More Alumni Groups Plan Iowa Rallies
Special to The Gazette Iowa City more alumni groups plan dinners and meetings for the University of Iowa centennial with events on February 25 or near that date. Cities listed include Los Angeles Kansas City Philadelphia Boone Grinnell Kenosha and Racine Wis. An 18 page brochure The First Century at the University of Iowa will be mailed to Iowa newspapers and alumni clubs. The centennial opening event and dinner are Feb 25 with WSUI listeners expected for the broadcast.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Boone
Grinnell
Kenosha
Racine
Wis
University News Service
Iowa
WSUI
County Home Inmate Killed by Train Near Des Moines
Edward W. Beaver about 70 a Polk County Home resident was killed Monday afternoon when he stepped into the path of a North Western freight train. Coroner A. E. Shaw said he was walking south on a railroad siding east of the home just before the collision.
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Des Moines
INS
Edward W. Beaver
Polk County
North Western
A. E. Shaw
Four-County Schoolmasters Club Planned in Postville
Schoolmasters from Allamakee Winneshiek Fayette and Clayton counties will meet in Postville on Thursday night to form a four county schoolmasters club.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Fayette
Clayton Counties
Postville
Profitable Deal With Greyhounds Leaves Twins Rich
Russell and Kenneth Grove of near Marietta Indiana sold two greyhounds for 75 dollars to a passerby headed to Colorado. The dogs returned home worn and starved, yet the boys still possess both dogs and the money and seek to contact the buyer.
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Marshalltown
Russell
Kenneth Grove
Marietta
Colorado
$1,500 Music Scholarship Offered by Des Moines Leader
Des Moines reports a $1,500 music scholarship funded by Paul LaValle and the Iowa Federation of Music Clubs. State auditions align with Drake university student musician contest on March 1, with a district audition on March 15 and NY judging. The three year training fund targets a financially needy student who may pick the school and instructor and perform as a soloist on a national network.
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Des Moines
Paul LaValle
Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Drake University
Drake
New York
LaValle
Ruth Emmert
Woodlawn
Waukon Man Must Serve Delayed Jail Term
William Lee of Waukon, fined $300 in district court last October for a drunken driving charge, must serve a delayed jail sentence after failing to make the monthly installments on the fine.
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Waukon
William Lee
Former Night Club Owners Lose Appeals
The Iowa supreme court ruled against two Des Moines night club operators. Pete Rand must serve six months and pay a $1,000 fine for contempt of a liquor injunction issued in 1928. Johnnie Critelli remains jailed on a three year sentence for a liquor charge and a pad locking injunction stands against his Harding road club. The court said Judge Morrow could issue a similar injunction but should have added a $600 mulct tax in the decree.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Supreme Court
Pete Rand
Johnnie Critelli
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Rand
Lou Ladd
Mainliner Club
Critelli
Harding Road
Locust Street
Supreme Court
Tom Morrow
High Court
Morrow
Feb 20 Play Contest Deadline at Iowa U
Directors planning to enter the state play production festival at the University of Iowa must secure approval by Feb 20 from the general committee on their play selections. Directors choose a one act from the festival bulletin list for April presentation. All casts must enroll by March with Bruce E. Mahan as extension division director. The dramatic art department will supply new special scenery for all casts.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Bruce E. Mahan
Dramatic Art Department
Veteran Railroader Dies at Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge reports the death of T. H. Sullivan 87 a retired Illinois Central Iowa division superintendent after a long illness He began as a waterboy in 1875 and served 55 years with the railroad He retired in 1930 five daughters survive A note adds a two ounce hen egg converts to about six ounces of transformed feed.
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Fort Dodge
T. H. Sullivan
Iowa
Illinois Central System
Railroad
Lone Ballot Decides A School Election
A lone voter in snow cast the deciding ballot in Vinton last Friday, granting 1 480 acres from Mt. Auburn to Vinton Consolidated by a 1 to 0 vote. Eight or nine area residents vote turnout noted by Miss Ella Mehlhouse. Vinton residents approved annexation 59 to 5. Polls were open noon to 7 p.m. On January 14 Mt. Auburn rejected joining Vinton.
