Secretaries Carry on for Congressmen
In Iowa offices after adjournment secretaries handle flood control inquiries, building material pleas, and army court martial letters, while two town lawmakers stay busy. Rep. Tom Martin tours the Pacific with a House military affairs subcommittee and plans inspections, while Veterans Administration may refuse Clinton’s Schick General hospital for doctor staffing reasons. Iowa members also mail Centenniel speeches, costing $10 per thousand, free to any constituent.
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Iowa
Rep Talle
Tom Martin
Pacific
House
Ben Jensen
Boston
Martin
Army
State board reappoints Percy Lainson as Fort Madison warden
The Iowa state board of control announced on Tuesday the re appointment of Percy Lainson to a second four year term as warden of the state penitentiary at Fort Madison.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
Percy Lainson
Fort Madison
Marshalltown Times-Republican sponsors T R Benzing award photo contest
The Marshalltown Times-Republican will award a 25 sweepstakes prize for the best photo in the Town AP newsphoto contest named the T R Benzing award in memory of Harold Benny Benzing a Times-Republican photographer killed in a 1941 crash. Out of state editors will judge submissions from Iowa papers across three sections general news sports and features with first second and third prizes also offered in each section. Gene Thorne of the Waterloo Courier chairs the contest.
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Marshalltown
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Associated Press
T.r.benzing
Harold “Benny” Benzing
Times-Republican
Here
AFP
Iowa
Gene Thorne
The
Waterloo Courier
Mississippi Valley Fair Opens in Davenport After 1941 Break
The Mississippi Valley fair began in Davenport and runs through Sunday. A Centennial pageant titled Iowa This Is the Place will feature 700 cast members in 16 scenes highlighting Iowa history. Other events include a rodeo and auto races.
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Davenport
Iowa
Cedar county death notices and services for Lester Franco
Sudden death of Lester Franco 57 of Cedar county prompts a 2 pm Wednesday funeral at Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. Latta and Rev. Winter officiating. Franco born February 13 1889 at Bennett leaves seven daughters and a brother. Interment inland cemetery near Bennett with Bennett K of P lodge in charge. Other obituaries note services held in South English Des Moines Strawberry Point Waukon Earlville and Strawberry Point for Pearl Vermeer C H Campbell Robert McGeough Bertha Nelson Mrs Walter Hackbarth and Fred E Tracy.
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Tipton
Lester Franco
Cedar County
Wilson
C. C. Latta
C. C. Winter
Franco
Bennett
Pearl Volak
Cedar Rapids
Hope Petersen
Chula Vista
Calif
Ruth Jones
Hammond
Ind
Betty Jane Cook
Elaine
Lucille
Frances Franco
Fred Franco
Inland Cemetery
Bennett K
P. Lodge
Des Moines
Pearl Vermeer
Allamakee County
St. Patrick's Church
Irene
Grace
Chicago
Joseph
Floyd
Dubuque
Kate McGuire
Plainview
Minn
Waukon
Bertha Nelson
Conrad Glaser
Nelson
Earlville
Walter Hackbarth
Lutheran Church
Alice Mae
Vivian
Merten Scovel
Joseph Billmeyer
Lloyd
Howard Scovel
Fairview Cemetery
Strawberry Point
Methodist
Fred E. Tracy
Park Anderson
CPA Approves College Housing Project At Camp Dodge
DES MOINES AP The Civilian Production Administration approved a 75000 remodeling plan at Camp Dodge to add classroom and dormitory space for nearly 1000 Iowa State men this fall. The approval is part of 577144 in state construction projects allowed by the CPA. Hal Parsons CPA Iowa construction manager reported.
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DES Moines
Camp Dodge
Iowa State College
Iowa
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
Hal Parsons
Keokuk
Iowa Fiber Box Company
Cowles Broadcasting Company
Shrine Auditorium
Krnt Radio
Cedar Rapids
Verne Ihen
Iowa Home Ownership Rises After Tax Preference Act
Iowa reports a steady rise in home ownership over ten years since the homestead tax preference act. Rural ownership dipped in 1942 and 1943 but then recovered, while city and town ownership climbs annually. About 406,000 homeowners will share tax credits this year, with 280,000 in urban areas and 120,000 on farms, totaling 15.6 million dollars compared with 11 million in 1937.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Second Death in Wake Of Osage Hotel Fire
William Buening, 73, died Tuesday from burns after a hotel fire at the Sullivan hotel Osage. James Lancaster, 39, crippled since childhood, died Sunday. Both men were Osage hotel permanent residents. Other patrons escaped without injuries.
