Two Killed in Davenport Party Crash
Two 20 year old Davenport men William Block and Frank Stevenson died when their car collided with a Des Moines truck at the U.S. 6 and 61 junction near Davenport. Five others were injured, including Nancy Stock and Eileen Weir, all from Davenport, plus the truck driver Clarence Fullam of Des Moines.
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Davenport
William Block
Frank Stevenson
Stevenson
Clarence Fullam
Des Moines
Mercy Hospital
Eileen Weir
Arthur Sears
Suzanne Mueller
Nancy Stock
Pleasant Valley
Black
Safety Council May Be Revived in Iowa
Gov elect William S Beardsley favors reviving the Iowa State Safety Council to promote safety across home farm school and industry with highway safety as a leading goal. The 1935 organization has been inactive four years and would see leadership from Harry C Brown and possibly W Earl Hall.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Iowa State Safety Council
Beardsley
Harry C. Brown
Mason City
W. Earl Hall
Mason City Globe Gazette
Explosion Blows Out Restaurant Windows in Rock Island
Two people escaped injury when a kerosene drum fire in an abandoned tunnel near the Rock Island Lines restaurant caused an explosion. Windows blew out and the blast shook the area five blocks away. The cooks Opal Nelson and Betty Smoot were unharmed.
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Rock Island
Rock Island Lines
Opal Nelson
Betty Smoot
December Liquor Sales Near 1947 Levels in Iowa
Des Moines AP reports Iowa Liquor Control Commission chairman George Scott says sales through the state store system in the first two weeks of December are about the same as December 1947 and higher than expected. Stores will close early on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve to allow staff holiday time, reopening normal hours later.
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Des Moines
George Scott
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Scott
Tama Vet Home with Spanish-French Wife
Special to The Gazette. Sgt. Foster J. Hofer and his wife Maria Gonzalez Hofer and their son Roy will spend 30 days in Tama with his father Frank Hofer. Hofer was stationed in Panama Canal Zone and will report Jan. 22 at Fort Dix. Mrs. Hofer, born in Paris, has roots in Colombia and France and plans a beauty salon in the East after settling at Fort Dix. Roy, 4, was adopted by Sgt. Hofer.
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Tama
Foster J. Hofer
Roy
Frank Hofer
Fort Gulick
Panama Canal Zone
Sgt
Hofer
Fort Dix
N. J
Maria Gonzalez
San Bernardo
Colombia
South America
Pablo Gonzalez
Gonzalez Coffee Corporation
Bogota
Paris
Barcelona
Spain
New York City
Astor Hotel
Sgt. Hofer
Iowa
Virginia
Pacific
University Hospitals Release 77 Patients
Supt. Gerhard Hartman says 77 patients were discharged Thursday to homes across Iowa. Hospitals aim to release those for whom travel home for Christmas would not be detrimental.
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Iowa City
Gerhard Hartman
University Hospitals
Hartman
West Union Brothers Stricken by Polio
IOWA CITY AP two West Union brothers Gerald Cook aged 26 and Robert Cook aged 23 were added Thursday to the active polio cases at university hospital. Six cases are under treatment. Both brothers are in fair condition and were admitted Tuesday.
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Iowa City
West Union Brothers
University Hospital
Gerald Cook
Robert Cook
Gifts Presented to Blue Beardsley in Christmas Ceremony
In Des Moines state house employees gave Gov. Robert D. Blue a deep freez e unit and Gov. elect William Beardsley a set of luggage for Christmas. State Treasurer John M Grimes made the presentation.
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Des Moines
Statehouse
Robert D. Blue
William Beardsley
John M Grimes
Clinton Raising Fund for Family
Community members contribute to a relief fund after a fire destroyed the Bousman family home. Elks lodge plans food and clothing baskets while the Junior Chamber of Commerce coordinates cash gifts for furniture and essentials for Harold and Mrs Bousman and their relatives.
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Associated Press
Dale Bousman
Clinton
Dale
Tommy
Santa Claus
Harold Bousman
The
Elks Lodge
Gunman Beats Taxi Driver and Steals Cab
Police seek state help to locate a stolen yellow 1946 sedan taxi driven by a gunman who beat Floyd H. Brotherson of Clinton and fired two or three shots near DeWitt before fleeing toward Cedar Rapids. Brotherson was treated for head injuries.
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Clinton
DeWitt
Floyd H. Brotherson
Cedar Rapids
Becker Declared Ineligible for Office as Constable
Des Moines AP Becker of Independence Buchanan county won a write in election for Washington township constable but is ruled ineligible by the attorney general. Investigators found Becker was convicted December 8 1938 on two counts of violating federal liquor laws. The opinion cites the conviction as an infamous crime making him ineligible for public office.
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DES Moines
Henry C. Becker
Independence
Washington Township
Buchanan County
Allen Smith
Becker
Smith
Don Hise
Newly Elected Masonic Lodge Officers Named
Shellsburg announces its newly elected lodge officers Wor shipful master Kenneth Hagan senior warden Cornelius Voehl junior warden Charles Hagan secretary Russell Shomler treasurer Everett Elson and trustee W J Beatty for the term.
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Shellsburg
Masonic Lodge
Kenneth Hagan
Cornelius Voehl
Charles Hagan
Russell Shomler
Everett Elson
W. J. Beatty
Probate Notice for Will in Linn County Iowa
Notice of probate hearing for the last will and testament of B. Drahos, deceased, in the District Court at Cedar Rapids Iowa. Hearing set for 9:00 AM on the 27th day of December 1948. Arthur Axmear, Clerk by Court Kubicek Novak Kubicek Attorneys.
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Iowa
Linn Gounts
District Court
Drahos
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Cedar
Arthur Axmear
Kubicek, Novak & Kubicek
Attorneys
Gifts to University of Iowa total 7000 approved
The state education board finance committee accepted 7000 in gifts for the University of Iowa. A 6000 donation came from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to support work under Dr. H M Hines in physiology, part of a 30000 grant from 1945. An additional 1000 from Frederick Oliver Thompson funds geology work under Prof. A K Miller to complete a report on fossils from a 1947 Baffin island expedition.
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Iowa City
State Board of Education
University of Iowa
National Foundation For
H. M. Hines
Frederick Oliver Thompson
Des Moines
A. K. Miller
Miller
Baffin Island
Iowa Hospitals face state licensing under new rules
About 150 Iowa hospitals must obtain licenses from the state health department starting December 31. The program, tied to federal community hospital development, aims to spur $20 million in new facilities by 1952. Initial fees vary by bed count, with renewals at $10 annually. nursing homes also require licenses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Health Department
Hospital Licensing Board
Quarters at State Fairgrounds Reassigned for New Use
Des Moines AP reports the former quarters of the state aeronautics commission at the state fairgrounds will be repurposed for a new facility. Details on the new occupant or timeline were not provided in the excerpt.
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DES Moines
The
State Aeronautics Commission
State Fairgrounds
World War II Bonus Board Opens Office
The temporary World War II bonus board offices will open January 2 with Secretary Ed Kailemyn and a small staff starting operations.
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Ed Kailemyn
Tragic Death When Boy Climbed Onto Truck Cab
In Ottumwa, three year old Emmerson Aalsburg was crushed to death when his father Tunis Aalsburg started the truck with the child on the cab. He reportedly climbed up just before the movement and was crushed between the cab top and the garage door.
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Ottumwa
Emmerson Aalsburg
Emmerson
Tunis Aalsburg
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