Robbers Blow 275 Pound Safe Empty in Des Moines
Des Moines police report two professional safe crackers blew a 275 pound safe at Thriftway Super Market on University Avenue but found it empty. They apparently targeted a larger safe behind a partition, leaving only minor cash in transit. Detectives Virgil Snyder and Harry Thompson link the break to an earlier April 13 theft at another Thriftway. The prior job yielded 4,286.65 in cash and 3,891.39 in checks.
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Des Moines
Thriftway
University Ave
Virgil Snyder
Harry Thompson
Card of Thanks to Neighbors and Medical Staff
Mrs. Hilmer Molgard thanks neighbors and friends for cards and flowers received during hospitalization. She commends Dr. Giegerich Dr. Thompson and the nurses for their splendid care and kindness.
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Dr. Giegerich
Thompson
Hilmer Molgard
Three Little Nations Try United Europe Trade Pact
The Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg push toward a common tariff by September with aim of seamless cross border business akin to US states. Visa free travel already extends among them, UK and others, and a future common currency is planned. Cultural roots differ yet cooperation grows amid European trade and political history.
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Sigrid Arne
DeWitt MacKenzie
Europe
United States of Europe
Little
North
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Walla
United Kingdom
Holland
Pittsburgh
Kansas
Minnesota
Mystery of a Sea Swimmer Dog Near Beverly Hills
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Linstrum found a tired male cocker spaniel while returning from Catalina aboard their cabin cruiser. They adopted the dog and wonder how it ended up swimming about 10 miles from shore, a mystery the family hopes to solve.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Fred Linstrum
Santa Catalina Island
Iowan Lodwick Receives King’s Medal for Freedom
Robert J. Lodwick former Iowan and eastern aviation executive learned from the British embassy that the King awarded him his Majesty’s medal for service in the cause of freedom. Lodwick, visiting Mt. Pleasant for a meeting of the Iowa Wesleyan board of trustees, served in World War II with American and British ground and air forces across China India Egypt Africa Italy France Belgium and the British Isles as a war department consultant.
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Mt. Pleasant
Robert J. Lodwick
England
Lodwick
Iowa Wesleyan Board of Trustees
China
India
Egypt
Africa
Italy
France
Belgium
British Isles
War Department
Infant Dies in Griswold Born at Mercy Hospital
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Keith Piper of Griswold died at birth Sunday at Mercy hospital in Council Bluffs. Services were conducted Monday June 2 by Rev Lawrence Rydquist of Faith Lutheran Church. Wagler mortuary handled arrangements and burial followed at Noble Township Cemetery.
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Griswold
Keith Piper
Mercy Hospital
Council Bluffs
Lawrence Rydquist
Faith Lutheran Church
Wagler
Noble Township
Local families mark Memorial Day weekend visits
Griswold residents and relatives from Des Moines Avoca Chicago Thayer Seward Carroll Fairfield Des Moines Walnut and Portland gather for holiday visits. Capt Jack R Clarke and Jacqueline stay through mid June with George Proctor family before departing March Field California deployment plans noted.
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Max Gifford
Thayer
Gifford
J. R. Ackerman
Albert Floto
Seward
Neb
Charles Floto
R. M. Scott
Gordon Scott
Carroll
George Scott
Fairfield
William Scott
Des Moines
Glenn Braden
Jimmie
Judy
Walnut
Jack R. Clarke
Jacqueline
Portland
Ore
George Proctor
Clarke
March Field
Cal
Anita News Summary of Memorial Day Visits
Rev Wayne Green and family from Beatrice Neb visited Anita for Memorial Day with local residents. Beatrice pastor now drives a 1947 car gift from his congregation. Guests included Geo Wollenhaupt Elliott and Chris Nelson Harlan. Clarence Heath from Portland visited Anita. Paul Shifflett Washington DC rode through to Dexter to see parents. A C Newton Cody Wyoming visiting Ed Newton and wife.
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Anita
Wayne Green
Beatrice
Neb
Mary Wilson
W. T. Biggs
Green
Central Church of Christ
Geo. Wollenhaupt
Elliott
Chris Nelson
Harlan
Maude Suplee
Clarence Heath
Anitan
Portland
Ore
Paul Shifflett
Washington, D. C
W. F. Crawford
Dexter
Shifflet
Town State College
Crawfords
Robert
Louisiana
A. C. Newton
Cody Wyo
Ed L. Newton
Mrs Alta Pratt to Return from California Visit
Mrs Elsie Kopp of Long Beach Calif reports her mother Mrs Alta Pratt will return soon to Anita after months in California. On her recent birthday she received over 50 cards from Anita friends. Mrs Pratt, not well, prefers train travel and will be accompanied by daughter Mrs Jessie Wheeler.
