Mason City Traffic Plan Clears Downtown Congestion
Mason City’s downtown truck plan, introduced July 20, restricts morning deliveries to reduce congestion. Trucks may park in metered zones during those hours while alleys stay free of passenger cars. Mayor Bruce and Police Chief Wolfe led conferences with operators, who proposed the solution, and merchants adapted to morning service only. The plan aims to benefit shoppers, trucks, and city traffic, with public tolerance urged.
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DES Moines
Mason City
Towa
Town Motor Truck Association
John H. Gillespie
Howard E. Bruce
Gillespie
Masons City
Bruce
H. E. Wolfe
No Indictments Voted in Statehouse Inquiry
DES MOINES AP The Polk county grand jury found insufficient evidence to indict any state officers or employees in its final report on the statehouse irregularities. The probe started last April after Elmer Croft alleged irregular dealings with state officials, and focused largely on the disposal of surplus war materials.
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DES Moines
Polk County Grand Jury
Iowa
Polk County
Carroll O. Switzer
Switzer
Elmer Croft
Hampton FFA Members Win on Hampshire Pigs
Des Moines Iowa reporters note Hampton FFA members James Jorgenson jr Dwight Harrison and Forrest Schmidt earned eight first and second awards in swine judging at the Iowa State fair. Lester Orr West Liberty and Gerald Brame Independence split top honors in the FFA Berkshire show with Floyd Strupp and Dan Goeldner Sigourney winning Hereford classes.
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Des Moines
INS
Hampton
Farmers of America
James Jorgenson Jr
Dwight Harrison
Forrest Schmidt
Lester Orr
West Liberty
Gerald Brame
Independence
FFA
Floyd Strupp
Dan Goeldner
Sigourney
Thirty More Iowa Schools To Serve Hot Lunches
Des Moines AP reports thirty more Town schools in Iowa will offer hot lunches or milk next school year. C W Bangs, state lunch program director, announced approvals including Victor Lowden, Toledo and Castalia in eastern Iowa. Last year about 110000 Iowa children joined the program as the federal allotment for the coming year totals $846,653, up from $668,029 in 1947.
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Des Moines
C W Bangs
Victor Lowden
Toledo
Castalia
Iowa
Oscar the Rock Sturgeon Returns to Des Moines State Fair
Oscar the 48 year old rock sturgeon from Strawberry Point returns to the state fair as the main attraction in the fish and game building for his 24th year.
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Des Moines
Oscar
Rock Sturgeon
Strawberry Point
New Albin liquor store plans delays amid confusion
A garbled report notes a state liquor commission appointment and a probate notice in Linn County. It mentions an estate settlement and claims process tied to Anton Memedzlate of Ly, Iowa, with clerks urged to record all who may have rights.
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oTice
Lolan de Lah Tertary
Nettoe
Angel
Owas
Linn
Nine Eldora boys escape from Iowa Training School
Photo shows officers behind nine youths who fled from the Eldora institution Wednesday night. Highway Patrolman Floyd Carver cuffs Milton Munson of Forest City after the capture in the Rock Island railroad yards at Manly Thursday afternoon.
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Eldora
Iowa Training School
Rock Island
Manly
Floyd Carver
Milton Munson
Forest City
Seven Escapees Back at Eldora
Seven of nine youths who fled the Iowa Training School for Boys at Eldora were back by Friday after a four hour air search near Manly. Five were rounded up in Perry and Waterloo arrests included Dwane Parson Paul Scobee Darrell Waterman Harvey Hill Milton Munson. Two fugitives remained at large.
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Mason City
Iowa Training School
Eldora
Perry
Manly
Cerro Gordo County
Dwane Parson
Paul Scobee
Darrell Waterman
Waterloo
Harvey Hill
Milton Munson
Forest City
Albert Penrod
Hannibal
James Caffee
Des Moines
Lew Stanley
Chief Stanley
Rufus Hummel
la Verne Pratt
Muscatine
Carrier Boy II Tied Up by 2 Teens in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs police sought two teen suspects after a carrier boy, Wayne Arnold, was bound and gagged by two youths aged about 15 or 16. He was found by Donald Stoufer and Tammy Stone on a dirt bank with a rope around his neck and a handkerchief gag, the attackers fleeing on bicycles after taking his moneyless pockets.
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Council Bluffs
Wayne Arnold
Arnold
Donald Stoufer
Tammy Stone
Wayne
Fire Destroys House On Engelhardt Farm
Special to The Gazette Monona report a fire Thursday night destroyed the Tou Engelhardt farm house south of Luana and all contents. The home, occupied by Carl Voelz and his wife, was ablaze when neighbors returned after 11 pm. Fire departments from Monona and Tuanato responded. loss estimate not given, insurance partly expected.
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Monona
Tou
Springville Two Day Harvest Home Celebration Planned
The Harvest Home festival in Springville runs Monday and Tuesday with events each day. The Anamosa American Legion and Springville baseball clubs play at 2 pm Monday, Carroll Switzer speaks at 8 pm in the city park, followed by a band and dance. Tuesday features a speech by William S Beardsley at 10:45 am, free ice cream at noon, a sports carnival, a Springville softball game against the Marion Stars, and performances by the Musical Chapmans and Harry Mason the Hollywood clown plus a dance and midway rides both days.
