War Paintings to Attend Iowa State Fair Exhibit
Des Moines reporters say the War Department will send its famous World War II combat paintings to the Iowa Centennial State Fair August 23 to 30 as a new feature in the fair art salon. The exhibit includes battle scenes and depictions of army life by artists from across the country led by Manuel Bromberg, an Iowa native.
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Des Moines
INS
War Department
Iowa
Manuel Bromberg
Bromberg
England
France
Belgium
Paul Parker
University of Iowa Art School
University of Iowa
America
Parker
S.A.1
Miles Launches Radio Campaign for Iowa Governor
Democratic candidate Frank Miles pressed a party neutral stance in a radio ad, saying he favors good progressive government for all Americans over loyalty to a party. He argued that forcing party registers would undermine democracy, and outlined the 14 points of the Town Democratic platform, contrasting it with the Republican platform.
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Des Moines
Frank Miles
Miles
Burns Suffered in Quarry Blast Near Charlotte
Robert Lip pens, 19, was in Mercy hospital Friday with severe burns from dynamite explosion at a quarry near Charlotte. He worked at the site and authorities handled the incident as a recent accident with injuries requiring medical care.
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Clinton
INS
Robert Lippens
Mercy Hospital
Charlotte
Ruth Madsen Denied Custody Of Her Two Sons
Ruth Madsen’s petition for custody of her two boys was denied by District Judge M. C. Hamiel. The court ordered the boys to stay with grandparents N. P. Madsen and their uncle Kenneth Madsen, on a west of West Branch farm, with Erma Sentman as legal guardian. The boys cited fear of their mother. the older boy feared her, the younger wished she would not visit. Mrs. Madsen faced murder charges in 1942 and had been paroled from a state mental hospital. She was later declared sane and released in 1945.
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Tipton
Ruth Madsen
M. C. Hamiel
N. P. Madsen
Kenneth Madsen
West Branch
Erma Sentman
University of Iowa Announces 5129 Student Housing Units
IOWA CITY AP The University of Iowa will offer 5129 living units for the 1946-47 enrollment, up from 2214 a year earlier, and feeding facilities for 4389 persons up from 2289 in 1945. President Virgil M. Hancher released the survey results noting 680 cottages are under construction and expected to house mainly veterans.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Virgil M. Hancher
Army Barracks To Help Keokuk Housing Scarcity
Keokuk gains temporary relief from housing shortage as 10 army barracks are transferred from Rosencranz air field in St Joseph Missouri. Snyder Construction of Vincennes Indiana is authorized to move the 20 by 100 foot structures to shelter about 30 families.
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Army
Keokuk
Rosencranz Airfield
St. Joseph
Snyder Construction Company
Vincennes
Ind
Five Iron Lungs Added to Pool for Polio Fight
Five iron lungs and seven hot pack machines were added to the region's polio battle. The equipment arrived on a two car Rock Island train from New York. Des Moines serves as a central shipping hub for nearby states. One iron lung went to Minneapolis and five others were sent to the Twin Cities amid rising polio deaths.
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DES
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Two Die As Auto and Motorcycle Collide South of Ottumwa
Two people died and two others were seriously hurt in a collision between a car and a motorcycle Thursday night two miles south of Ottumwa. Victims were Letha McElhinney 24 Kirksville Missouri passenger in the car and Lawrence McCarty Batavia Mississippi driver of the motorcycle. Geraldine Grinstead Ottumwa was critically injured and not expected to live. Virginia Dimmitt 24 Blakesburg another car passenger was in serious condition.
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Ottumwa
Here
Letha McElhinney
Kirksville
Lawrence McCarty
Batavia
Miss McElhinney
McCarty
Geraldine Grinstead
Virginia Dimmitt
Blakesburg
Harbach Funeral Set in Delhi Lutheran Church
Mr and Mrs Herman Harbach of Delhi announce a 2 pm Saturday funeral at the Lutheran church in Delaware for their son who died after a Wednesday runaway accident. He is survived by parents brothers and sisters and two grandmothers, with Delhi as the hometown connection.
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Herman Harbach
Delhi
Delaware
Willard Hospital
Wilbur
Lela
Janice
Karen
Tommy
Sandra
Perry Harbach
Clara Harbach
Thomas Grapes
Two Killed Three Hurt In Train Car Collision
In Audubon area, a diesel powered North Western freight and passenger train collided with an auto on highway 71 two and a half miles north of Audubon. James Moore, 4 months old, and Betty Ann Ballou 15, were killed. Mr and Mrs Moore and son Ronald 2 were seriously injured and transported to a Carroll hospital. Sheriff Tom Finnerty identified the crash as the collision between the Moore vehicle and the North Western line operating between Audubon and Manning.
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Audubon
James Moore
John Moore
Betty Ann Ballou
North Western
Manning
Miss Margaret Cook Appointed English Instructor
Miss Margaret Cook of Urbana has been appointed English instructor in the public schools. She has taught at Center Point and Bennett.
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Margaret Cook
Urbana
Center Point
Bennett
Cedar Rapids Second In Building Permits
Des Moines led July building permits with 126 permits valued at 603 810 Cedar Rapids posted 64 permits worth 273 350 and Waterloo 51 permits at 297 110 plus two class A permits totaling 304 000 A total of 485 remodeling permits were valued at 212 133 for July up from 421 permits and 148 780 last year
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Des Moines
INS
Department of Health
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
No Break in Grand Case
Des Moines AP. County Attorney Vernon Seeburger vowed the seven day Grand case would be pursued to completion regardless of time. Investigators would not confirm claims by Dorothy Roth that Municipal Judge Harry Grund made improper advances, nor Grund's frameup defense. Switzer, a candidate for county attorney, noted days passed with no statement from Seeburger.
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Des Moines
Vernon Seeburger
Seeburger
Dorothy Roth
Harry B. Grund
Slight Gain in Iowa Employment Figures
Des Moines AP reports Iowa firms added 0.6 percent to employment in July, reaching 86,066 workers. The 377 firms with weekly payrolls posted $3,221,763, up 2.1 percent from June and 13.7 percent above July 1945. Textiles, iron and steel, lumber, and paper sectors rose. declines appeared in food and leather product sectors.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Deaths in Iowa: Schmidt, Cummings, Brickley, Harbach
Funeral services announced for George H. Schmidt druggist who died of a heart attack at the Elkader fair. Edward Cummings 64 died in Rochester Minn with services at St John’s Independence. David H Brickley 63 retired farmer died of a heart attack on a downtown street. services at St John’s Manchester. Harlan Harbach 12 son of a local family is listed with services forthcoming.
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Elkader
George H. Schmidt
Friedens Evangelical Church
Independence
Edward Cummings
Rochester
Minn
St. John’s Church
Swan
Rose Walters
Clara Dowse
Chicago
Mary Muxlow
John Cummings
Los Angeles
David H. Brickley
Winthrop
C. A. Handfeldt
Dows
Anna Barrett
Harry Joslin
James Treanor
Vincent Norrington
Hopkinton
Earl Drummy
Ryan
Agnes Murphy
Leo
Martin
Frank Brickley
Watertown
S. C
St. John's Church
Manchester
Harlan Harbach
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