890 in Line For Degrees At U. of Iowa
About 890 people will receive degrees from the University of Iowa on Wednesday August 10 in the largest summer session commencement in the university’s history. There will be no speaker. President Virgil M. Hancher will give the charge to graduates. The ceremony starts at 8 p.m. in the fieldhouse with music by a commencement orchestra. William Coder heads the veterans service office and serves as master of ceremonies. Dr M Willard Lampe will be chaplain for the event.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
F. G. Higbee
Virgil M. Hancher
ISU College to Grant 300 Summer Degrees in Largest Class
Cedar Falls Iowa State Teachers College will graduate 300 students in a summer session on August 18 the largest class in its history. President Malcolm Price will award bachelor of arts diplomas to 212 and two year teaching diplomas to 88. Rev James Uhlinger pastor of St John Methodist Davenport will deliver the baccalaureate address with no commencement speaker.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Malcolm Price
James Uhlinger
St. John Methodist Church
Davenport
River drag for Davenport man body near bridge
Davenport authorities searched the Mississippi Friday for the body of Frank Mundt 76 after a man leaped from the government bridge Thursday night. A Davenport witness Ray Hart identified the jumper as Mundt. Emergency squads from Davenport police and Scott county sheriff's office conducted the river search.
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Davenport
INS
Mississippi River
Frank Mundt
Government Bridge
Mundt
Ray Hart
Scott County Sheriff’s Office
Hickenlooper to Attend Midwest Farm Conference in Sioux City
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper announced his participation in the Republican Midwest farm conference set for September 23 and 24 in Sioux City. He stressed addressing farm economy issues with farmers and farm organizations, opposing partisan political use of agricultural policy.
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Washington
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sioux City
Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper A
Iowa Woman, 46, Killed In Two Car Collision
Mrs Norman Daisy, 46, died in a two car crash on highway 175 three miles east of Lake City. Her husband, a painter and decorator, was seriously injured. The other driver was Charles Kaskey, 22, of Lohrville.
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Lake City
Norman Daisy
Highway 175
Here
Daisy
Charles Kaskey
Lohrville
Man Found Dead In Boxcar At Nashua
An unidentified about sixty year old man was found dead in a boxcar in Nashua freight yards. Two Illinois Central freight crewmen discovered the body as the train from Waterloo to Albert Lea Minnesota passed through. Dr. E P Stuart said death came about an hour earlier from a heart attack.
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Nashua
Illinois Central Railway
Waterloo
Albert Lea
Minn
E. P. Stuart
Child Drowns in Fish Pond at Sioux City
An 18 months old boy named Ronald Halverson drowned in a three foot pond in his back yard Thursday night. Wesley Halverson, the father, found the child about ten minutes later as firemen tried to revive him with an inhalator but failed.
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Sioux City
Ronald Halverson
Wesley Halverson
Des Moines Council Approves Parking Site Purchase
Des Moines city council accepted part of a proposed off street parking site and ordered a purchase agreement for 60000 dollars. The council also set a hearing for August 15 on a proposal to acquire a second site.
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Des Moines
Fashion for Teens By Anne Adams Pattern 4651
Fashion for Teens highlights a summer to school outfit with a new midriff apron peplum design. Teen sizes 10 12 14 16 available. size 12 requires 3 3/4 yards of 39 inch fabric. Pattern 4651 costs 25 cents and should be mailed to Anne Adams Pattern Department in Chicago with name address size and style number.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
P.O
Chicago
Ill
Dubuque Bans Gatherings Of Under Sixteen Over Polio
The Dubuque board of health declared the city a polio epidemic area and prohibited gatherings of children sixteen and younger. Enforcement would follow parental cooperation, targeting Sunday schools theaters and swimming pools. Hospitalized polio cases in the area stood at 24. Dubuque is named a polio epidemic center by the state health department.
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Dubuque
Polio cases rise in Iowa with 170 total this year
DES MOINES AP reports 170 polio cases this year up from 156 through July 31 last year. Of the total, 133 were in July, while last July saw 67. This week six more counties Kossuth O'Brien Palo Alto Wright Monona and Allamakee added to the tally bringing 57 counties reporting polio this year.
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Des Moines
State Health Department
Kossuth
O’brien
Palo Alto
Wright
Monona
Allamakee
Claim Body Was Stolen in $120000 Suit In Iowa
Mr and Mrs Louis Tweet sue Morningside College Methodist Hospital and three Sioux City doctors for 120000 alleging their stillborn child was stolen July 30 1948 while Mrs Tweet stayed in the Methodist maternity ward and the body was withheld then delivered to the college for student nurse instruction with an unauthorized post mortem.
