Loss Exceeds $133,000 in 5 Iowa Fires
A weekend of fires in Iowa caused losses over 133000 with about 200 fleeing a Diagonal cinema where owner C W McMurphy and projector operator Ed Meritt were lightly burned. Damages in Davenport totaled around 50000 with a warehouse and Reed's tavern hit, leaving five tenants homeless. Other fires destroyed the Congregational church at McGregor and the Methodist church at Cantril.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Diagonal
C W McMurphy
McMurphy
Ed Meritt
Davenport
Midwest Metals Company
Reed's Tavern
Congregational
McGregor
Cantril
Iowans Observe 71st Wedding Anniversary
Fredericksb urg residents M and Mrs George Upham observed their 71st wedding anniversary in northeast Iowa. He will be 92 in May and she 91 in November. Their families include four children, 14 grandchildren, five great grandchildren and a great great grandchild.
Grigsby Sees Bright Future For Colleges Like Cornell
Special to The Gazette MT VERNON says US education official Rall I Grigsby urged small liberal arts colleges like Cornell to play to their strengths. He praised intimate student contact and a flexible teaching style while warning against aiming to emulate public universities. Grigsby, Cornell alumnus, received honorary doctor of education as part of mid year exercises.
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Cornell
MT Vernon
Christian Colleges of Liberal Arts
United States
Rall I Grigsby
Cornell College
Russell D Cole
Albion Rev King
Areligion
Iowa
Ground Squirrel Puzzle Across Prairie Hints
A word puzzle lists a horizontal and vertical set of clues about ground squirrels common to prairie regions. Each clue matches a concise term, from animal behavior to geology and language elements. Solve to fill the grid with connected, crossing words.
Notable Names in Mt Vernon Area Obituary Section
A list of residents and relatives including Mrs Don Lisbon and Ann Birkland, DeKalb. Lav erne A Burch, Mt Vernon. Rev Donald T Caspers, Monticello. Barbara Cash Crandall, South Bend. David A Fell, Phyllis Drape. Frank S Hanlm, Mt Vernon. Barbara F Hutchinson, Brooklyn. Marilyn J Jackson, Delhi. Harbert R Kane, Chicago. William H Lawshe II, Mt Vernon. Jack A Neely, Mt Vernon. Edward B Quant, Washington DC. Lulu M Ray, Chicago. Howard D Reep, Mt Vernon. Leighton E Rickert, Crawfordsville. Arlene R Swift, Gilman. Walter F Waychoff, Mt Vernon. Carol L Weigand, Lombard.
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Lisbon
Don
Ann _ Birkland) Blight
DeKalb
Laverne A Burch
Mt. Vernon
Donald T. Caspers
Monticello
Barbara Cash Crandall
South Bend
Ind
David A Fell
Phyllis Drape
Mt Vernon
Frank S.hanlm
Barbara F. Hutchinson
Brooklyn
Marilyn J Jackson
Delhi
Harbert
Harbert R Kane, Chicago. William H. Lawshe II, Mt Vernon
Jack A Neely
Edward B Quant
Washington, DC
Lulu M Ray
Chicago
Howard D. Reep
Leighton E Rickert
Crawfordsville
Arlene R Swift
Gilman
Walter F Waychoff
Carol L. Weigand
Lombard
Ill
Richard Thorsen Injured In Coasting Crash
Richard Thorsen a Cornell College sophomore suffered a fractured leg in a coasting accident on Third Avenue Hill near campus. He became jammed beneath a parked car as a girl accompanying him escaped unharmed. He was taken to Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids where doctors said his condition remained serious. Thorsen is the son of Mr and Mrs A Thorsen of River Forest Illinois.
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MT Vernon
Richard Thorsen
Cornell College
Thorsen
Third Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
A. Thorsen
River Forest
Ill
Fire Follows Iowa Freight Train Wreck
SIOUX CITY AP About 30 freight cars derailed when a Great Northern diesel train left the tracks near Maurice Iowa Fire companies from five towns fought a blaze in the wreckage The wreck occurred about 525 am and was reported by the conductor before communications were cut off No injuries were reported Five derailed cars were afire with two more catching later Firefighters hauled water from Maurice due to limited access in 15 degree weather
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Sioux City
Maurice
Great Northern
Henry Groetken
Struble
Ireton
Sioux Center
Merrill
Highway 75
Willard A. Bents Dies at 51 in Cresco
Cresco AP Willard A Bents nurseryman and former Howard county state representative died Sunday after a year of ill health. He served four years on the state conservation commission starting in 1939 and was in the legislature from 1944 to 1948. A noted trap shooter, he won the Tri States championship in 1929 1930 and 1932 and the Iowa trapshooting crown in 1943.
