State Safety Post May Go To Bergeson
Des Moines reports name of Rollo H. Bergeson, former Iowa secretary of state, as a leading candidate to become public safety commissioner under Gov. Hoegh. Bergeson would oversee the highway patrol in the restructured Department of Public Safety if appointed. The piece also notes low legislative pay, cost of living impacts on staff, and ongoing debate over the Corn State motto for Iowa license plates.
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Des Moines
Rollo H. Bergeson
Iowa
Pearl W. McMurry
Highway Patrol
Miller
Department of Public Safety
Public Safety
Bergeson
Beardsley
Foss Davis
Men’s Reformatory
Land of Opportunity or Land of Plenty Debate
Readers debate a proposed regional nickname for the area noting previous uses like Land of Opportunity and suggestions such as Land of Plenty. The discussion references local identity and historical echoes without asserting a final choice.
What Cheer Transports General Patrick Crew Lineup
Sfc W Molyneux of What Cheer due in Seattle Tuesday aboard the transport General Patrick from the Far East. Various Iowa notes list moves, illnesses, and events in towns including Martelle Oxford Junction McGregor Onslow North English Chelsea Brandon and nearby areas.
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Sfc
W. Molyneux
Seattle
Far East
Patrick
Two Stores Destroyed In $100,000 Blaze
Damage was estimated at $100,000 after a Monday fire in Algona destroyed Hood's grocery and Finn's bakery. The blaze left two other stores, Harrison variety and the Hub Clothiers, damaged by smoke and water, burning uncontrolled for about 90 minutes.
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Algona
INS
Hood’s
Finn’s
Harrison Variety Store
Hub Clothiers
The Poet of the People Edgar A. Guest tribute
Edgar A. Guest writes on the crowd’s better nature noting more good than bad in people from village to city. The verse praises gentleness kindness pity and love of peace and right over strife asserting more good men than bad in any crowd.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Waukon Girl, 8, Shuns Treats To Aid Polio Fund
An eight year old girl from Waukon donated five dollars and fifty cents saved from ice cream sodas and treats to the March of Dimes campaign in special ceremonies. Mary Lou Burgess, daughter of Mr and Mrs Emmet Burgess, has made this annual donation since she was three after saving Roosevelt dimes. She presented the money to Jack Wadsworth, Allamakee county March of Dimes campaign chairman.
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Waukon
Mary Lou Burgess
Emmet Burgess
Jack Wadsworth
Allamakee County
Locke Completes Mission to Boost Iowa Air Service
DES MOINES AP Gov Hoegh said Norbert Locke completed his Washington mission to aid Iowa's congressional delegation by promoting growth of air transportation facilities. Hoegh emphasized no single airline preference, aiming for general expansion of Iowa air service despite editor and city official criticism of the trip.
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Locke
Iowa Air Service
Des Moines
Hoegh
Iowa Aeronautics
Norbert Locke
Washington
Iowa
Civil Aeronautics Board
Iowa aviation gain eyed in feeder trunk line fight
Communities support the CAB decision from last December that mostly assigned route 106 to trunk line airlines. Locke noted the congressional delegation’s happiness over Hoegh showing interest in Iowa aviation as Hoegh also commented.
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Trunk Line Air Service
Braniff
Trunk Line Airlines
Locke
Congressional
Hoegh
Iowa
No Sale at Creston Courthouse as Bids Rejected
The Union county board of supervisors rejected all bids for the old county courthouse in Creston. The best bid was $6,000 from the city of Creston, but it lacked a required certified check, so sealed bid ads will be reopened next Monday. In Des Moines more than 1,150 Iowa residents enlisted in military service this January, with recruiters noting 1,154 enlistments statewide. A Webster City man, Richard Silver, 24, died from injuries suffered in a truck collision in Kansas. In Polk County the Mothers March on Polio raised about $29,000, with nine thousand women aiding door-to-door solicitation.
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Union County Board of Supervisors
Creston
Webster City
Richard Silver
Kansas
Polk County
Novak and Jones Propose Iowa Highway Control Bill
Special to The Gazette Des Moines lawmakers Neil E. Johns and Emil L. Novak introduce a bill to give cities towns and highway authorities power to plan controlled access for interstate highways. The measure cites the Bureau of Public Roads policy seeking freeway like access via legislative action or frontage roads.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Neil E. Johns
Toledo
Emil L. Novak
Fairfax
Bureau of Public Roads
Girl 10 Struck in Face by Gun Pellet
Des Moines police report a 10 year old girl named Marsha Hunt was struck just above the eye by a BB pellet while playing at a neighbor’s home. The shooter, eight year old David Walters, said he did not know the gun was loaded and the weapon was confiscated.
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Des Moines
INS
Blank Memorial Hospital
Marsha Hunt
W. H. Hunt
David Walters
Rites Wednesday For E. R. Ristine
Funeral services for E. R. Ristine 101 former Cornell college business manager will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Mt. Vernon Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Merton B. Green. Burial in Mt. Vernon cemetery. The body lies at Johnston-Morgan funeral home after 5 p.m. Tuesday. A Ristine memorial fund for hearing instruments was started Tuesday. He died Sunday night at Friendship Haven Fort Dodge after a brief illness. He was born in Olin and joined Cornell in 1891, later serving as bookkeeper and business manager. He earned a BS in 1896 and an MS in 1900 from Cornell and Chicago. He observed his 100th birthday during the Cornell centennial in 1953. He had lived at the Fort Dodge home since 1953.
