Judge Spares Trees in Oskaloosa Highway Battle
District Judge R G Yoder granted a temporary injunction shielding 137 trees along US 63 Iowa 92 corridor after protesters posted a $3,000 bond. Homeowners blocked equipment Monday, with sitdown actions and petitions backing preservation of elms and maples slated for removal, awaiting a permanent injunction hearing set for later date.
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Oskaloosa
R. G. Yoder
H. S. Life
State Highway Commission
Iowa 92
Highway Ae
Booth and Olson Construction Company
Sioux City
Fred Jarvis
Osklahoosa
Fed
Attorney Life
Texas Woman Named To Faculty at Cornell
Miss Vila B. Hunt of Kingsville Texas is appointed assistant professor of education at Cornell college Mt Vernon. She holds a B A from Texas College of Arts and Industries and an M A from Teachers College Columbia University with 20 years of experience in Texas New Mexico and the Hawaiian Islands. She succeeds Miss Mary B. Dalton on leave to complete her doctorate at Washington University St Louis and will lead Cornell’s program for preparing elementary school teachers.
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MT. Vernon
Vila B. Hunt
Kingsville
Texas
Cornell College
Russell D. Cole
Miss Hunt
Texas College of Arts and Industries
Teachers College
Columbia University
New Mexico
Hawaiian Islands
Mary B. Dalton
Washington University
St. Louis
Cornell
Stanley Vesely Leads Hoover Birthday Music Parade
Stanley Vesely of the Coe College music faculty heads music and parade for Herbert Hoover's birthday celebration in West Branch on August 10. Vesely has long led band music for Hoover events, including a 1928 concert by the Hoover campaign band and the 1929 inaugural parade in Iowa with the Coe organization.
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Stanley Vesely
Coe College Music
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Hoover
Coe
R.O.T.C
Falewine
Cedaroe
Coe Military Organization
Vesely
Iowa
Mississippi
White House
Hoover Birthplace parade plans announced for West Branch
William B. Anderson president of the Herbert Hoover Birthplace Society said Tuesday that bands and youth organizations participating in the parade should meet at the West Branch high school grounds. The parade will form there.
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West Branch
William B. Anderson
Herbert Hoover Birthplace Society
West Branch High School
Parade schedule in birthplace park event notes
Move through West Branch and the revi stand in the irthplace park where the units will mass in front of the platform for the program. The parade starts at 1 p.m. with the program scheduled for 2 30.
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West Branch
Revi
State Legion Auxiliary Plans Patients Lounge in Knoxville
Iowa district executive board approved furnishing a patients lounge at the Knoxville veterans hospital canteen. They bought floodlights for the hospital baseball diamond and skating rink and provide commissary books for indigent patients. President Mrs. Olaf J. Hanson noted record Iowa membership of 57,613, with major contributions to children’s play centers at Iowa State College, Iowa State Teachers College, and the University of Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Olaf J. Hanson
Decorah
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers College
University of Iowa
Burlington man killed by train near Barstow Ill
James Marshall aged 75 from Burlington Iowa died Monday night after being struck by a train near Barstow Illinois. The incident occurred on a railroad line prompting an investigation by local authorities.
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Barstow, Ill
James Marshall
Burlington
Here
Reversal on Ledges bridge repair approved by interim unit
DES MOINES AP The legislative interim committee reversed a prior stance and approved a 33 384 law bid from Graves Brothers of Malvern to repair the damaged 16 to 1 bridge at Ledges State Park. The panel also backed education and conservation requests, including hospital and college projects and park improvements, with costs totaling several figures and a looming college funding gap.
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DES Moines
Legislative Interim Committee
Ledges State Park
Graves Brothers Construction Firm
Malvern
State Conservation Commission
Board of Education
State Teachers College
Springbrook Park
Lacey-Keosaqua
Red Haw Hill
Dave Dancer
Iowa State College
Ames
Dancer
Iowa State Fair to Hire Women Ushers for Grandstand
Des Moines announces a new grandstand usher plan for the 1948 Iowa State Fair August 27 to September 3. Fifty one women and young men will be employed to seat spectators replacing a 90 day all male usher tradition. Uniforms and wages are noted and ushers will have access to the races and shows. Also featured is a nationwide crochet contest with a $1,400 prize, offering first place winners a chance to compete in New York for the national title.
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Des Moines
INS
L. B. Cunningham
Fair Board
Cunningham
Iowa
S.N. van Vliet
New York
van Vliet
Tama Historical Society Picnic Draws About 150
J P Walters presided as master of ceremonies at the Tama County Historical Society picnic at Community hall. About 150 people attended to mark eight years of existence. Mrs W G MacMartin, president, spoke of a new booklet of donated exhibits. Traer residents B F Thomas and Harry Lagsitter, and Robert C Wood of The Traer Star-Clipper, entertained with songs and selections. The Tama event featured performances by the Traer male quartet and Ben Jones Jr with Mrs Jones, plus a presentation by Edward Davenport of the Mesquakie Indian Reservation introducing Frank Pushetonequa and three young girls who sang Indian music.
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R. Gnell
Judge Thomas
Ben Jones
Ben Jones, Jr
Tama
Mrs. Jones
Edward Davenport
Mesquakie
Frank Pushetonequa
Jahn Resigns Iowa Post for UCLA Zoology Chair
Prof Theodore L Jahn associate professor of zoology at the University of Iowa resigns to become professor of zoology at the University of California Los Angeles. He joined Iowa in 1934 as a research associate and has worked at Lakeside laboratory Okoboji since 1935 studying protozoa. He will start at UCLA in September.
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Iowa City
Theodore L. Jahn
University of Iowa
University of California At Los Angeles
Jahn
Iowa
Lakeside Laboratory
Okoboji
John
U.C.L.A
Vets Reinstate Million Insurance in Des Moines
More than one million dollars in national life insurance was reinstated by Des Moines area veterans last Saturday. W. B. Nugent Iowa Veterans Administration center manager said 220 veterans renewed 1,159,500 dollars of lapsed policies. Saturday was the final day to reinstate without a physical exam.
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Des Moines
INS
W. B. Nugent
Iowa Veterans Administration Center
Nugent
Ottumwa Courier Marks 100th Birthday With Centennial Events
Ottumwa Publisher John Huston announced a Saturday salute to the community as the Ottumwa Courier, founded August 8, 1848 and now the parent of the Lee group papers, marks its centennial with a special section open house at the plant and an all day program on the street outside.
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Ottumwa
John Huston
Ottumwa Courier
The
Courier
Lee
Four year old dies from burns in Montpelier incident
Cheryl Thomson, four, of Montpelier, died at Mercy hospital Tuesday morning after suffering burns sustained while playing with matches on July 24. The Davenport AP report notes the tragedy occurred earlier this week and the child was hospitalized following the incident.
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Davenport
Cheryl Thomson
Montpelier
Mercy Hospital
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Hoover Library and Institute
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State Legion Auxiliary
Ae Saas
Universal
Terger
Spegter
Ledges Bridge
Children’s Hospital
Tama Historical Society
UCLA
Los Angeles
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Cliff
Elmer Bob
United Pacific Network
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