Legal Status Of Blue Rent Edict Studied In Des Moines
Des Moines questions legal status of Gov Robert D Blue’s rent control proclamation while prices for bread steak and beer rise. Blue says courts will cooperate and delays evictions to slow rent hikes. Local real estate groups oppose increases and OPA prices stay at ceilings amid a rental and price dispute.
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Des Moines Property Owners Association
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Arthur Sanford
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Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Nevada editor Percy Carney resigns after 21 years
Percy Carney editor of the Nevada Evening Journal announced his resignation on Tuesday effective July 13. He has been with the newspaper for 21 years and was named editor two years ago.
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Percy Carney
Nevadavening Journal
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Des Moines Girl Named Miss Iowa Centennial Queen
Jacqueline Lorene Means, 19, of Des Moines won Miss Iowa and Centen nial Queen of 1946 at the state finals. Joan Fraseur of Tipton was first attendant. Means will go to Atlantic City for Miss America next September and will be crowned centennial queen Thursday at Drake Stadium. She served in a USO unit during the war and is noted for dancing since age two.
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Jacqueline Lorene Means
Iowa
Joan Fraseur
Tipton
Miss Means
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Jacqueline Means
Eastern Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Rosalind Kruempel
Arlington
Betty Moser
Council Bluffs
Dorothy Dunlap
Major Gen. Fred W. Miller Dies at 55 in Manchester
Major Gen. Fred W. Miller 55 of Manchester died of a heart attack after a long illness. A WWI and WWII veteran, he retired in 1943 due to ill health. Born May 10 1891 he married Nelle Sullivan June 29 1916. Survived by sister Henrietta Miller Estherville brother George Miller Scio Oregon and five nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements not completed.
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George Miller
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Decline in Savings Bond Redemptions Noted in June
DES MOINES UP Roger F Warin state director of the USS savings bond division said June redemptions of E bonds in the nation were about 20 percent below March peak. He linked the drop to the June July promotion campaign opened June 6. Treasury data showed June sales of all savings bonds at 571,226,000 while redemptions reached 491,102,000.
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Roger F. Warin
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Poliomyelitis Cases Reported in Des Moines
Des Moines health department records two new poliomyelitis cases, the seventh and eighth in the city for the year. One patient is a 25 year old man and the other a 12 year old boy.
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City Health Department
Community picnic set for July 4 at Maynard Park
Maynard community picnic sponsored by local churches will be held on July 4 at Maynard Park with planned foods and activities for residents.
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Maynard Park
Court Restores Sales Territory to Veteran
Herbert L. Whitver a 37 year old World War II veteran was ordered by Federal Judge Henry N. Graven to be returned to his South Dakota sales territory by Ralfs Baker Manufacturing Co Whitver will receive a 200 monthly drawing account based on a 70000 annual sales target and a 3 percent commission on all sales over 70000 per year
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Herbert L. Whitver
South Dakota
Henry N. Graven
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Ralfs-Baker Manufacturing Company
Whitver
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Hub City bakery sold to longtime employee and partners
Oelwein reports the Hub City bakery has been sold to Karl Behrens an employee for 23 years with Paul J Neubauer and Herman F Schoenberg as co owners announcing the deal.
Upswing in Rents Seen at Iowa City
Iowa City reports rising apartment rents with tenants in Commonwealth noting a 30 percent increase. Eviction actions were issued as Johnson county authorities pursued 28 notices, while OPA controls limit adjustments. Retail prices remained largely steady despite a housing market shift and local sellers like Howard F. Moffitt moved to sell 92 houses unable to secure rent relief.
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Carbone in Reno Sets to Fight Divorce Suit
Former army Lt. Harold Carbone of Rochester New York arrived in Reno to contest a divorce action filed by his English war bride Jean Pauline Carbone. The trial before Judge A J Maestretti is set to begin Wednesday with no further postponements. Mrs. Carbone described mental cruelty accusing him of penuriousness and stinginess. She arrived in the country last December and lived with Capt. Darrell Beschen in Dubuque Iowa. a son was born shortly after.
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Woman Dies After Knife Wielding Allegation In Dubuque
In Dubuque, Flora Allen 74 died after authorities said she drove a four inch paring knife into her skull with a hammer and ended her own life. Police Chief Joseph Strub said the scene showed the knife blade driven into the head with surrounding bruises. Coroner F S Leonard confirmed the fatal self inflicted wound.
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Golden wedding anniversary celebrated in Oelwein
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Monnahan observed their golden wedding anniversary with an open house Sunday in Oelwein attended by 140 relatives and friends. The couple have four sons John Paul and Bruce Monnahan of Oelwein and Burch Monnahan of Harlan, and a daughter Mrs. Fay Thompson of Davenport.
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M. J. Monnahan
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Paul
Bruce
Burch
Harlan
Fay Thompson
Davenport
Wilson’s Certified Corned Beef Hash Cans Packed
A short notice states two cans of Wilson’s Certified Corned Beef Hash were packed for shipment. The label notes the product name and brand, with no other items listed on the fragment.
Justice Wiley Rutledge to Speak at U of Iowa
Justice Wiley B Rutledge Jr associate justice of the U S Supreme Court and former dean of the University of Iowa Law College will speak on Courts and Liberties Whose at 8 p m Friday in Iowa City The speaker served as dean from 1935 to 1939 and was named to the Supreme Court in February 1943
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Wiley B. Rutledge, Jr
United States Supreme Court
University of Iowa Law College
Feallen Rutledge
Law College
Supreme Court
Prizes for Champ Ionn Housewives at Iowa Centennial Fair
Iowa will award prizes for the champion housewives at the Centennial state fair August 21 to 30. First to third place cash prizes total 800 across 191 classes with about 575 awards overall. Entries close August 20 and exhibits due by August 23. Mrs. James Dwyer of Des Moines heads the culinary department.
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Des Moines
Iowa
James Dwyer
Whisky Seizure in Des Moines Night Club Raid
Des Moines deputies raided Tong's Venetian Room downtown and seized a partly-filled pitcher of liquor. Operator Tony Sistine was arrested for keeping liquor where beer is sold and released on bond for July 22 after a hearing. An unidentified guest was jailed briefly for resisting officers as three lookouts helped the raid. The raid, part of a crackdown the deputies say has Drained the city of alcohol.
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Tong
Tony Sistine
Drowning of Gordon Whitt Near Mason City
Gordon Whitt six year old son of Mr and Mrs Roland Whitt drowned Monday in a sand pit near their home five miles northwest of Mason City He was wading in the pit at the time of the accident AP report from Mason City Iowa
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