British Commonwealth Faces the Future with Confidence
Lord Inverchapel, British ambassador to the United States, told the Midwest Institute of International Relations at Drake University that the British commonwealth is not dissolving. He argued the empire is six nations dispersed globally, strengthening survival prospects and value unity beyond sovereignty for the common good. He cited 1776 as proof the commonwealth endures by belief in liberty and human dignity.
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Des Moines
Lord Inverchapel
United States
British Commonwealth
Midwest Institute of International Relations
Drake University
Inverchapel
United Kingdom
Iowa AP Bureau Moves Into Its New Quarters
The Des Moines AP bureau moved to the fifth floor of the Register and Tribune building adopting new quarters Sunday morning without interrupting news copy or wirephoto service. The relocation included desks typewriters filing cabinets and 15 teletype machines used on AP news wires.
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DES Moines
The
Associated Press
Register and Tribune
R. and T
Former McGregor Teacher Becomes Airline Stewardess
Miss Venita Chumbley, formerly a McGregor high school teacher, earned her silver wings and blue uniform as an American Airlines stewardess. She trained at the American Airlines school in Tulsa and is a graduate of Upper Iowa University. Her home is in Fayette.
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The
Gazette
McGregor
Venita Chumbley
American Airlines
Tulsa
Oklo
Chumbley
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Harry S McVicker Dies After Major Operation
SIGOURNEY UP Harry S McVicker longtime superintendent of Keokuk county schools for 35 years died in an Iowa City hospital after a major operation Services will be held here Tuesday.
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Sigourney
Harry S. McVicker
Keokuk County
Iowa City
Center Point Queen Candidate Patricia Liabo Named
Patricia Liabo of Center Point is declared queen candidate for the Eastern Iowa Band Festival to be held in Cedar Rapids. She excels in saxophone with multiple state and national ratings and participates in band glee club and saxophone quartet.
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Patricia Liabo
Center Point
Cedar Rapids
C. E. Liabo
St. Joseph
Patricia
Iowa
Coe College
Norma Jean Oliphant
Greene Square
Plaza
Municipal Island
Hill Park
Four Hurt When Bus Slides Into a Ditch
A Des Moines-Springfield and Southern bus slid into a ditch and overturned a mile north of Lineville Indiana injuring four people. Don W. Cowger of Des Moines suffered a broken arm and bruises while Mrs. Frank Hutchins sustained back injuries. Two other passengers had minor injuries as rain and a slippery detour worsened the road condition.
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Lineville
INS
Des Moines
Springfield
Southern
Here
Don W. Cowger
Frank Hutchins
Switchman Rex Rusk Retires After 46 Years
Belle Plaine mourns the retirement of Rex Rusk a veteran switchman of the Chicago and North Western railroad after 46 years of service He is the father of six with most children living in Belle Plaine today.
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Belle Plaine
Rex Rusk
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Major Honors Awarded at University of Iowa Centennial
The Theodore Sanxay scholarship for top general standing was awarded to Margaret Shuttleworth of New York at the centennial honors convocation. Other major honors went to recipients including Paul Meadows Iowa City Robert Swaine scholarship William Voelckers American Institute of Chemical Engineers award Warren Moore Baldridge-Beye prize and more across engineering chemistry geology and journalism. Ninety-two faculty members received long service certificates from President Virgil Hancher.
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Iowa City
Theodore Sanxay
University of Iowa
Margaret Shuttleworth
New York
Paul Meadows
Robert Swaine
Harvard University
William Voelckers
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Warren Moore
Sioux City
William Bauer
American Society of Civil Engineers
John Janss, Jr
Belle Plaine
Lowden
John Death
Forreston
John Michelson
Hubbard
Donald Thompson
Waterloo
Robert MacDonald
Jefferson
Spanish War Veterans Convene in Davenport
The forty first annual encampment of the department of Iowa United Spanish War Veterans and its auxiliary opened in Davenport with a joint memorial service at St. John's Methodist church. Mayor A R Kroppach welcomed delegates as Payton E Irving national adjutant general spoke. About 100 delegates registered. officers to be elected Wednesday.
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Davenport
Department of Iowa
United Spanish War Veterans
St. John’s Methodist Church
A. R. Kroppach
Payton E. Irving
Dallas
Texas
National Adjutant General
Report on Schick Hospital delayed by House subcommittee
Rep. Crow said the House subcommittee has not completed its report on recommending Schick as a Veterans Administration hospital. The panel, which inspected Schick General Hospital in Clinton, plans to release the report Wednesday or Thursday. The VA opposes using Schick for VA hospital purposes.
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Des Moines
Crow
R-Pa
House
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Schick
Veterans Administration Hospital
Iowa City
Muscatine Trucker Wins Driver of the Month
Elwood Wherry, 42, of Muscatine, named driver of the month by the Town Motor Truck Association after aiding a DeWitt farmhouse fire on May 6. He spotted flames on the Megarry farm, alerted residents, helped summon neighbors and nearby fire departments, and assisted in removing belongings. He works for Mississippi Valley Grain and Feed Co. in Muscatine.
