Pollen Traps in Homes Fuel Iowa Hayfever Suffering
Iowa City researchers Dr. M. E. Barnes and Dr. Roland Rooks warn homes act as pollen traps for ragweed, causing prolonged hayfever. They urge moving to low pollen areas, reducing pollen entry, and using masks and filtration to cut exposure.
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Iowa City
M. E. Barnes
Roland Rooks
Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Iowa State Medical Society
Group of Five Inspects Iowa's Soldiers Home
A five man delegation from Des Moines inspected the Iowa soldiers home in Marshalltown to push legislation for better conditions. The visitors were Ted Sloane George O Malley Earl Ryan Don F Clinger and Frank W Willson. Willson cited deplorable conditions including unsafe fire escapes poor foundations boiler room gaps and buckled dormitory floors.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Ted Sloane
George O’malley
Earl Ryan
Polk County
Don F. Clinger
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Frank W. Willson
Military Order of Cooties
V.F.W. Fun Organization
Des Moines
Willson
V.F.W
Census Counts By Age In Columbus Junction School District
The biennial census for Columbus Junction shows 418 residents ages 5 to 21, 236 ages 7 to 16, and 160 ages 1 day to 5 years.
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Columbus Junction
Des Moines Lawyer Denounces Korea War as Truman Solo Action
George Cosson, 74, former Iowa attorney general, sent letters to all Iowa congressmen calling the Korea conflict an international war initiated by President Truman without congressional consent. He argued U S intervention cannot be justified by UN Security Council votes and warned of long term policing costs and responsibilities. Cosson previously led Iowa Russian war relief in 1942.
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Des Moines
INS
George Cosson
Iowa
Korea
United States
Cosson
United Nations Security Council
U.N
China
Truman
Washington
Congress
Mrs Evans to be Installed Adah Rebekah Noble Grand
Mrs Charles Evans will be installed as noble grand for the Adah Rebekah lodge on July 18 at 8 p m in the 100 F hall Other officers to be installed include Mrs Claude Branson vice grand Violet Passmore recording secretary and Bettye Ament treasurer
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West Liberty
Charles Evans
Adah Rebekah Lodge
F. Hall
Claude Branson
Violet Passmore
Bettye Ament
Airplane theft tied to Toledo two held by Cleveland police
A Fort Madison airfield theft led to the arrest of David Ingle 31 and his stepfather Wilson Afterburn 50 in Cleveland after the two allegedly stole a small private plane and flew to Toledo to pick up Afterburn. Police confirm Ingle stole the aircraft.
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Toledo Ohio
Cleveland
Fort Madison
David Ingle
Wilson Afterburn
Ingle
Toledo
Afterburn
Light Plane Crash Near Waterloo Injures Two
(UP) Two men were injured when a small plane hit a utility line and crashed near Waterloo. Pilot Dale Buck of Waterloo and passenger Norman Holmes of Gilman were in good condition at a Waterloo hospital. Buck said engine trouble followed takeoff before the plane struck a utility line and plummeted into a ditch. The craft was severely damaged.
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Waterloo
Dale Buck
Norman Holmes
Gilman
Buck
Race Drivers Nabbed For Illegal Towing
NEWTON INS A group of stock car race drivers arrested on highway 6 west of Newton Monday faced charges of illegally towing their race cars on a highway. John E. Lundstrom, 21, of Ankeny, was fined 15 dollars and costs in Justice of the Peace Harlan Bailey's court at Newton Sunday. Robert W. Rowe, 22, of Des Moines, appeared and was granted a continuance until July 15. State Highway Patrolman Andre Carstensen said he issued 12 or 14 summonses to other drivers on similar charges Sunday for towing their race cars toward Newton for stock car races. They are to appear in justice court at Newton July 15.
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Newton
INS
John E. Lundstrom
Ankeny
Justice of the Peace
Harlan Bailey
Robert W. Rowe
Des Moines
Justice Bailey
Andre Carstensen
Justice Court
Fayette county GOP convention names for state delegates
Delegates to the state Republican convention named at the Fayette county meeting include Grant Tupper Joyce Appelman Grant Lauer F B Reed Paul Templeman Ethel Nagle L H Buenneke Earl Thompson Bert Kiel Richard Shirk Fred Gremmels Charles Reuffel Howard Van Denover Clem W Crahan Art Schneider E S Pardee John Falk D G McMillan R F Whitcher Harry Wenger George L Scott Emily Carmichael Edgar A Traeger Axel Dahl Everett G Scott Robert Scott Ralph C Pixler Dr Elizabeth Smith Kennedy Dr J C Davis W Palmer Wilson Grace G King Harry Flower Florence Musser Ella Jones Gerald Wetlaufer H
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West Union
Fayette County
Grant Tupper
Joyce Appelman
Grant Lauer
F. B. Reed
Paul Templeman
Ethel Nagle
L. H. Buenneke
Earl Thompson
Bert Kiel
Richard Shirk
Fred Gremmels
Charles Reuffel
Howard van Denover
Clem W. Crahan
Art Schneider
E. S. Pardee
John Falk
D. G. McMillan
R. F. Whitcher
Harry Wenger
George L. Scott
Emily Carmichael
Edgar A. Traeger
Axel Dahl
Everett G. Scott
Robert Scott
Ralph C. Pixler
Elizabeth Smith-Kennedy
J. C. Davis
W. Palmer Wilson
Grace G. King
Harry Flower
Florence Musser
Ella Jones
Gerald Wetlaufer
Notable Names Include Four Local Figures
J. Zacharias, Mark Schatz, Mary Kay Estey, and E. S. Estey are listed as prominent individuals in the local records. Their appearances suggest involvement in a civic, legal, or community context within the dated entry. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
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J. Zacharias, Mark Schatz
Mary Kay Estey, and
E. S. Estey
Iowa Road Fund Netted 5 Million In Its First Year
Des Moines AP reports Iowa’s road use tax fund collected 51,170,385 in its first fiscal year. Allocations follow a 1949 act for a 20 year highway program with 42 percent to primary highways 35 percent to secondary roads eight percent to city streets and 15 percent to farm to market roads. The largest monthly diversion was 11,314,289 in February due to high license fee receipts.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Marengo Night School Forum Speakers Listed
The Gazette reports four speakers and a closing music concert for the fall adult night school forum in Marengo. Speakers include Dr. Earl Harper of the University of Iowa on Sept 18 at Wells, radio artist on Oct 2, L L Dunnington of First Methodist Iowa City on Oct 16, and Dr. John Ruff of the University of Missouri on Oct 30. The music concert closes the program by the music class members.
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Gazette
Clyde Maring
Earl Harper
School of Fine Arts
University of Iowa
Wells
L. L. Dunnington
Otf First Methodist Church
Iowa City
John Ruff
University of Missouri
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