Centennial Day Hailed By Gov Blue Iowa Proclaims Centennial
Des Moines Iowa Governor Robert D Blue issued a proclamation observing Iowa s Centennial marking 100 years of statehood It highlights the state s heritage industrious people and postwar responsibilities The message reflects gratitude to pioneers and calls for reflection on past achievements and future opportunities Dec 28 anniversary noted and authority cited by the governor.
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Des Moines
INS
Robert D. Blue
Iowa
Canaan
Robert D Blue
State of
Iowa Centennial Day Deliberations Promoting Celebration
A 1946 Iowa Centennial message urges December 28 as a day of celebration and memory. It calls Iowans to reflect on pioneer hardships and achievements and to dedicate themselves to community and state duties, planning collective effort to make Iowa the best place on earth.
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Iowa
Morrell Workers Gain Pay Boost in Two Plants
In Chicago, CIO Packinghouse Workers Union president Ralph Helstein announced a contract with John Morrell and Company giving 4,000 workers at two plants a 10 cent hourly raise, a 74 percent general bump, and a 2 cent geographic increase to align with metropolitan pay. Plants affected are Topeka Kansas with 1,000 workers and Ottumwa Iowa with 3,000. Morrell’s Sioux Falls South Dakota plant is under AFL Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen.
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Chicago
Ralph Helstein
CIO Packinghouse Workers Union
John Morrell and Company
Helstein
Topeka
Kan
Ottumwa
Morrell
Sioux Falls
S. D
AFL
Dr Robbie Granted $6000 Research Grant
Dr Wilber A Robbie, research assistant professor at the University of Iowa college of medicine, received a $6000 grant from the John and Mary Markle Foundation of New York City for research in cellular respiratory metabolism. He is the son of Mrs Myrtle Robbie of Cedar Rapids and a Coe College graduate with MS and PhD from Iowa.
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Iowa
Wilber A. Robbie
University of Iowa College of Medicine
John and Mary R. Markle Foundation
New York City
Robbie
Myrtle Robbie
Twenty-sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
A. C. Robbie
Department of Education
Coe College
Coe
The
University of Iowa
Six Persons Injured At Railroad Crossings
Six people were injured in two separate accidents at railroad crossings in Sioux City Sunday. A family of three sisters and two men were hurt when their car hit a locomotive tender of a Great Northern freight train and were hospitalized. About two hours later a man was injured when his car collided with a Chicago and North Western switch engine, both incidents occurring within city limits.
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Sioux City
Great Northern Railroad
Chicago and North Western
Vet and His British Sweetheart Injured in Iowa Crash
Cyril Albany of Hopkinton and his British sweetheart Audrey Erskin remained hospitalized in Dubuque on Monday after a weekend auto crash that halted their trip home. Albany’s brother met them for the Hopkinton leg, as their vehicle skidded and collided with a car driven by James Becker of Cascade. None of the occupants were seriously hurt.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Cyril Albany
Hopkinton
Audrey Erskin
Albany
James Becker
Cascade
Iowa Marriages in Oxford Junction Wyoming Parsonage
Susan Ing wersen of Anamosa daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Wieneke of Oxford Junction and Lorenz Lorenzen of Monticello son of Mrs C P Lorenzen of Oxford Junction were married Sunday in the Lutheran parsonage at Wyoming.
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Oxford Junction
Susan Ingwersen
Anamosa
Henry Wieneke
Lorenz Lorenzen
Monticello
C. P. Lorenzen
Wyoming
Private services for Mrs. Andrew L. Little
Springville obituary notes the death of Mrs. Andrew L. Little died Saturday afternoon in Linn county. Private services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hunte funeral home. She was a lifelong Linn county resident and is survived by her husband and two grandchildren. The Rebekah lodge will conduct graveside services at Springville cemetery.
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Springville
Andrew L. Little
Hunte
Linn County
Rebekah Lodge
Red Cross Names New West Union Chairman
Everett G. Scott succeeds Carl B. Schoir as chairman of the North Fayette county Red Cross chapter. D. R. Peasley will chair this year’s funds campaign.
