Gazette Carrier John Kopecky Jr Ardent Fisherman
Gazette Carrier John Kopecky Jr son of a fisherman balances school with a 76 subscriber route on Second and K streets SW. He plans navy training or electrician work after school while building a 12 foot flat bottom boat with his father for Cedar river fur fishing. his notable catches include a 12 pound mudcat and 12 pound carp. The Kopecky family lives at 1227 K Street SW.
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Gazette
John Kopecky, Jr
Navy
St. Wenceslaus
John
Cedar River
Cedar
Seventh
K Street
Butter State uses substandard road materials in Iowa highways
Iowa's chief engineer John G Butter says substandard materials are used because they are the only available source while seeking cheap road construction methods. He notes 4 438 miles of roads in Town with two or fewer vehicles daily and discusses inter agency highway water control project coordination.
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Des Moines
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John G. Butter
Iowa Highway Commission
Butter
Missouri Dasin Inter- Agency Committee
Iowa
Missouri High Commission
Rex M.whilton
Joe Foss
South Dakota
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Herschel C. Loveless
John Davis
North Dakota
Inter-Agency Committee
McCook
Nebo
Aberdeen
Glacier National
Spark
Mont
St. .Paul
Minn
Five Injured in Center Point Crash
Five people were injured in a two car crash on highway 150 near Center Point at 4 a.m. Thursday. Floyd Johnston and Floyd Benson among hospitalized in Cedar Rapids with serious injuries. Normin Altemeier and Mrs. Glen Baker treated and released. Ground fog cited as a factor.
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Garecce
Center Point
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Johnston
Hamiston
Floyd Benson
Dumont
Stanley Rose
Titanica
Normin Altemeier
Madrin
Glen Baker
Dimes Drive Activity Seen in Eastern Iowa
In Eastern Iowa community reports, Manchester Jaycees host a parchlight night for polio at 7 30 Monday with residents urged to turn on porch lights to guide donations. Tipton firemen conduct a house to house campaign Thursday as part of the annual dime drive and police drive begins at 6 30 pm on Jan 30 per Mrs H. Doug Lass drive chairman.
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Iown
Owa
Manchester
Help Wanted Classified Advertisement Mix
A garbled employment notice from a 1930s gazette seeks a variety of positions from stenographers and office clerks to live-in babysitters and seamstresses. It lists experience needs, references, and box numbers for responses, with numerous typos and scattered contact details.
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Rotice
Bask
Arcepiluk
Retany
Sookreepen
Sears
Scooal
Raf
Larce Ellonal
Opppardy
Aston
Herefarement Co
Tipton
Iowa
Police To Quiz Men On Beating of Girl
West Union Waterloo police plan to question Howard Laswell 48 of Rock Falls Iowa held in jail after a beating of a Waterloo girl age six last week. Laswell was arrested near Fayette Thursday night while hitchhiking to Rochester Minnesota. He claimed he knew details of the beating and had read about it in papers. Officials also report appointment of a town marshal Lloyd Fowler and deputy Ralph Snodgrays in Coggon.
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West Union
Waterloo
Howard Laswell
Rock Falls
Fayette
Principal in Test Placed Off Limits
SAN ANTONIO AP Alir Iman L C Donald Farrell 23 an air force clerk from the Bronx will spend seven days in a space chamber at Randolph base. He was chosen for intelligence and normalcy and will undergo pressure and stress tests simulating a moon flight. Newsmen interviews are restricted to prevent psychological eccentricities.
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Alir Iman
L. C
Donald Farrell
Farrell
Air Force
Bronx
School of Aviation Medicing
Randolph Air Force
Iman
Waverly Woman Dies After Car Crash With Milk Truck
Mrs Bruce Avery 31 of rural Waverly died from internal injuries after a Tuesday crash when her car collided with a milk truck on a country road north of Waverly. Driver James Oberheydner was fined $50 for failing to yield. Mrs Avery is survived by her husband and five children. body at Cleveland's Funeral Home in Waverly.
