Mad Slayers Four Victims Buried in Des Moines Funeral
In Des Moines the Irwin family mass murder victims were laid to rest in a large funeral service attended by over 500 mourners. Four hearses carried the family to Laurel Hill Cemetery where they are buried side by side. William C. Irwin, the 41 year old suspect, remained jailed in a padded cell as the ceremony unfolded. An 11 year old son, Billy Irwin, did not attend.
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Des Moines
Irwin
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Polk County
William C. Irwin
Mary A. Irwin
Edith Irwin
John
Henry
Billy Irwin
Maynard Soldier to Receive Bronze Star Posthumously
Pfe. Wendell Reick of Maynard will be awarded the Bronze Star posthumously for heroism in Italy on February 20, 1945. A war department letter notes his actions as first scout, volunteering to probe the exposed flank under heavy fire before he was mortally wounded. presentation will be made to his father Elmer F. Reick.
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Maynard
Pfe
Wendell Reick
Italy
Elmer F. Reick
War Department
Reich
British War Wife Forgives Spouse Held as Bigamist
West Union Mrs. Donald Howe a British war bride joins her husband in Waucoma as he awaits parole on a suspended bigamy sentence. Howe pled guilty to bigamy by marrying Kath leen Doerr in Minnesota last February. A second Mrs Howe also pled guilty and received three years in Rockwell City's women's reformatory. The judge cited Howe’s war record in suspending his sentence and the wife testified forgiveness. The couple plan to live on a farm near Waucoma while parole review proceeds.
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West Union
Donald Howe
Waucoma
England
Fayette County
Howe
Kathleen Doerr
Caledonia
Minn
W. H. Antesio
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Antes
Engineers Corps
State Board of Parole
Schoolmen Confer at Cornell College Saturday
Eastern Iowa high school teachers attend the fourteenth annual Schoolmen’s conference opening Saturday at Cornell college in Mt. Vernon. Panels will discuss The Responsibility of Education in Development of World Cooperation with Willard Goslin, Minneapolis superintendent, as principal speaker and Arthur Deamer of Cedar Rapids chairing a panel. Dr. Samuel J. Mc Laughlin directs the event.
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MT. Vernon
Iowa
Cornell College
Willard Goslin
Minneapolis, Minn
Arthur Deamer
Cedar Rapids
Samuel J. McLaughlin
Cornell
Municipal control urged for county lands and airport facilities
Delegates at Iowa State College urged municipal control of county lands three miles and more beyond city limits and advocated first class airports for every county. They also discussed land ownership, local highway funding, and a bypass route to skirt metropolitan areas.
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AMES
Iowa State College
Wilbur Nelson
Department of
Aeronautical Engineering
Iowa State
Co. C. Coykendall
State Highway Commission
Iowa
Coykendall
Melrose Cleared of Bribery Charge in District Court
Robert Melrose, suspended Buchanan county attorney, was found innocent of corruptly influencing an officer by a district court jury after nearly seven hours of deliberation. The case linked to alleged bribery aimed at dropping charges against Walter Keegan, later indicted for drunk driving.
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Gazette
Independence
INS
Robert Melrose
Buchanan
Melrose
Joseph M. Koeppel
Walter Keegan
Keegan
Attorney General’s Office
Condition of Masonic Grand Master Improves
Howard A. Miller 51 of Marshalltown, elected Iowa grand master of the Masonic Order of Royal and Select Masters, was improving at the Veterans hospital in Des Moines after a heart attack. He was rushed from Muscatine where the order held its convention earlier this week.
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Des Moines
INS
Howard A. Miller
Marshalltown
Lowa
Masonic Order of Royal and Select
Veterans Hospital
Miller
Muscatine
Archbishop Noa Installed as Sioux City Coadjutor Bishop
The Most Rev Thomas L Noa was installed Friday as coadjutor bishop of the Sioux City Diocese after Thursday welcome ceremonies attended by about 100 Midwest church dignitaries. He will assist Bishop Edmund Heelan and officiated at a pontifical high mass. In the sermon, the Most Rev Henry Rohlman noted bishops face great responsibility as America's leaders and moral force amid world wealth and the hope for liberation for subjugated peoples.
