Driver Tells How Airliner Struck Auto
SEATTLE AP Mrs Pearl Stella Jones 33 blind widow mother of a nine year old boy killed when a crashing Alaska Airlines plane struck the car of Ira Von Voklenburg in which she rode. Von Vohlenburg said a plane propeller struck the car lifting it into the air then it rolled on the ground. He kicked a window out to escape and a woman remained in wreckage as an explosion followed. Two other passengers Mr and Mrs J E Johnson of Palmer Alaska were critically injured and their 21 month old boy was killed while en route to New Sharon Iowa to visit Mr Johnsons parents.
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Rural Auto Deaths Show Big Increase
CHICAGO AP The motor vehicle accident death rate among farm people rose 52 percent in two years from 4600 in 1944 to 7000 in 1946. Ned H Dearborn Na Safety Council president warned during a National Association of Radio Farm Directors lunch that all accident deaths among farm residents rose from 62 to 72 per 100000 from 1944 to 1946 and 18500 farm people died in accidents last year with a potential rise to 20000 if trends continue.
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Trial nears end in $5 million stockholders suit
CENTERVILLE AP A trial that has run over a year moved toward completion Monday as final arguments began in a five million dollar stockholders suit against the Iowa Southern Utilities Company.
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Ten Democratic Iowa Legislators Plan Dec 15 Caucus Dinner
Iowa Democratic members of the legislature will meet for a caucus and dinner December 15 in Des Moines, a day before the special legislative session. Chairman Jake More says straw polls show the 10 Democrats hold power on the income tax question and could draft the bill if enacted. He adds the session offers chance to address farm to market road issues highlighted by U.S. Senator George Wilson.
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Mother of Eight Killed When Two Cars Collide
STORY CITY IOWA UP One person was killed and 12 others injured in a head on collision near Story City Sunday night. Mrs Wilmer Jewell of Story City mother of eight children was killed. Her husband 41 driver of one car and a daughter Nancy were seriously injured. The little girl suffered a skull fracture. Seven other Jewell children escaped with minor cuts and bruises. Arlon Nessa 28 Garden City driver of the other car and his wife and daughter Sharon Kay 5 had minor injuries. Ten injured were treated at an Ames hospital and released.
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42 Persons Homeless After Cottages Burn
Fire on Campbell's island in East Moline displaced 42 residents of four cottages along the Mississippi. Relief agencies provided food and shelter as total damages reached about 20000 dollars. Mrs. Mary O'Neill, 52, suffered a fractured ankle while fleeing.
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Blue Wanted 40 000 Home For Governor
Des Moines reports a six to four committee vote excluding Governor Blue from the decision on official governor residences. Blue urged a $40,000 personal choice versus a $27,200 final price, signaling he may not seek office after 1948. Federal funds threats loom over health department merit system and salaries, with a December 15 deadline before a possible special legislative session.
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Iowa
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Executive Council
Health Department
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Hoffman’s Light Herefords Win Carlot Purple Show
Karl Hoffman of Ida Grove Iowa veteran fat cattle exhibitor added another championship to his record as his load of light weight Hereford steers was named champion of the International Livestock Exposition carlot show. His entry topped the under 1050 pound class and Ohio over a strong field including Frazier and Frazier Charleston Ill and John Hubly Mason City Ill. Hugh Morris Ainsworth Iowa won the Shorthorn championship with a first prize 1050 to 1150 pound load and Schmidt Brothers Delmar Iowa led in the light Aberdeen Angus class with J F Mommsen Miles Iowa in third.
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Chicago
Karl Hoffman
Ida Grove
Iowa
Frazier
Charleston
Ill
John Hubly
Mason City
National 4-H Congress Opens in Chicago With Delegates
More than 1,200 delegates attend the 26th annual National 4-H Congress in Chicago. The event runs with the International Livestock Exposition and features breakfasts, luncheons, and dinners for state 4-H winners. Scholarships of 200 dollars are awarded alongside cash prizes for local and national contests. Delegates hail from 47 states plus Hawaii Alaska Canada Brazil Bolivia Panama Uruguay Ecuador China England and Poland. Five British young farmer members attend as guests.
