Four Iowans Included In Rail Wreck Dead
Naperville Illinois reports identify four Iowans among the dead from a Burlington trains collision. Six Iowans were injured, with names including Fred Robinson and Harry Long. George Whitney aided many victims and carried 17 bodies from the wreckage.
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Naperville
Ill
Burlington
Fred Robinson
Council Bluffs
Harry W. Long
P. L. Mennen
Joe Bentler
West Point
Robinson
Chieftan Motor Sales Company
Long
Army Air Corps
North Sea
Germany
George Whitney
Navy
Whitney
Army Debating Team to Debate at Iowa May Fourth
A West Point bomber will transport a cadet team to the University of Iowa for a May 4 debate on compulsory military training. Iowa City’s Gordon Christensen and Davenport’s Leo Ziffren will take the negative, while Fort Dodge’s Donald Drier will be one West Point speaker.
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U. of Iowa
Gazette
Iowa City
Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
University of Iowa
Iowa
Gordon Christensen
Leo Ziffren
Davenport
Donald Drier
Fort Dodge
Deficit Financing in U S Must End Says Rep Talle
Rep Henry O Talle of Iowa argues price control legislation should end monetizing the national debt which stands around 274 billion dollars He calls for production expansion and debt contraction to avert inflation and ensure goods flow He urges immediate action to mobilize factories and markets while cautioning against abrupt removal of price controls
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Congress
Henry O. Talle
R-Ia
Talle
Two West Branch Men Meet at Cairo Party
Two former West Branch residents, former President Herbert Hoover and Ray mond Fisher, director of the American Red Cross in Cairo, met in Cairo Egypt. Hoover studied the food situation abroad as Truman’s representative and Fisher, a West Branch native, was invited as Hoover’s guest at a Red Cross party. Fisher later hosted Hoover at a farewell party.
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West Branch
Cairo
Egypt
Herbert Hoover
Raymond Fisher
American Red Cross
C. R. Fisher
Hoover
Truman
Red Cross
Fisher
Mr. Hoover
Senate bill fate and price controls debate
The article notes division over a house action with the bill awaiting senate passage. In Senator Hick enlooper's office mail runs mixed with some leaning toward retaining price controls as the stimulus to ongoing policy discussions.
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House
Senate
Hickenlooper
Ornithologists to Meet at Mt Vernon May 4 5
The twenty fourth annual Iowa Ornithologists union convention will be at Cornell college Mt Vernon on Saturday and Sunday May 4 and 5. The executive council meets at 9 30 a m Saturday. Officers include Dr J Harold Ennis president and Charles C Ayers Jr vice president.
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Mt. Vernon
Gazette
Iowa Ornithologists’ Union
Cornell College
Executive Council
J. Harold Ennis
Charles C. Ayers, Jr
Ottumwa
Lillian
Iowa co ed vows to marry no GI in oratorical finals
Helen Braden, 20, a senior at Iowa Wesleyan College, reaches the Interstate Oratorical Association finals at Northwestern University. She declares she would choose a thinker over a government bonus and calls the G I Joe lazy and boastful of war exploits.
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Evanston
Iowa
G. I
Helen Braden
Iowa Wesleyan College
Oskaloosa
G. I. Joe
Miss Braden
Vets Returning From Overseas Arrive at U S Ports
Associated Press report lists Eastern Iowans arriving home in late April aboard ships such as the Sea Porpoise and the Central Falls Victory. Individuals include T Sgt Allen Kruckenberg Marengo Pfc Fred Witte Oelwein T5 Charles McDonald Williamsburg T5 Jaroslav J Hryb Cedar Rapids T5 Arthur Anderson Decorah with arrival dates April 24 25 and notes potential listing errors.
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Associated Press
United States
New York
Allen Kruckenberg
London
Joseph Petrzelka
Marengo
Fred Witte
Oelwein
Charles McDonald
Williamsburg
Central Falls
Jaroslav V. Jhryb
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Anderson
Decorah
Irish Bride Mystery Ends as She Goes to Canada
Sioux City AP report says Margaret Russell, 22, of Ireland, sent a letter to Willard De Ment stating she no longer loves him and is en route to Canada and then Ireland. Russell had arrived April 7 and stayed with De Ment's sister.
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Sioux City
Willard de Ment
Chicago
Margaret Russell
Ireland
Canada
Miss Russell
de Ment
Morley Man R M Smith Decorated by Navy For Valor
Ronald M Smith of Morley, former aviation radioman, received the Distinguished Flying Cross the Air Medal with three gold stars and a Presidential Unit Citation. The citations dated November 3 commend meritorious achievement after 100 plus antisubmarine flights in the Atlantic aboard USS Guadalcanal Bogue and Croatan. Smith was discharged in October after three and a half years service.