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Cresco
Willard A Bents
Howard County
Bents
State Conservation Commission
Tri-States
Iowa
Baby Suffocated in Crib at Manchester
Linda Ion Dighton six week old daughter of Mr and Mrs Glenn Dighton was suffocated in her crib Saturday night found dead Sunday morning Acting Coroner John Brayton said no inquest would be held The baby was born December 15.
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Specia
the Gazette
Manchester
Linda Ion Dighton
Glenn Dighton
John Brayton
Rites for Lt Kohl At Lisbon Thursday
Services for Lt. How ard F. Kohl 25 killed in action Oct 11 1944 in Europe will be at 2 p m Thursday in the Feder ated church Lisbon with American Legion burial in Lisbon cemetery body arrives in Lisbon Wednesday morning Kohl born Rhodes Ia Oct 16 1918 was a 1936 Lisbon High School and 1941 Coe College grad Ro T C member at Coe entered service 1942 commissioned at Fort Benning later joined 101st airborne division as replacement officer Participated in Holland invasion September in action until killed five days before his 26th birthday Surviving parents Mr and Mrs E L Kohl a daughter Sylvia sisters Mrs O G Sidwell Lone Tree and Mrs Rowena Miller Dawson Flowers omitted
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Howard F. Kohl
Federated Church
American Legion
Kohl
Rhodes
Coe College
Ro.t.c
Coe
Ft. Benning
Engla
101St Airborne Division
Holland
E. L Kohl
Sylvia
O. G Sidwell
Lone Tree
Rowena Miller
Dawson
Zelic Sime 50 Dies in Toledo Prominent Local Leader
Toledo businessman Zelic Sime died Sunday night from a heart attack at home. A Leander Clark and Cedar Rapids Business College graduate, Sime joined his father in the clothing business in 1919, became partner in 1923, and sole owner in 1932. He led the Iowa Retail Clothiers Association, chaired Toledo Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club, Masonic lodge, and Odd Fellows chapter, and served on city council. Surviving: sister Sarah Sime of Toledo and brothers Sampson of Kansas City and Human Sime. Chicago funeral arrangements pending.
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Zelic Sime
Leander Clark College
Cedar Rapids Business College
Sime
Iowa Retail Clothiers Association
Toledo Chamber of Commerce
The
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Toledo Masonic Lodge
Dubuque Doctor Killed in Crash Near Maquoketa
Dr. M. J. Moes a 67 year old Dubuque physician died in a head on collision with a River Trails bus on highway 61 three miles south of Maquoketa in Clinton county. His wife had minor injuries and was treated then returned home. Bus driver Mike Schnee of Dubuque sustained leg bruises and shock. four passengers escaped injury. The Moes couple were en route home after taking their daughter Charlotte to Moline for a flight back to school in Wichita Kansas.
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INS
M. J. Moes
Dubuque
Here
Moes
Mike Schnee
Jackson County
Sherff Lorin Felderman
Highway 61
Clinton County
Felderman
Charlotte
Moline
Mt. Carmel Academy
Wichita
Kan
Dr Oscar E York 63 Dead at Monticello
Monticello veterinarian Dr Oscar E York aged 63 died at his home after a lingering illness. Born May 6 1886 in Maquoketa he practiced in Belle Plaine before moving to Monticello. Surviving are his wife Anna Gordon a son Dr Gordon York Davenport a daughter Grace Louise York Evanston II three sisters and a brother. Services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Goettsch funeral home with entombment in Maquoketa.
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Monticello
Oscar E York
Maquoketa
Belle Plaine
Anna Gordon
Gordon York
Davenport
Grace Louise York
Evanston
Emery Hinckley
Ida Wood
Canadian Reindeer Snowbound In Iowa
Seven Canadian reindeer were snowbound in Iowa as January weather worsened. Mr and Mrs A A Felske of Moosejaw Canada waited for clearer roads before continuing to St Paul with the animals used to haul Santa Clauses and other promotional stunts.
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Iowa
A. A Felske
Moosejaw
Canada
St. Paul
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