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Waverly
Bruce
Avery
James Oberhe
Wey
Cleveland
Hospitaldale
Sterilization Not a Cure Says Mental Health Leader
Dr. Q Cromwell state director of mental health warns sterilization is not a solution to mental illness. He urges decisions on state hospital patients rely on institution psychiatrists and scientific data, noting sterilization only if mental illness is hereditary and supported by competent staff. The state Eugenics Board approved 31 sterilizations last year.
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Q. Cromwell
Cranwell
Town Association For Mental Health
State
EU ‘Genics Board
Des Moines
Glen i Wwood
Cromwell
State Eugenics Board
Central City Lodges Install New Officers
Two Central City lodges report new officers with Knights of Pythias listing Harry Benton as chancellor commander and others in roles such as vice commander prelate and secretary. The IOOF section includes Paul Wilcox as noble grand and a slate of officers. A separate Iowa study notes 20 percent turnover in high school superintendents, with 148 of 745 districts changing leaders this year.
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Amerly
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Sweiner Motors
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Urensedt
New Caninmec
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Wie Bartow
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Central City
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Harry Benton
Dan Howe
LeRoy Soukup
Gifford Millard
Norman Henderson
George Brewer
Howard Burton
Louis Montgomery
Rogere Egver
Clarence Rech
L. H. Dennison
Paul Wilcox
Noble Erand
M. C. Sweet
Noland
Winton Goodlove
William Krueger
Elmer Walton
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Lawa
Iowa
Jefferson Davis Captured and Exiled After Civil War
The record notes Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured on May 16 1865 near Irvine ville Georgia after the war. He was imprisoned at Fort Monroe Virginia until May 3 1867 and later lived at Beauvoir near Biloxi Mississippi. He died December 6 1889 in New Grievns Mississippi.
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Irvineville
Fort Monroe
Beauvoir
Gulf of Mexico
Biloxi
Miss
New Grievns
Dee
Accused Bandit Burris Again Tries To Kill Self
Des Moines report says Arthur Lee Burris 23-year-old suspect known as the note writing bandit cut his wrist with a plastic comb in his jail cell. He bled from a cut artery, received a transfusion, and was returned to custody. Sheriff Hildreth plans to seek transfer to closer supervision following a prior attemp. He faces charges for four note robberies and remains jailed on 60 000 bond.
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Des Moines
Arthur Lee Burris
Withur Hildreth
Burris
Hildreth
Buris
Himelf
Heis
Open House Planned at Kalona Home for Aged
Open house at Pleasantview Home for the Aged under construction by local Mennonite churches will run from morning until night. Building committee personnel will conduct tours to show the facility. Occupancy date not announced but expected in a few months.
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Kalona
Pleasantview
Defense position put in focus by senators
The senate preparedness subcommittee warned that Russia leads in missiles and submarines while closing the gap in air power. It urged action, praised bipartisan unity, and framed the issue as a challenge rather than despair.
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Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Senate
C Cairaan
Subcommittee
America
Saul
Priority triage scheme for atomic war injuries proposed
Army nursing supervisor Major Qluterie Lindau of Fort Sam Houston Texas says those with minor injuries should receive medical care first in an atomic war. She spoke at a Catholic Hospital Association event in St Louis noting the system would be difficult but necessary to quickly rehabilitate the less gravely injured to aid the overall effort.
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Qluterie Lindau
Fort Sam Mousten
Texas
Catholic Hospital Association of
PTA Board Boosts Student Loan Fund
The Town Congress of Parents and Teachers board urged local groups to increase donations to a student loan fund. The group, led by Mrs. George Albrecht of Davenport, will present the fund campaign at the state convention in October. Mrs. Hay Terry of Cedar Falls was named chairman of air age education for the group. Mrs. Berry serves on the Air Age Council formed by the Department of Public Instruction.
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