Buckner Convicted in Fourth Trial at Great Lakes
Chief Storekeeper Claude Ray mond Buckner, 31, of Sioux City, found guilty of taking two government typewriters. He had been cleared in three prior courts-martial for lack of timely trial. His 12 month sentence was remitted by Admiral J Cary Jones. Buckner remains in the brig on safekeeping.
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Great Lakes, Ill
Sioux City
Navy
Claude Raymond Buckner
Buckner
Ottumwa Naval Base
Frank Pat Daly
Daly
J Cary Jones
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Advocate General's Office
Pacific
Ottumwa Men Held in Blakesburg Burglary
LeRoy Selix 22 and James Carder 26 of Ottumwa were held on breaking and entering charges Friday in a $371 safe burglary at the Peterson Oil Company in Blakesburg Monday night.
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Ottumwa
LeRoy Selix
James Carder
Peterson Oil Company
Blakesburg
Jury Split in Cox Assault Case at Vinton
The Benton County district court jury in the Victor J. Cox case, charged with attacking Alta Jane Lint on April 11 1948, returned a split verdict after 14 hours of deliberation. The trial began Thursday with Cox and Lint both residents of Shellsburg. A new trial date had not been set Friday as inditement came from a February Benton County grand jury.
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Vinton
Victor J. Cox
B. F. Thomas
Cox
Alta Jane Lint
Shellsburg
Benton County
Grand Jury
Courteous Driver Causes Collision Near Humboldt
Elmer Carlson of Libermore slowed to let a funeral cortege pass on highway 169 north of Humboldt. A semi-trailer struck his rear, pushing his car into the procession and hitting a mourner’s vehicle. Estimated damage about $2,000. no serious injuries.
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Humboldt
Highway 169
Here
Elmer Carlson
Livermore
Carlson
Prison Paper Urges Iowa Public Defender
The Presidio magazine from Iowa prison urges creating a state public defender. It argues the pauper accused is denied proper justice and calls for a defender with strong authority within state government to aid those unable to hire counsel. It notes Chicago's public defender won 23 acquittals in 39 contested trials last year.
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Fort Madison
Presidio
Iowa
Chicago
Public Defender
Farmer and Constable Involved in Tavern Shooting
Forest City police investigated a tavern shooting involving Constable Cecil Aspenson and farmer Ruthford Monson. Ruthford Monson, 23, was in serious condition from gunshot wounds to the left eye and stomach at a Forest City hospital. County officials said no arrests or charges had been filed and circumstances were under investigation.
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Forest City
Ruthford Monson
Here
Maurice Monson
Monson
Cecil Aspenson
Nels Branstad
Advisory Council To Study Iowa Economic Problems
An AMES A program by the Advisory Council for Iowa Economic Studies and Iowa State College conducts six projects on basic Iowa economic issues. The council, with leaders from farming, industry and commerce, aims to inform the public and form local discussion groups. Key members include Brenton, Maytag, Rath, and Starzinger, with ISU faculty led by Charles Finley and Harold Gaskill directing research efforts. Short-term studies address county and city assessor laws, highway financing, and Iowa’s population and labor supply.
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Ames
Iowa
Advisory Council For Iowa Economic Studies
Iowa State College
Advisory Council For
Iowa Economic Studies
W. Harold Brenton
Brenton Brothers, Inc
Des Moines
Arthur Barlow
Corn King Company
Cedar Rapids
Harry Boyd
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Charles
T. Cownie
Cownie Furs
William Davidson
Standwood Farmer
George Foster
John Morrell and Company
Ottumwa
Howard Hill
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Wayland Hopley
Atlantic Farmer
Malcolm Lomas
Thomas D. Murphy Company
Red Oak
Fred Maytag
Maytag Company
Newton
Walter S. Merryman
The
Fort Dodge Messenger
James Milroy
Vinton
Reuben Rath
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Vincent Starzinger
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Dean Gaskill
Casual of the Year pattern ad by Anne Adams
A vintage pattern feature celebrates a slimming dress with a deep square collar and new sleeves. Pattern 4924 offers sizes 34 to 48 with five yards of 39 inch fabric for size 36. Send 25 cents to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept in Chicago.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Dept
N. Clinton St
Chicago
Mrs. Carl C. Magdsick Dies in Charles City at 61
Mrs. Carl C. Magdsick 61 longtime leader in the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers died Thursday after a stroke She was vice president and secretary of the organization and held a medical degree from the University of Iowa wife of a Charles City banker
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Carl C. Magdsick
Charles City
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
Magdsick
University of Owa
Inmates to Get Individual Salad Bowls at Fort Madison
Fort Madison prisoners will receive individual salad bowls in the dining room as reported by the penitentiary magazine Presidio.
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Fort Madison
Presidio
Stinebaugh To Speak At 17th Iowa Cornell School Meet
Mt. Vernon Iowa officials plan the 17th annual school men’s conference at Cornell college on Saturday April 9. Dr Virgil Stinebaugh Indianapolis superintendent will be main speaker in both sessions on Financing Public Education and In service Training of Teachers. Dr Otis E Young Cornell education head directs program with four discussion groups after each address. About 40 principals and superintendents from Iowa and Illinois are invited. A luncheon at the Methodist church follows with President Russell D Cole giving the welcome.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
Otis E. Young
Department of Education
Cornell
Virgil Stinebaugh
Indianapolis
Iowa
Illinois
Methodist Church
Russell D. Cole
Bill to adopt western hemisphere wildlife pact in Senate
Senator Gillette of Iowa introduced a bill in the Senate to approve and implement an international agreement for nature protection and wildlife preservation in the Western hemisphere.
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Washington
Hemisphere
Senate
Gillette
Iowa
Mayor Blockades Highway In protest over state road aid
South Sioux City Mayor Merle A. Haynes closed highway 73 77 to heavy traffic to protest state failure to maintain streets used by through traffic. Crews planked the damaged section and planned to finish by nightfall, with all traffic halted briefly and, once repaired, the closure to be lifted. Other Nebraska cities reportedly planned similar blockades.
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Sioux City
Neb
Merle A. Haynes
State Highway Department
Haynes
Nebraska
Fire Damage at Residence After Stove Explosion
The home of Mrs Mary Calderwood was damaged by a fire on Wednesday caused by a stove explosion, with assessments ongoing on the extent of the damage.
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Traer
Mary Calderwood
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