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Anita
Elsie Kopp
Long Beach
Cal
Alta Pratt
Jessie Wheeler
California
Kopp Tella
Mike Carey
Lake Bear
Anitang
Wiota Visitors Honor Memorial Day at Local Cemetery
Wiota residents and relatives gathered for Memorial Day activities at the Wiota cemetery. Attendees included Mrs. Joe Mrozek and son Clarence of Chicago along with sister Mrs. John Gingery of Stuart and nephew Cullie Nordman of Des Moines who is employed by Delevan Engineering.
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Wiota
Joe Mrozek
Clarence
Chicago
John Gingery
Stuart
Cullie Nordman
Des Moines
Cullie
Delevan Engineering Co
Mrozek
C. G. Nordman
Vincent Dimig
Billy
Atlantic
Martin McMahon
Dimiga
West Ninth Street
Paul Bintner
John Joseph
Omaha
Edward Glynn
Southwest
James Glynn
Walnut Briefs Visit Highlights Local Families
Wainuati Mr is visiting his mother and sisters from San Diego. Ada Deen, Adolph Kay, and Albert Claussen with Evelyn Hoffman and Brett Fish's family join in holiday visits. Rose Ann Rieck and many others from colleges spend time at parental homes. The Stalwart group includes Earl Hulin of Des Moines and Chicago visitors, while Alex Stuart and family travel for a 40th wedding anniversary in New York City. Reverend Lindsay hosts Rev Samuel Lindsay from Ireland.
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Wainuati
Sind
Sfrs
Brett Fish
San Diego
Ada Deen
Adolph Kay
Albert Claussen
Fish
Evelyn Hoffman
Rose Ann
Walter Rieck
Bill Redman
Marian Glissman
Hurst Otto
Dale
Ruth Hoffman
Jo Jane
Charles Forsythe
Earl Hulin
Des Moines
Bayles
Chicago
Louis Fredrickson
Kenneth
Fredrickson
Alex Stuart
John William
Natalie
New York City
Mary
al Weiser
California
Cecil Stuart
Samuel Lindsey
Ireland
Transparent plastic bathing suit on display at exposition
A bathing suit made of transparent plastic with opaque decorations is shown at the International Textile Exposition in New York on June 3.
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New York
Extra-Miss Janet Payne Joins 1947 ISU Summer Counselling
Janet Payne a student at Iowa State Teachers College visits with her parents Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Payne. She is among 20 student counsellors for the 1947 summer quarter and will reside at Bartlett Hall guiding about 16 freshmen women students. She began as a third quarter freshman last December and pursues a two year kindergarten primary course aiming for a teaching certificate next spring. A member of Kappa Phi and the Kindergarten Primary club, she is to teach in September. Don’t drive if you drink.
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Janet Payne
Iowa State Teachers College
R. H. Payne
Bartlett Hall
Janet
Miss Payne
Kappa Phi
National Methodist
Joan Crawford Welcomes Two Adopted Daughters
Actress Joan Crawford adds Cynthia and Cathy to her family, bringing total children to four. The infants, three and two months old, arrived from an eastern institution. Crawford’s older children Christina and Christopher are eight and four. She remains unmarried after a 1946 divorce from Phillip Terry.
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Joan Crawford
Hollywood
Cynthia
Cathy
Miss Crawford
Christina
Christopher
Phillip Terry
Sorensen Rites Held for Adair Resident
Funeral services for Martinus L. Sorensen 62 were conducted at Bowman Chapel by Rev. Lois Payne. Sorensen born in Denmark July 7 1884 came to Guthrie county in 1904 and married Dorothea Davidson Nov 2 1906. He died at his Adair area home after years of ill health. He leaves wife two daughters Mrs Arthur Schirm Adair and Mrs Gerald Sparks Guthrie Center three sons Harry Guthrie Center Norman Nebraska and Frank at home. Casket bearers included Gerrif Christensen Wm Merrill Wilbur Loughberry Geo Riger Ole Steensen and Frank Howland.
