Crossley Doubts Polls Justify Election Forecasts
Archibald Crossley questioned the justification of poll forecasts at the Iowa Conference on Attitude and Opinion Research. He noted small voter margins and stay-at-home effects challenge accuracy, defending sampling methods while urging focus on measuring who will vote. George Gallup joined the discussion at University of Iowa sponsored event.
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Iowa City
Archibald Crossley
Iowa
George Gallup
Crossley
University of Iowa
Coroner delays inquiry into death of Mrs Sievers
Floyd County Coroner Carl Hauser delayed an inquest after sending contents of Mrs Ervin Sievers’ stomach to University of Iowa laboratories for analysis. Sheriff Atherton found no sign of foul play and noted the husband admitted to quarreling and a divorce note.
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Floyd County
Carl Hauser
University Hospital Laboratories
Iowa City
Ervin Sievers
Sievers
Iowa City Laboratories
B F Atherton
Red Cross Official Warns of Likely Spring Floods
OTTUMWA AP A Red Cross official said rapid snowmelt could bring the worst floods in history. Rob McCall Midwest regional director warned at a Southeast Iowa Red Cross leaders meeting after arriving from Nebraska where he led disaster relief. He praised relief efforts but urged readiness for a possibly greater spring disaster.
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Red Cross
Ottumwa
Cascade Pioneers To Celebrate 65th Wedding Anniversary
Cascade couple Paul and Anna Becker mark 65 years of marriage with a 10 am Mass at St Martin’s church in Cascade followed by a 2 to 4 pm open house at the Becker home. He is 91 and she 84. they married February 12, 1884, and have a large family including three sons, five daughters, 10 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren.
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Cascade
Paul Berker
St Martin’s Church
Becker
Anna Sauser
St Mary's Stone
Cascade Cornet
John
James A
Herman J. Becker
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Breen
Monticello
Mary Norberta
B.V.M
Burlington
Dorothy McDonald
Rose
Mary Becker
Move To Repeal Anti-Labor Laws In Iowa Senate
Five Democratic senators introducing two bills would repeal the 1947 anti-labor laws in Iowa. Targeted provisions include bans on closed and union shops and boycotts. House action also features a fair employment practices act to outlaw employment discrimination based on race color creed origin or ancestry.
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Iowa
Senate
Des Moines
INS
A E Augustine
Oskaloosa
Sherman West
Moulton
Burl Ridout
Armstrong
Robert Reilly
Dubuque
F M Roberts
Knoxville
Organized Labor
Senate Labor Committee
House
Ted Sloane
George O'Malley
State Employment Securities Commission
Mrs Stanley Testifies of Taking Way in Fraud Case
Mrs William Stanley, 36, a defendant in a federal fraud trial, testified she took $5600 from each of two farmers after they made romantic advances. The couple, parents of five, face charges of transporting across state lines funds obtained by deception. Other victims testified they were bilked for sums ranging from 2450 to 5600 as the trial neared closing arguments.
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Mason City
William Stanley
Stanley
Stanleys
Curtiss Larson
Kasson
Minn
Legion proposal to aid families for private monuments
The American Legion plan to let families of servicemen receive 25 toward private monuments or head stones will be urged at the Iowa Monument Builders convention in Des Moines next Wednesday and Thursday. Alex Park of Chicago, secretary of the national monument builders organization, will present the matter.
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Chicago
American Legion
Iowa
Imonument Builders
Des Moines
Alex Park
Monument Builders’ National Organization
Farm Boy 8 Killed In Tractor Accident
Rolfe Iowa AP report says eight year old Gary Leadley died after a tractor driven by his father Elmer slid off the road and overturned east of Rolfe. Father and son were pinned for an hour before a motorist found them. Leadley suffered a fractured leg and cuts.
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Rolfe
Gary Leadley
Elmer
Here
Gary
Leadly
Iowa Farmer Killed Climbing Fence Near Adel Farm
Jay Mills aged 60 of a farm five miles northwest of Adel died Thursday when he was found dead after climbing over a fence with a shotgun. Sheriff Evan Burger said Mills was struck in the yard before Cal King and George Mills of Adel visited his home to report his mother ill and discovered the body on the farm.
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Adel
INS
Jay Mills
Evan Burger
Cal King
George Mills
Mills
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