State Labor Convention Underway in Davenport Iowa
The fifty first annual Iowa Federation of Labor convention opens in Davenport with welcome remarks from Mayor Arthur R. Kropach and Chamber of Commerce president Parmele Peterson. Resolutions address old age insurance apprenticeship laws and labor extension in the federal government. Principal talks include I. M. Ornburn and Howard A. Cowden. Gov. Blue and Senator Pepper set to speak.
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Davenport
Iowa Federation of Labor
Arthur R. Kroppach
Parmele Peterson
Davenport Chamber of Commerce
A. A. Couch
I. M. Ornburn
AFL Union Label Department
Washington, D. C
Howard A. Cowden
Consumers Cooperative Association
Kansas City
Robert D. Blue
Claude Pepper
Florida
T. G. Soderstrom
Illinois Federation of Labor
William F. White
U. S. Conciliation Servce
Soderstrom
Pepper to speak at Friday morning session
Delegates will attend events this week including boat and seaplane rides and stag and theater parties, with Pepper scheduled to speak during Friday morning.
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Pepper
Volga City Man to Teach in Scotland Exchange
Sidney E. Ainsworth, son of Mrs. S. C. Ainsworth, sails to Scotland as one of ten U S teachers in a year long exchange with Scottish educators. He will teach mathematics at a Glasgow area high school, with Madison Wisconsin school board paying his salary. His sister Dorothy serves as a captain in the U S Army Nurse Corps in Frankfurt Germany.
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Volga City
Sidney E. Ainsworth
S. C. Ainsworth
Scotland
U. S. State Department
Ministry of Education
New York
Southampton
England
London
Ainsworth
University High School
Madison
Wis
Motherwell
Glasgow
Madison School Board
Ann Murray
Dorothy
U. S. Army Nurse Corps
Frankfurt
Germany
Enlistments In Iowa Take Drop in July
In Des Moines, July enlistments for the army navy and marines totaled 872, down from 1,704 in June. The Marine Corps fell to 130 from 178, while the Army and Navy dropped to 430 and 312 respectively. Over ten months, the three services total 9,621 with the Army leading. Officials cite the July August draft holiday as a key factor and expect August enlistments to rise slightly. Maj. Russell E F Law notes graduates and harvest timing affect enlistment trends and predicts September matching June levels.
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Des Moines
Army
Navy
Marines
Russell EF. Law
Tokyo death by own action rate climbs in first half
Tokyo reports show 569 personal crisis records in the first half of the year, up from 505 for all of 1945. MAYNARD mentions an Eastern Star picnic in the city park with attendees from Oelwein Independence Waterloo and Stanley, with ice cream supplied by the Masonic lodge.
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Tokyo
Maynard
Oelwein
Independence
Waterloo
Stanley
Masonic Lodge
Home Materials Inc Incorporation Notice Cedar Rapids Iowa
Notice of formation under Chapter 384 Iowa 1939 for Home Materials Inc with principal business Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa to buy construct sell lease prefabricated dwellings real estate additions and public services. authorized capital stock 1000 shares of 10 each. begun May 15 1946. annual meeting fourth Saturday in January. officers Russell F. Knapp president treasurer director Bees Sundin first vice president secretary and rector Charles E Severn second vice president director L O Hatch director. private stockholder property exempt. solicitation by law firm.
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Home Materials, Inc
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Board of Directors
Russell F. Knapp
Bees i Sundin
Cretary
Charles E. Severn
L. O. Hatch
Russell FP. Knapp
Trewin, Simmons, Perrine and Albright
E. T. Bryant, Former Vinton Mayor, Dies at 91
E. T. Bryant of Vinton, 91, died at his home Monday. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at Fry-Holland Funeral Home, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Born December 12, 1854 in Kent County England, he came to the U.S. in 1874 and to Benton County in 1881. He served as mayor from 1913 to 1917 and later as county inheritance tax appraiser for 25 years. He was long president of the Vinton Mutual Insurance Company and led the Vinton Gas Company for 14 years before its sale to Iowa Electric.
