Britain Faces Jobless Tide As Rail Strike Drags On
London reports a looming unemployment surge within 48 hours as Britain endures a fourth day of nationwide railroad stoppage. Prime Minister Eden’s government seeks to mobilize trucks and private cars, but factories, docks, and exports suffer amid supply shortages and dock workers’ bargaining battles.
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Hal Cooper
London
Britain
Eden
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
East Iowans To Attend SUI Insurance School
About 50 members of the Iowa Association of Insurance Agents will join an introductory school at the University of Iowa Center for Continuing Study. Registration is Wednesday, with a kick off dinner at Homestead in the Amana colonies. The first class starts Thursday morning, listing participants Edna Lingo Dorothy Schmitt Maureen Swanson Dorothy Kleitsch Nancy Rosenstiel Alma Miller Ralph Runkle Jennie Hutton Stanley Barber Janice Smith.
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Iowa City
Iowa Association of Insurance Agents
University of Iowa
Center For
Homestead
Amana
East Iowa
Edna F. Lingo
Dorothy A. Schmitt
Cedar Rapids
Maureen Swanson
Dorothy Kleitsch
Nancy Rosenstiel
Independence
Alma Miller
Ralph Runkle
Iowa
Emergency powers enable wartime transport and supply controls
The government activates emergency powers allowing requisition of vehicles and waivers of freight licenses, rationing of gas coal electricity and setting hauling priorities. Parliament must approve the regulations, so Eden moved the new session to June 9, five days earlier than planned.
Father Vogl To Lead Annual Retreat At Loras College
The Rev. Robert R. Vogl a Dubuque native and spiritual director of Loras College Dubuque will lead the annual retreat for young unmarried women at Loras College starting Friday at 7 30 p m with mass opening the retreat runs through Sunday afternoon Reservations can be made by calling Mt Mercy College Vogl was ordained in 1947 after studies at St Paul Seminary and has served in the Dubuque chancery taught at Loras and pursued advanced work at the Catholic University of America
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Robert R. Vogl
Cedar Rapids
Loras College
Dubuque
Mt. Mercy College
Father Vogl
St. Paul Seminary
Loras College and Academy
Catholic University of America
Local Gazette Ads and Services Summary
Classified column fragment lists rates for want ads and miscellaneous services. Mentions floral thanks from families, memorial notices for Leonard Simanek, and local businesses offering dirt, cleaning, chimney, waterproofing, and excavation work with contact hints. Appears from a midwestern community newspaper.
Farm price index drops in Iowa by May 15
The Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service reports the index of prices received by Iowa farmers for all farm products fell to 236 percent of the 1910-14 base, down 5 points or 2 percent from a month earlier. Livestock and products eased seven points while crops gained six on farm value trends.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Riverside Votes Down 25Year Power Franchise
Riverside residents rejected a 25 year franchise for the Iowa Light and Power Company of Muscatine by 112 to 100. The current franchise has four years left. Observers said the vote came too soon and too long a term.
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the Gazette
Riverside
Iowa Light and Power Company of
Muscatine
Body of Unidentified Man Found on Farm Nine Miles North
Authorities found a decomposed headless male body on a Dubuque County farm nine miles north. Coroner Norbert F Behr noted overalls worn over trousers and said identification is unlikely. The body likely washed from a small stream during February flash floods.
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Dubuque
Here
Dubuque County
Norbert F. Behr
Norbert
Iowa Governor reviews simplified income tax form
Gov Hoegh and Rep Jack Miller are asked to approve a redesigned Iowa income tax form that is described as much simplified and near post card size. State Tax Commission Chairman Lauterbach notes minor additions beyond the card proposal and explains machine limitations.
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Des Moines
Commission
Lauterbach
Rep
Miller
Hoegh
Iowa
Arthur E Olson dies on fishing trip in Waterville Minn
Arthur E Olson 64 died after a heart attack while on a fishing trip at Waterville Minnesota. He left Tuesday with his brother L P N Olson and friend John Mark. Survivors include two daughters LaVanda Olson and Mrs Norris Reierson both of Clermont a brother Clarence Olson and a sister Mrs Manfred Umdahl. Funeral arrangements are at Schutte funeral home Postville.
