Two Iowans Killed When Cars Collide
In Burlington two people died and a third was critically injured when two cars collided inside the city. Roy Upton, 34, owner of the Iowa tavern, was killed in the crash at the intersection of highway 80 and Roosevelt road. Alice Tracey, 25, a glove factory worker, also died riding in the car driven by Lloyd Andries, who was in critical condition and unconscious.
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Burlington
Roy Upton
Iowa Tavern
Lloyd Andries
West Point
Alice Tracey
Burlington Glove Factory
Mr. Pleasant
Andries
Highway 80
Roosevelt Road
Runaway station wagon injures five in Dubuque
In East Dubuque one person remains in critical condition and three others suffer leg fractures after a runaway station wagon struck a group. The most seriously hurt is 91 year old Nicholas Roth with shock and head injuries. Victims include Walter Knoste 49 Clarence Mulgrow 27 and David Runde 7. Driver Mrs L F Jensen of Platteville and companion Mrs Myrtle Potter were uninjured as the wagon crashed into a wall after a hill descent with brakes failing.
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Myrtle Potter
Boy 14 Months Killed By Stepfather Auto
In Mt Pleasant a 14 month old boy named Jackie Sroute died after apparently running into a car driven by his stepfather Jack Hodson. Hodson reported seeing the child 15 feet away before moving the vehicle. The infant suffered a skull fracture and died an hour later at a hospital. Hodson and the boy’s mother were married at Kahoka, Missouri.
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MT. Pleasant
Jackie Sroute
Jack Sroute
Fairfield
Jackie
Jack Hodson
Hodson
Stoute
Kahoka
Iowa National Guard to receive 35 planes for state use
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa National Guard air arm will have about 35 planes provided by the federal government. Expected mix includes 25 single engine fighters four A 26 bombers one C 47 transport and several advanced trainers. Bases likely Des Moines and Sioux City with a planned strength of 1100 men and a start around July 1.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Sioux City
Judge Kintzinger Dies at Dubuque
John W. Kintzinger 75 longtime jurist, former chief justice of Town supreme court, served on state supreme bench from 1932 to 1939. Ex Dubuque city attorney and council member, district court judge 1911 23, delegate to 1912 Democratic national convention. Survived by wife two sons and daughter. Funeral Saturday at 2 30 p.m. St Luke's Methodist church.
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Dubuque
John W. Kintzinger
State Supreme Bench
Kintzinger
Baltimore
No Increase in Whisky Rations for Two Periods
DES MOINES Iowans will have no increase in whisky rations for the next two periods, announced by the state liquor control commission. One fifth of liquor will be available in each period from April 8 to April 27 and April 29 to May 18, with no accumulation between periods. The present period ends Saturday.
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Des Moines
INS
Art To Be Evaluated At Iowa City High School
The fourteenth annual high school teachers art conference at Iowa City will evaluate about 800 student entries April 11 and 12. Opening session for teachers, University of Iowa faculty, and others begins April 12 at 4 p.m. in the university art building. Frederick A. Sweet of the Chicago Art Institute will speak on What Tomorrow's Museum Needs followed by dinner at the Iowa Union and a second lecture by Prof. Clarence Ward of Oberlin College in the gallery.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
University
Frederick A. Sweet
Chicago Art Institute
Iowa Union
Gallery of
Clarence Ward
Oberlin College
Three Governors Meet At Iowa Educators Conference
Des Moines AP Iowa's three gubernatorial candidates Gov Robert D Blue George Olmsted and Frank Miles will attend a all day meeting in Des Moines hosted by the Iowa Council for Better Education The noon luncheon will introduce the candidates and a 1 15 pm panel led by Robert Blakeley will discuss teacher salaries supply living conditions and relations with the public A 2 30 pm business meeting of the council is scheduled
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Council For Better Education
Robert D. Blue
George Olmsted
Frank Miles
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Howard Beard
Des Moines Public Schools
William Rupe
Ames Daily Tribune
State Board of Education
Ben Henry
CIO
Contract Set for Work On 500 Housing Units
Kuchara Construction of Des Moines has won a Public Housing authority contract to convert 500 emergency housing units. The figure includes 203 units to be built in 29 tile barracks at Fort Des Moines. Other conversion locations were not known, but officials expect sites in other Iowa cities.
