Iowa Farmer Missing Foul Play Feared
Naaman Reynolds a 72 year old Grundy Center farm owner disappeared early Wednesday. Authorities fear foul play as a search spreads across the state with Sheriff Lyle Rodd reporting no clear clues. Reynolds described as 5 feet 5 inches, 135 pounds, gray hair, wearing a dark blue suit and tan accessories, last seen driving a 1949 Luland Cruiser with license 7 24299.
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State Bureau of Investigation
Naaman Reynolds
Lyle Rodd
Reynolds
Studebaker
Waterloo
Grundy County
Rodd
W D. Miller
Ministers Protest Beer Ruling For Iowa City
Ministers in Iowa City condemn the city council action permitting beer sales on Memorial Day Fourth of July and election days. The council amended an old ordinance after three readings to allow holidays and election day tavern service, drawing protests.
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Long City
Iowa City
Secretary of Maytag Company Is Honored
W. S. Sparks 81, secretary since 1926, received honors for 50 years of service from the Maytag 25-year-club. Fred Maytag spoke as president, noting Sparks began with Maytag when it built farm machinery. The club added 17 members totaling 450 years of service, bringing membership to 105.
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Newton
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Maytag
Fred Maytag
Sparks
Former Iowa School Official Dies by Gunshot
Wesley D Clampitt aged 49 a former Van Meter school superintendent died of a shotgun wound at Iowa Methodist hospital Dallas County coroner said the death was by his own action Clampitt had resigned to join a Sioux City insurance firm and previously coached at Dexter and Johnston before Van Meter appointment.
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Des Moines
Wesley D Clampitt
van Meter
Iowa Methodist Hospital
L. H Deford
Dallas County
Clampitt
Sioux City
Dexter and Johnston
Des Moines Youth Accidently Shoots Self With Found Pistol
Michael Sanders aged 14 died after a self inflicted gunshot while playing with a loaded pistol found in his grandmother's home. He was transported to a hospital but did not survive.
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Des Moines
Michael Sanders
Iowa Guard Has Surplus of Men
The Iowa national guard reports 580 excess troops on its payroll beyond the summer maneuvers strength at Fort Riley. Ground-force strength sits at 6255 with an authorized 5675. no surplus will be discharged. Four units list 240 surplus men across Dubuque Muscatine Waterloo and Cedar Falls.
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Iowa National Guard
Fort Riley
Kan
Charles H Grahl
National Guard Bureau
Washington
Dubuque
Muscatine
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Guard
Morrison Says Dewey May Visit Iowa City
Iowa City attorney Willam F Morrison says Gov Thomas E Dewey may stop in Iowa City for a campaign speech before the November election. Morrison spoke after meeting Dewey at the Philadelphia Republican convention and says Dewey is interested in Iowa City and the University of Iowa.
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University of Iowa
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Detectives Probe Theft at Midway Bar in Sioux City
Sioux City detectives hunted suspects Friday in a theft at the Midway Bar where $1,728 in currency and checks vanished Thursday night. Proprietor H. S. Tebo said a billfold with small denominations and two checks totaling $126 disappeared from behind the bar.
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H. S. Tebo
Midway
Teblo
Davenport Opens Four Day State of Scott Celebration
Davenport hosts the third annual State of Scott festival with four days of events. Downtown streets display gala decorations and window displays. Highlights include a fireworks show, the inauguration of the new governor, a Lake Davenport regatta Sunday afternoon, and a big parade Monday.
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Davenport
Robert Allen Funeral At Ossian Saturday
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Schmitz funeral home Ossian for Robert Allen who drowned in October 1943 while serving in the US Army in the Australian area Burial will be Castalia cemetery He was the son of Mr and Mrs W M Allen.
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Robert Allen
Castalia
W.M Allen
Halden Calls High Office Needs Honest GOP Reform
Newton AP Jesse W Halden a Republican nomination candidate for secretary of state told a Jasper county Republican convention that the office has degenerated into a convention juggling act and needs conscientious mature administration He was one of eight candidates in the June 7 primary none reaching 35 percent The party will nominate at the Des Moines convention on July 23
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Newton
Jesse W Halden
Jasper County
Halden
Secretary of State
Holden
Des Moines
Decorah furniture owner sells stake. Miller to start laundry
Leonard Miller sold his share of the Buck ton and Miller furniture store to partner L. W Buckton. Miller plans to open a self service laundry. Bernatz Symonds American Legion posts elects Fred J Rosenthal commander James Alm Harold Ask adjutant William Emerson finance officer Willard Linnevold chaplain C N Evanson historian and Donald Rima sergeant at arms. Mrs Wayne Martin joins hospital board. Mrs Ray Cords resigns as hospital manager. Mrs Patrick Healy 96 oldest Allamakee resident. Blairstown Williamsburg Victor Marengo bands to perform at Monday celebration with two baseball games.
