Two Men Die When Plane Crashes In Farmyard
NEVADA I A. Charles Hilburn 40 and nephew Marion Hilburn 24 both of Nevada were killed as their light plane crashed in a farmyard near Nevada Sunday afternoon. The younger Hilburn a student at Iowa State College died in Ames hours later. Plane within 200 feet of the Dial farmhouse after the aircraft stalled during a right turn. Norbert Locke chairman of the state aeronautics commission said the crash resulted from gross negligence and that the two men had been buzzing farms in clear violation of CAA rules. Charles Hilburn is survived by his wife and an eight year old son.
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Charles Hilburn
Brad Dial
Hilburn
Iowa State College
Ames
Norbert Locke
State Aeronautics Commission
Dial
CAA
Locke
Iowa Guards Treated For Food Poisoning After Illness
Twelve members of the Iowa national guard from Clarinda fell ill and were treated for food poisoning after arriving at Union station from Fort Riley Kansas. They had endured packed lunches amid 100 degree heat during field training with the 34th division. Three men fainted before reaching hospital, but all left by bus after treatment.
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ST. Joseph
Iowa National Guard
Clarinda
Union
Fort Riley
Kan
Woman Shot To Death In Davenport Home
Coroner to hold inquest into the death of Julia Benford a 54 year old black woman shot at her Davenport residence Saturday night. Sam Cain 56 is being held on unspecified charges with no date set for the inquest.
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Davenport
Frank C. Keppy
Julia Benford
Clark O. Filseth
Sam Cain
Deaf convention ends with election and site chosen
The 23rd biennial Iowa Association of the Deaf convention closed with church services and a Sunday picnic. Charles Loughran of Davenport was elected president, and Sioux City was selected as the 1950 convention site.
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Ames
Iowa Association of the Deaf
Charles Loughran
Davenport
Sioux City
Ames Graduates Are in Demand
Ames Iowa AP Almost every graduate from last June's Iowa State College class of 765 has found work with starting next month. The average offer came from three or four jobs at about 242 dollars monthly, with some at 324 and higher salaries for advanced degrees. The agriculture division shows stronger demand than last year and home economics graduates cannot keep up.
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AMES
Iowa State College
R. M. Visquain
Tama Indian Best Dancer Wins Midwest Powwow Title
Tama Indian Jesup Lasley, 29, father of five, won best male dancer at the Midwest championship powwow. His brother Victor, 21, finished second and Frank Logan of the Winnebago tribe, Nebraska, placed third. About 6,000 attended. organizers plan a two day tally to divide profits among participants.
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Tama
Jesup Lasley
Des Moines Trucker Wins August Award
Max L. Biddle of Des Moines received the Iowa Motor Truck Association August Driver of the Month award for leading rescues at two Des Moines area accidents and directing traffic to prevent further incidents. He has driven 250000 miles with Rock Island Motor Transit in five years without a traffic accident.
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Des Moines
Max L. Biddle
Iowa Motor Truck Association
Biddle
John H. Gillespie
Rock Island Motor Transit
Howard Ludwig Ends Life at Family Farm
Howard Lowell Ludwig, 34, shot himself at 5 a.m. Monday on the farm home of his parents near Independence. Coroner Fay Ruffcorn said he fired a single shot in the head about 30 rods from the house and died instantly while helping his father operate the farm.
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the Gazette
Independence
Howard Lowell Ludwig
Clifford Ludwig
Route One
Fay FE. Ruffcorn
Ludwig
Father Tells Of Word from Mrs Headen
Iowa City reported Mrs. Thomas Headen wife of an American official released by Soviet authorities said she planned to remain in Germany despite U S Russian friction. She wrote her father that she would stay in Berlin to help and possibly send the children home. Maxine Headen, 41, a University of Iowa graduate, moved the children to Europe in 1946 to be with her husband Frank Humeston said. They occupied a home once used by Russians who damaged it before leaving.
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Iowa City
INS
Thomas Headen
Germany
Frank Humeston
Headen
Berlin
Humeston
Maxine
University of Iowa
Europe
One Killed Five Hurt In Car Truck Collision
Davenport reporter says Harvey Cassatt 18 of Davenport was fatally injured and five others hurt when their car collided head on with a semi near Walcott. Injured were William Lindsay 20 Davenport George Garcia Betendorf Louis Hein 17 Davenport and Venetta Bolte 16 Davenport. The truck driver from Omaha was uninjured. Deputies held Lindsay for investigation citing lack of a valid license.
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Davenport
INS
Harvey Cassatt
Walcott
Mercy Hospital
William H. Lindsay
George Garcia
Bettendorf
Louis Hein
Venetta Bolte
Lindsay
Sanford Iowa Finance Director for Democratic National Committee
Arthur Sanford a Sioux City real estate dealer was named Iowa finance director for the Democratic national committee. The appointment announced Monday followed Sanford's twenty years of party activity in Iowa and his status as a delegate to the 1944 and 1948 conventions. He has never held public office.
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Washington
Arthur Sanford
Sioux City
Iowa
Democratic National Committee
Joe L. Blythe
National Committee
Sanford
Lutherans Convene in Waverly State Convention Opens
The five day state convention of the American Lutheran church opens in Waverly with several hundred pastors and lay delegates expected to attend. Cornerstone ceremonies for a new college gymnasium will be held Tuesday.