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Des Moines
Kuchara Construction Company of
Public Housing Authority
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Many New Business Firms Springing Up
DES MOINES AP reports a surge in new corporate filings in the first quarter, with 287 incorporations vs 104 a year ago. February alone saw 121 filings, and officials cite reconversion, new business lines, and partnerships converting to corporations as the main drivers. Leading sectors include automobile agencies, manufacturing and construction, real estate, investment and insurance, and aircraft and airport industries.
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Des Moines
Secretary of State
High School Senior Day At Upper Iowa
Upper Iowa university in Fayette completes its annual High School Senior Day on April 25 inviting more than 80 area high schools. The day features track events and a baseball game against Wartburg, the Peacocks’ traditional rival, as its climax.
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Upper Iowa
the Gazette
Fayette
Upper Iowa University
Iowa
The
Peacocks
Wartburg
Japanese Flags Dwindle Amid Death of Nippon’s First Emperor
TOKYO AP report notes a Tokyo resident wonders why few Japanese flags fly to honor Nippon’s mythical first emperor. A Japanese woman replies plainly that most flags were traded to American soldiers for cigarettes.
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Tokyo
Nippon
Jimmy
Ilowa Wins Grand Prize in U S Traffic Safety Contest
Iowa and Wichita Kansas were named state and city grand prize winners in the National Safety Council traffic safety contest. Forty eight states and 1 382 cities competed in 1945 with Iowa also winning the midwestern division. Oak Ridge Tennessee received a special city award and a 130 city honor roll was announced for no traffic deaths that year.
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U.S
Chicago
Iowa
Wichita
Kan
National Safety Council
T Se
Texas
Southern
Connecticut
Utah
Buffalo
N. Y
Oakland
Calif
Evanston, Ill
Lynchburg
Stillwater
Okla
Oak Ridge
Melrose on Trial At Independence
Robert Melrose, suspended Buchanan county attorney, faces trial in Independence for allegedly attempting to corruptly influence an officer. Judge Shannon B. Charlton presides as prosecutors Yoder and Scholz pursue the case. a jury was expected by day’s end. Melrose denies the charges, calling them political enmity and vows to fight to keep his post.
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Independence
Robert Melrose
Buchanan County
Shannon B. Charlton
Manchester
R. G. Yoder
Charles Scholz
Melrose
Loffice
Attorney General’s Office
Vets Returning From Overseas to U S Ports
Associated Press lists Eastern Iowans headed home, including Pfc Harold L. Evans of Vinton and Pfc Melvin M. Darnell of Webster, Lt Elvin E Konzen of Cedar Rapids, Sgt William C Sunkel of Iowa City, Pfc Harold C Quinn of Marion, Cpl Philip P Brooks of Montezuma, T/4 Robert J Drew of Iowa City, S/Sgt Richard S Carey of Cedar Rapids aboard the Wooster Victory and Sea Devil with April 3 arrivals. Editor notes arrivals often vary and passenger lists may err.
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Associated Press
Decorah Youth Wins Flying License at Seventeen
Special to The Gazette describes Decorah youth Bob Sattre son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Sattre earning a pilot license on his seventeenth birthday anniversary last week He is among Iowa s youngest pilots and a high school junior who paid for his flying lessons from his own earnings.
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the Gazette
Decorah
Bob Sattre
Melvin Sattre
Iowa
Victor Iowa Couple Wed at Little Brown Church
Clare Marie Refer daughter of Mr and Mrs H W Refer of Victor and Dean Hahn of North English were married Tuesday at the Little Brown church near Nashua. The bride has been supervisor of pediatrics at University hospital Iowa City.
