Dr. McGrath of Elkader Dies on Trip at 75
Special to The Gazette Elkader physician Dr. W. J. McGrath died Sunday night of a heart attack in Warren NL while visiting relatives. He was 75 and had practiced in Elkader for more than 50 years. Born in Argyle Wis he arrived in Elkader in 1895 after Rush Medical College. Surviving: wife, son Malcolm of Madison Wis, and a brother. Body being returned to Elkader Monday.
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Elkader
W. J. McGrath
Warren
McGrath
Iowa
Argyle
Wis
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Malcolm
Madison
Waterloo Driver Fined for Drunk Driving in Toledo
Oscar Tippett of Waterloo paid a 300 dollar fine in district court here Friday for drunken driving, with his license suspended for 60 days. In separate cases, John Grimmins pled guilty to uttering a false check and received a year in the Anamosa reform school, to be paroled. Goldie Jenkins of Tama, 30, was sentenced to six months in jail for habitual drunkenness and vagrancy, then paroled. Divorces granted include Mary Louise Hall and James W Hall, W M Turbett and Ella La Rue Turbett, Martha E Wolfe and Gilbert A Wolfe.
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Toledo
Oscar Tippett
Waterloo
John Grimmins
Anamosa
B. O. Tankersley
Ralph Reid
Tama County
Grimmins
Goldie Jenkins
Tama
G. A. Lenning
Melbourne
Mary Louise Hall
James W. Hall
W. M. Turbett
Ella la Rue Turbett
Martha E. Wolfe
Gilbert A. Wolfe
Young Mother 19 Killed By Truck at Indianola
Indianola Iowa reports Mrs Arlene Town Hill 19 died early Monday after apparently stepping from a pickup in front of her home and colliding with a Des Moines driven truck. She worked at a cafe and was returning home from shift. Surviving is a 16 month old daughter.
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Indianola, In
Arlene Town Hill
Indianola
William Mondabaugh
Des Moines
Iowa News in Brief highlights local incidents and notices
Tipton drivers Ernest Woode and Sibil M. Christensen suffered major vehicle damage in a sideswipe south of here. no injuries reported. Rev. Christian Haupt resigns as Amity United Presbyterian pastor after 19 years, remaining as supply pastor for six months. Red Cross drive raises 467.70 at Earlville. Maynard cemetery group reelects officers and hires a caretaker. Solon hosts county American Legion meeting with leaders Jim McKindly Paul Fulton and E J Hessel schwardt. Traer 31 women join Kubie Finch American Legion auxiliary including three Gold Star WW II mothers.
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Tipton
Ernest Woode
Sibil M. Christensen
Here
Xtraer
Christian Haupt
Amity United Presbyterian Church
Haupt
Earlville
Dean Slick
Red Cross
Maynard
Ethel Foss
Ellen Ashbaugh
Pearl Hamrick
Mary Rowley
George Meyer
Solon
American Legion
Jim McKindly
Paul Fulton
E. J. Hesselschwardt
Iowa Department Americanism
TRAER
Kubie Finch American Legion Auxiliary
Ruth Curre
Henry Fehr
Joe Pul Krabek
Winners in Music Contests at State Preliminary Meet
Superior ratings awarded across classes AA A B C D with numerous soloists and ensembles from West Waterloo Vinton Davenport Tipton West Branch Dysart and other towns. Highlights include brass and woodwind solos such as French horn Duane Schmidt and Betty Horst, trumpet and trombone solos, saxophone and clarinet choirs, and concert bands from Lost Nation to DeWitt.
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Vinton
Jesup
Tama
Duane Schmidt
Mary Lou Harrington
Independence
Delores Tomlinson
Shirley Fry
Roberta Emerson
Toledo
Betty Masteller
Wanda Brown
Dysart
Susan Primrose
Norway
Eunice Johnson
Atkins
Pat Milroy
Pat Liabo
Center Point
Jean Owens
Trner
Bernice Farmer
Florence Owens
Traer
Millicent Tuttle
Richard Drink
Ralph Hebell
Marjorie Richardson
Miriam Tuttle
Janet Miller
Ella Mae Peters
Sarah Ann Holman
Jetta Grubbs
Roger Albert
Jerry Wolcott
Davenport
Keith Peterson
Don Padenbrock
Don Nebergast
Donna Zinger
Joanne Lindt
Betty Horst
Ed Cassling
Robert Sharp
Robert Karsten
Dorothy Cantwell
Tipton
Jack Willer
Grace Naber
Richard Johnson
Clinton
Lyons
Helen Friday
Cora Eden
West Branch
Nancy Norris
Marjorie Irwin
DeWitt
Shirley Maurer
Glenn Jacobsen
Maxine Horn
Hickenlooper Opposes Building Subsidies
Senator Hickenlooper of Iowa opposes building subsidies calling them unsound and uneconomical and said they would saddle a tax burden on intended beneficiaries. He supports ceilings on new construction if a reasonable profit margin is ensured.