Iowa Briefs Chronicle Local Elections and Marriages
Independence names Hazel Willey as Buchanan county draft board clerk with office in the courthouse third floor. Independence notes a wedding for Anna Offerman and Donald Burns Tuesday at St Patrick's Ryan. West Union cafe sale to Lohr Cox couples from Janesville. Fayette county fair prompts afternoon closings. Postville Rebekah lodge to mark 25th anniversary with honors and picnic. Hawkeye couples Elizabeth Chamberlain and Robert Robinson wed at Methodist church. Traer engagement Betty Kuchynka to Dean McGilligan. Oxford to host American Legion youth center project led by H P Alexander. Oxford announces Mariann May Grauer will wed James Tresnah Jr Sept 1 Cedar Rapids. Waubon news of Herman Spores injury and Marvin Sires drunk-driving case.
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Post
TRAER
A. F. Kuchynka
Betty
Dean R. McGilligan
Herbert McGilligan
Janesville
Oxford
American Legion Post
H. P. Alexander
George C. Grauer
Near North Liberty
Mariann May
James Tresnah, Jr
Cedar Rapids
St. Wenceslaus Church
New Houses Rise in Postville and Nearby Towns
In Postville Mrs Ira Smith Paul Moser Arthur Swenson and Lorence Reinhardt are constructing new homes. West Union couples Josephine Ann Whitney and James William Rathert marry, and Marian Steffens ties the knot with Craig Downing. Tama sees the A and P store close. Diamond Bros. lease the building. Tama travelers depart for Sicily via Chicago. Marengo hosts county teacher meetings led by Supt Cleone Miller. Delaware County Memorial hospital trustees report a $1000 gift from Samuel H Gensburg of Chicago in memory of Dr J C Gensburg.
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Ira Smith
Paul Moser
Arthur Swenson
Lorence Reinhardt
West Union
Josephine Ann Whitney
Florence O. Whitney
James William Rathert
R. R. Rathert
Cresco
First Methodist
Marian Steffens
John Steffens
Craig Downing
Ross Downing
Marshalltown
Zion American Lutheran Church
TAMA
A. and P
C. C. Yerkes
Diamond Bros. Grocery
Frank Miceli
Charles Miceli
Roy Bacino
Mt. Pleasant
Chicago
Sicily
Burgio
Marengo
Iowa County
Cleone Miller
Manchester
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Samuel H. Gensburg
J. C. Gensburg
Man Drowns In Gravel Pit Near Muscatine
Walter William Philpott aged 31 of Muscatine drowned at the Automatic Gravel Company pit five miles southwest of Muscatine. He fell from a walk leading from the edge to a dredge about 100 yards out, said Everett Gillaspie plant superintendent.
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Muscatine
Walter William Philpott
Automatic Gravel Company
Here
Philpott
Everett Gillaspie
Baby food demand rises at Cornell estimates
Cornell university farm economists estimate consumption of canned baby food per child under three has risen from 13 pounds to 45 pounds over seven years, signaling a substantial rise in infant dietary intake.
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Cornell University
Doctor's Wife Falls To Death In Des Moines Dinner Club
Mrs Harold N Anderson 49 wife of a Des Moines physician died after falling down stairs at a south Des Moines dinner club. She left table for the restroom and reportedly opened a basement door. She was found at the foot of the stairs and died en route to a hospital. She was born in Arlington and the family came to Des Moines in 1926 from Strawberry Point. She is survived by her husband and her father R W Shug of Delhi.
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Des Moines
Harold N. Anderson
Anderson
Arlington
Andersons
Strawberry Point
Watson Installed As Eagles Leader In Seattle
DeVere Watson of Council Bluffs Iowa was installed Sunday as grand worthy president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles by Judge A B Duncan 86 of St Joseph Missouri the order s living past national president.
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Seattle
DeVere Watson
Council Bluffs
Order of Eagles
A. B. Duncan
St. Joseph
Trucker Dies Of Injuries In Iowa Accident
Anamosa Iowa. Clifford Evans 36 of Hopkinton died at Mercy hospital from internal injuries after his truck left the road at a curve and crashed into a tree on the Anamosa Morley road Friday night. He died Sunday.
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Anamosa
Clifford Evans
Hopkinton
Mercy Hospital
Morley
Evans
Maquoketa Man Joe Wells Killed in Highway Collision
Joe Wells 30 of Maquoketa was killed Sunday night in a two vehicle crash on Highway 61 about 12 miles north of Maquoketa. Two other passengers in Wells truck, Phil and Grady Smart, and the car driver David Phillips of Otter Creek survived with non fatal injuries.
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Maquoketa (Is
Joe Wells
Maquoketa
Highway 61
Here
Phil
Grady Smart
David Phillips
Otter Creek
Progressive party launches first mail appeal for funds
Des Moines reports the Iowa Progressive party starts its initial appeal by mail to raise money for the November campaign. The action marks the party’s first fundraising drive in the election cycle.
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Des Moines
Iowa Progressive Party
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