Divorce Rate Drops in Iowa in First Half of 1948
Provisional state vital statistics show 2,688 divorces in Iowa in the first six months of 1948, down from 3,354 in the same period a year earlier and well below the 1946 peak. Licenses issued totaled 13,431, with 32,434 marriages in 1946 and 9,800 divorces that year, while the department notes that divorce causes and weather may influence trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Vital Statistics
Union
Iowa Use Tax Rise Shifts $93,717 in June
Iowa state use tax receipts rose in June by 93,717 to reach 320,290 year over year. The 1947 figure was 226,573, according to the state tax commission reported Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State Tax Commission
Special Song For Hoover Birthday Ceremony In West Branch
A specially written song We Welcome Home will be sung to open the Herbert Hoover birthday program in West Branch on August 10. The event features a 2 30 p m start with a parade of 25 Iowa bands Boy Scouts and 4 H groups and a speech by Herbert Hoover.
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West Branch
Herbert Hoover
William B. Anderson
Herbert Hoover Birthplace Society
J. A. Swisher
The
State Historical Society
America the Beautiful
Forrest Brown
University of Iowa
Hoover
Iowa
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Camp Fire
4-H
Future Farmers of America
West Liberty Scout to present Hoover birthday scroll
Charles Trimble a 16 year old Eagle Scout from West Liberty will present a sheepskin scroll from Iowa Boy Scouts to former President Herbert Hoover on his birthday celebration announced by William C Souder area Scout executive.
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West Liberty
Charles Trimble
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
William C. Souder
State Patrol Discusses Parking for Hoover Birthday Event
A West Branch representative of the state highway patrol met with W. B. Anderson president of the Hoover Birthplace Society to review traffic and parking for August 10. A survey shows 10,000 cars can be parked near the birthplace park for the former president Herbert Hoover's 74th birthday celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
State Highway Patrol
W. B. Anderson
Hoover Birthplace Society
Herbert Hoover
Birthplace Park
Deposits Fall in Iowa State Chartered Banks for 1947
Iowa state chartered banks report a 33.7 million dollar drop in deposits for the year ending June 30 1947 totaling 1 478 567 677. Loans rose about 26 percent with residential real estate loans up and farm mortgages down. Total resources stood at 1 570 523 009 a 1 64 percent decline from the prior year and time and savings deposit interest rose 12 percent to 3 754 843.
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DES Moines
Iowa
N. P. Black
Black
Philippine War Hero Dies in Iowa City
Major Perfecto Vasquez 39 Filipino war hero and Bataan Death March survivor died at University Hospital Iowa City from sleeping sickness. He led a Philippine delegation to the United States and studied hydraulics at the University of Iowa. Survived by wife and four children. Military escort planned to accompany the body to the Philippines for burial.
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Iowa City
Perfecto Vasquez
Bataan
University Hospital
Vasquez
United States
St. Louis
State Department
University of Iowa
University of the Philippines At
Manila
Binan
Laguna
Philippines
Philippine
Washington
Decision on Strike at Morrell Plant Deferred
Ottumwa reports no decision on possible Morrell plant strike until next week per United Packinghouse Workers union official Edward Filliman. Local strategic committee meetings to decide future action will be held before any move.
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Ottumwa
MNS
John Morrell and Company
Edward Filliman
United Packinghouse Workers Union
CIO
Solon Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Krob of Solon mark their 50th wedding anniversary with a noon family dinner in a Solon cafe and an open house for friends and relatives from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at their home. The Krobs, longtime farmers, are parents of six children and have 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Mrs. Krob is formerly Catherine Novak of Mt. Vernon.
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SOLON
Frank Krob
Krob
Catherine Novak
Mt. Vernon
Krobs
Here
Milo
George
Richard
Vernon Kent
Herman Stahle
John Reyhons
Toledo Harvest Holidays Begin
The Harvest Holidays celebration opens Thursday in Toledo and runs through Saturday with Sutton carnival parades amateur and professional acts daily, a public wedding, display booths by local merchants and national manufacturers, an art show and a flower exhibit. The parade Friday includes floats drum and bugle corps Mesquakie Indians in native costume Indian Legionaires National Guard and Toledo Trail Riders. The art exhibit is at the Factory Outlet store under Toledo artist Glenn Auelrich. The Toledo Progressive club oversees the event.
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The
Gazette
Toledo
Sutton
Indian Legionaires
National Guard
Toledo Trail Riders
Glenn Auelrich
Toledo Progressive Club
Iowa Mountaineers Plan August Summer Outing
The University of Iowa Mountaineers will depart Iowa City on August 6 for a 1948 summer expedition into the Wind River range in Wyoming. The hike includes an ascent of Devil's Peak with a return set for August 22.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Mountaineers
Wind River
Devil's Peak
Wyoming
Community Raises $45.10 for Cancer Society
Volga City reports a collective donation of 45 dollars and 10 cents, sent to the American Cancer Society, reflecting local charity efforts and community support.
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Volga City
American Cancer Society
Dedication of 34th Division Memorial Highway Saturday
DES MOINES Iowa hundreds gather in Red Oak at 2 p.m. for the official dedication of the 34th infantry division memorial highway. The event concludes the association plan to honor the division with a state marked route along Highway 34 from Burlington to Pacific Junction. The 34th division band from Fairfield will provide music as Iowa pledges to honor the fighting unit.
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Des Moines
Red Oak
34Th Infantry Division
Iowa
Burlington
Pacific Junction
34Th Division
Fairfield
Tama druggist Fred A. Soleman dies at 71
Fred A. Soleman, 71, a Tama druggist and longtime community leader, died Wednesday in a Marshalltown hospital after illness begun Tuesday. He was a University of Iowa graduate and a Northwestern College of Pharmacy alum. He was married twice and noted for his Mesquakie Indian collection now housed in major museums. Surviving are his wife and two others.
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Tama
Fred A. Soleman
Marshalltown
University of Iowa
Northwestern College of Pharmacy
Ida Kriechbaum
Burlington
Miss Mayeons
Woodstock
N. Y
State Historical Society
Tama Public Library Board
Tama Board of Education
Tama-Toledo County Club
Old Commercial Savings Bank
Tama Commercial Club
Smithsonian Institute
Chicago Historical Society
The
Field Museum
Funeral services for local woman held at Mason funeral home
The obituary notes daughters Mrs Catherine Chandler of Downers Grove Illinois and Mrs Betty Webber of Ottumwa plus five grandchildren. Services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Mason funeral home with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Tama businesses will close 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. Friday for the services.
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Catherine Chandler
Downer’s Grove
Ill
Betty Webber
Ottumwa
Mason Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Tama Business Houses
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Iowa Daily Press
Loren Chancelior
Thomas P. Monahan
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Temple University
Monahan
Towa
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Kell Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Kellogg’s
Associated Press
Paul Sanders
Council Bluffs
Marvin Paul
Shirley
Connie
Council Bluffs Hospital
Pass In Review
Birthplace
Herbert Jr
Allan A
Anderson
Gim the
Best Co
Spewwing
Morrell
Heileman’s
G. Heileman Brewing Co
le Cree
MR. and
Mrs
Frank Keob
Rapoport
Chevrolet
Hudson
Buick
Ford
Chrysler
Plymouth
America
MOOG
Rapoport Auto Parts CO
First Avenue
East Rapids Chevrolet Co
Mello D Milk
Sanitary Farm Dairies
Yager
Yager’s
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