Cedar River Dam Project Ruling Near
Washington awaits a Federal Power Commission decision on the First Iowa Hydro Electric cooperative plan to build a 58 million dollar dam and power plant on the Cedar River near Moscow. The case, tied up by a 2 2 deadlock, hinges on the navigability ruling and anticipated vote of the fifth commissioner returning from vacation. Iowa argues the river is not navigable. the Supreme Court ruled the river navigable and directed FPC to proceed. Iowa AG Rankin objects while Washington attorney Thompson for the cooperative counters that state delay harms the project and river area.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Iowa
Cedar River
Moscow
United States Supreme Court
FPC
Iowa Enterprise
FPC Commission
John M. Rankin
Charles E. Thompson
Iowa Executive Council
Iowa hydro project plans vast dam scheme on Cedar River
A private hydro power group seeks a federal license to build a Moscow Cedar River dam delivering 200 million kilowatt hours annually at about 3.5 mills per kWh, costing 14 million dollars, with a second upstream dam at Rochester for fivefold output and possible total costs near 58 million dollars. The plan envisions rail rebates for REA and municipalities, recreational lake usage, and aims to undercut TVA rates. The FPC and Army engineers have approved technical aspects, and the license process has been pending since 1940 after Iowa rejected a state license.
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Cédar River
Moscow
Rochester
Mississippi River
Thompson
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rea
Iowa
FPC
Army Engineers
Father Nonal Dies of Heart Attack While Driving
The Rev Maurice E H Nonal aged 64 pastor of St Benedicts Catholic church Decorah died of a heart attack Sunday night while driving alone to Calmar He came to Decorah about ten years ago from Harper s Ferry Iowa Special to The Gazette DECORAH
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Decorah
Maurice EH
Nonal
St. Benedict’s Catholic Church
Calmar
Father Nonal
Harper's Ferry
Clinton Woman Is 101 Years Old
Elsie Johannsen of Clinton will celebrate her 101st birthday on Thursday. Born in Denmark and married at 24, she helped settle Norsewood in New Zealand during a 15,000 mile voyage. The family later moved to Hawaii and then Iowa after another long Pacific crossing. Her husband died 40 years ago. she has been in failing health the past two years.
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Clinton
INS
Elsie Johannsen
W. N. Grumstrup
Johannsen
Denmark
New Zealand
Johannsens
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Ocean
United States
Iowa
Bee Transit Hearing at Fairfield Next Month
The Iowa Commerce Commission announced a hearing at Fairfield on August 22 on the Bee Transit Line Inc Cedar Rapids application to operate a bus between Washington Keosauqua and intermediate points in Washington Keokuk Jefferson and Van Buren counties.
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Des Moines
Fairfield
Bee Transit Line, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Keosauqua
Keokuk
Jefferson
van Buren
State Commerce Commission
Garage Burns at MT. PLEASANT State Hospital
A flash fire destroyed 14 cars and a garden tractor in a 200-foot frame garage at the state mental hospital in Mt. Pleasant Indiana. Losses totaled about $20,000 with cars worth $13,000 and the building $7,000 damaged. Three state trucks were saved. other state cars were in a separate garage.
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MT. Pleasant
INL
State Mental Hospital
Iowa Ranks Top Five in Concrete Highway Miles
DES MOINES AP The Iowa development commission announced Iowa has 5,514 miles of concrete paved highways placing it among the top five states. The commission noted Iowa exceeds the combined mileage of Alabama Arizona Colorado Connecticut Delaware North and South Dakota Oregon Rhode Island Idaho Maine Massachusetts Montana Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico Utah and Vermont whose total is 5,327 miles.
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Iowa Development Commission
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South Dakota
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New Mexico
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Vermont
Blaze Destroys Sioux City Old Police Station
Fire of undetermined origin virtually destroyed the 1892 sandstone building once housing Sioux Citys old police station now occupied by Klass Produce. Damage estimated at 20000 to the structure and 15000 to contents. Three thousand five hundred live chickens and 1000 egg cases lost. butter eggs and dressed poultry salvaged. Nearby Columbia House hotel tenants evacuated due to fear of collapse after a nine hour blaze.
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Sioux City
Klass Produce Company
Columbia House
Seaplane Collides With Speed Boat At Okoboji
SPIRIT LAKE AP Seven people escaped harm when a seaplane and a speed boat collided on West Okoboji lake Sunday. The plane piloted by Jerry Haverson Arnolds Park was maneuvering near Pillsbury's Point toward the amusement park landing dock when the Prather Arnolds Park operated boat struck it. The crash occurred about 1000 feet from shore. The boat carried four passengers with a mechanic Ford Wright Jr Arnolds Park aboard Halvorson. The plane sank in about 40 feet of water.
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West Okoboji Lake
Jerry Haverson
Arnolds Park
Pillsbury’s Point
BE. B. Prather
Ford Wright, Jr
Two Vets Fatally Burned As Car Hits Pole
In Council Bluffs two veterans died when a car they rode in crashed into a telephone pole, skidded 125 feet and caught fire. Driver Alfred Knudsen, 22, died at the scene. passenger Marvin Fellers, 24, died later at a hospital after being pulled from the wreckage.
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Council Bluffs
INS
Alfred Knudsen
Marvin Fellers
Council Bluffs Hospital
Nazi Gauleiter in Poland Is Hanged
Arthur Greiser the Nazi gauleiter in Poland was executed by hanging near Poznan after conviction for war crimes. His death drew about 15,000 spectators as guards assisted at the gallows. He had pleaded for mercy and to write a book, and appealed to Pope Pius XII for clemency, which was denied.
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Warsaw
INS
Arthur Greiser
Poland
Poznan
Pius XII
Air Forces Vet Plans Airfield at Manchester
Paul Boat of Sully Iowa, a veteran of the army air forces, leases the 47 acre site of the old Manchester municipal airport from farmer Hiram R. Wilson for five years. The strip is 300 feet wide and half a mile long, tiled and flanked by an REA power line. Boat plans a six plane hangar and a machine shop after oats harvest.
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Manchester
Army Air Forces
Hiram R. Wilson
Paul Boat
Sully
Wilson
Boat
Newton
Two Injured in Waukon Area Car Collision
Two young people were hospitalized in Decorah after a Sunday collision at an intersection five miles west of Waukon. Bernard Wanless suffered a double jaw fracture and Connie Ramsey a shoulder fracture and were taken to the hospital. They were in a car with Phyllis Dahlen and Brown Thomas, all from Winneshiek county. Donald Schulte of Allamakee county had minor head injuries in a separate vehicle with three other Allamakee youths, Paul and Kenneth Lahey and John Urell.
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Decorah Hospital
Bernard Wanless
Connie Ramsey
Phyllis Dahlen
Brown Thomas
Winneshiek County
Donald Schulte
Allamakee
Allamakee County
Paul
Kenneth Lahey
John Urell
Parents Out Dancing Kids Weep on Corner
DES MOINES police held a mother and father in jail after they admitted being out drinking and dancing at taverns Saturday night while their four children aged 2 to 10 wept on an East Des Moines street corner. Alberta Feaks 28 and Melvin Feaks 36 were arrested. the mother came to the station with her sister-in-law seeking the children and the father was arrested at home by juvenile bureau detectives.
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INS
Alberta Feaks
Melvin Feaks
Juvenile Bureau
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