Fire Sweeps East Linn County Town Causing Heavy Loss
A blaze in Viola, Iowa, Tuesday caused about 250000 dollars in damage to several buildings in the business district including the telephone exchange and Viola Produce Co. The two story produce firm building with eggs burned. Mail at the Post Office sustained heavy smoke and water damage while items were moved to safety.
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Dubuque Intersection Fatality and Abduction Report
A Dubuque woman died and a teenager was critically injured in a two car crash at an intersection Monday. In Newburg a semitrailer bound for Chicago collided with a freight train, killing the driver Verne Louis Blank of Vinton. Police investigate an abduction report in Waterloo as Dorothy Stevenson, 15, remains missing. Webster City a dealer, Harold E. Stewart, 34, was sentenced to up to seven years for uttering a false draft related to two autos.
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Courthouse Bond Passes in Black Hawk County Vote
Voters in Black Hawk County tentatively approve a $2 million courthouse bond by 60.35 percent. Unofficial tally shows 5,492 yes and 3,607 no, meeting the required threshold.
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Merle Oberon Not in Serious Condition
Hollywood AP reports actress Merle Oberon is hospitalized with a fever but not in serious condition. Oberon underwent tests at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital on Tuesday as doctors study the results.
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Mystery Pianist in Judge Cravath Home Baffles Laguna Beach
For two nights a piano in Judge C. C. Cravath’s Laguna Beach home has played by itself. The judge says the sounds are too strong for a mouse and not a ghost. He suspects a dirty rat may be the pianist.
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