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Gazette
Springville
Anamosa American Legion
Carroll Switzer
William S. Beardsley
Marion Stars
Chapmans
Harry Mason
Hollywood
Sculptors Mold Pigs From Lard at Des Moines Fair
At the Iowa state fairgrounds Frank and Betty Dutt a husband and wife team created a display in a refrigerated space. They sculpted a fat sow and 10 piglets from 325 pounds of lard in about 15 hours using regular sculptors tools.
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Des Moines
State Fairgrounds
Frank
Betty Dutt
Dutts
Dutt
Anamosa Briefs Highlight Local Appointments and Events
Ruth Tomlinson named secretary of Jones county draft board with Dr L W Kellogg as chairman. Reliance Manufacturing awarded 10000 dozen shirts by J C Penney to fulfill Sept 31 target. Marion Lange arrested for drunk driving on highway 218. bond set at 500. Winneshiek fair board resignations noted including Stewart Baker and L Dale Ahern. Ernest Johnson pleads guilty to drunk driving. fined 300. Ramona Krambeer named Amvets auxiliary delegate to Chicago convention. Waukon installs 218 parking meters. Alaska trip planned for Decker and Davis with Canadian big game hunt. Anamosa marriages include Donna Lundeen and Robert Miller. Postville fall festival at St Paul’s church. polio case in Allamakee county. Edgewood Scouts court of honor. Eva Newbury 90th birthday tea. Anamosa Horsemens club trail ride planned in September. McGregor marriage announced Artie Mae McGill and William Sparks.
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J C. Penney Company
Reliance
Penney Company
Granist
Vinton
Marion F. Lange
la Porte City
Lloyd Patterson
Lange
Decorah
Stewart Baker
George Rastatter
L. Dale Ahern
Winneshiek County
Chicago
Robert Klotzbach
Kenneth Woerm
McGregor
Wilbur Cerny
Guttenberg
Waukon
William C. Decker
Orville Davis
Waterloo
Fairbanks
Alaska
Ladies Aid Society
Postville
John Dawe
Kenneth Roth
Food Prices at State Fair Match 1947 Rates
At the Des Moines fair concession stands prices remain unchanged from last year. Floss candy soft drinks peanut popcorn and coffee cost ten cents. hamburgers and foot long hot dogs twenty five cents. ordinary hot dogs twenty cents. baked ham sandwiches thirty five cents. cheese and egg sandwiches twenty cents. full dinners twelve fifty. beer twenty five to thirty cents per bottle. Admission and grand stand prices are the same as last year. Most midway prices also remain unchanged.
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Des Moines
Drowning Toll Rises in Iowa Through July
Des Moines reports 46 drownings in the first seven months, up from 38 a year earlier. Seventeen victims were male and two female, ages 7 to 78, with drownings spread across Des Moines, Dickinson, Dubuque, Johnson, Warren counties and others.
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State Health Department
State Division of Vital Statistics
Dickinson
Dubuque
Johnson and Warren
Adams
Black Hawk
Delaware
Fayette, Lee
Louisa
Monona
Polk
Wapoo
Dubuque County
Johnson County
Iowa City
Polk County
Wapello County
Ottumwa
Charles O Warren Dies at Ottumwa in Iowa
Charles O Warren aged 64, longtime field auditor for the state income tax division, died of a heart ailment late Thursday in Ottumwa. A former Ottumwa mayor, former Wapello County treasurer, and past exalted ruler of the Elks lodge, his funeral will be held Saturday at 2 p.m.
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Ottumwa (Ap
Charles O Warren
State Income Tax Division
Ottumwa
Wapello County
The
Elks Lodge
Eastern Iowans Receive Degrees From Iowa State
A summer class of 257 Iowa State College graduates received degrees in a college gym ceremony presided by Dean Harold V. Gaskill. Six earned doctor of philosophy and 67 master of science degrees. notable graduates include Virginia K. Stauffer and Clair L. Kucera with advanced degrees, and bachelors such as Doris L. Thomson, William C. Cade Jr., Thomas C. McCarthy, and Ernest J. Buresh listed by county and field.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Harold V. Gaskill
Division of Science
Cedar Rapids Graduates Named Across Engineering and Science
A list of graduates from Cedar Rapids shows degrees in civil and electrical engineering mechanical engineering zoology entomology home economics dairy husbandry journalism and industrial economics. Notable names include Milton Valenta Paul Boatman Kathleen Schwanz John Carter Lyall Taylor Robert Lary Marilyn Pritchard Arnold Sears and others.
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Milton FF. Valenta
Paul, M. Boatman
Kathleen ‘B. Schwanz
John P. Carter
Lyall F. Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Robert L. Lary
Youth Admits Firing Stepfather's Bettendorf Home
The 19 year old Robert Lund admitted starting fires at his stepfather's Bettendorf residence three times, causing about 1000 dollars in damage. He was detained in Davenport jail as Sheriff Walter Bease said charges would be filed after consulting the state fire marshal. Lund cited a family quarrel as the motive.
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INS
Robert ‘Lurid
Walter Bease
Bettendorf
Wilbur Heaton
Lund
Clyde Milton
Bease
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