Iowa Labor Force Seen Declining 1940 to 1950
Washington AP reports the U S Labor Review predicts Iowa will lose about 22 000 workers from 1940 to 1950 while national labor forces grow from 55 million to 62 million Moving wartime gains in Iowa labor are seen as temporary due to emigration to industrial areas and mechanization reducing farm labor need The study cites 209 000 entrants to the Iowa labor force during war and 98 000 outward movers leaving net loss due to farming state dynamics The department notes Iowa was chosen as a typical farming state likely to shed workers to industrial centers
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Iowa
U.S. Department of Labor
Labor Review
Lester M. Pearlman
Leonard Eskin
Department of Labor
Labor Department
Doctor William Hogle Dies After Heart Attack
Keokuk physician Dr. William Hogle, with 40 years of service, died Sunday night from a heart attack after completing his routine house calls.
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Keokuk
INS
William Hogle
Train Demolishes Car Stalled on Crossing in Mason City
R W Ellis and his four year old daughter escaped injury when Ellis's car stalled on an icy crossing. A freight train bore down, he grabbed his daughter and leapt to safety as the auto was demolished.
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Mason City
R. W Ellis
Ellis
Iowa Engagements and Marriages Noted
Dysart announces the engagement of Isadora Marie Walls to Neil E. Johns with a Feb 2 wedding planned at Genesee Methodist church. Manchester records the marriage of Bretta Muller and Delmar F. Miller at the home of Rev. John J. Smith.
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Dysart
Elmer Walls
Isadora Marie
Neil E. Johns
Walter Lammers
Cedar Rapids
Genesee Methodist Church
Manchester
Bretta Muller
Rath Packing Firm Reports 1946 Sales and Profit
Rath Packing Company Waterloo reports fiscal year ending Nov 2 1946 total sales of 100 300 101 with net profit after tax deductions 2 065 885 or 2 29 per share. Dividends on common stock were 1 40 per share and 805 885 added to earned surplus.
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Waterloo
INS
Rath Packing Company
Man Frozen To Death at Fort Dodge
Associated Press reports a harsh weekend in Iowa with four violent deaths due to the cold. John Ryan aged 75 was found frozen near the Fort Dodge round house after a Saturday night exposure. George Dowell 85 of Washington died after a heart attack while shoveling snow. William Spellman 68 of near Orient died in a sleet bound car crash near Creston. John F Russell 66 of Burlington died as a passenger in an Ottumwa auto. Russell’s grandson and the driver were seriously injured.
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Iowa
John Ryan
Fort Dodge
Illinois Central Roundhouse
George Dowell
Washington
Rock Island Railroad
William Spellman
Near Orient
Creston
Ottumwa
John F. Russell
Burlington
John Snyder
Seaton
Gordon Traul
Russell
Dennis Russell
Snyder
Mrs. James Oliver 73 Dies in Williamsburg
Mrs. James Oliver, 73, longtime Williamsburg school teacher, died Sunday of a heart ailment. A lifelong resident, she belonged to the Eastern Star PEO Progress club and Iowa Presbyterial Association and held church offices. Surviving are her husband a sister and a brother. Services will be held Thursday afternoon at the Presbyterian church.
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Williamsburg
James Oliver
Eastern Star
P.E.O
Progress Club
Iowa Presbyterial Association
Presbyterian Church
Mina Carmichael
Emmett
Idaho
Raymond Ogden
Seattle
Baby Born in Des Moines Receives Medical Attention
Paula Jo Kuhl was born in Des Moines on Sunday. She will receive standard medical care and parental attention from her doctor-parents, Lt. and Mrs. Paul Kuhl. Her father, a navy physician, is stationed at Tientsin China, so he cannot be with her at present.
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Des Moines
Paula Jo Kuhl
Paul Kuhl
Tientsin
China
Recital Recalled of Carrie Bond in Marshalltown 1900
Marshalltown recalls Carrie Jacobs Bond 84 famed composer and entertainer who died Saturday in California. She appeared here in 1900 in a gown made from an old lace curtain and was virtually penniless at the time.
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Marshalltown
Carrie Jacobs Bond
California
Neals Mark 66 Years Together In Keota Photo Studio
Mr. and Mrs. FE E Neal observed their sixty sixth wedding anniversary in Keota Iowa. They were married in 1880 in Washington county and moved to Keota in 1888 where they have run a photo studio now housed in their home. Mrs Neal paints portraits and the couple have two sons Dr Roland Neal and Paul Neal, seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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FE. E. Neal
Neal
Washington County
Neals
Roland Neal
Drury College
Springfield
Two Brothers Reunited with Sister in Davenport
Marion E. Wallace 51 of Alliance Nebraska and George H. Wallace 54 of Waterloo Iowa, separated in 1902, were reunited with their sister in Davenport after Marion found George’s son Lloyd in Ottumwa. George had believed Marion legally dead since 1921. The siblings had last met decades earlier in Minnesota.
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Davenport
Marion E. Wallace
Alliance
Neb
George H. Wallace
Waterloo
Minnesota
George
Davis County
Iowa
Marion
Lloyd
Ottumwa
Notice of First Trust and Savings Bank annual meeting
Notices hereby given that the annual meeting of the shareholders of the First Trust and Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids Iowa for the election of directors and transaction of any business which may come before it will be held on Tuesday January 14 1947 at 3 pm in the banking room F J Dvorak Cashier.
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First Trust and Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
J Dvorak
Operating costs in Iowa schools rise by 2 million
Iowa Taxpayers Association reports operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30 1946 at 24 812 979 up from 22 804 564 in 1945. Excludes bonds interest and capital improvements. City districts with high schools show 22 747 008 in 1946 versus 21 007 144 in 1945. Average per pupil rose from 118 45 to 127 68. Top and bottom districts listed by per pupil cost.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Association
Dubuque
Iowa Falls
Tipton
Emmetsburg
Rockwell City
Carroll
Ida Grove
New Hampton
Cresco
Oelwein
Ralston Purina Buys Davenport Elevator Facility
The Ralston Purina Company of St Louis buys the Davenport elevator of Continental Grain Chicago adjoining its Davenport plant. The 300000 bushel capacity facility was acquired from Davenport Elevator Company in 1939 and Continental will cease operations by late February, said Homer Evans.
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Davenport
Ralston Purina Company of
St. Louis
Continental Grain Company
Chicago
Ralston Purina
Continental
Davenport Elevator Company
Homer Evans
Laff-a-day cartoon lampoons licensing and ownership
A humorous LAFF-A-DAY strip mocks rules about licenses ownership cards and phone numbers. The caption jokes that lacking a license leads to claims of having no telephone number, highlighting bureaucratic absurdity.
Vinton Secures Land Option for City Airport Site
Vinton residents form a committee to buy 160 acres a mile and a half north of the city for an airport. Local business and professional leaders pledge 200 dollars each toward financing. The site awaits approval by the Federal Aeronautics Commission before proceeding.
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Vinton
Federal Aeronautics Commission
Notice of Appoint ment of Executrix
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned on December 28 1946 was appointed and sworn as Executrix of the estate of John Schminkey late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted to said estate must pay promptly. Those having claims against the estate must file them with authentication in the Clerk of Linn County District Court. Josie E Schminkey Executrix. Pred W Hann Attorney.
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Iowa
Linn County
Jonn Schminkey
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