Blairstown to Erect New Elementary School
Blairstown plans a two story brick faced elementary building next to the current complex with a 1100 seat auditorium and 800 seat gym. Construction costing 210920 is to start in May after bids from Viggo M Jensen Albert Lea Minn for general work and White's Plumbing and Heating Oelwein and E J Freeman In for electrical work were approved.
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Blairstown
W. J. Brown
Cedar Rapids
Viggo M. Jensen
Albert Lea
Minn
White
Oelwein
E. J. Freeman
Consolidated Independent School District
Don Newton
Albert Mecklenburg
Merle Thorn
P. ¥. Neuzil
Ross m
Missouri Flood Recedes Downstream But Levee Breaks
Flood crest nears retreat in Missouri while downstream water rises. A levee near Corning in Missouri failed this forenoon, threatening 500 acres. Cattle and hogs have been moved as 564 people are displaced between Sioux City and Rule. High water has inundated 42 810 acres of protected Iowa Nebraska land. Highway 75 closed near Blencoe and detours persist on Highway 20 through South Sioux City and Dakota City.
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Missouri River
Corning
Atchison-Holt County
Missouri
Omaha District Office of Army Engineers
Sioux City
Rule
Neb
Iowa
Nebraska
Blencoe
Crystal Lake
Dakota City
Eklund to Speak at Cedar Rapids Teachers Dinner
John M. Eklund national AFT president and education reform advocate will address Cedar Rapids teachers at a Wednesday dinner meeting. He has served in VA guidance roles in Denver and taught in Kansas and Colorado, with extensive work in vocational guidance and education reform. Supt. Clyde Parker and school board members attend, charter members honored.
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American Federation ‘of Teachers
Federation
Commission On Educational Reconstruction
Cedar Rapids
Eklund
Burlington
Veterans Administration Guidance Center
Opportunity School
Denver
Burdick
Kan
Unesco
Colorado
Missouri Valley Authority
National Board of
Americans For Democratic Action
Congress of the Peace
Bethany College
Lindsberg
University of Denver
Iliff School of Theology
Pi Kappa Delta Forensic Fraternity
Phi Delta Kappa
National Vocational Guidance Association
American Association For Adult Education
Clyde Parker
Voters urged to engage in Iowa political campaigns
Frank T. Nye urged Civic Bureau members to join parties and work at the precinct level to defend democracy. He praised party turnover, highlighted key Iowa races, and urged voters to fairly evaluate candidates across the Brannan plan debate, Beardsley and Bennett controversies, and gubernatorial contest.
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Civic Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Frank T. Nye
Gazette
Brannan
Albert Loveland
Nelson G. Kraschel
Otha D. Wearin
Alvin Meyer
W. M. Shaw
Ernest Seemann
Nye
Myron J. Bennett
Moines
Secrets of Charm and Smile Techniques for Women
A published feature extols the power of a bright smile in social and professional life. It advises natural expression, practicing facial movements, and adjusting mouth openness to suit teeth and lip shape. Notices include local community events and personal updates about residents and visitors.
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Powers
Marion News Briefs Cover Local Sales and Post Office Change
Newport area notices report the Wolfe family selling their Marion residence to the Harleman family of Cedar Rapids and moving to Volga South Carolina. Marion postmaster Burns announces May 6 noon Saturday closings and reduced substitute carrier staff under a federal directive. Other items include social club gatherings, hospital recoveries, travel to Denison for a relative’s funeral, and church circles planning meals and events.
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Emerson J. Wolfe
Eighth Street
T. J. Harleman
Cedar Rapids
Harleman
Marion
Wolfe
Volga
S. C
E. T. Brockman
Thomas E. McGowan
Charles D. Burns
Burns
United States Post Office Department
Rex Conn to speak at Cedar Rapids Church Women luncheon
Rex Conn farm editor of The Gazette will be featured speaker at the May fellowship luncheon of the Cedar Rapids Council of Church Women. He will discuss Daily Bread- Our Part in a World Economy at 12 45 p m at First Christian church. New officers will be elected at 11 a m in the church parlors. Reservations close Monday noon.
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Rex Conn
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Thelma Downing
Community Nutrition Service
R. J. Lubbock
Women’s Association of Central Park Church
Tyler School
William Syers
Cedar Rapids Census Work Ahead of Schedule
Nearly two thirds of the Cedar Rapids district census was completed by Thursday as 224 enumeration areas out of 349 total were finished. Four percent ahead of schedule, the district reports extra calls needed in 38 areas where residents were away the first time. Supervisors McDonough and Owen from St. Paul noted Iowa leads the five-state area in work accomplished.
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Cedar Rapids
Rodney Birkicht
Birkicht
Philip L. McDonough
Eugene L. Owen
St. Paul
Iowa
Last Wish Is Granted She Dies in Denmark
Mrs. John Enselmann wife of a former Clinton pastor died in Copenhagen Denmark seven weeks after leaving Clinton to fulfill her wish to die in her native land. St Johns Danish Lutheran church now St Stephen s Lutheran raised over 1200 to send the pastor and wife to Denmark. She was about 45 and died of cancer. Her husband parents two sisters in Denmark and a brother Ove Clausen Rochester Minn survive.
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Clinton
John Enselmann
Copenhhagen
Denmark
St. John’s Danish Lutheran Church
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church
Enselmann
Factory Wages Hit New March Record At $56.57
Washington AP reports average weekly earnings of factory workers rose to a new mid March record of 56.57 dollars. A month earlier figures show a rise, indicating continued wage gains across manufacturing.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Abdication by Refusal To Act
Dr. Robert F. Ray of the University of Iowa urged Lions Club members to engage in party affairs at the grass roots. He cited low 1948 Linn County voting rates and said the people hold supreme power, urging turnout to decide nominees amid a complex U.S. government with many local units.
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Robert F. Ray
University of Iowa
New Institute of Public Affairs
Lions Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Ray
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
United States
England
Notice of Appointment of Executrix No 21066 Iowa
On April 27 1950 Mayme Williams was appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of Sarah J Patton of Linn County Iowa deceased. All debts to the estate should be paid promptly and all claims filed with the Linn County District Court. Otto L Schluter attorney.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Sarah J. Patton
Iowa
Office of the
Bonn of Linn Unty
District Court
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