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Washington
INS
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Deaths Tract Briefs From Iowa Area
Funeral services were held or announced for several Iowa residents. Mrs. Henry Owens, 89, of Iowa Falls, formerly of Tama County, died Friday. services at States funeral home Sunday with burial in Buckingham cemetery. Springville notes Mrs. Daniel Sene ker, 78, nee Amy Spencer, died Saturday in Mt. Vernon. survived by two brothers. services at Whittier Friends meeting house Tuesday. Toddville reports Clarence M. Elson, 69, died Friday in Lake Preston SD. funeral Wednesday. he had lived in South Dakota for over 40 years. wife Cassie Hay, son Marley, daughter Pearl Gard, two grandsons, four brothers surviving.
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States
Henry Owens
Iowa Falls
Tama County
Buckingham Cemetery
Springville
Daniel Seneker
Whittier
Earl DeCamp
Mt. Vernon
Oskaloosa
Amy Spencer
Pare
J. F. Spencer
E. H. Spencer
Davenport
Friends Meeting House
Hunte
Toddville
Clarence M. Elson
Lake Preston
S. D
South Dakota
Cassie Hay
Palo
Marley
Pearl Gard
Family Names Mentioned in Brief Notice
Fred, Charles, Richard and Milo, and a sister, Mrs Florence Ma theny are listed in a short family notice fragment indicating surviving relatives and a parental line. no dates or places are provided in the legible text.
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Fred, Charles
Richard and
Milo
Mrs
Florence Matheny
Street Dept Workers Off Jobs at Ottumwa
Wage differences between street and sanitary department employees and the Ottumwa city council remained unresolved after a Monday meeting, with 23 men refusing to return to work. The union proposed a 40 hour week at 93.14 cents per hour, while the city stuck to a no raise stance.
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Ottumwa
33,000-Volt Shock Strikes City Official
Tipton city light and water superintendent Jack Sturdy was shocked when he threw a 33,000-volt high line switch at the plant around 10 p.m. Sunday. He received immediate medical aid, and on Monday he said he was stiff and sore but otherwise all right.
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the Gazette
Tipton
Jack Sturdy
City Light and Water
Sturdy
Miss Mattie Marley Retires After 50 Years of Teaching
Earlville notes Miss Mattie Marley retires after half a century in public schools. Miss Ruth Garlich is appointed her successor to continue the district's teaching legacy.
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Earlville
Mattie Marley
Ruth Garlich
Tipton Votes Apartments For Teachers
The Tipton board of education authorized purchasing an apartment building to house married teachers and their families after a special election Saturday. The vote was 125 to 100, with a price cap of $10,000. No specific building was disclosed. the move follows housing shortages affecting teachers.
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Tipton
Vets returning from overseas rush into U.S. ports
Eastern Iowans rescued from overseas near New York and Seattle arrive on ships including the Gen. Brooks Waterbury Victory Pomona Victory and Mahoney City Victory. Names include Warren Richart Robert Peterson Joseph Maher James Phillips Richard Stoneman James Flammang Russell Olson George Brousard Floyd Nemecek Ivan Hand Virgil Lawwell Cloyce Campbell Richard Gilchrist Fred Latchaw Alvin York and others with arrival dates often estimated.
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Associated Press
United States
New York
Brooks
Warren C. Richart
Walker
Robert W. Peterson
Olin
Joseph A. Maher
Iowa City
James G. Phillips
Maquoketa
Richard F. Stoneman
Independence
Waterbury
Dyersville
Smith Victory
Russell W. Olson
Cedar Rapids
William B. Currell
Herman J. Parrott
John E. LeGrand
Montour
Louis N. Usher
Pomona
Russell E. Harris
Hopkinton
Ward L. Harbaugh
Manchester
Mahoney City
Gordon L. Berggren
George R. Brousard
Floyd D. Nemecek
Ivan D. Hand
Seattle
Eltinge
Robert M. Thein
West Union
Virgil A. Lawwell
Elkader
Cloyce Campbell
Homestead
Richard Gilchrist
Rose Hill
Fred K. Latchaw
Wilton Junction
Alvin S. York
Iowa City Is Traffic Safety Contest Winner
Des Moines AP reports 1945 winners in six of seven population groups for Iowa traffic safety contest. City results include Mason City Iowa City Webster City Spencer Estherville Algona and Clear Lake with Des Moines noted for large city prize. H C Brown praises the squad of 89 city records aiding national safety award.