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Clermont
Arthur E. Olson
Waterville
Minn
Olson
L. P. N. Olson
John Mark
LaVanda Olson
Norris Reierson
Clarence Olson
Manfred Umdahl
Washington State
Schutte Funeral Home
Postville
Death ruled suicide in Mississippi River case
Louis A. Katsis, 39, a Rock Island nightclub operator, was found dead in the Mississippi River on April 15. A coroner's jury ruled the death a suicide.
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Louis A. Katsis
Rock Island
Mississippi River
Two Iowa Nursing Students Earn Special Honors
Two University of Iowa nursing students received special awards at an honors day event in Iowa City. The ceremony celebrated 50 outstanding students for achievements in nursing studies.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Mrs. Guy Brown Dies Formerly of Urbana
Mrs. Guy Brown aged 68 died Tuesday at her Chula Vista California home after living much of her life in Urbana. Funeral services are set for Thursday in San Diego with burial at Mt Hope Cemetery. She is survived by her husband two daughters and two sisters.
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Urbana
Guy Brown
Chula Vista
Calif
San Diego
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Brown
California
Victor Baldwin
Clark Wayson
Walker
W. S. Burrell
Kansas City
Verna ‘Dingman
Marion
Colleges in Iowa Receive 16500 Gift from Standard Oil Foundation
Eighteen independent liberal arts colleges in Iowa share 16500 from the Standard Oil Foundation via the Iowa College Foundation. Luther college president J W Ylvisaker noted this is the third annual gift, bringing total Foundation support to 49500 for member colleges across Iowa and the Midwest.
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Pendent Liberal Arts
Iowa
Standard Oil Foundation, Inc
Iowa College Foundation
Briar Cliff
Morningside
Sioux City
Buena Vista
Storm Lake
Central
Pella
Cornell
Mt. Vernon
Grinnell
Iowa Wesleyan
Mt. Pleasant
Luther
Decorah
Parsons
Fairfield
Simpson
Indianola
St. Ambrose
Davenport
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Wartburg
Waverly
Westmar
LeMars
William Penn
Oskaloosa
Clarke
Loras
University of Dubuque
Dubuque
J. W. Ylvisaker
Luther College
Standard Oil Foundation
Midwest
Livisaker
Indiana
Standard Oil Company
Robert E. Wilson
Nursing scholarships awarded by Iowa groups in 1955
East Iowans Julia May Miller of Hawk eye and Aurzella Boone of Iowa City win new college nursing awards in Cedar Rapids Gazette items. Miller receives a $100 auxiliary grant for a senior next year. Boone earns a $50 senior nurse scholarship set up by the 1954 SUI nursing class.
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THE
Cedar Rapids
SUI College of Nursing
Youth Driver License Suspension Recommended
Gerald Archidson of Davenport recommended suspending the youth's driver's license after reading an account of the death of two Clinton County youths.
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Gerald Archidson
Davenport
Clinton County
Iowa Woman Saws Herself Up a Tree
Council Bluffs residents saw a house wife trapped 25 feet up a large tree after trimming dead limbs from a neighbor's yard. Firefighters used an aerial ladder to rescue Mrs. Ray Hall who later quipped it was the dumbest thing she ever heard.
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Council Bluffs
INS
Ray Hall
Early completion expected for new Mississippi bridge
Clinton Mississippi river bridge project to be finished much sooner than spring 1956. Stringing of the suspension span begins next week and should be completed by the end of June, according to an American Bridge Company spokesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Mississippi River
American Bridge Company
Young Speeder Ordered To Read Fatality Story
A Davenport police magistrate fined a 17 year old $50 for speeding after making him read aloud a newspaper account of a Memorial Day fatality in the courtroom. Magistrate Edmund Carroll presided.
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Mason City
Tenny Hanson
Hanson
Young Speeder
Davenport
INS
Edmund Carroll
Chicago ticket writer detains 87 Wisconsin pupils
Officer Jack Muller, famed for issuing traffic tickets, halted 87 Mayville pupils near Ohio and Rush and ordered them to the Chicago Avenue station after drivers Harold Kintop and John Rich posted bonds. Pupils missed dinner and faced a police station stay, while detectives tried to cheer them.
