Des Moines Jail Holds Young Mother Who Abandoned Baby
Dorothy Mariott, 22, confessed abandoning her eight day old daughter on a Des Moines doorstep March 25. She was moved from Mason City by State Agent Max Studer and held in Des Moines jail. the baby remains at Polk juvenile home ward of the juvenile court.
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Des Moines
INS
Dorothy Mariott
City
Mason City
Max Studer
Jesse Gaar
Gordonsville
Minn
Northwood
Polk Juvenile Home
Associated Press
Iowa City
Vets Returning From Overseas to U S Ports
Eastern Iowans listed for return include Cpl Theodore C Helm from Iowa City and Cpl James E Nichols from Cedar Rapids among others with ships Sea Marlin Norway Victory and dates March 30 31. Arrival dates are estimated and passenger lists may have errors.
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The
Associated Press
United States
New York
Pfe
Junior G. Hagen
Brooklyn
Theodore C. Helm
Ijowa City
James E. Nichols
iCedar Rapids
Norway Victory
Robert J. Simitz
Draft Quota for May Is Lower Than April
Des Moines report notes May draft quota is not as high as April’s 3,000 men call. Col. R A Lancaster, assistant director of the selective service, says the May figure is not given. April had seen a rise to aid rapid demobilization of World War II veterans.
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Des Moines
R. A.lancaster
Lancaster
Farmer Injured in Waterloo After Unconscious Find
Eugene Frent, a farmer, was in critical condition in a Waterloo hospital after being found unconscious in the street Sunday with severe head injuries. His motorcycle lay nearby.
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Waterloo
Ins
Eugene [Frent
Death notices outline for C M King and others
Funeral services held across towns for C M King 78 a Northern Iowa railway mail clerk and for several residents including Mrs James Howland 89 of Vinton William Broderson 61 of Wyoming and Mrs Allen Hansel 84 with survivors listing children grandchildren and siblings across Ames Omaha Des Moines and other locations.
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Tama
C. M. King
Oak Hill
Mr. King
St. Thomas Hospital
Marshalltown
Iowa
Harris Dickey
Ames
Lowell King
Omaha
Gretchen
Des Moines
Supervisors Barred From Union Contracts
Iowa opinion says county boards of supervisors cannot contract with labor unions. Discretionary powers in administrative boards cannot be contracted away and public employe selection cannot be arbitrary. Lee County Attorney sought guidance after AFL unions sought exclusive bargaining rights. The ruling cites cases voiding contracts that limit employers to a single union.
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Des Moines
County Boards of Supervisors
Lee County
Robert N. Johnson, Jr
AFL
Woman Loses Car and 1100 In Davenport Scam
Miss Helen Townsend of Dallas says her fiancé, a former convict and merchant mariner, drove her car to Davenport for repairs then vanished with the vehicle and about 1100 in savings. She arrived Monday seeking police to help locate him and recover the losses.
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Davenport
Woebegone
Helen Townsend
Dallas
Texas
Miss Townsend
Iowa Bankers Group Meetings Announced
F L Sawyers of Centerville, president of the Iowa Bankers association, announced schedules for May group meetings. Events run May 7 in Council Bluffs, May 8 Marshalltown, May 9 Cedar Rapids, May 10 Ottumwa, May 14 Mason City, May 15 Fort Dodge, May 16 Dubuque, and May 17 Muscatine. State officers and bankers from Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Chicago will tour in a sleeping car due to hotel shortages.
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DES Moines
F. L. Sawyers
Centerville
Iowa Bankers Association
Bankers’ Group
Council Bluffs
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Muscatine
State Association
Chicago
Chicken House Apts Transform Waterloo Poultry House
On the Studebakers farm in Waterloo a 100 foot chicken house is being converted into eight one room apartments. Eight renters are ready to move in as soon as the work is complete.
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Waterloo
INS
Herbert Studebaker
Civic Leaders in Toledo Plan Growth for the City
Seventy five Toledo business and professional men met at the Community hall to discuss ways to make Toledo the greatest little city in Iowa. James Locke was elected permanent chairman and Chester McEltree permanent secretary as plans include attracting a manufacturing concern and utilizing the Toledo Cooperative Canning company buildings for a corn plant.
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Gazette
Toledo
G.i’s
James Locke
Iowa
Chester McEltree
Ben Vaughn
Chamber of Commerce New Business Committee
Toledo Cooperative Canning Company
Sac and Fox Sanitarium
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Anna Johnston
C. W. Maplethorpe
Don Wells
Zelic Sime
Loren Rank
Ellis Dickins
F. J. Kremanek
Allison Ceicil
Lowell Appelgate
Don Cronan
Hope Overturf
Tipton Election On Housing Proposal
Voters in the Tipton consolidated school district will vote next Saturday on authorizing the board of education to buy an apartment building to house married teachers. The cost must not exceed 10 000 dollars, as the district faces a housing shortage and difficulty attracting teachers.
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Tipton
Tipton Consolidated
Board of Education
Child chokes to death eating bread in Newton
Russell Landon Cobbs aged two, son of Mrs. Florence Cobbs of Newton, died Sunday after choking on a piece of bread before a physician could arrive. He had previously choked on a grain of popcorn during a coughing spell while being taken to a Des Moines hospital. His father, Lt. Russell Dobbs, was killed in a plane crash on March 8, 1945, in Alexandria, Louisiana.
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Newton
Russell Landon Cobbs
Florence Cobbs
Des Moines
Russell Dobbs
Alexandria
Notice of Dissolution of A. H. & KK. Operating Company
A March 10 1946 stockholders meeting in Cedar Rapids Iowa led to unanimous dissolution of A H K K Operating Company effective March 31 1946. The President and Secretary were authorized to publish notice and complete the legal dissolution. MAR HERMAN VC President ANTHONY A HERMAN Secretary dated March 30 1946.
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A. H. & KK. Operating Company, Inc
Atea
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mar Herman
Anthony A. Herman
No Tax Pledges urged for Iowa lawmakers
Iowa Taxpayers association urged prospective members of the Fifty second general assembly not to pledge themselves to any program. The group said the only pledge worth making is that none will pledge and will act in the public interest, free to judge proposals in final form.
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Des Moines
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Fifty-second General Assembly
Association
Widow of Iowa Governor Beryl Carroll Dies at 87
Des Moines follows funeral for Mrs. Beryl F. Carroll 87 widow of former Iowa governor who died at home from a cerebral hemorrhage. She founded and led the Iowa Legislative Ladies league in 1910. Survived by two sons a sister and a brother.
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Des Moines
Beryl F. Carroll
Iowa
Conservationist Named for Sioux City Soil District
John K. Maddy of Knoxville has been named district extension soil conservationist at Sioux City. He will work with extension offices and soil districts on an educational program tied to the Little Sioux river flood control project.
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AMES
John K. Maddy
Knoxville
Sioux City
Little Sioux River
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