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Des Moines
Elwood
Wherry
Muscatine
Town Motor Truck Association
DeWitt
Megarry
Mississippi Valley Grain and Feed Company
Boulder on Railroad Track Three Men Held
Two men admitted placing a boulder on a Missouri railroad track near Mansfield. The boulder was found Sunday and removed before an accident. Two year-old wreck nearby killed two crewmen. suspects include Clifford A. Phillips and John W. Bench, with Billy Bouldin being questioned.
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Willow Springs
Missouri Highway Patrol
Mansfield
Clifford A. Phillips
Council Bluffs
John W. Bench
Fordland
Billy Bouldin
John Tandy
Frisco
Florida
Tandy
Dalzier Named Town Marshal by City Mayor
S. M. Dalzier was appointed town marshal by Mayor F. E. Brutsman, succeeding Harry Otterman who had held the post for the last ten and a half years.
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Traer
S. M. Dalzier
F. E. Brutsman
Harry Otterman
Vacation Bible School Opens at Independence
A two weeks vacation Bible school opens here Monday sponsored by the Baptist Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian churches. Mrs Harry Riede is general superintendent and Mrs Floyd Cone is assistant. Department heads are Walter Tiffany Kenneth Mattingly Florence Harrington James Martin and J F Loeck.
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Independence
Baptist
Methodist Episcopal
Presbyterian
Harry Riede
Floyd Cone
Walter Tiffany
Kenneth Mattingly
Florence Harrington
James Martin
J. F. Loeck
Iowa Obituaries From Fayette and Surrounding Towns
Series of death notices from Fayette Iowa and nearby towns. Louise Cole man 59 widow of Floyd T Cole man died in Iowa City hospital with five daughters and a son among survivors. Thelma Burger McGillis 50 Fayette born, Upper Iowa University graduate and former teacher, died in Maywood California. A J Cox 59 died suddenly at Elgin burial in Sacred Heart cemetery. John Kelleher 82 lifelong Independence resident buried at St John’s. Clara Robbins 81 died in Edgewood with funeral set at Edgewood Methodist church. Survivors listed include spouses children and siblings across Volga Independence Edgewood Oelwein Masonville Greeley.
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Fayette
Jack McGillis
Maywood
Calif
Thelma Burger
Upper Iowa University
Iowa
North Dakota
Josie Burget
Donald Burget
A. J. Cox
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Martin Minihan
P. W. Minihan
Irene Minihan
Elgin
Independence
John Kelleher
St. John’s Catholic Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Edgewood
Clara Robbins
iRhines
Volga City
Clayton County
Howard
Henrry
Edgewood, and Mrs. ‘Arthur Sanderlin, Edgewood
Elias Pardee
Oelwein
Asa White
Greeley
Butterfields to Visit England After Cedar Falls Year
Mr. and Mrs. Glade Butterfield Jr plan to travel to England on June 30 to visit her parents in Cambridge. The couple wed in England during the war and have spent the past year attending Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. The article notes the average circumference of the human eyeball as three inches.
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McGregor
Glade Butterfield, Jr
England
Cambridge
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Five Injured in Car Crash Near Tama
Five people were injured in a two car collision on the Lincoln highway four miles east of Tama Sunday afternoon. R B Chambers of Des Moines suffered a crushed chest and shoulder injuries, his wife had back and internal injuries and were taken to a Marshalltown hospital. Lester M Jones of Davenport, driver of the other car, escaped unharmed.
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the Gazette
Tama
Lincoln Highway
Here
R. B. Chambers
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Lester M. Jones
Davenport
Unhurt. family injured in crash includes Steven and Carly
A collision left a husband and wife unhurt while their 13 year old son Steven and 9 year old Carly Swaney sustained cuts and bruises.
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Steven
Carly Swaney
Decorah area nets rare large trout in Trout River
Veteran fishermen say Winneshiek streams are poor this spring but nurse Miss Margaret Maxwell disagrees. She hauled a 20 inch 314 pound German brown trout in Trout River east of Decorah on Friday, among the few sizable catches this season.
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Decorah
Winneshiek
Margaret Maxwell
Presbyterians Plan $250000 Fund Drive in Iowa Colleges
A general committee of the Presbyterian synod of Iowa will meet June 9 in Ames with the Westminster Foundation Committee to finalise plans for a $250,000 drive to extend student center work. Centers operate at the University of Iowa Iowa State College and Iowa State Teachers College. Malcolm A. Matheson of Ames heads the fund raising program.
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Ames
Presbyterian Synod of Iowa
Westminster Foundation
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers College
Malcolm A. Matheson
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Wilber Teeters
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John McClintock
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Firestone JR
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