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West Union
Everett G. Scott
Carl B. Schoir
North Fayette County
Red Cross
D. R. Peasley
Six Iowans Die In Weekend Accidents
The Associated Press reports six Iowans were killed in a weekend of accidents. Pilot Raymond Langerquist 32 of Essex and Dallas Doty 11 were killed when a low flying plane struck a cornfield near Riverton. Ennis Doty 31 was injured. Lloyd Yoder 43 of Kalona died in a head on collision near Iowa City. William Barth 34 and his sister Bette Jean 25 of Washington injured. George Campen 48 of Wiota died after a fall from a granary. John Gruener 56 of Dakota City died from injuries after a ladder fall.
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Associated Press
Riverton
Raymond Langerquist
Essex
Dallas Doty
Ennis Doty
Hamburg
al Christopher
Fremont County
Langerquist
Doty
Lloyd Yoder
Kalona
Iowa City
Yoder
William J. Barth
Bette Jean
Washington
Barth
Waterloo
William Strauer
Jesup
George Campen
Wiota Farmer
Atlantic Hospital
John Gruener
Dakota City
32 908 Students At Iowa Colleges
Special to The Gazette. Iowa City reports fifteen higher education institutions had 32 908 full time students as of Nov 1, up from 1939 and 1945 figures. University of Iowa housed 9 783, Iowa State 9 274, Iowa State Teachers 2 470, Loras College 1 371, with other schools composing the remainder.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Raymond Walters
University of Cincinnati
School and Society Magazine
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers College
Loras College
Dubuque
Colleges ranked by enrollment figures in Iowa listings
The data lists institutions with enrollments such as Morningside 1023 Grinnell 906 Cornell 818 Coe 803 Luther 656 Dubuque 654 Iowa Wesleyan 483 Central 463 Clarke 419 and Parsons 403, indicating a snapshot of higher education sizes in the region.
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Morningside
Grinnell
Cornell
Coe
Luther
Dubuque
Iowa
Wesleyan
Central
Clarke
Parsons
Former Iowa Convict Held in Minneapolis
Des Moines AP reports Clyde McMurray, 46, a former Polk County sheriff staffer with a 25 year crime record, was held by Minneapolis police after an attempted filling station robbery. He allegedly took 24 dollars before an attendant and a bystander knocked him out. Town records show McMurray served two years in Anamosa reformatory for a prior theft conviction.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Minneapolis
Clyde McMurray
McMurray
Anamosa
Iowa man linked to 1921 whisky thefts and later manslaughter case
A man once implicated in 1921 bonded whisky losses while on sheriff staff departed Minnesota, served time for filling station holdups, then returned to Iowa where in 1942 he received a 10 year sentence at Fort Madison for manslaughter in the death of Des Moines grocer Walter Todd. He was released from the Iowa penitentiary last March.
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Minnesota State Penitentiary
Minnesota
Iowa
Ft. Madison
Walter Todd
Des Moines
Pastor Schroer to sail for Europe from Newport News
The Rev Orville Schroer pastor of St John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church will sail to Europe from Newport News Virginia this week aboard a ship carrying livestock to war stricken regions. His pulpit will be filled in his absence by ordained ministers and seminary students.
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Tipton
Orville] Schroer
St. John's Evangelical and
Vinton Couple Note Fiftieth Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Frank Hudson celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at a family dinner in Vinton. The couple, former Edith Miller, married at Center Point and farmed near Center Point, Walker and Blair towns until 1941, then retired to Vinton. Their children include Marian Barker Phelps Wis Margerie Calvert Nora Springs Zail Hudson Cedar Rapids Elsie Whitney Waterloo and Kenneth Hudson Blairstown. They have 19 grandchildren. Mr Hudson is 73 and a Linn county native. Mrs Hudson is 68 and was born in Urbana.
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Gazette
Vinton
Frank Hudson
Hudson
Edith Miller
Center Point
Walker
Blairstown
Marian Barker
Phelps
Wis
Margerie Calvert
Nora Springs
Zail Hudson
Cedar Rapids
Elsie Whitney
Waterloo
Kenneth Hudson
Mr. Hudson
Linn County
Mrs. Hudson
Urbana
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