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MT. Vernon
E. R. Ristine
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon Methodist Church
Merton B. Green
Green
Johnston - Morgan Funeral Home
Mt. Ver
Ristine
Cornell
Friendship Haven
Fort Dodge
Olin
Chicago University
Stroke Victim Spends 36 Hours in Truck
Filbert Peters, 56, a Heuer Truck Lines driver from Marshalltown, was found in his truck after more than 36 hours with a stroke. He was unable to alert others and remained inside the vehicle at a used car lot until Monday morning, then transported to a hospital in fair condition.
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Spencer
Marshalltown
Filbert Peters
Heuer
H and N Chevrolet Company
Notice of Will Hearing in Linn County Iowa
Notice is given that on February 1955 at 9 00 A M in the District Court Cedar Rapids will hear proof and admission of the last Will and Testament of Luke M McKernan late of Linn County deceased for probate. Clinton Fe Shaeffer attorney Arthur Axmear Clerk District Court Cedar Rapids Iowa January
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State of
Iowa
Linn
Luke M. McKernan
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Rites for Ernest Fay At Moline Wednesday
Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Ernest L. Fay 66 longtime Deere quality control chief and 36 year John Deere member. Born Independence Iowa 1889 he worked at Waterloo Gasoline Engine 1910 and joined Deere after its 1918 purchase. Surviving wife two sons and a sister.
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Moline
INS
Ernest L. Fay
Quality Control Department
Deere and Company
John Deere
Independence
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Deere
Waterloo
Des Moines Police Raid Three Taverns
Des Moines police and vice squad raided Pete's tavern owned by Gasper J. Anania amid a Monday night operation. Anania was released on bond after being charged with keeping liquor where beer is sold. Two other establishments, T and S Buffet and Don's tavern, were found to hold federal retail liquor stamps but had no liquor on the premises.
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DES Moines
INS
Vice Squad
Gasper J. Anania
Charles S. Cooter
T and S Buffet
Des Moines Woman Perishes in One Room House Fire
Mrs. Frank Lampkin aged 45 was burned to death Monday night when fire swept through her one room frame house in Des Moines. Her husband was at a neighbor's home watching TV and saw the blaze. Firemen suspected the stove as the ignition source. The interior and roof were destroyed and part of a wall collapsed. The neighbor's house caught fire but was saved with minor damage.
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Des Moines
Frank Lampkin
Appointment Notice of Executor in Linn County Iowa
Notice is given that Milton Buresh has been appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of Yaroslav Yresh, deceased, in Linn County Iowa. Debts owed should be paid to the undersigned, and all claims against the estate must be filed with the Clerk of Linn County District Court. Kubicek Novak Kubicek attorneys.
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Notics
Tove
Linn County
Yaroslav Uresh
Iowa
Iowa Manager Wanted for Direct Sales Position
Iowa advertisement seeks a manager with a proven direct-to-home selling record and leadership of 10 or more staff. No investment required with a guaranteed income plan for the right person. Brand new stainless steel flatware offered by a nationally rated company. Write or wire Beckwith, VP Home DRE RATOS, INC Newark, New York State.
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Iowa
Beckwith
Home Dre Ratos, Inc
Newark
New York State
Dr John R Mott Dies in Florida at 89
Dr John R Mott Nobel laureate of 1946 died in his winter home in Orlando Florida at age 89 He spent early years in Postville Iowa and visited the town last August after a world church meeting in Evanston Illinois A longtime YMCA leader he served as general secretary of the National Council and International Committee later becoming honorary life president of the World Alliance of YMCA Born in Sullivan County New York he moved to Postville as a boy, attended Postville Schools and Upper Iowa University in Fayette
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Postville
Orlando
Fla
Dr. Mott
National Council and International Committee
YMCA
World's Alliance of Ymca
Sullivan County
New York
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
School dismissed at Wadena No Heat
School children in Wadena enjoy an unscheduled vacation after officials say the heating plant is out of order and there will be no classes until further notice.
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Wadena
Heart Demands High Oxygen During Violent Exercise
During intense exercise the heart consumes as much oxygen for its own needs as the body would at rest. This shows the heart’s heavy metabolic load during strenuous activity and explains fatigue when oxygen supply lags.
What is the Stock Exchange and how does it work
A Reader’s Q and answer explain the New York Stock Exchange as a national marketplace where stocks are bought and sold through brokers on the floor. Prices arise from open bidding under Exchange rules, with transactions published promptly. Only about 1,200 to 1,400 companies meet listing criteria, requiring broad ownership and annual financial reporting. The piece invites readers to visit New York’s exchange and find local broker offices across the country for investing help.
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The
Stock Exchange
California
Exchange
Maine
America
New York
P.O
N. Y
N.Y
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