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Adair
Bowman Chapel
Lois Payne
Martinus L. Sorensen
Denmark
Guthrie County
Dorothea Marie Davidson
Heas
Arthur Schirm
Gerald Sparks
Guthrie Center
Harry
Norman
Nebraska
Frank
Gerrif Christensen
Wm. Merrill
Wilbur Loughberry
Geo. Riger
Ole Steensen
Frank Howland
Elk Horn Notes On Local Residents And Visitors
Elk Horn residents and relatives travel for family visits and school events. Aage Aagaard and family from Los Angeles visit Elk Horn. Anders Hansen attends Dana College baccalaureate in Blair. Allen Hansen graduates. Beulah Caratensen goes to Sioux City for department store employment. Inez Petersen accompanies her. Agnes Nielsen, Paul Nielsen visit Cedar Falls. Jack Andersen starts at Weddum hatchery. Mrs. Clara Carstensen and Beulah join Jennie Edmundson Hospital visit. Mrs. Johnson treated after March auto accident. Jerry Mille relocates to Elk Horn. Dean Hilborn heads to Colorado for summer and study at State Teachers College.
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Elk Horn
Aage Aagaard
Los Angeles
Anders Hansen
Blair
Neb
Dana College
Hansen
Allen
Beulah Caratensen
Sioux City
Inez Petersen
Agnes Nielsen
Cedar Falls
Paul Nielsen
Jack Andersen
Weddum Hatchery
Clara Carstensen
Beulah
Clara Fredricksen
L. W. Johnson
Jennie Edmundson
Johnson
Jerry Mille
Fromerly
Kimballton
Peter Mortensen
Dean Hilborn
Greeley
Colo
Hilborn
State Teachers College
Home from China returns to Wiota family after 30 day leave
Sergeant Joe Seymour arrived in Omaha after a 9000 mile flight from China and caught the Sunday bus to Wiota for a 30 day leave with his wife and twin sons Joe and Jim. They plan to return to Guam with Mrs Seymour and the twins, after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Milt Bruner.
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Wiota
Joe Seymour
China
Omaha
Joe
Jim
Seymour
Guam
Milt Bruner
St Lo Mayor to Attend Reunion of 35th Division
Kanese City June 3 Veterans of the 35th infantry division including President Truman will reunite in St. Louis to relive war experiences and raise funds for a hospital in St Lo France, the liberated town at Omaha Beach. Mayor Georges Pierre Lavalley flew from Paris to attend the three day postwar gathering.
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Kanese City
35Th Infantry Division
Harry S. Truman
St. Lo
35Th
Norman Peninsula
Omaha Beach
S. Lo
Georges Pierre Lavalley
Paria
Middle West
Battle of the Bulge
St. Michiel
Meuse-Argonne
District Legion and Auxiliary Meet Thursday
The seventh district American Legion and Auxiliary spring conference will be in Missouri Valley with 9 30 registration. Officers will be elected at the business session and a 6 30 banquet will end the day. R J Laird will conduct a 10 30 service school and afternoon business sessions follow.
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American Legion and Auxiliary
Missouri Valley
M. Heggem
Atlantic
C. H. Carl
R. J. Laird
Legionnaires
Legion
Presbyterian Church
Great Lisbon Earthquake Rumored to Reach Loch Lomond
A Lisbon earthquake of 1755 supposedly shook waters in Loch Lomond Scotland about 1 220 miles away. The claim links the quake’s magnitude to distant sea level disturbances across the British Isles.
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Libson
Loch Lomond
Scotland
Extra Mrs and Mrs Minerman Return From Fort Dodge Visit
Extra notes a flurry of local travel and family news. The Minermans cut a Fort Dodge trip short due to heavy snow near Audubon. their grandson Bobby Meyer missed graduation. Also listed are visits from the Cohen and Knox families and others visiting relatives in Extra.
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Charles Minerman
Fort Dodge
Bob Meyer
Audubon
Bobby Meyer
Bob
Canada
Navy
Meyer
Sol Cohen
San Francisco
Roy Jones
Cohen
D. J. Jones
Extra
John Knox
Lyman
Neb
Nellie Fredricks
Mise Luella Knox
Wright
Albert Smith
St. Peter, Minn
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Long Island City
N. Yu
Ion
Iowan Sonsot
Griswold News
Anita News
Mansfield
Mansfield, C
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Harry B. Soulen
Mansfield Chamber of Commerce
Arch N. Booth
National C. of C
Washington
International
Wiota News
Sorensen
ELK Horn News
Truman
Vauquois Hill
86Th
District Legion and Auxiliary
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Po Wipas
Cook & Caslow
Segethors
Roger Allaway
Karen
LaSever Minn
Mr. Smith
Colorado
H. M. Fox
Reck
Feland Linse Atlantic
Iowa
Rock Island Lings
Gypsy Cre
Rexall
Burma
Rae
Eer
Studebaker
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