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Leonard Miller
Buckton and Miller
L. W Buckton
Miller
Bernatz-Symonds American Legion Post
Fred J Rosenthal
James Alm
Harold Ask
William Emerson
Willard Linnevold
Clifford Schrubbe
C. N. Evanson
Donald Rima
Mcgregor
William Weir
Ray Cords
McGregor Community Hospital
Cords
Wayne Martin
Waukon
Patrick Healey
Allamakee County
Marengo
Blairstown
Williamsburg
Victor
Fifteen Puppies Born to Queen the Labrador in City
Queen a pure black Labrador owned by Ivan Mincks birthed 15 puppies five males and ten females on Thursday night. Queen is two and a half years old and previously produced a litter of ten puppies a year ago.
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Charles City
Queen
Ivan Mincks
Local notes and life events from several Iowa towns
Retired rural mail carrier William Toney ends a 45 year service after starting as a stagecoach driver in Waukon. Decorah offers free swimming lessons at the municipal pool for Winneshiek county residents starting next Tuesday. Kathleen Schrier and Robert Farkas wed in Waterloo on June 26. Ronald Fair and Herbert Fry earn Red Cross water safety certificates at Camp Dodge. Avon theater equipment sold to Robert Severeid of Waterloo. building owned by Dysart Civic Improvement Association. A Rebekah lodge is organized in Greeley with Alma McBride as noble grand. Ethel L. Whiting, 30 years in India, to speak in Covington church about missionary work and schooling in India.
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William Toney
Decorah
Winneshiek
Buckingham
Kathleen Schrier
Joseph Schrier
Robert Farkas
Waterloo
Marengo
Ronald Fairchild
Herbert Fry
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Red Cross Aquatic School
Camp Dodge
Pysart
Frank Parlizek
Avon
Robert Severeid
Dysart Civic Improvement Association, Inc
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Rebekah
Alma McBride
Covington
Ethel L. Whiting
India
Cawnpore
Calcutta
Des Moines Boy Drowns Attempting River Swim
Howard Frazier a 14 year old Negro boy drowned Thursday while swimming the Des Moines River with four companions instead of crossing a railroad bridge. The incident underscores the danger of risky crossings and the need for caution.
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Des Moines
Howard Frazier
Youth Drowns In SUI Pool At University of Iowa
Samuel J. Elberts, 18, drowned during family night at the University of Iowa swimming pool. Lifeguards, firemen and police worked for over an hour before Acting Coroner George Callahan pronounced him dead. Elberts, a St. Patrick’s High School graduate and university freshman, left a mother and sister.
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University of Iowa
Samuel J. Elberts
Jim Cannon
Young Elberts
George Callahan
Elberts
St. Patrick's High School
University
Beardsley Reports 3422 in Campaign Expenditures
Des Moines Iowa William S Beardsley said his campaign spent 3422 36 in the June GOP gubernatorial primary filings with the secretary of state show 891 50 in donations 790 50 from the Warren county Beardsley for Governor club and the remainder from Clarke county club
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DES Moines
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Robert D. Blue
G.O.P
Secretary of State’s Office
Warren County
Beardsley-for- Governor
Clarke County Club
Mundt and Newton to Wind Up SUI Lecture Series
Congressman Earle E. Mundt of South Dakota and the Rev Joseph Newton will deliver the concluding lectures of the University of Iowa summer series. Mundt speaks July 16 and Newton July 23, according to Prof M Willard Lampe.
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Iowa City
Earle E. Mundt
South Dakota
Joseph Newton
University of Iowa
M. Willard Lampe
Mundt
Newton
Germans improvise roof frames with salvaged steel pipes
Berlin reports shortages of building materials from the war push Germans to use salvaged steel pipes welded as frames to support tile roofing as a substitute for scarce joists, aiding housing for bombed out families.
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Berlin
Woman's letter to Truman nets water pipe for Hillsboro family
A distressed Hillsboro Indiana household earns relief after a housewife's appeal to President Truman prompts the government to arrange a truckload of two inch pipe. The process moves through the Commerce Department and a steel firm, with pipe for Mrs. Ondrey and three nearby families expected to arrive Friday.
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Paul Ondrey
Hillsboro
White House
Calls Issued for Banks Condition by Comptroller
Washington DC Preston Delano, comptroller of the currency, Friday issued a call for a report on the condition of all national banks as of June 30. Des Moines N T Black, state superintendent of education, noted the report and its expected release.
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INS
Preston Delano
Des Moines
N. T
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Iowa Banks and Offices Reported in Condition June 30
A Friday report lists 558 Iowa state banks and 162 bank offices assessed in condition as of June 30. Figures reflect the banking system status and geographic distribution across the state.
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Missing Salesman Tracks Vehicle After Disappearance
In Santa Ana, traveling salesman Ralph W Sullivan reported parking on Main Street and could not locate his car. Police found the stolen vehicle later in Newport, California, with $16 on the seat. Authorities await Sullivan's return to claim both car and money.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Ralph W. Sullivan
Main Street
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