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Morley
Ronald M. Smith
Naval Reserve
Smith
Jonas Ingram
Atlantic Fleet
Atlantic
University of Iowa Doctors Win 1946 Borden Award
Dr P C Jeans and Dr Genevieve Stearns of the University of Iowa medical college pediatrics department receive the 1946 Borden award for studies on nutrition and milk requirements in children. The award was presented at the Federated Societies of Experimental Biology meeting in Atlantic City New Jersey. Jeans heads the University hospital pediatrics department and Stearns is a research professor there.
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Iowa City
Borden
P. C. Jeans
Genevieve Stearns
University of Iowa
Medical College
Federated Societies of
Iowa
Jeans
University Hospital
Dr. Stearns
Chinese Cardinal To Visit Dubuque May 7
His Eminence Cardinal Tien the first Chinese cardinal will visit Dubuque May 7 and 8 as guest of Most Rev Henry Rohlman coadjutor archbishop. He will celebrate a solemn pontifical high mass May 8 at St Raphael's Cathedral.
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Dubuque
Cardinal Tien
Henry Rohlman
Tien
Rome
St. Raphael’s Cathedral
Des Moines approves Tama taxi firm carrier permit
The DBA Safeway Cab company of Tama received a state commerce commission certificate permitting it to operate a motor carrier between Tama and points and places in the Indian reservation west of Tama.
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Des Moines
DBA Safeway Cab Company
Tama
State Commerce Commission
Points
Seven Million in Nonresidence Building OK'd in Iowa
Des Moines AP H O Parsons CPA official notes 148 projects totaling over 7 million dollars authorized since March 26 to stimulate veterans housing. Approvals include rural electric coops church college school projects and soybean processing plants with 140 applications pending and 36 disapproved. Largest project is a 1 023 500 Raytheon Burlington factory.
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Des Moines
H. O. Parsons
Iowa
Civilian Production Administration
Parsons
State Fair Board
Board of Control
Eldora
CPA
Raytheon Manufacturing Company
Burlington
Bank robber given life in Fort Madison case
Clark Summer Cummings a 25 year old from Chicago pled guilty to bank robbery and received life imprisonment for a holdup that netted 79 dollars He was arrested in Rock Island Illinois after the Denmark Indiana bank branch was robbed He confessed and was jailed in Fort Madison Iowa His family life is noted but not present at sentencing.
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Fort Madison
Clark Summer Cummings
Chicago
Cummings
Rock Island
Ill
Denmark, In
Haircuts for Negroes Sought at Iowa City
A committee of Iowa Citians and University of Iowa students plans a petition to barbers assuring that serving Negro customers will not deter white patrons. The claim notes no Iowa City barber shops serve Negroes. Tom D. Olin, a Springfield Ohio student, circulated the handbill and was fined $10 plus costs for selling it without a license. Members include Rev Elmer Dierks, Rev Victor Goff, and H S Fontellio-Nanton of Eyes magazine.
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Gazette
WA City
Iowa City
Iowa Citians
University of Iowa
Tom D. Olin
Springfield
Ohio
Olin
Elmer Dierks
Baptist Church
Victor Goff
Methodist Church
H. S. Fontellio-Nanton
Eyes
National Negro Magazine
IOWA YOUTH KILLED IN FATAL ACCIDENT
Fairfield teen Mort S. Durham, 17, died instantly in a Knoxville crash on Thursday night. Knoxville youths Ralph Zeck, 17, and Ralph Edwards, 18, were severely injured in the same accident.
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Iowa
Knoxville
Mort S. Durham
Fairfield
Ralph Zeck
Ralph Edwards
Iowa City AVC Backs Complete Price Control
The Johnson county chapter of the American Veterans Committee will circulate 500 petitions in Iowa City calling for continuation of OPA with no restrictive amendments. Petitions will be sent to Senators Hickenlooper and Wilson. The chapter resolution says any curtailment of OPA now would cause immediate disastrous inflation.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
The
American Veterans Committee
Sens
Hickenlooper and Wilson
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U.S
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Vallies
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Wyler
Pierce
Pane Ginsbergs OF Diamonds
Jiwen
Second ‘Street
Witinauer
Witinaur
Wittnour
R. M. Smith
Amana—Amana Society Service Company
Cedar Rapids— Air Reduction Sales Company
Vincent Buchmeier
Gladbrook
Central
We City
Amana Society
Blackhawk Oil Company
Monona
G. J. Carrell
F. H. Nevermann
Vernon
Dacher’s
Clark Cummings
Roosevelt
Stai
F. S. Mitvalsky & CO. Furs
Iowa City Avc
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