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Chicago
Mayville
Wis
Muller
Wisconsin
Ohio
Rush
Harold Kintop
Milwaukee
John Rich
West Allis
Mayville High School
Kintop
Rich
Chicago Avenue
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Gazette
First Christian Church
American Legion
Ausiliery
Marshall Cook
Memoriam
Leonard Simanek
Denver
Janeba Paneralome
Mercy. Hospital
Martha Imanek
Bobby Joe
Milo 8Imanek
Henrietta Seabrooke
Almauras
Mortueries
Novak
STRA
Laddie
8Th St. SE
Telephone Co. Ofice
Bes
Yeland School
Dial
P. Lybareer
Ely
Plastic Ve Photo Shop
12Th Ave
Mt. Vernon Road
Mac's Bait Bhop
Melody Inn
12Th Ave. SE
Swisher
Tom Owens
Ania
Kramer
HON Union
Kutchera Excavating CO
Hilltop
Dick Alexander
Kenneth C. Mersc
Ave
Aland Servic Appance Service
Vernon A
Marengo
Soncine
Irvin Martinson
Venetian Blind Hospital
Joh Vosdingh
Ninth St
Sabo Pormerty Cis
Cy Clark's
Cedar Rapids Tree
Rapids Tree Service
Comaiere
Allon
2Nd Ave
Robert K Kalous
Cali Paulson
Vic Bees
Ing
W. Turner
Drian
Paul J. Nolan
Adies Oa
Enere
Slack
Maly
Cosette
Novak Heating Cs
3Rd Ave
Whens
Obins
Kutchera
Robert Kalous
C. W. Curl
Bill Leibrand
Esa
St. NW
Roger Halse
U-46
10Th St
Chad
Aree Yard
2Nd ST. SW
Young M
Mr. Severson
Allison
Insurance Mercantile
Cedarapids
Opportunity Unlimited
Barber College
Delery Man
Fhone
ACE
Box
SG Gazette
Collins
Hinkley
Newman
P. Box
Hall-Ekfelt Inc
Ird Ave
Wom
Ebay Nursery Company
Madison
Gasette E
Ewel Tea CO
Allis
Chalmers
B. Goodrich
2nd_ Ave. SE
Union Carpenters
C. R. Builders
Don Miller Baxter Motors, Inc
Ee Ae
iSne “Stions Hospital
International Harvester CO
Central Petroleum Company
Walcott
Hiltbrunner
Montrose
Iowa Iron & Coal CO
B Avenue
Balesman
Gail
Sonamiessen
Seunterk
Ke Vanorplanits Dbinew
Cedar St. Milwaukee
Borden Company
Brush Co
Union Bricklagers
New_ man Bros
Carpenter Minds
Rson
Cedar Rapids Drive
Cedar
Twin Towers Cafe
Joe
Collins Radio Company
Cedar Rapids Pump & Supply Company
U.S.A
Ocal
Suatge Steak House
6Th St
Charlotte Brophy
Stenograp
Leo Klinger
Frank Jakoubelinger
Grint
College
Poly
Jones
State Theater
Thursay
LTC
Ford Hopkins
Cottage Grove
Chuck
1St Ave
NEO Va
Cate
Pesh Old Hickory Inn
Soerene Dé
ACE Ploym
Royal Laundry
Wera Ghesterfield Supper Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Happel & Sons, Inc
Third Ave
CEDAR _ RAPIDS
L. E. Rowan
Montgomery Ward and CO
Gov
Jewel Tea CO
New Goterer Department
Montrose Hotel
Perso Scrumshus Drive
6Th Ave
Grande Ave
Ap. Niment
Ottumwa
Gariton
Soiuit
Weca Nic
CORN
IBM
Iowa Theatre
Ist Ave
3Rd St
AE Emeupamurt
Paramount
Cedar Rapids Business College
Cedar Rap Business College
Win
M.C
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Linn County
Hearn
Stevenson
5Th St
YMCA
Rene Henon
Son
Go Jonas
Ford i
Sozs
Fue Ag
Langhurst Motor CO
East End
16Th Ave
Packard
Eta
Beana Triumph
Notre Dame
Robert 'S Roach
Notre Dame Foundation For
Henry C. Wurzer
James H. Hilton
Iowa State College
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
Hilston
Anna Kurtz
Quincy, Ill
Keokuk
Keokuk Electro-Metals Company
Union Electric Power Company
Carl
Electro-Metals
B. F. Bristow
Burton F. Bristow
Gray Street
Verl Thompson
Sippi
Pene
Champ
Jack Muller
Harry
Dames
Maryland
Rapids
Chevrolet CO
Clem Shay
First Ave. SE
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