Iowa Couple Keeps 16 Children in Denison Home
Edna and Clarence Ransom raise 16 children with 12 at home in a six room house near the West Boyer river. They cook, butcher, and manage floods and crowding while planning to move to a larger place. The couple rejects adding more, despite praise for family life and steady routines.
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Denison
Edna Ransom
Clarence Ransom
Persia
Ransom
Kenneth
Norma
Carol
Darlyne
Robert
Larry
Tommy
West Boyer
Baptist
Janis
Mrs. Ransom
Diane
Dale
Jimmy
Marvel Ann
1600 on Strike At Charles City
About 1,600 to 1,700 Oliver plant workers in Charles City walked out at 7 a.m. Tuesday after Local 115 of the United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America CIO rejected the company wage offer. The firm also runs plants in Battle Creek South Bend Springfield and Shelbyville. The walkout followed mass meetings Monday night and includes demands for individual plant bargaining and broader company-wide talks.
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Charles City
South Bend
Hobbie
Legion chief blasts Bradley attack as unwarranted
Ralph Stuart of Hampton Iowa state Legion commander called John Stelle’s critique of Gen Omar Bradley and the Veterans Administration uncalled for in every respect He said 99 percent of Legion members in Iowa resent the criticism and defended Bradley who spoke at the Chicago national convention and urged patience as the VA reorganizes over about a year.
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Des Moines
Ralph Stuart
Hampton
Iowa
Legion
Omar Bradley
Veterans Administration
Stuart
Argonne Post
John Stelle
Bradley
Stelle
American Legion
Gen. Bradley
National Legion
Chicago
One Killed Four Injured In Grinnell Area Crash
In fog on highway six east of Grinnell a collision between two autos killed Mrs. Leo Doud and injured four others. Injured were H O Anderson Luella Kennedy Howard Miller and James Maguire. Miller released after treatment. others remained in Grinnell hospitals.
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Anderson
Iowa City
Miller
Grinnell Hospitals
WSUI Creates Iowa City Local News Bureau
The University of Iowa broadcasting station WSUI will host a local news bureau led by Prof. Carl Menzer. The bureau, operating with the school of journalism, will provide seven regular newscasts daily and one exclusive local newscast at 11 a.m., staffed mainly by journalism students and overseen by Dick Yoakum.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
WSUI
Carl Menzer
Menzer
School of Journalism
Dick Yoakum
Davenport Child Killed by Truck
Marilyn Simons five year old daughter of Mrs. Pearl Simons was fatally struck by a truck Monday in Davenport AP reports the tragedy.
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Davenport
Marilyn Simons
Pearl Simons
Medals for Workers In Selective Service
Iowa awards medals in February to 599 registrants who completed at least two years without pay in the selective service prior to last August 31. Gov. Blue will present at five district meetings in Des Moines Iowa City Charles City Storm Lake and Atlantic on February 19 21 23 26 and 28 at 2 PM. Counties represented at the Iowa City event include Buchanan Delaware Benton Linn Dubuque Jones Jackson Iowa Johnson Cedar Keokuk Washington Wapello Jefferson Davis Van Buren Henry Lee Des Moines Louisa Muscatine Scott and Clinton.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
Buchanan
Delaware
Benton
Linn
Dubuque
Jones
Jackson
Iowa
Johnson
Cedar
Keokuk
Washington
Wapello
Jefferson
Davis
van Buren
Henry, Lee
Louisa
Muscatine
Scott
Clinton
Northwest Iowa Press Association to Hold Annual Meeting
POSTVILLE Friday event details unclear but confirms the Northwestern Iowa Press Association will convene its annual gathering in the city. Community members expect speakers and networking.
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Postville
Northwestern Iowa Press Association
Funeral set for Dr Fred H Howard in Strawberry Point
Funeral services for Dr Fred H Howard a country doctor of 60 years will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at Congregational church Strawberry Point led by Rev B H Shaw He died Monday aged 85 86 Born February 6 1860 in Delaware county he began practice in 1885 Surviving two children two brothers a half sister and two grandchildren Burial in Strawberry Point cemetery
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Strawberry Point
Fred H. Howard
B. H. Shaw
Iowa
Howard
Delaware County
Upper Iowa University
Hahnemann Medical College
Chicago
Volga
William H. Howard
Oelwein
Ernest Young
Lyman
Neb
Charles
West Union
Bert
Sacramento
Calif
Mary McNaul
Jonas
Strawberry Point Cemetery
Nacy to Attend Iowa Jackson Day Dinner
Richard R. Nacy executive vice chairman of the Democratic national committee and Missouri state central committee chairman will attend the Iowa Jackson day dinner in Des Moines on February 23, announced Jake More Democratic state chairman.
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Des Moines
Richard R. Nacy
Democratic National Committee
State Central Committee of
Missouri
Iowa
Jake More
Iowa U. to Receive 50 More Temporary Living Units
Iowa City officials announce 50 additional temporary housing units for the University of Iowa from the government. 142 trailers already arrived and are being set up in Hawkeye Village to relieve campus housing shortages as enrollment nears 6,000 in the second semester.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Fred Ambrose
Ambrose
Hawkeye Village
Iowa Athletic Field
Iowa River
Paul Bloomers
University
Wilber J. Teeters
Coralville
League of Women Voters
Senator Hickenlooper Signs Cloture Petition in Senate
Washington AP reports Senator B. B. Hickenlooper of Iowa joined others signing a cloture petition to end the filibuster. Senate President McKellar ruled the petition out of order.
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Washington
B. B. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Senate
McKellar
Helium Discovery Timeline From Sun to Earth
Historical note highlights that helium was first identified in the sun before its detection on Earth, marking a significant sequence in elemental science and solar spectroscopy.
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Earth
Koser to Quit Post as Johnson County Sheriff
Iowa City report notes Sheriff Preston Koser will not seek renomination in the June primaries. Deputy Albert J. Murphy is expected to run but has not decided. Eight incumbents, mostly Democrats, announce re nominations including miller jones jansa love white pechman stahle and mahoney with murphy undecided.
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Iowa City
Preston Koser
Johnson County
Albert J. Murphy
R. Neilson Miller
R. J. Jones
Ed Sulek
Lumir Jansa
Frank Love
Atty
Jack C. White
J. E. Pechman
Board of Supervisors
Marvin Stahle
Robert Mahoney, Jr
Kellogg’s All-Bran praised in unsolicited letter
A nearly 77 year old reader from Indiana extols Kellogg’s All-Bran for daily use over 15 years. The letter urges daily consumption and water intake to relieve constipation, notes its wholesome nature, and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Kellogg’s
Wellman Thrush
Wabash
Indiana
Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Leogee
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