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Vinton
E. T. Bryant
Fry-Holland
Evergreen Cemetery
Mr. Bryant
Kent County
England
United States
Benton County
Amelia Darling
Vinton Mutual Insurance Company
Bryant
Vinton Gas Company
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Last Call Issued in Baby Health Contest
The Iowa State Fair Board issued a final call for entries in the Baby Health contest at the Iowa Centennial state fair in Des Moines for Aug 23 to 30. Entries must reach the board by Wednesday and the contest offers 500 dollars in prizes. New divisions include children of World War I veterans and children of non service parents.
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Des Moines
State Fair Board
Voters reject $225,000 school bonds in Red Oak vote
In Red Oak on Monday a special election rejected a proposal to authorize 225000 in bonds for school building construction, the measure falling short by 17 votes.
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RED Oak
Cedar County Coroner A M McCormick Dies
Cedar county coroner since 1909 A M McCormick died at Mercy hospital Iowa City after a Saturday heart attack He was 67 lifelong Tipton resident veteran of the Spanish American War funeral director and furniture dealer for nearly 40 years He held Cedar lodge A F and A M mastership for three years Surviving wife daughter Martha Jane Henry Tipton sister Jane McCormick Tipton and brother William G McCormick Cedar Rapids Funeral arrangements unavailable.
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Tipton
A. M. McCormick
Cedar County
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Martha Jane Henry
Jane McCormick
William G. McCormick
Cedar Rapids
Loot Taken in Two Tama County Breakins
Two Tama county breakins occurred Sunday night or early Monday with two more attempts. Foster drug store in Gladbrook lost about 150 dollars in cash and goods including pens cosmetics valued at 110 dollars and 40 dollars in currency. Wrede's filling station at Garwin reported 6 dollars stolen. Additional entry attempts were made at Oaks hardware in Garwin and Crow's variety in Gladbrook. Two breakins were also reported in Albion Marshall county Sunday night.
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The
Gazette
Toledo
Tama County
Foster Drug
Gladbrook
Wrede
Garwin
Oaks Hardware
Crow’s
Albion
Marshall County
Iowa City Red Cross appeals for polio nurses
Iowa City Red Cross issued a call Monday for volunteer graduate nurses to help treat 36 infantile paralysis cases at University Hospital. Dr W D Paul reported two new admissions over the weekend, with several patients in serious condition and two in iron lungs, as isolation wards reach capacity.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Red Cross
University Hospital
W. D. Paul
Paul
Robert B Armstrong Dies in Washington Leading Treasury official
Robert Burns Armstrong, 72, former assistant secretary of the treasury and newspaperman, died Monday in a Washington hospital. Born near Des Moines on August 19, 1873, he began as a printer in Des Moines, later edited local papers, led the Chicago Record as editor, served 1903 through 1905 as assistant secretary of the treasury, and held national publicity roles for the Harding and Coolidge campaigns.
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Robert B. Armstrong
U.S
Washington
Robert [Burns Armstrong
Coolidge
Rheumatism and Arthritis Testimony Turns Free of Pain
Mrs. Anna Pautz of Vancouver Washington reports years of suffering from rheumatism and arthritis ended after using NUE-OVO Laboratories treatment. She offers to provide information to interested readers via her P O Box 825 address.
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Anna Pautz
P.O. Box
Vancouver
Wash
More Iron Lungs For Midwest Use
Six iron lungs were to arrive in Des Moines for infantile paralysis victims in seven midwestern states. Des Moines serves as distribution point for Minnesota Nebraska Kansas Missouri North and South Dakota and Iowa. Iowa currently has six iron lungs. Three new cases were admitted to Des Moines hospitals, two in Des Moines and one in Indianola.
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Des Moines
John V. McCarthy
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
New York State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
North
South Dakota
Iowa
McCarthy
Indianola
English War Bride Delivers Baby En Route to California
Mrs War ren Russel of Bedford England gave birth to a boy at Boone hospital after being taken off a North Western train while traveling from New York to Woodland California to join her husband. Rail officials notified her husband of the delay and birth.
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Boone, In
Ins
Warren Russel
Bedford
England
Boone Hospital
North Western
Woodland
Calif
New York
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Kerry
Oitoos
Midwest
Sun
Owa
Attoi
Merchants National Trust Department
Merchants National Bank
Nranes Corsera
Red Cross
Nue-Ovo Laboratories
Searles
Hallerfelt, Inc
Third Avenue
H. McCormick
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