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Uruguay
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Movie Starlet Bride of Jack M. Althouse
Waterloo area friends revealed the marriage of Jack M. Althouse formerly of Waterloo and movie starlet Jane Isbell in Las Vegas New Mexico on Saturday. The couple reportedly honeymooned in Utah where the actress is working on a movie production. Althouse, a World War II veteran, commanded a minesweeper and rose to lieutenant commander. He now lives in Arcadia California with his parents Col and Mrs John L Althouse where he is a public accountant.
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Jack M. Althouse
Jane Isbell
Las Vegas
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Althouse
John L. Althouse
Arcadia
Calif
CIO Favors Doubled Income Tax Deductions
The Iowa Industrial Union Council proposes doubling income tax deductions via a state legislature special session starting December 16. Edward Filliman, state president, said the two day meeting urged the change and sought housing funds via an enabling act for cities counties and states. The committee elected James Hillsinger of Sioux City as chairman and opposed anti closed shop laws.
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Iowa Industrial Union Council
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James Hilsinger
Sioux City
Danbury Farmer Killed in Night Crash near Danbury
Sioux City AP reports Emil P. Jacobsen a 62 year old Danbury farmer died when his car collided with a truck near Danbury Saturday night. His death is listed as the result of the accident with authorities continuing to investigate at the scene.
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Jeffries Gets Second Parole
DES MOINES AP Earl Jef fries 44 one of four men convicted in the 1932 Clinton bank robbery of 106000 was paroled from the Anamosa reformatory for the second time. The four men had life sentences later commuted to 50 years by Gov Hickopper. The others were Leslie Stanley Guy Eddie Morris and Clifford Edwards. The 1932 robbery at City National Bank in Clinton yielded 106000. money was recovered by farmers after being thrown toward a city dump during a pursuit.
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Earl Jeffries
Clinton
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Jeffries
B. B. Hickopper
Leslie Stanley
Guy Eddie Morris
Clifford Edwards
City National Bank of
Springville Musicians To Give Concert Dec 7
The Springville instrumental music department will present a Christmas vesper concert on Sunday Dec 7 at 3 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The senior concert band of 50 pieces will be featured along with two soloists a cornet trio and a French horn quartet. Soloists Adeline Nash and Charles Willming. The cornet trio Davis Johnson Edward DeWees and Gene Peck. The horn artists Edward Willming Laurine Clark Russell Pritchard and Ronnie Weisley. The program will include Christmas and holiday selections.
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Adeline Nash
Charles Willming
Davis Johnson
Edward DeWees
Gene Peck
Edward Willming
Laurine Clark
Russell Pritchard
Ronnie Weisley
Governor to Decide Hofer Fate This Week
Governor Robert D. Blue plans to seek clemency for Louis B. Hofer, 37, facing execution December 10 at Fort Madison. An appeal was filed by prison chaplain H. V. Bongers and attorney A. L. Weasel. Hofer was convicted of killing John Hinz, a foreman at the Anamosa reformatory, on July 12, 1846.
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Robert D. Blue
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S. D
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Louis B. Hofer
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H. V. Bongers
A. L. Weasel
Hofer
John Hinz
Anamosa Reformatory
Prof Charles E Payne Dead at Grinnell
Grinnell mourns Prof Charles E Payne 68 longtime faculty member, Parker chair of European history and former history department chair, author of J B Grinnell biography. Survived by wife Ina and relatives in Terre Haute burial set in Terre Haute with memorial service in college chapel.
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ITA Predicts Iowa Income Tax Rate will stay half rate
The Iowa Taxpayers Association forecast the Iowa legislature will keep the 50 percent income tax rate for at least two years. It expected the flexible plan from the tax study committee to be adopted, making the half rate permanent with possible emergency reinstatement of the 100 percent collection by the executive council.
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Iowa Taxpayers Association
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Association
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Edgar A. Guest The Poet of the People
Poem celebrates Edgar A. Guest as a model for children, noting his imagined youth and moral steadiness. It ponders how a grown person should behave, urging readers to recall their own younger selves and emulate Guest’s gentle conduct and restraint.
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