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Sioux City
Thomas L. Noa
Noa
Edmund Heelan
Henry Rohlman
Dubuque
America
Two Women Take Their Own Lives in Davenport Area
Coroner reports two Davenport cases of suicide on Thursday. Mrs. James Hetherington, 61, was found hanging in her basement by her husband returning from work. Fern Scott, 54 of Iowa Falls, hanged herself in a sanitarium where she had been a patient.
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Davenport
Ins
Frank C. Keppy
James Hetherington
Fern Scott
Iowa Falls
Fleet Drivers Short Course Opens April 29
A five day program on selecting training and supervising fleet drivers begins April 29 in Ames. Iowa State College and the state safety council conduct the course, open to ten fleet owners operators and supervisors seeking safety guidance.
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Ames
Iowa State College
State Safety Council
Course Aims to Improve Vehicle Safety by Officials
Transportation and safety personnel, including fleet operators, will attend a course aimed at improving road safety. More than 40 people are expected to participate, with the program continuing through May 3. Forty-two attended the first session held last August.
Schools To Provide Cars For Driving Lessons In Iowa
DES MOINES AP Four Iowa high schools plan to buy cars with dual controls for student driver training before fall term. Bert Woodcock, state safety education director, notes most schools offer courses but few provide actual training, with Bristow high school currently using cars lent by students’ parents. Davenport Dubuque and Des Moines are among cities planning car use, Des Moines to equip two schools.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bert Woodcock
Woodcock
Bristow
Burlington and Dubuque Win FM Construction Permits
The Federal Communications Commission grants construction permits for FM broadcasting to Burlington Broadcasting of Burlington and the Telegraph Heralds of Dubuque in Iowa.
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Burlington
Dubuque
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Burlington Broadcasting Company
The
Telegraph Heralds of
Dubuque, Ia
Regional Lutheran Welfare Conference ends with welfare resolutions
Des Moines AP reports the Midwest regional meeting of the Lutheran Welfare Conference in America adopted resolutions urging a committee study on the problems of the unmarried mother and proposing periodic meetings of mid western welfare directors to discuss mutual issues.
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DES Moines
Lutheran Welfare Conference In America
Grinnell Bids For National Church Center
Grinnell plans to seek designation as the national headquarters of the Congregational Christian churches at a June meeting of 2000 delegates. The proposal would move councils offices and several church agencies from Boston New York and Chicago to Grinnell Iowa including Home Missions Social Action and Publishing. Grinnell College has raised funds and prepared a conference training center adjacent to campus, with land and facilities to be provided as part of the plan.
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Grinnell
General Council of Congregational Christian Churches
Grinnell College
Royal J. Montgomery
Iowa Congregational Christian, Conference
Samuel N. Stevens
Boston
New York
Chicago
Council
Board of Home Missions
Council For Social Action
Congregational Education Society
Congregational Publishing Society
Stevens
Job Placements In March Reach 6515 In Iowa
DES MOINES AP United States employment service offices in Iowa placed 6515 jobs in March. Of these 3618 were World War II veterans, 245 handicapped veterans, plus 245 non veteran handicapped. Applicants totaled 11499 with 7414 veterans 1834 women and 786 handicapped. Referrals to job prospects numbered 10759 including 5610 veterans 2565 women and 536 handicapped 404 of whom were veterans of the last war.
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DES Moines
United States Employment Services
Iowa
E. Lee Keyser
USES
Builder from California seeks nails at Des Moines surplus sale
H N Hay of Long Beach drives to Des Moines seeking nails for 20 houses stalled by shortages. He finds no nails at the fairgrounds sale, while a Des Moines firm offers five kegs. Officials aim to clear surplus air force depot supplies by July 1 as work continues.
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California
Iowa
Des Moines
H. N. Hay
Long Beach
Calif
Hay
Fairgrounds
Oregon
Joseph Orland
Orland
Pay raises approved for council bluffs school staff
The council Bluffs AI school board voted pay raises for about 320 employees from janitor to superintendent effective next September. In all these increases total nearly $75 000 in annual payroll.
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Council Bluffs
Grinnell Hosts Ninth Annual American Legion Oratorical Finals
The finals of the American Legion ninth annual high school oratorical contest will be held in Grinnell on Monday. The winner receives a $4000 scholarship.
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Grinnell
American Legion
University of Iowa reports peak enrollment record
University of Iowa President Virgil Hancher announced enrollment has reached 6,705, surpassing the previous record of 6,667 set in 1940 41. Of the total students, 2,942 are veterans and part of the university community in Iowa City.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Virgil Hancher
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