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Vinton
Mt. Auburn Independent
Vinton Consolidated
Ella Mehlhouse
Benton County
Mt. Auburn
Iowa Deaths Garrison-Services for Robert E. Overman
Notices from Iowa reflect multiple obituaries and funeral services across towns Hometown Garrison Decorah Tipton Oelwein On Sunday in Vinton hospital Robert E Overman aged 81 a carpenter born in West Virginia August 12 1865 died Survivors include wife Victoria Ellifritz and daughter Laura Overman Services were held at the family home and burial followed in Garrison cemetery. Other notices mention Miss Sarah Anderson Viken 80 long time Winneshiek County resident buried in Lutheran Cemetery Decorah Edith Hoffman 83 a Winneshiek County native died in Des Moines and was moved to Decorah for burial in Phelps Cemetery Minott C Praine former Tipton resident died at his Oak Park Illinois home burial in Tipton Masonic Cemetery Tommy Gott seven year old son of Rex Gott died in Iowa City burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Garrison
Robert E. Overman
Vinton
Garrison Cemetery
West Virginia
Victoria Ellifritz
Laura Overman
Decorah
Sarah Anderson Viken
Winneshiek County
Decorah Lutheran Church
Lutheran Cemetery
Edith Hoffman
Des Moines
Christian Science Chapel
Phelps Cemetery
William Knowlton
Tipton
Minott C. Praine
Oak Park
Ill
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Ae Geraldine Memler
Iowa Cty
Oclwein
Tommy Gott
Rex Gott
Iowa City
Sacred Heart School
M. W. Roark
Oelwein
Hintz
Woodlawn
Duke Wandling Dies Wire Chief at Marengo
MARENGO R D Duke Wandling 44 wire chief for Central Iowa Telephone Company here and a 25 year employee died Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital Surviving are his wife Margaret Naughton Wandling four daughters Kathleen Helen Lucille and Peggy Sue all at home three brothers Harold Des Moines Clarence and Paul Marengo and a sister Mrs Elsie Donahue Waterloo Funeral arrangements are pending
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Marengo
R. D
Government Report Sees Strong Farm Outlook for Spring
The agriculture department reports farmers are positioned to sustain high production this year though January cold and blizzards damaged southern citrus and truck crops. Egg production hit a January record while milk output stayed near the 1945 peak. Winter wheat prospects remain strong despite soil blowing in the Plains.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Burmeister Couple Celebrate 55th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Charles Burmeister marked their fifty fifth wedding anniversary with a family dinner. They share four children six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Dysart
Charles Burmeister
Veterans Seek Delay on Bonus Law in Legislature
Thirty World War II veterans in Marshalltown sent a petition to the state legislature on Tuesday asking that no veterans bonus law be enacted this session. They stated they act as individuals not as part of any veterans group and argued a state bonus would be a tax burden on veterans and would not compensate them for their services.
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Marshalltown
Barber Joseph Toland Found Unconscious in Freezing Driveway
Joseph Toland a 56 year old barber was found unconscious in a driveway south of the post office by William Flynn a post office employee. He was rushed to Mercy hospital where doctors found his arms hands feet and legs were frostbitten with freezing injuries.
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Oelwein
Joseph Toland
William Flynn
Post Office
Mercy Hospital
Lethal Gas Bill Faces Iowa Legislature Debate
Des Moines AP A House judiciary committee recommended passage of a bill to replace hanging with lethal gas for capital punishment and to establish a gas chamber at Fort Madison state penitentiary. The measure, by Rep Harold F Nelson, also proposed metal tabs on next year’s vehicle plates due to steel shortages. The committee’s chair is Rep Albert Steinberg. Also introduced were bills to create a state legislative council modeled after Kansas, with nine House members, six senators, and a research director who would become law librarian.
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DES Moines
Iowa
House
Judiciary Committee
Harold F. Nelson
Sioux City
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Albert Steinberg
Rames
Ames
Carl A Anderson
Swedesburg
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