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Osage Hotel
Osage (Ap
William Buening
Sullivan Hotel
James Lancaster
Grinnell College Names 10 New Appointments
President S N Stevens announced ten new faculty and staff appointments at Grinnell College. Alice Smith Eversole of Iowa City was named music librarian and manager of the music office. New hostesses include Mrs Id Grieve of Brooklyn in the men's dormitories.
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Grinnell
S. N. Stevens
Grinnell College
Alice Smith Eversole
Iowa City
Id Grieve
Brooklyn
Iowa City to Receive Parking Meter Bids
The Iowa City city council decided to receive bids for parking meters. Bids will be opened at the next council meeting on August 26. The plan proposes meters on both sides of blocks around College and Washington streets between Clinton and Dubuque avenues. Mayor Wilber J. Teeters cited confidential reports from 136 cities and engineering colleges as the basis for advertising bids.
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Iowa City
College
Washington Streets
Clinton Averlue
Dubuque Street
Wilber J. Teeters
Christmas in August Returns Home for Marengo Family
Christmas in August was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Agee in Marengo. Four sons Carl Wallace Ben and Charles were all home for the first time in four years. Carl was discharged from the navy in Panama. Wallace served in the 41st division in the Philippines. Ben was home from Korea and has reenlisted. Charles graduated from high school this year. The event featured a lighted Christmas tree gifts turkey dinner and a radio for Mrs. Agee. Dinner guests included B. A. Agee and Mr. and Mrs. Max Cronbaugh.
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Marengo
W. L. Agee
Carl
Navy
Panama
Wallace
Philippines
Ben
Korea
Charles
Iowa Parents To Receive Navy Cross For Son At Great Lakes
James Tweet of Nevada Iowa will be posthumously awarded the Navy Cross during Victory Day ceremonies at Great Lakes. The medal will be presented to his parents, Mr and Mrs Albert Tweet, by Commodore H J Grassie on behalf of the hospital apprentice who died aiding wounded comrades on Iwo Jima.
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Great Lakes, Ill
James Tweet
Nevada
U. S. Naval Training Station
Albert Tweet
H J. Grassie
Iwo Jima
Eight-year-old dies after bleacher collapse in Hamburg
Lora Marie Buckner, daughter of Oliver Buckner and his wife, died in a hospital from a fractured skull after temporary bleachers at a Hamburg baseball park collapsed earlier Sunday. Two men were lightly injured in the accident.
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Hamburg
Lora Marie Buckner
Oliver Buckner
No Boost in Ticket Costs At State Fair
Des Moines Iowa officials announce admission prices at the Iowa Centennial state fair will remain at prewar levels with only the federal admissions tax added. General grounds admission is 50 cents plus 10 cents tax, children 25 cents plus 5 cents tax, late-evening 25 cents plus 5 cents tax, vehicle admission 50 cents no tax. Grandstand seats range from 50 to 1 dollar plus tax, with tax amounts listed per section. Evening show admissions for harness and saddle horses are 75 cents plus 15 cents tax for reserved seats and 1 dollar plus 20 cents tax for box seats.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa polio tally nears two hundred as cases rise
Health department officials report Iowa now has about 180 polio cases with new victims in Des Moines Sioux City New Hampton and Waterloo. Des Moines lists a new case Carl Steen 14 visiting from South Bend Indiana while Sioux City reports six new cases and 48 cases treated there this summer with two deaths. A possible case is noted in Waterloo and Chickasaw County may record its first with Mrs. Rollo Pietan 30 of New Hampton hospitalized in Iowa City.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Health Department
Sioux City
New Hampton
Waterloo
Rollo Pietan
Iowa City
Chickasaw County
Carl Steen
South Bend
Ind
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Paramount Theater
May's Drug Store
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Wapsie River
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