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Moore
Victor
Clare Marie Refer
H. W Refer
Dean Hahn
North English
Little Brown Church
Nashua
University Hospital
Iowa City
Skeleton Found in Decorah Cave-In Near Upper Iowa River
Winneshiek County Sheriff George Harms investigated reports of a skeleton seen after a cave-in on the Upper Iowa River bank near Decorah. He inspected the site and recovered a nearly complete human skeleton, noting it appeared to have been buried many years.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Winneshiek County
George Harms
Leo Houdek
Iowa River
Harms
Ten Buchanan County Men Sent to Service
Independence reports ten Buchanan county registrants sent to Fort Snelling for induction this week. The group includes Lyle H. Tempus, Frank I. Daubenberger, Richard H. Fratzke Jr., Burley D. Franck, Donald P. Evers, Richard W. Baird, Richard J. Rasmussen, Walter M. Ovel, George T. Clark and Donald C. Mosher. Five more registrants were sent to Fort Snelling for physical examinations.
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Buchanan County
Fort Snelling
Lyle H. Tempus
Frank I. Daubenberger
Richard H. Fratzke, Jr
Burley D. Franck
Donald P. Evers
Richard W. Baird
Richard J. Rasmussen
Walter M. Ovel
George T. Clark
Donald C. Mosher
Iowa Deaths Report From Central City To Wellman
Iowa obituary notices list Central City Ed S Ailer 72 and Vinton David Solomon Cross 88 with survivors and funeral details. George Henry Miller 82 of Iowa City dies from horse accident injuries with large survivor list. Wellman widow Mrs Charles Mayer Jr 72 dies. services set at Methodist church.
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Ed S. Ailer
Center Point
Nora Kyle
Glendale
Calif
Marie
Waubeek
Hatch
Linn Grove
Mt. Vernon
Vinton
David Solomon Cross
George E. Cross
Anna Roy
Cedar Rapids
Fry-Holland
Iowa City
St. Mary’s Church
Morse
George Henry Miller
John
Agnes Hotz
Marcella Fisher
Genevieve Diehl
Frank
J. F. Cerney
Solon
Blanche Rourke
Oxford
Edward
Camby
Minn
Charles
E. E. Sawyer
Wellman
Charles Mayer, Jr
Jennie Dodds
Arthur
Alice Curl
Methodist Church
Hepcats Petition to Relax Skylon Ballroom Ban
More than 130 hep cats sign petitions urging Skylon ballroom owner to ease a ban on jitterbugging twirls and breaks. Manager George Crowe remains firm, citing patron complaints about bumps kicks and collisions during breaks.
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Sioux City
Hepcats
Skylon
George Crowe
Army Hosts Legion Officials for Army Day in Omaha
Sixteen American Legion commanders from eight midwestern states will visit on Army Day. Three transport planes will depart Fort Crook to fetch leaders from their home states. Maj. Gen. Livesay will greet them, and Maj. Gen. Gilbert will speak. A Second Armored Division unit will demonstrate weapons and vehicles along with an air corps display.
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Omaha
INL
American Legion
Midwestern
Army
Fort Crook
Ralph R. Stuart
R. J. Laird
Iowa
William G. Livesay
Seventh Service Command
H.N. Gilbert
Bakers Plan Cut in Bread Loaves Across Midwest
Roy Sours of Iowa's agriculture department said bakers from Iowa Minnesota South Dakota and Nebraska agreed at a Sioux Falls meeting to cut bread loaf sizes by 10 percent with no price change. The move follows a Truman famine emergency committee recommendation. The OPA allows lighter loaves at the same price. Iowa cannot grant weight reductions.
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Des Moines
Roy Sours
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Sioux Falls
S. D
Truman
OPA
Louis
State Dairy and Foods Division
Army surplus sale ends at Des Moines fairgrounds
Des Moines War Assets Corporation moved the second and final day of a surplus goods auction at the fairgrounds. Over 400 hardware and general merchandise items were offered with Wednesday’s sale netting $58,665 as more than 600 of 1,003 items found buyers. The smallest lot was astrograph rings at $1.59 and the largest $638 for 9,000 pounds of braided sashcard.
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Des Moines
War Assets Corporation
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