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Des Moines
H. C. Brown
State Safety Council
Mason City
Iowa City
Webster City
Spencer
Estherville
Algona
Clear Lake
Child Stolen By His Mother in Ottumwa Case
A mother, Dorothy Foster Graves, is sought after stealing her eight year old son Richard Foster from a theater in Ottumwa Saturday night. Police and the state highway patrol search the area after tracing them to Oskaloosa, with the boy living earlier with his paternal grandmother Helen Lupant and an earlier War Department notice declaring the father Ernest Foster dead. Graves, divorced from Foster, listed San Francisco as her home when she checked into a hotel.
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Ottumwa
State Highway Patrol
Dorothy Foster Graves
Richard Foster
Helen Lupant
War Department
Ernest Foster
Wilson Asks More Data On President's Fears
Senator George A. Wilson of Iowa urged President Truman to furnish Congress with more facts about war fears cited in his Army day speech in Chicago. Wilson, on the Senate military affairs committee probing the draft extension, said he would seek information from the President and Secretary Byrnes. He argued disclosure is needed for intelligent voting.
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Washington
INS
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Truman
Congress
Chicago
Wilson
Senate Military Affairs Committee
State Byrnes
Motor Express Line Faces Denied Des Moines Route
DES MOINES AP The state commerce commission denied H. and W. Motor Express of Dubuque a request to extend lines beyond Cedar Rapids into Des Moines citing public interest concerns. Objections were raised by the Order of Railway Conductors and the Milwaukee and Rock Island railroads.
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DES Moines
State Commerce Commission
H. and W. Motor Express Company
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee and
Rock Island
Six Awarded Valor Medals For Life Saving In Iowa
DES MOINES VP Gov. Robert Blue presented six more state valor medals for life saving, bringing the total to 14. He noted many awards went to those who saved Iowans from drowning and urged education to prevent children from swimming unsupervised. Among the honorees were two eight year old boys, Richard Olson of Clinton who rescued two companions from the Mississippi, and John Hutchinson of Fort Dodge who aided playmates in danger.
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Des Moines
Robert Blue Monday
Gov. Blue
Mississippi River
John Hutchinson
Fort Dodge
Heroes Recognized For Daring River and Fire Rescues
A list honors rescuers from Iowa cities including Lester L. Zippe Oakville who saved three flood victims David Van Every Mason City who saved a child from a blaze William A. Whelan Dubuque who rescued a girl after a lake fall and Art Hellsberg Des Moines who saved a man in a Des Moines fire plus a peer who saved a friend from drowning in the Des Moines river.
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Des Moines
Lester L. Zippe
Oakville
David van Every
Mason City
William A. Whelan
Dubuque
Art Hellsberg
Bakke Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding at Washington Prairie Church
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Bakke marked their 50th wedding anniversary with a Sunday dinner at Washington Prairie Lutheran church. They are the parents of Miss Idelia Bakke West Union, Mrs. August Moen and Henry Bakke Decorah, and Milo Bakke Lake Mills. Mr. Bakke lived on his birth farm for 79 years before retiring last year.
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Decorah
John P. Bakke
Washington Prairie Lutheran Church
Idelia Bakke
West Union
August Moen
Henry Bakke
Milo Bakke
Lake Mills
Bakke
Battleship Iowa Back from Japan
Vice-Admiral Frederick C. Sherman announced the Fifth fleet will be based on the west coast with 5 to 6 aircraft carriers, two battleships, eight cruisers, 36 destroyers, two submarine squadrons, and auxiliaries. The force, mobile for Pacific action, aims to be ready for instant action by next September.
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Long Beach
Calif
Fifth Fleet
Frederick C. Sherman
Iowa
Japan
Pacific
Sherman
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Elaine Ortman
Mae Jean Chaver
Gordon Pettit
Belle Plaine
Winona_ Palmer
Jim Kruse
Richard Abernathy
Collette Lewis
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Magicolor
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Mademoiselle
Nelly Bone
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