Wilson Defends Lilienthal Stand On AEC Chair Vote
Senator George Wilson of Iowa criticized rumors and prejudice in the Lilienthal confirmation fight for AEC chairman. He said his vote will reflect the record and warned the Senate should not seize presidential appointment prerogatives. Wilson favors near-universal confirmation of presidential choices.
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Washington
George Wilson
Iowa
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Wilson
Senate
Lilienthal
Commission
Springville Couple Celebrates 64 Years of Marriage
Mr and Mrs J C Patten marked their sixty fourth wedding anniversary. He was born in Ohio in 1862 and moved to Iowa in 1865, she in Wisconsin in 1861 and came to Iowa at age nine. They wed in Central City and are parents to Roy Patten of Central City and Jay Patten of Springville.
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the Gazette
Springville
J. C. Patten
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Ohio
Iowa
Mrs. Patten
Wisconsin
Central City
Pattens
Roy Patten
Jay Patten
Solon couple marks golden wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Benish celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Sunday. Dinner was served to 35 relatives and friends. The Benish children include Mrs. John Etter and Mrs. Walter Steadman and Mrs. Lester Chittick of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. William Mason and Frank Benish of Tipton, and George, Charles and Edward Benish of Solon.
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Solon
Joseph Benish
Benish
John Etter
Walter Steadman
Lester Chittick
Cedar Rapids
William Mason
Frank Benish
Tipton
George
Charles
Edward Benish
H B Hough 78 Dies at Oelwein
H B Hough 78 dies in Oelwein after residing there since 1914. Funeral set 2:30 p m Saturday at the Presbyterian Church with burial in Woodlawn cemetery. He was a former livestock buyer, a 1932 33 state representative, and served on the Oelwein school board and county social welfare board, active in the Democratic party. Survived by wife a daughter Mrs Richard Bernhart a brother Fred Hough and two grandchildren, all of Oelwein. Body at Hintz funeral home.
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H. B. Hough
Theresbyterian Church
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Fred Hough
Hintz Funeral Home
Harry Goodrich Rites In Iowa City Saturday
Special to The Gazette Iowa City Services for Harry Goodrich 67 owner of the Washington hotel who died of a heart ailment Wednesday will be held Saturday in Beckmans mortuary Burial will be in Oakland cemetery Born at Richland in 1879 he was prominent for several years in state YMCA work A graduate of Iowa Wesleyan college he came to Iowa City in 1941 He is survived by his wife Stella Gutherie Goodrich his stepmother Mrs Elmira J Good and a sister Mrs Elmer J Lindhart both of Humboldt and two sons.
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Iowa City
Harry Goodrich
Washington Hotel
Beckman
Oakland Cemetery
Richland
State Y.M.C.A. Work
Iowa Wesleyan College
Stella Gutherie Goodrich
Elmira J. Good
Elmer J. Lindhart
Humboldt
Iowa Marriages and Engagements Michigan? No.
Waukon pharmacist mate John J. Eckert son of Mr and Mrs John Eckert of Waukon wed Dora Cooke of Bremerton Washington in Bremer ton February 20. Decorah Arlawayne Doerr daughter of Mr and Mrs John E Doerr and Virgel Rosendahl son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Rosendahl will marry at the First Lutheran church Sunday evening.
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John J. Eckert
John Eckert
Dora Cooke
Bremerton
Wash
Decorah
Arlawayne Doerr
John E. Doerr
Virgel Rosendahl
Alfred Rosendahl
Lions Club Dixieland Minstrel Show at West Union
Rehearsals are under way for the Lions club third annual Dixieland minstrel show to be held in the high school auditorium next Wednesday and Thursday nights. DeMarion D. Fennell directs the show with Miss Barbara Kamm as musician. Executive staff includes A. J. Morris H. F. Gaertner E. R. Ballard and John Graham. Orville Saboe is stage manager, Howard Wendland stage electrician, and Dr J. M. Tate Fleet Frieden plan the costumes.
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West Union
Pickart Penalized For Gambling Charge
Clyde Pickart, Watkins tavern owner, ordered by Judge B F Thomas to pay a suspended 200 fine on a 1943 gambling house charge. Pickart was arrested again after a tavern raid yielded two slot machines.
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Vinton
Clyde Pickart
Watkins
B. F. Thomas
Pickart
Surplus Iowa Potatoes Sold as Livestock Feed
In Des Moines the government offers surplus Iowa potatoes for sale as livestock feed at a penny per hundredweight. About 1,500 bushels were sold last month across six counties with purple dye to prevent diversion to markets. Potatoes from the 1946 late crop, stored under a loan program, include both forfeited stock and direct purchases.
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Des Moines
Alvin J. Cook
Kossuth
Emmet
Worth
Baneoee
Winnebago
Buena Ista
AAA
U.S No. 1
Cook
Louisiana
Belle Plaine Youth Held as Deserter
An 18 year old Belle Plaine youth Pvt L A White confessed to desertion. He left Boca Raton Florida Labor Day and did not return. He lived two months in Arcadia Florida before reaching Iowa City where authorities detained him.
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Iowa City
INS
Belle Plaine
Pvt. L. A. White
Boca Raton
Fla
White
Arcadia
New Dean of Studies Named at Loras College
The Rev. Norbert C. Barrett has been appointed dean of studies at Loras College in Dubuque. He succeeds the Rev. Francis Houlahan who becomes director of the Midwest branch of the Catholic University of America summer session in Washington DC.