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Sioux City
Louis
Methodist Hospital
Morningside College
Farm Barn Fire Destroys Barn Calves and Hay near Carroll
A barn on a Carroll area farm owned by James Moran and rented to Norbert Wieland burned on Thursday. Three calves, 40 tons of hay, 10 tons of straw and harness were destroyed. Moran said part of the loss is covered by insurance.
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Carroll (Ap
Here
James Moran
Carroll
Norbert Wieland
Moran
Linn County Assessor Budget Hearing Notice 1949
The County Conference Board of Linn County Iowa will meet August 8 1949 at 10 AM at Courthouse Cedar Rapids to hear taxpayers for or against the estimated expenditures for the fiscal year beginning January 1 1950. MTT PCD CITTRPRA expenditures for year.
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County Conference Board
Linn County
Iowa
Courthouse
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Congressman Objects To Long Weekend Recesses
Washington AP Western members of the house rebel over hot weather and extended long weekend recesses. Rep Hoeven will object to recesses Thursday through Monday to force Congress to stay and work. The heat caused nine deaths, 96 degrees with high humidity, and 80 000 government workers sent home early.
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Washington
Capitol
Hoeven
Browa
Congress
Massachusetts
Hoffman
R-Mich
Tues- Hoeven
Weather Bureau
West Union pastor chairs Fayette displaced persons group
In Fayette County, Rev E C Franke of Zion American Lutheran church was elected chairman of the county committee on displaced persons. Other notes report new water fountain installation in Clermont, American Legion officers elected in Edgewood, Af rican Students organist official at Upper Iowa University, Harold Kelly selling a McGregor service station, and a golden wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Franklin S Lindsey in Winton.
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West Union
E. C. Franke
Zion American Lutheran Church
Fayette County
Clermont
American Legion Auxiliary
Edgewood
American Legion Post
Francis Arthur
Charles Chapman
W. T. Richards
Nance
Virgil Meese
Glen Fobes
Emrogene Smith
Howard Frederick
Ernie Thurn
LaVerne Gremmels
Merle Woerdehoff
Fayette—Olatunji Fabiyi
Organization of African Students
United States
Upper Iowa University
McGregor
Harold Kelly
Howard Payne
Oelwein
Winton
Francis S. Lindsey
Five of their six children live in Vinton
TOLEDO Deane Mae Lacina daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil Lacina of Toledo and Harris Roger Whaley of Marshalltown were married Friday in the Little Brown church at Nashua. McGREGOR More than 10000 has been pledged in the every member drive for funds to build a new Congregational church to replace the one destroyed by fire last January. This adds to 32000 insurance money received. TRAER Mrs Marie E Nechanicky has po... taemeik the e ment of Cecilia to William J Fo or Rockford Ti son of Mr and Mrs Walter Scott of Independence. The wedding will take place Aug 30 in St Pauls Catholic church here.
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Vinton
Toledo
Deane Mae Lacina
Emil Lacina
Harris Roger Whaley
Marshalltown
Little Brown
Nashua
McGregor
Traer
Marie E. Nechanicky
Poh Taemeik
Cecilia
William J. Foor
Rockford
Walter Scott
Independence
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Plan Largest Horse Show at State Fair
Exposition officials announced the Iowa state fair will host the largest harness and saddle horse show in state history this autumn. The event offers about 14 000 in prizes and trophies with entries due by August 1 and includes open events plus classes for Iowa horses and amateur riders.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Conservation Board Orders Lakes Closed Near Rockwell City
The Conservation Board ordered North Twin lakes in Calhoun county closed as a precaution against polio. A commission spokesman said the action was effective immediately and taken on Friday.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
North Twin Lakes
Rockwell City
Calhoun County
Commission
Calhoun Physician Appeals Health Action
The Calhoun county physician at Rockwell City asked that the action be taken, following a consultation with the state department of health, the commission said.
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State Department of Health
Calhoun County
Rockwell City
Nurse Found Dead From Self-Inflicted Wound in Dubuque
In Dubuque Coroner Norbert Behr reported Miss Lillian Ganere a 50 year old nurse from Kewanee Illinois died from a self inflicted bullet wound to the heart. She had worked eight months at the sanatorium and was despondent over ill health.
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Dubuque
INS
Lillian Ganere
Kewanee
Norbert Behr
Ganere
Behr
Natives of Borneo Prefer Eggs Yet Almost Hatched
Some Bornean natives favor eggs that are nearly ready to hatch. The practice highlights local dietary tastes and traditional methods of sourcing and cooking, reflecting cultural resilience amid regional culinary diversity.
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Borneo
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