Nuns Rescued As Mt Carmel Convent Fire Rages
In Dubuque about 95 aged and ill nuns were rescued from the Mt Carmel convent infirmary as a three story brick building burned. Firefighters and volunteers worked under difficult water pressure, saving all inside with eight firefighters hospitalized. No lives were lost, and the cause remained undetermined.
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Dubuque
Mt. Carmel
Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Canfield
Mercy Hospital
GOC To Honor Tipton Workers at Sunday Awards
Sixteen Tipton ground observers will receive honors Sunday at 6 p.m. in City Park for ten or more hours at the observation post. Cedar county civil defense supervisor Fred M. Hawker will present the awards, listing hours for each honoree including Max Biggs, Cynthia Carlisle, Phyllis Fankhauser, Margo Hawker, Mary, Floyd Hill, Lennie Kier, Dr. Walter Kopsa, Amy Kopsa, Ida Moreland, Glenn Pauley, Lorren Voss, and Gene Werling.
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Tipton
Fred M. Hawker
Cedar County
Lennie Kier
Walter Kopsa
Amy Kopsa
Ida Moreland
Glenn Pauley
Lorren Voss
Gene Werling
Ground Observation Corps
New Economics Head Is Named At Iowa State College
Special to The Gazette Ames Dr Karl A Fox named head of economics and sociology at Iowa State College effective Oct 1 He comes from the Councils of Economic Advisers with duties to the U S President Fox will succeed W G Murray who has led the department since 1943 Murray resigned Fox born Salt Lake City July 14 1917 He holds degrees from Utah and California and has a wife and two children
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Ames
Karl A. Fox
Iowa State College
Fox
Salt Lake City
University of Utah
University of California
Barn Destroyed on Falck Farm Near Oelwein
Special report from The Gazette: fire destroyed a barn on Otto Falck farm nine miles east of Oelwein on highway 3. Fire departments from Oelwein and Aurora battled the blaze that began about 6 am. Fifty tons of hay a grinder feed mill a milking machine and ground feed were destroyed all livestock saved. Cause under investigation.
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Oelwein
Otto Falck
Highway 3
Aurora
Falck
Former Iowan To Be Conference Speaker
AMES Problems of building operating and evaluating a residence hall for college students will be studied next week by the Association of College and University Housing Officers. About 150 are expected for the annual meeting at Iowa State College campus starting Sunday through Wednesday. Dr. A N Jorgensen president of the University of Connecticut will deliver the keynote Monday on Growing Importance of Student Housing in Educational Planning. Jorgensen is a 1921 graduate of Coe College Cedar Rapids and earned MA and PhD from the University of Iowa. He began as superintendent of schools in Arlington 1922 to 1925. From 1925 to 1927 he was associate director of the bureau of research at the University of Iowa. Later he served at Michigan State Normal College and the University of Buffalo before becoming president of Connecticut in 1935. Drill Unlocked Safe Boone County Sheriff Steve Beaulieu reported amateur safe crackers drilled into a safe at the Milligan elevator in Angus. The safe contained nothing of value.
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Association of College and University Housing Officers
Iowa State College
A. N. Jorgensen
University of Connecticut
Jorgensen
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Arlington
Bureau of Research
Michigan State Normal College
University of Buffalo
Ece of
Connecticut
Indian Fair at Monticello Scouts Plan Eight City Entries
Boy Scout Indian dance units from Clinton Dubuque Burlington Cedar Rapids Anamosa Central City Monticello and Des Moines will perform at the Jones county fairground Saturday night. Ted Clymer district Scout executive announced the event and said the show begins at 8 p.m. with full costumes valued at 10 000 to 12 000. The public is invited with no admission charged. The fairground use was arranged with the Monticello Chamber of Commerce and the Jones county fair board.
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Gazette
Monticello
Iowa
Jones County Fairground
Ted Clymer
Anamosa
Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council
Clinton
Dubuque
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Central City
Des Moines
Fairground
Clymer
Thrift Project To Cost Money In New Hampton
Paul Hassman a New Hampton trucking operator starts a thrift project at a company dinner giving 35 children of his 12 employees silver dollars. Each child saving another dollar within the year earns two dollars later. The plan expands next years to four dollars per child and runs four years, totaling 1050 dollars plus the initial 35. Hassman has seven of his own children.
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NEW Hampton
Paul Hassman
Hassman
Cohen Des Moines Store Official Dies
Des Moines businessman Louis E. Cohen 72, president of the Davidson department store, died Thursday after a long illness. With the company since 1903, he suffered a heart attack in 1953 and remained semi invalid. He led local business groups and served as Temple B nai Jeshurun president. He is survived by his widow Frances, a son Richard F. Cole of Pensacola, and a daughter Mrs Edward B. Goldman of Des Moines.
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Des Moines
INS
Louis E. Cohen
Davidson Department Store
Cohen
Greater Des
Frances
Richard F. Cole
Pensacola
Fla
Edward B. Goldman
Rowley Anthony Thedens Patient at University Hospital
Anthony Thedens Rowley is listed as a patient at University Hospital in Iowa City. The notice identifies him as currently admitted with no further details provided.