Marshalltown Pilot Missing in Alaska Flight
AP reports Captain Kenneth W. La Frentz, navigator of an army B-29, missing in Alaska since Monday with 13 crew members. He is a son of Mr and Mrs George La Frentz of Marshalltown. His wife resides in San Antonio.
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Kenneth W. la Frentz
Alaska
George la Frentz
San Antonio
Refund Checks To Reach Iowa City Gas Users
Refund checks totaling 14500 will be received by more than 5500 gas users in Iowa City after a court ruling found Colorado Interstate Gas charged excessive rates. The company supplies part of the gas piped into Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Colorado Interstate Gas Company
Triplets Born to Veteran's Wife in Council Bluffs
Mrs Betty Lorimer wife of Bartlett Ia farmer welcomed two girls and a boy as triplets on Thursday. The infants weighed 4 pounds 8 ounces 5 pounds 10 ounces and 6 pounds 4 3 4 ounces. The Lorimers also have a six and a half year old son Patrick. Lorimer is an Army Air Forces veteran.
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Betty Lorimer
Bartlett
Ellis Smith
Lorimer
Lorimors
Patrick
Lorimor
Man Tossed from Car Dies of Pneumonia in Davenport
Howard Young aged 51 of Davenport died from pneumonia after being thrown from a speeding car on Feb 16. He and Irene Hanley 42 were picked up by a youth who offered a ride to a tavern outside the city. Young suffered broken ribs and a fractured leg and died late Thursday. Hanley was treated for shock and exposure and released.
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Howard Young
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Irene Hanley
Hanley
Arnall Critiques Big Business At Iowa Forum
DES MOINES INS Ellis Arnall former Georgia governor urged a free market open to the little man at a 2 500 person audience He warned against Congress exempting firms from anti trust laws Arnall laid out four needs for national growth better education health decentralization of industry and a public works program He backed fair employment legislation without racial focus and avoided discussing a presidential bid
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Georgia
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Congress
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Herman Talmadge
America
Mrs Jolas to Perform Recital at Cornell King Memorial Chapel
Mrs Jaques Jolas, assistant professor of piano at Cornell College, will give a 4 p.m. Sunday recital in King Memorial chapel. Her program includes a new piece from her husband, a set titled Childhood. Jolas gained prominence as a co author of My Songs, a book on Negro spirituals with Roland Hayes, who has used their works in his national recitals. The public is invited.
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Jaques Jolas
Cornell College
King Memorial Chapel
Jolas
Roland Hayes
Hayes
Cornell
Federal Works Agency seeks bids for Cedar Rapids driveway
Sealed bids in triplicate will be received at the Public Buildings Administration in Kansas City until 2 p.m. March 17, 1947 for furnishing materials and performing work on a new driveway at the S P O Cedar Rapids Iowa. Bids follow PB DIV-5 dated March 6 1946 with general conditions and addendum May 15 1944. Specifications may be obtained from the custodian of public data or the Office of the Division Engineer Ralph L Warren Assistant Division Engineer.
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Public Buildings Administration
Fidelity Building
Kansas City
Missouri
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ralph L. Warren
Foxes Leaving Iowa Linked to High Wisconsin Bounties
Prairie du Chien veteran trapper Bill Messling reports a notable fox migration from northeast Iowa to Wisconsin across the Mississippi. He cites Wisconsin bounty incentives of 2.50 dollars plus local additions driving river counties to trap, noting he trapped 100 foxes this winter and 700 last season. He says profits are slim unless the $5 total bounty boosts trapping.
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the Gazette
Mcgregor
Mississippi River
Iowa
Wisconsin
Bill Messling
Prairie du Chien
Messling
Ernest
Minister at Marengo Accepts New Charge
The Rev. Theo Rottman, pastor of St. John's Lutheran church for 16 years in Marengo, will move to St. Paul's Lutheran church in Delaware, Iowa. He serves as vice-president of the Lutheran Home for the Aged Association, chairs the synod constitution committee, and is district representative for Valparaiso University. He has been a circuit visitor across southern central Iowa and active in Marengo adult night school. Mrs. Rottman participates in Marengo music circles.
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Theo Rottman
St. John’s Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Delaware
Rottman
Lutheran Home For the Aged Association
Synod
Valparaiso University
Iowa
Woman Bank Robber Given Life Sentence
Des Moines, Opal Dixon, 35, dubbed the syringe robber, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state women's reformatory at Rockwell City after a Des Moines Bank and Trust robbery. Judge Russell Jordan overruled a defense motion for a new trial, and Dixon, mute except for one word, faced parole risks and potential commutation. Her two daughters attended, and she was escorted to Rockwell City by county deputies. Dixon admitted a prior $582 heist in St Louis.
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Des Moines
Opal Dixon
Des Moines Bank and Trust Company
Russell Jordan
State Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Jordan
Ray Hawke
Dixon
State Board of Parole
West Union Citizens Club to hold annual meeting
West Union The Citizens club will hold its annual meeting and election of officers in the First Methodist church Monday night. Dinner will be served by the women of the church.
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Citizens Club
First Methodist Church
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