connor
Ainsworth
Phyllis Guenther
Mira Homer Cannon
Paris
Cedar Rapids
Miss Guenther
Washington
Missionary Speaker Sees Lincoln Talks Ahead
Carol Brewer heads to Lincoln Nebraska Friday for lectures on missionary teaching in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan. She will also speak at the United Presbyterian Church in Lincoln on a special young people day and again in Holland Nebraska. Dr Charles Van Riper and family from Kalamazoo Michigan visit Line and the Hulls. he will address the Central States Speech convention in Omaha next week.
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Sudan
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Charles van Riper
Kalamazoo
Mich
van Riper
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Riper
Omaha
Western Springs State Teachers College
Geneseo Visit By Vondrasek Kron Families
Mr and Mrs Charles Vondrasek and Mr and Mrs Maria Kron visited Geneseo Illinois earlier this week at the M J Welchs home. Mrs Welchs is a daughter of the Vondraseks.
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Charles Vondrasek
Maria Kron
Geneseo, Ill
M. J. Welchs
Brown Finance loan offers lump sum for monthly bill relief
Consolidate your bills with a Brown Finance loan and pay in a single lump sum. This simplifies finances by reducing monthly payments to one affordable installment.
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