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Rowley
Anthony Thedens
University Hospital
Iiowa City
Grants Okayed for SUI Medical College Powering Research Drive
Iowa City grants support physiology nutrition pediatrics pharmacology and radiology studies at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. Major gifts include $5,000 from the Cereal Institute for weight loss research led by W J Tuttle and Kate Daum, with collaborators from Innsbruck. Additional grants exceed $2,400 to $4,500 spanning aspirin stomach effects fertility infertility studies and medical education.
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Iowa City
Cereal Institute, Inc
University of Iowa
College of Medicine
W. J. Tuttle
Kate Daum
Smith, Klineland French Foundation
Alan L. Fisher
The
Nutrition Foundation, Inc
William B. Bean
Plough, Inc
Memphis
Bean
William D. Paul
Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc
Warren O. Nelson
Eve
Hans Marberger
University of Innsbruck
Austria
SUI
James Picker Foundation
Gwilym S. Lodwick
Tobacco Industry Research Committee
Donald J. Rohrssen
Jesup
Four Hospitalized After Farm Blaze and Crash
Four people remained hospitalized after a farm fire near Vail and a collision between a car and a rail fire truck en route to the blaze. The crash injured driver Vince Howhait and two volunteer firefighters Floyd Clausen and Alvin Weise. Les Schlecta’s shed fire occurred at his farm north of Vail. Schlecta's young son David also suffered minor burns and was hospitalized.
Clay Workers Accept Five Cent Pay Increase and Insurance Boost
What Cheer union local 111 announced a new contract with Clay Products Company granting a five cent hourly raise and higher insurance benefits after negotiations. The agreement settles recent bargaining between the company and the union.
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What Cheer—Union
What Cheer Clay Products Company
Fire Destroys Lanning Barn at Koszta Farm
Fire Thursday evening destroyed a barn on the Earl Lanning farm in Koszta. The blaze spread so quickly no fire department was called. Two sows and a cow perished, along with a pickup, manure spreader, wagon, baled straw and 150 bushels of oats. Insurance partially covered the loss.
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Marengo
Earl Lanning
Koszta
Oxford Junction Couple Plans South American Tour
Oxford Junction Mr. and Mrs. Gus Toerber will begin a tour of Florida the Bahamas West Indies Canal Zone and South America August 12. They will be gone several weeks and plan to visit the Peruvian Andes Quito and Lima while in South America. They will take photos and give lectures upon return after visiting Southern Europe and Africa last year.
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Oxford Junction
Gus Toerber
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Bahamas
West Indies
Canal Zone
South America
Toerber
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Quito
Ecuador
Lima
Peru
Europe
Africa
Gary Eder of Volga Has 12 Grandparents
Gary Duane Eder of Volga is one week old and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Eder. His paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Eder, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Wiseman, and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Eder Sr. of Strawberry Point. On his maternal side are Mr. and Mrs. Lester Chase, Mr. and Mrs. William Chase of Volga, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Herman of Elgin.
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the Gazette
Volga
Gary Duane Eder
Michael Eder
H. H. Eder
E. A. Wiseman
Michael Eder, Sr
Strawberry ‘Point
Lester Chase
William Chase
Arthur Herman
Elgin
Services Saturday for Jesse Stone in Edgewood
Jesse Andrew Stone 86 lifelong Edgewood resident died Thursday. Services Saturday at 2 p.m. Rhines funeral home with burial in Edgewood cemetery. Born May 11 1862 he married Minnie M Smith June 28 1882. Survivors include five sons Ernie Herbert Stanley Walter Bradley and two daughters Clara Eaton Alta Leonard and a sister Eva May Bacon.
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Edgewood
Jesse Andrew Stone
Rhines Funeral Home
Edgewood Cemetery
Minnie M. Smith
Stone
Ernie
Herbert
Greeley
Stanley
Declwein
Walter
Strawberry Point
Bradley
California
Clara Eaton
Iowa Falls
Alta Leonard
Waterloo
Eva May Bacon
Scots Bluff
Neb
Death of George L Pease 56 in Chicago
Norway Word reports the death of George L Pease age 56 in Chicago on Sunday Born December 20 1898 in Norway He lived in Chicago for 27 years Survived by three sisters Mary Meredith Lena Mikelson of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Martin Kolsto of Newhall Graveside rites held Friday at St Michael s cemetery
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George L. Pease
Chicago
Pease
Mary Meredith
Lena Mikelson
Cedar Rapids
Martin ._Kolsto
Newhall
St.Michael’s Cemetery
Iowa Briefs Ship in Sprawl of Local Notices
Hastern Iowa News Briefs reports patient moves across hospitals in Vinton Independence Cedar Rapids and Iowa City plus school and public notices. Bricklaying starts at Mt Vernon elementary. new Postville custodian. Legion posts christen officers. various residents named or moved. events include dances exhibits and reunions across Webster Clarence Anamosa Greeley Kalona Traer Maynard and Lamont regions.
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Marengo
W. D. Hall
Hal Sorden
VA Hospital
Iowa City
MT. Vernon
Rowley
Fred Peterson
People’s Hospital
Independence
Clarence
Lester Kelly
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cellar Rapids
Armor Ballroom
Postville
Page Wickler
Newhall
David Weichman
Legion Post
Russell Reider
Rolland Brecht
Don Koopman
Joseph Weber
Charles Yach
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Mason City
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Earlville
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Patricia Harper
Postville High School
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Clarence — There Will Be No Story Hour At the Public Library
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William Scott
Depot Street
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Peoples Hospital
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Iowa American Legion Auxiliary
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